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this licokitilcrs' Proviient Assd-clatioa Has Dose PilOlIPr AID FOB WIDOWS AND ORPHANS Origin tad Growth of the Organisation, with Short Account of It Mont Prominent Slernbcr, i. The Booksellers and Stationers' 'Provident Association A rnJtl Institution of it kind. It great has beta to encourage spirit of thrift ami honorable self-respect omemi the member of the kindred trade from which its name la derived. It ha brought within th reach of every employe In te two trade th polbUlty cf leaving In the- casks c( death, to those upou him, lb of ly nn rxptnUIlure which cannot. undr circumstance ordinarily conceivable, exceed (12 a year.

Tim Wsa of founding- thin organization, first occurred" to Joseph P. Voire Ilus of the puLlihlng house of Henry Holt 4k Co. It Seemed to Y'ogellus, In the year 1S7S, i.1 V. Charles T. Fubliahrr nd Bookseller, j.

that when the expected death nf'a bread winner In a publishing, bookselling, or stationery house left a destitute family, there ought to be some better and more equitable method of helping those in teed than by passing, around a subscription paper. It wat Sir. observation, too, that the amount given on each tub-scriptlon paper varied according to the popularity cf the coUector, tr of thi deceased member of the trade, or according to the plentifulnrs or scarcity of money at the tlirve. an.l not, as It ought to have been, on the noccsfitou and friendless condition the family to be helped. i by thla Idea.

Mr. Vogolius Wet to work to make inquiries among the various mutual beneMt and insurance Institutions, lie soon became convlncedfhat what 1 known as the assument plan was the only out salted to the purpose whloh he had In view, By combining what seamed to hint the best feature Jn four different classes of societies, Mr. Vogelius li iif tb formulated his scheme, Thla was that the sum of s.i.10 be A Jotepk P. Voellus. Xif Henry Hilt Ca.

paid ty each member joining the association, of which wit to be an Initiation f--e. to held in trunt for the heirs the first dying after entrance, Hiid 10 cents were to be placed to the credit the contliiKent Into till contingent fund also was to the fl from the Initiation fee, and ail the necessary expenses were to be defrayed frvm It, the surplus balance from the tund being; placed from time to time to th credit of the reserve fund. On the death a member an anseiis-luent of fi.M was to be levied on each of the a irvlvora. Those elfictble or adimsylon to the Were to he persons between the ages ef eighteen and forty-five years. sound health.

jtiiC good moral character, connected with tiie boo and stationei-y trades nj ajioootata braiKlics. It was ix.tUUljr to be provided that unmarried wonwn actnally tr.KJigcd in these trades shouid be eligible, and a clause was added emjrfw trins the Uoard of to admit such Other perrons as In Its Ujc etlon It defined proper. Kvery applicant, bowevtr, had first to be an roved by the medical examiner of the VUar n. KrirkiiM. ecrelry.

Pul.lihr and I.oi.ieller. Klatlon. The ttrr.lt cf nienihershlp was t.j be and th lartst payment for a a'ii claim thtrefure, to be ll.tOrt. r.ia limit of meiuherrhlt) was, nuuiy years ihe tasocUllur. had been a complete jiklnj succesa.

lncread to 1,500, under ur.i.stanccs nod with safeguards Which noted hereafter. Titls, in brief, was scheme of be prcposl organization i tc.l by t'r. VorHus. 'L'n frt printe-1 s-j-gstlon of the i na maJo ty A. J.

Iticknell In cul.J.-riis of The Publishers Weekly, on i IC. The number by f.rni us likely t- join a trad Insurance i minion waa S.olv. Thi s.i-cestton was ro ed lit subsequent Issues of the same I -r Ly C. E. P.

Dutton sr.d by J. K. I'owcra, who pointed i li Cf-ajlvajta5. of crilcary for surh an a.t?ociatic-3. Mr.

Vosrelius, to so, a in tlnse rc-1 tJ tnV.is nrtttcr v.p on account of t- Of ordiury business a.T&lra,. he set tln tnatfr in motion by viv; up for the fullowins ft herji rf to form an hf)vrt ilok- A-'xw i -1 i fi'y, vt ttKaiug ff; lr ltMl)vc cur 1 tli tuco( ut $2.14 s. ix ti i. i (. i- ly o-tii tt ii.u-e -tntare ai? to lit nj in circulat! n.

Copl of this memorandum were placed of this memorandum were placet with News Comnany. Ilotx-jrt Morrla of A ry- pletrin John 1L Oirsmsn of Chariot ribrr' S.ne, Charles Cunnlcubant of C. T. Illlinrham. and tr.

Voelius l.lmrelf had i. topy. These five formed a Coisv-rnittee on Copies were alao eS-WF t-'. Grrr, and Bookseller. placed with E.

