The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1898, Page 28

28 ‘THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 3, 1898 2 T3 7 ditions of R e . 3 " i mic and social con ++ 4+ +++ 4 4+ 4 | ers. Read such works as “‘Sully’s Studles,” or | futions: * earnest efforts in this direction are most need- | better. the econo $444 4444444444444+ 4144144444 Pt Lt 4P 4444444 +++ 4 | s recently published smaller work. Get Into | ~After seven years of service our associate [ed. In two years we have reduced the ab- | society. atscussion of these points. Mr. lp?;x__: + Someupication with some :pecialist who needs | leader, Miss Frances A. Parmeter, preceptress. | sences by 696 days. We should reduce it as | ‘In the discussion of tBERE Sling school li%e 4 | some of your spontaneous data. Pay particu- | resigns her position (hat she may minister o | much more this year. Last year there were | say Eyers. Doy me useful trade without + . + | jar attention to hablt, its forming, unforming. | the wants of her invalid brother: therefore, be | over 24000 absent days Teported to this of- | shouid be taught some USSIL ocent o rem- reforming: to instincts or generic tendencies; | it fice. This should be reduced to 10,000 or less. | resard to whethet A% G0 jyy of so doing. The g * 4 | i aptitudes or talents: to emotional exaggera- | Resolved. That in Miss Parmeter's with. | Will we do {7 That depends entrely upon |stances indicate the NECERILy G, restricted {0 + PP H PPttt PPttt bbbttt bbbt | tlons oriihe reverse o suscepubllity To | arawal we'lose a worthy aseciate, the school | the efforts of each indlvidual tencher, | grammar school work [ school extended, 1o + pleasure, pain and excitement; to work and | a superfor teacher and the students a warm e increased attendance years an sols should have 2 P b ot Tt ch i o 4 v Play; to physical defects, etc. ‘In all of this, | and sympathizing friend: and be it further | twg vears saved the county several thousand | four. All high schools Shawid 0¥ urse, and . s ey Taite | child study, personal, Tey more and more to | and more. try to keep the children before you | Resolved, That with our knowledge of Miss | dollars, and this year we should du better and |clai and a four-year POIYEERT S Dujory p ong the students. Other work was | coanect your records with the characteristic | as wholes, as characters. Keep your child Parmeter's qualifications, ability and worth, | save more. Individual distriets will have | one or {he other Shourk. = Many will object (2 intricate design for folding_doors | sayings and doings of children, study and school practice together. so that we feel it a duty we owe to ourselves, to her | much more money if the average daily attend. !of the high school work FECH ¥iow of tb v mallet an a taborette Grace Worth- | As vou become interested in the children se- | one will help the other. Test your reading by |and to the cause of education to say that she | ance is high. Impress this on patrons and | the ‘“‘"h )t ehildren enter the high schoolt 4 pretty girls fitting black walnit benches and | lect one very interesting or difficult case, or | your own experience. Finally, let nothing In- | excels as teacher. and that her every act as | puplls, Visit the parents of irregular pupils. | public. school children ofee when the parents . the modeling and a corner seat by Miss| two contrasied cases, and keep separate rec- | terfere with your common sense, tact and con- | preceptress Is worthy of imitation. and strive by every medns to gel them with But would this be the ¢4t 010,00 the m o e | Is of Italian walnut. and a large | ords about each child or children. Bring child | sclence.—Dr. T. P, Bailey Jr., 1n The North- TULARE COUNTY. you in this work. J. S. McPHAILL, hag once come 1o Se¢, feh school course? S ifully carved in acorns and oak | observations into your teachers’ meeting, read- | western Monthiy. Flb e e Courty 'Superintendenit. | terfal benefits of a Mg dendent aiong thoe [leaves. A large mahogany chalr of an-| ing circle, institute, convention, etc. As your f Superintendent J. S. McPhaill has sent out g a to make . All| fique design, the work of Miss Brind, Was | data accumulate connect fogether by cross MISS PARMETER COMPLIMENTED. the followin notice: LOS ANGELES TEACHERS lines of work which tend (8 [2¥ina " economid s i models | espotally noticed. | The dragons’ heads !n | reference and otherwise notes that seem to | On the recent resignation of Miss Parmeter | To the Teachers of Tulare County: Again | The programme of the Los Angeles City | patriotic gltizens iz f-say that American —from a shapeless | the arms and legs were splendidly carved and | you to bear upon the same point of character. | of Chico, President Ritter and the faculty of | I wish to call your attention to tha Import- | Teachers' Association, which meets & few e e dless aus (o the grammas cd and patted into | showed that the young lady possesses much |~ Study, compare your Observations, If pos- | the State Normal School in that clty unani- | ance of securing the best possible attendance | days before the General Southern Calffor- history. as It 1s taught L0057 1s almost e ] Y of work. sible, with those of parents and of other teach- mously passed and signed the following reso- | in your schools. This is the season when your | nla Teachers' Convention, contains much -of ‘ institutions ¢ our i Seboney by Daity | whosoass the most smbitions SRR Bt interest. Some of the subjects to be discussed | less. The real history of our WEUTLGC"only »sthenes by Daisy | woodcarving class were the beautiful cabinet, are: ““The Sober Mind, Dr. D. S. Jordan; | scarcels touched at il Ip most countles foan head cocked on | five by six feet. with inlaid head piece, the Nature Hews First in the Rough,” Professor | two years, all told, are 4evoied o' ho gram- e [ Rogrng Cotontal eiack " on ‘Which: Siss. Jonna E. D. Starbuck of Stanford; “United States | history, and those fwe vears &1, 70 ‘(ouid ba bly i wm”:xhv-and | hogany Colonial clock, on which Miss Johns History " “Bermard Moses: Elements of '3 m::‘fnr‘ne‘:’el:”f?;n‘;:;d ng of bt