Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-06-15 | Page 26 | Flag Day Observe by Salt Lake [Illegible]

warn Old Soldiers and Their5K Are the E'special GiiBttJ f Honor, ''flp TRIBUTE TOoLD George M. Sullivan Dj the Main Patriotic AdS l;,luu day was appropriatelB .novated by U.e Elk. o Sl lodge at (heir rooms last evcSSl a programme of nich iateraX! strength. It WM a I(JSEOn jM patriotism beginning with ili'SKI number, and was of groat rouetiHI literary as well U8 patriotic n'S special guests of tho lode" fSMfi casiou wero the old sol&ers SKl oL all the war9,moinben of 'thW-J Army their wives and the 'Sj oi the ladies auxiliaries. Bit Alter junchuon, the old soldfHt their wives were guests ofJBS A. J. Davis at the Hex thcaterM. they enjoyed two war dramasSBV er moving pictures. ikm?' The lodgcroorn was crowded 'H? cry number of the proKraratK. givou prolonged applause ThHC 1 istic work was conducted byHf Iiiilors b. A. .Masinnis and tha'fB ?i. tho odse. Special mentioV--Miss Lillian Phelps, yho eangiSfal patriotic S0I03. Classic and aHr! selections by tho orchestra iuteK' the programme. JR History of the Flag. 9i A history of the flag, dctailflp vicissitudes of "Old Glory" JBs adoption to the present time w&K by D. B. Shields. Mr. Shields lowed by .Miss Phelps, who sanjk Flag Without a Stain." km The "Elks' Tribute to tho-B was given by P. P. ChristooseaHF, rendition of the tribute was jkWl siastically received, Tho tributtjBa "Hail, ' all hail, to this flacr-'MP erty! The flag of the fathers a'flR ing mothers of the republic I, was thoir line, so it is your jUB mine. It is the ting of every AiK rooftree, the flag of every AiR state. May it ever be tho 'flag, immortal union of states and 'Hji riea our country." Exalted Ruler MaginniB thoiiB duced George M. Sullivan, whqB cred a patriotic address' Mr. BB spoko feelingly of tho hcnofitsB blessing.-) which those who HvaK the protection of the Stars uid'iB enjoy, and have en.ioycil since tlB fight was made and won ia thijH of liberty. Ha carried his MB through the history of the nailojB to the present, detailing the ""B advantages of American citizenslV duties of a citizen, the greatnftB American home life, the grandB the nation 's patriotism and the BBj pf the nation as embodied in B Advice to the Young. fH To the youth of the nation B good, sound advice. In them, B was to bo fouud the salvationjB future: the root of tho great.;BP happiness and enlarged libertieH was yet to completo its growfiMI protection of the home and bodyBj in time of war, and in them JH safety and hopo for tho fntur&sB The speaker cave the schoolsB credit for tho patriotism of the'H cr generation. Ho declared thwH schools and what they taught, the light by which the feet oH bovs of the future were to he Mm along the paths of virtue and pa ism. His entire talk was stronf,- and earnestly pntriotic. imM A selection by the o"?e.5tIB lowed by tho singing of "AmiM by all present, closed the most aB ful celebration of dav tbM ovor been held in Salt LaKft, Elks yesterday made tho day H the greatest days of the year, their jurisdiction. Jk