They came forward in couples and groups, and proffered their twelve dollars and asked for membership.

They were surprised to learn that several new by-laws had been long ago added.

For instance, the initiation fee had been raised to fifty dollars; that sum must be tendered, and also ten per cent.

of the wages which the applicant had received each and every month since the founding of the association.

In many cases this amounted to three or four hundred dollars.