xlnsllecslvy(f; * l R A Successful Teacher,” Harr Wagner; ‘Prepar- ; v bables were | T8 e O O n, principal of the oy Bt ostruction . B G G Van | teachers Wl prepaze and o memseives (00 a their niches, | Polytechnic High School. all the students in story Steps in Instruction.” Dr. "¢ C. Van | teachers wil prepss ? here S0 e 5% majesty leered | the drawing. modeling, carving yoodworking YRy some Tessher Fall BB Cub, | {here ChNESS COUSE" 1 he piEh, tchoc) 3 | and iron-bending classes were at the beginning : in American history, and certainly not lese than on! in_ctvil government let the first below the bas- detac seemed to be mutely Dr. T. P. Balley Jr.; "“United States M. A. Tucker: ‘‘American History in the 'High School.”” Professor C. A. Duni- e vear his vear obliged to sign a contract to the t that they would give the result of at school, - which of ed o B r third point, P and it cons ‘School-room _Decoration, In regard to the ! mt et e e conie take his nly falr and right, considering fl;(‘ hen; chool-room _ Decoration. " :;xe:r{t;l:“tfigaxgfi'“i g'n{:]x l?:; 2f;‘3r o M“‘g fit and training they receive so long Tree of : : : " S e 5 s ¢ i i subjects as corporate industry, Y o s Vo s | I B e i BT Panking, transporiation, social pathology, eto. . . A PEDAGOGICAL QUESTION. A pamphlet entitled ‘‘A Pedagogical Ques- ag of Young Augustus, . the result of thelr year's work, | delicacy of and sold the latter for 300 iscusses three meas: e tor Addltlorfi;l In conclusion Mr. Doub ures under the headings, one class the very best school about one and a half cents for each It is under- busts or statues from 1| The ing. students in model- He remarks that, in answer to this query, most people would maintain that the object | $100 of taxable r-operty in the county. v, 7 ‘University and Qual 5 4 d 50 all these Industrial classes will here- | tion’” has lately been issued by W. C. Doub, | Work, Admission to the olden, _dertly R0 e e buter to the. besutifying. (of ¢ the | A.'B., of Stanford, mbw engaged in teaching | fled Teachers. Jther YOUng | copool In the iron-bending department beau- | ai Bakersfield, Cal. His subject is ably han- ON THE BLACKBOARD. proved a very | tiru] hanging lanterns, candelabra, single can- died, and perusal will greatly repay the teach- | sss.roveting held. some time ago i r table Miss Freda | dlesticks, vases, ' picture frames, grills, tea- ers of our State. A few extracts are taken | At a masemeeting held some, tne S50} a_ statuette @ Nea- | kettle stands, etc., were exhibited, and some here and there. oted to prepars an address on the necessity ich she had copied {rom | of the students have already framed pictures “Does our public school system exist for our | poinf ed to v epare amaddress on the ne=rely The long, gracerul out- | in the various rooms and furnished brackets of school children or our school. children for our | of a high school In the county. An EKGT the flowing drapery and | delicate iron tracery for the wooden shelves, public school system?" Is the pedagogical ques- | from the submitted report reads; ot 8 [fo head proved Miss Cools' | made in the wood shops, whereon are placed tion which Mr. Doub puts before the public. | mates at i of our public school ‘m: valuation of propert w o assessment vi i property now on the ass: - e . t s to make good citizens | Val s oo - : of our boys and girls; but, while admitting this | Toll foots up almost $15,000,000, and it may be umns a few weeks ago. Certain rooms will be dedicated to certain: classes of pictures and ornamentation. For instance, in the English room there will be pictures’ and statues of famous men and scenes renowned In English | literature: the history room will be decorated with views of noted places and objects all over the world, and thus, with such groupings, the student's 'Interest will be far more greatly aroused and entertained than by a mere hetero- geneous collectlon of pletures and busts. me of the pictures for this purpose in the drawing department, the work of both young men and women, are almost completed. One d safely predicted that this will increase an Keep pace with the growth and needs of the school.”” Success to Contra Costa County in undertaking. SRR The Biennial Conventlon of County School primary object, he desirés to point out some things wherein it falls to accomplish this, and indicates some lines of improvement. By statistics Mr. Doub proves that nine- tenths of those who enter the grammar school X , and only two gfi:x:irre;“zfit lohfeel\’vg-‘; :a‘;ogun?lredloranur é’mm- Superintendents meets ln April in Sacramento. mar students graduate from the universities. . o Granting that the public money expended on | The Golden Gate Kindergarten Association higher education is well expended, how about [has fust issued its eighteenth annual report. this 8 per cent who never graduate from the o:i5aite : university, and this 9 per cent who never enter | A clause in_one of the newly adopted schoo the high school? If our prescribed course of | laws in New York reads thus: ““No class in the grammar school work, which has for its main | elementary schools shall contain more than finely executed bust of Demos- £ 2s, as well as the pains- Misses Burgess, Redner, Eng- 3 Holden, also deserve especial ng is the work that up a general sigh te_period draws to a | sthing better than to o at least 1§ years old; studles, and must be 1 or o the student scene for the history room is enlarged from & object entrance Into the highschool, and ourpre- | fifty pupils, although there may be @ tempo- roliaze apa Graa | e e D eiased T e soribed course of high school work, which has | rary increate to sixty on account of Ineufficlent kes up the study | a splendid plece of work. Another Is a beau- for ite main object entrance into thé university, | school accommodations.” This should be 8 hen of the f titul view of the Alhambra. Mr. Bush fs to A e e e e are the best courses to make good citizens of this large per cent who never enter the uni- versity, then, of course, nothing can be said | much the better. against our present system of graded educa- CE g 2 tion. But Is