The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 26, 1897, Page 30

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 206, 1897. LATEST NEWS The grand secretary hopes to have the proceedings of the Grand Chapter ready for distribution this week. The deputies for the current term, | eighteen in number, have been ap- pointed A new chapter will be instituted at Rebastopol, Sonoma County, to-morrow by A. g Lemmon, past patron of the chapter at Santa R y A\lxa’d(»r:z Chapter installed its officers with impressive ceremonies last week, Mrs. Lizzie Maud Utter being the matron, and George Gorton Parsons secretary. A Tandsome jewel was presented to Mrs Julia A. Brown, the retiring matron, and then there was a banguet and a pleasant social hour. “Masonlc. The following officers of La Parfate Union Lodge have been installed for lhvb ensuing vear: Alexander K. Coney, W on_Auradou, S. W.; O. M. 30 J.W.; A.'Decourtleux, T.; P Julien, S.; Dr. J. E. Artigues, Q; Robinet and L. C. Bertin, stew- ards; F. Lagrange, ty J. M. Dupas, the retiring master was the installing officer, and was ass as was, by the etirin Master Du R a past master’s jodge, presented with handsome jewel. 0dd Fellows. During the past week there has been but little going on in the Odd Fellow cir- | cles as it was a sort of & holiday season. Grand Master Drew visited Crockett Lodge and was well d with his visit and with the manner of his recep- tion. On the 27th inst of Alameda will Sunset Encampment )ld an open meeting. Rebekah Lodges entertainment recently 190, 0., in eat success. The the programme Alma von In- Florence Fair- The Mission Rebekah Lodg: Excelsior Hall was a g cipal numbe on Piano solo, Mrs. vocal solo, dance, Miss Ruble Love- d; recitation Derning; song, George Dursto citation, Miss Wimmer. This was followed by . the disposition of Christmas sale of feet for a cake walk. xposed their feet und ach successful bidder at ar red the owner of a_pair of z for the cake. Mr. and ere the w rs, and Mr. Mrs. Tom Hood recetved able mention. George Holcombe » master of ceremonies. 1ia Rebekah I , No. 1, at d meeting entertained the of- nd members of Spartan and Ger- nt mem- Kelly, rages. fos by all the pron Sty s Court Robin Hood's @nnlversary. | Court Robin Hood No. 1, Foresters of | ca, on last Wednesday evening cel- ebrated its twenty-third anniversay by a social reunion in the Alcazar bulldin early in the evening and then by & ban- quet at 10 o'clock. There were seated around the festive board 250 persons, one- half of the number being ladies, wives or relatives of members of the court, and in addition there were several invited While the p being sed by those were charmed by most de- During the evening Ma- of the e | might meet again with Court Robin Hood ted by Past Master | J. Ladagnous as master of ceremonies. | | meeting took place in Lookout Lodge, at given by . ['and Ukiah. - During the evening there | £ | ng. IN THE [ FRATERNAL WORLD. Foresters of America;” Miss Annette George, a pupll of Professor McKenzie, sang with fine effect “Jamie, Dear’ and “oming Through the Rye;" Miss Alice Mitchell, to plano accompaniment by Miss Noble, render “Heimway’”’ and “Kil- larney” on the cornet; J. B. Tungate, P. D. C. R., responded to “Court Robin Hood, the Pioneer Court,” and then Ma- jor Hensley, on behalf of the friends in the Court of W. J. Mitchell, the retiring chief ranger, presented him a beautiful solitaire ring. John Grodfen. another of Professor McKenzie's pupils, render “The Heart Bowed Down’ and ‘*Ashor: €. Btock responded to the Press: Wil- liam L. Donaldson sang “‘Answer,” Mrs Donaldson accompanist; “The Ladies’ was responded to by Henry Meyers, the Court's recording secretary, and’ the happy gathering dispersed after Joe Han- son favored with ‘There’ll Come a Time,” and the chairman of the evening expressed the hope that next year all The whole affair was admirably mar- aged by Major F. (‘.r’ er)nnlg!'