good thing we did not have the entertainment. The lack of it gave the delegates an opportunity to do the work for which their lodges sent them, which would not have been the case had we taken the time in entertainment. So, taking it all in all, I believe it was for the best and that the lack of entertainment proved a benefit to the convention and the organization.

Who are we, who are we,

Lodge one sixty of the B. of R. C.
Will we grow? Wait and see.
D-E-T-R-O-I-T.

JOLIET No. 272.

BOB.

We believe in giving our new officers a push at the beginning and so will get in the first issue of the Clerk after their inauguration unless this finds its way to the waste paper basket.

Joliet is not so strong numerically but from a percentage standpoint we equal the best of them, being 100 per cent strong on the line for which our entire membership works, the Michigan Central. What lodge can offer more? Nor is that all. We are just as strong behind our committee as we are in percentage and are ready to stay with them to the end and go the limit, if necessary, to bring about the results for which they are now at Detroit negotiating-a signed working agreement. We have confidence in our committee, have confidence in our Grand Lodge officers, and more than all, confidence that it will only require loyalty and "stick-to-it-iveness" on the part of our sisters and brothers at the different stations to win this battle. So be with Joliet, ye line members, and be with your committee to the end and with us enjoy the fruits of our labors.

Joliet lodge also desires to express, through the Clerk, its appreciation of the action of the late convention in selecting one of its members for a Grand Lodge office, Brother Sam Mansell, who was chosen a member of the Grand Executive Board. We know him and can assure you that he will perform whatever duties devolve on him cheerfully and well. We are proud that he was chosen, yea, we are proud of Sam, himself, and know that when his term of office expires it can be truthfully said of him, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."

Just a word more and then I will close this effort, for it is an effort for me to try to write for publication, but notwithstanding that, we are going to try to get into all future issues of the Clerk and hope and trust all other lodges will do likewise. There, that is what I wanted to say and having said it will stop right here.

Joliet, Ill., Sept. 29, 1915.

A. BOOSTER.

WEST GATE LODGE No. 323. Well, Brothers, the 1915 convention is a thing of the past. It has gone into the history of our organization. Things were done there that some of us never dreamed of.

Changes of vital importance were made. Some of the delegates fought very hard against these changes, and I do not believe that there is one of us who heard the retiring speech of our beloved president, J. J. Carrigan, who will not, to his own self be true, and say that he wonders down deep in his heart whether the change was made for better or for worse. However, the majority rules in all conventions, just as it did in ours. Remember this: "They who will not be counseled cannot be helped," and if they do not hear reason, she will surely rap their knuckles.

Remember, you and I and every other member of our organization are all a part of it, and that our newly elected Grand Lodge officers must have the co-operation of each and every one of us to make their administration a success. Do not get the idea into your head that the officers of our organization are the whole, or the organization itself. Don't get sulky and pout, or lay down, if your candidate did not win. Let's all start anew with our new Grand Lodge officers, and go to work as we never worked before, to make our organization a success. Let's all get what we can, and what we get, hold, and set a mark which, if reached, will make our organization second to none, and always remember that it is the small hammer that destroys the strongest forts.

Remember also, Brothers, that while this doctrine may be reason and wisdom, let's not forget and depend altogether on our own industry, frugality and prudence. They may be excellent things, but remember they may all be blasted without the blessings of heaven. You know Franklin said, "I have lived a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of all men."

ONE OF THE REGULAR GUYS.

OPPORTUNITY LODGE No. 342.
Editor of Journal,
Kansas City, Mo.
Dear Sir:

I have been receiving the Journal for the past nine months, ever since the B. of R. C. was established with the Michigan Central clerks in this up-state town; not once have I heard the name "Saginaw" mentioned in connection with your Brotherhood paper, and far be it from seeing same black on white. Now, my dear friends and brothers, we are going to step out into the limelight and be one of the bright and live ones; just watch our smoke. I am going to carry out my intentions and go the pace with the remainder of the cub reporters. There is one exception to this last remark, and by this I am referring to the live one from Cleveland. Keep it up, Wade, the slogan "Never miss an issue" is a good one, but here is another: "Better late than never." I might say that if several other locals adopted my slogan, the editor would be compelled to number up a couple more pages. Now, I don't care to hear any of your insinuations, this is the first attempt. Give us a chance and then, if

necessary, we will wait for you in case you are lost in our smoke.

Opportunity Lodge, No. 342, has a very much alive and business-like bunch. We are having two meetings monthly, jointly with the Pere Marquette, which makes it very interesting. Sorry there are always a few who pretend to be kept at home, who no doubt have to rock the little boat. Others are detained by "a rag, a bone, and a hank of hair." I am not as prompt as I might be on account of the temptation of the short

swinging doors, now the sailing will be a little smoother, the weather is cooler.

Memphis, No. 40, represented by Hank, in the September issue says "If you don't get your Journal, kick like H-." I missed one and someone heard about it, and now I am receiving it promptly and hereafter will see the name "Opportunity," black on white regularly, if this attempt is not passed up by the editor. Come on, everybody, you can't begin any younger.

E. H. DETTENTHALER, Card No. 4.