._..;"_ _
Fe
q ers in Little
O
.. A.
The original In
men in the prime of life.
membership qualifications.
Ku Klux Klan in Connecticut is
.and presiding at Klonklavcs,
monies, or installing officers.
Early in September a woman
Kleagle (or organizer») from Ohio in
the person of- Mrs. Nellie Wright.
came to Connecticut to aid in the
membership campaign. In the last
few weeks she has attended and ad-
'dresocd many gatherings in this
state and in Rhode Island She
registered. upon arrival, at the Y.
W. C. A., New Haven.
The headquarters of the Women
of the Ku Klux Klan is located at
Little Rock, Ark. and in that city
resides Miss Robbie Gill. former Im-
perial Kllgrapp. now Imperial Com-
mander, a position among the wo-
men comparable to that held in the
regular order of Imperial Wizard
Evans. The Imperial Commander
is aided in her work by Mary 6.
Witt. now Imperial Kligrapp,
he women's organization is al—
exactly parallel to. and except
he higher positions independent
the men's Klan. The women's
urns or robe is practically identi-
at of the men.
rs. from authorized state-
lan leaders. that until re-
. was much confusion re-
s women's branch. _Vari-
n in different parts of the
try -had, almost simultaneously,
hep y idea of forming a womb
4‘ iary to the Klan. One of
J}? these. It . as “The Order of the
‘ , Kamella.’ ‘1" obtained considerable
publicity. but only the Women of the
Ku Klux Klan have received the of-
ficial sanction of the order.
Authority United
Whenever possible the posts of au-
thority in both branches of the Klan
are united in one household. the hus-
band being the male and the wife the
female Kleagle. But the two or.
ganizations, as far as the rank and
file are concerned, are quite distinct.
Joint meetings of Klansmen and
Klanswomen are seldom held.
It is a settled policy to pass the
names of new Klansmen along to the
women Kleagles of the realm. so
that the wives and other women of
’ -olr families may av once be ap-
. . ed with invitations to Join the
Strcnuous efforts are being
at the present time by Mrs.
. man. Major Kieagle. to build
-n1erical strength of her branch
a figure approaching the mom.
of the men. '
Wen. when applying for mom.
are required to sign a blank
Hinds them "to accept what.
" lty your (the order's) au-
may impose" if they prove
' as Klanswomen.
Tho oath subscribed to by the we-
. on and the ritual of administra-
tion; as woll'ss the formulas of
"chnhlaves" and Kionvckstions"
are very similar to those of the Klan
proper.
The women's oath. for example.
contains the some sections of "obe-
dience. secrecy. fidelity and clanish-
nose" as does that taken by the men.
but the wording differs in some
points.
In the section titled "Secrecy," the
Klanswomsn swears: "I will forever
keep secrcdly secret the signs. words
and trip and any and on other ulst-
tcrs and knowledge of the Women
of the. Ku Klux Klan regarding
which I. most rigid. secrecy must. be
maintained. which may at any time
be communicated to '31.. and will
never divulge same' nor‘even cause
same to be divulged to any person
in the whole world unless I know
positively that such person is a mem-
ber of this order in good and regular
standing. and not even then unless it
be for the best interests of this or-
der."
The women's oath omits the clause
under, “obedience." which sum to s
Klansnan the right ' to withdraw
from the order if he finds himself
not in accord with his subsiden-
hmwm Men'- m
Th. “mg of the women.- ,
memos. of mm o- '31.”
klave" mule naturalised!” om-
mony, follows so closely the ritual of
the Km proper that it is not worth
whllr- to reproduce ltwbere. The oath
which the women :wgfl’ to. “WV“-
ls ve MI. 0 0'": ~
F; (“3:11 mo of candidate). in
the presence of God and use. most
M
in
31'.
no
ca.
l."
is:
; co
0; th
en' a
Uncondiflqnollyr M
conform' to all WW ‘1‘“:
and requit'fll‘n” 0‘ thfl WM M i
the Ku mu: Klan which ml!
hereafter WV '
"I most madly 'W “‘- ”w
DOEitively swear, Chit I will 'm
mm to bribe. sextet-y. threats. ”'3
suaslon. poll”. fl 9%
cution MLQZW L—é
$039M. coroner a. mac. .
