The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-07-31
Splendid Record of Elks Reviewed in
Grand Lodge Convention in Los Angeles

fofuNy u ftf~t.
we do not care whether he In n
Jew 'or GENTLE. we do not ARE
whether he Is Protestant or catholic.
30 long as he believes In nj God. the
Supreme Ruler OF the Universe, no
long an he belongs to and believes In
our country-America-our flag
Old G~iory-and he has no other god.
no other country, no other flas, and
40 Ions az his life proves his filth.
I'VE are proud. and Justly no. OF
our magnificent war record. Every
good Elk knows II, 80 I am not going
20 dwell OF that. hut the order of
Elka, with Its million members. today
stands for more than ever before.
therefore. has greater responsibilities,
! believe. my brothers. the greatest
work our order was ever called upUn
TO perform In just before us now.
I'm the great enthusiasm brought
about by our patriotic defense Of our
country, Il WINS comparatively easy
To give our money. ~ build and
maintain hospitals, to throw omen
our homes, to buy dOughnutH and
coffee for the boys In the trenches.
but my friends. when the excitement
" over, when the smoke Of battle has
blown away and the great hard
period OF reconstruction has como.
and the whole world stands daxed.
crippled and still bleeding, it's harder
much harder. now to give ourselves
20 the great problems before us, than
y sINe our uoilnrh IN tho
1919 ~ sreat e~Ncitenrent
'"ln "nu trea'les' armies ami
a'nhls' leagues OF nations or In
,ona' usreements VIII never
world I'm, m. SaeN, u~,s.!ac'eu oIu
mo'Iu, put my friends. Justice. char
~ anu nfothery love. together with
ee.u VII.
We nave been working on the
u.'"s p1oEThih' therefore l believe
~. e'."''S' WITH the order OF Elks
80 "" '"i"u hpon 10 DO is just
"'i''e US
cent. n.'"'' y first'
l. - sltht"st thlhg IN the world
,,o,h nuni'n hentt' n The greatest
r,ssaN w ,he Wotlu IL Its development.
g. e'rh'es' asset a man a have
!. sn,Ilt OF k~lndiness. A proud
~ nnukhlS spirit Is Inconsistent with
,as nv puhity ana brevity Of
- NAN OF ORDER mat displays
~. N'Nu'H' Apt'lt OF brotherhood ~
:" 'shuy great man or order.
Nv" hehru "A great deal OF dis
'"s Spou' the WORK OF the new
-. f ,''""l''''"' abuut the
49, ul'N's they nave put on, and
- p~'.S"hh"l OF the great CLASSES
eu u honest Tear that W.
| III settihs IN "a lot OF undesirables
au'hlt lhat perhaps some Of them
u "u' uvhtloh' but my brothers.
1911 ,"lhN that some of them
800 ,h " h,un inspiration TO do a
SOU ,hlhs u JON the Elks | thank
- .neS got that inspiration and |
~. w. ouh take care OF them
'.Ivu u 10 US
IA. az uooul u mllllon members
gr.,, $50 'uMu" We nave mad the
go. leOoIu we nave made but my
mai drnnes our aI,nr 49, Wv. i.as
ligntions ana tho - ~
order am sure ,baI CT o"
country want tho IiLs a. ~,
10. O OOo Instead az 40" aon
we have heard fnr 4 grao, ma,,
yeara about AmerIca hai,s - mah,'
Ing not of tho warId ,bn,y ,no 49,,
and depressed nnd unhauny III
lands have bcen abln tn rn,,a .
and, under the Dlessings nr f,.s ON.
ernments. good wages and pr.nt.r m
! portunitI.s. we have mada ibenr oyar
have made Americana ar ,h.m Ia,
when the test time ~ vr.at d,n.ar
came, we learned TINT while thsr,,
were tens of thousands OF foreign
born men who had become real Amer
and die FOR the country OF their
adoption. We also found that we had
l.tle huhsary little Poland, little