| Show NAME HONORED Local Masons Commemorate the Memory of the First American EXERCISES J ENING tr 1 II aced 1111 lay by roe acid imd iCed C S In III boast ot of the memory of George Georgo Washington a oh ob was held by the In n their halt hall The occasion was al by music and ond oratory Anti OntI the room Wa woe artIstically decorated lii 11 Ill 1 l In Some Somo f foremost orators and mu In the ant and Ih brought out outa a Ce that exhausted the capacity of the halL ball flit Dr W T D lb ll over the tho j gathering and opened the proceedings In a few rom remarks arks eulogistic of Washington fl a citizen and noo IL a Mason Inson Leonard offered the I pening prayer which was las followed by bythe the singing ot of all present ani the excellent tradItion of the Iho Coronation march murch by Christensons C S Varian was introduced an and In n a very happy manuel spoke ot of the early Influence ot of on the tho of the American Idea of the equalIty ot of men as expressed In the tho theD D Declaration of Independence and Its lis culmination In the Independence ot of the tho American colonies MR AUt VAmA S SPEECH Mr Ir made prominent the Iho Idea that the Ih revolution was thu th declaration of the rights of man not only against Britain but agaInst all aJl and the foundation principle ot of this was the tho semis lomo ILl as the tho foundation principle of Free Masonry vs VI the equal equality It ity of men This great thought was the tho prevaIling one In the and thousands ot of otmen men 11 died to defend It The In influence ot of masonry In and molding ot of this Idea was Indicated by the speak speaker I er and such sueh men Putnam as i er cry FranklIn Warren and others othe were lead leading In macone and their to 10 the order lasted until the day dllY ot of their death The speaker pointed out the bitterness towards the order which sprang up directly after aeter the war but bul the I pIes ot of right on which the order was founded triumphed and would s do so In these times he said the lust for conquest and greed tar tor commerce has hils led 1111 us to 10 another place There seems to be a 0 design to draw the tho Ill plc aWl from the early spirit but the masonic order Is bound to the govern goern mont as b hoops ot of steel and win will listen to nothing that would do away with the prInciples prInciple ot of ho government Mr VaMan address was WIl roundly ape ap and ond after the orchestra had hOll a 0 tune tun Judge Judg 0 W V IntrO introduced no that thit graceful ge gentle gentleman man delivered an excellent on Th Personal and I Masonic Services of Washington I POWERS ON MT lT VERNON Ert ON I Judge Powers began by giving an In I account of a visit he once made to 10 Mount and the tomb ot of I lon Who can sketch his per I Ional onal conal character asked the Ip speaker ker Who can paint with words the life that was 01 so 10 well lIved that although the years ears hll have clustered Into a full round century It out from among the and patriots who are revered b by over of people as the one for the los lov losera era of liberty and df f human rights The deed whIch made hIs hll life lite illus illustrious the virtues which marked Il him all SM above hIs fellows lie simplicity and purity ot of character which Identified him as one ODe of at Gods are written In the hearts of the p people and amI amIan ran an be rood read man are striving to If reach reuh that higher state which will with perfect manhood when nil all mankInd will meet upon the level loel and ond part upon the square The most moet striking IlA as well as the moat admIrable of oC Wash naton the ob absolute simplicity of character Fame to him was but the tho mean with which to serve the tho peo people le leI Hank was Willi the opportunity to I the cause of human liberty The sword WI ivas not nn an emblem ot of power oer but wan the means menns lit at han l to 10 cleave cleao the wa way I lot tor freedom Lu An ns tue lIe neau cm 01 our UI and directed the affairs of state as the servant of the colonies kind as al n a duty to 10 the strugglIng nation and ho laId aside the Insignia ot of power with lie Joy ot of one Olle Is done and who wraps wrap Ule drapery draper of his hili couch about him hIm and anil lies Ilea down to 10 pleasant dreams The public stations which he held add nothing to his tame fame It Is I the simple grandeur ot of tho man who never know knew how groat t he that makes It clear that t so long at al the Iho earth Is peopled the lie lesson luson whIch he taught will not be beI I lest 18 t Judge