U. Hardy cf Roberts I'rothert lionton, tnt with I K. Morrison, then with Claxton, Hemsen i. ilaffel-finser of Philadelphia. Permanent Orctulsatlnn KaTeeted.

The first meeting- wu held on March 31. 1S7D. in the rootr.s cf Ceortre A. Leavltt of this city. There were 2S3 tuunes at thla time on the preliminary liats.

Permanent organization was effected on April 9. 187 the first President being Charles T. Dillingham, and the first Secretary. Joseph Vo-g-elius. Of the 2S3 signers of the circulars, only 154 became actual members of the association.

At the first annual meeting, on June 1. lbwi. the membeiship numbered 2S7.j From that time until the annual meeting In 1SS3 the membershin Increased to 415. but between 1SS3 and ISM it Jumped to KCL This frreat gain was muatly the result' of the hard work of John It. Alay and Kdward Weeks of Philadelphia, who.

together, made a. Western trip with the sole object of adding to the membership of the asuoclatlon. Among other active out-of-town workers for the asuooation in Its early (lays, besides those already mentioned, were B. H. Tick- Cob Jtrfin If.

Amnion, With Harper Brothers. nor of Poston. t'ol. J. 11.

Ammon. then of Boston! now of New-Vork, and It. K. Smith of Chicago. Charlea T.

IUlingham, the first and only Presicent of the Booksellers and Stationers- Provident has long c-lehrated as one of the most active book jobbers In the United States, lie was horn in in lS4i His first work was done In the house of Crosby. and whtle there he met William I.ee, who afterward became his partner. When he was twenty years old, Mr. IMlIlngham entered the publishing and jobbing hoiife of Oilvet S. Felt.

After Mr. Vlts death, in lsikS, Mr. Dillingham formed a partnership with Francis B. Felt, tinder the title of Felt A Dillingham. This firm wan In lsTo, and a part nership between l-e, pjiepard Dilling ham wfis formel, with Mr.

DiUlngham us managing lit New. York This house movfvl from Greene- Street to Broad-ay In l7i and in name year Mr. Ill1lnsham besran to i build up his great JobDlng business under his own name, the old partnership being. dissolved. Some years ago he moved to Twenty-third Htreet.

Mr. Dillingham is a. member of the 8ev-' enth Jleglment Veteran Corps. He has always been popular with the trade, by whom he Is known In every part of the country, and has been one of the guiding iro t.hv llobert Morris, heeond Vice President, With V. Applctoa Co.

pirlts of tho BookstliCrs and Stationers' Provident Association since it was founded. Career of J. f. Voajellaa. Joseph F.

Vogellus, 'the founder and first Secretary of the association and for some yearsi past Its TTcasurcr, was born In l'russla. en IS, 1M8. Me came with his parents to this country when he was four years old. received his education In Trinity School, Philadelphia. When he was thirteen years old ha took his first situation In the foreign book bust-m of l- Ueypoidt of Philadelphia, the founder of tho present house of Henry Holt Co.

Mr. Iypoldt opened a branch house in Xew-York in Dai, and Mr, Voge-liutt was sent here to take chargf of 1L, Tho llrm wan changed to A Holt two years taler, and to the preent firm of Henry Holt Co. in 1S73. Mr. Voge-llus ix manager of the manufacturing department of the houn.

Much of the suc-cs? of the HooksHlers and Stationers' Provi lost Association ha been due to bis untiring work. Wilbur Jl. Ketcham. The present Secretary of tho association, after Iravlng school, be-catnc nian.isins:-ar.d artocutt editor of The Hevorder of Weatihsster County, ile left thljK pfitsition to cuter the employment of the American News Company. He then did sortie work for a leading s'ibscription book publishing house, after which he started in Jean JT.

Tlyan. With CaMi PuiUiihig Company. business foy as a publishing re-txrter As soon as he saw Ids way diir lie purchjsesl Clritian a ivtiKiou rmi-monithiv. an 1 undr Ms r.nrgvint thla pjer gained In cirrulitfon and Iniluence. Andrew Oeycr.

who was for fve years' of ihe Itoksllers an. tation-FrovUiciit 'was Vira in '-i, FX 1 1. 4.i niiill- 1J I r. tei in.u.. in Xew-EuKUnJ.

ana in the' West. After apt-miim? some tlni wi.fi 1). APfiK'ton t.v.. lie i.cia.c ryident Imyer for wevral of the larit Jobbing th West. Mr.

t.eyer is man" of tfrt -rergy an-J full 'f f1 cornpiied. in 17. the stationers Liook, and In the earn year he bocame the flrft isecretarv of th fcmlfanera Hoard of Trad. alo nrganlKed the Btalion-id Kxchange In and in 1T7 he started (Jtyer's fcatioaer, which soon became an IrtiiHirtant ontn in the trade. CoL John H.

