Description: VINTAGE MYSTIC WORKERS OF THE WORLD GREEN & BLUE ENAMEL EMBLEM BUTTON Please see photos for color, size and condition details. Note lighting variations may alter colors of items in photos. D979 From Wikipedia:Mystic Workers of the World – Incorporated in 1892 in Illinois. (Other sources say February 1896) Founder was C. W. Clendenen of Fulton, Illinois who was a Mason, Pythian, Maccabee and a member of both the Woodmen of the World and the Modern Woodmen of America. Membership open to men and women men and women between 16 and 55 years old. Those unable to pass a physical examination were denied benefit membership, but could become social members. Followers of the "customary list of hazardous occupations" were not eligible for membership. There were 3,000 members in the late 1890s.By 1920 it had "only a little short of 100,000 members" in 1140 lodges. By 1923 the M.W.W. was reported to have 72,955 benefit members and 154 in 934 lodges spread across Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Texas. Headquartered in Fulton, Ill, the organization was governed by a biennial Supreme Lodge. Officers included a supreme master, supreme vice-master, supreme director, supreme secretary, supreme banker, general attorney, supreme medical examiner, supreme editor, supreme conductor, supreme sentinel, supreme picket. There was also a board of directors. At the 13th Supreme Lodge held in Omaha, Nebraska, Sept. 27–9, 1920, the American Experience Mortality table was adopted and a juvenile department was created which insured children 2–16 years of age. This was after it was discovered that the old rates would only work out if the average member lived an average of 275 years.The ritual of the order emphasized charity and was based on 1 Corinthians 13. The orders emblem consisted of two pillars topped by two globes with an open Bible, the scales of justice, and a plane and square. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee examined the constitution and rituals of the order and could find nothing in it that would make it objectionable to Catholics. The organization became Fidelity Life Assurance in 1930.
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