.RPA ’(;_} C. & P O3S B. and William Cline, s. W_; C. J. Joly, J. Johnson, P. C. R. @nclent Order United Workmen. A very enthusiastic and Interesting which time a number of candidates re- ceived the degrees of the order. A de’grce of Honor Lodge was instituted by W. E. Page, district deputy. P. G. M. W. Booth and Grand Foreman Mackay have been making a tour of offl- cial visitations in the southern part of the State. Through the effort of Specal Deputy Vanduyn a class of candidates will be in- itiated on the evening of the 4th of Janu- ary at Lakeport. Degree of Honor. Desert Queen Lodge has been instituted at Randsburg, Kern County, with twenty-seven members; Nevada City Lodge was instituted in the city in the name of Mrs. E. Mayon, the names of 108 embers appearing on the roll. The offi- s were publicly installed by Mrs. then fol- lowed a banquet. Big Valley Lodge was instituted on the 18th with twenty charter members by W. E. Page, v In January lodges will be instituted at El Dorado, Newark, Oakdale, San Jose ce Poland, grand recorder, and The Native Sons. Athens Parlor will, early in January | next, install officers recently elected. Las | Positas Parlor will install its officers an January 3: Olympus Parlor and Rincon Parlor will Install on January 5. In each instance a banquet will follow the cere- | mony. The Native Daughters. Orinda Parlor has elected the following officers: Miss Mae Hayes, P. P.; Miss Birdie Mayer, P.; Miss Laura Utschig Miss Mae McRea, Miss Anna _Grube: V. P's; Miss Alma Relners, R. 5. B. Mills, F. S. Abble Hay Mrs. Russac and A tees. The Endowment Gulld. San Francisco Chapter of the Endow- ment Guild of America at its last meet- & elected officers for the ensuing term, | and these will be installed in Balboa Hall, | Native Sons’ bullding, on the 12th of Jan- uary. This chapter on the same evening initiated six candidates, and there are several more ready to take the degrea. In the past quarter this chapter has in- creased its membership by more than a third, and the membership now exceeds 100. The membership has been increasing so rapidly of late that the chapter has decided to vacate it8 present quarters and in future meet in the Native Sons' build- Foresters of America. { The team of Court Golden Gate visited | cazar. Court Seal Rock, and in full uniform, as required by the new ritual, in a very sat- ifactory manner performed the work of initiation in the presence of a large nurh- ber of visitors, in addition to the mem- bership of the court. Court Justice had a very enjoyable time last Thursday night at a Christmas tree | festival held in the Soclal Hall of the Al- cazar. Santa Claus pleased - the little ones with many gifts, and then there was dancing for the Foresters and thelr lady relatives and friends. Companlons of the Forest, F. O. A. Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Emma Harrington on last Tuesday paid a visit to San Jose Circle, with a view to in- crease its sphere of usefulness. Robin Hood Circle will give a chrysan- themum party in the Social Hall of the Alcazar on the evening of Thursday, the 13th of January. Excelsior Circle: on last Tuesday night gave a Christmas tree festival in the So- cial Hall of the Alcazar, which attracted a very large number of young and old people, who had a very pleasant night's enjoyment. There was an immense tree laden with presents, which were distrib- uted during the evening, and there was a soctal dance till midnight. The Chosen Friends. The entertainment that was recently given by Empire Council was a glorious one and was attended by & large number of the friends of the members, who were delighted with the programme that was prepared for their entertainment by Mrs. Willlam Gandon, who for the evening was ‘‘master of ceremonies.” There was presented a handsome badge to Mrs. Dora Finnen in recogniticn of the inter- est she has taken in the order and the council in particular. The progressive euchre party given by Social Council was one of the most at- tractive of its kind given by this council, and there were many players. The gen- tlemen’s first prize went to W. H. Stout and the booby to Charles C. Goodell, the ladies’ prize was won by Mrs. Geisia and the booby was won by Mrs. C. C. Goodell. Mrs. M. Roeckner, a very energetic member of Golden Gate Council, has been elected