The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-21

1 ~ a. AAlSC9oCo III llG JULIE
diction were brought forward and in.
troduced and given Grand Honors.
They were 36 in number. Captain c..
H. Tandy of st. Louis, Mo-, Past Grand
Master Noble King, was admitted and
given Grand honors. The Grand Prin.
cess styled him the Chesterfield of
the Order and his courtly manner
proved the term had not been misap-
piled. He asked the Grand Temple
for a donation for Brother Steven Bell
or st. Louis n of the Oldest mem
bers of the Order and who is now in
strained circumstances on recount of
his old age and inability to earn a
livelihood. When Captain Tandy had
left the room a motion prevailed to
no only remember the brother from
st. Louis but all the infirm, decrepit
and needy of the fraternity.
At about ten minutes till ~ the
Grand Princess called forth a couple
of sisters who lifted a collection for
the purpose above mentioned.
Hon. w. c. Hueston and DR.. M. H.
Lambright of Kansas City sought ad-
mission and we're admitted and in
troduced and given Grand honors.
The Grand Princess told the gentle
men hat the price of their admission
was a speech. The request of the
Grand Princess in this was granted.
Thus ended the morning session.
Wednesday Afternoon Session.
This joint session opened at 2:30
p. m. The session was opened with
an anthem, Praise We the Father"
sung by the U. B. F. & S. NJ. T. choir
Of Kansas City. The Grand Master,
with fitting words, turned the gavel
yer to Past Grand Master Captain C.
H. Tandy of St. Louis, Mo-, who pre-
sided as master of ceremonies. Pray
er was offered by Rev. o. T. Redd.
The choir then sang, 20 Lord, I'm
hungry and l want to be fed" The
Grand Master was introduced and
made his fourth and last annual re-
port as Grand Master of the United
Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of
the Mysterious Ten. Words are in
adequate to express the forcefulness,
eloquence and precision of this most
excellent address. No phase of the
great work of this splendid organiza-
ton was overlooked by our Grand
Master; showing that he was ever
vigilant ever active. He had no hest
fancy in giving credit to whom credit
is due, displaying to the fraternity his
broadness of soul, fairness of purpose
and goodness of heart. In his states
manlike address the Grand Master
portrayed every feature of the work
of the fraternity and sought to IN
tighten his hearers, concerning every
phase of the work of this grand old
organization.
The State Grand Princess, Mrs. Ida
l.. Garrett, was next introduced and
in her own pleasing way made her an.
nual report. Although the state
Grand Princess does not make annual
visits officially, she has found a plan
by which she has been able to find
out the status of the various local
temples. She had ascertained the
numerical growth of each temple and
also the amount of finance in their
treasures. Upon her careful investi-
CATION she found that Mayflower Tenn
pie of st. Louis had made the great
est general advancement and Marshall
Juvenile Temple of Marshall, Mo-, had
done the same, and by way of n
enlargement, she presented each with
a beautiful banner. The report was a
splendid report of the years work
showing the activity of the Chief EX-
ecutive of the Women's Department
of the fraternity and giving us an idea
of the great good that would have
been done had she been allowed to
make annual official visits to the To-
cal temples.
The Grand Secretary of the Grand
Lodge, Prof. S. T. Pettigrew made his
annual report. 1t was short but point
ed. He reported that the total re-
ceipts for the year from the Grand
Lodge and Grand Temple jointly were
S57,267.57.
Mrs. M. Eta Bolden, Grand Secre-
tary of the Grand Temple, made a
very pleasing report, showing the
careful and painstaking way in which
she has handled this part of u fra
ternal work. It showed that there
had been no negligence, no Sinking
of duty IN her part, but that she has
been aver active in the discharge of
her duty. Her collections for the year
from the Grand Temple and juveniles
alone were $2,135.32.
A most excellent report was given
by the organizations ~financier and
State Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Lodge, Prof. B. K. Bruce, of Leaven-
worth, Kan. By his report were able
to see our weakest points financially.
He made it clear to us, the things that
must be done in order that We might
continue on our upward march finan-.
cially. From his report it was shown
that the total receipts for the year
we're $72, 274.46, and the total amount
paid out was $50, S65.14 balance on
hand, $~15,4O9.S2.
The Grand Temple Treasurer, Mrs.
Anna S. FOLEY, gave to her hearers a
clear, interesting and accurate ac-
count of the Grand Temples financial
report, showing every penny that the
Grand Secretary had received was
turned over to and accounted for by
the Grand Treasurer.
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