Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-16
GROTTOS TAKE
new STAND FOR
UPRIGHT LIVES
Members 'sf T1.City Organization
and CaldrOns Pledge Selves To
Cause OF Righteousness.

Of an organization when its. mem
bers to a man will rise to their
feet. come forward, unafrsid. to
grasp the hand Of an evangelist
and in so doing tell to the world
their decision to lead the best lives
OF which they are capable, not as
the result Of an external force, but
from a spirit within that impels.
So did Amoo. ZaI and Mohassan
grottos of Rock Island, Moline and
Davenport last evening, when they
attended in a body the services at
the Sunday tabernacle. and who
Immediately upon the invitation of
Rev. Mr. Sunday came forward,
hundreds Of them. to reenlist their
services for good, to proclaim TO
the world the fact that they are
going to try to live up to the vows
OF tAge order Not only did the
JSsmbers Of the grotto do 50, but
likewise the members Of the cal
drons. auxiIiaries to the grottos,
the band members too taking their
places i'm the long line that filed
past the evangelist
Practically all of the Rotarians
the Grand Army Of the Republic
and the Women's Relief corps.
Rock Island business men and in
dividuals from other delegations in
attendance last evening. But none
was so noticeable as the grotto &C
ton and it was undoubtedly one
of the most momeutous occasions
in the revival that has now been in
IA
Said one Of the Anoo grotto
Numbers, Those men haven't tax
en- that stand because they we're
f asked to do so, or because they
saw the other fellow doing It. they
did it because they wanted to. they
talked about the stand that they
wanted to take before the world,
and it was a spirit that impelled
from within"
Band There Too.
The grOttOs were accompanied
by the Amoo band which occupied
seats on the platform and fur
nished part of the music of the
evening. and the drum corps mem
bers who appeared in plush and
gold enough TO make the ladies
Jealous" as Rodey said. Tn, men,
bers wore their fezes as did the
members of the caldrons. whom
Rodey called the cOmmissary de-
partment. the ones that do the
heavy work while the men do lot
of fancy stuff up stairs. The looks
of them alone are enough to make
a man want to join such an or
der" to quote Rodey again.
The Rock Island and Moline
Rotary clubs were in attendance,
coming with flags and banners fly
? ing. They rose at ROdey's invita-
ion and when he asked them the
song they liked best, without any
preliminaries they sang Il Want
Girl Just Like the Girl That Mar
Tied Good Old Dad Well said
Rodey, Il hope you'll get her all
right That's not a religious song,
but its principles are religious and
! am glad you sang it. but / hope
YOU will take time TO learn an old
fashioned religious song too
G. A. r. There.
- A delegation OF Rock Island bus
mess men was present, also a
number from the Betteudorf shops,
the latter giving, assurance that
JlnN "OuiU l6tui NEAT " pSh y A."
many hundreds OF their fellow
workmeu.
But the delegation that tugged
the hardest at the heart strings
was the group of old soldiers and
their mates and members of their
auxiNaries. the Women's Rellet
corps, representing the John Blu
ford and Graham posts, G. A. K. OF
Rock Island and Moline. None,
said Rodey, of all the delegations
that visit the tabernacle are given
II more cordial welcome than the
members OF the G. A. R. There
are none we more gladly greet and
none that We more reverently hon
\or every chance we have.
\Tbev came. their backs bent with
Years. though proudly they held
their white heads and proudly they
wore the little buttons and badges
that tvuifv the deeds of honor and
heroism that they performed that
the flag Of their country might re-
main spotless. that the shackies
might be broken and all men be
made free.
Rodav. with his neveu falling
tact. had some stories to tell about
his own father who was wounded
in the first battle of Bull Run
While serving on the union side. of
his own experience as buck pri-
vate during the Spanish-American
war. serving in Cuba and then as
a worker in the \. NJ c. A in
France during the late great war
and story about the colonel that
rebuked the remnant of his drum
CORPS for refusing to beat the
drum when ordered to sound ad-
vance. but who upon being inform
cd BY the drummer when asked for
an explanation of his action that
the drum was full of chickens for
the colonel. roared. We'll. why
didn't you say in the first place
that YOU were sick
There were present also repre-
sentatives of the Salvation Army
and they were given a real demon
stration when they stood at the in
vitation of the music director, who
had a few kind words for them
with the hope that every cheer
would result in dollars for dough-
nuts
=. It was an evening teeming with
l.