- ‘\ , ‘7‘” . , ‘
Of Darien, Wife of G. 1,
Realm’s Major Kleagle
2 Branch of Hooded Band Fast Grow-
’ in , in Cebu. Under -Wife of GI — Head-
and Rituals Explained Today
Klux Klan was a secret order composed of
So for as appears, it. had few other
The present Klan is in one respect
considerably more exclusive, and in another more inclusive. One
of the most striking features of the present order is the tonna-
tion of a women’s branch, known as the Women of the Ku x
Klan, which was organised in Washington, D. 0., June 2nd, 1
At the present time the membership of the Women of the
Helen K. Lutterman of Dsrien, wife of “GJ,” as stated in earlier
chapters. is “Major Kleaglo” for this realm.
immersed in organization work as is her husband, and spends
the larget part of her time traveling-around'the state, attending
nor can any man become a member
of this order, or a woman a member
of the other: the official heads of
the two orders, however. are in all
cases to be in close touch with one
another that the
each may be served and that the
two orders may work in
produce the best results
community.
Imperial and (Realm) State as well
as local bodies.
two orders working with the best
interests of the cOuntry and com-
munity at heart.
power for good. for truth and for
right living.
righteous. Just and good. they be-
lieve in the strict observance_of the
Law. both civil
mombors‘oro each and every one
sworn to uphold the law and to live
upright. virtuous and honest lives. it.
therefore. behooves ell Klan-women
as well as Riemann to make them-
selves absolutely subservient to all
the watts): civil Iowa and all the
implied moral laws.
W to. the bmhibition or any
other movement. but it loaves to its
when tbe'risllt to believe or not
to believe. “.010ch u to the
stool-isms: senses- of all laws, am
it sees require of. its luelnbors a
dflflsfifinwnw
otherwise. so long ssthey arson the
mama. and for s mesm-
as. whether she believes the law
I!” 0'
to‘p‘srsu IIM has sworn by s most
solemn edit to uphold the mastitis.
constitution/sills.“ .This law has.
”proper
of.
Lutterman
Rock, Ark. —— Parts of
'3.
making remarkable strides. Mrs.
She is as entirely
.
reproduced above was signed by a Waterbury won-um whose name is withheld for the present. A careful
reading of the printed matter on this blank" will 'reveal.that a Klanswoman agrees to submit to any penalty
called for if she proves “untrue" as a member of the Order.
Imperial Commandeh-Mi
Rock, Ark.
' ’ Imperial Kligrapp—Miss
Rock, Ark.
of the Ku Klux Klan.
'flighiz'ghts of The Women
"Of 7 The Ku Klux' Klan
HEADQUARTEM—Littlc Rock, Arkansas.
Oath and Rituals—Very similar to those of the Knights
Major ~Kleagle for the Realm of Connecticut and Rhode
Island—Mrs. Helen K. bottom of Dorian (wife of Gd).
Date of Organizatioanune 2nd, 1923.
Line of. Authority—In almost every case on omcisl of the
Women of the Ku Klux Klan is the wife of an omcial of similar
issues in opposition to will!»
organization, but we do claim for
ourselves the same rights and
eyes allowed all people in this
try. .
"With the fiery cross as a '
of the ' purest and mostlofli
riotism,. we» will so for“
I. force and power for“ all
was enemy 7' ‘ j
(PM! of m Itsu- good and true.
wards all. with malice W
F none, we will ever stand as]. .
wall and a bulwark cements; . '
the American government and ‘
our resources and even our
protect its constitution. and.“
stliutlonal rights, upbuild Cir:-
llc schools and do all in our.
tosee that the oncoming
may have every chance to
into pure. honest and upright.
loan citizens. .
non subs Sod Antiwar;
- “The Imperial Officers 010% ._
men of the Ku Klux Klan ”if
occasion to salute the meets.
Members of the individual
and wish them God spoodln.
es Robbie Gill, Box 138, Little
Mary G. Witt, Box 138, Little
rank in the Knights of the Ku Kins Klan.
Noble and Glorious worke's'al
drablo hordes.
conducting naturalization cere~
From Kligragg t0. Kleagle '
shut the doors altogether.
not.
European Province.
foster every interest of the Women
of the Ku Klux Klan and will main-
tain its social. cost and dignity.
“I swear that I will pay prompsly
all Just and legal demands made
upon me to defray the expenses of
my Klan and this order when some
are due and called for.
"I swear that I will protect the
property of the Women of the Ku
Klux Klan of any nature whatso-
ever. and if any should he intrusi-
ed to my keeping. I will properly
keep or rightly use same and will
freely and promptly surrender same
on official demand or if ever I am
banished from or voluntarily dis-
continue my membership in this
Order.,
“I swear_that I will never slander.
defraud. deceive or in any manner
wrong the Women of the Ku Klux
Klan. a Klanswqmas nor a Klaus-
woman's family. nor ‘will I suffer
the same to be done if I can pre-
vent it. . ’
"I swear that I will be faithful in
defending-and protecting the home.
reputation. and physical and busi-
ness interests of a.K nswoman and
that of a Klanmnman's family.