Ajtiwb, who ia at present a mcmlT the Board of Trustees of the a. iation. ha had a varied niiiltary ana civil experience. He was tx.ro at Auburn. X.

in 1HV. and.lf?gin business in the Ivisson in this city. Iater was with Ivison PJitnney at Proad-way. and next-wUb John M. i'ooper 4 U.

of Savannah. Ja. From Savannah re went to 1'h ilium Ar of and when that house cot Into difficulties came to New-York And became a traveling ales- mVhen the war broka out in 1SC1 Col Am-rnnn was one ot th fiist to go to the fronts He waa nxin nrad.V a Captain of the Jvilne-teenth New-York Infantry Tiie" he changed over to the artillery. Joining Cobb Light Pattery 1. He was promoted to the rank of Colonel on Jan.

10, for gallant and meritorious service. After the. war was over he kwam? connected with the honae of Ttcknur fc Fields of Boston and remained with that firm through Its various chants of partnership until lH when he becaane a partner In I'll last change to J. It. Osgood A Co.

He sold out hlrt interest in this firm in 1. and is now connected with Harper Brothers, with which firm he fills an Important position. Thirty Tears with. On Firm. Robert Morris, who was one of the Cve organizers of the Book3elrs and Station- (apt.

John BrlffgB, With American Book Company. era Provident Association, can boast of over thirty years' contlnueus employment In the house of D. Appleton and for at least twenty-flve of these be tas held Important positions. He was born in this city, and began hU business career with Michael Doolady, once a widely known Jobber in thia city, of whom Mr. Morris still retains many hum.orous and useful remembrances.

Mr. Morris went to the Appleton in and in 1S71, when that house, under the direction of W. A. Appletoni began Its Jobbing business, he aoted as buyer for that department, and remained In that position until the houie gave up the- Jobbing business, In Ever since he has filled various responsible positions in the house, and has a very wide acquaintance with buyer In this city and In every pai of the country. John T.

Ryan, who was born In 18S, began with M. W. Dodd in lst'4, and remained with him and his successors. Dodd, for ten years. afterward became traveling salesman for D.

Lothrop Co. of Boston. Mr. Kyan went. In 1X77, to the American News Company.

He remained with the company for five years and was interested in many popular republications of books by popular authors. Then he went with Caswell, Petter, UaJpin w. I Li- ij. J. A.

ilolden, With Tbunias Wbittaker. which firm afterward became the Carsell Publishing Company. Mr. Hyan is now Secretary of that company, and is also' In charge of the manufacturing department of that house. He has always taken great intfrest In the Booksellers and Stationers" Provident AHsociatlon, Of.

which he is at present a Trustee, He ia also Firwt Vice President of the Clover Club of Brooklyn, and Is a very prominent member of the Itoyal Arcanum in the same city, having been successively Orator of his council. Begent, Kepresentative on the Grand Council, ahd a Grand Trustee. John Brlggu, now a Trustee, who was born in London In 1K7. came to this country when he was fifteen yeara old. He at once a position with the old firm of Itoe, jockwood Son.

which afterward became George H. Ixckwood Son. With this firm he remained fifteen years, and was afterward with Ivlson, Blakeman Co. for seventeen years, ot until that firm was merged In the American Book Company. He was in the Army of the Potomac during the war.

ami whs afterward Captain in the Twenty.second Ilegiment. N. O. N. Y.

He is still with the American Book Company, where he acts as manager of the sales department and of the salesmen. John A. Holden was barn in New-York In His early days in business were spent with Baker, Vornees the law book publishers. He went, in lftK), to the old Evangelical Know ledge Society, which Charles A. llarkhardt.

With K. P. Dutton Co. was rueoeodea In 1S74 by Thomas Whit-taker. Mr.

Holden Is business manager for 1 nomas Whittaker, with whom he has ever since remained. He is a veteran of the Tweuty-eecotrd Regiment, and has lung been Interested In mutual benefit associations He wa first elected to the Board of Trustees of the Booksellers and Stationers' Provident Union In and also served as Secretary that year. He la still a Trustee. Charles A. Burkhardt, a Trustee was born In Trenton.

