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WHY ALL MOOSE SHOULD BE THANKFUL
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to all of us.
We may celebrate other days but this is a time, when we pause, and reflect and thank our Creator for the gift of life, and for all the blessings of the past year.
Sorrows and struggles fall to the lot of all men and women.
But often they are lessons to teach us, and guide us and make us better and stronger.
Who are we, and what are we, mortal men, mere tiny atoms, on a vast earth, that is only one of myriad worlds, whirling through Time and Space— who are we to judge and criticise what God has wrought ?
We know this—we are here!
If we are sons and daughters of the same All Mighty Father, then we mortal dwellers on this material earth, are brothers and sisters, and should act as such.
Let us be thankful we have life.
Let us give thanks to Him who gave it.
Let us be grateful that we live in the twentieth century.
For in spite of all the wrongs, injustice, ignorance, disease and poverty in the world, there never was a time in the history of man, when men and women everywhere, were trying to wipe out wrong, and upbuild good, as to-day.
MOOSEHEART is a symbol and a manifestation of this better feeling in the hearts of men.
Let us be thankful that we are Moose; that our children are protected; and no matter what happens to us, that our loved ones .will never see a Thanksgiving Day go by, with sorrow in their hearts and poverty and hunger in their homes.
Let us be thankful for MOOSEHEART!
Let us pause, at the sacred hour of nine, on Thanksgiving Eve, and say a prayer for the little ones in the City of Childhood.
God bless MOOSEHEART!
And thank God for the Moose who gave it to the world, and are keeping it to serve humanity through all time.
Even Though He Has
MILLIONS
A Man is PGOR--
If he is cynical!
If he is without friends.
If he has lest his honor.
If he has low ideals.
If he has guilty conscience.
If he has lost his self-respect.
If he has no interest in others.
If he has lost his grip upon himself.
If he lacks education, ar.d refinement.
If he is selfish, uncharitable, or cruel.
If he has sacrificed his health for his wealth.
If he has traded away his character for his money.	־
If his wife and family do not love him.
If his neighbors do not respect him.
If he cares more for his reputation than ;״ his character.	(־
If he does not respect women and love little children.	!|
If he has a disagreeable disposition that repels people and makes enemies.
If he is not interested in, and consecrated to institutions like MOOSEHEART, which bless and serve humanity.
If in his rush for the “Almighty Dollar”, he has forgotten Almighty God, and His sons and daughters, who fill the earth with their struggles and sorrows and high hopes and great desires.	|
HOW A BASEBALL GAME SETTLED A STRIKE
At Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, years ago there was a strike!
Men were mad!
Trouble was brewing; real trouble, for, in those years, you dian’t hear of “home brew.”
When there is anger in the heart, there is soon a club in the hand.
Vicious thoughts precede and start all violent deeds.
The employers and the workmen didn’t talk to each other, because they didn’t trust each other.
And they didn’t trust each other because they didn’t know each other.
It’s easy to distrust a man you don’t know.
And it’s hard to hate a man after you really get acquainted.
One of the officials was W. T. Graham, now a life member of New York City Lodge, No. 15.
Brother Graham had an idea that a man’s a man, no matter what his name or job may be.
He also believed in the fundamental honesty and sense of justice and fair play in all men.
Graham knew most of the men by their first names.
He liked the men and they liked him, because— they knew him.
So, he went out one morning, and said to the fellows, who were picketing the plant, “Boys, lets’ have a game of ball.”
He called out some of the office men, and one grouchy old director, who glowered at the workmen, and they glowered back.
They looked mad, because he looked mad.
And like begets like—hate, hate and friendship, friendship.
. Graham laughed, and said, “You fellows make me tired, you remind me of wild animals, more than human beings.”
And everybody laughed, and started the ball game.
When the ball game started, the strike ended.
The strike was over because employers and workmen were together.
The details were not decided that afternoon.
In fact, they were not discussed, nor was the strike even mentioned.