this true? In so far as California | At the last resular meeting of the Vallejo is concerned, I think not: and 1f not, then in | School Board C. A. Fulton was re-elected City so far as many of our school children’ are con- | Superintendent. cerned, they exist for our public school system, etiiE e ter working a -rellefs, a bust or complete | students in the class | be congratulated on the successful beginning of undertaking. CHILD STUDY FOR TEACHERS. Teachers ought to begin child study In con- nectlon with a pedagogical note book. Form the habit of recording your professional ex- the number were ‘reduced to forty pupils, so the ‘ BN LT AT 7 e Z /) % the iron and wood Wflrklng‘ completed n. handsome. cabl- | jeted 8 1 e | et T Sy e oo (asionalitexs and it does not exist for them, Last week the students in the first vear class ey Ay S sserye romyflyalmius Mr. Doub then writes that,’ In his opinion, | English class of the High School at Arrovo ng two sides of the large | your virtues in recording be continuity and three of the most Important requisites of & | Grande held a debate on the question, ‘‘Re- the benches at | patience. If you want conve headings in good citizen consist In the power to make him | solved, that expulsion is not a good mode of Plano benches | your notes use such as curriculum, or course SCENE IN THE CARVING AND MODELING ROOM OF THE POLYTECHNIC HIGH. sel{-supporting, independent; in a willingness punishment.”” It was decided in favor of th€ to foster our Institutions; and in the abllity to beautifully carved after tl affirmative. study, programme, ir | of method, discipline, ORDER EASTERN STAR. ster celebrated the sixteenth of institution on the 25th h by an entertainment and was . “A Social Outcas! | eight miles through the snow to attend| “Past Dictators’ and Dictators’ Assocla- the ceremony. « | tion of the Knights of Honor. Laurel Parlor of Nevada City now has| At the joint meeting of the grand trus- 06 names on the roll of membership, and | tees and the finance committee to be held at its last held meeting received six ap-| in the grand reporter's office next plications. | Wednesday night matters of great im- Mrs. Belle W. Conrad, grand president, | portance to the entire jurisdiction will be has take up Ler residence in Oakland. | discussed. At the last held meeting of Golden| The supreme reporter’s list for April State Parlor two candidates were i.itlat-| shows 165 deaths, of which six occurred ed. At the close of business the good of | in California. These will all be paid dur- the order committee surprised the mem- | ing the current month. bers by serving them o collation and | The Supreme Court of Appeals of the light refreshments State of Virginia has just decided a tached to the Uniform Rank, will hold its drills in Pythian Castle on the second and fourth Wednesda. YOUNG MEN o INSTITUTE. Last Sunday Grand President Haskins and other grand officers paid a visit to the council at San Mateo, on which occasion eighteen candidates were initiated. Council No. 33 at Santa Barbara held an open meeting on the 22d of March, and before the general public was ad- mitted sixteen candidates weré initiated. | ing in its hall in the Shiels building to- morrow night. The movement to secure headquarters | for the order where all the city lodges | could meet and where the grand office: could have quarters has failed, becaus WHIST INTERVIEW WITH MILTON C. WORK. briefly and wittily, accounting for their de- feat in the afternoon. Mr. Work was to take the train for the East, but first accompanied of the chapter, whose line were much trated by the t won the entire ing followed, and i at a late hour. hapter, at its meeting last | en candidates. ORDER OF THE AMARANTH. » Hall, in the Commandery comfortably ng on the oc given under the urt No. 3, and the "Nt were treated to excellence, v the commit- consisting of Mr: Virginia Lang. Houghton Millberry, . Malgren, the com- arrangements. The great f programme was : family from Pike’s e ladies and ten gentiemen, fing a tall paper cone called “a rom which the family derived its neck down to their toe * manager of »m a strip of | per twenty family, giv- programme included: ndolin duet, ch and W. W, C. Terwilliger, ) solo, Miss Minnie Jellenek; Langley; spe- FELLOWS. Apollo Lodge elected Past Grands J. R. Aitken a entatives to that is to meet In this cit, nd W. M. Hilton State Grand an entertainment and <in its hall at Sixteenth and Valencia Fainsworth’'s smoker for members of arid. was. an enjoyable a; Lodge at its st held meeting initiated two candidates. 1day Louls Kragen, treasurer of was, by the commit- set of resolutions ex- ive of the commuttee's a; ¢..thel work he has 150 a faithful was presented a_cane. ior Degree Team will e scond degree before the f committe worker for the Grand Lodge been exempli- ajaro Lodge. THE REBEKAHS. On the evening of Saturday, March 2, of California “béfore that body by P *‘thé - members Lodge held a pleasant social in Welcome ;Hall in the Odd Fellows' bullding, many Gf. the friends of the members respond- ing to" the Invitations extended. “ troductory to the soclal there was pre- short programme of fancy danc- ¢ and story telling, after which 1s two houfs of dancing, and. be- tween dunces there was much fun draw- from the grab bag. Rebekah Lodge also g on that Saturday . In which It was given, was A'programme that_included a Helm and Miss Fanny ‘A Dream of Odd Fei- Mrs. Stanton, P. G., song and recitation by ing package - ‘Eureka Hal “vucal.duet by Mrs. Herzog, and s of the Burnett he drill was the ;. arill by the flag drill co; sehool was presented. feature of the meeting, and it well merit- the loud "applause that was awarded ladies who took part in An enjoyable dance followed the pro- Lodge wili give a grab-bag party on \,ednesday. evening next. Loyal Lodge has arranged for an Eas- ty to be given on the 1ith inst. fssion Todge gave a masquerade party it in Bxtelsior Hall for members 'd on Saturday next the lodge will 1 open meeting. d t meeting and entertainment seld under the direction Mrs. Anna M. Deering ring «/ a neat sum for home fund. : exemplify