The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-22

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 succeeding the literary exercises, the visitors will be entertained at 10 clock tonight at reception under ish Women at the Standard Club, thus closing the Festivities of the first day. A Dramatic Entertainment. Tomorrow will be spent in busi- ness session during the morning at the standard Club, while the feture of en- tertainment for the second day will pc an amateur performance at the dance in the commodious ball room of the social organization
 Tuesday morning will be devoted to barbecue. lasting until 5:3O o'clock. will be rendered the visitors at Pickett Springs. The sacial event of the day club Gli es st sss grand r m ball at the Standard The business of the order will be completed Wednesday morning and during the afternoon there will be va around the city and visits to places of interest. At 9 o'clock Wednesday at dance at Pickett Springs. Prominent Men Present. Some of the most distinguished Jews in the South arrived here yesterday to be present at the session of the Grand Lodge. Lewis E. Meyer of Demopofis, Montgomery last night accompanied by Mrs. Meyer and their daughter. They went immediately to the New Ex- change Hotel, where a large number of visitors are staying.
 Other arrivals yesterday to attend the Grand Lodge were Sam Blum of New Orleans, President of Touro In- firmary and one of the leading mem- bers of the Order; Julius W. Ross of Natchez. Miss; B. c. Geisenberger of Natchez, Miss, M. J. Meyer of Selma, Selma. J. Rothschiid of Selma. D. ..and- man of Ardmore. Indian Territory; IT, ving Reinberger of Pine Bluff. Ark, Gabe Kahn of New Orleans and his wife and grand daughter are also in the city. They reached Montgomery | tained at the residence of Louis Bloch | l5 Alabama Street. MT. Kahn is Pres ident of the Orphans Home at New Orr I leans and a past President of ...e Grand Lodge. His life is wrapped up in the work of the order.
 Secretary Strauss Here. H. Wahrhaftig. a delegate to ,.le Grand Lodge from Memphis arrived in Montgomery yesterday and went to the Imperial Hotel. At tnIs hotel are also registered Nat Strauss and Joseph Wagner of New Ta orleans whe arrived
 
 of Pine Bluff, Ark. who has been in Montgomery several days. MT. Strauss is Grand Secretary winch place of trust and honor he has held for many years. MT. Wagner Is one of the oldest and most active members of the organiza- tiop.
 Other. visitors who arrived yester- day and are the guests at homes in the city are Dave Roman and Charles Sanger, delegates of Waco, Texas. Mir Roman Is the guest of Mrs. P. Marks Hirsch and MT. Susman of Vicksburg Miss. the guests of l.. Seligman on Sayre Street, and Ike Schwartz of Sel- ma. accompanied by Mrs. Schwartz.
 The delegates and attending visitors, including ladies and gentlemen, both at private residences and hotels. last night numbered about 100 persons the advance guard of the great gathering. great number of the visitors will arrive early this morning from the South over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, but 1t is believed the larger number will reach this city at II o'clock from the North over the Lou isville and Nashville. By tonight it is | expected that Montgomery will con- tain at least 300 visitors. The dela- gates to the Grand Lodge will number | from ninety to 10c. This will be the thirty-thrd session of the Grand Lodge. It will be the third time that this body has ever met in Montgomery. The former years in WnlCn the convention gathered nere were 1878 and in 1895.
 Objects of B'Nai B'Rith. The objects of the Independent Or | der B'Nai BRith are purely charitable and educational. The order was found - ed sixty-fye years ago in New York l The order comprised ten districts, | seven of which are in the United States and three in foreign. countries: The headquarter of the American districts | are follows. No | New York. No. 2. Cincinnati: No 3. Philadelphia No. 4. San Francisco; No g.. Richmond Va; No. 6, Chicago: No ', New Orleans; The | foreign branches comprise district No. 1 s, with headquarters at Berlin, Ger many; No. g. headquarters at Bucharest. and No 10. headquarters at Pragare. ] All of these districts are under one head and are governed by an executive | committee composed of one member from each district. Adolph Kraus of 1 Chicago Is the President of the entire I order.
 Each district may make its own laws for Government suitable to it's sur roundngs. but the laws are subject to 1 the constitution of the Supreme Lodge
 Contributions to Charity.
 District No. contributed to the fol- lowing institutions: The Jewish Wild ows and Orphans Home at New Or leans the ToGro Infirmary. at New Or
 fa,nG ts rhe orphsf district ASyo eon tributed also incidentally to the Ma | uonal Hospital for Consumptives at | Denver, Colo. the Julius Wets Home for Aged and Infirm at New Orleans, and the Isadore Newman Manual Train l ing School at New Orleans. The two last named institutions bear the names | Of their founders.
 The training school is new style oi institution in the South. It Is the only one in the Southern States established primarily for the benefit of orphans, The entire membership of the ordei l in district No I is 2630. Of this num- Der, there are 1.141 endowment mem bers.
 While the order was organized in us incipicncv purely for charitable and educational work. the endowment or 1 Insurance feature was adopted later A few years ago. however, the endow- ment feature was discarded. No mem bers now joining the organization can secure insurance, but those who TOT | merly went into the endowment rank are allowed to retain the insurance BrevtOn Does its Part.