Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-03-31 | Page 5 | Exalted Ruler's Life Mask Filed with Elks' Archives

tx Rulers ThIers lers Life Mask Filed With Ells Elks Archives i iLIFE 4 p pH H 4 1 2 y t Vl r rfd V fd 1 7 r iNt LIFE MASK OF OP LESTER FREED When archaeologists in Ute tire thirtieth century delve dehe around in the ruins of the theat theat Salt at Lake LUk temple temple of f the Elks they the them max m come c nt upon upon the plaster likeness of the th features tures of Lester D Freed exalted ruler rul for lU A Alif Ur mask of the new exalted ruler nas been completed and may mar form forD the for n u collection of or life liCe masks to decorate the lodge rooms of the or order order order der in Salt Lake The likeness of Mr fl Freed was vas made by A E B Lyon esteemed leading lending knight of the lodge and nd the process was not without travail First Mr face was well velI shaved and greased to keep the th plaster of paris from becom a permanent erm nelt attachment to his countenance Then he lay ay flat fiat on his bae paper pap r tubes were inserted in his nostrils to give Him him an opportunity to breathe he closed his eyes and the soft plaster planter pl ter was as poured over er his face and pressed into all the lines Unes It was nS the most peculiar sensation I ever over experienced said sald Mr lr Freed FreedAs As I lay ta there with willi cv thing black before me all the events of my life crowded themselves on me one after atter the other In the most rapid succession imaginable T I see everything that t a t I had done 1 from the th U I first remember The plaster of paris kept the pert pek from oin passing pa ing off into the air and my face became almost st hot I felt feU as asH If It were In a fuI acC The paper tUb in my nostrils i J not work as well as they might and I bean be began ben gan an n to feSl I l as Its s ifil were war suffocating c ting while the plaster r was wa wa slowly sk harden hardening hardenIng hardening ing jI was half aked and in the th lh blackness these visions were continually passing before me You Youcan c can n imagine how ho glad I was ai when the th mould was wa taken off of at last and I could breathe rael and open h H HJ Even J ven after obtaining the mould it was vas not Ul easiest task in the world to tu t m ke cast but Mr Lyon succeed succeeded ucc ed eded eded ed hi In accomplishing this perfectly y