The herald., 1897-03-09
Farewell to Supreme Command.
err Lady HOIIister
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMAN
The Interesting Address Of the honored
Guest
Lady Nsidis's Welcome to the Supreme Com
mandsr-Ths Lady Msccabse Drill.
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Lady Maccabees of the world. who has
been paying an official visit to the
various hives in Southern California
during the past ten days. The orders
of the Knights and Ladies Of the Mac
cabees has a membership Of about 1000
in this city, including many leading pro-
fessional and business men and their
wives.
Portraits of the supreme lady COM
preme record keeper, Miss Bina M.
West, and the hive banneDs were dis
played on the stage, which was also oc-
cupied by officers Of the hives Of this
city. Lady Emma R. Neidig presided.
The exercises were opened by an ex-
cellent selection for the mandolin and
guitar by the Columbian club. Then
followed a lady quartette from the
Treble Clef club. whose vocal numbers
were heartily encored.
SUPREME LIEUT.. T.-COMMANDER.
The first or Introductory address was
made by Mrs. Emma r. Neidig of Los
Angeles, Supreme Lieutenant-C Comman-
der of the Ladies of the Maccabees of
the World and State Commander of the
L. o. T. M. of California. Lady Neidig
represented the Pacific coast at the
national convention of the order, held
at Port Huron, Mich, in June. 1895, at
which time sine WAS elected a supreme
officer, next in rank to Lady HoIlister.
Lady Neidig's address upon introducing
Lady Hollister last evening was as fol-
lows:
The nineteenth century has nearly
passed into history, leaving behind 1t
most remarkable record Of advance and
prosperity. Hands have toiled. heads
have thought and hearts have felt in
the service of humanity, and through
the agency of these three mighty powers
we have come step by step to our pres
ent height Of development and inven-
tion. The natural conditions were the
same 100 years ago, but the key to un-
lock the force of nature had not been
discovered. Men and women lived and
loved and labored then as now, but
from the force of their environments
the laboring overshadowed and sur
mounted all else. The busy hands of
the father produced the materials which
the no less busy hands of the mother
blessed, transformed and fashioned
into the things needful for the nourish-
ment and protection of the family.
How changed is this today. The
dim light of the tallow candle has given
place to the radiance of electricity, and
the dark places are made light with
seemingly no personal effort. The
whirr of the spinning wheel and the
click of the loom have been drowned by
the buzz of machinery and the noise OF
factories. Merchants have supplanted
the handworkers, homespun has dis
appeared, and we toll not, neither do
we spin, to accomplish the wherewith Of
our adorning. The inventions of the
6a 10 lnec t4tl . H. IL
of the hand. and given to the heart more
time and opportunity for philanthropic
effort for the loved ones of the home, as
well as for the world outside.
To woman has come the greatest
change along these lines, and she has
been quick to grasp her grand oppor-
tunities and turn them into grander re-
suits. Women are by nature care
takers and burden-bearers, and when
the time came that there was not so
much need for arduous, manual labor
for the physical needs Of mankind, they
at once took upon themselves other and
more spiritual responsibilities. The
same spirit Of dvotion and self-sacri-
fee which caused the mother of the
olden time to work early and late, to
spin and weave, to make and brew for
the comfort Of her loved ones. is the mo-
tive power which has caused the more
care-free woman of today to devote her
best energies to the advancement of
educational, social, moral and financial
matters which affect her sex, and
through her the homes and all mankind.
We are gathered here tonight to do
honor to one who has exemplified In her
life and work the grandness of the prin-
ciple that the giving of ones self and
ones talents, earnestly and intelligently
to the service of humanity, is the highest
and best living and will bring a harvest
Of glorious results. In the school-room
the home and the church, she has done
faithful service. Her charity and ra-
triotism has been shown in the work Of
the Women's Relief Corps, her love and
sympathy for the fallen in temperance
work. The experiences of these lines of
work have well fitted her for the honor
able and responsible position she now
occupies as the head Of a vast organiza-
ton of women, banded together for mu-
tual benefit and the uplifting and the
of their sex. / am sure she
must look back with pride and satisfac-
ton on the work of. the last four years.
Taking charge of the order of the Ladies
of the Maccabees of the World In Michi-
gan In 1898, when the membership was
only $4,000, she has seen 1t broaden and
grow till now $1,000 women, scattered all
over our land, look to her for advice and
counsel. For the first time the Lady
Maccabees in California have had the
honor and the pleasure of a visit from
our supreme commander. 1t has been to
us a great help and inspiration, and as
we gave her a most cordial welcome, so
will we give her loyal farewell
May she take with her only pleasant
memories of our beautiful California
and satisfied, kindly thoughts of her
faithful workers, who. are proud to call
1t home. May our blue skies be ever to
her a symbol Of our loyalty to our noble
cause; our massive mountains be liken-
ed to the firm principle of fraternity on
which we are founded; our vast, sun-lit
ocean be an emblem of the broadness
of our charities; the perfume of our
flowers tell of the sweetness Of our love
and sympathy, and the radiance of our
sunshine speak ever Of the success
which lies before us.
THE SUPREME COMMANDER.
Mrs. Lillian M. Hollister of Detroit,
Michigan, is a tall. stately woman, with
a fine. intellectual face, graceful figure,
pleasing address and is an eloquent and
speaker. She was born at Mil
'ord, Michigan. At Is she began teach
Ing. adding to her regular work that of
married Daniel w. Hollister of Detroit,
Michigan, since which time her home
has been In that city. She has been
Identified with the w. G. T. U. in city,
state and national work for fifteen
years, and the national movements Of
women. She published at the request of
Frances q. Willard Ieaflet on conven-
ton work, which is being used by wo-
man organisations throughout the
United States. She has given parlia-
mentary drills to women througif9ut the