The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-19
THE SECRET societies.

THE SECRET SOCIETIES.
What IL Being Done Behind Closed
Desrs-UsefulI lessons Learned In the
Lodge Roems-Ths Various Orders of
This City.
There are many wives who object to
their husbands being connected with
secret orders. This arises from two
causes. one. and the most common OF
which. IL falling on the part OF some
men TO shift all the responsibility Of
their misdoIngs ard short comlngs on
the lodge. Ii they remain out until
the small hours Of the morning. and
then go homo In condition that sug.
geets the need of a handful of assorted
key holes. TO enable them to find
their way Into the house. 1t was the
fault OF the lodge. that had several ini-
tiations or conferred degrees, or had
some other important business to
transact. keeping In very late.
Then he was oyerheated In the room
and only took drink to prevent TAX
Ing cold. Now. as n general rule, such
men seldom attend the meetings, and
II they do they never remain in when
there 10 an Initiation or any other Inn
portant business to be transacted. The
proof that these men do not take any
interest in their lodges Is shown by
their actions outside. In tlEir contact
with the worlq and their families. III
they attended their lodge meetings.
and obeyed the teachings presented To-
them nightly they could not help be-
ing better citizens. better husbands
Another reason why some ladies OBJ.
1eot to the lodges is because there is a
secrecy about them which they can
not penetrate. They forget that there
are home secrets which they do not
divulge. even to their husbands, and
that there Is a secrecy about even this
great universe. which scientific men
OF all ages have tried, but failed TO
penetrate. tits, however, we'll for all
secret orders to open their doors as
often as possible to the wives and fam.
the way Of public Installations and
frequent entertainments which the
wives and lady friends OF the memb ers
should be urged to attend.
| THE ODD FELLOWS.
This old established and highly hon.
| ored order seems to have been en-l
dowed with renewed life In it's great
work OF friendship, love and truth.
There is scarcely city, town. village
| or hamlet. where this great order Isl
unknown and now the church. instead
OF opposing 1t, advocates the cause in
which 1t Is engaged and eDdeavors to
emulate Its example. The order origi-
Lated In England and the 74th ami
versary OF Its Introduction into this
country Will, by order OF the Sover-
eign Grand Lodge. be observed next
Wednesday, the 26th inst, by Odd
Fellows In all parts OF the United
States.
The exercises In this city will be con-
Quoted in the opera House In the even.
ing, when General John G. Underwood
past grand sire OF the Sovereign Grand |
Lodge. and ex-governor Of Kentucky,
will deliver an adNress, and there will
be Instrumental music by the OPERA
House orchestra and vocal music by
the quartette.
This quartette Is composed of Miss
Jennie Mckeown, soprano; Miss Clara
Weber, contralto; Charles Law, tenor,
and George Q. Smith, bass. 1t is a
famous organization and has testi- {
monials from many people OF promi-
hence.
All the prominent Odd Fellows in
the State have been invited to be pres :
ent. The Wilmington lodges have the
celebration IN charge. Grand MASTER
James +. Price is chairman OF the joint
committee OF arrangements. K
Az the lodges in this city are in q
healthy condition.
THE A. o. U. W.
Since Delaware has become a sepa-
rate Jurisdiction of the Ancient Or +,
der OF United Workmen, there has
been considerable accession OF mem
hers, and the motto now seems to be,
Onward" There has been consid-
cradle decrease in the number of as Il
ses5ments, and this very useful orderls
seems to be enjoying full sunshineIy
of prosperity. The cost of initiation I
ID reasonable, and unless there is a .
great increase in the assessments, L
they will not exceed Sl2 for the cur. 8
rent year. This insures the widow or {
beneficiary OF q member the snug sum
Of $1,000 at his death. \
THE LEGION OF THE RED GROSS,
The L. o. R. O. is another excellent d
and sound beneficial and co.operativelc
Insurance order. and has been the :
means OF doing vast deal OF good.
Omega Council was instituted at Mar
shallton last Saturday night, and
starts under the most favorable aus.
pices.
Alpha Council, No. /, which meets
on Thursday nights in the Smith
Building, No. 612 Market street, has
six propositions, and more coming in. 4,
Blue Rock Conncil initiated 9 candi.
dates last Wednesday evening and re-
ceived 8 propositions. The order is,u
increasing everywhere, and the indi-lcl
cations are that before the close of the
year the membership throughout the
country will be doubled. For the first
four months OF this year there were
but five assessments at 80 cents each,l
while the dues Tor the same time were
$225, making total cost for dues and
assessments for that period OF S4.75,
or an average OF fraction over :
cents day, which secures to q mem
Der IS week In case of sickness, $50
on the death OF wife, and $1,000 onlh,
the death of a member, to his wldowIin
or other beneiiciaries. Can any other "
provision for sickness or death be Il
cheaper than this? and is it not they
duty Of every WORKING man to avail ~
himself of 1t, are questions which II
everyone should give careful consid-lG
Grafton. d,
THE A. 1. o. K. NJ. .,
The Ancient and ulustrlous Order M
Knights OF Malta Is .'flourishing like &c
a bay tree planted by the rivers of ss
water" The four Communicates in ~
this city are growing and increasing, 70
anu III 10 Oniy u Huc5iiOh VI at
til another Conimandery will have to he
be stationed. al
A numbr OF new Communicates are e.
being stationed in Pennsylvania and u.
New Jersey and the order seems to beliD,
growing everywhere. The SupremeiJl
Grand Commnndery of America will ri
convene In Patterson. N. j.. on Mon. Ja
day, May s, when nearly 40 Commando
cries will be represented from thirteen ~
States and Canada. ID
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THE HEpTAsoPHs. So
All the city conclaves of Hepta- l.
sophs OF S. w. NJ. are now nicely fix n
ed in one of the magnificent rooms In UI
Eden Hall, the last conclnve to move
in being Washington. No. 9. The
change seems to have benefited all the
conclaves with an increasing attend "
nnce and renewed interest. Friend
ship No. has an inltiatory and degree =
team which is perfect In the work. :
consequently the ceremonies are per-I
formed with oil their ancient Eolem.
nifty and pomp. making an impress u
sion on the mind OF the candidate
which is never effaced. This order.
like all others. has passed through
MANY vic,situdes. but is. now on the ."
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