."I swear that! will keep secure
to myself a écret of a Klanswoman .
when same is: committed to me in
the sacred h 'nd-‘of 'Klanswoman-
ship. the cri e of'.violating THIS
solemn oath. treason Against the
United States of America. and mal-
icious murder alone excepted.
“All to which I have sworn by
THIS oath I will seal with my blood.
be Thou my witness. Almighty
God! AMENI".
“Klorsnio Declaration."
0f further interest in connection
with the “lumen of the Ku Klux
Klan is the "Kloranic Declaration
and Salutation." written by Imperial
Commander Robbie Gill. then Im-
perial Kligrapp. at the time of the
foundation of the order. It reads in
part‘as follows:
“This body of Christian American
Women was organized June 3nd.
1923. at “Washington. D. C.. under
the auspices of and with the good
will. kindest wish and chivalric love
of the Knights of the Ru Klus Klan.
“It was organised that the native-
bcrn. white. Gentile. Protestant
Women of the United States of Am-
erica might become a closely amal-
l’lmsted body. all of one mind. all
with one thought. all with one hope.
and that they with the Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan might exert every
effort toward overcoming all that is
evil. destructive. and degenerate in
our private and civil life. to the end
that the final result may be the
eternal reign of good.
“This order is closely allied to
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
even its ritual and constitution be-
ing in many ways similar, and while
the two orders are entirely separate,
Mrs. Helen X.
Box 50 ,
Post Road,
Darlen,«Conn.
. {My dear Mrs. Lutternan;
homen:
Luttsrnan,
,_ 'Ve have recently r
l'eskly Position __re
{Mil-Enlist. nunquanxttes.
colgvtsm LE; BM?! 8593
we
tuconPonav‘o ‘
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a.
“I”:
eceive ‘-3<1ea"gle '4
‘ lowingp
port: from the
New unset-d“
Ken Haven
' -ne Road. bowel?
Noose Neck, R. I»
re., Meridan.
lty, Conn.
'Fe have no recori of any correspondence
an regard to_theee women working in our organization;
however, if ycu ieeire bommiesionzfor them, we
will be glad to furnieh_g;:e and place them under .
bond./
# Thanking'you for your usual prompt
attention for matter: of this kind,~I am.
0 J"!
-. . -_...4
.ClndErely yoursp
‘InPthe qacrcd Unfai ing 80nd,.
m 4r:\‘a
(1:.CPEhIAL4xgggpy 5 43. “
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Here may be seen the facsimile of s. letter recently received by Mrs. Helen K. Luttcrmsn of Darin.
Malor Kleaglo of the Kianswomen for the Realm and wife of (3-1
of the national Order.
. from the Imperial Kligrspp (or secretary)
the members of one order not know-
ing who are members of the other.
best interest of
eflort on the part of interested par-
ties to make it inoperative by defy-
ing the Government of the
States, the officers of which are try-
ing in every way to break up this or-
ganised criminal movement: and it
is always the duty of a Klanswoman
United
country and bringing with them do-
based ideas and anarchistic thought
from the (tees-pools of European des-
potism. We do not hold aught
against the right thinking. honest.
law abiding citizen of foreign birth.
but we are unaltcrably opposed to
to help in every way to strengthen
the arms of the constituted authorw
ities.
"The ideals of pure Americanism
are becoming prostituted by the
flood of immigrants who are and
have been for years pouring into our
harmony to
for the
"This applies to the (National)
“It will be readily seen that the
will be a great
“Both Orders stand for all that is
and more}. their
Not Prohibition Adlnnct.
. “This Order ll sot organised as an
. of all lsws lost or
there is but one course
rfil
enactment. become a pert
flit
music: the lend and it is
abide by it thank «mil?
.1
Anfléuafed
Canal .Ganboai‘s Phi! Part in Chinesé War .
«a
at least the ”any kg; m“ of”:
"WW
separate. the Church and the State.
ship. that. is their
Wishes and heartfelt
they may eventually see the Light.
No National Church
to the development of a State
'Evcry young man who is rotraln~
ing from matrimony because he is
shaky about the consequences is ad-
vised to have Harbor: 0. Pollard of 9
union Park, Not-walk perform the
ceremony. A successful married life
.0 almost certain to follow.
