I found this article in the Sept. 14, 1899 issue of The Skagit County Times and thought it was sort of a Dada joke, complete with a naughty Hoo-Hoo name and plenty of other double entendre wordplay.
But guess what? It is for real. To this day there exists a group called The International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo and they continue to be a service organization with a sense of humor influenced by Lewis Carroll.
What I don't understand is that this group is a service club devoted to the wood products industry. I'm a Washington State native, have grown up surrounded by timber people, and this is the first I have ever heard of this Hoo-Hoo Order.
Learn somethin' new every day.
The Hoo - Hoos are mentioned here http://libcom.org/files/redharbor.pdf - thesis on Grays Harbor labor history.
ReplyDeleteThe Order is said to be secretive, recruits are "kittens", those more senior are "snarks".