Omaha daily bee., 1896-04-05
ECHOES OF THE ANTE ROOM.

on the consolation prizes, which were unique
Refreshments were served during the even.
ing,
Among those present were: Mrs. L,
Brownies. Miss Ida Lindstrom. Mrs, NJ. A..
J%.nries, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. II. T. Walker,
Mss Alice Gillian, Messrs. A. r. Darby. w. H.
Blake, Ralph Brownlee. Starbuck. Mckay,
S%everons and Brown, Mir. aud Mrs. r. c,
Anderson, Mr., and Mrs, Gillian.
Ancient order Of United workmcr.
A very important meeting is to be held by
Social lodge No. 1902, Degree of Honor, on
the regular meeting night. Monday, April
10. a new proposed ritual for the order Is
to be eXemplihed and the opinion Of the
members Is to be obtained regarding II.
A movement for a new ritual has for some
time existed in the ranks OF the MEMBER
ship and this has Increased since the degree
has been given a superior lodge by the
supreme lodge OF the order. 1t has been
felt that as the degree has practically be-
come an order in itself 1t should be tho
possesoor of a distinctive ritual. In COM
pliance with this demand a Kansas lodge
compiled a ritual, which is the one to be
presented at the meeting of Social lodge.
The Kansas lodge proposes to have the
ritual eNemplitied in all sections of the coun-
try in order to obtain an expression OF
opinion regarding its merits. II It is found
to be acceptable 1t is to be presented to the
superior lodge, which Is to be Instituted at
Buffalo June 10. The superior lodge will
then meet In Its first annual session. 1t
having been authorized at the meeting of
the supreme lodge of the order last year.
This superior body can only ecomme the
adoption of the ritual, as IL Is governed by
the laws of the supreme lodge, but there ia
little doubt that the ritual would be adopted
by the latter IL 1t is by tho
superior lodge. The grand lodge convenes ON
June 16, also at Buffalo.
Mrs. Adelia Harding, grand chief OF honor
of Hebron, will be in attendance at the
meeting. 1t is possible also that other grand
officers will be present.
In order to obtain a proper expression OF
opinion 1t Is desired that all members OF
Ancient Order of United Workmen and De-
gree of Honor lodges that can possibly do so
be present. Invitations are extended to the
membership of the order in Council BLUFFS
and South Omaha to attend also.
Omaha lodge No. Is is preparing for an en-
tertainment which Is to be given on Thursday,
April 16. 1t will consist principally Of a
lecture, "a Trip Around the World which
is to be illustrated with over 100 stereopticon
views. The lecture is to be interspersed with
musical and literary selections.
Independent Order Of Forestcrs.
A new court of the order is to be instituted
in South Omaha on next Thursday night.
The remon is to be performed in Ma
tional hall, The members of Court Omaha
and the newly instituted Omaha court, Mon
DAMN, have been invited to be present on
the occasion and it is hoped and expected
that the responses will be many. Matters
of interest to members and to the order are to
be discussed and the meeting will be of
benefit to all those who attend.
A committee has been appointed by Court
Mondamin to confer with one from Court
Omaha with the object in view Of obtaining
a hall in which both bodies can meet. The
hall will be named Independent Order of
Forester hall. 1t is hoped that with the es-
Enlistment of some such headquarters the
order will prosper at a greater rate in the
city.
Court Mondamin has not yet been fully
organized. The charter list has been al
lowed to be kept open for a time longer in
order to permit candidates to be admitted at
charter rates. 1t is hoped that fifty names
will be on the list before it 10 closed.
Active work is still being done in the eff
fort to establish another court in South
Omaha, or Omaha, with fair chances of sue
cess. A further attempt Is also to be made
to persuade the members of the lodge of the
Independent Order of Foresters Of Illinois
TO turn over to the order. A proposition is
being presented to them. If these two courts
are organized the total number in the city
md South Omaha will be five, sufficient to
permit the establishment of a high court OF
the state.
A high court is what the members Of the
order are desiring with all their hearts. 1t
Is believed that with such a body In exist
ence the order can be spread throughout the
state and can obtain as good a foothold In
Nebraska as other fraternal bodies, and as
it haze succeeded in attaining in other states
in the union.