the work before the State assembly. ig_delegates to the State assembly have been elected by the local —Mrs. Myra G. Simpson, Irs. McFee, Mrs. Mrs. Josie Newell! Califor- Mre., Wesher: Holcomb; Walhalla— Oriental—Mrs. 4 G. Edwards, Mrs. A. M. Derning and Mrs. May Owen: Carrie Warner. ANCIENT ORDER WORKMEN. Asguolin Lodge will hold aa open meef of the want of unanimity on the part of | the city lodges to take Steps in that di- | rection. Two meetings were held. At the first but eleven of the thirty-one lodges | Were represented and at the second there | was but a small increase of representa- | tives. It appears that instead of having a building as prominent as some of the | orders In this city have the Workmen are content to remain in independent lodgercoms in all parts of the city and to have the office of the grand officers in | a back suite of rooms in a large bulld- g which no visiting member of the or- r can find without being directed by | the elevator man, | Prosperity Lodge on last Tuesday | night had three initiations and during the evening presented to its district deputy M. J. Blackman, a set of beautifully en- grossed and framed resolutions express- | Ive of the lodge's appreciation of his | work for and interest in it. The representatives from Memorial | Lodge of this city to the Grand Lodge are | Herman Schaffner, C. S. Hoffman and W. | F. McNaughton. The Grand Lodge will sesslon on Tuesday next and it will probably be the most exciting one that has been held in this city for years. There will be a great contest for the high offi- | ctal positions, particularly for the grand mastership and the grand recordership. THE NATIVE SONS. Rincon Drill Corps' has elected the fol- lowing officers: L. F. Sericano, prest- dent; George J. Zehender, vice-president; W. J. McCreery, secretary; T. H. Vivian, treasurer; W. E. Foley, captain; lieuten ants—J. F. ..nn, W. J. Wynn and P. F. Mertes; executive committee— L. K. Ha- genkamp, C. H. Schilling and G. H. S. Dryden. The proceeds of the picnic on the 17th of April will be added to the 1900 cele- bration fund. Alcalde Parlor announces an invitation soclal in Native Sons’ Hall on the 30th of April. Precita Parlor will give a grand social in Mission Parlor Hall on the evening of the 12th of April. The committee of ar- rangements announces a most enjoyable programme of dances. California Parlor has called for a con- vention consisting of three delegates from each parlor in this city for the purpose of taking preliminary action in regard to the 9th of September celebration to be held in one of three cities that will strug- gle for the presence of the Native Sons on that day. Grand Secretary Lunstedt and Grand Treasurer Martin visited the parlor in Dixon and the one in Rio Vista last week. They were accompanied by F. W. Hutch- ison. There was a good attendance of members at each place, and at Dixon there was an initiation. Stockton Parlor will be treated on the 11th inst. to an illustrated lecture on the “‘Scenic Beauty of California,” to be de- livered in Ploneer Hall in that city by R. P. Doolan, a prominent Native Son of this city. The views will embrace many points of interest in Northern and Southern Cal- ifornia. They number about 150, and are Tald (‘{) be the finest collection ever ex- hited. All the committees that will have the welfare of the delegates to the Grand Parlor In their care when they reach Ne- vada City and during tneir stay there have been appointed. The following named compose the general committee: D. E. Murphy, L. S. Calkins, A. B. Wolf, H. Lane, Fred Searls, F. T. Wilson, F. E. Brown, E. B. Power, E. W. Schmidt, J. J. Hanley, Charles Schwartz, George F. Adalr and J. F. Colley; accommodation committee, George A. Bailey, E. J. Mor- gan, E. A. Tompkms and William Wat- ers. The following will provide the ban- quet for the delegates: D. E. Morgan, M. H. Isoard, W. E. J. Johnson, W. H. Smith Jr. and P. G. Scadder. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. At a spirited meeting of Court Inde- pendence last Monday J. F. Grady and P. J. Gray were elected delegates to the Grand Court that is to meet in Healds- burg next May. There were three can- didates, the successful ones receiving 54 votes to the defeated one, C. F. Kapp, 2. During the past week a number of the local lodges have been busy electing del- egates to the Grand Circle. Grand Sub Chief Ranger Samuels, who during his term has been a very active member in the interest of the order, is in_the line of promotion for the highest office in this jurisdiction and the general opinfon at this time is that he will be elected without Spposition, THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS. La Estrella Parlor has maue extensive arrangements for a ‘masquerade social to be given in Natlve Sons’ Hall on Satur- day, the 16th inst. The following-named committee have charge of the affair: Mrs. R. Gale, Mrs. Lillian Carlie, Miss B. Rischmiller, Mrs. L. Grangey, Miss E. Maunder, Miss M. Klevesahl, Mrs. Lucy Barbich and Miss Rothman. This parlor gave a very pleasant social'last night, at which there was a large attendance of friends of the members, who were treat- ed to a select programme 0. Song, mu- sic and literary efforts. The grand historical entertainment, to be followed by a dance, that will be given under the auspfces of Alta Parlor in Na- tive Sons' Hall on Monday, the 11th Inst., gives promise .of being one of the finest affairs lh% has been got up by that par- lor in yearS. The institution of Romneya Parlor by Mrs. Carrie Tiffany at Volcano, Amador County, was an enthusiastic one. There was a delegation from Forest Parlor of l commence {ts Plymouth and one from Ursula Parlor of Jackson, some of the ‘delogates riding COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Last Monday night Bay City Circle re- | Who died when not in good standing. cefved an official visit from Grand Chief Companion Mrs. E. Harrington, who was accompanied by a large delegation from | the Past Chilef Companlons’ Association. The hall was decorated with flowers -and evergreens for the occasion, and the work was exemplified by