N. Keb. 15. 1V.7. He came tu New-York wh-jn he was twT.ve years oil, and went to busines la the house of P.

Putnam Son, the predecessors cf the present house, where he pert fifteen years in the stationary department, and ultimately bocum Us h-nd P.ieven years ago be gave up this position to vrsauise a stationery department in K. P. t'ultcn Ac establishment. He has since remained in ch'arwe of this depart, meni, which is his monument, and tlso buys books for the retail -department of thrt house. He has always takn an active and intelligent Jr.tr.-rest In tuatters relating to th trade, and was tho originator and if two given by the Booke'iers and St'a-t tionr' Proviileut nil is the founuer ervl Kicrttary of the Lesua, of whUrh h'-refter.

wilh tbc itanor fcxriny and its tha' tim from entry clerk Twusurer." the 1 f.nn was charged into a cor; He kas.teea a Lieutenant in the Twtaty- v. fc. aicrriam. a.i.i a r-js tere, was born Ntrth A Jam. Ma, an.i tjmi to tMs cliy in July, WW.

Tio tti the cf J. v.tj,,-.. (v. .1 vu-t. ai.t(w.iin icc v-i nv to A.f'.i.'.V 1-1 l-'i a i.

uri: in lusace of a law ii.n -and Ftntioners Provident. A--M-iatkn from Certain vexntiouii r- iuir mn.t uf the cxNtlr.jf lav net expreiy in-teniled for tcuch osssciatlniin. though by judicial cunsiructlon covering the.u. In tnis effort they vr- successful. J.

N. AViriK was born ueur Va and cam in Pfl. -after the fail Of Knoxville. He attended the public schools in this city, and was graduated at the College uf to? City of New-York. then went into the Mercantile Library, where he remained between Iwi7 and 1k-i, going to Charles Scribncr toons tn tne year.

He Is now heud of ihe library department ''W. S. With Rayaor Envelope Company. in that concern. He Is of tha Booksellers' League, a trustee of the Booksellers and Stationers' Provident Association, a- member of the American Library Association.

Treasurer of the New-York State Library Association and member of the Twilight Club. C. E. Butler was bom In London, and received his business education with J. B.

Lipplncott of Philadelphia, where he fpent sixteen years. years ago he ca.Tie to Brentano's, in this city, where he has since remained and whore he Is now manager and buyer of the book department. Mr. Butler, wnile still In Philadelphia was an enthusiaetl i member of the Booksellers and Stationers' Provident Association, of which he was the local Vice President, ana is now a trustee or the association. He Is also Vice President of tho Booksellers' League and Chairman pf its Knterf alnment Committee.

Charres K. Spetr was born In thl3 city In and In lms began his business life in tb house of D. Van Nostrand Co. In house and its successor, the D. Van N-ostrand Company, he has faithfully workeL ltetng now the manager.

He is a trustee of the Booksellers and Stationers' Ppivident Association and is Sond Vice President of the Booksellers' League. C. J. Kane, another Trustee. warLfarmerly connected with the Mercantile Ulrary, and Is now a clerk in the Supreme Court.

He rendered great assistance to the association by hard work In Albany during tha jr. AY I Wlt'a Charles Scrlbner' Son. legislative session of 1S04. when It was threatened by adverse? legislation. A.

Growoll. who is a Trustee, la editor and manager of The Publishers' Weekly. The first death in the association after it had been formed in March, 1S7H, was that of ti D. FrefK-ott, whow heirs received flt'8. Between that death, which occurred during the first year, and February, when the membership rose to the amount paid out on death, claims continually increased, owing to the steady Increase of the membership.

Since February, 1h, the heirs of every deceased member nave received On striking evidence of the practical usefulness jOf the Booksellers and Siationers Provident Association Is the fact that out of the lit deaths upon which assessments have been paid, only five or fix were independent of the amount the Insurance. In many cases, where the title was clear, money was advanced by members of the association in advance of the formal proof of claims. This shows how much good may be done for widows and orphan- at an outlay, pot exceeding $1. a month. A change was made in th constitution of the association in by which the lirr.it of -membership was Increased to 1X.

though the amount of the claim paid re- C. E. Batler, With Brentano Brothers. mained fixed at H.lifiO, even though the membership exceeded l.ouu. The object of this Increase in numbers was to put the reserve fund on such a basis that not more than twelve assesHments might be levied upon.the members in any one year.

In case that one or more deaths over the twelve occurred the money in those cases was to be pall out of the reserve fund, it being within the of the Trustees. If the number of deaths in any one year should be less than twelve, to levy as many additional assessments as would make up twelve and place the amounts to the credit of the- reserve fund. As there are now over 1 fWV) members In the association, the reserve fund gets moro than at each assessment, and at present stands at something- over The only year It was drawn upon was the first year of the grip, when the association had P.fteen deaths. Since that time It has never had more than twelve, though it has never had less. Thus.

may be still added to the reserve fund for these three deaths in the grip year If an exceptionally healthv year for booksellers and stationers should happen to arrive. The association had. up to Jan. 81. ISiXV 123 deaths throughout its career.

