The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 30, 1898, Page 30

30 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 1898. T last the day has arrived in San Francisco when the idea that the study of cooking and sewing Is as important and should be placed on an equality with all the other branches of work in our public schools is steadily gaining ground. Let us hope that it will spread throughout the State. To be sure, we have as yet only eight schools in the cit two branches of study are included in the regular course, but it may be safe- 1y prophesied the the beginning of the new school year many of the other grammar schools will have fallen into line. Some of the principa Ppooh-pooh the scheme, the girls should learn arts at hon but how > inclined to g that such domestic re they to be taught when the mothers, especially among the poorer classes, have little or t atic no time to i train- i o S fore the Board of Education with the result that Miss Whitaker was later retained as a regular teacher of cook- ing, which was first introduced into the course of the Normal School. Three vears ago Miss Paxton was also ap- pointed a cooking teacher and a little later Miss Lillle Toomy. The work in the eight grammar schools is at pres- ent divi mong the two latter ladies and Miss Coyle, who received her a pointment some four months ago. Miss Toomy, who has attended Pratt Insti- tute and taken a course in chemistry at the Lowell High School, is placed in charge of the cooking classes of the seventh and eighth grade pupils in the Broadway and Hancock grammar schools, and in the Adams Cosmopoli- tan. Miss Paxton teaches cooking in the Franklin, Rincon and John Swett grammar schools, while Miss Coyle has charge of the work in the Denman and Clement. Altogether there are about 1015 girls in the combined classes of the eight school At present there are only five cooking outfits, which necessi- tates considerable *“doubling up” of classes. It is to be hoped that in the near future the number of class rooms especially fitted up for teaching cook- ing will be materially increased. The svork of the seventh grades generally averages two hours a week, and that of the eighth from an hour to an hour and a half a week. Miss Tocmy is an excellent teacher and creates in her pupils an intense in- torest in their work. At the beginning of the course the children were given short talks on the composition ot foods, their velue and practical use plain MISS LOTTIE YOUNKER of the Franklin School Cooking Class Equipped for Work. ing, even if in many respects they are not woefully ignorant themselv There are no children in our schools, no matter what their social position or future circumstances, who will regret their cultivation of these most useful branches. The placing of these sub- jects in the school course is a distinct advantage, it tends to elevate them in the eyes of the children, and since Ao away with a certain amount of disgrace which is often attached to them by the latter. Some fiv s ago Mr. Kennedy, who was then principal, with the board's consent engaged Miss Kate ‘Whitaker of Oakland to take charge of & cooking class in the Franklin School as an experiment. The work was so successful that the matter was laid be- recipe Mrs. largely uscd After a general talk Lincoln” on foods, subjects of fuels and five or six of the the most important elements were dis- Then followed in turn simple ssons on preparing and cooking pota- toes, 1 vegetables, ce eggs, pud- dings, beverages, ns in baking, broiling, preparing fish and using up “left over: In the Hancock School a number of the gas fixtures were furnished free by one company, and the flour, spices, ete. are kindly contributed by certain grocery firms. The majority of children in the cook- ing class of this school are of foreign parentage, and their superstitions and ideas on cooking in general are often amusing. Their teacher was solemnly informed that fish kept in the moon- light would speil, and this she found to be really true. The children also de- clare that the eating of fish makes brains. When asked what to do to save the "eyes while peeling onions seven or eight voices piped up: ‘Hold a pin in your mouth!” One little girl timidly asked if “consecrated” milk was to be d in a certain soup; while another, who had been short composition on the advantages of her own study of cookery, averred that it had been of great benefit, be- cause it enabled her to help her mother cook her father's “vitals” every day. When asked what people werenoted for their use of