Classic Poem

The Household of Ruth is pure friendship, love and truth,
It will keep you in your youth if you are a good attendant;
The law is strictly executed and lived up to by all
Who bear the name of the noble order,
And all is well with anyone who gets into her borders.

This organization is just what it should be,
Its principles for right and elevation
In carrying out the law in every form,
And this is what will make and save a nation.

It soothes the sister's broken heart with a loving word of cheer,
It fills the empty pocketbook of the needy one so drear,
It gives food to the hungry, takes care of the sick,
Buries its dead in order and all of those things, just think.

Why not join the Household above all other things?
When its principles are good and pure and its works so truly great,
Every man should be an Odd Fellow and every woman a Sister of Ruth;
They could not do better, now that is just the truth.