The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-09-03
From Tuesdays Dairy.
Pleasant Evening Spent BY Mystic
Workers Of the World.


Pleasant Evening Spent by Mystic
Workers Of the World.
Mankato Lodge No. 1902 Mystic
Workers OF the World held a very
pleasant and profitable meeting last
night i'm their hall over the Mankato
state bank. which was prcttily deco
rated with flowers and flags and the
lodge colurs. purple and gold. for the
occasion J. Ross Mickey OF Macomb
| H.. supreme master Of the order, who
has been making a tour OF Minnesota
| i'm company with +. T.. Caldwell state
organizer in the interest of the Mystic
| Workers. was present. as were also
DELEGATIONS from Sleepy Eye, Water
vile. Blue Earth. and WinnebIgo. The
Ihan was crowded with members OF the
lodge and their friends who had comic
to hear the excellent program. j. +,
Caldwell called the meeting To order
and presided rs chairman during the
evening. He asked the lodge members
TO rise and give Supreme Master Mic
| kew the supreme hOnors. which they
did with enthusiasm. Miss Dorothy
Scott then favored the company with
la rretty piano solo. and responded TO
the applause with an encore number
latter which the West Side Quartette,
composed Of Judge and Mrs. Evan
! Hughes. Miss Mildred Farmal"e. and
IF. l.. Sleight. sang very pleasingly. and
Judge and Mrs. Hughes responded to
| the demand for an encore with a duet
number. delightfully."- rendered.
Judge Evan Hughes delivered the
Of
was his first attempt TO represent
| this beautiful city with q message Oi
welcome to visiting guests. He said
| that although Mankato's $1,000 inhabi-
tants were of all natiOnalities he assur
ed the visitors that they were all
Americans. and true blue. This state
ment was received with much ap-
plause Judge Hughes went on TO say
that the people took pride in their city,
and especially the schools. I'm the city
were many lodges. The Mystic Work
ers have been here for several years,
and their members are representative
OF the city. He closed his address by
expressing his pleasure ut welcoming
the visitors on behalf OF Mankato and
the Mystic Workers lodge. and was
enthusiastically applauded. A group
of three pretty vocal solos were sung
by Frank Blyler, accompanied upon
the piano by Miss Dorothy Scott after
which Judge w. l.. Comstock deliver
ed an address On "Fraternalism."
Judge Comstock spoke OF fraternal.
| ism as Christianity that would
broaden people toward their fellow
men and insure kindness and help
| fulness for everyone. In fraternitieS
men and women are drawn closer to-
gether i'm common cause. and regard
more highly the purpose OF life and be-
come real humanitarians. he said. and
proceeded to show by number of ex-
amples the lasting benefit to he de
rived from belonging 10 a good fra =
ternal order A round of applause
greeted the close OF the judges speech
and the North Side Quartet then sang
very pleasing selection. The mem
bers OF the quartet were Misses
Gladys and Mabel Caldwell, and Mes
sers. Forest Blyler and Ward Kuent =
eel They were Obliged to respond TO
an enthusiastic encore. and rendered
delightfully."- characteristic medley.
Master Floyd Morgan also sang Il
pretty solo during the evening.
Judge J. Ross Mickey was intro
duced' by Mr.. Caldwell and gave a
concise and brief talk on the benefits
to be derived from belonging to the
Mystic Workers. He expressed his
appreciation of the splendid gathering
and the reception accorded him as the
chief executive of the Mystic Workers
of the World, the splendid talent which
had appeared during the program, and
the fine addresses OF Judge Hughes and
Judge Comstock. He explained that
the Mystic Workers were a progress
sive order. great and growing in
stitution. which Is now tansacting
business in nine states. He said that
the state of Illinois was the birthplace
OF the order. Seven years ago last
June there were less than $4,000
members now there we're $4,000 mem
bers. Then there was less than $500
0c0 in the treasury In the surplus
fund, now there was 100000. He
showed by conclusive example that IL
was benefit for everyone to join a
good, staple, insurance lodge like the
Mystic Workers. Judge Mickey was
enthusiastically applauded. Short
talks were then given by Worthy
ROOMS of Sleepy Eye. Worthy Mrs.
Baker OF Waterville. Worthy Mrs.
McChesney OF winnebago, County
Auditor Kennedy, and r. z. Caldwell.
Following the program social hour
was enjoyed and q nice lunch was
served by a committee OF the ladies'.
Messrs. Mickey and Caldwell will go
from here to Pipestone to visit the
lodge there. which will conclude their
tour OF Minnesota for this wear