The herald., 1894-04-27

and an encore was vigorously demanded.
This was followed DY recitation OF
The Gipsy Flower Girl, by Miss Lily
Buckingham, which WAS exceedingly
we'll received by the large audience, and
the ouar.ette sang another song.
Rev. ". A. Knighten spoke next on
Odd Fellowship. When an institution
is started it should be for the benefit OF
mankind. and its birthday will then
always be fitly commemorated. This is
the seVenty-fith anniversary of the
birthday OF Odd Fellowship. There are
five great pointH that this order touches,
and these are the care Of the widow, the
orphan, the sick and aged, and the
burial OF the dead. There are 900, 900
members in the institution. and its an
nual revenue is So, SOC, 900. and its sub
ordinate lodges last year spent So 5000
in benefits of the eiCk, the poor and
needy, and If the Christian church
had done this work there would have
been no need OF Odd Fellowship. Tho
net increase of membership was 50, 900,
and it's 1900 branches meet every week
all over the world. There are 96,3l2
members OF the Rebskah degree alone,
the brightest, most intelligent, hand
soonest body oil women in the world.
Applauue]. Just try to cohesive what
the willing hands of this noble body OF
women can do for the good of humanity.
There are l 1927 900 Odd Fellows in the
world. Since its organization $50, ,92l 900
has been expended for the aick RRd
needy since 1880, and 1.7l6,945 persons
were relieved.
In California last year each member
OF the order paid S15.65 per capita for
relief, or a total OF $282, SAL, aud since
1853 they have contributed for sick and
relief $l2,736,7l4. Every man in the
world has got to take his place in the
world, for the whole scheme of human
ity rests on the interdependence OF man
kind. Men are part OF one another,
and are all kin. Odd Fellowship is
broader than any creed, and is broad
institution open to all humanity. The
pope of Rome has declared that Odd
Fellowship is open to all Catholics, and
year by year it is extending its benign
influence all over the world, and If the
millennium does not come to stop 1T the
world will be an Odd Fellow. lap
plausel
Foley Parker sang a comic song which
made hit, and selection by the or
chestra closed the exercises.
THE BALL.
Last night grand ball WAS given at
Armory hall which wac a great social
event. A thousand invitations had been
issued and the hall was crowded:
The committee of arrangements was at
follows: q. J. P. Ford, chairman; g.
Heiman, secretary.
Golden Rule, No. 16O-W. Y. White
James Watt, J. F. Fosmir.
Los Angeler, No. $50. P. J. Ford,
James Ashman, F. NJ. Wolford.
Good Will No. 323-J. H. Gingery, F,
Il. Walsh, W. Door.
Pico Heights lodge, No. 362-J. W.
Francis, o. F. Peeler, G. M. Chester.
Columbia Rebecca Degree lodge, No.
134-Mrs. Herzog, Mrs. L. E. GIngsry
Mrs. Q. Church.
Semi-Tropic lodge, No. S71-H. Y.
Quackenbush. F. Gillespie, NJ. S. Wes-
ner.
Orpheus lodge, No. 2S7-J. Saunders,
]. Bruckner, A. Tischhauser.
Orange Grove Encampment, No. 81
G. Heiman, r. Livingstone, F. E. Mil
lar.
Arbor Vitae Rebscca Degree-Mrs. ].
Murratt, Mrs. NJ. Bradford, Mrs. Ii.
dell.
- l,---aGe~.NLn 19a---Issz.sI.-.l~.Nsfv
man.
East Side lodge, No. $3.50. L. Rob
ertson, G. W. Stockwell, d. D. Morton.
The floor manager was w. P. Schlossei
and bis aids F. NJ. Mcconnell, J. A.
Reichert, L. M. Wolford, F. E. Walsh,
f. Gillespie, A. Tischauser, o. L. Rob
ertson, ]. II. Gingsry.
Tho ~
lows: w. o. Burr, d. 7. Sterner, James
Ashman, Fred j. Moll, sr., Ed Gibson,
w. A, BonYnge, @. M. Chester, G.. W.
| Stockwell.
ODD FELLOWS AT THE FAIR.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 26.-Five thous-
and Odd Fellows marched out to the
midwintsr fair grounds today to cele-
brate the 10Th anniversary of the forma-
ton OF the order. The general admis-
sion to the fair had been reduced to %
cents and a big crowd turned out.
Formal exercises were held in festival
hall, where W. H. L. Barnes presided
as president of the day. Addresses were
made by j. f. Crossett. chairman of the
executive committee Director General
De Young, Grand Patriarch Downes,
Governor Markham, and Grand Master
j. F. Thompson. Owing to the rain.
the competitive drill was held In the
Vienna Prater hall. Santa Rosa canton
No. 2S, won first prize; Sacramento No.
l, second.
ONTARIO CELEBRATES.
ONTARIO, CAL, April 26.-The seventy
fifth anniversary Oh the founding of the
order of Odd Fellows was made the oc-
casicr of an important demonstration
here today. Lodges from Riverside,
Redlands, San Demanding, Chino, Po-
mona and Ontario took part in the
parade, which was followed by laying
the corner:etone of Odd Fellows hall.
Prof. @. H. Keyes of Pasadena delivered
an eloquent address. The Celebration
closed with banquet in the evening.
EXERCISES AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, April 26.-The celebration
of the ssventy-fifth anniversary by the
Odd Fellows here was a grand success.
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