The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-20
Reports from Districts Indicate Popularity of
 Movement. Letters Received by Grand Master Jacobs from Heads of Other Ju- risdictions Hint nt Great
 Work Accomplished by
 These Homes.

As to the influence of the work be- ing exerted on the subordinate lodges of the Masonic order throughout the State in regard to tho proposed change in the constitution to provide for a State Masonic Home, one of the dis trict managers in the present cam paiPn committee writes to Grand Mas ter Jacobs:
 If the current of literature that has poured in on me, from many and goodly sources has swept down on the ranks in my district in the same proportion, there Is no question but that the amendment to the Constitu ton will be overwhelmingly endorsed. This is from John B. Lyons of the Third Masonic District.
 H. S. D. Mallory, writing from the Fourth District, sends great encour- agement to those in charge of the campaign, as does also H. G. Earnest from the Seventh District. Isaac w . Hill reports great progress In the Ninth District while it is an almost conceded fact that in the Tenth Dis trict H. Giant Miller will carry 95 per cent of the lodges.
 Several letters to Grand Master Ja- cobs from Grand Masters of other ju- risdictions, encouraging the home movement, have been received as fol- lows:
 Report from Illinois.
 The Grand Master of Illinois writes
 During the past twenty-five years the orphans home has received. cared for and educated many children of deceased Masons.
 About the time the orphans home came under control of the Grand Lodge. tabout three years aeo) a home for indigent Master Masons,s their wives and widows was established at Sullivan, III. For more than a year this home has been crowded with men and women, worthy Masons and their dependents, who would have either been the charges of local lodges or inmates of poor houses. There are others waiting for vacancy to gain admission.
 The cost so far in maintaining these homes has been moderate One Grand Lodge collects as Grand Lodge dues 90 cents for each member. Of this 35 cents goes to charity and the remainder into the general fund.
 Any one at all skeptical as to the desirability of such homes would only need to look fin on our happy old peo- pie and >our we'll cared for children to have all doubt removed"
 Condition in Pennsylvania
 The Grand Master of Pennsylvania writes as follows:
 Until lately we admitted Masons only, aged brethren, but by the liber- ality of the family Of one of our wealthy brethren. now deceased. they have erected and given to us an or phanage for girls. beautiful and well appointed building magnifcently fur nished throughout. and when the nec- essary details are arranged, 1t will also provide for the admission of widows and wives of Free Masons, leaving the married couples to be pro- vided for. which we hope to accom- plish in the near future.
 Since our organization twenty-two years ago, we have cared for over 230 aged brethren. having at the present time seventy-seven still residing In the Home. Is this not great and noble work? Surely there is not member of our great fraternity, nor lodge in your Jurisdiction, who would object to such practical work and to be a sharer and a co-worker in such a glorious undertaking.
 "We know not what a day may bring forth the vicissitudes of life are very uncertain; We are all right today, we'll provided for, no comfort or necessity denied, friends surround us; but what of tomorrow? Can any tell for certainty? It's this uncer- tainty and what may happen to any or all of us.
 We are providing, in our Masonic homes, the one place, the harbor of