oats, a third child, who probably lived in front of a sign- covered fence, replied, “The Quakers!” In the Franklin School, where Miss Paxton, a graduate of the Philadel- phia Cooking School, of which Miss Rorer is president, proves such a cap- able and interesting teacher, being thorough mistress of every department of her work, the following sentiments hang framed on the wali: “What Does Cooking Mean?" “It means the knowledge of Medea and Circe, of Calypso and of Helen, and of Rebekah and the Queen of Sheba. and fruit nd balms of all that healing flelds and groves and “It means inventivene and willing: n and watchfulness, and readiness | of appliance; it means the economy of | vour grandmothers and the science of | modern chemists. It means much tast- | ing and no wasting. “It means English thoroughn French art and Arabian hospitality: and in fine it means that you e to be perfectly and always ‘ladies’ loaf- givers, and you are to see that every one has something nice to eat. “JOHN RUSKIN.” | Miss Paxton uses M Rorer’'s cook- book in her work, which she has so ar- ranged that each child takes part in turn. Miss Paxton has herself prepared | a typewritten course of study with | rules and recipes attached. During each lesson one of the latter is copied | in the pupils’ notebooks and then dem- onstrated before the class. In review the scholars without aid demonstrate some lesson previously learned. Ebbessg i COOKING CLASSES. spectacle can be witnessed than at the Franklin Grammar School at Eighth and Harrison streets during the hours for instruction in cooking. i spi nd sweet v in me: ERTAINLY no more interesting In the whole school there are 125 schol- ars, all girls, in this course. These are vided into cl of about twenty- five each. All are equipped with | aprons, armlets and holders, and the elementary classes are regularly drill- ed in the uses of these attachments. Step by step the pupil advances, be- ginning with instruction in the most elementary principles and the more simple preparations of food, and end- ing with those more elaborate dishes h a good housekeeper delights play her accomplishments as a s the staple article or food, in srdinary family, is meat, the pupil carefully drilled in, first, the selec- tion, and afterward, cooking. Les- sons are given in the anatomy of beef and carefuily drawn pictures are dis- played with each part duly labeled and from this pictorial representation the pupil learns all that can be imparted about the different qualiti which each portion of the car affords. The chemical constituents of each class of the food supply is carefully impressed into the minds of the pupils, thus combining the scientific with the practical. The wholesome onion is largely composed of sulphur and the carrot combines iron in an appreciable degree, and thus in every other impor- tant article of comsumption their in- gredients and effects are learned. “Egegs should always be cooked at a low temperature, otherwise they are indigestible,” was one of the opinions embraced in the doctrine of the lady = | | to an egg beater. teacher, and eggs happened to be the subject of demonstration of the lesson. Eggs boiled, fried, baked, made into omelets, poached and sauces of egsgs. Each pupil sat at her desk taking down the clear and concise directions of the teacher. This done questions were asked showing how carefully this part of the lesson had been performed. Then the demonstrations began. The tem- perature of the choice of the implements, proportions of the ingredients, were all ascertained. Few understand how to break an egg 80 as not to mix the yolk with the white,orhow to beat the white into the snowy mass that is so delightful to eye and palate. Through every move of the pupil the injunction “to be clean™ is always and forever dictated. One learns that a spoonful of sugar and pepper are entirely different quantities. Exact directions are followed relative to the using of the different ingredi- ents, the time in cooking and even to the manipulation of the mixture and the proper handling of the spoons and forks. Each direction is given with ex- actitude and with a positive certainty that absolute results will surely follow. The breathless interest with which this class of girls followed the development of each effort was delightful and satis- fying and proved that to learn was not necessarily drudgery. The lesson was a success, and every dish turned out as D! | sightly and appetizing as the youthful instructed to write a | fabricators expected. The school department is generous In