The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-11
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/ THE FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
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The fraternal societies are working
steadily and with very satisfactory re-
suits. The attendances at the lodge
meetings was good and interest was
lively all round. The holiday season
being over, the various orders are get
ting into shape for hard and effective
work.
The new officers who will serve for
the coming six months have taken hold
with vim and energy and all indica-
tions point to prosperous year.
The Odd Fellows of Salt Lake will
have a notable gathering tonight. Five
of the city lodges have accepted the
invitation of Mystic lodge No. % to
hold joint installation in the hall of
No. %. The Grand lodge officers will
attend in body, and install the Of
ficers-elect in due form. The old time
monotony of installation will be done
away with, and in its place there will
be an order of things both agreeable
and conforming to the laws of the
order. The new features to be intro
duced will add greatly to the pleasure
of the evening. The famous orchestra
of No. %, consisting of nine pieces, will
render some choice selections at inter-
walls during the evening Banquet at
close of meeting. Installation cere-
monies promptly at o'clock. Brothers
will be on hand at that hour if possible.
The several lodges held their weekly
meetings during the week and though
there was nothing of Importance COM
ing up for action yet all who attended
felt we'll repaid for being present.
Ridgely lodge No. 9, on Wednesday.
had its usual quota of members pres
ent, who all enjoyed the business of
the evening.
The Rebekahs are not to be outdone
by the male members in works of
charity or deeds of kindness but show
at all times the advantages to the order
of the Rebekah branch.
Naomi and Miriam Rebekah lodges
held a union installation on Saturday
night that filled the capacious lodge
room to overlooking. The officers of
the two respective lodges were in
stalled after which interesting speeches
were made by the district deputy grand
master, Sister Higson, and others. A
choice lunch was served to all late in
the evening, and it was near the hour
of midnight before the large assembly
adjourned.
Ester No. S held its usual meeting on
Tuesday last with a large number of
its own, and some visiting members
present Matters of Importance to the
welfare of the lodge were under dis
cussion and resulted to the advantage
of the lodge. The new ritual had been
received from the grand secretary. and
the sisters were eager to read the new
floor work therein. Opinions were fully
offered pro and con" in regard to the
changes; but the greater number
favored the alteration in changes of
past grand, vice grand and chaplain.
odd Fellowship is progressing, and the
improvements in the ritual are a proof
of that fact.
The new noble grand shouts select
her supporters with the idea of getting
assistance from them rather than to
please some of the new members. No
officer should be installed into any of
flee until she or he had memorized the
opening and closing ceremonies.
Special care should be exercised in Sc
Letting a secretary, as next to the noble
grand this is the most important officer
in the lodge, and the welfare and pros
perity, and 1 might say harmony of
the lodge, rests more on the action of
this officer than on any other of the
lodge. She or he is in fact the his
tOrian of the order and as the minutes
of each lodge are witnesses in the years
to come of what has been accomplished
in the past, a trifiing mistake or care
lesSneSS on the part of this officer Will
do more to mar the harmony of the
lOQSC lAldiI dry liliIsS CASC- <AAAC SO We
could go through with each and every
lodge officer as they all have some
particular duty to perform which in
themselves are important and necessary
to the success and interest of the lodge.
However humb a position is, it should
be filled by one who will try TO per-
form those duties we'll
Proper order and decorum should be
maintained at all times and to this
end a copy of Roberts rules of order
should be the property of every lodge,
and as far as possible, of every men,
Der Every lodge should have a degree
staff Be your floor work ever so sim
pie, it is much better than none. Out
line some form of work, select YOUR
captain, then drill. drill. drill, until a
break is reXt to impossible. The effect
will surprise you with it's beauty es-
pecially if the different characters are
attired in graceful robes of appropri-
ate colors.
There are thousands of good, intelli-
gent, healthy young men who are eligi-
BILE to membership in the Order of Odd
Fellows and would be glad to become
such if it were not for the erroneous,
and consequently misleading, idea that
is abroad concerning the initiatOry
Some have the opinion
that they are ridiculous performances
in which they would be made the
laughing stock of an assemblage of
men. We venture the opinion that
thousands of good men have thus been
deferred from membership because of
the farcical goat story that has cast
such a shodOwy mystery for many
years around the ceremonies of our
initiation. Be at once undeceived.
dear reader, if you have ever enter
tanned these ideas when you contem-
plated uniting with our order. The
of our initiatOry degree are
the most impressive representation of
the story of life and death. From the
you enter a lodge room to be-
come an Odd Fellow until the regalia
is placed upon your shoulders not the
slightest evidence of anything that
will compromise your dignity or harm
your person will be experienced by
you. The work which is designed to
make you an Odd Fellow is taken from
the word of God and is school of
beautiful truth, illustrated, to show
you your duty to your fellow man.
your Creator and your country. To live
up to the lessons taught you in Odd
Fellowship, of truth, of friendship, of
love, one must needs be in close touch
with the will of his Creator.
No man can be a true Odd Fellow
principles which teach him to be chart
right and governed by that self-respect
which IS the surest guarantee of a
proper respect for others.
The Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows has for its object the elevation of
human character, the relief of it's
members in time of trial and distress.
the visitation of the sick, the burial