Part its success has undoubtedly been due to the cheapness of its. management. No one is pail except the Secretary, and he gets precious -little. Out of every lu cents collected for the contingent fund, the Secretary re- C. StiicJrs.

Ith D. Yu i-f V'5 i i co.v.a to eens-i of I r- rr-in- I AnOtfctf th? ot ''t- I wr-s vtrv ir-w ir.r Man of tr. i iiv. rtt.n oficr-! ttr but tha ta- 1 or- in at. I t.ie i ii t-1-re ic i in ti.e -serve f.i'"l i i he linvv -ra 1'rnvidnt iari.m.

Th---f las of a Jn tirst oflllifsf. held In hfok. rlr, Bail. lur.ley t'arn'r InfrtMiuce I th retultrs In addition' lo i i tf a lection- liis own wt-k. Artiong oilit-r a.iithiirs prescfit rh ntiin were-- fimlth.

Murion Harland, Ilobert Grer.t, lr. K.i- wsj-il Ki-mles-Pun r.l vili Cnrieton. The CoiriTnlttee Of hienribers of the association in charge cf this enteric. ihm-nt. which was Weil attended and siici.

-if ul. of Charles A. Burkhar Chulrnian: John A. Hol'Jen, Wiiliam J. Kelly, and J.

fc ngelius. Knoouraged ruccess of the first entertainment, the menibers of the association gave a second one at Carnegie Mu-fin Hall on Feb. n. On this occasion Kiah.ird Watson Gilder Introduced the readers txid read oneof his own poems. Tn-readers were Gen.

Lew Wallace, Julia Ward Howe. George Cable, and Johu Ken-drli Banxs. Between these two entertainments, a handsome and was realized for the reserve fund, the authors generously giving their services fre on occaxions It had long been felt by those who had worked together mo lonir and so arduously for the Booksellers and Stationers' Provident Association, thutt something was needed K.i-it -cs. il 1 i' C. J.

'Kane, Supreme of New-York. to ItIes; the members of these trades into closer and better acfiuaintanceship wltli each other. this end the Booksellers' League, consisting of the members of the Provident Association as individuals, was first devised by Charles Burkhardt and adopted Xy the others. During the past the Booksellers League ha given several "smokers," at which various forms of harmless were presented, and one lecture for members and theu- wives, when Major Pond gave his experiences with various celebrities. It Is the hope of the members of tho Booksellers' League to increase, by the social means which "smokers" will afford, the resourcefulness, independence, and usefulness of every member of their craft who comes within their Influence.

It is felt by many of the senior members of the Booksellers' League that the time ha come whea all the members of publishing, bookselling, stationery, and allied trades should stand more firmly together against outsid aggression. CHBISTJ11S Vim TEE 8H1KE.1S A Day Spent la the Community at Canterbury, X. II. Ca-NTErbtjrt. If.

H-. Feb. 1. No fcappier, more merrymaking, laughing, gleeful class of beings exists than the Shakers at this place. Yet arourid all hover that refinement and that culture which so characterize their lives.

Their voices in song can of tea be heard irlall directions, humming-, some sweet refrain as an axjeompanlment to their daily labor. The men and women do not live apart. -mingle together in brotherly and sisterly regard, treating each other with profound respect that calls up enduring-, feal The location of the Canterbury Shakers is far from being out of the way andLse-cluded. It ia one of the fines sites fmtt could be selected, and the view Is granf In the extreme. Their buildings hav s.uch modem conveniences as prudence permits and comfort demands, yet they cannot be truthfully termed wealthy by those who know them best.

Their neatness, simplicity, and taste for beauty might lead atra-ngers to such an erroneous-conclusion. Judging only from outward appearances. In this home the cultured eye sems never lost to beauty nor the hwurt turned, against the lovely objects of nature or art. Their hospital la furniHbed with every reasonable convenience make comfortable their alck and suffnrlng and to cheer their convalescents, wliiio lun-l nurses devote their time to the work and read the medical works of the day to keep In pace with the times. Xlnelr schoolroom is well equipped with school furniture, and bookH.

and their teachers are among the first in their profession. They attend tha Teachers' Institute, visit schools of nota, are patrons of educational Journals, and keep themselves conversant with that which pertains to the best methods of educating and training their The result is a. model school. In music they excel. Voice culture is made a specialty, and every chili and young person with musical ability Is permitted to practice at the piano ororga.it an allotted time dally.

A glimpse of their life Is shown In their celebration of Christmas recently. Neat, golden-edged cards of Invitation wee sent out to fifty or mote of thjir neighbors and friends to attend their home Christmas entertainment. The chapel was beautifully decorated with evergreens and Illuminated mottoes. On the Interior of the middle entrance was a beautiful green arch, beartna upon it in massive white, glittering letters tha oft-repeated Merry Christmas! Side by side, the chapel was illled with the sweet-faced slitters and dignified brethren of tnis order uutd thir guests of the world. At 6:30 the President of the occasion arose and gave a slmpl signal, in response to which there came floating from the distance a sweet chorus of voices chanting a Christmas carol.