the supply of all the paraphernalia of the cooking class. The kitchen at the Franklin is the highest room in the building, and is provided with the latest improvements in ranges, gas stoves and implements from a stew pan Everything is beau- tifully clean and in sharp contrast to many homes of the poor. To prove how general among families is the benefit arising from education in cooking, the teacher asked a number of pupils to re- late how they applied the instructions received at school to their home life. “I boiled the potatoes to-day,” said little Bertha Fleming. Rachael Isaacs, a pretty miss of 12 years, had made an omelet and cream potatoes for break- fast. Flora Kan, Alice Sprigel, Lottie Meyer and a dozen others had each demonstrated at home their capacity for sharing with their families their school accomplishments. Miss Lottie fire, conditions and. Substituting cooking in the eighth and ninth. Finally sewing was also taught to the very smallest girls, and this plan lasted for two years. At the end of this time Mr. Kennedy addressed 300 circu- lars to the parents of the girls, which read as follows: “*April, 1895. “Mrs. —: _At the beginning of the school year of 1893 the Board of Educa- tion introduced sewing into the Frank- lin School as an experiment. We would be pleased to have you express your opinion of the work accomplished. “l. Has the introduction of sewing been an assistance to your daughter in performance of her domestic duties? “‘2. Has the introduction of sewing proved an important factor in the de- velopment in your daughter of habits of neatness and order? “3. Are you in favor of teaching sew- ing in the public schools? If so, why?" All these questions were unanimously answered in the affirmative, and *“Be- cause she fixes her clothes” was a fair sample of angwers to the latter part of the third question. Beginning with the use of needle, thread and thimble the girls were taught the different stitches, and then in turn patching, mending, drafting and cutting of simple garments, and then the finer stitches. and more elab- orate making of underwear and dresses in the upper grades. Together with ail this came lessons on the kinds of needles to use, how to keep them from rusting, the quality of material to buy and the different kinds for different purposes. When the girls first did their own shopping cheap and poor material was palmed off upon them, but after Mrs. Kennedy's lessons on the subject such cheating never hap- pened twice. The result of all this teaching had a wonderful effect upon. the.clothes of the pupils. There was a regular stock- ing day, dresses were patched, aprons stripped off and mended, and shoe but- tons appeared as if by magic in the places they had long forsworn. One little girl begged permission to bring her mother’s black dress to school, as the latter did not know how to mend an ugly tear, and another child & JAMES KENNEDY, FOUNDER OF THE a long, tedious apprenticeship. Also among the poorer classes those girls who became nurses or housemaids eas- ily commanded better wages when their ability to sew was discovered. The work in the school soon spread to others. In 1855 Mrs. Kennedy left the Franklin School and her place was taken by Mrs. McCoy. Mrs. Graef had meanwhile been appointed a teacher SEWING CLASS Townker is admitted by all the class as the best cook in it. REST G L 4 SEWING CLASSES. T was in 1893 that the principal of the Franklin Grammar School, Mr. Kennedy, received permission from the Board of Education to introduce sewing into his course as an ex- periment. Mrs. Kennedy was ap- pointed the first teacher and had 250 children under her charge. cess Her suc- as remarkable. It was Mr. Ken- idea to introduce sewing into the fifth, sixth and seventh grades, arm. At the end of the first year the other class teachers in the school gave their testimony that the sewing seemed a recreation and pleasure to their girls, and did not tire them nor ca them to fall behind in their book work The advantages of this study were shown, not only during the school life of the pupils, but afterward, for, al- though the idea of teaching a trade is entirely foreign to the purpese of the introduction of sewing into our public schools, yet it was a fact that with the foundational principles of sewing and cutting learned, these giris wers s in times able to earn at once &0 and cents a day in some dressmaking, tail- oring or millinery shops, thus avolding IN FRANKLIN SCHOOL. in sewing, and she is at present in the Columbia Grammar School. In 1896 Mrs. Mayberry was elected a special teacher of sewing in the Irving Scott. Later followed the appointments last August of Mrs. Zeman to the Rincon Grammar School, Mrs. Miel to the Hor- ace Mann, and liss Armer to the Broadway Grammar. All these ladies are enthusiastic in the report of the work in their schools, not only from the standpoint of the pu- pils, but from that of the parents. In the Franklin School the fourth, fifth and sixth grades sew an hour and a half a week, while the seventh grade comes once a week for three-quarters of an hour. In some of the other schools various grades from the sec- . herself. