Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-12-03
HEART OF THE MOOSE
A GOOD NE|CHDOR
Echoes From National Conven-
ton Of Moose Held In
Aurora, Ill
ALL FOR HUMANITY

National and international relations,
intentions, and CONSIDERATIONS were
dominant in the sessions of the great
Moose Convention which was held last
summer From all parts of the coun-
try came delegates. They were keen,
active, alert, business men. They lis
tened TO long reports and TO addresses
by prominent American leaders. in
GLIDING the Governor of Illinois and
the Vice President of the United
States, but they did business" so
promptly and with such efficiency that
the whole Convention concluded ahead
of the schedule set. The temperature
lowered around one hundred during
their visit but they rivalled the Their
mometer in top-notch records.
Over $4,000 of the Moose are in the
service of the United States govern
ment for its figh. against the Hun.
More than ten per cent of the Frater-
nity's membership is engaged in the
struggle of democracy. If that per-
centage We're an average of our en-
tire popula ion we would have an
army of 100000 men now. Words
are scarce needed concerning loyalty
when the deeds of $4,000 members of
one organization speak.
The Representatives who assembled
in this convention stood Loyalty be-
hind the government and the $4,000
of their own who are working for it.
They yo.ed war assessments to be
paid by all those who remained at
home. They instructed their officers
to invest in Liberty bonds. They adj
vised all Subordinate lodges to invest
their money in the same form of Sc
curities.
Aurora finds, however, special local
interest in the doings Of the Moose be-
cause the Heart of the Moose" beats
at our very door And in the national
and interna .ional activities of the
Moose, Aurora finds her local interest
intensely emphasized. Mooseheart
was affectionately described on the
floor of the convention as "a dream
now realized" Its peerless philan-
thropy in the actual home care of hun
dreds of children challenges the best
endeavor of its own members and
commands the unqualified admiration
of public-spirited citizens here and
everywhere.
But all that has been done at Moose
heart for humanity, is but the begin
ming. According to the official pros
pectus approved on the floor of the
convention, the national and inter-
national activities induced by the war
make larger things both possible and
impor innate Mooseheart is to be
opened to the war orphans. Millions
of dollars are to be piled up as an en-
dowment which shall perpetuate the
noble undertakings of the Moose and
make them of larger and more COM
prehensive scope. The future alone
can enjoy the true perspective of such
work as this convention performed in
the blistering heat of early August
Like the boys lover there" these del
egates also went "over the top" for
humanity.
We have heard much of the Good
Samaritan, whose spirit is emulated
by so many organizations in modern
civilizations. But noble as his action
was we have no record OF its extend
ing further than the direct object He
took care of the man who fell among
thieves on the Jericho road. The
Moose have issued the Twentieth Cen
fury edition of the Good Samaritan.
Their care embraces the family of the
man who by unhappy incident of war
or accident of peace, or by ordinary