The Maccabees New Hall

The lady Maccabees of the Queen City Hive celebrated the formal opening of their new hall Tuesday eve with appropriate exercises. They are now most pleasantly situated on the second floor of the Gilbert block on the east side. The main room or hall is 60 ft. by 22 ft., and is covered with canvas carpet and furnished with a new piano and chairs, many of which are new. The parlors are newly carpeted, and when completely furnished will be handsome rooms, with three wardrobes adjoining. A large dining room and a well furnished kitchen form a part of the equipment also. The rooms are lighted with gas and electricity. The walls are covered with a tasty paper and the whole constitutes an outfit they may justly be proud of.

The order is officially as follows: Mrs. Louisa Drury, lady commander ; Mrs. Ella Thorne, past commander, Dr. Been, lieutenant commander; Mrs. Helen T. Burt, record keeper.; Mrs. Jennie Ostrander, finance keeper; Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, chaplain ; Miss Alta Pack, sergeant , Mrs. Christie Wilbur, mistress at arms; Miss Nellie Jackson, sentinel ; Mrs. Salinda Hawkins, picket The condition of the hive is flourishing. It meets every two weeks, the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month. There are more than two hundred active members, and only 36 are simply social members, all the rest carrying their insurance. They have been out of debt for the past two years, but have recently contracted a small debt in the furnishing of their new hall. The program last evening was planned for the purpose of raising money to meet these obligations. Ice cream and cake were served, ten cents being charged. There were probably 300 persons present, and notwithstanding the extreme heat, all seemed to enjoy themselves. The ice cream and cake were delicious and a good program of music and speaking was also provided. The music was by the band, on the piano and by vocalists, and was very good, the vocalists being encored. The speaking was by the Rev. Gardam, who paid a high tribute to the order, stating his experience in homes in which he had been as pastor when someone upon whom the family depended was taken away and the relief resulting from the prompt payment of insurance. The charity work of the order was also highly commended. Col. Fred Green followed and told of the great kindness of the ladies in sending medicines and delicacies to the soldier boys and of lives saved by having these remembrances of loving Maccabee friends at hand in emergencies.

The officers of the order, as well as the lay members, are thoroughly businesslike. and while they look after the requisite means to carry forward their work of charity and protection for the loved ones, they also do a good work socially. We, as a people, are given to too constant application to business, to the neglect of our social notions. But certainly the L. O. T. M. are doing their share for social recreation as well. Queen City Hive surely deserves much credit.