Unly one ofv the marriage cere-
.....nies which Mr. Pollard has per-
.ormed during the eight years in
..hich he has been Justice of the
peace. has failed as far as he knows.
met one happened during the past
week.
This justice holds out another at-
traction to all who Would be matri-
monial sailors.
“I never. under any condition kiss
the bride." he announces to the
world at large.
This good news in itself should be
sufficient cause for a mammouth in-
crease in the number of weddings in
Norwalk hereafter. No doubt it will
cheer the heart of rainy a young lad
who halite at the idea of a minister
kissing the darling of his heart.
Again. this may be one of the in-
direct causes of the great success of
Mr. Pollard's marriages. At least.
the non-kissing ceremony removes
one of the most popular reasons for
contention from married life.
The one case performed by Mr.
Pollard which has "gone wrong" is
even now in the divorce courts. It
is the old. old story of unreasonable
Jealousy, with a slightly different
angle.
A nice young fellow met a nice
young girl at a social affair in Nor-
walk. A week of frantic courtship
followed. Then marriage.
The husband. one .of Norwaih's
best known chefs. is employed in a
restaurant here. Just one week after
the‘wedding ceremony had been per-‘
formed. the young wife decided to
“eat out." So she walked calmly into
a restaurant in Norwalk and had her
lunch. But it wasn't her husband's.
Today. the sod eyed parties to the
affair are in [he divorce courts.
Greatest Divorce Cause.
"In myopinion. one of the great-
est causes of divorce in the world
today. is founded on s. hasty Juar-
risgo which has followed only the
briefest of courtships." says Mr. Pol-
lard. ’
"Why ’will young people jurfi
hesdfirst into the biggest gamble of
life. after they have ’ ‘lfl'lO'll each
other but a. few days or a few weeks.
Yet cases of this sort are happening
every day. plot so long ago. I had
occasion to marry a couple who had
Today. “6”". leading a est an.
out life. and are fit "Meets for the
divorce courts. - .
“‘No. I believe in a long term of
acquaintanceship between the two
parties. at least six months? prefor-
sltlr, soot-let... if this «isn't. tom;
smoothing s. each other‘ln that
length of tin: ,._why I guess they
uses; ecu» ?.s.- .-s. --..
"You after: hear s. woman say
that at; matter how long you know.
I null; you never learn anything
about hits until angi- you have fair:-
,riod him; “that/may be true; hut
llflfifl.‘thg1fmgn,g which four days or
sweet
the foreign and Asiatic countries us-
ing our fair land as e. dumping
ground for their criminal and unde-
"We. therefore. stand for restrict-
ed immigration laws and if that will
not keep out the undesirables. let us
If we do
America will soon cease to be
for Americans but will be” but an
"one of the fundamental princi-
ples of this Order is to keep forever
"We believe that every human be-
ing has the inalienable right to word
ship God in any way his or her con-
science may direct. or if he or she
can believe in any form of wore
privilege and
Constituted right and is duly respect-
ed. and as much as we may regret
such persons Spiritual loss and irre-
ligion we have nothing but kindest
longings that
"But we are most firmly opposed
or
HERBERT o. mum GIVES ,
RULES FOR HAPPY; MARRIAGE
Norwalk Justice of Peace Has Had Only. One
‘ Unsuccessful Wedding on His List in Eight
Years—N ever Kisses Bride—Janis of Jazz
Girls and Fireside Men ; " f
known nob other about four dust
He who died on Calvary “with: >
them and guard and protect than ,
all they may undertake in mg;
name. .
this. the:
I
National Church. or the interference
by any'Church. resigious' sect. or
people. with the inalienable constitu-
ted rights of the people of the Uni-
ted States of America.
“We are prepared to do all in our
power to puttoct and promote the
“Lovingly subscribed
Second day of June, Nineteen Hills»
dred Twenty-three. '
welfare of the Public School'system. Lulu A. W
to keep the schools at a high stand— Imperial Communist. .z
ard of efficiency'and to oppose in". flohhil cm. .3
dlvidusily and collectively any effort (SEAL) Imperisl ’
Note:——Robbie Gil]. signing h» 7.
self above 'as Imperial Kiwi-app; I
nqw- Imperial Commander. m
of the Ku Klux Klan.
whatever, coming from whatsoever
source. to break down its Morale. oi:
injure itasbilify, to. serve our. people»
"It is the duty of every Citizen of
the Invisible Empire before recom-
mendinga candidate for citizenship
to know well their character antece-
dents and purposes. It is encumbent
upon all maxim to guard well
the portals of the Invisible Empire,
that no unclean-ables may enter and
in order that we may keep the mem-
bership up to high standard.
