The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-09-27
SECRET SOCIETIES.
Sounds and Echoes From the Ante Rooms
Noticeable Activity

Now the hot season Is over, the different
secret organizations are recovering from
the inevitable lethargy an resuming their
wonted activity.
The secret societies of Salt Lake City
are most important factor in the social
swim. A vast amount of benevolent and
charitable work is constantly, although
verv quietly and unosten uatiously being
carried on by these different fraternities.
Many indeed are the widows and orphans
in the city, to whom helping hand is ever
being held out.
THE ODD FELLOWS
during the past week have been the most
active in the work of their order. A new
lodge, Fidelity No. H." was formed and a
charter granted to it a few weeks ago. 1t
already membership of eighty.
Enterprise lodge at its usual meeting
last Wednesday, evening was visited by
Salt Lake lodge and also by the new lodge,
Fidelity. A vast amount OF business was
transacted as well as fraternal amenities
exchanged. The Past Grand elect of Salt
Lake lodge made very able and enter
tanning speech.
Utah Lodge No l m conjunction with the
Union decree staff conferred the initiatory
degree on several candidates.
Utah sent three delegates-Grand Secre-
tary j. j. Thomas and Past Grands E. D.
Hall and Alexander Rogers, all of Salt
Lake-to the conclave of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge held at ST Louis last week.
There are in the city three
REBEKAH DEGREE LODGES
for ladies who meet regularly in the indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows hall. OF
these, Naomi lodge, of which Mrs Farms
worth is noble grand, Is the largest. having
a membership of 1874. On Saturday even
ing the ladies of this lodge conferred the
ln1tlatory degree on six applicants.
THE PATRIOTIC ORDER SONS OF AMERICA,
has made change in the ritual, and hence
forth, instead of requiring three degrees to
constitute full-fedged patriotic son.
the mystic rites will all be conferred in one
degree. There are three camps of the order
in the city, and at present three different
meeting places, but this is going to be
changed, and after January first they will
nave one hall as common meeting place.
The order Is growing rapidly, the initia-
lions averaging about ten per week
Mr.. Jake Greenwald denies that there is
any secession from the ranks of the order.
owing to the difference Of opinion in re-
gard to statehood for Utah. BY the way.
Mr.. Greenwald says that instead of being
elected to stay at home'' he was unani-
mously elected an alternate delegate to at
tend the national convention at Philadel-
phia.
The order of
SONS OF ST. GEORGE,
of which their are three subordinate lodges
in the territory, one of which, the Trafal-
gar lodge, is in Salt Lake City, are about
to increase to six lodges. New ones are be-
ing formed at Bingham, Provo and Logan.
When this is accomplished q grand lodge
will be instituted. The order is open for
Englishmen, the sons and grandsons of
Englishmen or English women. The Traf
algar lodge OF this city has made arrange
ments TO give a free sociable, open to the
general public, at the Temple of Honor
hall, Main and First South streets. ON the
first Wednesday evening in October. Som
line talent in the vocal and instrumental
music line will be displayed.
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
of Utah will be held at II O'Clock am. Tn
the evening of the same day addresses will
be delivered, and and at the conclusion off
the public exercises
BANQUET
Will be rendered the distinguished guests
and the visiting delegates at one Of the
leading hotels
ALL COMMITTEES
are urgently requested to meet at the Cen.
tral CLUBS rooms on Tuesday, September
~, at1:3O IN. and be prepared with as
full reports as possible.