The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-31
Splendid Entertainment by Garnet
Camp at the Auditorium
Last Evening.
Two Thousand People Took Ad-
vantage OF tho Opportunity
offered.
Music, REGULATIONS and an Interesting and
Instructive Talk On the work of
the Order.

Woodman OF the Wo ID. under the au-
spic OF Garnet eamr, and many turned
away unable 20 find standing room. The
stage was tastsfully decorated with ever
greens and ported Plants. aud working EN-
blems of the o der. In addition 10 those
on the programme and the officers OF Gar
net aud Montana camps, several distin-
guished guests ocen led seats on the plat.
form. including Gov. and MIS-. Richards.
/ HigRins popular cadet band opened the
programme followed by an able address
of welcome by Coas1l Commander John
Baker. Ths ROTATIONS ef Mrs. Swigeetts-
Wilson and Mrs. r. b. Weirick wsrs en-
thusiastieally eneo ed. as we're the rsndi-
lions Of the Queen City quaTtette. the Hell
sna Banjo and Mandolin elub. the solos 30
admirably rendered by Misc Azsrlea Mills
and Mas Jennie Hepnsr and the a-tistis
piano duet by the Misses Cloutler. In
point OF. attendance, enthusiasm aud general
interest the Entertainment was one OF the
most successful ever given in Helena. re.
flscting much credit upon the social COM
mittee having 10 In charge.
Sunshine ana Shadows in tue Life OF a
| Lodge Man" was the subject of a most in
tefesting address delivered by A. Is. Keith.
The speaker showed the great wo fratsr-
nal societies had done and were doing, and
pointed out In a convincing way where
mistakes had been made. am showed tue
| difficulties that had 10 DO overcome so that
they could be Of the greatest benefit The
lecture was fled with apt illustrations
and bright stories. and commanded the
closest attention. That part which refer cd
directly TO the Woodmsn and their work
was as follows:
No greater p oblem has ever presented
itself In ths modern lodge room than 30
haTmonizs frateFnal sentiments with the
best practical fraternAl results. Those
orders p ofesssdly foremost 10 the oultiva-
tion of fraternal sentiments among their
membe ship lack 10 no small degree the
practical elements OF hslpfulness repre-
sented by legal provisions for she widowed
aud the fatheileas. by practical oil ments
OF helpfulness / do not mean charity, in
frinRing upon the dignity OF the loved ones
left behind, but that reward of fraternal.
association which takes she forms of care
and comfort for the gems Of the hTeside
With the poetrT left out we call this fra
ternal revision lodge Insurance.. While
the leading fraternal organizations lack
this fundamental essential OF practical fra
ternity, which extends from the brother 20
those whom the brother loves. those asso-
oistions known as secret insurance orders
too Often lose sight OF the strictly fTaternal
features Of lodge fellowship in their zeal TO
strengthen the business tntei eats upon
which they are based.
To overcome these extTsmes-to so Gem
bine these modern essentials of the highest
type OF ffaternelism as 20 resp the best re-
suits of honored compsnionship, on the
one hand, while maintaining on n success
fnl business basis the insurance feature, on
the other hand, has challenged the iARePu
ity Of lodge men for years. Repeated ex-
periments were made mo c OF less success
full In their operations, yet failing to reach
the ideals of the practical lodge man. In
suranoe companies, independent of frater-
nal consd0i ationE, wee organized with n
fraternAl orders aud secret insurance com
panies we're organized ia which fraternsl
principles were taught. In neither oass
we're the best results attained. The strictly
fraternal order. with an insurance side
show, 20 which only eertain percentage Of
its mem beTship could be admitted for phys
zeal reasons. recognized the necessity of
making business provision for a deceased
b othsl's family, while compelled 10 draw
the line along physical instead OF fFateTnal
considerations. The Insurance. society that
attem pted 10 supplement- its fundamental
purposes with fratefna features, discovered
that the natural inharnonies of nature
could not be overcome IN the lodge room
when membe ship Was chiefly based upon
pbysioAl conditions.
Il was 20 overcome these conditions in
eidsntsi to modern lodge work-to attain,
in fact that progress ineonsistent with the
environments Of the age, that led TO = cos
fereRcs of twsnty-ssven Of the leading
fraternal order men Of the United States In
the city OF Omaha, June 6. 1890. In this
conference the question OF adapting secret
society work 20 existing conditions that the
best ends might be attained. both from a
frAtsrnal and beneficiary standpoint, were
impartiAlly and ably debated by men
prominent in the foremost fratsrnal soois-
ties OF the world. The result OF this can
ference Was the organization of a new
secret order that combined all the essen
tials of frotst nalism with she Insurance.
beneficiary feature by methods calculated
TO sustain aud strengthen each In a union
Of holy purt oses forsVsvsr. This order,
evolved from the experiences Of secret
societies for hundreds of years, and In
spiTed By human ambition for better
things. was designated ''Ihe Woodmen of
the World"
The wisdom Of its founders has been
ratified by the public, and In less than four
years ON the creation OF les sovereign
lodge IL has attained q mem befship Of over
$1,000 men. In the Pacific jurisdietian
alone numbering nine states, the Wood
men have a membership Of nearly 1000. of
which number GOO live In Montana and 100
or mofe grace the stalwaTt roster Of Garnet
Camp OF Helena, under whose auspices this
enteFtainmtnt is given. The Moodmsn Of
the " orld is frAteTnal order. 10 which a
ore character, an honorable life. a elsaf
head and a sound body Is the passport of
admiration 4 he applicant for the houors
and travels the pathway OF fTsternAl IN
ion. stands upon the platform Of equality
before his fellows lives the life OF a true
Woodman. and when transferred By the
iron edict Of death 10 that bourne from
whence no traveller returns" monument
erected TO his memory by the neighbor Of
Lila lodge bears testimony 90 his virtues
through the unborn decades Of tho future.
10 has beeu truly said that voodcran Is
based upon the trinity of human life
fratsrRAl, social ana financial. As = fTator-
nal order 10 feeds the hungrF, clothes the
naked. visits the sick. assists tho unfor-
tunate brothers aRd places the con a per
manent token of esteem and love; and pro-
tects the widow and the orphan"
Rut when = man sits d0vn on the sidewalk
anu hangs his fost over into the busy thor
oughfafs. 10 does not az ee % keep the pub-
lie I ON stepping on his eorns. Wood
craft. like tho gieAt English adtui al. eK-
tects every man 90 10 his duty. AZ q
social oFd-r 10 sets apart one evening Ia
each month TO- an open session, 90 which
the wives aud friends are welcomed. ana in
which the spirit Of friendship IL quiokened
into universal respect and condolences that
promotes @ reRa for the aacrodness OF
home as the bnlNaTk Of she ublio.
There i a great deal Of natural patriot
ism In tie philosophy Of WOO icraft
Woodc aft is strong Ia - bsnohc.afv
system, recognizing ttat thoas Who are
a. ong In MAD aud body as we'll IN
morals ate ESSENTIAL % the permonanoy OF
brotherhood organized to promote the