the officers, af- ter which there were a number of ad dresses by the vl the circle. The evening, which was pleas- antly spent, closed with the serving of a collation by the members of the sitting circle. The soclal that was given In Alcazar Social Hall last Tuesday evening under the auspices of the convi which Mrs. L. Atwood is the president was well attended and was successful in every particular. There was a good pro- gramme of dances, and all enjoyed them- | selves to the fuilest. The following named have been selected as a team to exemplify work before the delegates to the grand circle in the hall of Inter Nos Circle. Past Grand Chief ComFunlon Mrs. Lucy Atwood of Robin Hood Circle, as junior past chief; Mrs. O. Loft’ of Inter Nos Circle, chief com- panion; Mrs. Welisel of Live Oak Circle, sub-chief; Miss Lena Wishman of Excel- recording secretary: Mi: nolds of San Francisco Circle, financtal secretary; Miss Rappin of Diana Circle, treasurer, Miss Bailey of Bonita Circle, right guide; Miss Loryea of Bay City Circle, left guide; Herman Cohn of Golden Gate Circle, inside guard; Mrs. Kane of Inter Nos Circle, outside guard, and Miss Lefevre of Presidio Circle, or- ganist. The work will be exemplified from the time the application is pre sented until the last part of the initiatory work, something which has never been done before the grand circle before. The idea was suggested in.the convention of 1868 by Mrs. Atwood, the president. Inter Nos Circle, on Wednesday night, had an initiation, and elected Mrs. Kate Hoey and Thomas F. Blake as delegates to the grand circle, and Henry Coyle and Mrs. Lizzie Kirchner as alternates. After the business was over there was, for the benefit of the members and many visitors present, a good programme of music and song and the serving of a collation. xcelsior Circle had a very interesting sheet and pillow case social In Alcazar Social Hall on Wednesday night. The number who were present had as glorious a time as has been had at any soclal of the order in this the first quarter of the vear. A noticeable feature of the evening ‘was the great number of young and pret- ty girls present. The committee on en- tertainment, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs. Schu- macher, Miss Wishman, Miss M. Magnus, Mrs. Wishman, Miss McMurry and Mr. Harrison, distributed to each in the grand march a miniature sheet and pillow in remembrance of the evening’s social. At the next meeting of the Past Chiefs’ Association, to be held on the last Mon- day of the current month, officers for the next term will be elected. THE CHUSEN FRIENDS. Pacific Council, at its last held meeting, initiated one canc..ate,was aadressed by Grand Recorder S. C. Wallis and made arrangements for a stag soclal. Travertine Council at Bridgeport, Mono County, at a recent meeting added two members to its roll by initiation, and Sac- ramento Council recelved two petitions. The grand officers paid a visit to America Council last Tuesday, and to- morrow night they will visit Empire Council. Social Council will have several initia- tions next Thursday night. There will be a district meetlng in tne hall of California Council on the 16th inst., which will be Igresided over by District Deputy A. G. Baker, and at which Mrs. Mary J. Abbott, who has attained the age of 75, will receive a $1000 old age bene- ficiary certificate. Belmont Council will celebrate the anni- versary of the order by a ricnic at Red- wood City. S. P. Doane, who was a member of this order, also a member of a number of other fraternal orders, whose death was noticed a short time since, carried fra- ternal insurance to the amount of $17,500. THE MACCABEES. The members of San Francisco Tent will on the evening of the 4th of April attend the Alcazar Theater in a body, the occasion being a benefit tendered by the management. At the last held review of this tent there was the initiation of four candidates, and a number of applica- tions were presented. Preparations are already being made for the celebration of the seventeenin anniversary of the founding of the order. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Yerba Buena Lodge, at its meeting last Monday, received one application and to- morrow night will initiate fourteen can- didates. Two members of the order from Tennessee have applied for admission by card. The hall of Liberty Lodge was crowded last Monday night Ry an audience anx- ious to listen to the reading by Ben I. Solomon. It was a great treat, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Grand Director Archibald has returned from his visits to lodges in the northern counties and he reports them all as doing well. The lodges in Sacramento and Marysville are particularly active. At the last held meeting of the Past Dictators’ Association the constitution was so amended as to make sitting dic- tators elEhle to membership, and the name of the association” was changed to sitors and members of | ion of 1898, of | case Brought against the order to recover the amount of insurance of one Peters, L was shown that under the constitution the member was suspended for non-pay- ment of assessment and died before being that after the day on which payment should have been made he paid some money on account of the A sment, for the non-payment of which he was suspended. s claimed or the beneficiaries t bit of re- ceiving assessment of the month by the financ rter consti- tuted a waiver by the order of its right to exact compliance with the rule, and estopped it from claiming forfeiture. It | was shown that the Supreme Lodge had been apprised of Peter: n, but it did not appear that it w. are of the practice prevailing of receiving assess- ments after the close of the month. The court decided in favor of the order and held that while the financial reporter is the agent of his particular lodge, he is not the agent of the Supreme Lodge, and that no implied waiver can arise from the conduct of the fin&ncial reporter. This fixes the rule that the laws of the order must be strictly lived up to. . B'NE B'RITH. The movement for the advancement of the proposition to rehabilitate the