FRATERNAL SOCIAL WORK AND ITS RELATION TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK.

There is an astonishing amount of fraternal social work being done at the present time. In those Masonic Homes for children and in those for the aged there are over 6,000 individuals, who cost the fraternity over three million dollars per year. Millions of dollars are invested in these State Homes. The Shrine has approximately eight million dollars invested in hospitals for crippled children in different parts of the United States and Canada. These are maintained at a yearly expense of over a million dollars, raised by assessment of $2 per member. The Odd Fellows spend more than three million dollars yearly in relief work for 6,000 individuals. The Loyal Order of Moose cares for approximately 3 ,000 children, and also their aged and infirm, in institutions and in their own homes, at an approximate cost of two million dollars per year. This organization has a capital investment of over five million dollars. The Yeomen are caring for about 300 children and are considering a national home for the aged in California.