Show BANQUET LAST EVENING IS GREAT SUCCESS grand VIcc Chancellor white and others from out of town are present 1 the banquet given by ogdan lodge ko 2 knights ot pythias at their castle ball last evening which was attended by several hundred knights and guests was a pleasant social affair much enjoyed by all the knights sustained their reputation as entertainers with a tempting repast followed by a number ot witty toasts and repartee touching on the efforts being put forth by the lodge to sustain its place as banner lodge of the state in membership are being manifested by the many applications tor membership and it myrtle lodge no I 1 of salt lake city hopes to keep in the race she will need to bestir herself after last nights demonstration on at the junction city during the evening fords orchestra rendered many enlivening numbers at 9 the company gathered in the banquet hall and proceeded to unload pie tables of their tempting viands on account of illness judge henry H the toastmaster was ausent and J S corlew was chosen to act in his place his extemporaneous bous introductions were witty and angee the following Is a list odthe speakers and their toasts t the individual member the unil of our order H C abe youngest of the old men tors thomas turner what we can do to increase thi membership W B wedell the famous knights of pythia goat dr condon New Members the life bloody of an order dr joyce the advantages of being a knight of pythias valentine gideon A doctors prescription tomake the membership grow dr packson what stands for W R white the guests rev E J ridings the trinity of pythian jewels mayor classman all the toasts were interesting and entertaining often punctuated with repartee or applause but owing lo 10 their local setting would not be interesting to tha general public mayor classman in his toast told the story of the friendship of damon and pythias the foundation stone of the order it Is a beautiful story wherever told and last night held Us usual charm for i and guests alike by request of tho committee it la here published in full it Is as follows asen abe feudal barons of europe held sway one not hostile was said to bo a friend one not a toe laid claims to friendship and it was sufficient to be called a friend if you were not an open enemy but in these modern days such persons are called neutrals with tho kr ats of pythias the word friendship blands for good will harmony union ct thoughts esteem kindness favor well disposed help assistance si and love lord bacon believed that there could be no friendship without confidence and no confidence without integrity and speaking of this hind of friendship lord said there is little friendship in this world but bacon never was a knight of pythias ind never knew what it was to be loved in return for kindness done bac probably the greatest man of his age and recognized by all for his scholarly attainments and areat love for truth and justice after having reached the greatest heights an englishman gl ishman can attain and not bo of royal blood he fell was humiliated and cast into prison and all for the friendly acts he had performed for tte duke of buckingham As lord chancellor of england bacon law and to oblige his friend the duke the latter however returned these acts phlp by exposing lord bacoli to his king and parliament and in tho hour of need bacon was forsaken and aloni probably tha basest act of treachery that a could be eulley etwas returned by ahe duke for all the kindness done by lord bacon la there any wonder that lorah bacon cries aloud re Is little friendship la this WWW ilet us contrast the friendship of and the duke of buckingham that of damon and pythias caving incurred disfavor with dimaya IM the tyrant king of syracuse and condemned to die pythias his friend a soldier of fortune called upon bis friend damon and the ol 01 friendship damon replied thai nothing could be done the king had rinsed to allow him to aee his wile aad child nothing but death stared the face yet pythias boeg to the tyrant king and offers himself aaa while damon be permitted to bee his wife and child and if damon toiled to return pythias offered lifs life at the hour of damons execution could not believe that ach acts of friendship really existed re granted the request and pythia a M cast in irons into a dungeon and bion flew to his home Just before w execution of damon pythias waa B te married the king secured calan the promised bride of pythias and in disguise goes with her to prison cell and on her knees in her croal robes calantha implored imp lorea byth ato fly holding in her bands the W to tha pr isoni pythias responds ret ponds at he would violate his solemn com chot friendship with damon should leave he could never live happy afterward ft erward in thinking what damon night think of him should he return ad find that pythias bad doubted bis friendship and bis honor pythias stood B an example of confidence in hit friend damon arid refused every opportunity port unity to escape the sublime confidence in the return of hla friend caused the king to betin aan to the mountain pass through witch damon must come on bis return ad to prevent bis approach it M v let u return to daban