| Show OLD l II N U IS f I I How the Worlds Biggest Friendly Society Was Formed by Brit British BritIsh BritIsh ish Workingmen I INOW NOW HAS MEMBERS Il anti IIII a an n erne fund of oro Than Thon on land Hand Special penal Correspondence ONDON ODO July Jul IS 1 SIn In a R room over nver LONDON L the th Bird In n Hand luand a small mAil sa saloon sae a loon lone In Long Ims Acre 12 1 men met one night In July Jul G CI 4 fArs apo ngn They The were rc Sturdy Murdy anen and hart had a as leader John Hadley a n carpenter men form torm rd themselves them info a Sick Pick Benefit club that hat I U h a n from which nn rne me ne of nf them could draw money mont In tn case til of Tn Th y called It ft Hearts of Oak that was a the thc general term of th period for the British h pallor FAilor Ar Are Ari i roll old ld In 11 his Death of Nelson Immor 1 the term Our ship are h oak ork And hearts of oak our men menThe The Th dozen ozen men pl pledged themselves to o enroll us HI many friends as 1111 possible lo The room over Ir the s F Don fl s rented anted tor for one night each week elk and l h by y tho Iho time Um a arar year had hlll rolled stoat alone the them m mb r of a n had grown to III toane one ane of 14 lf l anti and R rv 1 reserve fund of nr nearly nearl 1300 hats had been be n established To Toe Today roda day da th the Hearts of Oak has haa members and the reserve fund Is over II Oo The annual Income Is U over aver and la Is paid pall 1 I f J fi L I I r i i it j I II I j 4 I I Ir t r r rI r r I j ji i w wj wI j I I 11 I II I I f 1 I I el j I I f I WF I L o j tl V t I S I II I p z Z L r LY iii It J I cut In aid anti other benefit every cry tiny day of the tho year This phI phe phenomenal growth and S has hus how however ever not noL been blell reached without much hard work much mUr h hard lighting strife and turmoil and the of at lit least leut two men with big drains and treat preat executive powers One of these theM tens Eyan Elan Kvan Frans a II Welsh artisan artl un and the most hated man nuin In the annuls of tho society The oth othe V WM was Thomas II nephew of If the Lh Marsh fA fn famous moUa In the hl of nI f the Rank Hunk sf f and unquestionably the Ih men man menI mot most 1 loved ored and revered el I by hy t a Y th the e Hearts is of ot Oak troth Both are aro now dead eArl but memories live lire I A W MIND IID Itans l joined J ln the society two Iwo years on page It 10 W OO iS i f i i oo i 0 rd err l II X 1 y 1 i 1 Y y Y i ic c it t Ir ter f err f 4 1 c t II III I j 1 I 1 Y 5 1 5 1 1 J 1 oo 1 1 5 I IJ J oo loo l 1 oo o CHARLES W Y BARNES DARNES The rho Man Minn Who to the Sort Soc Icly In the HIP WorM World f 0 rr u r r r ti rr r r r A a i r OLO lD f bl bli i f H i F O W Wi i t u f from pale 13 12 I t f It lt 1111 JU I It Kail J a 4 ma j mind and r ji II gr the th Ih i oK I of such u fill n HP III I the originator John Hartley adley t in England It Ith It lii th the who holds hold the rein rIni nf of oft t in r not the president Hwang wun WU wn tt t I for i marly U It vr r li It ui In he 11 who threw I nIde the Ut p eu in t Idea tda Id und V ald aId We 1111 ski teI In III the th Ht 11 workman He Ue did IId Advertisement I v Cre re In pro provincial rr WIh Ve t IM h an 1 h p pa forth the lilt benefit Of f the Ih an and f TI flocked to It III standard ilIP rented the room mom over oer the fa loon aloun f the Ii b vear nt and pooh after tr wardi ard remainder of the th house home hou jI Here he lie II br the th membership up UpI I fI to t The Theold li old of o the Ih little local tick benefit entirely made Inadequate quate qUill to th of ot what hat now a aM qi M bl national w lety i MI i Cun E a ft czar tl tOtI hi hIs own committee ftC f and with Ith a P hondo hand For Por 10 1 var ell 1111 vet uit wU H but bUI In lii l the storm IrDI broke Hi Ih the member revolted and Ixl the I next H I year ear er i n 5 Itt if storm