The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-02
FRATERNAL NOTES.
The Recent Odd Fellows Military Can


The Recent Odd Fellows Military Can
tonment at Chicago.
Fidelity Lodge, No. 222, l. o. o. F., at its
meeting last evening conferred the initatory
San Francisco Chapter, No /, Royal Arch
Masons, had work in the Mark Masters de-
gree last evening.
Cosmopolitan Lodge. No. 1914. l. O. o. F.,
at its meeting tomorrow evening will have
work in the initiatory.
Occidental, No. %, Hermann, No. 127. ana
King Solomons, No. 260, lodges of the +.
and a. NJ. of this city. each held stated meet
ings last evening for the transaction of bust
ness.
The reception to the supreme representa-
tives of the Supreme Grove of the United
States, U. A. O. D., rendered by the sub
ordinates groves of this city, will take place
at Union-squaIe Hall this evening.
District No. z, of the knights of Honor Of
this city, comprising Ivy Lodge, No. l.l4,
Friendship, No. 1871, and Ierba BIena, No;
17SS, Edgar G. Rust. d. ID. Il. d., Will hold
a social reunion in the Alcazar Building on
Tuesday evening, 10th inst. The Executive
Committee, composed of members from the
lodges named, are working to make the al
fair a most successful one.
The Odd Fellows Literary and Social CLUB
will give an entertainment and dance III the
public hall on Friday evening.
Liberty Lodge, No. 1896, Knights of Honor,
will celebrate its first anniversary with an
entertainment and dance Tomorrow evening
at Union-Square Hall
The recent Triennial Cantonment OF the
PatriaIchs Militant, l. 0. o. f., at Chicago Is
receiving a most mercileSS comment IN some
OF the journals of the order. The Chicago
Odd Fellow in its issue of the 10th ult' -
especially unsparing in its condemnation OF
the whole atiair-the methods by which II
was held and those who were most proml-
nently responsible for it, The Odd Fellow
declares that the demonstration was not
fairly representative of the order, and that
out of a membership of over 100000 only
comparative handful participated looking
the record all over" says the Odd Fellow,
I'VE be'iye that nine tenths of the order VIII
agree that it would be better to make this
first cantonment the last As much as any OF
us may like the PalriarchS Militant 1t is a
solemn undeuiable fact that under the most
fayorab e circumstances cantonment Is not
illustrative of Odd Fellowship. Indeed,
such demonstration at best would seem
utterly discOrdant with the real solemn,
steady work of the order. But when there
are so many causes of dissatisfaction, when
the number in attendance is so small as 10
give the public the impression that this
great oIder is really insignificant. the can
torment is both GemoraliZing and huml!l-
ating." While the Odd Fellow in part OF
its article deals gently with General Under
wood and thinks he is not to blame for all
that many seem inclined to blame hlm Tor,
yet there is no mistaking its true fee 'lngs
when it says of him: at is probable that
before the Generaissimo gets through with
the matter he will wish that he had never
been the gorgeous head of the gorgeous
scheme. 1t is likely that lie will be SO scored
in the Sovereign Grand Lodge for thugs for
which he ought to be scored as well as for
things for which he ought not that it will
make him very weary Of being a princely
roOed Generalissimo"