-Caveat Lector- So the Oddfellows had a group for ladies, and they were all old to me at the time, for I was not yet 21 years of age when this one woman asked me to join.
I never liked things like this but I liked here. Was an initiation with lots of noise, and rituals, but before I got through the chairs I became ill as I had the flu but anyway could not make it without help. Now the reason they wanted me - to march in their parade.......in those days skirts were below the knees, and my usual attire was hat, gloves, coat, suit appropriate for my job - but when I arrived at this meeting place they gave me this outfit to wear....Eagle feathers down my back to my ankles and a little white outfit well above the knees and it was cold. I walked 3 miles in high heels not thinking how I must look but I got more whistles and shoults of Pocahantos than I care to remember.....my mother saw me and was embarrassed and outraged - of course one would expect this of a Victorian type mother who thouogh drinking coffee was sinful. So when I got down to their meeting place I was bell of ball for they had lost my clothes. The meeting grounds was a local bar and they kept playing Red Wing on the Juke box, put on especially for them. So to me this Oddfellows bunch - then it range a bell, this woman was retired from the New York Central Railroad and these were all high paying jobs then - but the Odd Fellows were getting on in age, and so were the women. When my clothese were recovered about 5 hours later where everyone was higher than Mt. Olympia, as I left they played Yellow Bird........ I never went to another meeting, and I say - they were a fun lot and if they did anything better than drink, I do not know what it was. I still can hear shouts of Pocahontos and one said hey look at Don Eagle.....for those feathers real Indian headress occasionally would get caught in a high heel. Will say this - when I was young I could get a whistle without reducing myself to such a state to draw such attention, but maybe this is why they called them Odd Fellows - or was that Good Fellows. OSaba Former OddFellow Quit, not banished <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
