The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-12
ORDER OF
 MOOSE PLANS DRIVE
 FOR NEW MEMBERS

Official representatives of the grand lodge. Loyal Order of Moose, are in the city and are planning a big new mem ! bership drive. offices have been opened
 at Nineteenth street and Avenue F, Ems ley, at which the plan of organization
 can be seen. The Order of Moose is fra
 ternal order that carries sick and death benefits, provides medical treatment for
 members and their families, free educa- tional and voca tional schools for children of deceased members. and has many
 other practical as we'll as social features. The Loyal Order of Moose has q mem bersnip of over 700,900, and is p2rticu-
 larly strong in the west, where the grand lodge has erected great shrine to
 brotherhood, "Moosehart," an institution
 for the care, protection and education or the children of deceased members of the order The estate comprises many acres and has many splendid buildings for the housing, education and training of the children. In speaking of the order and it's activities, one of the organizers said; Tn lSSS group of working men af- filiated themselves into an organization which they called the Loyal Order of
 Moose. They based it the fraternat
 idea, but they dedicated it to service, and HOpeu anu uTeaHtSu lildt lHSti AueaS pi
 service would be help and benefit to
 mankind. From 1888 until 1906 little prog ress was made in the order It developed slowly and membership was restricted.
 Tn 1906 James J. Davis of Pittsburg was designated as director general of the order, and since then the progress has been rapid. Today, F years later it is composed of over half million men or ganized into more than 1600 lodges.
 ssTthe original ideas of service that dominated at the organization of the or der have continued. The dominating thought of the order. as it is today is the help that it may give to the individual.
 It pays benefits, perhaps not so large as
 some. certainly not so small as others, but enough to serve. The one dominating
 feature that has prevailed in the Moose
 since its inception has been the thought,
 Am I my brothers keeper?'
 "Every Loyal Moose believes that it Is
 his duty in life to aid and assist a
 brother in distress, so dominating has
 been this thought and so extensive has
 been it's growth that today the Loyal Order of Moose has in the heart of the
 central west the greatest shrine of
 brotherhood ever built by man. Moose
 hart and it's vast acres exemplify the
 idea of service as carried on by the or der. It's service goes farther than to the members only. It is extended to the
 wives and to the children of the mem
 bers of the order who have unfortunate
 ly been called away before their time.
 'Moosehart is home in every sense
 of the word, for the children of de- ceased Moose. It is not an orphan asy- lum, and the children who enjoy the ben
 efits of Moosehart are not objects Of charity Moosehart is their heritage,
 provided for them by their fathers when they became affiliated with the order. By the virtue of membership these fathers secured for them the right of an
 education and trade such as is now being
 taught to nearly 600 boys and girls.
 TO really appreciate 'Moosehart one
 must see it--see the wide acres and ex-
 panses of ground, the splendid buildings
 erected for the comfort health, and inn
 provement of these children, and finally
 the happy, smiling faces of the children
 themselves. There is no discontent at Moosehart for there Is no occasion for it. The Loyal Order of Moose is only the manifestation of the time in which we live. It has organized the sentiment that is in the air and on that idea has built a plan Of life that is bound to benefit the world in a big and substantial way. "Regardless of nationality or creed, the Moose welcomes with open arms the man who believes in kindness. justice, purity and truth.