The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-04-29

lula Ward Howe. lydia Maria Child
Lucretia Mott and n host Of others
whose names are too numerous to men
ton here. as noble a band of women as
ever lived. whose courage through twen-
ty years and more. in one of the most
bitter struggles that was ever known.
never failed. and whose zeal even mob
violence could not cool. And this brings
me TO that part of INV subject where il
is proper to make mention OF our be-
.loved sisters. the Daughters of Rebecca
The Independent Order OF Odd Eel
lows is a benevolent institution having
a special care for the widow and the
orphan. An Odd Fellow who sees the
darkness of death overshadowinp him
knows that his widow and child will be
the objects of the loving care Of his
! brothers. What greater comfort c,n ,
man receive at the inexorabIe annroach
of death than TO feel that the loved ones
he is leaving will he nrotected This
feature alone is enough 70 make the
( organization immortal A mart ~ lie
work is to visit the sick and TO bury
the dead. but when we have followed our
brother to his final resting nIace we are
called topetber once year to memo
rial;ze b;s v;rt,es We not o,,v ,,;s;,
Our brothers when tbev are sick but we
give them material aid while thev are
disabled Whether thev desire i or
not thev are to receive REGULAR weeLly
allowance for sunnort and susten,nce
We therefore embndv the nrinc;nles of
life insurance with much more beneficial
results than is to he Obtained under an,
other form of insurance In lool;no
over the report of one Of tbe LARGE lie
insurance comnanies in the irn;ted
States for last wear saw that i had
paid TO its nolicv holders almost 10
millions of dollars (Saao2Ss6 ,,) while
during orr last fiscal year orr Order
paid in sick and funeral benefts and to
widows and orphans over ID millions
of dollars (S,ssozoa. ,6). and this does
not take into account the large amount
that must have been raised during the
same neriod bv contributions taken In in
lodges for the benefit of Odd Fellows
and their families for purnoses NOT ar
thorized bv the laws of the Order in the |
disbursement of Lodge funds Il x y
Though Odd Fellowship has witness
ed the emancipation of the slave the
partial emancipation of woman. and
many other reforms. we must not rest
content. The great evil of in
still stalks abroad in the
land like hydra-headed monster, "Who
hath woe; who hath sorrow: who hath
who hath h,bb1;,rc. ,,,ho
hath wounds without cause. who hath
redness of evesp They that tarrv LONG
at the wine They that po 70 seel vine
Look not upon the wine when il is red.
when it piveth its color in tbe cun.
when it moveth itself Alright Ar last
it biteth like a serpent, and stinpeth
like an adder" These words are as true
today as when they were uttered tbous-
ands of wears ago, and vet the curse of
the use of alcoholic liouors annears
to he nc great ,c over All efforts "a .
put il down seem TO he in vain The
aeonizinp cries and groans of OUTRAGED
women and helnless children are fllino
the heavens with their protest against if
The comnlete emancination of woman
is consummation worthy of the great
est efforts OF our Order, Our lore
ia'hers or american independence
lousht against taxation without repre-
senta..oh' Every woman VINO owns
'ropeily 'oTay Is taxed without repre- |
'eiltatlon. ne ohly reason that woman
las hol dlrect voice IN her own gov d
IS 1nat great many or her f
,eN 90 nor 9esire IT, ana wnat mas oeen
@ .eeoi''PIlsheu SO lar mas Deen forced
@lpo' @ neI against 'ne'r vigorous pro- a
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ne'' iiiahN Iet us as o,ot1ers ana c
,s u s'e la.eii,I'y GI, VI 'ilg iiluepel- O
ieh. e,,.o. oluen ol Ouu 30, FELLOWS pltaGe our
'S;ses anew 10 tile pIL"e'Pies OF FRIEND
mp Love ana run. LEI us put on
'ur ar,llor ana uedicate ourselves 10 tne f
,;nh &c OF aiie ereat moral Da,t!e d
!. m'i,en aile e!Ni'iea.ip'i e .! .lle W4r!u Is
,uM 'nstSeu ,S ~ .Lat ll,la' N,e.oryi ~ US
a,L.e h ~ ,, .,,e v,lu VA. - may DC salu ?l
,aii ,aid as '''e last Sau 'r'ou'e oi reSpec' Is
''aI III "s l,ol . .l r , -: [
al iiv suneu 10 'tr sum oi il asr'''a, a., 10y;
no nu Te,G eNeoy one 10 whom ,in ne uu
o'iG h;s 'orns M e' ,uv ~ p pams n,bsSb' bs b t
,o,tb ";Idernoss Mi' ~ aowers o''s"' w r
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