sort ut stress indeed Tut rk I t year Rv Ryane n nf f rd d to rail a 1 tI m of the Ih no so cIet and showed no firm mem ber ACCt tt It tn nt Ily Ity II the then th I n I H a membership hlll ut and office iver pr or the thc III salo On ti were ero IW 11 t 10 ti transact the bu rV 11 1 bought a ft four torl d building In fleck lIl lk street t S SohO huhl ho hoIt It II had 1 er ba hI hIm bye merit m nl To the M ciet was Tas It M II A It ItS 1111 lint home hom HIM Kud s a n m mtv for forIn In the II 11 I 1 ve dPi r IM the t I greA i fl IO There Therl li Is I n nO A AU V without a It Irn The o of lit the Ihl nation of the orld hare hAto Im thIs Ihl And nd eo so with the le c r f 0 Q Osk k In lii ISM IS a It treat great for w WAIl elected and the pi aleo M M tn t Evans wn sva RO forced forrd to iu p the Ihl bunk books and the il Uit nt lit tho hp list lIU 1111 ti out B It rail call for A R gen 1 riot Thin a huge hUR success urI for tor tho he lff 1 ri thau were nere brought t Kan and he hI was s tU I Thomas Marshall hall hallU was van U elected t Iii tn hl anti and for tor the th ret 6 year Carll devoted dl himself and aIR day dar to tl th t ork or of the h socIety He lie wits call to In cared absolutely nb about cl I lt I but bUI the Ihl welfare of t r the Heart tiC if r Oak mak He lie II never mar married tied lied and diet li II in tho harn har harner i expiring alter after a committee commit lee meeting Un Under der lila his mana tho Ih Moiety coon foon I m the leading or of Ingland Ho lie created crestine rr led new nII ne rules rule new departments and bulletin on 11 the ground groundwork work ork of Evan Kv RYan n lie h brought th the up by b lut bounds bound to nearly netly 11 1 quarter of a 1 mUtton million Ifor death took him so to suddenly In 18 the Greek Street were found too toe t small II and nd a block o of In Charlotte street l Fitzroy qua quai was u J and Ind Con H ed All this L tot ot M About MW UM OO Th The membership hll the Ih new building was Wall a occupied rt In 18 I hud reech fI 54 S In itt the next 10 IB yeara I It to 10 over own and 1100 In ItOI wa 2 fO and mJ ailin th the jkr ml were nere found fund tou Iou smut So oa a new laW site lit A i purchased on the Ih Button Kulon road a I blok bloc hd d Liis society III In to tu bu Its Ita own homa toms Quite Q recent recently Kin by it Alexandra and ami s ni oi n tetI t c new flaw tat building with all tin Ihl glor that thai Hi Ut and ld Id m H 0 loyalty military tan can how All Al AlL 11 L lined th the ax III 1 it hi 01 from fl nl ham palace to In hon lion honor lionor or the BritIsh min man mm and nd thou upon thou and the th the die rex new 11 At AI the anions rill gilt glittered with It brilliancy when the Ihl lord mayor mAor and lind civic grand save gave I a mam rosin mammoth mammoth moth banquet to lei the tb ot occa Ion don admirals no and pro men gathered to 10 laud the Ihl hi Hearts of ot Oak and he the Ih h Ing tog man mIn And thus thai ii IJ 1 briefly sketched the history hi tor of ot the bet best and sod premier or n of Gf f tho tent lOlI of toil tell of Eng land WHAT WitT AUE HE HETh The Th brilts received by the members of the r are not nol mere Inert merely ly Py I the I sick nick benefit originally planned The Th member lIy ye an entrance fe tee of W 10 cents cento and a II doctor examination fe ft feor of or M 5 cents centa arid and then I quarterly due ot 01 JJR U He K must mut be between the ages age of rf IS II and 30 10 when hn he h join and end hit hl waves mu must t be tint not Un Iss It than K IS ocr week The Tb alk ck benefit Is la M 40 M r pet i week Ik for te t weeks weak and then halt half pity puy fo r another N II weeks week If It more or le II k sirk at the member would to 11 t put on the lb pay PAr roll at It a turn rum de dependent pendent 1 en tin In his bl years lI tI of Gt membership On nn iti the Ihl death of nf a number