Arizona republican., 1915-09-12

was forcibly brought to the attention l of interested listeners
 Toastmaster Mcbride made a hit
 with his witty and well put remarks. Romaine Felding's talk on Birds
 was especially interesting
 Dictator Boido's talk on Our Sani- tarium" was instructive and appealed 1 to the Moose as being the most import ant topic dealt with. All Loyal Moose are interested and boosting for the To- ! cation in the Salt River Valley of the Great Moose Tubercular Sanitarium. Odd Fellowship
 Since the cooler evenings have ar 1 rived the attendance is on the in- crease in Phoenix lodge Every week brings new visitors to Phoenix who seek the friendship of Phoenix lodge No. ?, which the order so beautifully 1 eXemplifies. Friendship is not the same as friendliness We are and should be friendly towards many people; but human nature is so con- sttuted that we can be friends, in the full sense of the word, to com paratively few. Friendship requires similarity of tastes, cOngeniality of disposition and mutual apprecia ton.
 Hence it is largely confined to groups and depends to a certain extent upon propinguity-closene of association. Schools and churches political or ganizationS and clubs of all kinds
 prove veritable hotbeds for the de-
 Velopment of the germ of common
 interest that blossoms into friend : ship. But perhaps the best oppor-
 tunity for that mutual recognition of congeniality which is the basis of friendship is offered by fraternal so- cieties.
 The members brought together re- gularly for a common purpose, come to know one another more intimately
 than they ever could in the ordinary relations of life. More than this. the teachings of fraternities, especially of the order of odd Fellows emphasize the value and sacredness of friend ship and points continually to a high ideal of mutual good will and help fitness. Those who belong to orders such as ours should count themseIves fortunate in having so rare op- portunity to find friends-men who will stand by them through life thick and thin.
 Personal duty and responsibility seem to rest lightly on the average member. How indifferent the average lodge man is to the success of his society. Think of this a minute. Not one is compelled to remain in the order; but as lang as we do so there is a moral and business responsibility resting on us to maintain and eX
 tend the order. This responsibility is not all comprehended in the pay
 ment of dues and ratings. The source of all achievement in the fra ternity is the cooperation and con fidence of the membership-not one but both, working together in har- monY for the up building of the order that is holding us, "as l have said before" The greatest blessing that can come to a fraternal organization is harmony among it's members and publicity should be the battle cry of l. O. O. F. order. If it were possi- ble for the splendid work of this or ganization to be known by all good people. this knowledge would be the best guaranty of our growth. Car ing for the sick and dependent, coun- selling the sad and weary, educating the orphans, endowing hospitals, erecting and equipping homes, is the kind of work that appeals to all right thinking men and ifs the kind of work in which our order is en- gagged. We should not only tell the world what our order is doing but we should let our world and nation see and hear what we are doing. Build up the order and make of it's splendid platform of principles a living reality.