Y 4 gm 4 is — Mii ne | : We VOLUME III. God Bless Our Home BY MRS, GEO. R. NEILSON. This is a motto which adorns the wall of many Christian homes. Care- fully and prayerfully worked by ten- der hands, it is one of the most ap- propriate sentiments which could be selected for such a purpose. A lady in a distant city, recently, while out shopping, chanced to meet a lady friend who wished to make a eall and invited her to accompany her. The house visited had an air of neatness and comfort, and the appointments of the parlor indicated that the family were, at least, in comfortable cireum- stances. While the iady of the house and her friend were absent from the little parior for a short time, the lady left alone was deeply impressed with the reading of two mottoes which dec- orated the room: One, “God Bless Our Home and Lodge”; the other, “Lodge Charities Are God’s Charities.” Upon asking the lady of the house about them, this was her explanation: Her husband had been a _ loving, thoughtful man, and although they had but his salary to depend upon, they had managed to save some money, with which they purchased a lot and erect- ed that little home. The saving was not sufficient to build the house with- out leaving them in debt, so the place was. mortgaged... Shortly after taking possession her husband fell sick and in a short time he died. “When my husband was with me in life,” she continued, “I knew he be- longed to several societies, but I was wrapped up in my home and babies and paid little heed to what he said about his lodge and the protection against an evil day. When he was sick fellow members tenderly watched with him, and when he died followed him to the grave; and in a short time after his death the societies and associations to which he belonged paid me $8,000 in benefits, enough to free our home and keep me and the little ones from want until I could adapt myself to changed circumstances and learn to be a bread- winner for the family. Since his death I felt it my duty to further protect the children, and I have connected my- self with one of the lodges he belonged to. Now,” said she, “can you under- stand why, when living in a home saved by the lodges, through the instrumen- tality of a loving husband, the mottoes on the walls of that home shall always read: ‘God Bless Our Home and Lodge’ and ‘Lodge Charities Are God’s Chari- ties’?”’ Lodge charities, unostentatious as they are, are, indeed, God’s charities. Minneapolis, Minn. WE $e ye Good Deputy Work Burtrum, Minn.—Dear Editor: As our camp has not been heard from for some time I will try to tell you what we have been doing; maybe it is what we did not do; at any rate we were all discouraged and almost ready to quit for good. A good many of our mem- bers have moved away, some trans: ferred to other camps and others just quit, until we were down to eleven members and only six of them could attend camp. It was not very enter- taining, and we were not very enthusi- astic; and we decided to write to our Supreme Oracle that we must have EDITORIAL OFFICE, ( ROCK ISLAND, ILL. | help or surrender our charter and we wanted Deputy Briggs, or Lawson, as we thought by the reports in our pa- per that they were workers. Supreme Oracle wrote to not take any steps to surrender our charter until we heard from the Supervising Deputy, Maggie Cushing. Well, Deputy Cushing wrote that Mrs. Lawson was very busy now, but that Mrs. Briggs was visiting at Superior, Wis., and she. would come. She came and we stormed the forts, took the enemy, and now they are ours. Neighbor Briggs arrived here Thursday, September 4, and on the 9th we took in seventeen members and have four more to initiate and we will say for Deputy Briggs that she is the best worker we ever saw. All camps that need assistance should ask for the deputy who has a successful record in our paper. The Long Prairie degree team came down and did the work for us in a very pleasing manner, for which we thank them very much as it was a great help to us. We have got started again and we expect to get more members. We have our floor- cloth, banners, badges, Bible and an organ. Our cash is a little low at present, but we will soon be all right. We wish Mrs. Briggs abundant success and hope she won’t have to talk as much at every place as she did here, but we are glad she did. talk. RECORDER 1930. ee From a Little Camp Blackstone, Ill.— Mayflower Camp 400, at Blackstone, J1., is prospering. This camp was organized May 1, 1895, with twenty-three charter members. We have lost two by death and some have drawn out by ecard till we “have only seventeen left; but in the last two months we have been making a special effort to build up our camp financially and socially. We fitted up a room and every Saturday evening we would serve ice cream and cake to all who wished to patronize us. Besides having a social time we put a nice little sum in our general fund and at the same time made a favorable impression on the public. At our last meeting we voted to secure the services of a solic- itor and instructed our recorder to ask that one be sent us as soon as possible. We think a stranger will have better success than one of our own members. We will entertain her while here and take her around free of charge. We meeet twice a month and very seldom miss a meeting. We have a good set of officers. Our oracle, Mrs. E. G. Harding, has filled the chair for three years, and we don’t think she can be excelled. Our recorder has also been three years in her office and gives sat- isfaction to all. |W. W. WILKINSON. Be ee The whole history of the fraternal movement for years past has been a record of change. This has been in the right direction. Change is nothing but evolution—a working out of the laws of existence. ww ee It is said that it is always the sut- ler’s camp followers and other impedi- ments in the rear of a camp who criti- eise most severely the work of those in front. In fraternal operation these are the ones who criticise those who are making our institutions a success. OCTOBER, 1902. Gled She is a Royal Neighbor Osseo, Minn.