The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-17
CONVENTION OF
MACCABEES ENDS
Three Interesting Sessions of
District Meeting Attracts
Hundreds of Members.

The district convention of the Ladies
Of the Maccabees, which has been in ses-
sion during two days, closed last evening
with a large general meeting in Odd Eel
lows hall on Market street. The evening
meeting, which was the largest of the
convention, was attended by more than
1,5OO persons, and was in the matter of
program the most important of the con-
vention. Addresses were made by Mrs.
Lillian NJ. HOLSTER, the supreme COM
mander. and by Miss Bina NJ West. the
supreme record keeper, besides a brief,
pointed address by \. j. Weber, chair
man OF the evening, representing Mayor
Ezra Thompson for the city.
A fine musical program was rendered
and prizes were awarded in drill con-
tests in addition to those decided on at
the afternoon session. The more formal
part Of the program was followed by
social time, when the ladies Of the local
hives entertained the visitors.
Welcomed by Governor.
The convention opened formally yester-
day forenoon with a meeting at II o'clock
After the first order a brief address of
welcome was delivered by Governor John
c. Cutter. Governor Cutler took occa-
sion to admOnish the women that their
first duty was to their home, but he
lent a measure of encouragement TO the
formation of secret societies by the hope
that such work would help in the govern
ment Of the home.
Mrs. HOLSTER and Miss West spoke
briefly in response, thanking the COVER
nor for his welcome. Later each made a
brief statistical report of the wor k done
by the Maccabees, giving figures showing
the enormous growth of the order in the
last twelve years.
In Secret Session,
The business of the afternoon was
largely of a secret nature, and consisted
of the initiation of class of forty-five
into the mysteries of the order. Mrs
Lucy Nelson of Ogden was elected a del
egate to the national convention to be
held in Chicago next July. Mrs. Murrea
Marvin. the state commander. being ruled
out of the vote by reason of the fact that
she has held no high elective office in
the state, having recently come here form
Denver.
Nearly a thousand were in attendance
at each of the earlier meetings, delegates
being present from all the larger towns
of the state, from idaho and Nevada, and
from as far north as Alaska.
Following the class initiation came the
exemplification of rituaiistic work by the
various teams and the awarding of cash
prizes. The first prize for the largest
delegation was awarded to Silver hive
of Ogden, and consisted of $40 The same
hive won the fifteen-dOllar prize for the
largest number of life benefit members
presented in the initiatOry class. Banner
hive No. II of salt Lake followed. win
ming SO also, for the second largest del
egation present. The second prize for
life benefit members was awarded 10
Hollister hive of Salt Lake. and consisted
of s. The prize of SIS in the drill contest
held last evening as a part of the enter
tainment went to Banner hive No. II,
and juvenile team was awarded a spe-
cial prize of s. additional.
No Lack of Interest.
Mrs HOLSTER and Miss West, who are
touring the country in the interest OF the
order, left last evening for Colorado.
where they will attend another conven-
ton Before reaching their home in De-
troit they will have attended twelve of
these district conventions.
I'VE have found the work in a flour
ishing condition wherever we have gone, -
said Miss West last evening. We ex-
pect, of course, a great added impetus as
a result of the work we have been doing,
but in no place has there been any lack
of interest or any slackeniug of the work
of the Maccabees."
In their addresses both speakers made
more or less general report of the condi-
ton in which they have found the va
rious hives in attendance at the con-
yentions.