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but read alternate lines (one and three, two and four of each verse) and the sentiment is very much the reverse:

Happy a man may pass his life
If he's directed by a wife;
If free from matrimonial chains
He's sure to suffer for his pains.

No tongue is able to unfold
The virtues in woman you behold;
The falsehoods that in woman dwell
Are almost imperceptible.

In woman's heart you'll see appear
Truth, darling of a heart sincere;
Hypocrisy, deceit and pride,
In woman never can abide.

Destruction take the men, I say,
Who no regard to woman pay;
Who make the women their delight,
Keep always reason in their sight.
-Royal Neighbor.

A funny writer under the title of "Such an Easy Way" relieves himself of the following:

"How is your fund for that new carpet for the church getting along?"

"Splendidly. We still lacked $75, you know, before we gave that entertainment. We worked like Trojans on that for two

weeks. You remember it rained the night we gave it, and the attendance was rather small, but we had sold enough tickets by going around to the people's houses to insure us against loss, and we made $24.75 out of it. Then we got up the bazaar for the sale of fancy goods. Most of the things were donated, and we realized $34.65 out of that. All we have to do now to complete the fund is to raise $15.60, and we are going to give a concert to get that. Some of us have musical friends that will be glad to help us out by giving their time one evening for nothing. We'll raise that $75, just as I said we would, without calling on anybody for a cent."

But think of the fun they had.

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when she arrived, left for home feeling that she had known the Peoria sisters for years. It was her good fortune to be entertained at the beautiful home of the Secretary of Hazel Lodge. This little woman and her husband are as fine a couple as you would care to meet.

The members of Hazel Lodge and the brothers of 48, B. of L. F., have the faculty of making everyone feel perfectly at home in their beautiful city of which they are justly proud.

Sisters, do not miss the next Illinois State meeting, which will be held in Chicago in April, 1905.

SECRETARY OF L. S. 98,
Murphysboro, Ill.

White Rose, L. S. 180.

The progress of fraternal events has recorded the establishment of another branch of the Ladies Society.

Sister J. J. Keyes, of Helpmate No. 20, who had been duly instructed, performed the ceremonies incident to organizing the new lodge. She was ably assisted by Sister J. L. Keyes. The new branch has been christened "White Rose L. S. 180," and will be under the guardianship of Van Bergen Lodge 62, B. of L. F.

The newly installed officers have al

ready manifested considerable enthusiasm

in their work and excellent results can be expected.

Several of the aspirants were not able to become charter members because of conditions that they could not control; these candidates will be marshaled into the fold very soon.

The members of White Rose Lodge 180 graciously acknowledge the generous and substantial support of the brothers of 62, and are under lasting obligations to them.

"Tis sincerely hoped that the sisters' course will be scheduled through a vast wilderness of "white roses" and that it will terminate in that mysterious realm of unbounded ecstacy, where the Grand Master will welcome them for their noble service in behalf of Friendship and Charity and bid them enter His lodge room.

A FRIEND, in Carbondale, Pa.

Just a "Wee Bit" Dissatisfied.

"If we would succeed as a social order, if we would draw people to our side, benefit by their friendship and enjoy their companionship, we must be hospitable

and social." Good advice, certainly, but suppose "people" just "won't," then what? Stanberry, Mo., might have a large lodge of the B. of L. F. and a L. S. second to none in the Order, but both societies are small. However, we hope that before this time next year, every one

Sisters Strong and Cross thank the ladies of this, our new lodge, for the kindness and hospitality shown them on this occasion. AGNES G. STRONG, Boone, Iowa.

of our firemen will have been convinced Lights and Shadows in No. 19. that it not only does not pay to be a nonunion worker, but that, today, it is ridiculous and unmanly to be content to bear the stigma of that hateful appellation, "scab."

The members of 170 earnestly urge wives, mothers and sisters to organize a L. S. wherever there is none. Not many months ago trouble came into the home of one of our firemen. We went there, but we were all strangers, and the constraint and timidity of strangers was upon us. We resolved that this should not happen again, and we organized a Ladies Society with just six charter members.

