R. C.'s craft sails home with flying colors laden with its cargo of "aims and desires realized," be with them and ready to enjoy the benefits, and not half dead and crushed from the long and weary waiting of inactivity.

MEMPHIS NO. 6.

Our social meeting at the residence of Brother J. W. Montgomery was held Jan. 18th, with every member of the Auxiliary present but one, and several "wons" also. Three of our prospective members were there, and we called a special session of the lodge, and duly initiated them, after which our hostess invited us into the dining room where refreshments were served. At a late hour we all took leave of our host and hostess, expressing ourselves as well pleased with our social meeting.

On February 14th we had our first annual ball, quite a large crowd being present. The music was fine, the refershements were very much enjoyed and the raffle of the "ladies' umbrella" created a pleasant diversion.

On every side we heard expression of pleasure, and delight, which were very gratifying to us, I assure you. Even the "weather man" smiled favorably on us, for it was an ideal night, and it is with pride we can say "our ball was a grand success."

It is to Brother Montgomery's untiring efforts we owe our great success, and rest assured, Brother Montgomery, each and every member of the Auxiliary (not only of Mfs. No. 6, but wherever we are represented), thanks you heartily for the good feeling you have for us, and the Brotherly interest you have taken in us, and if at any time we can be of any assistance to you, you have only to call on us and you will find us ever ready to respond to that call. To the Brothers who so readily helped us dispose of our tickets, who served on our committee, or helped us in any way, we thank you, and feel sure we can always count on your support in our behalf.

We would like to make special mention of all the good Brothers who helped us, but want of space forbids; however, Brothers, we know you each and every one, and we will never forget your kindness to us.

Last, but not least, we desire to thank kind friend, Mr. Laffy, for his good. wishes toward us.

MARIE ANTOINETTE.

THE NATIONAL MENACE.

By Rev. Thomas B. Gregory.

Oyer the recent decision of the House Committee on Judiciary statesmen may argue and politicians may wrangle, but in the conclusion reached by the committee, that Congress can do nothing for the correcton of child labor abuses, all lovers of humanity can find nothing but sincere regret.

It may or it may not be true that the National Legislature has no jurisdiction over the States, but the deep-dyed infamy of the child-labor situation calls to heaven for the interventon of some authority which shall have the power to correct the conditions which are not only a disgrace to the nation's name but a positive menace to its very existence.

The children are the seed-corn of the country, and if they are used up in the ceaseless grind and toil of the mills and factories it follows that the country can have no future.

In sacrificing our children on the altar of commercialism we are committing national suicide. The boys and girls of today cannot be weakened, deteriorated and degraded without insuring a decline in the physical, mental and moral life of tomorrow.

Just as one cannot gather grapes from thorns nor figs from thistles, just so is it that you cannot make good and capable citizens out of the young people who are stunted in mind and body and soul by the tread mill life of the mills, shops and factories.

It is a depressing sight, both to the philanthropist and to the patriot, to go into the communities where child labor prevails and watch its effects upon its innocent victims.

The men of old Carthage and Tyre had their horrid Moloch, onto whose red-hot remorseless arms they laid their little ones to be devoured by the fire-fiend, and we Christians of the year of grace nineteen hundred and seven wonder how it was that the old "pagans" could have been so heartless; and yet the question forces itself upon us: "In what sense is our modern childlabor system less cruel than was the old Moloch worship?"

It is high time that something was done not merely to mitigate but to effectually and forever wipe out this standing shame upon our fair country's honor!

If it shall be decided by the lawyers and statesmen that Congress can do nothing to help the matter, then, in the name of all that is pure and holy, let the legislatures of the various states, North, South, East and West, pass the laws which shall save the little ones from being destroyed.

No time should be lost in the premises. Already great harm has been done. The harm is plainly visible in all the manufacturing centers, in the throngs of young boys and girls that every morning move into the

MRS. J. W. R. DYKMANN, Grand Secy.-Treas.

mills and every evening move out again, in their stunted growth, bowed forms, tired faces and premature age marks.

If I were a member of the state legislature I would make it my supreme business to keep hammering away at the destroyers of the young people until I had either won my point or worked myself into my grave.

