Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-02-12

Some Facts Cleaned From a Visit to the
Had Office.

the Ladies' of the Maccabees of Mich
gan.
The standing and popularity of tins
Order throughout Michigan is plainl,
evidenced bN the wonderful record
which it made during The month OF
December 1896 Thirteen hundrcc
thirteen members were added by Tia
aides during this month, notwithstand
ny the fact OF the great financial d.
which are epterGg into competition
and that this is month in which IL
large amount Of mony is expended il
aft giving.
The ladies order now repres, n ovc
$50 900 000. 90 in outstanding endow
ment, and paid in death claims durir.
he year of 1896 was - % 1873 90, an'
for total and permanent disabili
claims Sl750.O0. and December 3lsl.
| $50. had membership in the Stat.
of 81 800 members, which are divide
among $50 Hives This phenomina
record has been achieved in six years
Some idea of the work devolying up.
On the Great Commander may b
gained from the fact that during the
months of December and January
mas taken the services of two stenO.
graphers to handle the daily mails
while third clerks time was employed
in issuing commissions, filing and reg
tering. $40 90 was expended in this
Dne office during the month Of January
for postage alone.
A dispensation was issued by TN,
Great Executive Committee January
LIST, which will remain in force uutil
May lst, 1897. reducing the initiation
fee to the actual price of certificate fee
and per capita tax (Sl POI as the organi-
latlon is determined to keep up its
previous record of the most inexpensive
reputable organization doing busr
ness in the State and furnishing endew
ment and total and permanent disabi-
ity benefits to women, exclusively.
rhe Ladies of the Maccabees hav,
scored a wonderful success in this ord
er and have proved beyond all question
that ladies can most successfully con-
duct large business organization with
out the assistance of the gentlemen.
Not only in Michigan is the order
booming. but the Supreme Hive is now
doing business in thirty-two states ami
territories aud have sixty hives in Chr
cago alone. Daring 1896 five ne"
hives were instituted on Vancouver,
Island and number in Manitoba
rhe Maccabees now rank As the second
beneficiary organization in the world,
second only to the A O. L W.
Much credit is given Great Com
Burns for the splendid record which
he Order is making IN the State Il,
thirty-four new Hives have been added
10 the roster since August lst, 1896.
During the month of January Tia
Great Commander visited SagI
nav Bay City, Flint, Mu>kcgoa, Grano
Rapids. Greenv.lle. Stanton, Yves
Branch and Detroit in attendance upo
the annual installation of officers, al
ia each place has addressed large aud
! euce, of enthusiastic Maccabees and
hclr friends.
The O2emaw Republican of We>'
Branch gives full column to tn
lady Maccabees' installation ceremou-
les stating that it was one OF the mos
interesting events which had eve
aiken place in that town aud that TN
aides gave one OF the finest exhibition
of floor work it had ever been the l.,
81 the editor to view aud close, IA.
article with the following: "Uhe pro-
gram included an address by Grea
Lady Com. Burns. She is "a fluent and
Witty speaker aud occupied the tim
allotted to her very pleasantly to h'
audience. She j. very deeply in,eres
"A in the work of the Order and if he
ADVICE were taken every woman in tn,
,ilage would be a member of Sophi
Hive We believe that the Hive "
receive large increase in its membrl
ship through the great interest aroused
by this meeting"
ST. Louis Hive now numbers nearl,
4 hundred members and is IA mos
Ilpurishing Hive of the l.. o. +. NJ
The annual installation of officers which
was recently held resulted in placing
many of the old officers in the same
chairs for the coming term, constant