The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-12

iice VIII anu accord ana then arter
laboring in various ways, receive moth
ing for it, they must furnish their own
car fare to and from church. There
fore il is unreasonable to expect that
any large number Of the old Masons
throughout this state, those who have
outlived their usefulness, will, under
the present conditions, feel like ending
their days at the Home
The Worshipful Masters Of the three
lodges located in Rock Island, Moline
and East Moline, I'LL, which are pre-
sided over by Masters w. A. Stewart,
Chas. c. Moore and S. B. Palite and
their members should take an active
interest in the Home. Each Sunday
afternoon programs should be rem
dered at the Home for the benefit Of
the inmates. The programs could con-
sist Of reading a chapter from the
Bible, by some one and short COM
ments on the same, singing and pray
ing, and every now and then some
one could read one or two chapters
from some good book other than the
Bible, pertaining to the remarkable
advancement of the colored race in
this country within the past fifty years.
Programs along these lines would
cause them to feel happy and con-
tented and would furnish them some
thing to talk about from Sunday to
Sunday.
| Saturday evening. July 5, before de-
parting from the Home for Moline, to
attend the Joint Communication of the
lodges already mentioned and to listen
to Right Worshipful Brother Charles
J. Sims, deliver his eloquent lecture.
A short program was rendered which
consisted of playing several religious
songs on the organ by Brother A. L.
Weaver and by Sister Jennie McClain.
recitation of one Of Paul Laurance
Dunbar's comic poems by Brother
Sylvester Crump; also prayer by him
and short talks by Sister Jennie Mar
shall, Sister McClain, Grand Master
Samuels and several others and SEEM
Ingly the inmates greatly enjoyed the
long-to-be-remembered occasion.
1t was well onto 10 o'clock p. NJ. be-
fore Grand Master Samuels and his
visiting Masons drove up in front Of
the lodge rooms Of Arsenal Lodge No.
60, Moline, I'LL Just as soon as the
visiting Masons were duly admitted to
the lodge rooms the grand honors were
bestowed upon Grand Master Samuels,
he was escorted to the east and he
presided over the joint meetings Of the
Lodges. Shortly after Brother Charles
~. Sims had finished his Grand Lee
turn, then Grand Master Samuels
informed the brethern that Brother
julius Fl Taylor, editor of The Broad
AK was present and that he repre-
sented Royal Eagle Lodge of Chicago
and he called on Us to address the breth-
ern. Several other Masons from this
city and Rev. and Brother Gibson fol-
lowed rs, in winding up the joint COM
munication. Grand Master Samuels
talked cold turkey to the WorshipfuI
Masters of the three Lodges and in
formed them and the brethren present
that they must take an active and a
greater interest in the Masonic and
Order Of Eastern Star Home at Rock
Island, III.
The Masters Of the Lodges iavishIy
served refreshments to their distin-
guished visitors from Chicago and
from other parts Of the state Of iii.
inois.
On returning home on that same
Saturday evening on one Of the fast
trains on the Rock Island road, We
came 10 contact with bright young
colored miss. Miss Jeanette Barbour,
~ years old. who was on her way
from Los Angeles, Calf, to Evans
willie, Ind. She understood how to take
cafe Of herself and she stated that she
was treated fine on the train BY the
conductors and BY the rest Of the long
trains crew.