We give dime socials to help pay our way. We gave a dance and an oyster supper, and we cleared $35; this we presented to our boys.

We will serve the supper for their New year's ball, and we are more than pleased to be able to do so.

PRESIDENT OF 170, Stanberry, Mo.

American Beauty Lodge L. S. 176.

Agnes G. Strong organized American Beauty Lodge No. 176 at Eldon, Iowa, December 29, 1903. She was ably assisted by Sister Annie Cross, of Headlight Lodge 16, Boone, Iowa. The ladies were very anxious and very attentive. It was a rare pleasure to work with them.

No. 176 starts out with a small membership, but on the whole the outlook is very encouraging. It is not members we need so much as a willingness to work for the advancement of our glorious Order. The ladies of this new society are deeply interested in their lodge and its success is assured.

The following members will be its principal officers for the ensuing year: President, Helen F. Wright; Secretary, Lelah Swearingen; Collector, Margaret Rose Phillips; Treasurer, Lotta B. Haag. These ladies are well qualified to fill their respective positions. Their enthusiasm is a guarantee that they will protect the interests of the lodge and be faithful to their trust.

The brothers manifested their interest by helping financially, and we are satisfied that they will help socially.

"Into each life some rain must fall, some days must be dark and dreary."

Perhaps no class of women realize this more frequently than do wives, mothers and sisters of firemen, and the links in the fraternal chain of their society are cemented by the sincere sympathy felt by those who have experienced a common sorrow, who have borne the burden of a common fear.

Christmas was indeed a sad day for B. of L. F. 571 and L. S. 19, for at I a. m. a faithful brother, light-hearted, genial Eddie McDonald, lost his life at Katka, Idaho. His engine struck a rockslide and was completely demolished. Brother O. D. Lyberger accompanied the remains to their last resting place, Los Angeles, California, where a mother, two sisters and a brother mourn their great loss. They have our sincere sympathy.

November 1st Bro. John Shaski fell from his engine; he lived a few hours, but never regained consciousness, and Bro. John Crowley journeyed to the old home in Minnesota with all that remained of an honored brother and an esteemed officer of 571. Not ours but God's will be done.

But the past four months have brought joys as well as sorrows. From ten charter members our number has been increased to seventeen. In our first communication to the Magazine, we advised the single brothers of 571 to take to themselves wives so that we might increase our membership. Bro. M. T. Campion gave heed, and married a charming lady, Miss Lucy McMannis, October 26, 1903. May every joy be theirs.

November 12th a whist party netted us a neat little sum.

The B. of L. F. gave their third annual ball New Year's eve., and it was a success. The brothers presented Worthy Master Henry Rogers with a beautiful nugget gold ring.

The members of 571 seem never to forget that they have an auxiliary, and the ladies are invited to meet with them socially as readily as if their society were years instead of only four months old, They framed our charter for a New Year

gift, and we are very grateful to them for this and many other thoughtful favors. A MEMBER OF L. S. 19,

Hillyard, Wash.

Not as I Will.

Blindfolded and alone I stand,

With unknown thresholds on each hand
The darkness deepens as I grope,
Afraid to fear, afraid to hope;
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go,
That doors are opened, ways are made,
Burdens are lifted, or are laid

By some great law unseen and still
Unfathomed purpose to fulfill,
"Not as I will."

Blindfolded and alone I wait;
Loss seems too bitter, gain too late;
Too heavy burdens in the load,
And too few helpers on the road;
And joy is weak and grief is strong,
And years and days so long, so long,
Yet this one thing I learn to know
Each day more surely as I go,
That I am glad the good and ill
By changeless laws are ordered still.
"Not as I will."

"Not as I will!" The sound grows sweet,
Each time my lips the words repeat.
"Not as I will!" The darkness feels
More safe than light when this thought
steals

Like whispered voice to calm and bless
All unrest and all loneliness.
"Not as I will," because the One
Who loves us first and best has gone
Before us on the road, and still
For us must all His love fulfill-
-Helen Hunt Jackson.

journed to meet the last Friday and Saturday in April, 1905, in Chicago.