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. ond to the ninth are taken. The rooms are suitably furnished with low tables and chairs, and each child makes her- self a red sewing bag, on which her number and initials are etched. Some of the work done by these pu- pils, most of them under 15 years, is remarkable. In the fifth grade they begin with the making of small gar- ments—either for dolls or small broth- ers and sisters. They learn the differ- ent kinds ams, how to gather even= ly, to patch, darn tears and the vari- ous methods of catch-stitching, felling, hemstitching, bias-binding and the like. Later undergarments are made, sim- ple dresses cut and fitted and a littla embroidery and drawn work taken up. Along with these lessons the teachers give talks on the raising ef cotton, the manufacture of wool, the use of the spinning jenny, and during.the fair called the children’s attention especial- ly to the weaving done there. At the end of the first year no one repeats the mistake of the little girl who said that Abraham Lincoln invented the cotton gln, and when the definition of *'sel- vage” is asked no one answers a sec- ond time, “It's when you have a whole lot of nice things and keep 'em all to yourself.” The expense to the Board of Educa- ticn is light. It furnishes needles thread, scissors and darners, and per- haps a bolt of cotton on which to learn. But the rest of the material is entirely furnished by the pupils them- selves. Flour sacks come in especially handy, and in one school a hundred neat little hemstitched handkerchiefs were made cut of some salt sacks. In most of the schools the sloyd work, or samplers, is disliked by the children, to make something which can In the Rincon Grammar and be used. Horace Maun there are 450 girls each, these b¢ing the largest cl es in sew- ing. In the Irving Scott the girls wers so eager prepari for the exhibit which took place just at Christmas time that for three weeks before begged for extra time, often a in the early morning before the te One girl, hitherto noti indolent, was completely changed her sewing I s. After she had co pleted her garment she Wwould come to school at 8 o’clock in ore get a few moments in which to W before schooltime, as the work is not allowed to be taken home. When the parents saw the completed sewing at the exhibit some could not believe that it. was really the work of their chil- dren. One lady grasped the teacher’s hand and said: “Oh, you are doing such a splendid work here! Thank you so much for what you have done for my daughter!” This sentiment is re-echoed by pa- rents in all the schools. The doubtful ones become alm¢ enthusiastic as the girls themselves when they see for themselves the work which their chil- dren have accomplished. Many moth- ers declare that they wish they them- selves might learn to sew as well. It was Lillie Bjorn of Bryant street, a child 11 years, who took the second prize of $15 offered by the recent doll show at the Palace Hotel for the best handmade doll suit by a girl under 15. Lillie is a pupil of Mrs. Graef at the Columbia, where she has been studying sewing only two years. Her costume was composed of six pieces of delicate white lawn, with drawn work, feather stitching, hemstitched ruffies and lace. This work took her just a year to com- plete in school. firs ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. On last Wednesday Past Assoclate Grand Matron Carrie Augusta Kingsley of Vesper Chapter, located at Red Bluff, Tehama County, was married to J. G. Gehrig of Janesville, Lassen County, at the residence of Mrs. valker of this city. The bride was the recipient of congratulations during the week. The meeting of Ivy Councii last Tues- day night very enjoyable one. There were tv andidates Initiated, one application w: , and the work was performed in the presence of a large itors, including Grand Sec- <ate 8. Willats, Grand Mar- ra V. McKeag, Grand Esther . H. