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Show Secret Societies In New York. There is published in New York a journal jour-nal called The Lodge, Club and Association Associa-tion Kecord. It gives the addresses of the various lodges of the secret societies with the names and addresses of their officers, etc. There are nearly 2,0(10 Jodges of aliout lifty dilferent orders mentioned, besides three or four times as many non-secret organizations. or-ganizations. The Masons are credited with 132 Knglish lodges, 21 German, 2 Italian, 1 Spanish, 8 French, 23 Royal Arch chapters, 9 com-inanderles com-inanderles Knights Templar, 4 temples Scottish Rite, 8 royal and select masters subordinate councils, 1 temple Mystic Hbrine, 0 chapters order of the Eastern Star; total, 205. The I. O. O. F. has 54 Knglish Kn-glish lodges, 8t German, 2 French, 4 Ilohe-mian, Ilohe-mian, 1 Swedish, 1 Danish, 28 encampments Patriarchs militant, 17 Rebecca degree lodges; total, 188. The American Legion of Honor has 1(1 Knglish lodges and 29 tier-man; tier-man; total, 0. Chosen Friends English, 8i; German, 11; Scandinavian, 2; total, 4!). Knights of l'ythias Knglish, 42; German, 21; uniformed rank, 2; total, 65. Knights of Honor 42 English, 24 German; total, 00. Knights and Ladies of Uouor-44 German, 17 English; total, 01. Ancient Order of United Workmen English, 87; German, 13; French, 3; total, 53. Royal Arcanum, 27; United Friends, 81; Iron Hall, 10; Good Templars, 8: Kuights and Ladies of the Golden Star, 20; Red Men, 10; Legion of Justice, 28; Various Jewish societies, 107; Select Guardians, ft; flood Fellows, 15; Sons of Hermann, 2JJ. There are other societies represented to have small memberships which are in other parts of tho country very popular. This, by the way, oITers. an interesting question. Why should a society soci-ety have a large membership in one locality and bo practically unknown iu another, even though both fields have received attention at-tention from the organizers? |