—Myrtle Camp 2367 is a young camp, but lively and interested. We meet the first and third Wednes- days of each month I have five miles to go, but I always hate to miss a meeting, for I feel as if I had missed a good time. We enjoy visiting back and forth with Dewey Camp, of Anoka, and Willow Creek Camp, of Brooklyn Cen- tre. August 27 we were invited to Hassan to assist Deputy Supreme Ora- cle Mrs. Bertha L. Kelley in organizing their camp and those who went were royally entertained. Mrs. Kelley visit- ed us at our last meeting and seemed pleased with our progress; also with our new robes. The Modern Woodmen of America give a good many dances and always give us a chance to provide the supper. They had a pienic June 13, and in the drill contest we felt quite proud of capturing the prize. Three of our young lady members have been surprised and presented with R. N. of A. pins, and a social time was en- joyed by all. I notice the Royal Neigh- bors are always willing to help with anything the camp suggests, and I for one am glad that I am a Royal Neigh- bor. Mrs. Lecta E1prm, Past Oracle. we They Have Jolly Times Ft. Wayne, Ind.—As I have never seen anything about Camp 758 in the Royal Neighbor paper, I take pleasure in announcing to our sister camps that we are in existence just the same and are doing well. We have a jolly lot of Neighbors. The officers all know their parts by heart. We have seventy- nine members, only five social. We had two candidates last meeting night, and will have one next meeting night. We meet every Friday evening and we al- ways have very good times, as there is always someone to serve refreshments of some kind. Next Friday night our oracle and one other member will en- tertain the camp. We are sure of some- thing good. Two weeks ago we went to the country about seven miles to surprise Neighbor Hattie Miller. We took well filled baskets and had a jolly time. Our husbands fixed a table in the yard. We all stood up to eat our dinner. We prepared a table in the dining room for the children and they enjoyed their dinner. I don’t want to take too much space in our paper this time, but you will hear from us again. I close with best wishes to all Royal Neighbo MARGARET STOLTE, Vice Oracle. Ye fe Dark Hours Made Brighter Kansas City, Mo.—Queen of the Val- ley Camp 651 was organized April 14, 1897, and since that time we have gradually grown in numbers till we now have sixty-seven members, fifty- eight of whom are beneficiaries. We are auxiliary to Penn Valley Camp 4458 and have among our number eight of the best of that camp. They are very helpful to us in many ways. We have lost very few by suspension and have granted four withdrawal cards; and our charter is now draped in mourning for the first time, death hav- ing taken one of our youngest mem- bers. Within thirty days her husband was in possession of the order for $1,000, which I am sure will greatly ( PUBLICATION OFFICE ji | PUBLINCOLN, NEB. | NUMBER 10 aid him in caring for the two mother- less children. This should encourage us to greater efforts in securing mem- bers, for we well know the dark hours are made brighter by the substantial thoughtfulness of those who are taken from us. We have not a great amount in our treasury, but sufficient for our needs. Have lately established a flower fund which increases with each meet- ing. With best wishes for all Neigh- bors, I am, yours royally, Lizzig A. Stone, Recorder 651. Now Have a Reading Club Ottumwa, Ia.—The Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen in Ottumwa are still alive and hustling, trying to keep up with the crowd. On August 28 oe- eurred the seventh annual picnic of the Southeastern Iowa Association, which was held at Bloomfield. It was a fine day and the attendance was im- mense; in fact the greatest I have seen at any of the meetings of this associa- tion, and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly. However, there was one feature missing in the rendition of the program, that was ex- hibition drill teams of Royal Neigh- bors. There several teams of Woodmen, Moulton being awarded first prize, Ottumwa second. On Wednes- day, September 3, a number of Neigh- bors from this city had the pleasure of attending a picnic given by the Royal Neighbors and Woodmen of Kirkville camps. We drove out, were very nicely entertained by the Kirk- ville Neighbors, and all spent a pleas- ant and profitable day. Our team gave an exhibition drill during the after- noon, which was well received. We ex- pect to go to Highland in much the same way on September 25 to attend their annual meeting and hope to en- joy ourselves as well as at Kirkville. On the morning of the picnic the sad news came from Denver announeing the death of one of the Neighbors of Kirkville Camp, Mrs. John Pelham, which was very much regretted by all. Woodbine Camp 1014, of this city, is now laying plans for an entertainment to be given some time in the near fu- ture, which we hope will prove a suc- cess. Instead of the “coffees” which we held last year, we have this year organized a reading club, meeting every two weeks, and these meetings seem to be much enjoyed by all those who attended, and then it gives us an opportunity to visit between camp meetings. We have recently lost two of our members by removal from this city to Denver. We commend them to the good graces of the Neighbors at Denver. Mrs. R. V. Brown. ee eS WEEE Insurance certificates of whatsoever character are the ballast of the busi- ness of the world today. They exert more influence than any other system to prevent financial. disaster in the wake of storm, accident and disease. ee Thackeray truly remarked that the world is for each of us much as we show ourselves to the world. If we face it with a cheery acceptance we find the world fairly full of cheerful people glad to see us. If we snarl at it and abuse it we may be sure of abuse in return. E