But when morning came, the atmosphere had been cleared.
The men knew each other and trusted each other. They had rubbed elbows and had been good fellows together.
And when Graham came down next morning, and suggested they get together and talk things over, the suggestion was adopted.
W. T. Graham is now a member of the Executive Committee of the Republic Iron and Steel Company (who employs many thousands); a resident of New York City; a life member of the New York City Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose.
He has love for the child; faith in man; and hope for the race.
Therefore he is a loyal MOOSE.
He is a fraternalist, a brother of man, a worker and a doer.
Let us hope that he has in his employ, scattered over America many young men of capacity, heart, vision and tact, who by baseball or in some other way, can meet their brother man, demand a square deal from others; and give a square deal to others.
This is the Moose philosophy.
To get justice—you must give it.
To have friends—you must be one.
:DONT FORGET!!
Your smile!
The Junior Order!
The State Buildings!
The Endowment Fund!
Your State Alumni Association!
The Revolving Fund!
To keep in good standing!
To get your wife in the Legion!
Your bey in the Junior Order!
Your neighbor in the Moose!
KEEP your head cool; your feet warm; your dues paid; your children in school; your mind pure; your heart good; your body clean; your eyes bright; and your mouth smiling!
GET three square meals a day; eight hours sleep every night; DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN, TO ALL THE PEOPLE YOU CAN—AND LEAVE THE REST TO GOD!
:DONT FORGET!
THE ENDOWMENT FUND
SOME Brothers have written in asking if they could send more than five dollars for the “Endowment Fund.”
Others wonder if they can pay the five dollars in installments.
Still others ask if they may contribute one or two dollars.
Our answer, of course, is “Come on, Brother, and send what you can”.
This whole movement for an “Endowment Fund” is entirely voluntary.
The first hundred thousand men and women who send in five dollars, or more, or less, will be known as the “Foundation Builders”.
But send what you can!
One Sister sent money received from making and selling a Moose pillow top.
Two Brothers sent in the money they brought home from a “Rhummy’ game.
Many lodges are holding entertainments and bazaars for the fund.
Legion ladies are organizing sewing circles and selling their work for the “Endowment Fund”.
THE PENNY COLLECTION FOR TEE FIRST FOUR MONTHS HAS BROUGHT IN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND PENNIES.
Like every college, great corporation or humanitarian institution, MOOSEHEART needs a surplus. It needs an Endowment Fund so that no matter what comes, war, influenza epidemic, industrial depression or Financial Panic, MOOSEHEART’S long life and great service will be guaranteed for all the future.
Five dollars entitles you to a charter certificate. Both men and women may help.
Cut out the above coupon, and “Do your bit” today!
THE WINGS OF FAME
WHO remembers the richest man of Shakespeare’s day?
Or any day?
No man is honored or remembered for what he gets!
But by what he gives!
FULL pockets belonging to EMPTY lives pass unnoted through the glass of time.
Not a single line of history is lettered in gold! The ink of eternity is made of sweat and blood. To-morrow only inherits the memory of struggle and sacrifice.
Greed and bluff, show and vanity are soon forgot, but splendid deeds and noble thoughts and unselfish service are feathers for the wings of Fame.
Many a millionaire will only be known because in his will he remembered MOOSEHEART, and his name will live in the “City of Childhood” and in the hearts of the Moose, long after his worldly accomplishments and material possessions have been forgotten.
One hundred thousand Moose are contributing five dollars each to the “Ten Million Dollar Endowment Fund.”
This is a “Roll of Honor” that will carry your name into Eternity.
A man is remembered by what he is, and not by what he has; by what he gives and not for what he gets.
I® JAMES J. DAVIS, Director General,
Mooseheart, Illinois.
Enclosed you will find $__________________for I
H	“Mooseheart Foundation Fund.” Count me in the I
. first hundred thousand as a “Foundation Builder.”
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