VOLUME IL. MODERN WOODMEN HEAD CAMP. An Interesting Gathering, but Few Changes in Important Laws Made. The editor of THE RoyaL NEIGH- BOR was privileged to attend the Mod- ern Woodmen Head Camp at St. Paul and enjoyed its sessions very *much. Head Consul Northcott makes an ideal presiding officer and his perfect know- ledge of parliamentary practice, and his ability to succinctly state a long motion kept the proceedings from dragging or becoming tiresome. His strong personality and absolute fairness were marked all through the Head ‘Camp and whenever the delegates be- came turbulent, with another officer in the chair, a few decisive raps with the gavel, the uplifting of a hand and Mr. Northcott. again had his convention quiet and every delegate smiling and good natured. I believe the one lesson for our delegates and officers to learn before another Supreme Camp is parlia- mentary law. With a better knowledge of parliamentary practice the work of our meetings would be made more pleasant and business would be’ greatly expedited. The features of the Head Camp were the re-election of Head Consul Northcott and Head Clerk Hawes, by acclamation, and the announcement of Head Consul Northcott that he would not again seek the office. Important laws enacted was one which provides for the appointment by the Executive Council of Head Physicians; another the removal of the prohibited five mile limit from cities of more than 200,000 population, thus permitting the estab- lishment of camps up to the city lim- its of large cities; and the changing the basis of representation from one for each 1,000 members to one dele- gate for each 1,500 members and elim- inating the delegates at large. A law was also passed depriving all Head officers, except the Head Consul, Head Adviser, Head Clerk, Head Banker, and the Board of Directors of the right to vote in the Head Camp. There were many minor changes in the laws which will be of interest to members -of that society, but no material changes _were made except as stated above. In- dianapolis defeated Grand Rapids and secured the 1903 Head Camp, so that city will have the honor of entertain- ing the Supreme meetings of both so- cieties that year. The week of the Head Camp was made one of much importance to the local Woodmen in both St. Paul and Min- neapolis. Minneapolis gave a ball and entertained a trolly party of visiting Woodmen and Royal Neighbors. The Royal Neighbors serving lunch for 1,- 800 at Minnehaha Falls. The Royal Neighbors of St. Paul were very kind and left nothing undone which. was necessary to make the visiting mem- bers of their society enjoy the week. Headquarters were maintained at the Ryan hotel, with ladies constantly in charge to receive the members and on Wednesday night a reception was given at the home of Mrs. A. B. Longaker, West St. Paul, which was greatly en- joyed by the visitors. fe y SSS BELOIT, KANSAS, JULY, 1901. There was a meeting of deputies at the Ryan Thursday afternoon with Su- preme Oracle, Mrs. E. D. Watt, pres- ent to instruct them in their work. Friday evening there was an open meeting of one of the local camps, with Supreme Officers present.. All around the local Royal Neighbors were very much in evidence and certainly no one coulda complain that our visitors were not well received and well entertained by the St. Paul Royal Neighbors. When the great parade on Thursday moved through the principal streets of the city, every Royal Neighbor heart throbbed with pride because of the fact that the handsomest part of the whole were the floats representing our so- ciety. It is true that the many hun- dred uniformed foresters presented a very attractive appearance but they had been so much in evidence all the week the novelty had, in a measure Our Two New Members Supreme Board, MRS, G. C. COLLINS, St. Paul, Minn, worn off, but the beautiful floats, with the Royal Neighbors and children dressed in attractive costumes, pleased the people and the local papers were generous in praise of our society for the showing made. All of which. goes to prove that while the Woodmen can hold large meetings and put up at- tractive parades with thousands in their ranks, they still require our so- ciety to give to it all that needed some- thing which otherwise would be lack- ing to make the whole perfect. During the week there was a banquet given the Woodmen by the Commer- cial Club, to which of course, visit- ing Royal Neighbors were not ex- pected; there was also a recep- tion by the Northcott club, for the Modern Woodmen only; there was also a secret exemplification of the Woodmen ritual on Wednesday evening, to which the women were not invited, not many of them cared to attend the minstrel show on Thursday evening or the drill of nations at the auditorium on Tuesday evening. One of the great features of the week was the Forester Encampment. This was a veritable