The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-08-21
RED MEMS JUBILEE.
Their Golden Jubilee Takes Place at Phila-
delphia Next r10nth.

The PHILADELPHIA members of the I'm.
proved Order of Red Men are rapidly get
ting arrangements In shape for the golden
jubilee OF their organization, which will
take place in that city during the week
commencing September l3, and which will
be attended by many Delaware Rod Men.
The annual session Of the Great Council of
the United States will be held at tho Same
timo and the combination Of events are
fall Of interest and Importance to the 20O,.
0OO Red Mon throughout the country.
Tho general committee having the cele.
bration In charge of wi ici Harry Il. Shaw
is chairman and Harry Lawrence secre.
tnry, has received numerous and affirma.
tive RESPONSES from business people who
have been requested to decorate their
establishments with flags and bunting
and the colors Of the Ordor. green blue
and scarlet, during Rod Mems week and
SO tar as the committee and the various
tribes can accomplish 1t, Philadelphia
will wear q gala dress in honor of the 90,
0O0 strangers who will be within her
gates.
The perfected program of the week has
not yet been determined, but the rough
draft indicates the extensive and elaborate
range of events that will mark the jubilee.
Some of tho features will be the following:
Monday 13th-Arrival of delegates and
other visitors and receptions at the head
quarters, Parlor g, Continental Hot el,
Committees will be assigned to meet in
coming trains at the various railroad sta
tions.
faTuesday mornlng-Receptlon at the
Continental Hotel and addresses Of wei.
comeby Great Sachem Walter n. Rogers.
M. d. and Harry Il. Shaw, chairman Of
the local committee. In the evening
demonstrations at tho Academy of Music
St James Hall, Thirty. ninth and Market
streets; Music Hail. Twsnty.sixth street
and Girard avenue, aud Textile Hall, Ken.
sington avenue and Cumberland street.
Wednesday-Trolley parties to Willow
Grove forladies and drives through Fair.
mount Park In tho evening exempliilca-
tiun of the unwritten work at Industrial
Hall by teams of Manthalah Tribe, No.
3H; Hiswatha Tribe, No. 35, and Waseca
TAbegde6S4S. These teams in tho order
named will work the degrees of Adoption
Hunters, Warriors and Chiefs.
Thuisday-All-day excursion to Wash
iDgton Park and steamboat trip on tho
Delaware river to delegates and represen.
tatives, including visit to Cramps ship.
yard. In tho evening exemplitication Of
the revised degree of Pocohontas at hail,
Thirteenth and LocAit Streets by Mocon
aequa Council, No 49,
Friday-Banguet by the Digniied Club
to visiting delegates and various other en-.
tertainmcnts.
Tho business sessions Of the Great Coun
Gil will take place in Parlor G, Continen-
tal Hotel, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs.
day afternoon and Friday. 1t is expected
that important changes will be made in
the ritualistic work used In the revised do.
gree of Pocohontas
The vernacular of tho Red Men is pic
turcsquc and interesting, and is borrowed
from the Indians, from whom the Order
claims to have desCencd As a sc cioty. Fol-
lowing arc somo of the terms and phrases
with their definitions:
A minute Is II breath: an hour, q run; q
day, a sun; night. a sleep; morning, ris-
ing of the sun; evening, setting of tho
sun; midday, high sun: midnight, low
sun; week. seven suns; u month, a
moon; January, Cold Moon; February,
Plant Moon; May, Flower Moon; June,
Sturgeon Moon; September, Corn Moon;
October, Travelling Moon; November,
Beaver Moon; December, Hunting Moon;
a year, a great sun; u meeting, a coun-
Gil; place OF meeting, wigwam; organiz-
ing meeting, kndling council fire; clos.
ing \ meeting >quenching council fro;
tribe, branch OF tho Order; great
council, head OF Order in u State; our
white fnonds, pale fuces treasury purse.
wampum belt; usual business, following
the hunt; wrOnging one crossing his path;
twiggtng, voting, money, wampum; one
dollar, q fathem; ten cents foot; ono
cent an inch; Incohonee, chief national
officer; Sachem, chief officer of State;
Sycamore, sub-chief; Chief of Records.
secretary; Keeper OF Wampum, treasur Or.