as its marshal for the en- 5uing term, and Mrs. M. Downing sentry of the council. Independent Foresters. Court Golden Era recently gave a smoker in its hall, 20 Eddy street, to its friends, and there was presented a most enjoyable programme of song, music and wit under the direction of High Vice- Chief Ranger C. S. Peery, and all had a most enjoyable time. Court Yerba Buena is closing the year with evidences of energy and prosperity. Within the past two weeks it initiated several candidates and has a number of | applications to act upon. The Natlonal Unlon. Golden Gate Council at its last meeting had a large attendance and Initiated six- teen candidates. The following named were elected officers for the ensuing term: R. N. Arter, president, re-elected; Carmany, F. W. Wallace, . Fleld, ex-P.; J. J. Scoville, sec- Theodo: S. Healy, sergeant; R. H. Mowbray, D. K D. M. Angier, S. W. Creigh and W. W. Healy, trustees; W. W. Healy, J. H. Baker, C. H. Wetfen, F. Bronson and M. McKnight, delegates to the Cabinet. San Francisco Cabinet has secured per- {nanflnt quarters in the Foresters’ buiid- ng. The United Moderns. State organizers, Temple and Woods, have organized in this eity the first lodge of the United Moderns in California. It has been named Golden Gate, and the officers chosen for the first term are: George J. Strong, chancellor; George K Small, regent; W. B. Faulkner, orator: Harr Wagner. guide: James P. Riley, re- corder, and E. S. Harding, financier. The new lodge starts with a membership of fitty and has its headquarters in the Al- Companlons of the Forest. The ‘“District School” party that was | evening’s en | Sisters, Miss ven by Oak Leaf Circle in Masonic all, South San Francisco, was a great success. The Christmas tres party of Loyal Cir- cle dast Monday was as is always the case with this circle a well-managed and suceessful affair. The first party of Violet Circle last week was a most enjovable affair and it W‘a: attended by a large number of peo- ple. = The Drulds. The noble grand arch, grand secretary, grand treasurer and a number of promi- nent members of the order during the past two weeks were out of the city vis- iting. They went to Stockton, where they were met by a committee from San Joaquin and Concordia groves, and were escorted to headquarters. During their Visit they were escorted to all points of interest, and after a business meeting they were the guests of honor at a_ban- quet. Subsequently the grand officers visited Modesto and were with the grove of that name and the members of Mistletoe Circle. After the business of Modesto Lodge had been concluded, the doors were opened to the friends of the grove and there was a splendid time for all. _After that they visited Dante Grove in Fairfield, and there, after ascertain- ing the progress of the grove there lo- cated, were well entertained. Knights and Ladles of Honor. 8. B. Carleton, the grand secretary of the order and publisher of the Sentinel, the official orgdan, will on Saturday next leave for Chicago, where in future the official organ will be published, and he will have charge of it in addition to his duties as secretary. West End Lodge, of which he is a member, at its last meet- ing presented him a set of beautifully engrossed and {lluminated resolutions ex- Freul\'e of the respect of the members or him, their regret at the necessity that calls him away and expressing the hope that in future he will always pros- per. The compliment was a deserved one. Assessments 464 and 465 have been lev- fed for January. Past Grand ?rotec(ur Miss E. T. Park- er of Star Lodge, Sonora, was in this city last week. Knights of Honor. Last Friday the grand dictator ad- dressed Polar Star Lodge, and the same night Phillip Prior delivered an address 1;“ “Jerusalem and the Persecution of the Jews.” ‘The Past Dictators’ Association will in- stall officers on the 8th of January. This will be followed by a banquet. 