Powers said that It was os the custom of ever every l race ce when spooking speaking or writing of their great Grent men Iho they them out to be superhuman Their faults fault and frailties wore glossed over and they were painted as deml demigods lie said that one of the pleasant thIngs tt to him about Washington was U the fact that h b was Intensely human humon And the speaker hero here related a number of onee dates datt about Washington In which hl his human nature stood out In bold relief As a 0 young mart he was a 0 lover wrote roto poetrY for hi his sweetheart and thought each IlIch girl moro more beautiful han Ihan the one I who ho had preceded her Another story Illustrating the char ter of the man I true wal related by os as follow follos As early nil as 1755 lie he had nn an ambItion to 10 enter politics and ho he wrote his brother to sound the pulse ot of the und and learn whether there was OIS a good op 01 opportunIty for him to 10 be elected to 10 the tho VirgInIa house of burgesses But Dut when ho offered himself nl as a 4 candidate not being versed In Iii the tho ways ot of practical politicians the tho result was tras not to hl hIs lIking hut opponent was Captain Thomas for whom hom had but little respect and whom ho described III as n a man of great Kren t weight weigh t the Iho meaner menner class ot of people and ond supposed up b by them to possess extensive knowledge When the tho votes otes were ere counted had voters oters and Ington 40 O This experience set the young statesman to thInking and be before fore foro the next electIon I h he h hail squared I himself with Colonel John WOOd the c boss bOil as they Intel those tholo useful to our political life even enn at that early Arly day and ond wIth the Ihl aid of that a astute tute manager proceeded to 10 give Colonel n a taste ot of practical cat cal We find that Washington used In that Iho t campaign gallons of punch 30 gallons of wine 40 gallons ot of lIro strong beer S 8 quarts ot of elder cider II 0 pints ot of rum and I f Dint lInts of brandy brandT Need I say lilY that Washington won Ton out securing votes to Swearingen 45 antI and the only fault lie ho found wIth his manager was ns as he wrote my fear Is II hat Ihal you spent too sparing I a hand Thereafter he was a success In political life lite and II a custom ot of up each aeh one ot of hIt his cant l ahrn with wills a 11 grand rand bull ball to tn all were whether the they lied vote for or him or not no I As 5 he grew older he a 11 politician There corne caine n a time when lie ho thought that It would be n a good political stroke 10 0 offer n a pUblic position to PatrIck Henry at the same time be did not do de delIre lIre Henry In the office so In II a round roundabout roundabout about way WIY he became convinced d that henry would not accept the place Illace and h lii ut itt made malle him the otTer orter W th the authority of th the Rev Hev Ma n nI I lest nt at Q C Y years of f nICe ago Oo Washington could toll tell n a lie fie Twain insists hat the difference w be him anti I that while coUld not toll a lIu ho Stark mark Twain can but will not Some Seine writers insist that Washington partially outgrew this In hili hf more mature yeses Iare anti lint when th exigencIes ot of war star or of It he could use na as much tee ls Then Jhen turning to a moro more rno con of at the great groat man Judge Powers lAid caid Such was os George Washington Not an impossIbilIty hut lut a man blood and with human impulses a mAn who suffered from the trail ties that nf a filet humanity but who In hIs pUblic auth personal character so greet that he towers above the intellectual giants of tue c century And In conclusIon lon after akl of career as 08 n a mason Ule he speaker Md rhul WOe Vas laid to rest the thO great rut lead leador or ot of the new world Titus Thus ended the career ot of one ot 01 the mightY lett of our order We pay out OUI trIbute to lila his great fame and nil an wo we do so 0 let us pledge fidelity to 10 the principles ot of liberty which he Into our laws Jaws upon the anvIl amlI of war r After fter th applause hall had A AS AH S H read n a telegram from Christopher Diehl Blab who ho Is at ton The telegram related to the grand ceremonies lit at Mount Vernon and said Grand affair loyal 1011 ceremony nm era with you 01 In spirit Mr Ir Chapman than Ihen rend reM address II which wan lI to with close cline attention The audience was dismissed b by He A II 11 Item henry otter after listening to Herberts Serenade by the Iho orchestra 5 |
