The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-08-11
ODD FELLOWS.

One of the greatest drawbacks 10 an!
secret society is the postal card or th'
notification letter and the individual wh'
introduced this is the cause of much more
trouble than he supposed that ne "oui'
be.
Most of the lodges are satisfied 10 nave
n few OF their members attend To the or
dinary duties. but when IL comes 10 any
important action the rank ana ME wan
10 be on hand. and TO make sure ,ha'
nothing will be acted upon unpehho"n ~
them they have in their bylaws clause
that all members shall be notned OF any
thing that is 10 happen.
This saves IS per cent. of the members
from even thinking about their lodge anu
this Is the percentage that the memperS
lose i'm carrying out ordinary, put neces-
sary work.
n all business was done at a regular
meeting without any notification nearly
every member would be on hand, ana the
order would be much better of. quo
rum should transact all of the business
and N any OF the members did not care
10 be present they should be Wiling
10 abide by the vote OF the majority.
This" little kick" of course does not
do away with the postal card nuisance:
Once in a while, upon hot evening the
faithful few OF a lodge feel that they are
entitled 10 a mouthful of something good
~ eat but IL is not often that any OF
the faithful have the sand 10 carry their
ideas into effect, but they did In Eagle
Lodge
"Wednesday evening they went at IL IN
rather cute way, first calling upon the
janitor TO open all OF the doors ana WIN
dows and finding that this did not re-
duce the thermometer hinted that the
proper thing to do was TO eat just lit
lie ice cream and cake, and top the same
off with a sparkling glass OF lemonade'
Past Grand. Fred. T.. Folsom was mis-
the foraging officer and he performed ms
duties as a man should and the only thlns
lacking was big spoon.
Swarts Lodge conferred the first degree
upon a number OF candidates Wednesday
evering. e,
lIe first degree was given two candi-
dates in Crescent Lodge. Tuesday even
ing and next Tuesday the second and pos
sibly the social degree will be conferred
The committee that had charge of the
recent pilgrimage 10 Enterprise Lodge
found that IL had quite sum OF cash
left over So il purchased generous
supply OF cigars and tobacco, In fact
enough to last the remainder of the year.
Past Grand George 4. kilner and Roger
Smith of Roger Williams Lodge have left
the cares OF city and lodge life behind
and have taken up their abode on BLOCK
Island where they will remain for few
weeks. Upon their return whoppers
will be in order
Westminster Lodge opened with exactly
the same number present last Monday
evening as that of the previous week-21.
There was one visitor. Noble Grand
Tuckerman of Swarts Lodge was an
nounced. A communication was read from
the committee on field day for the 18th OF
August also one from Brother A. j. Lew
Is, Colorado Springs. Col, I'm which he
states that Cascade lodge of that place
had recently performed the last sad rites
over a member of Enterprise Lodge Paw
tucket. Bro. Harry Lees. who died there
recently.
One candidate was initiated the team
work being considered very good for
hot night and considering a number OF
substitutes. The treasurer's report was
read showing a prosperous condition.
vocal selection from a trio, consisting OF
Past Grands Bischoff, Gardiner and Bin
ming was pleasingly rendered. i. q. Felch
acted as conductor during the absence OF
Past Grand Bradbury and. as usual. mis-
work lent added interest TO the occasion
Under good of the order remarks were
Under good of the order remarks came
from NJ G.. Tuckerman relating to the
coming field day.
The attraction at Rocky Point Satur-
Qdy. AUGUST 70, Tor SWarlS. MHN1lOWef.
Pilgrim and Washington Park lodge. will
be game of ball between team made
up from members of Swarts lodge and
the other from the other three lodges.
This game will take place about 3 o'clock.
There will be other games besides the
ball game
The Veteran Odd Fellows association
met I'm Odd Fellows hall. Wednesday ev-
ening, and. eight veterans were admitted
TO membership The following corps OF
officers was elected Chief veteran. Geo
ii. Olney; vice chief veteran. James n
Trask; secretary John l.. Perrin: treas
urer, II. Dodge. After the meeting the
veterans went To Fields Point where Col.
AtweN, who Is n past grand OF James
Wood lodge gave them a private dining
room. and dinner fit for "A king After
dinner. they reired 10 a shady spot and
talked over days gone by until late i'm
the afternoon.
The familiar figure OF James G.. Hoyes
of Mt. Vernon lodge has gone from us
He was, the recording secretary of Mt
Vernon lodge from the date Of it's institu-
ton. and was faithful officer He died
suddenly Sunday. and was buried Tues
dav.
About 70 couples participated I'm the
moonlight excursion OF Manufacturers
lodge, Thursday evening.
The initiatory degree was conferred m
on one candidate I'm Hope Lodge. Monday
evening.