youths' auxiliary lodges has been alded by the sending out of circulars to draw general attention to the matter and to awaken an interest therein by the membership of the aduit lodges. The Intellectual advancement commit- tee, assisted by the Past Presidents’ As- sociation, will glve an entertainment in May. The Daughters of Judah have arranged for a party to be given this week. There is some talk of organizing a lodge in this city composed exclusively of eligible candidates between the ages of 18 and 2. There is in contemplation a number of improvements in the hall of the B. B., and should these be carried out it will result in a change for the better in the library, in this, that it will be entirely renovated. This institution is now in the charge of Librarian S. W. Lipman, who, with the assistance of his son Louis, has since he has taken charge made many improvements, The books have been thoroughly dusted, as’ have also the shelves, something which under the pre- vious administration had evidently not been attended to as it should have been, and a new register is being prepared for the use of the library, the former one be- ing in a state of confusion to such an extent that it was difficult to keep track of the members who took books from the shelves. The present administration has expressed a determination to put the li- brary on a first-class footing. THE DRUIDS. Noble Grand Arch Goller and Grand Secretary Graves pald a visit to Pebble Beach Grove a. Pescadero last week. Aurora Grove at its last held meeting conferred the third degree on four can- didates. San Francisco Grove received one appli- cation at its last held meeting. Reports from Guerneville and Octavia groves show that these bodies are mak- ing progress. The advisory board will meet this week for the purpose of considering matters affecting several of the groves in the Jurisdiction. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. Osceola Tribe will give a smoker to- morrow night in the wigwam of the order on Post street. A good programme has been prepared. At a meeting of Bald Eagle Tribe a resolution was unanimously adopted, on motion of Past Sachem Maguire, com- mending the San Francisco Call for arousing public sentiment for the cele- bration of California’s admission into the Union by a grand exposition in 1900. Past Great Sachem Josselyn hasforsome time past been ill and unable to attend to the order. Recently he left his home in the Santa Cruz Mountains for higher al- titudes for the benefit of his health. Since the close of the eat council Osceola Tribe has adopte sixty-four members. Oshonee Tribe has arranged for a picnic to be given at the Germania Gardens on the 22d of May. Sachem Thomas Roach of Bald Eagle Tribe has been visiting the several tribes on the other side of the bay, and he has been received with a cordial welcome wherever he went. 5 Tecumseh Tribe has of late been re- ceiving a large number of suspended members. There is considerable activity at this time in the matter of organizing tribes in Jackson, Sonora and St. Helena. Yuba Tribe of Marysville has surren- dered its charter. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. During the past week the grand chan- cellor visited the local lodges as an- nounced last Sunday in this department that he would, and at each place he was met with large and enthusiastic audi- ences. The amount of enthusiasm that was displayed speaks well for the pros- perity of the order in this city. Next Friday the grand chancellor will pay a visit to Petaluma Lodge. Herman Schaffner, G. K. of R. and S., visited the lodge in Modesto last night gn:]e.lmumed a class of fifteen candi- ates. The lodge at Turlock has been reorgan- ized throz h the efforts of C. H. Abbott. Golden J&N Company of this city, at- A meeting will be held {n Redwood City to-day for the purpoge of organizing a new council. The meeting that was held In' St. James parisn, in this city, with a view to taking steps to organize a council was a successful one, and it is likely the council will be instituted in a short time. Harry Pinkham, G. D., visited Yorke | Council last kriday. | Grand Secretary Stanley and Grand Di- | rectors D. E. Hayden and H. A. Burke | will pay a visit to Council No. 24 on| Thursday evening next. THE MAN WHO WILL LEAD OUR ARMY. Continued from Page 17. It was but a short time, however, be- fore fate and Miles' achievements re- versed the action of the Massachusetts Governor. Betore he had been long in active service Miles was made a cap- tain, then a colonel, later a brigadier- general and nnally a major-general. General Hancock, under whom he served in the early years of the war, quickly discovered his abilities, and was the more interested in the young man because of the fact that Miles had not | been graduated from West Poiu. He| was in charge of Hancock’s skirmish line at Chancellorsville and held his | own successfully against every attack by Lee’s veterans. In this duty he was seriousity wounded on the second day, and General Hancock, in a letter to Washington urging his promotion, saia, “If Colonel Miles lives he will be one or the most distinguished officers in the service.” Fifteen years later General Hancock wrote to President Hayes recommend- ing that Brevet Major-General Miles be promoted to brigadier-general in the regular army. In that letter General Hancock declared that during the Wil- derness campaign Miles ‘‘tock a promi- nent part and was distinguished throughout that historic campaign for brilliant services and able and gallant conduct.” General Hancock added that Miles has been highly recommended by him for these qualities in his official re- ports. As for General Miles’ service during the closing months of the civil war, his friends point to the fact that in Feb- ruary, 1865, when he was but twenty- six years old, he commanded the Sec- ond Army Corps, to which distinction he had risen by suocessive promotions for brilliant and daring work while he had commanded regiments, brigades and division under General Grant. Never before, they declare, had an American officer.at that age com- manded so large a body