white city, with 1,800 uniformed foresters in camp. They a. had drills, schools and reviews. On Wednesday afternoon we were afforded the opportunity of witnessing the grand review of the encampment by Head Consul Northcott and it was in- deed a most attractive sight. The army of young men beautifully uniformed and marching sixteen abreast was a sight well worth going miles to see. The encampment proved such an at- tractive feature it is safe to predict it will be retained and become a prom- inent adjunct to every future Head Camp. There were sixteen bands in the parade, Thursday, prominent among them being the ‘‘Girl Band’’ of Wet- more, Kansas. These young girls were uniformed in blue and proved a de- cided attraction the entire week. The Royal Neighbors were very much in evidence during the entire week. Besides participating in the MRS, HATTIE LOMBARD, Grand Rapids, Mich. parade on Thursday, they maintained headquarters at the Ryan hotel during the entire week and assisted very ma- terially in entertaining visiting mem- bers of our society. A reception com- mittee of twenty-five had been ap- pointed and five of the number were on duty every day.. The committee from the local-camps were: Mrs. Ida Cox, Mrs. J. W. Mounts, Mrs. C. E. Thompson, Mrs. F. A. Kleinfelter, Mrs. G. C. Collins, Mrs. Eva Craw- ford, Mrs. Frances Robinson, Mrs. Liz- zie Foster, Mrs. Drewry, Mrs. J.G. Her- burger, Mrs. M. Mary Crawford, Mrs. Sauter, Mrs. E. B. Lott, Mrs. Cash- more, Mrs.. C. H. Prindle, Mrs. A. E. Donaldson, Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. T. Kensburg, Mrs. Bergreen, Mrs. C. Bron- son, Mrs. J. Smith and Mrs. Jones. A general committee had charge of arrangements, the officers of which, pres- ident, Mrs. Lizzie Longaker, of Har- mony camp; secretary, Mrs. Eva Craw- ford, of Starlight camp; treasurer, Mrs. G. C. Collins, of Royal Oak camp. Aside from caring for their own members, committees of ladies were in attendance upon the Head Camp and pinned beautiful bouquets upon the i eee ee ee a (Gn ‘BOR. NUMBER 7. lapel of Woodmen coats, a favor much appreciated and highly complimented by the gentlemen. The Royal Neigh- bors of Minneapolis also did their part in entertaining and on Wednesday fur- nished luncheon for a very=large num- ber who visited Minnehaha Falls. We are very proud of our ladies and -did not hear a single criticism of the splen- did manner in which they cared for their guests. Had a Float in the Parade. Minneapolis, Minn.—This :is the first time that our camp has requested Space in our excellent paper, THE RoyaL NEIGHBOR, but whatever we do we do with our might so that it may be well we do not call on you more often. This camp was organized Oc- tober 12, 1898, with twenty-seven char- ter members as an auxiliary to Long- fellow Camp, 4648, Modern Woodmen, and we hope to become like them, one of the liveliest and most powerful camps in our organization. All we lack now is numbers and we are trying to overcome that difficulty, our pres- ent membership being over seventy- five. We had tho pleasure of meeting some of the Supreme officers during the Woodmen Head Camp in St. Paul and if any one outside of our order wonders at our re-electing them, all we can say is come in with us and wonder no more. We were glad to see our beneficiary recorder, Neighbor Dade, able to attend the picnic at Min- nehaha, given by the central commit- tee of Royal Neighbors of Minneapo- lis. We havea flower fund for the benefit of members when ill and intend soon to purchase our robes and have a good drill team, but with the rise in temperature there is a corresponding lack of energy in drilling. We have surprised the Woodmen by getting sup- per for them twice, and durimg the Head Camp in St. Paul when some of Longfellow Camp members saw for the first time that their name and number were as conspicuous on our floats as our own, it being the only Royal Neighbor float in the parade from our city, although there were many other turnouts. We represented a camp about to call to order with the members dressed in the colors of the order, officers in their places and the whole float one mass of purple and white, while over all was the national colors in two very large flags of the army and navy. Our oracle, Neighbor Fox, is spending the summer in the East, her resignation as oracle not be- ing accepted, we granted her leave of absence. We know better than to give her up before obliged to, but the pro tem oracle is trying to fill her office and her place in the affections of the members as well. THE Roya N&EIGH- BOR isto enter at least fifteen homes where it had not been before, that many new members having taken a_bene- ficiary membership in our camp, and we expect the prize offered. We meet the second and last Monday of each month at 2302 E. Lake street, and vis- itors always welcome. Mrs. NETTIE YORE, Oracle Pro Tem.