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. and Francis Xavier Le Bonte, of pter, Shasta; Mrs. Kate S. number of vi Strode ‘Welcome Ch: ; Craig, from Clear Lake Chapter of Lake. port; Mrs. Agn M. Morgans of Angels Chapter, of Angels Camp; Mrs. Glenden- ning and James Camp of Evening Stur Chapter of Etna, Siskiyou County, and Mrs. Clara Amanda Fisher of Pasadena Chapter. After the work of the chapter was over all present were invited to re- pair to the banquet room, where there were covers set for 150, and each chair | enjoyable affair—one that will long be re- | reply was, ** ‘was occupied. There a pleasant hour was | spent. This chapter will give a party in _ Golden Gate Hall on the evening of the 224 of February. THE ODD FELLOWS. The visit of the general relief commit- membered with pleasure by those who were the guests of the Stockton commit- tee. The representatives of the Sacramento and San Jose committees. While in the city named the visitors were entertained with that hospitality for which the Odd Fe lows of Stockton are noted, and they were shown all points of interest, in- cluding the asylum for the insane. The tors from this city returned by boat, and when the sel started down the river it was discovered that S. Regens- burger, one of the committee, was miss- i At the first opportunity a message sent to the Captain of Police, whose e is safe. Not in the in- The members of the lodge at Healds- burg recently visited by Harbor View Lodge of East Oakland paid a return visit last night, and were most hospitably entertained. Farnsworth Lodge had a most enjoyable time last Wednesday at a smoker given under its auspices, when there was a fine programme of song, music and literature. The officers of Sunset Encampment were impressively installed last week. ban- quet and a_most enjoyable time followed. Templar Lodge last week received two a‘)pllcs(lnns. San Francisco Lodge in- itiated two candidates at its last held meeting, and will have two more at the next meeting. sane asylum. The subordinate lod, ve a grand entertainment in Od Hall on the 25th of February. Among the officers of San Pablo Lodge tee to Stockton last week was & most | at Vallejo recently installed by District Deputy Richardson was one who is prob- | ably the youngest man ever installed into | the office of noble grand. It is Clarence . Fitzgerald, who was born in Vailejo March 19, 1875, and was Initiated into the lodge within a year. Appointed one of the supporters, he displayed so much ability that when the time for nominations came it was suggested that he be nominated for the highest office in the lodge, and ail an Franciscans were joined by | | | Grand. who were qualified declined to serve. A dispensation was obtained, and he was 1 elected. On the night of his installation he conferred the second degree in a man- - ner that won much praise. His uncle, J. P. Jeffries, is drill master of the team of the lodge, and his grandfather, P. E. Jef- fries, 1s a past master of the same lodge. THE REBEKAHS. Loyal Rebekah Lodge will to-morrow evening entertain San Francisco Lodge and Mission Rebekah Lodge in Welcome Hall, Odd Fellows' building. Mission Rebekah Lodge is making ar- rangements to entertain the officers of the assembly of the State of California. The president of the assembly an- nounces the following visits for the cur- rent week: Wednesday, Mt. Diablo Lodge at Concord; Thursday, Madrone Lodge at St. Helena: Friday, Colfax Lodge at Cal. 1?‘?53, and Saturday, Ivy Lodge at Calis- Mrs. Minnie Kelly, the retiring noble grand of California Lodge, was last week surprised at her home by a number of her friends, who had, through a committee of two, induced” her to absent herself from home for a short while. When she returned she found the parlors decorated with flowers and colored lanterns, and then there was inaugurated an evening of music and home amusements until midnight, when there was an intermis- sion for a collation. After that dancing was resumed and kept up_until a late hour. Therc were present Mr. and Mrs. Oberdeener, Mr. and Mrs. Simon, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lester, Mr. and Mrs. Salt- baugh, Misses Sarah Harris, Alace Hall, Gracie V. Lester, Alice Crowley, Me: ames Marks, Crowley, L. Cullann, N. Wagner. and Messrs. Olempy, Rose, Ser- bers, Marks, E. Lester, A. hultz, F. }émfimfi""' . Crowley, W. Keefe and J. elly. 5 A. 0. U. W. Among the most prominent candidates | for the office of grand recorder of the Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen to succeed D. S. Hirsh- berg is John Hoesch, who