No finer earthly immortality awaits any man than that which will be forthcoming to the legislator who, by his heroic persistence, shall succeed in starting the enthusiasm for humanity which shall wipe out our country's deepest disgrace and most alarmng evil-Child-Labor, the Moloch of modern times.

HOW TO GET AND KEEP HEALTH. By Ella Wheeler Wilcox.

The fault of the age is a mad endeavor To leap to heights that were made to climb;

By a burst of strength, or a thought most clever,

We plan to forestall and outwit Time.

We scorn to wait for the thing worth having, We want high noon at the day's dim

dawn;

We find no pleasure in toiling and saving As our forefathers did in the old times

gone.

We force our roses, before their season And then we wonder and ask the reason Why perfect buds are so few and rare

We crave the gain, but despise the getting, We want wealth-not as reward, but dower;

And the strength that is wasted in useless

fretting

Would fell a forest or build a tower.

HERE'S A PUZZLER.

Here is a puzzle that puzzles everybody: Take the number of your living brothers, double the amount, add to it three, multiply by five, add to it the number of your living sisters, multiply the result by ten, add the number of deaths of brothers and sisters and subtract 150 from the result. The right figure will be the number of deaths, the middle will be the number of living sisters, and the left will show the number of living brothers. Try it and see. -Kansas City Journal.

0 BROTHERS.

The editress has had several inquiries why the members of the B. of R. C. do not occasionally favor us with an article for our pages.

0 SISTERS.

We would be greatly pleased to hear from sister lodges through these columns.

Grand President's circular letter No. 5 will be issued March 5th.

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The sun that shines in the face rises in the heart.

THE RAILWAY KILLINGS. Luck was with the passengers and train crew of the "Twentieth Century Limited" which "went into the ditch" and no one was injured. But the train was wrecked and the people owed their escape not to the railway foresight. In the last statistical report for a quarterly period 10,000 persons were shown to have been killed or injured in wrecks on American railways. And that average rate of 40,000 a year is the best showing that has been made for many years.

As long as the people elect legislative bodies that are subservient to railways and that have the vast "acreage of "cheek" to call a demand for safe railway travel "sensationalism" and "radicalism"-just so long as that condition continues the slaughter in railway wrecks will not be abated. Fifty years of trial has demonstrated that railway corporations will not of their own volition quit killing people. The public will have to compel them to quit, and the sooner that is done the better it will be for civilization.K. C. Times.

Nothing is so puerile as to declare that that sort of thing is "unavoidable"-and nothing is more criminal. The railways, of course, are almost as prolific with excuses as they are of "casualties." Employes, mechanical devices and "acts of God" all serve as scapegoats for the homicides which are justly chargeable to the willingness to jeopardize life for the sake of gain, But not chargeable to that alone-chargeable also to the stupid acquiescence of the people in this enormous fault of greed..

Railway wrecks will stop, or be only occasional instances of horror, when the public insistently demands that they shall stop.

A WISE CHOICE.

Pat had enlisted. Like the colonel of a regiment he left the village with the whole community of seventeen souls bidding him be brave and wishing him good luck. He mused to himself:

"Begorra, 'tis the foine head av an ar-rmee Oid make, so it is."

Three days later the news reached town of terrific carnage at the front. That night Pat was seen smoking peacefully before his cottage.

"And what are yez doin' here?" asked a mystified neighbor.

Pat sat forward in his chair and explained:

"Ye see, 'twas this way. The inimy comes down the road to blow us into 200 A. D. Then sez the capain, sez he: 'Now byes, sthrike fur yer counthry and yer homes.' And begorry, I wuz the only mon in the hull rgimint brave enough to sthrike fur home."-Brooklyn Times.

KANSAS CITY NO. 2.

Kansas City No. 2 held a regular business meeting Wednesday, March 6th. Our annual ball promises to be a great success, both from a financial and social standpoint. Date of our ball has been set for early in April.

Although we are only few in number, we are all very enthusiastic and belong for the good of the Auxiliary and it is our firm intention to persevere and stand as true and loyal helpers to the B. of R. C. Greetings to all officers and members

from

KANSAS CITY NO. 2.

There's more religion in a whistle than in a whine.