The Mankato free press., 1920-12-10
MEMORIAL IS OBSERVED
EIks Held impressive Ser.
vices Yesterday
HEARD FINE ADDRESS
Singing BY Miss Lora LuIsdorf
And Double Quartet Was
Feature

Manksto Lodge OF Elks conducted
their twenty. eighth annual memorial
services at the First Presbyterian
church yesterday afternoon. when a
beautiful and fitting program was
conducted at three o'clock. The meet
ing was honored by the presence OF
Attorney John H. Mitchell Of st. Paul
Elks Lodge No SO, who delivered the
memorial address. The assemblage
was also favored by the presence OF
Miss Lora Lulsdorff. one OF Mankato's
favorite vocalsts and the daughter
of Desk Sergeant John Lulsdorf OF
the Mankato police department.. She
is now an instructor In voice culture
Minneapolis. Aside from the appro
pirate address by Attorney John H
Mitchell, Miss Lulsdorrs singing was
the most pleasing part Of the entire
program. She IL possessed Of Q wond.
erfully clear voice Of great range and
sweetness This city may well feel
proud Of the fact that Miss Lulsdorff
is a Mankato young lady.
The exercises were opened by an
organ prelude, melody in f with
Mrs. +. q. Gerlach presiding at the
orSau. -NPcnuS cASiCinOS W lno nAAo
lodge were followed by the prayer
led by Rev. Ralph A. Jensen, pastor
of the First Baptist church. This was
followed by q selection by the Elks
octette consisting Of Harry French,
Charles Wagon, DIR. G. N. Weysr,
Frank Sleight, z. q. Crandall, Joseph
Kendall and Leo Carney.
In Memorium.
Attorney Ivan Bowen delivered the
memorium in honor of the departed
brothers who had passed way during
the year:
Brother Eugene E Lane. Brother
Earl H. Webb. Brother Henry ]. Parry.
Brother J. N. Chas Brother Ezra w.
Gates. Brother Thomas r. Coughlan.
Brother Elmer e. Albrscht. Brother
The places that have known them will
know them no more, but they shall
ever be remembered among Us AZ true
And had they not 90 believed they
would nor have assumed the obligation
Two angels, one Of Lifs and one Of
morning broke; broke The dawn a1 Mss on a. their r
faces. and beneath. the sombro houses
hearsed with plumes Of smoke.
Their attitude and aspect were the
robes OF white; But one was crowned
with asphodels. like flakes Of light.
! saw them pause on their celestial
heart. lest thou betray The. place
where thy beloved are. ct rest"
And he who wore the GROWN Of as
to Snock And my soul sak 0SHl %shn s
earthquake's shock.
recognize the namsless agony, the
That oft before had nred or haunted
me. And now returned with threefold
rnrss The dGsr sna sssD: srsn:a ts my nsssE:ny
heard Gods voice; and, knowing what
to lament nor to rejoice. 1 N''
ouas sn With M.h sht sms a4s GRAND is q ao sss
Death. but Life" he said; ana ere 1
answered. passing out Of sight. On his
celestial embassy he sped>
at mine. The angel with the amaran-
with voice divine. Whispered a word
that sen had II. non s1und tbs hike bs.aa Dsssh
gloom; A shadow on those features fair
and thin; And softly from that hushed
and darkened room. Two angels issued.
~btTe /. eus Of Ose asd ~'nf Il hs s but wave hi,
thick and loud. TIN. with smile Of
light on sea and land. Lo! he looks bacx
Angels Of Life and Dearth alike are his
Without his leave they pass no thres-
hold Ger! Who. then. would wish or
sanger. Ss to ss. ts K. doora ssap't his
Address BY Mr.. Mitchell.
Mr.. Mitchell in opening his address
said fhat In this day Of materialism
and rush of the business world 1t Is
necessary that spirit Of devotion be
cultivated and developed, so that one
may have the sweet Joy in the memory
Of all that Is good in the lives Of our
departed friends. Without this culti-
vation and developement Of a devotion
to the departed there is great
danger Of their soon being forgotten.
Our departed friends the speaker
said, should not be remembered and
judged SO much by what they have
said or done In this world as what
they really were. The force for good
that they exerted during their life time
What a man was is what will live
after he Is gone. while little will be
remembered Of what he said and done.
The speaker said that meeting like
->he one he was addressing, where be-
ing held in every city in the United
States and is outlying possessions.
These meetings were being held in
the sense Of q brotherhood of
friendship and family love and re.
meuberance. Elks were assembled all
over the land yesterday as a family
circle to contribute to the memory
Of those who have gone out from this
circle of life never to return. Mr..
Mitchell said he was not present to
deliver any flowery speech, but to
have talk with his audience in the
sense Of one member of a family
speaking of one Of its members or
friends who had departed and gone
from its midst In the strictest sense
Of the word, the speaker said, the
meeting should not be termed lodge
Of sorrow, but a~lodge of remember
ance, the parting Of friends and the
members Of the family circle who
have severed their ties with the
family of this earth and have beyond
the call Of any one Of its members. We
should think OF the dead as those who
have passed out into that fathomless,
shoreiess land known as the home of
the soul, where storms never beat up
on its shores.
Light On HardIng's Character.
Here the speaker took occasion to
give some inside light upon the char
acter Of President elect Harding, who
Yesterday addressed the Elks lodge in
their lodge OF sorrow at Bedford, Va.
at the Elks National Home. The
speaker told Of how an old and de-
- - D. o. rrs-L