The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-15
THE BANQUET.
THE HOO HOGS.

i,ors.
THE HOO HOos.
Grand Confederation TO be He'd-History
Austin. Texas, April Il.
with cats upon their hAuueis
They came In shoals Of nine,
The smell upon their garments
Is rosin, Pitch and pine
So sings the poet laureate OF Hoo Hoo
and Austin will more thoroughly appreoi-
ate the real meaning OF these lines before
the week Is over. The wearers Of thu
black cat with tail rampant viii come
from oil parts of the state to meet IN
coueatenation and add TO their member
ship those VINO have not yet been permit
;ci 20 walk in the waving greenness OF the
gardens right and left SAGE down cgep
into the particular center Of Hoo roo
Land and drink from the fountains ul
eternal youth.
Ia Ink connection It mny he Of interest
Ia briefly recall some points IN tNe history
aud growth Of this unique and wondtrlu!
Organiza ton. which has 70. Us object the
promotion OF the hcalth. happiness and
long life OF its members. Hoo HOO Is ut
terly unlike any other secret ORGANIZATION
Oh curtin Other fraternl bodies thau
Hoo roo aim to bring ont tne peter quar-
itirs IN human nature. Hoo HOO does al
thla AMI much more. Tnrrc are ptojl'-
PhD,stnos perhaps-who heli've that any
body ~ men who wear 50 unconventional
81 tntton as that displayed ON the lctt
lauc. OF every Hoo Hoo must be bound
tor hur by Other ties than those OF fra
ter0ifv. In the flrst place. Hoo HOO IS es-
seA ~ Fly q protest against the conNen-
rioiIAl. The Supcrstiliu.s world believes
that a black cat means had ". *. This Is
onc Of the reasons why Hoo Hoo aiopira
the black cat rs It's emblem other VI
ganizations aim to benefit q man after he
IS ~ -. or m1ke ,i TIE iostrance lie III. IA
of loo Hoo is primarily social
orgaHi@ation, II bring- into ON
man on and fratrrnal into. ours Gle ium-
horncn and those who are ntH.ia-cl in
more direct way with that iullAtig- IL
has 10 insurance no uniforms n9 SWORDS;
40 lodges no stated times or Places Of
meeting. 1t is now the lars 4i holy Of
lumurrmcn in the world. having oyer ioHl
m0uN rs scattered OVER the 1ite states
" hilo there Is 81 considerable >pnhlhg IN
A'rlea Ensland and South Auisnca. Il
nuiuhers IN It's membership almost every
lnmH rman in this country ~. any con
siderable prominence. NIiAin ia- .as' iou
years tine black cat has grown 20 be
prominent feature at cvsrY meeting Of
luwhernon In fact. TIE ui1ck cat Is Il
slaou5 ~ icr the lumber ut-.le~s.
me- mig ot six men ~ .+iiie Arkansas
saWm.il town. Gurion boy uaWe IA Janu-
av.i SO. II w'is here tuhi tao foundations
az th0 order were laid biz tlc pr!ginu! si,>-
4; A. Johnson OF Chicago w. y. iiarnes
OF : LOUIS, George Is. S.uith Of ST. Louis,
l., a. T.. A. strauss OF ~, Louis q. w.
schwartz Of ST. Louis an4 w. $ Mitchell
Of i.ftle Rock. Three 90. these gentlemen
WEI ihmpeF TRACE il'N paper N'ii' Two
M"I' iuinhcr mon ana one u ihl'phn h.'sH.
m'Fht possihiF "italn 70 a membership OF
th?e" or iont huHai'l put 10 cover cor
iA.Eeneics tine NnNt was pihcca AZ WY. IN
is man elsnteen months II MhS iGnnI
!. es1 a, al y 10 fniSr we huiil 70 'N. II
ifobhhl' nat TINS numher VIII ne rencaed
next year The number IS sacred TO every
100 i.pe me l.iti@ii9n Zee - 49, the
Hil'uAi uucS ~ '''fs. re aIWAEs "dillS q
~ ms np'n' room llhhlntr; ne lnNhflun!Y
So pTilh y IN SIrtler: ne no"F "Ner3-
NhhF ny nlnc7 IA supreme Nln" governs
itr Shti" podSs On the n;hih ~ OF inc
innth montn-N'PtelnpGr tile Ui'Hih,lS
mrct ana hoin 100 100 annual IN S9inc
.a'se 81 ino HtS' "uMuh VIZ H'tn ~
T. l'ouis, w s'tTu IN 1'"R tme MIA
~ KANSAS ny, me tY'rih IN Minn"apo!is-
Inc neNl annual WI meet II NAsuNiIe,
lrnun next september, M tn"re "HnNhI
meetings an ~" business ol INC order Is
baNrattrli uH,. WON II airhl IN tHioE .
mrnt ana IN driving away care and Tor
IN" chlrl oihe@r az inc ori"r ~ chlIrd the
suhik. W 'srn u" mas served one year ne
IT, Uade ~ occupant OF th' Rouse Oh Ai-
gents ms ceremony - on" OF lI,' most
Interesting FEATURES OF n" annual INe
ceremonies are conducted by me members
.oi the thamhrr 81 horrors, ihc.e W.ihG
past Nle"gor"ui snhrkH. me ritAal Is
ionnirl uion NE i4tts OF thr ancient
Egyptians, Who We're as j. We'll known
worshipcrs of the cat. II may be SAD
that Hoo Hoo traces It's history back TO
the times 81 the itplninies, when tne
priests OF itAnaNils we've tn" most potent
factors IN ltSypilhn poitics ana rellglon
Among IN" other members OF the SUI
prcme Nine are the pojum. lahherwock
The srpreme. Ainc a9s now constituted is
t1,doW' oo hnn r. II rn,,,
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