Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Illinois - University Library

Tuesday,
GRAND LODGE OF ILLINOIS, I. O. O. F.
Nov. 18. 1913. 85
J( Fair. We maintained a tent at the Fair this year. It was in charge
of Brother A. H. Gardner, Grand Sentinel, and furnished shade and
rest for many weary sojourners.
At the same time the Grand Master is inclined to be of the opinion
that unless our Order can obtain better accommodations from the
Fair Association in the future that the Order abandon this feature.
I am of the opinion that Brother Gardner and Brother Horn did
everything possible, within their means, to make this tent attractive
and a desirable place for the meeting of Odd Fellows and the leaving
of parcels, etc. In my visitations to the tent the conditions were not
at all satisfactory to me and I recommend that the Grand Lodge
appropriate a sufficient amount of money to maintain, on the State
Fair Ground at Springfield, 111., in some suitable position, a desirable
and comfortable retreat where Odd Fellows and Rebekahs may leave
their packages and meet and greet each other in comfortable and
pleasant surroundings or that the Grand Lodge abandon the maintaining
of any rest tent on the State Fair grounds.
THE MATTER OF HOME PICTURES.
By instructions of the last session of the Grand Lodge a pamphlet
entitled "The Home Picture Book" was issued. Many tnousands of
these books have been issued and sent out and under date of February,
1913, the following circular letter was sent from the Grand Master's
office in regard to this book:
Home Picture Books.
The Grand Lodge of Illinois has issued a book of Home Pictures.
This book is in size 9x12 inches, containing seventeen half tone cuts
of the Orphans' Home, asi follows: Administration Building; Orphans'
Home Band; West Cottage; East Cottage; Domestic Science Kitchen;
Children's Dining Room; School Building and Gymnasium; The Home
Family; Interior of Chapel; Manual Training Work Shop; Manual
Training, Laundry and Heating Plant; Cow Barn and Silo; Horse Barn;
Horses and Colts; Holstein Dairy Cattle; Carriage and Implement
House; and nine half tone cuts of the Old Folks' Home, as follows:
Main Building; Library and Reading Room; Side View of Main Building
and Heating Plant; Dining Room; Main Building, Cottage and
Grove; Chapel; Interior of Chapel; Main Building and Chapel; Barn,
Silo and Stock.
This picture book is the handsomest souvenir which has ever
been issued by the Order in Illinois and each book cost the Grand
Lodge 10c per copy, delivered to the Grand Secretary's office.
Under separate cover a copy of this Home Picture Book is being
mailed to each Subordinate Lodge, which becomes the property of
the Lodge to be used by the members.