Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-20
SUMMER NOTES.

ResIdents of the Elm City Who Are Recreating-TriPs by Sea and Land.
 The 'shot wave" continued yesterday in full force and unabated. The weather was termed ''muggy," close, hot, dog-day wealth CT, oppressive and beastly, according to peo- ple's vocabularies and how the weather af- fected them The rush of picnickers to the shore and to the German picnic at Schuetzen Park made the horse car conductors perspire, to say nothing of the horses, and gladdened the hearts of the omnibus and carryal1 men, Summer toilets in which white, pink and blue were prominent colors were much worn. This fashion hint is thrown out free. There were female toilets that were suggestive of eoolness of fabric and personal comfort that were eyed by perspiring and envious police men. Said policemen were doing day duty with decorum in their movement and beads of sweat on their generous faces. There were hosts of young children out in baby carriages and infants in arms were numerous in the throngs hurrying to get to shore resorts. AL together the hot weather is good for the shore and picnic business
 w. F. Benedict, Miss Lizzie LaAin and John T. Munson, of New Haven, are regis tered at the Grand Hotel, Catskin Noun tains
 Professor B. Jepson, wife and family and Mrs. J. M. Wiswel1 and daughter are visiting Mrs. Jepson's sister, Mrs. Nudge, wife of Rev. MT. Nudge, in WhitinsviIle, Mass. Principal French, of the Skinner school, is back from Andover, Mass, where he has spent part of his vacation, and leaves soon for pedestrian excursion to the Connecticut river.
 Joseph c. Earle, of this city, is summering in Milford.
 Miss Mary E. Cory and sister are spend ing their vacation in Brooklyn. P. O. Schwaab, the tobacconist, with his brother, John L. Schwaab, left the city yes terday morning for Litchfeld for two weeks. They will stop at the Island House. Rev. J. A. Freeman and family are spend ing their vacation in Nova Scotia.
 Mrs. A. L. Blakeslee and son will go to Bell Island.
 MT. John M. Peck and family are at Ocean Grove, N. J.
 Lodge and Society.
 At the annual session of the Grand lodge, I. o. O. F., of New York, yesterday the grand master, John R. Tressider, in his re- port said: ''I visited nearly all the districts in the southern and some in the western part of the State. I was received with enthusi- asm, and listened to with attention, urged the officers to be accurate in the requirement of the work and skillful in it's delivery; the members to study more carefully the tenets of Odd Fellowship, and diffuse the Fprinci- pies of benevolence and charity"
 In submitting recommendations for legis- lation in matters of reform he says: q do not think sufficient respect is paid to the dis trict deputy grand masters. There is dis position to jump the deputy and submit the question directly to the grand master for his decision. It ignores the existence of the deputy, and tends to belittIe his influence and opinions"
 He also recommends the funeral ceremonies of the fraternity being performed at night. This he thinks would promote the interests of the order and would add solemnity to the scene and pomp and circumstance to the rites of the order. He also recommends that Hess money should be spent on the dead and more on the living"
 After counselling the order to pay more at tention to the Degree of Rebekah and saying family" the help of woman is necessary, the report recommends that theGrand lodgeshould appoint a grand lecturer ''to instruct the lodges and members of this jurisdiction in the work. We have over five hundred lodges and nearly fifty thousand members in the State, and they cannot be reached by the present system of imparting the work"
 The annual revenue is nearly S4O0, 900 and the per capita tax is less than that of any other jurisdiction except Massachusetts.
 He also recommends that society be formed in this city to be known as ''The Odd Fellows Social and Literary Association of the City of New York" It's object should be the promotion of Odd Fellowship. culti- vating social and literary pursuits.