has been an active member of the order for the past twenty years, and for nineteen years of that time has been the recorder of Mag- nalia Lodge, one of the largest and strongest in the State. For a period of ten years Mr. Hoesch was a member of the Grand Lodge finance committee, and i# familiar with the details of the office. Tor eight years he was the editor of the fraternal columns of one of the large dailies, and was editor ond proprietor of the California Workman, an_able ex- ponent of workmanship. Mr. Hoesch is an old time resident of this State. For a long time he was secretary of the Board of Health, and lately he was finan- cial expert for the city. He has good ex- ecutive ability and is a fluent speaker. On the 18th inst. Unity, Magnolia, Spar- tan, San Francisco and Park lodges, com- posii District No. 4, held a_ district me- morial service in the hall of Unity Lodge, when addresses appropriate to the occa- sion were delivered. The following officers of Eureka Valley Lodge were installed last Thllrsd:ly“l?ig?jt | for the current term: J. Fies, T. Kidd, F.; T. L. Trounin, O. er, . W.; D. Meagher, O. W. A G. There were present visitors from eight sister lodges, who were guests at | a banquet given by the Jodge after the ceremony. uring the evening there was given a pleasing programme of enter- tainment. The electlon of representatives to the Grand Lodge will be held in all the lodges on _the first meeting night in February. Through the efforts of Special Deputy Wells Fort Jones Lodge elved thirty- five applications for membership and Yreka Lodge has been making a good showing. el DEGREE OF HONOR. Last Thursday Grand Recorder Mrs. Kate M. Poland iInstituted Charity Lodge No. 72 at Butte City with seventeen char- ter members, and durnig the week she in- | stituted Golden Sheaf Lodge at Willows, with forty-six charter members. Angels | Star Lodge, with eighteen members, was | instituted by Special Deputy Thomas Ir- vine and Lodge No. 75 was instituted at | Ukiah by Mrs. J. Stewart, S. C. of H., | on last Wednesday. | The officers of Dawn . of Hope Lodge | were instituted last week by Deputy Mr: Eva Cogan, assisted by Mrs. E. F. May- | orn and Mrs. Sadie Hodges. During the evening the lodge was addressed by W. H. Barnes, P. G. M. W.; Mr: . Stew- | art and C.'F. Cecil of Progresso Lodge of Newman. NATIVE SONS. Grand Trustee Byington has announced | the following visits: January 31, Ramona Parlor; February 1, Corona Parlor; Feb- | Red- | ebruary 9, San Diego; February | 2, Los Angeles; February 7, 10, Invincible Parlor at Anaheim; Febru- ¥ San Bernardino; February 14, Bakersfield. Last Thursday he visited Fresno parlor; Friday he was at Lemoore, and Saturday he organized the parior a Visalia, being assisted in the work by Susman Mitchell. This parlor, one of the oldest in the State, initiated fifty mem- bers and received a number of appiica- tions. Alcalde Parlor was officially visited by Grand Second last Wednesday. The same night official and other grand officers paid a visit to California Camp of the Argonauts and witnessed the degrees conferred in grand sgle by John Lethers Jr., D. G. P. First Grand Vice-President Conley and several grand officers officially visited ‘Washington Parlor at Centerville last week. After witnessing the work per formed in a satisfactory manner the visi- tors were taken in charge by -Joe 'D. Norris, G. I. hospitably entertained. The visit of Grand Trustee McNoble, George Catts and J. W. Carrick of Stock- ton to Yosemite Council at Merced had the effect of awakening the members to a determination to get out and rustle, rding B. Ryan, reco; secretary of | the parlor adopted a series of resolutions | president of the parlor. has been present- Vice-President Mattison | that | W., and they were most | California Parlor for a number of vears, has resigned his office, as he is going to the Klondike. At its last held mesting expressive of thelr regrets at his deter- mination to leave California and express- ing the hope that in the new field he will become “rich in this world’s goods, and that he will return in the vigor of health to enjoy a long life of happiness, useful- ness and contentment.” Mr. Ryan, who has been a most active worker in the s the husband of Mrs. Georgle C. and secretary of the order of the ughters. Bay ity Parlor will give an informal dance in Golden Gate Hall on the 1ith of February. The committee of arrangements having | charge of the entertainment to be given in February by Alcalde Parlor is actively engaged in arranging alt the details. The