New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-18
4 SAD TEMPERANCE LECTURE.

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/ rombers II becomes duty In the officers Ihey
should have personal acquaintance with all regu-
lar pensioners or applicants and be well Versed III
their conditions and wants. to enable them to Sc
cct the best methods to assist them ana AT tne
same time also protect the funds OF the lodge
With this idea In my mind when hrst becoming
/ Master Of the lodge invited the Senior and Jun
for Wardens 10 accompany me on tour OF lhsPec-
ton to all our widows. and TO all those WIN IA"
| received and were then in the habit OF recei'''.
! aid and assistance from US and from the luiu9 -
,he lodge We did this purely from sense OF du'y'
and not from any motive Of Idle curiosiS' O1'o'
| in our lodges money Is voted TO woo" hfo"" ~
Nc ZONES because-wen. because We have always
( given her something. or because the MAs'e' "a '
wear or year before thought 1t was all rte"'' on
81 we follow suit and keep right on s'N'"e ave-"
the funds Of the lodge without INVESTIGATING io-
ourselves and we thought visit to all THESE peo
| nle woula be the proper thing 10 DO as we co"n
horobv ascertain II they really needed our heP' OF
/ T., urhat WAY and how we could best serve theih' vi
nossibly be Of service 10 our treasury wh'ch s"o''
| also be OF great concern 10 the officers go
/ 60 we started out on our round OF lhspec"?"' ~"
tho trim was not conducive 10 our happiness nor
did # increase our faith in human goodness OF III
s,,,,an horas,v and sincerity. or in widowhood IN
o,oraI We found Mrs A. all right: things just as
| represented; herself and daughter ous' NJ
sewing. one sewing nach'c WIZ" Wv -.
was getting things ready for the machine. lie'
] W their
them (and IT was little enough and her ON! pGS
voc working for n brother Of the lodge In n KIM
/ lakewood ward earning about So week ana AT
| tending school at night, and SO they Eot a'one
| fairly we'll only needing an occasional ~ :" ~
shane of a ton Of coal or barrel OF noun nv
modest rooms looked neat and toy ana IL ""'
great pleasure 10 to see that "hd' H'"'
! ha,nod here was well bestowed upon WORTH ana
| hard working widow, and was much "Pi"
oE Ine uith Mrs b. This lady always claimed that
che needed money for rent ETC. ana s en- ~ Loaf
Snrv moor We had some difficulty at hrs' ID io0"s s
to Ber a, Inc number she had always gwen 20,
The housekeepcr Of the tenement loi- VI rcbin
such person lived there. dirty-faced l'le "a lin
barevcr had pokod his nose in among us ana W.,
an eve To business followed US gu, mo .mr Me-
ana Tsu onsf lived in the same house Wild her but
She haint Mrs Brown any more no" rbn half
0,,nence an TN show you where she pc ne Ill
5p was readily given ana We asked the litIne
samn 10 Introduce his mother nrst s. ma mother
bargain n separate contract hence required cN"A
service and additional compensation .ored into
rsrer Gossip with the old dame. during The course r
Of which we elected the f 2r ne McGinns that her
resn. husband a longshoreman. was doing Wei
na h"I ih ms nd sas TSs VERY ",
called upon Mrs. McGinnis, ahd VIM VIA he Sound |
cbe1 nor with thus deceivinG us. ana she lou.'
p pr hat we knew OF her present condition @md
marriage seeing that her secret was CN ne house
a,ne N,orv abusive and ordered us out OF the nous
and from her looks and tone We thought u pnuueH,
to follow her Invitation 10 leave, ~ Efr Vccn
iormaaD,e grrther discovered that Brother Brown
had been a widower when ms "9i ,ao,hin vim
- she had a great deal OF II OuDit VIII
him especially during his last sickness she 'hous
that she had mortgage upon hS Iasonc fraternity
included and although she was now NJ s, from
mis- she deemed 1t best 70 conce1 ,n1 ms occasion
US and f9 Wdow " PBG Gown Mrs b speedily
stricken from tie Ssc T9 Of our o
The saddest case in this tour OF
me- ~ made deep Impression upon each OF US
although as is usually the case 10. ne nm
avaiiinr we took considerable trouble win 'm's
case especially as pans OF Guy his family
much sooner and that We might ha' sa Ton been
ter: it was usual case OF hn member Of
lodge He very plain. simple norR hard
who thought t, u hiS ,efay by the OF his
brow He Dane and az one UNI IN, iHe mast
and after cruising around the woIld ana Vs ,,Iss
nearly every country on the sooe ~, ~. ID Frse
here and became American citizen anu d fi'0
Hs was working in ship chambers establish;
saving his methods. ne aeSuh m sriends 10 in
Of mo os es aa w WpoWS instead Of Allowing
his money to remain In bank at low ratc VI ~,
and rise in property in that locality Pro Conger
became rich man and Win Gesn cf he was no.
longer satisfied to live in the little room paIuuona
e on ond ived rent free and one time when on
board of an emigrant snip on business ne me. H., q
clear sky above Us rosy checks and lace =.
sweet and innocent 50 guileless OF me wies r OF
by Cup!d's darts the love poison had pehetId,,ea
his honest heart and when a, Ioune 1nn rei
atives he very promptly made , up cpI ms That the
sweet creature would have him: but no matter
how innocent these youthful ma!dens may seem
x 6gy Danish say eera, az say yes to Bro onrr
and one day accompanied them TO the Mayor or
Office have the business done right away. ,oI m'
then Chief Magistrate was memper Oh our Iouse
and he promptly invited us to his prTave d rGo
who happened 70 be there ne pair were iesaHy
Ga a and hy FPooG Start nsPy life ad NTH
every prospect OF a bright future before them
found when called upon Mrs Conser in South
Brooklyn; Bro. Conger had been dead some years
and IN the latter years prior TO his death had
seen little OF him. | remember that one evening
met him IL b 9dg s and be sd te his dau
ter baby gin then about SIX months oia IhS;
been in his house until, years after we came
there to take him out and away from 1n his eax t5lo
| haired maiden Of hs early manhood knew niue
Of ala he not s SuI To us nf for ans aad we
thought her comfortably situated. she gradually
ing more from her until she applied for help one
evening at the door Of the lodge we gave her
thought IT was our duty to look into her aGeirs
along w d5 the 6s ot Of nsp anS %e as SAID
on waieO5s in sSU U Brook sant near Suo the
20 by feet the iickety stairs TO the upper part
being on the outside OF the building, passing In
front Of the windows on the ground floor. the whole
structure back about forty feet from the
street and being fronted 10y a not very savory lot
OF rubbish. which occupied and enjoyed by
pigs, goats and ether garden animals This
sEanty was occupied by four families. OF
which was Mrs Conger and her three daughters
all OF whom found at home on that Sunday
morning when called there to see what could be
done for them.
on the way over, somehow that in tho
Mayors Office came wildly before me. and could
not Danish IT from my mind. seemed to SEQ
the sweet. blue-eyed Danish girl blushingly stand
ing before His Honor the Mayor and | the
happy pair they left the CITY Hall, they
their way uptown. going TO their new home, al
ready furnished and ready TO receive them (old
country style). and ! thinking what haapy