11 past dictators and dictators-elect have been invited. Young Men’s Institute. On the 1ith of January Professor David Starr Jordan will under the auspices of Pioneer Couneil No. 1 deliver a lecture on “The Management of Cities,” in Met- ropolitan Temple. Portola Council announces a grand ball for the 2d of February. Washington Council and San Rafael Council will each fiwe an entertainment on the 28th inst. orromean Council will give an enter- tainment on the 13th of January in Mis- sion Parlor Hall. Arrangements have already been made for the celebration of Y. M. I. day on the 22d of February. There will be literary exercises in the afternoon at Metropoli- tan Temple, and in the evening a ball in Native Sons’ Hall The contest between the rights and lefts of Council No. 55 has been decided in favor of the lefts, who will be enter- tained by the rights. Strossmeyer Council of the Y. M. L. will celebrate its first anniversary next '\’}‘(-?nesday by a ball in Union Square all. Daughters of Montezuma. The trading post that was opened in Union Square Hall a few evenings since | by the Daughters of Montezuma, De- gree of Pocahontas, was a novel and very interesting entertainment, and it at- tracted a good audience. There was a fine programme, dancing and the die- | posing of Christmas fancies at “the | post.”” Th who contributed to the rtainment were: Miss Ger- tle McMahon, C. Neflsen, the Waterman Josie Butler, W. F. Mc: REL Phee, Jennle Urban, W. A. Rosselll, T. H. Nolte, Joe Hanson and Miss Nellie Oaks. Those who seemed to catch the fancy of the audience most were the ‘Waterman sisters, whose plantation songs and dances were a charming event of the evening. There have been some good performances in that line, but none better. The affair was managed gi’ Mrs. L. Pinkham, Mrs. M. Grant, rs. Steiner, Mrs. Candish and Mrs. M. E. Ubhaus. Improved Order Red Men. Tecumseh Tribe of Oakland was re- cently visited by members of Poanochee, Osceola and Ah-wah-ne tribes, when the | team of the last named conferred the degree of adoption on & number of can- didates In fine style. Past Grand Incohonee A. H. Patton, who was in this city in December on a tour of visitation, will be tendered a re- ception on January ¢ by Agawama Tribe, in celebration of the twenty-fifth anni- versary of his admission into the order. The Junlor Order. State Councilor Schaertzer pald a visit to Lompoc last week and addressed Cali- fornia Council. The third anniversary of the institu- tion of Custer Council was celebrated by an entertalnment and ball. Daughters of Liberty. The Klondike party that was given last week in Shiel's Hall by Martha Wash- ington Council of the Daughters ot Liberty was a unique and interesting en- tertainment. A number of young ladies dressed as miners presented a number of tableaux representing scenes in the new gold flelds which were well present- ed an. exceedingly well received. There was in addition a fine programme of music and dancing, and then followed a Klondike banquet at which the principal {:ca:xre was pork and beans and hard- Royal Arcanum. Golden West Council has elected the following named officers for the ensuing term by consent: Regent, G. E. Carlson; vice-regent, F. B. Gibson; orator, W. M. Young; chaplain, H. D. Hutt; secretary, T. G. Hodgkins; collector, Thomas Banks; guide, W. F. Deitemelr; warden, A. A rauer; sentry, J. Baptist treasurer, C. E' Stokes; ~trustees, J. Clover, H. Grundel and T. A. Kirkpat- rick; sitting past regent, A. G. Hebgen. Argonaut Council has chosen the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing term: Re- gent, George W. Dixon; Vice-regent, Villiam J. Nixon; orator, D. H. Sewel secretary, M. 8. de Roco; collector, Fred ead; treasurer, E. J. Ensign; chap- lain, T. L. Hall; guide, S. C. Spinney: warden, Benjamin Stumthal; sentry, J. J. Silvey. The council recognized the worth of several of its officers by retain- ing them in office. Woodmen of the World. The ‘“‘camp social” given by Mission Camp last Monday night in the hall at Valencia and Sixteenth streets was a pleasant affalr. After a few words of wel- come by J. L. Geary Jr., Deputy Consul Commander Wheeler gave a succinct ac- count of the work of woodcraft, after which there was a programme of vocal and instrumental music and fancy danc- ng. EBS( week Redwood Camp held an open