Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
LADY MACCABEES
State Hive Met in Butte This
Morning.
THE ORDER IS FLOURlSHING
A Delegate to Represent Montana In
the Supreme Hive to be
Elected.
THE ORDER IS fLOURlSHlNG

The first state hive of the Ladies' of the
Maccabees of Montana met at Fidelity
nal on West Broadway this morning.
The meeting was called to order by State
Lady Commander Mrs. A. ]. Daum, of
his city, who in a neat speech congratu-
lated delegates from the various hlVes
upon the fact that the order had grown
to such proportions that the holding OF a
state hive was necessary. Mrs. Daum
also stated that the principal business be-
fore the meeting would be the election OF
a state delegate to attend the biennial
meeting of the supreme hive, which will
meet at Port Huron, Michigan, in jury.
After an excellent paper on "Fraternal-
ism' by Lady Dora Boos of Missoula, the
lady commander appointed the following
officers.
Lieutenant commander, Lady Nellie
Anderson of Silver City hive, No. 8;
record keeper, Lady Bertha Webster of
Misspula Hive No. IL; chaplain, Lady
Alice l.. Steele of Butte Hive, No. %; SER
geant, Lady Smith Of Great Falls Hive,
No. IA; mistress at arms. Lady Tracy Of
Rozeman Hive No. l; sentinel, Lady
Smith of Deer Lodge Hive, No. 13; picket,
Lady Mcintyre of Walkerville Hive, No.
%.
Lady Smith of Great Falls spoke of the
excellent growth of Hive No. IA, which
she said had LA beneficiary members, be-
sides a large social membership, while
the aggregate amount of insurance car
ried totaled s210, 000.
There are fourteen hives in the state
and twelve out of the fourteen have rep
resentntives at this gathering. The dele
gates who were present this morning
We're as follows:
Bozeman No. LADY S. J Tracy, Boze-
man.
Excelsior No. 2-Lady ]. Hunniston,
Pony.
Silver City No. s-Lady Nettie Ander-
son, Butte.
Livingston No. s-Lady Julia F. Lea
pold. Livingston.
Missoula, No. 11-Lady Bertha Web
ster, Missoula.
Lillian No. 21-Lady Dora. Boos, Mis-
soula.
Lady Moffat No. 25-Lady Alice Butler,
Helena.
Deborah No. 24-Lady V N. Duncan,
Deer Lodge.
Great Falls No. 4-Lady Emma Smith,
Great Falls.
Butte Hive No. 22-Lady Alice L, Steele.
Butte.
Walkerville No. 2 3-Lady Martha Nc
Intyre, WalkervilIe.
The morning session was very largely
devoted to listening to the reports OF the
various delegates concerning the condi-
ton of the hives they represent. These
reporys would indicate the order to be in
a very f1ourishing condition.
At the Auditorium last night an enter
talnment was glven in honor Of the visit
ing delegates. The programme was as
follows:
Recitation ........... ........Mrs. Jardine
Spanish Dance Mrs. Godefroy
SOLO ................. ..........Mr. Martin
........Ethel O'Neill and Tony Brouse
Dance ...... -. Little Eva Casey
Mrs. Stevens, Mrs. Lewis, and Messrs.
Martin and Harris.
Guitar and Mandolin Trio .............
.......... Masters Grady and Eddy
Speech ................ Little Ella Oleson
D~uet-"Spanish Character ............
...........Mrs Stevens and Mr.. Martin
Song and Dance
........Misses Grace and Julia Dawson
Quartette ........
Mrs. Marsh, Miss Crossman and
Messrs. Oby and Tague.
Guard Drill
Those participating in the guard drill
were as follows:
Captain, Mrs. Ehrick; standard bearer,
little Miss Eddy; leaders, Mrs. Moore and
Mrs. Aired; guards, Mesdames Wolf,
Steele, Krog, Warfield, Morgan, Richey,
Noyes, Odman, Owen. Gable, Freyler,
Gilbert, Charles, Worth and Markow.
The drill was executed with great pre-
clslon, and at it's conclusion the forma-
ton was such as to form the letters L.
Q. T. NJ.