of soldiers. They also take pride in the fact that when General Lee surrendered at Ap- pomattox, two months later, Miles was in command of the First Division of the Second Army Corps, the largest of all the divisions in the Army of the Po._ tomac. But it is as an Indian fighter that the world best knows General Miles. His work on the, frontier is familiar to every reader of American history and has been made so much more promi- nent than were his achievements dur- ing the civil war that many seem to forget the services he performed during that conflict. Of his six years’ work among the Indians General Miles says in his book of reminiscences: “A belt of country extending from the Rio Grande, or the Mexican border, on the south to the Canadian boundary on the north and averaging some four hundred miles in width from east to west was redeemed from a wild state and its control by savage tribes and, given to civilization. This vast coun- try, over which in 1874 roamed power- ful bands of Indian warriors and six years by the operations of the United States army freed for all time from the desolating influence of the savage and made habitable for civilized man. And these results are due to the heroic services, the splendid fortitude and courage and noble sacrifices of men like Lewis. Custer, Thornbureh, Hale, | Bennett, Keogh, Yates, ‘Tom’ Custer, Crittenden, Biddle, McKinney <ad hun- dreds of others, officers and soldiers, who placed themselves between war and peace, between danger and secur- ity, guarding the newly constructed railways and protecting the towns as they rode on the plains. They freely offered their lives and actually cleared this vast region during that brief time, giving it to civilization forever.” And in this important work, as Gen- eral Miles modestly refrains from even intimating, the present head of the United States army was the one who made the plans, and he was the main directing force in the operations. Since his active life on the frontier General Miles has become conspicuous as a man of peace. Not only has he written a book, but he long has been countless numbers of wild game, was in | We know that every one of our whist readers will be delighted to know the opinion that Mr. Work formed of our whist play. We asked Mr. Work this question: “Will you state for the benefit of our whist players your candid opiion as far as you can Judge of the quality of our whist as you saw it in the Rideout trophy contest?’” Answer—When I came to San Francisco I was very anxious to meet the expert whisters | of Callfornta. in order that I might compare their skill at the table with the experts from other sections of the country, most, If not all, of whom it has been my good fortune to meet in the various league contests of the last half | dozen years. I can candidly say that I am | greatly surprised to find the standard of ex- | pert play as high upon the Pacific Coast as it undoubtedly is. I had rather imagined that while the district contained many good whist players, that owing to the fact that geograpl ical conditions had prevented the residents ot this locality from meeting the crack teams of | their opinions on record. | recelpt of letters commending the stand it has Mr. Mott to the Sutter Club, where he indulged in a friendly game with some of the members. After the departure of Mr. Work, the club members seftled down to play, there being twenty deals of consolation 'whist. John_G. Sutton, president of the Trist Club of San Francisco, and Mrs. D. Lindley carried off the prize.—The Record-Union. “PRIVATE CONVENTIONS IN WHIST.” We think it {s very bad grace for the whist editor of the New York Sun to be preaching through the columns of that paper on the morality of Private Conventions,” and making accusations against others for the pur- | pose of trying to shield his own shortcomings. In & recent article in that journal, with big head lines, ‘‘Discussion of the Propriety of Private Conventions,” he says: *“The propriety of private conventions seems still to be the chief topic among whist players, and several of the most prominent are putting The Sun is daily in taken against these doings, and the national the Bast and Middle West, the opportunity to | improve gained by such contests being lack- | ing, the play of the Californians would hardly | equal the average among the crack teams of | the league. On the contrary, as well as I am | able to compare from the experience I have | bad I should say that with the exception of | three or four of the strongest quartets ever gotten together by league clubs, a picked team from San Francisco should be able to play on equal terms and with an equal chance of success with any other league team. T believe that the best four in this city (San | Francisco) is stronger to-day than three of | the six teams that have captured the Ham- | {iton trophy, and than three of the four teams that have 'captured the American Whist | League trophy at the meetings of the various | league congresses. Compared with the weekly matches for the American Whist League tro- phy which take place in the East, and in over thirty of which it has been my fortune to par- ticipate, I should ‘say that two-thirds of the adversarles that we have met in such matches were less formidable than a team from this city would be. I hear with the greatest pleasure that there is some talk of sending a San Francisco team to the next congress, and most earnestly hope that the plan will be carrled out. I feel satisfied that the team would make a record at the whist table of which both the players and the section that they represent would have every reason to be proud, but the sending of such a team would establish a far better record than any ever made by the play of the cards, namely, a conclusive proof of energy and love of whist, If a quartet of players be sent such a distance to enter a congress they would be received with the greatest enthusiasm, and 1 belleve that their example in taking such a trip would be of the greatest bemefit to the game, not only along the Pacific, but all over the country. RIDEOUT TROPHY CONTEST. y Deal 45—Original Play. Trump— Clubs. Leader—East. Trist—North and South. San Francisco—BEast and West. TABLE NO. 1 TRICK. N. E. s. w. A6 (&A a7 &2 o2 2t 0 B9 kKo %_t 20 WO IR Y * 33,58 siot © K 07 |0 »g A Twelve.. 