The Washington times., 1902-04-20
THE SUPREME, COMMANDER.

Supreme Commander Lillian NJ. Hollis
ter, of the Ladies s1trthe Maccabees Of
the World, is a lady. of great executive
| ability and of extensive experience in fra
| ternal matters. She is a native of Mill
ford, Mich, and next to the youngest child
of sturdy pioneer Phineas Barts, who
immigrated from New York at an early
day, purchased section of land in Oak
land county. Mich, from the Government
and settled upon 1t and became prominent
In local affairs. He held the Office OF su-
pervisor of the township of Milford for
several years; was also justice of the
peace and was drawn as a grand juror
and served in that capacity many times.
He was a deacon in the Baptist Church of
Highland, and for thirty years was an
nually reelected TO the Office of school
director. After attending the excellent
local schools and high school Mrs Hol-
lister took n course of normal training.
At fifteen years of age she began teach
ing, adding to her regular work that of
normal class instruction. in the meantime
acting as a superintendent of a Sunday
school Soon after her marriage she
moved to Detroit, becoming associated
with and a leader in the Woman S Chris
ton Temperance Union. She was for
many years president of the Ladies' Aid
Society and teacher of a large Bible class
of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
and held the position of conference secre-
tary for the Womans Home Missionary
Society of the Detroit conference. She
acted as secretary, then vice president,
afterward president of the Central Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union OF De-
troit; also as president of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union of Unions OF
the city. At the same time she held the
position of State secretary of the young
woran's branch of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union and national superin-
tendent for presenting the temperance
cause to influential assemblies.
Mrs. Eollster early became prominent
in the work of the X. o. T. NJ. She was
elected great commander of the Great
Hive of Michigan in 1898. Its mem
bership numbered 1889, with 392
hives. When she gave up this
work after serving two years eight
and one-half months in 1896, its
membership had increased to 30.4lS. with
s56 hives. She had added II ,G97 new mem
bers and nearly 900 new hives to the order
under her administration. In 1896 she was
elected to her present position. in which
she has been very successful. She is
member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. Woman's Christian Temperance
ans International and State Press Asso-
citation. Federation of Woman's Clubs,
Womans Relief Corps, Order of the East
ern Star, Rebekahs, and tie Degree of
Honor.
Mrs. Hollister has issued n Pocket
Manual of Parliamentary Terms" which
is used extensively by various societies.
book entitled Convention How" was
also written and published by her, at the
request of Francis E. Willard. THE
Model Union" book dealing with phil
authropic and sociological questions from
a practical standpoint, has also gained
some vogue. Mrs. rHollster was on the
program in the social section al the Inter-
national Council of Women, held in Lon
DON June. 1899, for n paper entitled Fra
ternal Societies as Social Institutions"
she was also a delegate to the convention
OF the Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union. held in Edinburgh, June,
1900, this being the third time she has
served in this capacity. She was also on
the program to speak at the recent cele-
bration of the eightieth birthday OF Susan
B. Anthony, at Lafayette Opera House, in
this city.