"This is a strictly Protestant
Christian organisation of native born
white American Women and no one
not able to qualify as such is entitle.
to membership.
"We have not formed this organ-
n...
(The absurdity of the claims!
the present orgsnlutksl that. .3
b a continuation or the in
of Beamstmctitm days will“
shown in THE SE3 - We
row. The Congressional Beourd’ ll”
be quoted to demonstrate that tho
costume and customs of the M, '
Klan mine from the ‘ nab
der in («mum's “Birth of g. 85'.
may) '
Cami-ism 1934 by The Standard '
Press, Inc. (Publishers of mite-n- é _
ford, sentinel). All rights W
W
'eome across," stated the lusting"
the peace. "If the young ‘ 7_
would only take 'that to heart on?
follow it. However. so many'of '
lust get married for the jolts of
that serious advice would be m. .
Ml. Pollard is a justice with
wide range of experience. and 7 ._
. ing his years of work. he has com;
in contact with all classes. the high
and the low.- 5'
Herbert Pollard. well known .11 A
businem circles, also belongs so no, 4
less than eleven different fly-‘19.?“
(ions in Norwalk. I
.He is vice-presitRnt of the m
.. pauk Republican club; a membesiof
the Cockenoe Tribe. No. 6. improved =
Order of Red Men; president of {he
Red Men‘s corporation: membclf of
the Haymaker‘s club; of the Nos-we'll:
Country club; of the Craftsmen'l
club: is a member of the St.
John's Lodge. No. 6. Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons; a member K
the “'ashington ' Chapter. No. IQ
Royal Arch Masons; a Knight:
Templar of the Clinton Commander! ‘5
No. 8; member of the Eastern our.
and is o. Past Regent of the Ron;
Arcanum.
LOEB AND moron: .
TWO OF HIS WARDSV ‘
is only posible when both parties
care enough about each other to
bridge over the little tape which
separate them—through their dif-
ference in age. Right here in Nor-
walk. there is a man 45. married a
girl. 18. They are very happy."
Difference in temperament is the
cause of many an unhappy tangle.
aerording to this Justice of the
peace.
"You can't mate a butterfly man
with a home builder girl, nor a jazz-~
loving girl with a fireside man." he
mainlains.
Bringing L‘p Counts.
"As to bringing up, this factor
sol-ms to be one wbkh is not very
well understood by the majority of
people. neither is its importance. ;
where successful marriage is con—
cerned. realized by the average fa-
ther and mother.
"Yet it makes all the difference in
the world. whether or not a girl
has been brought up to be able (if
necessary) to keep house. to cook
and to sew and to understand her
home duties, and whether or not
a. follow has been raised. to realize
the seriousness of getting married
and. the responsibilities of married
life."
, Many of the marriage ceremonies
which Mr. Pollard is called upon to
perform. and “second momma."
that is. cases of divorced People who
desire to marry again.
“They don't want publicity. they
want to be married in peace and
quiet, and so they hunt up a. Justice
of the peace." he said.
"Of course. I do perform a great
many first marriages. Sometimes a
runaway couple will come to be
u'nltcc.—perhaps they cannot secure ‘
parental consent to their wedding
so they have decided tube married.
consent or no consent. Do I disap-
prove! .No. Not if the two con-
tracting parties are of age. and can
claim s reasonable length of friend-
ship. '
.«o—a.“ M 4-.
k This is the m ,
coping Richard Loch -
Nathan Leopold. Jr. at
day). ‘FieisJohnLi”
3' one thanked-pried
———.____.. , ,_ ~_
.. q.,.-«
Sea-er. Mam-go.
“Sometimes. I am requested to
cop s. marriage secret. A few years
see. a couple com. o to me surrounded
bysn air of mystery and begged me
to say nothing about their marriage.
They gave no reason. I complied
with their request as far as possible
yet- the most I could do was to hold
the announcement until the minute:
when I would have to turn it in for
public recording." . ' ‘
"Can you tell by just looking over
a couple and watching their actions. .
whether or bet they are ‘a good
match and may at least, hope for
success is married life!" the Justice
was asked. “ ‘ ’ ' , .
‘ ,"No." he laughed.“ mm
are so deceitful. It is too often the:
people who are over sacciionatc at '
the time of the. wedding. who are
the quickest to zoom around vo-
month or so later. and wield the
frying pan es s means of defense.”
~ “WI-semantic" mkshtite sued ‘
m1 mm_.,g p . 7 ,
“Pull tosetbsr. pull together." is
would: rule {yeah 8:; Poi
r;
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