Nearer and nearer the 3ingers drew, until there stood before the audience a triple quartet- that sang beautifully, after which there waa a rendition of a well-arranged programme, in which over forty young people took part. Many of these exertlsee originated In the family, while every theme was such that whatever was memorised would be an addition to the educational The costumes were neatly and tastefully made, showing a great amount of taste and study to perfect them and make them Illustrate, clearly whatever nationality or character they were designed to represent. The ladies quartet, while singing- The Old Oaken Bucket," stood around an old-fashioned well curb with swinging rope, and bucket, from which they drank the sparkling water. Immediately following this, a sister gave a poem in German dialect, rather discarding the bucket that hung in the well." and advocatinar instead the Irfing-IIandied Dipper that Hangs by the Sink," which caused much merriment. The "International flag drill was fine, and would honor an entertainment of Teat-er pretensions.

The Shaker dinini? room is a pleasant, commodious apartment, nicely arranged and In perfect order. The long tables are filled with ladies and gentlemen ut the same time. During the meal a biuler reads the dally papers that all may understand the current events of the day, this beinjr the only time when they are all together or when reading would be oest adapted to the public ear. No children are admitted here that cannot be governed by moral uasion. There is a Uttla girl here, a speaker in one prominent scene at the Christmas entertainment, who has a little htstoryJ While on a visit to Boston a few weeks; ai-o," one of the sisters relates, that child was brought to my notice.

Her mother was dyintf. and as the uncontrolled forces of nature In the little one were running wild. I agreed to brlnsj hr hrini." The tnistlr.g mother gave the thud to the sister, and on Chrifdmas evening, as she appeared in her da Inly, llisnsy, white dress, lact veil, and lovely flowers, (her charncter she looked lik-s a fairy queen ami played her part like a trained pui.il. And so with all of the children: lliev are tenderly, lovingly cared for. and their hiippy faces are the mirrors which tell of the good home they hav nnd tho kind frWr.da that surround them.

The Phatere believe in trtarrtac for tboye who enter thit relationship of thir They uf.ou It 3 a tbrs aioit erelir.since on but 'look with pify and deep furow uyioit the broken pledge. red-for families, un true i-d women (bat ar! found In th world. No oiia t'ern belter than li-ity ftr a mother o- father rime lo them u.d be t-n reciv-d i'M th'lr hnme. 'i'i: it- ir t.y bundreds'ff pet-ric jrmet. cf wh'tro or.t t-t cjrir.c-:ay a- tliem hcer thm tult; in l.i;u.r-ij thtv are Mi ri li ra "ihoRe i but ney iljoi -t c.i her tb.

fi- nd hout. t. -n arc ai'Aajs vveijom. i I A On? ica cf U. -j Gracd Lolzc.

LARGE MEMBEIHIP. IX TUE STATE History of Some th More Imior. tant Ixxlrcs AVaililusirm ntl Lafayette The New Oracers. The New-Jersey Grand Lodge of Masons has Just completed Us one hundred and Uinta annual session. Durlnr tha Week there has been a large gathering: of he prominent men of the order ill the big Masonic Temple at Trenton, New-Jersey Masons are considered Masonio Jurisdiction In -which much care Ik taken to select good roaterliil, and to lnnlst oa tfie most thorough fraternity education.

They do not seek numerical stienslh, tut rather quality. Thsre are now. 15.8S$ members In-the lftS blue lotlges. -The fact that so many men of kindred spirit could be biought together In brotherhood, sug-gxsts care and labor on' the part of the men who have assumed responsibility kcH-'plnff Freemasonry as purer as Its tenets and Its'-traditions demand. Every traveling Mason who has visited the lodges la thtr New-Jersey Jurisdiction admits that It is harder to work their way Into a Jer- 4 Georgre- W.

Fortmeyer, Most Worshipful Grand Master of ths New-Jry Ormnd Ixls of afosona. sey lodge than In any other State, because rigid examination is tpslstej on. Much of the history of the Grand Lodge haa been lost, and mora of it would have been consigned to oblivion, had it not-been for tha exertions of the Grand Lodge, through a committee of its nuemlJers, who have been delving Into records; and brought forth facts for the purpose, 'not only of proving that New-Jersey tte cradle of Freemasonry, but to save for future generations so much of Its history as Is known. This committee has beea ably assisted by rast Grand Master Henry R. Cannon of the Plainfleld lodge.

