The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-21
|SHRlNERS PLAN
 BIG CEREMONIAL
Potentate Crelly Talks On Hospitals For
 Children

Many activities are planned by Za- mora temple, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, for the fall months, the out. standing feature being the ceremonial session to be held on October 31. Pc tentate Crelly, who returned last week from Portland, Me, where he attended the session of the general grand council of Royal and Select Masters, states that he and the official divan are much encouraged by the prospects for big class of candidates on the above occa' sion.
 While, his time and that of the other officers have been taken up largely with the final preparations for the presenta- tion of the dramatic opera, "The Masque of Pandora" which will be pre- sented the week of September 9 at the Masonic grounds, he has been in touch with matters of detail concerning the ceremonial and other Shrine activities In a recent editorial in the Zamorian Potentate Crelly gave his views al length on the proposed amendment to the bylaws, raising the dues of the temple to $10-assessment for the Chil- dren's hospital included-and pointed out the needs for the increased finances and lasting good to Zamora that will result therefrom, relieving the temple from the somewhat heavy burden in cured from the building of the new Masonic temple.
 He points out that with the increased revenue, the prospects of securing 8 children's hospital for Birmingham would be exceedingly bright, and that as soon as the temple obligations were liquidated, steps could be taken to build Shrine club house, club where the members of Zamora could meet for mu. tual enjoyment, and where the Shrine could hold it's entertainments.
 Dr. Crelly is much enthused about the prospects for starting the movement to bring a children's hospital to Bir. mingham, and he believes that it would | be a lasting monument to Zamora and it's members. "The work that the Shrine is doing for crippled children in the United States and Canada is attracting nationwide attention" said the poten tate. "In a recent issue of Collier there is full page article on this grea Humanitarian movement, written by W o. Saunders, well known magazin, writer, who wrote from first-hand in formation, having visited one of the hos pitals. The writer said:
 "'The Shriners are spending nor than a million a year out of their as sessment of $2 each, and they will rais that assessment when more is needed, wrote Mir. Saunders. It means that a last, here on the threshold of new an, better century, millions of hithert hopelessly crippled children are to hav new life, chance to laugh and rom] and grow up to be cheerful, useful citi zens, instead of charges upon their fami lies and society.
 'Orthopedic surgery is compara lively a new thing; it has made it great progress within the past decad without its miracles getting the pub licity they desire. For instance, tn method of strengthening out club foo has been to force the foot into line b virtually breaking every bone in it. Tn operation was torturous and often un successful. Today, the surgeon goes int the thin and wasted leg, chisels an femur in two, turns the entire femu around and, To, the foot that turne backward is strengthened. The bone o the leg in it's new position knits in
 few weeks and in comparatively shor time the patient is able to walk.
 "4The modern miracles of orthopedi surgery are many. But that isn't tn story wanted to tell. I wanted to giv l the inside story of how a great idea wa sold to a lot of fun-chasing men il America when it was properly pre- sented,'"