The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-06
In THE LODGE ROOM.
Good Templars Hold Their Quarterly
Session with the Rising star
Lodge.

District lodge No. Is. Independent Or
der Of Good Templars. held its regular
quarterly session with Rising star lodge
No, IS at Port Blakeley last Saturday.
In spite OF the inclemency Of the wealth
er about forty representatives OF the diff
feTent lodges IN King county went over
by special steamer TO attend the session.
They were met at the wharf by the re-
coption committee OF the Port Blakeley
lodge and conducted 20 The Masonic hIH.
In the absence OF the district chief temp
Tar. the session was called TO order
at II O'Clock a m. by District Commander
J. A. Forehsni. and regularly organized.
The resignation OF John W. Brewer as
II. c. T. was received and accepted. Mr..
Brewer has rcceatly removed to Wslla
Walla and will cond3ct a business col
leNe al that city. j. A Forehand. Of Sc
attic lodge No. 8. was unanimously elected
n. c. T, and Prof 9. r. Conn. Of Green
lake d. c. These officers were in-
rnedgateIy installed by George r, Cot
terill II. r. w G. T.
The afternoon session commenced az ]
p m. The Degree OF Charity was con-
ferred upon fourteen candidates. Dt5-
trics Secretary Leslie OSgood. Of Column
bia city, reported the statistics or men,
hership OF the various lodges IN the dis
trtct. which includes King and kltsap
counties. y. :, J. T. Alison w. Steers re-
viewed the condition OF the Juvenile de-
partrnent which IS under his care. The
usual falling away IN membership and IN
terest which is characteristic of the sum
nner ouarte-. e less marked this year than
previously In fact 50 yeral lodges show
ar actual gain and almost without eN-
captson all the lodges report en- encourag-
ing outlook for the fall and winter sea
sors' work TIE roll 81 lodges ana tenn
p,es was called end brief, bur Interesting
A. ~
successes were received from sixteen
lodges and ave temples
v~ha remainder q the afternoon was de-
voted 20 the aiscussion 81 four practical
tapfcs OF lodge work \ half hour being
devoted tc each. "IuVeniis TemparE.
was presented BY Rev. Alison W. steers.
OF Seattle. grand superintendent q juVe-
rffe temples Ter the state. Al interesting
Discussion followed. bringing out many
tusna-tant rha&es cf work among the
sNts.4~s, The ness 20 teaching every
feature OF the four-foid Juvenile pledge
VAS arnrha sfSea. tAe dangerous tendency
~ me modern "nic&el-iR-the~slot' Esrno-
ing machines helag especially pointer
nt,f THE topic ''Our Ceremonial Work
was introduced by J. a Fcrehand. - a.
r wfth coed practical tax along TIE
15re~ Indicated follow q by actual demon
sfratlons o. the correct way - carrying
90. various portions u the S0Tk ~ ~efch
csreiessnsss has esuse1 many errors
f,sorsre f Catterill u. r. ". g. T
sr.oke uyser ''Our Lifelong Pleslse.' WITH
spe.iai reference 10 So relation - the
statistics % membership % the orEaniza-
ton This sehject recstvea particular az
.ensfan al the recent session q thc 2EeF-
national supreme lodge. which Brother
,~attersn att snsed st Zurich. Switzerland
IL has beer clear Tor many yeRrs that the
organization hzs Aeen continuing a sHS-
ser, ~ statistics ~ membership wh.ca
fails TO show is rsa1 NoFk asa strength.
In The future this oTror Wi - Tishted
Nv = simple csgvecfien n iae form % ~
f.ertx and a fan recognition - the He
krns character of the pledge
par Miss.eu Work.N Vas presented by
Arm : Allen. grams secretary TIE r'iS-
Ssse ~ cha -acteF - the erEant4aton Was
emphasized and practical details ~ push