member It Ii I p 1 to I hi hIs family for lor his hi funeral and Ind if II t married 10 II Is to In hla his wIfe It hUt hla wife die the Ihl society provides provide nO U 10 for fot the W m ral For the Ini II a it the tb I is II JIM HM HOMES The Th pf y Is II K affiliated with forty six alx rind H ea homes of nf all descriptions and denomination end the onval member rein RO In n to any rne On he h for two or nr three tree Iree and nd have hi hl tile traveling lI provided In rae owe of ef ftc fire III and hi his hh I tools tool or nr other are It I de destroyed the lie society th the member up In to InSil Sm Sil Tt Members who he ln lo lose e t their Job jobs aril And ho hoe 1 families are in wint or who find the Ihl at lit their dIn dors with witha a I warrant may mn apply for help and It II l t is given ghen quIckly the thu MIre care thoroughly afterwards ard and more mGr permanent heiji h II 5 given hen an affluent member wants until to tn bit or orb build b a house hu f he hI cnn mn borrow harrol M 00 p pf per perI r rI I CHI of or Its 1111 from the th society I at nt IH 4 pe p If for tr leasehold I ant and 4 per rent cent for freehold property When the work workingman ingman mN too ton old ond Infirm to In work ork he hr gets practIcally an nn old ale oge pension In the form torm of ot a 1 sick nick benefit t lOR jt y The Th members children are arc Ar also aNo taken rare care of nf for tor the they c tAn can n Join the juvenile department from fix Ix of ot age ale to 10 nineteen at lit a II rot cost of ot from cents to one dollar per Should hould a member mt reside permanently In the the United State or any foreign country he hI losea hl his sick lek benefits but It Is I entitled to the th funeral and ml tome some of the other oilier benefits ON O FOUNDATION One o of nt the tho marvellous facts fact connected lIh the U ii that It IL Is run 1111 on a 11 amore more bore economical f lm lis ls than tiny rillY ROV go 10 or large of the kind Tim Tho exp ex lIen ni M of ot tarot inert arc under tinder S 5 per r cent ent of the Income There Ther arc are no rio or hit Is I under one 0 roof In Ix London Yet the membership Id is l scattered aUred all oer tin the It h tale isles leI The he eod ty has hasa hI hIa a let list of or doctors l hi t e er ery locality who hute hv agreed to 10 applicants on un the It behalf hlf for ink thit all iii II nork rk I t attended to by the secretary II and his hip t iT o IT it two IWO t 0 hundred which Is IB Into many ilia II The ThO Theu u In is l W and he be has hAil fm S H II i ithe the fr m J who wh In April lat a 1 captured the hll I It f thi tJ rid at lit Md lid in alert aten The cUty Is I governed by byn byI b n I board of 11 mc ne form etch each of ofu u m geographIcal One delegate I Is t elected circled 1 by the members member of ot othis hl his district The rh sot sod lety t hat has lit its o onu olm n ant and 01 0 Its It II staff atilt have hate ha habe brett been be 1 appointed lI and andl l POstal t l b II by the Ihl government The socIety Jn IN has haa o over r Utters litters H ii day aol and a million and a half money mont orders order n a 1 year To late date It line hoe die buried Oot of which over oer m have been for fr etc benefits alone In Its new neu building It 1 la III truly Hearts Herte of Oak Ok for all the wood u cd is II i ouk oak TIll The unk omes fi are Ire paneled half halfa nay a to 10 the telling with beautiful solid and massive mah oak end and nt the heavy furni tote ure was waa If specially made all of ot British oak osk I ITh Th The keynote of the tM society la lit fly Ity It 11 I is III a simple twitter mutter to got get Into Inlo the society to 10 pa pay the dues duel to apply for the arid and to 10 get them Then la Is 8 no red tape tupe no nomon monstrous mon dela F It Is ts only oni a plain society run rut for tor them theu simply and fully MAYann IA liVANS In ANS |