"The first step toward becoming a back number is when once one gets it into his head that the world could not get along if he were eliminated." We all can profit from this observation.

December 16, 1903, Sister Ellen Kahl organized White Mountain Lodge, L. S. 98, at Alamogordo, N. M., with twelve charter members. These are busy sisters. They gave a grand ball following their organization and have already initiated one of their many prospective candidates. Success to 98.

Death Report.

Grace Johnson, Lodge 196; died November 12, 1903; cause, pelvic abscess. Amount of insurance, $200.

Mary P. Holston, Lodge 120; died December 12, 1903; cause, pneumonia. Amount of insurance, $200.

In Memoriam.

Sorrowfully we announce the death of little Verda May, daughter of Sister Rose Foster, of Loraine Lodge 79, Murphysboro, Ill. We extend to our brother and sister our deepest sympathy. She was a bright, beautiful child, three years old. Through the twinkling stars of night, Watching her loved ones asleep, Her spirit so holy is shedding its light An unbroken vigil that spirit will keep. SECRETARY L. S. 79.

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will forward to this office so as to reach here on or before the tenth day of March, 1904, the sum of sixty (60) cents from each member carrying a $200 policy and one dollar and twenty ($1.20) cents for each member carrying a $400 policy, using the two printed blanks which accompany this notice.

All remittances to be made by draft, postoffice or express money order, payable to "Grand Secretary and Treasurer, Ladies Society, B. of L. F."

Members initiated on and after March 1, 1904, will not be liable for this assessment. MARY E. Du Bois, Grand Secretary and Treasurer.

Approved:

GEORGIE M. SARGENT,

Grand President.

NOTE. We enclose two printed blanks upon which Treasurers will make returns to the Grand Lodge for the above assessments. Both statements will be filled out exactly alike and sent with returns. If all names do not appear in the printed list, they will be added. If any corrections are necessary they can be made by the Treasurer. One of the printed statements, with receipt, will be returned to the Treasurer.

For the names, lodge number, cause of death, etc., of deceased sisters in the payment of whose claim this assessment is levied, see issue of The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, where detailed statements of the same will be given in department devoted to the Society.

The Lost Kiss

I put by the half-written poem,
While the pen, idly trailed in my hand,
Writes on: "Had I words to complete it,
Who'd read it, or who'd understand?"
But the little bare feet on the stairway,
And the faint smothered laugh in the
hall,

And the eerie-low lisp on the silence,
Cry up to me over it all.

So I gathered it up-where was broken
The tear-faced thread of my theme,
Telling how as one night I sat writing,
A fairy broke in on my dream,
A little inquisitive fairy-

My own little girl, with the gold
Of the sun in her hair, and the dewy
Blue eyes of the fairies of old.

"Twas the dear little girl I had scolded, "For was it a moment like this," I said, "when she knew I was busy To come romping in for a kiss? Come rowdying up from her mother, And clamoring there at my knee, For "one 'ittle kiss for my dolly,

And one 'ittle uzzer for me!"

God pity the heart that repelled her,

And the cold hand that turned her away! And take from the lips that denied her, This answerless prayer of today! Take, Lord, from my mem'ry forever The pitiful sob of despair,

And the patter and trip of the little bare feet

And the one piercing cry on the stair!

I put by the half-written poem,

While the pen, idly trailed in my hand, Writes on: "Had I words to complete it, Who'd read it, or who'd understand?" But the little bare feet on the stairway, And the faint smothered laugh in the hall,

And the eerie-low lisp on the silence,
Cry up to me over it all.

-James Whitcomb Riley.

Boston, Mass., February 9, 1867-more than thirty-six years ago.

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO.,
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Altoona, Pa., 1th Dec., 1866.

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EDWARD H. WILLIAMS,
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AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY, Waltham.

NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD.
LOCOMOTIVE DEPARTMENT, WEST. DIVISION,
Rochester, Dec. 24, 1866,

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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of the U. S.
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