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Show MANY PRESENT AT EAGLES' MEMORIAL Ceremony Marked by Excellent Excel-lent Addresses and Programme Pro-gramme of Music. An audience that filled the lodge room to overflowing laast night heard tlie beautiful beau-tiful memorial service by .Salt Cake aerie, Xo. 67. Fraternal Order of Eagles. Aside from the impressive ritualistic ceremony in honor of the members of the local lodge who have died during the year there was special music of a high order and addresses ad-dresses by Parley p. Jensen and Rabbi William Rice. There was a representative attendance of tlie lodge members aud their families and many others attended. The programme was opened with a selected se-lected piano solo, well played hy Miss Eleanor Crawford. Philip P. Grady, baritone, bari-tone, sang "Ho Giveth Mis Beloved Sleep" i Abt i. a nd near the conclusion of the programme sang "Rest Thee. Sad Heart." Both numbers were well given. Worthy President James Metcalf made the opening address, after which Worthy Chaplain W P. Maack gave the invocation. invoca-tion. An interpolated but pleasing number num-ber that followed was the solo. "If Every Star Is an Angel." by Maudie Huntsman, aged 7. She played her own accompaniment accompani-ment and plaved it well. Miss Mae O'Neill sang "Resignation" (Caro Nome) with much feeling. Parley P. Jensen delivered the principal address of the evening, eloquently voicing the sadness of death, the hope of Immortality, the essentiality of fraternity and brotherhood, brother-hood, lie specifically emphasized the IhoughL that we should not wait until a man is dead to show him favors. " "There are people," he said, "whom we might cheer and comfort by a kindly word or a friendly handshake. Yet we are deferring de-ferring the deed or the word until some future time and not infrequently we postpone post-pone the day until the object of our thoughts Is numbered among the dead." Miss Genevieve Ma lone, violinist, played "Calvary" (Paul Rodney), Miss Loretta Malone plavlug the piano accompaniment. Past Worthy President J. P. Clark gave a brief address, after -which Secretary H. iS. MeCann called the roll of the lodge i members who have died during the year. Rabbi William Itice spoke eloquently and with much feeling on the theme of brotherhood. - The programme was concluded with "A Perfect Day." by Miss O'Neill, the singing of "America" by the audience and benediction bene-diction by the chaplain. |