The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-23
Over One Hundred Delegates
From Various Temples in
State Gather Here
for Annual Session
GRAND CHIEF IS GUEST
Afternoon and Evening SEES.
sions Devoted to Business
of Order Banquet to
be Served Tonight.
TENETS OF ORDER.

Organized with the sincere desire
Of promoting the moral, mental, So
ciaI and physical elevation Of its
members; cuItivating spirit of fra
ternai love which shall permeate and
control their daily lives; ministerins
In all ways to the wants of the sick,
distressed or needy, watching at the
bedside Of the dying, paying the last
sad tribute Of love and respect to $ae
dead; comforting and providing for
the widow in her Affections, and
daily exempIifying In every possible
way the Golden Rule.
May the Order of Pythian Sisters
90 braveIy on in it's mission of holy
love, ever remembering the beautiful
lesson so impressvely taught In it's
temples, until it's members, pure in
thought, word and deed, as the driven
snow, recognizing the great principle
of Equality In the Sisterhood Of Wom-
an, shall move "OnWard and upwa I'd"
until its gentle and benign influences
shall be felt, not alone by It's own
members, but within the ranks OF the
brilliant order with which it is SO
closely allied; may it become bea-
con light to the whole world, the
promise and potency OF a higher and
more divine life.
With over a hundred delegates
present, the annual convention Of
the Pythian Sisters for the first dis
trict of Iowa, convened this after
noon in Castle hall Mrs. Louise Pool
er, district deputy grand chief, Of
Burlington, presided over the con-
vention and called the delegates to
order. Mrs. Effe NJ. Anderson of Day
ton, grand chief for Iowa. Of the or,
SANITATION, is the conventions chief
guest today.
Among some Of the well known
members of the order from out OF
the city, who are here as delegates,
are: Mrs Dell Phillips Glaz1er, OF
Fort Madison, past supreme chief,
and Mrs. Myrtle Johnson Of Fort
Madison, past grand chief. Mrs. An
derson, the present grand chief, had
charge Of the question box during
the afternoons program.
+ The delegates arrived this after
noon for the most part. only few
having come this morning. Those
who were here were given an oppor-
tunity for visiting, and for visit to
the show places of the city, including
the power plant and the park.
Hall Is Decorated.
The convention meeting place was
beautifully decorated in the colors OF
the organization. red, yellow, blue
and white. These are the colors of
the Knights Of Pythias, with the
white added. Crepe paper streamers
no oo{1fnO drn0nlld
fully to the sides and ends or th-
room, forming a pretty canopy Of
color. under which the delegates
took their places. FNgs were used
at either end of the hall and at the
windows.
Ine reeting was called to order
by Mrs. Louise Pooler, the district
deputy grand chief, who presided
during the afternoon. She asked
Mrs. Anne Warner of Wape1lo to pro-
nounce the Invocation Committees
were then appointed. The resolutions
committee consists Of Mrs. Willah
Steinburx Of Cantril and Mrs. Carrie
Humbert, Of Milton. The last con-
yention minutes were read by Mrs.
Amanda NJ Ellerhoff Of Burlington,
the convention secretary.
The reception by grand officers
and the grand honors followed.
Mrs. John P. Hornish, of this city.
filled delightfully."- the task assigned
her, that of welcoming the delegates.
Mrs. Hornish's Welcome.
The address Of welcome was given
by Mrs. John P. Hornish, who said
in part:
when 1t comes to making, an al
dress | should like to pass, for deeds