entertainment will follow the installation of the.officers on that night. and on the programme to be presented appear the names of A. Gehret, F. Baumgarten, F. Spotsan, William Fenstermacher, . Sleicher and A. Maass. Other names will be added. There will be during the even- ing be served a collation Willlam Fenstermacher, and cigars the retiring ed a beautiful diamond-set badge. The following named have been in- stalled as officers of ¥ City Parlor for nt_term: M. Savanah. P. P.; A. | . l‘“‘\[ E. Licht, Henry FEd-| Magner. vice-presidents | Julius Liebert, M.: Ch ietuy | El 1“ Lindeman, Yy, T.; | Sol Ma nd Sol Peiser, | trustees; . G. W. Dinkelspiel, hall ;l‘iz rector; Sanford Feigenbaum, I. S.; J. W Carmany, Dr. M. Regensburger, surgeon. E. W, . 8. Levy T. Dave Hollub = THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS. It was a subject of remark at the grand | reception by the Native Daughters on | | Thursday night by | e last Tuesday afternoon and evening. in | Native Sons’ Hall, in the parlors of which | Miss Minnfe Klevesahl of La Estreila | Parlor, the queen of the Jubilee, attired | in her robes of state, received those who | came to pay her court, that only one of the parlors was distinguishable from the | others by a distinctive badge, and that was Fremont Parlor, the members of which wore a neat and artistically ar- ranged small bow of red, white, blue and | orange ribbon. It was pretty and v | attractive. s ol aln Last Tuesday night Golden Gate Coun- cil initiated two candidates and took the preliminary steps to give an entertain- ment appropriate to the day on the even- ing of the 22d of February. This council has under consideration’' a proposition to start a reserve fund by . setting aside quarterly a small sum for use in case of emergency. . THE AMERICAN GUILD. San Francisco Chapter of the American { Guild, at its meeting in Balboa Hall, Na- - g = 2 » <] =] Z » B a Z Z o Z tive Sons’ building. on Wednesday night, elected one candidate for membership and initiated three. This chapter is mak- ing arrangements to give a social in the course of a few eks for the entertain- ment of its friends. The chapter in Mill Valley is also ar- ranging for an entertainment to be given in the near future. ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS. The initiatory team will confer the de- gree upon ten candjdates for Social Coun- cil in Red Men's Hall on the 4th of Feb- ruary. The progressive euchre party given last Social Council was well attended, which proves that these parties are gaining in favor in this couns The gents' first prize went to F. ] Locker and first ladies’ to Mrs. L. I Seaby. The first booby prize se- cured by M. J. Lyon and the ladles’ went to Miss E. G. Alden. Pacific Council is again coming to the' front as a live council. With the help of the other officers Councilor Alexander, Nicholson and Instructor Mrs. L. E. Clark propose to make every Friday night one interesting for the members and visitors from other councils. night Social Council had ing, and jt looks as if a bold stroke to in_one of the prizes offered. Kight ndidates were elected, one was initi- ated, and twenty-one of the members presént promised to each bring a new member into the council within the next thirty days. S IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. Arapahoe Tribe during the past term has increased numerically and financially, and during the jubllee year expects to ere going to ma | make a marked increase in membership. sing up of the chiefs” iring sachem was presented with a beautiful emblematic pin. The reports from White Eagle and Awashatee tribes was very gratifying, cach showing gains.. White Eagle Tribe announces a masquerade ball for the 28th inst. There has been a raising up of the chiefs In all of the local tribes, and the ceremony has been conducted . with a great deal of impressiveness. The chiets 6f Montezuma, Oshonee and Arapahoe tribes were raised up by Deputy Berel, assisted by a staff of great chiefs. Winnemucca Tribe at its last meeting had an adoption, ind conferred the war- rior’s degree on one candidate. The tribe | recently presented a fine badge to P. C. Gorman, the retiring sachem. The contest between the adoption teams of Comanche and Awahnee tribes at Elm- hurst resulted in the award of the prize (a pair of polished tomahawks) to Awahnee Tribe. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. The entertainment which Pioneer Lodge of the Friends of the Forest had expect- ed to give on the 14th of February will be given on the 10th of that month.