meeting in Shiels building, it being in the nature of a reception to General Or- ganizer C. W. Wheeler. After the re- oeption the guest of honor addressed the audience on the objects and benefits of the order. Good Templars. At the meeting of District Lodge No. 5 of the I. O. G. T., held in Foresters’ Hall, District Chief Templar Dalzlel pre- sided and there were present fifty mem- bers of the lodge and a number of visi- tors from Solano, Alameda and this city. Considerable busfness was transacted and after dinner there was an evening open session at which a fine programme was presented and an enjoyable time was . The next meeting will be held in this city in March of next year. —— e The Mont St. Gothard tunnel is the longest in the world. It is 45,840 feet, or nine miles 340 yards in length. Once a month the whist players of the United States walt impatiently to see the journal that bears the name of the | game we all love so weil. This month’s | Whist 1s more than interesting. The | outside page has a picture gallery of nine of the leading whist experts of the country. Fisher Ames contributes a very | interesting zrticle on “Modern Fads in head. “Whist Catechism,” by Gecrge L. Bunn, is always interesting. The chairman of the tournament com- mittee for the eighth congress, Walter for play at the next congress, every whist player should read. WHITFIELD’S FAMOUS SIX-CARD PROBLEM. By W. H. Whitfield, Cambridge, England. HIS famous double-dummy prob- lem is taken from a little booklet called “Whist Faces,” published in Milwaukee by the Whist Publishing Company. We will send a copy of ich Bame to each and every one that sends us a correct solution. The cards are all exposed. Clubs are trumps. North to lead. xsivndeo—&l earts—A, K, 9 Diamonds—10 ades—K, J Q earta—10,8, 7 |'W 5 Diamonds—] Dlm‘:n_d%—Q. J & j Hearts—J, & Clube—s, 4 Diamonds—A, 3 In spite of any play of East and West North and South win all six tricks. Instructions? at the Whist Table. It is our opinion that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred when you hear & player start in to give his partner whist instructions at the tabls, direotly after he finishes the play of his hand, that this person, whdever h= is, can he | put down as the one who needs such in- structions more than his partner. Of all the habits at a whist table this is ths worst. An accomplished whist-piayer gensrsl- Iy knows ocfr'e he finishes the play of more thantwoor threedealswhether his partrer kno'w- anythiag .ab) it the game or not, and if he !nds he 4oes not the real gentlemanly player takes his medi- cine with a pleasant smile and quietly walts the end, but never stoops to grum- ble or growl at his partner. New Code of Laws Governing Duplicate Whist. In pursuance of a resolution offered at the seventh congress of the American Whist League at Put-in Bay by the pres- | 1dent, Waiter H. Barney, a new code of laws governing duplicate whist, complete in ftself without reference to any other code, is to be framed. President-elect Henry A. Mandell has appointed the following to constitute the committee: P. J. Tormey, San Francis- co; Robert H. Weems, Brooklyn; Theo- dore Schwarz, Chicago; Leoni Melic, Philadelphia: Wilbur F. Smith, Balti- more. Many of our whist readers know that the laws of duplicate whist were chang- | ed a little at the last congress. As the laws of whist now stand there are two codes, or, we might say, one and & half. | plicate where the straight code fails to cover. c o The 1dea ex-President Barney, Whist,” which hits the nail right on the | Hon. | H. Barney, submits a draft of his report | One of these codes is for straight | | whist, and the other partial code for du- | LAST WEEK WITH THE WHIST-PLAYERS. which will be a great benefit to the game and a most excellent one, is to frame a code governing duplicate whist with no reference to any other code now exist- ing, have it complete and entire in ft- self from A to Z. ‘Wken a question comes up at the pres- ent time in whist play, if referred to the duplicate code, the chances are it is not in it, and then you go to the so-called straight whist or the original