THE a { x iia | EDITORIAL OFFICE., VOLUME ¥, ROCK ISLAND, ILL. { OCTOBER, 1904. PUBLICATION OFFICE, LINCOLN, NEB. NUMBER 10. . Che Bay Was a Grand Success wow Royal Neighbors at St. Louis Win Many Compliments When jit was decided to have a “Royal Neighbor Day” at the Louis- iana Purchase Exposition in connec- tion with Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbor week, it was known that the day would be a pleasing one but it was not expected that our society would score the grand success attained on that day. As early as Monday Royal Neighbors began to arrive, by Tues-, day there were hundreds of them on the grounds, and when Wednesday, Royal Neighbor Day, came, bright and clear, the number of members present were .so far beyond all anticipation that the day was made one of the greatest events in the annals of our society. fore had heard of our society watched the teams drilling and when informed who and what they were, at once de- clared that they were going home and become members. All of the week the Royal Neigh- bors and Modern Woodmen had been very much There were the bright uniforms of the handsome forester teams as they drilled upon the Plaza St. Louis, and the more than 3,000 foresters housed in tents and barracks at “Camp Talbot,” to attract attention and captivate the exposition visitors, many of whom had never be- fore seen a Woodmen forester in uni- form. While not so prominent in the public eye, thousands of our members made the occasion one for them to “do the fair” and be present to enjoy in evidence. the day. As an evidence of what the | two societies did, the week was made the best one the exposition had ex- perienced up to that date. Every day there were foresters drill- ing on the Plaza, but on Wednesday there was a greater attraction there. On that date three Royal Neighbor de- gree staffs contested for the prizes of $100, $75 and $50 offered for the best drilled teams. While the Woodmen foresters had been a delight, the Royal Neighbor staffs, being all women, were a greater novelty, as few had ever seen women putting on compli, cated movements and doing so with military precision. Every day of the week was full of interest for every Royal Neighbor, for they were all interested in the Wood- men, and when there were no Wood- men to watch drill, they found much of interest in viewing the thousands of attractions furnished by the expo- sition, or in visiting at headquarters in Fraternal Temple. In the Royal Neighbor drill contest the following teams won the three prizes in the order named, each mak- ing a very good record: Pansy Camp 10, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. EB. King, Captain Suh wicetivie le cose ot Eon sie BOOT Laurel Camp 84, Kansas City, Kan., Sarah Wallace, CRM ERIN sacle Cae erate 87.01 Imperial Camp 1957, Highland, IIl., A. At, ARON CADOREES bes hoe Wc Boece 80.68 Pansy team had suits of khaki cloth, with caps to match. Laurel had white suits, caps, slippers and gloves to match. Imperial also wore white suits, Many people who never be- | peor oe Seoeoe. trimmed with gold buttons. All of the suits were very attractive and the teams did credit to themselves and to our society. We had hoped to pub- lish half-tones of the prize-winners, but were unable to procure photograph of them in time for this issue, so have to forego that pleasure. An event which the participants were emphatic in declaring one of the most enjoyable of the whole week was the reception given by the Royal Neighbor officers on Wednesday afternoon at Royal Neighbor headquarters in the Temple of Fraternity. In the receiv- AN ENTRANCE TO ART BUILDING, ST. ing line were Mrs. E. D. Watt, Supreme Oracle; Mrs. Winnie Fielder, Supreme Recorder; Supreme Board of Man- agers, Mrs. Lina M. Collins, Mrs. Mary Fay-Hawes, Mrs. Irene E. Bentley, Mrs. Myra B. Enright, and Mrs. Hattie M. Lombard; Mrs. Eva Child, Supreme Receiver; Mrs. Florence T. VanGalder, Editor RoyaLt NEIGHBOR; Miss Myrtle E. Dade, Beneficiary Recorder; Mrs. Florence Brown and Mrs. _ Jessie Mitchell, Supreme Auditors; Dr. Elnora Whitmore, Supreme Physician; Mrs. Lizzie McIntyre and Mrs. Maggie Cushing, supervising deputies. Mrs. Lulu Case, hostess. A very large number of Royal Neigh- bors and Modern Woodmen passed the line during the three hours the ladies were receiving; the St. Louis Globe- Democrat placing the number at ten thousand. All were served with light refreshments, which were greatly en- joyed. $e Notes ‘The Modern Woodmen parade on Thursday, September 8, was the great- est thing of the kind the exposition ‘has had, Miss Hattie Randall, from the Su- preme Recorder’s office at Peoria, en- joyed an. outing at