Tho result ot their researches so far haa been placed la th safe-of the Grand Secretary In his ofllce at Tren ton. The work, however. Is to be continued, and some day a new and authentic history of Masonry will be added to tha historical documents of the order. The first commission for America was Is sued to Daniel Coxe, one of tha proprietors of West Jersey, after tha State was divided Into two parts, with- two sets ot proprietor. He waa one of the early Governors, There is.

however, ro record of an organi sation ot any lodge- under this commission. The first lodge in New-Jersey was St- John's, In Newark, organized on May 13, 1761; the second was organized at Ellza-bethtown. In 1752; the. next at Princeton, ia 170d. and the fourth at Basking iUdge ia 17yV.

Throughout the Revolutionary Vv ar, the order in New-Jersey was well represented by the officers of the Continental Army, and threo names signed to the Na Old Masonic Temple In Trenton. Corner Stone Lld in 1783. tional Constitution were thoae of Gov. William Paterson, David Brearley, and Jonathan Dayton, who were prominent la tarly Mnsonlc history. The Grand Lodge 6f New-Jersey waa organized at New-Brunswick in 178T.

and Chief Justice David Brearley was the first Grand Master. There were a number of changes in the lodge roster during th subsequent fifty years. The order became almost extinct In the State during the anti-Masonic movement, and. In 18-12, there were but ten lodges in the whole Jurisdiction, and many of those were meeting secretly, with hardly enough members to do the work. The oldest lodge Ss St.

John's of Newark, which la No. 1, and which begins, of course, the roll of lodges in the State. It was Instituted, as has been said, in 17R1. On May 13. a number of Jlaconn living in the vicinity of Newark, apjdied to George Harrison, Chen the Provincial Grand Master of New-Y'ork, lor a warrant giving power for the entering, and raising-candidates into the msteries of Freema.snry.

It is the privilege of thl lodge to have tn its possession one of the oldt minute books. In which are transcribed the occurences In the 'odyeroom for the three years succeeding Its Institution. Kt. John's) was the first of the New-Jerney lodg- to have a full set of Masonic Jewels, which were uscj tn the army lodge at Morrlstown when Lnfay-ett raised. When this illustrious Frenchman made his second visit, to this country, he became the guest of St.

John's Idge. and. was shown the Jewels ued on the occasion of his elevattc-n. St. Johs Lodge has entertained a number of prominent patriots, including Washington, Lafayette, and Kossuth, and.

in a resolution was adopted for the proper observance on Feb. 22 of "the Itlrih Day cf our Biuht YV. Pro. George Wa-shir gton. For over a bundn-d years this lodge, with Incoming dignity, bus observed this birthday by a fn-c-elal gathering, on which oc-a-jslon euiotde- are iWlivirl to th memory of Gen.

Viishirii-rtoi. and a ode fx FUnsf. Tliese ceb'bra tions nre always a t-terdl by prornvnerit Masons from New Jersey and timer jurisdictions. The lodre has la its losisoKion jmber of -Masonid relics. Among the memt-rs of- this lodge is Past Grand Master William Silas Whitehead.

He Is perhaps Hbe. biggest Umton In New Jersey, for he stands eix feet 6-ven inchcrf high when ho wars his sheeikln apron. Ha comes frcm on of th oldest families In Upper New Jersey, lie has contributed much tn Mc sonic literature. He new heads the list of Psist Maater-s of this lodge. Fredwrtck W.

Bicord. Librs.rian of the New Jersey Historical Society, and Charles E. Hill, who wa speaker of the Ilous.e of Assembly ten jr ago, ar Past District Dt- iity Grand Maidcrs. William A. tiny, rtow ihe Marsha! was formerly the Worfhlafid Ma.ter.

There prevailed for son-. time the tra--ttitton that Georjre Washington was rr.ade' a. Mason during the Jteriod that the Aineri-tin army wa in camp at Morrist.xwirr UK shows tliat he waa raised at FreierickPburg. When -Washington was at Morrijtown. he frequ-ntly did attcni the camp todg4 and Cr.iiik tunch wtch his Vrethrett in tie fl-i Arnold tavtrn.

Ihd iirst y.ublio edifice -to be built in was that er-ted tytbe old Trenton Lodsre. in Tr-iit'r 1 inS cjrr.r-etna wss laid Aug. 17:3. It was for rr.ar.y yars tr.e home of fre Trecion exclusively, and th baiiuiny slid staud-In-r. a few hundred yar-is front the iicaw.

It was rc-fuiy the Mftsc-nitj li U-i State. Its iU(vtvcr 14 the masiiiiicect structure standing on the x.r- A f- I jiili i ijf vilSi Ml 1. 1 t'-J I cf iii.l It si 1 -ei ir i- s. X. t- i 1 mi me.

