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Show THE FRATERNITIES. It is safe to say that nearly T.o'JO.OOO of the lr.OOO.OOO American adult men belong to fraternal organizations of some kind. We append the latest statistics sta-tistics with reference to the leading American fraternal societies in round numbers. Odd Fellows. 1,000.000: Free Masons, II00.OO0; Woodmen. 630,000; Py-thians. Py-thians. .Vio.000: United Workmen. 400.-000; 400.-000; Ked Men. Woodmen of the World. Maccabees and Royal Arcanum, about 2IU1.000 each, and the various orders of Foresters about 500.000. We estimate that there are neariy 700.000 Catholic adult men in various Catholic insurance fraternities. The A. O. H. lead with 150.000; the Foresters Forest-ers and Knights of Columbus run vios-? to 100,000 each. The C. M. K. A. and the Catholic Benevolent Legion and various sorts of Catholic Knights have 50.001) each. The German and F'..;.-, fraternities arc large, but iu:'.-.i m. ,;.',u as to their numerical strciistii i ; (. hand. This being an age and runtrv or fraternal societies, it is w-n ,, ,. , the fact and give th" movem- n; a a guidance as possible. Cathoi,.-zen. |