the fair Royal Neighbor week. The St. Louis papers have evidently been surfeited with so many big events that they fail to do justice to any World’s fair happening. Hon. E. A. Enright and Mr. B. D. Smith, members of the Beneficiary Committee, were present and assisted 'in entertaining Royal Neighbor Day. Mr. week and Mrs. Arnholt spent the at the fair on their way home from a month’s visit in Colorado. Mrs. Arnholt is supervising deputy for Indiana. Royal Neighbors in attendance upon the fair, Woodmen and Royal Neigh- bor week were accorded every courtesy by the Modern Woodmen. They ap- preciated this fully. One can go two hundred miles, spend LOUIS EXPOSITION, a week at the fair, see all that is worth seeing on the Pike, live well enough, have comfortable rooms at an expense of not more than $35. Royal Neighbor headquarters were very handsomely decorated with the colors of our society on Royal Neigh- bor Day, while cut flowers and potted plants added to their attractiveness. Every visitor to these popular rooms is given a souvenir. The editor has now paid two visits to the St. Louis fair, and when this issue of the paper is being read by the members she will be spending another week there. And then she must. come away feeling that she has only just commenced seeing the fair. Mrs. Lulu Case is an ideal hostess for the Royal Neighbor headquarters and visitors to the fair are finding the Royal Neighbor rooms in the Temple of Fraternity an ideal place in which to rest from the strenuous task of at- tempting to see the exposition. The attendance at the fair has been so much less than anticipated that those who have restaurant conces- sions have been forced to keep the prices very low for an exposition. The result is that one can buy a meal on the grounds about as cheap as they ean down town. Many Royal Neighbors attended the *“Woodmen exercises at Festival hall on Woodmen Day and enjoyed the music and addresses, The selection on the great pipe organ by Mr. C. F. Hatfield, secretary of the Fraternity Temple As- sociation, was a most interesting num- ber. The addresses by Head Consul Talbot, Past Head Consul Northcott, President Francis and Governor Van Sant were all interesting. St. Louis has a great fair, but, as President Francis said in his address on Woodmen Day, the people do not appreciate it. He might with truth have said the people do not know what the ‘fair really is. The publicity de- partment, when given such poor as- sistance by the daily papers of St. Louis, can never hope to secure the large attendance the magnitude of the fair deserves. If St. Louis had three such daily papers as the Chicago Tri- bune, Record-Herald and Inter-Ocean, the whole world would know that at St. Louis is now being held the great- est exposition the world will ever be- hold. Mrs. Board Alice Nash, chairman of the of Supreme Auditors, was caught in a railroad wreck while on her way to St. Louis, and severely in- jured, She was taken to the emergency hospital on the exposition grounds and had so far recovered by Saturday that she was able to visit the headquarters. At the time of the accident she was in the dining car and had a very nar- row escape from death. In relating her experience afterwards she said she had cause for feeling thankful after | the wreck that she was connected with a society which was the auxiliary of a great society like the Modern Wood- men, for when she made that fact known the railway officials gave her every attention and the exposition hos- pital ambulance was sent out of the grounds to the station to convey her te the hospital inside the grounds so she would be near her Royal Neighbor friends. It was the first instance where the ambulance had been per- mitted to go outside of the grounds for a patient. Ye Try as they may to becloud ‘the is- sues, the insurance companies are to- day having more trouble from the standpoint of their operation than are the fraternal societies. Despite the fact that they have the happy faculty of obscuring undesirable develop- ments, the reports of the insurance department this year teem with crit- icism of these companies and the man- ner in which they comport themselves. There may be proper and valid eriti- cism as to the ultimate ends obtain- able throughout any system. When, however, the exponents of any given system place themselves in position to be criticised for their own actions, rather than the laws under which they operate, it follows that abuses exist. This criticism cannot be laid at the doors of the fraternal fold. Rather, it applies to institutions essaying to occupy the domain of high finance and it certainly gives us all most vivid ob- ject lessons.