code. This only complicates matters, and in all it is unsatisfactory. As time has broug a wonderful change In whist in this country, and long ago relegated straight whist to the shelf, the whist world needs just such a code of laws, and the committee appointed by Presi- dent Mandell should take all the time that is required to perfect what in its opinion Wlfi cover every possible contin- gency and stand as a perfect code gov- arning the entire game. Whist in New Zealand. We have recefved a request from the Wellington Whist Club of Wellington, New Zealand, asking us to furnish it the rules tna particulars of the manner in which we conduct whist tournaments in our American clubs. We are glad to know that the good work of the Amerl- can Whist League has reached the other side of the earth. We replied to this in time to catch the last steamer, but for the information of others we would advise all whist clubs to have on their shelves “Mitchell'’s Du- plicate Whist and Modern Leads.” This ook contains more information on that subject than all the other whist books combined. Whist at the Clubs. The final match between the Trist Du- plicate and San Francisco \Whist clubs was played Friday evening last in the rooms of the latter, twenty players on & side taking part. Tt resulted in a vie- tory for the Ban Franciscos by a gain of fifteen_tric Considerable dissatisfac- tion was expressed at the way the match was couducted. Only half of each team could meet one-half of the other It is always well to see where you are going to land before you jump. Whist in Sacramento. The attendance at the Sacramento Whist Club during the past week has been good, and great Interest has been taken in the various matches. On Monday evening, at Howell dupli- cate, Mr. and Mrs, Géorge M. Mot and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. de Lew, as a team, made top score with 13 plus. On Wednesday-evening, compass whist, Mrs. A. A. Redington and Mrs. W. A, Briggs carried off north and south with § plus, while Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Miller led east’and west, with 6 plus. : On Priday afternoon, compass whist, Mrs. E. Twitchell and Mrs. Minnie Rich ardson scored 614 plus, north and south; and Mrs. E. R. 1 amilton and Mrs. W Schaw, sitting east and west, made 714 lus. P'O% Saturday evening, In a_serles of very remarkable hands, Mrs. F. H. Kie- fer and B. Miiler, 'at drive whist, scored the highest average yet made in this contest—804 per cent. On Tuesday evening the team which will represent the club- at the tourna- ment of the Pacific Coast Whist Assocla- tion—George M. Mott, C. E. Burnham, Theo. J. Miliiken and Dr. C. A. Milli- ken—will have a friendly game of dupli- cate with a team composed of D. A. Lindley, C, F. Gorman, J. G. Berger and F. H. Kiefer. While a singie contest of this character is not an exact criterfon at whist ability, the result will, how- ever, be looked forward to with interest. The Trist Club Reception. On Saturday evening last the usual monthly reception was held in the cozy rooms of this prosperous club. Seventy- two_enthusfastic whisters sat down to battle for the whist honors that were conferred in the shape of four prizes presented by the ladies of the club. Mrs. Blankinship and Mrs. Kelth, Mrs. Z. K. Meyers and partner were the lucky ones. J. TORMEY. CUT HERE. SEE OTHER SIDE. | cackie and strut, and her feathers ruff out. amine the H Keep a ciear eye and ex - The facts, and judge a 0 - ther hens think what's the man not by his cackles the most That lays tha largest egs. T il Py I i Others remalin In s «od 5~ [ i S z e e e e = rumpus a.- bout, words. but hls acts, 7_ P and if to the farmer you For fine words cost ‘nothing. point == His -1 ‘Tis out and the chick, os we have told, —t ) L o e : = ST i [ I - . f answer Is certain, d¢ - i - ded and quick Tuck, tuck, tuck’ Tuck, tuck, tuckl actions that show _ what is pure gold— ¢ Tuck, tuck, tuck, te - dow . cut) apt the hen o L - /J‘- * S i T =8 =R : - s — — - 1 3 "— w238 = 2 — 5 & and no one's motizs bsg, it's not the best bird that in | e = e e L 2 not the hen that cackles the most (hat lavs