a wet ment he bad passed beyond alie mountains to his beloved home ana there told his wife the story of his and ther hour of his execution ec and how pythias had voluntarily placed himself as a hostage for his safe return his wife pleaded with him to remain bayang that pythias had no ife and child but he turned a deaf car to her words and rushed toward the door his wife clasped alm by the arm and his little child rushed up and grasped him by the leg my god he responded my child too this 13 too much his servant over heard the words and in his zeal tor his master safety had killed damons horse and when damon burst from the house leaving both wife and child prostrate on the floor he crieg aloud to his servant luculus luciw lus my horsa when informed that the was dead feeding feeing a traveler coming along the road on horseback he rushed to ahe stranger as a lion does to its prey threw the traveler to the ground sprang into the saddle and was off to the already the hour was late he must save his friend pythias there was a possibility or him yet getting there on time but hafl would have to take the dangerous pathway over the mountains instead of ach ing around and through the pass he decided to take the dangerous path which had been used in the past by bandits and isolated travelers H reaches the prison lust as the aloner raises the abo to behead bis friend pythias the strain upon his nerves realizing how near he had sacrificed his friend in coming just at the moment when death seemed near caused him to break down and temporarily insane as be embraced his friend and offered himself to be executed the king watt stood by disguised when seeing the faithfulness of damon in his return replied it this be friendship then kingships king ships are valueless and pardoned damon on the spot this my friends Is that confidence that integrity that honor that friendship upon which the knights of aaa Is founded well may wo repeal true friendship like a goodlan knot tended it grows and strengthens every hour until this trail alto Is ended benevolence the second jewel stands tor love of mankind and a desire to promote happiness in others the willingness to perform a friendly act friendship Is love benevolence Is an act of love the first two jewels of are closely united and yet far apart friendship embraces all that is grand and noble while benevolence Is a voluntary desire to do and perform grand and noble deeds the voluntary disposition to do and perform these things which constitute friendship is benevolence pythias showed the spirit of friendship when ha offered himself as a hoat age for damon and damon showed the act of friendship when he refused the advances of pythias on account of the possible danger pythias performer eu the act of benevolence when ho insisted upon damon going to see his wife and child and damon showed the true spirit of benevolence and honor when be turned from his wife to hasten to do that noble act which would save the life the two jewels are interwoven one into the other yet each is separate the one is the deed the other the willingness to perform 11 the third great jewel of pythian elsm is charity charity embraces both friendship and benevolence it would indeed be cold charity coming from one who had neither the feeling of kindness nor the disposition to be kind in bis heart charity is both friendship and benevolence and Is greater than both to be charitable there must be no feeling of repugnance regret hatred or ill will in the least degree it is said that no real charity exists because man Is so constructed as to bate some one or something and yet we as true knights of pythias teach charity and hold it out as the only hope through which man can perfect himself to make a final accounting to his master we teach that you practice charity not only to your brother knight but to all mankind when a brother knight Is sick you call upon him that is a friendly act when you inquire after his welfare and express while at his bedside your willingness to ease his suffering and snow your anxiety to aid him to help him and to assist him that Is benevolence and after he has said either in a proud and haughty spirit or words ot bumble thought that he needs nothing thanks you tor your good intentions but while you have been at his bedside you havo noted the surround ings you feel the room to be cold and cheerless and you leave with a to return and you immediately send to the sick room a bouquet of roses you buy a stove and send a man to petit up and puta alro inet and you appear later on with a pound of sugar and a dozen lemons you give the sick man a drink of lemonade then you sit down by abo fire and read your brother to sleep and feel all the while that you have done only your duty and no more that la charity how many in this charity yet my friends every true knight is in duty hound 10 practice by precept and charity such as I 1 have described the three great jewels of ism are friendship charity and benevolence but the greatest of these Ms char ny tho committee on arran gement were joseph B R gelger and JB venables dyspepsia bane of human existence blood bitters curea it promptly permanently regulates and tones the stomach |