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FRATERNITY
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A MAGAZINE FOR THE HOME AND THE
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE UNITED
BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION.
HENRY C. SCHMIDT Editor
Published Monthly by the Supreme Lodge,
United Benevolent Association.
HON. E. S. ROY ALL Supreme President
A. GARDNER Supreme Vice-President
W. W. ANDREWS Supreme Secretary
BEN. O. SMITH Supreme Treasurer
SUPREME EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
D. H. CABEEN Honey Grove, Texaa
A. B. VERA Fort Worth, Texaa
W. J. GILVIN Fort Worth, Texaa
DR. J. H. MORRIS Dallas, Texas
R. M. DAVIS Fort Worth, Texaa
SUPREME COUNSELLOR.
MORRIS RECTOR Fort Worth. Texaa
SUPREME MEDICAL EXAMINER.
DR. JAS. L.. COOPER Fort Worth, Texas
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 60c per Annum
Entered at the Post Office at Fort Worth,
Texas, as second class matter, under act of
Congress.
All changes of address and all additions to
the mailing list should be addressed to
The Editor of Fraternity, Continental Bank
Bldg., Rooms Nos. 302 and 303, cor. Houston
and Seventh Sts., Fort Worth, Texas. Be
sure and give your former as well as your
new address, and be sure to give the number
of your lodge.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Members and Secretaries of all local
lodges should avail themselves of our
"News Department," which will be given
space in each issue of Fraternity. This
space will be devoted entirely free, and
we call upon the members and Secre-
taries to contribute freely such articles
concerning your local lodge or any mat-
ter that may be of interest to the U. B. A.
generally.
We are anxious that our lodges
throughout Texas should exchange
views and chat occasionally for the good
of the order, and this "News Depart-
ment" will be earned on for that pur-
pose, with a view of resulting in mud)
good to the U. B. A. Let us hear from
you. Send in your matter by the 15th of
each monh, in order that it may appear
in the issue following that date. We
believe that no thoughful member will
fail to co-operate with us and appreciate
this our "News Department."
The epitaph by a widow for her de-
parted husband read: "Rest in peace
uutil we meet again."
EDITORIALS
THE INQUIRY.
Tell me, ye winged winds, that round
my pathway roar,
Do ye not know some spot where mor-
tals weep no more?
Some lone and pleasant dell, some val-
ley in the West.
Where, free from toil and pain, the
weary soul may rest?
The loud wind dwindled to a whisper
low,
And sighed for pity as it answered—
"No."
—Charles Mackay.
March 17—St. Patrick's Day—Don't
forget.
Watch the U. B. A grow.
Fraternalism is the very essence of
democracy.
Let the spirit!*of brotherhood ever be
the controlling force.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Then why not join-the U. B. A?
Some men marry for love and others
because there is no other way out of it.
Mr. Lapsed Member, you are one day
nearer the grave, what do you think of
it? Better reinstate at once.
Fraternalism above everything else
exalts the home, preserves its sancity
and looks after its welfare.
Tell me, thou mighty deep, whose bil-
lows around me play—
Know'st thou some favor'd spot, some
island far away,
Where weary man may find the bliss
for which he sighs—
Where sorrow never lives, and friend-
ship never dies?
The loud waves rolling in perpetual
flow
Stopped for a while, and sighed to
answer—
"No."
—Charles Mackay.
The man who only does that for
which he is paid will likely never be
paid for more than he does, and logi-
cally he can not possibly advance.
A good resolution to adopt just now,
is to have your lodge hold regular
meetings, then attend those meetings
and be a help to the order and to your
officers. Watch the U. B. A. grow.
It is said that it costs $22,000 to kill a
man in battle and there is some doubt,
even among the women, as to whether
the end justifies the expense.
Both religion and fraternalism teach
us thrift, providence, economy and a
care for the future, and therefore we
ought to work hand in hand for the ac-
complishment of the desired ends.
Read the article or Bro. Sam Martin
on "Lapsation," there is more truth
than poetry in it, and it would do some
of our officers and Deputies some good
to profit by his timely suggestions,
which we are sorry to say do exist
among too many of us.
Local secretaries can do much toward
preventing abnormal lapsation, if they
will keep in touch with their members.
A good secretary will impress upon the
member the necessity of prompt pay-
ments. Any old time to make payments
will not do, there is a limit, read the
law. Keep within the law, then your
beneficiaries will be protected.
And thou serenest moon, that, with
such lovely face,
Dost look upon the earth, asleep in
night's embrace,
Tell me, in all thy round, hast thou
not seen some spot
Where miserable man may find a hap-
pier lot?
Behind a cloud the moon withdraw in
woe,
And in a voice, sweet, but sad, re-
sponded—
"No."
—Charles Mackay.
The creation and maintenance of the
spirit of co-operation should receive
thoughtful consideration on the part of
all members of the lodge. Earnestness
and harmony can only be maintained
when all appreciate that they have a
personal responsibility in the way of
making the meetings both interesting
and instructive. Fraternal principles and
purposes should always be manifested.
The Fraternal Monitor, February
issue, says: Nine subordinate lodges of
the Knights and Ladies of Honor held
a joint installation of its officers on the
evening of January 19th. No doubt this
was an elaborate affair, with but one ob-
ject—to spread Fraternalism. The wri-
ter who is Editor of "Fraternity" en-
joys the pleasure of knowing Bro. Tait,
Supreme Protector, and knows that in
fraternal circles he is always on the dot.
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Schmidt, Henry C. Fraternity (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, March 1, 1915, newspaper, March 1, 1915; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth233208/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.