Tftiii i "i )or i 1 tie fe. t'le craft, 'i lie dnii.l 4 is on C10 i walla of the 1 been rectntly ii 1 1 tr-Hts cf thrt r-. The new oftivm of tl. run I 1.1. were st-lecteil on Tt.ui i Temple are men wl.o bvi-n a.

'MaMinlo matters during last ten r. 'i l- r- 1 live fir. Joalah W. Eirn, Deput Orand Master. The list Is hpade i by Georf 'H.

who succeeds Charles Belcher as iioC Worshipful tJrand Master. Pew men ra tterknown through New-Jet sey than ti-s I'resfnt Most Worsii.pful Grand Master. 11 4 first saw Masonic light In IvAnnne Loita Of New-Y'ork. When h- became a New-J-r-sey commuter bo placed his dernit card wut Hope Lodge, No. lit, of Last Orange.

i. which rdace he refddert. He was a rnmber of Hope Ixdg4 only eiht months nbei was placed in the Kast and re-elected 'or f.hiliful Master the second He 1 came a member of the CJrand Lodge ii when he wss comiLilsvioued a Deputy (iran.1 Mister. Kor s-ven vi-urt he faithfully vDltixl the 1o.iif-s cf the Nint'a District, and was then elected Junior Warden of the Orand lsiriuo, aid ra.piii,;' advanced to his present ollitie. Josiah W.

E-an. the DepTity Orftnd Master, hails from Mount Holly Loda, No-14. lie la a Past of that loute, an was for several years the District licputy Grand-Master of the Second District, lit entered the Grand Lodce live years Josejih K. Moore, the Senior Grnd AS nr. den, in a member of Jersey Lo.ie-.

No. 74. He is a Past Master of the io.i and. waa 'District Deputy. Grand Master the Seventh District, and uiadu a most cellent record, serving the luUses of taal district.

YV. Holt Apgar, the Jur.Ior Grand War-43en. comes from old historical No. 6 of Trenton. He was a District Dputy fog seven years, and this year marks his entrance to the firand Lociere, and in about Six years he will be the Grand Maeter.

ChsrleH Bechtel Trenton a reelected for the year. He ia alo t-ecretary of tiio Urtin Commandery. In former linya he was tn editor of tha old Trenton Hiate Gazette. Thomas H. Ii.

Re-iway. tlie Secretary, now a member. of No. li) of Ti-enton. lie was formerly cf New-Brunswick.

He sur ceeded Joseph L. Hough, ho waa tne vid Charles BecUtel, Tressurer ef th New-Jersey Orand Mas. est Masonic ttecretary In the United States. The Deputy Grar.d Secretary is Wiiuar.i D. Buton cf Kane Loiige, Newark, oas ot the early Past Maulers of that loge ani Postmaster of Newark.

The Bev. 11. Stocking, who is one cfi the GrauJ Chaplains, comes from the lodge as the Ornd Master, which is Hcfs Of Kas.t Orange. The second Chanisin i the Iiev. Henry A.

Grieaemer of Mai-ion" field Lodge, which has furnished teverai celletrl Chaplains to the Grand Lodre, Henry S. Haines is the Orand Instructor, to which ofJice he has beea elected a num. ber of years in succession. He Is an ency clcpaedia of Masonry, and knows the ritual by heart. He comes from Burlington Lodge.

No. 3i The- Senior Grand Deacr.n Is Waltee Chandler Orient Lcdga, No. l-i3, beth, who has been a District Deputy Grand Master, as well as Past Masuer cl his lodo. Thj Junior Grud Dtaccn Is Elmer F. Smith of Newark Lodce, No.

formeri Worshipful Master. The Grand this year is John A. Parker cf Lois (.1 the Temple, N-. 110, Jersey City, but si Seal of tbeCrandLoageof New-Jersey resident of the City Passato. DaviJ George of Corinthian Lodge, No.

67, or- ange. Is Senior Kword Beirer, and is enm of the old Past Masters of the lo.Ji-e. Th Junior- Sword Bearer Is Charles Hum ard of Anchor lolire, No.XM'J, Plainfi-ll, who was last year tne "Wors-Vipful Master. The Grand Pursuivant David G. B.iirl of Beverly Ixlgc, No.

1m7. He has b-: elected to this office several tlm. Luthpr Skellman is a f.nture as Grand Tyler. U4 is from Mercer I-odge, js'o. 6i, Trenton, ati because of his efficiency Is re-elected rear.

Forma Smith of old St. Jof.n'si ige. No. 1, of Newark, is the Orjinut, He holds the same position in his locl lod.ge. I 1 'xv- i i Y-- i 'II- a ia; mama naed Wool 8oap) (I wia BUa aad) WOOLENS "Will r.ot-t.r!r.V If is twl In the lunlry.

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