47 Oi%g_ 06 | Thirteen 8 0] 09 o I Score—North and South, 4; East and on both deals. The winning card is underscored. OVERPLAY. San Francisco—North and South. Trist—East and West. Leader—East. West, 9, Thirtcen Score—North and South, §; East and West, 5. In the overplay of this deal North and South made a Garrison finish, winning the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth ‘and thirteenth tricks, while at table No. 1 North and South lost four out of the five tricks. | these hearts are trumps. | for_power and dominion—for these clubs are and State organizations have both passed reso- lutions condemning them. In spite of all that has been sald on the sub- ject, there are still some persons who insist that everything is fair that can be done with cards, and that no explanations are due to any one. Tormey thinks ft would be best to 'let every one play as he pleases, and to allow each team to invent and use any sys- tem of signals that their ingenuity might de- vise, provided they .did not make the signs with thelr fingers or by movements in their chairs.” We would like to ask what sort of *a pri- vate convention” the whist editor of the Sun used at the Put-in-Bay Congress, that caused him to be summoned before the executive com- mittee to explain, which act came mighty near causing his expulsion from the American Whist League? PLAY CONSERVATIVE WHIST AS A RULE One of the most difficult points in whist is the declsion whether or not to lead from four trumps, after your own or your partner’s suit is established, or virtually established. The average plaver is too ready to lead trumps under such circumstances. Almost invariably four trumps or more are massed in one hand against you, and the attempt to establish the suit results' in a Waterloo. Speaking gener- ally, the wisest plan Is to try to get at least ous forcs on the enemy befors. trylug to ex- haust his trimps, when you have but fou: Note the words abov peaking generally. Every hand has its own answer in this matter. There is no possibility of iaying down a gen- eral rule; but the conservative play, in case of doubt, will win the most tricks in' the long run.—Wheelock's Weelkly. TOLEDO TROPHY FOR THE W. W, L. Mrs. Clarence Brown, president of the Col- lingwood Whist Club of Toledo, O., who Is also vice president of the Woman's Whist League, originated the idea of presenting this league a beautiful trophy, to be contested for in teams of four under the Mitchell Howell system. It only took a few days to carry out the idea successfully. In addition to the trophy, the ladles of the Collingwood have arranged to present the in- dividual members of the team winning the trophy with beautiful souvenirs. The latter will be in the shane of a pin, suitably en- graved. The individual prizes wyl be of unique design, and something entirely new among whist players.—Toledo Blade. WHIST LAWYERS AND WHIST PLAYERS. Whist players, whist writers and whist talk- ers can argue until the grand finale of life regarding the value which the opening of a hand possesses as an indication of superior practical whist ability. and during the debate the fellows who are paying close attention to the middle end play of the hands will wear the high-score pins and the mouthers of spe- cial water-tight, gold-cinch systems will all be 7 lost in the shuffle for whist honors simply because they know more about system than they do of play. A little system and hard- headed whist win match games and other whist honors, while much system and its many dependent attributes to whip the other teams, without the exercise of brain action, is re- sponsible for tail-end position in competitions, Whenever one goes among whist players now- adays more js heard of system than of whist. Three men and_women out of every ten pose as whist authorities, talk and write learnedly of how to win tricks, and then want you to believe that, as whist players, they are only in_hard luck.—T. E. Otis in Newark News, Father Bernard Vaughan, who is a keen whist_player, recently said In the course of a sermon _delivered at Manchester, Englan “Life s not uniike a game of whist. Some are playing for riches—and for these diamonds are trumps. Some are playing for love—for Some are playing trumps. But there Is a fourth hand, and this is the most important in the game. This Is the | hand taken by the Angel of Death—and the ace of spades Is turned.”—Whist Opinion, SHORT-SUITERS WANTED. A few days ago we received from the whist editor of one of our Eastern exchanges a letter in which he asks us, *‘Can you favor me with the names of any representative short. sulters in your part of the country?* In reply to this query we will say we are at a-loss to know howto answer the question. We must plead ignorance on the subject of short-suiters, and what constitutes a repre- SACRAMENTANS WON. | Mr. Work and the San Franciscans played at the Whist Club. 2 The team composed of Milton C. Work of Philadelphia and Messrs. George E. Bates, P. J. Tormey and John G. Sutton of San Fran- clsco played a match game of whist at the | rooms of the Sacramento Club yesterday and twenty-four hands of duplicate with a team | composed of George M. Mott, D. A. Lindley, J. H. Pond and Charles E. Burnham. The | Sacramentans won by three tricks. In the evening there was a large gathering of club members and Mr. Work was pre- in . great demand as an after-dinner speaker. He is at his ease always, quiet and reserved when the occasion calls for a dignified bearing, demo- cratic and frank when the display of those qualities is in order. ¥ sented to the club. He expressed his gratifi- cation in a neat speech at the cordial recep- tion accorded to him, and said he was glad to meet the members of the largest Whist Club in the United States, and to see the inter- o5}, Gaken by them in th game. 8 J. G. Sutton were also called on | that or the other thing, | length, breadth, height, sentative short-suiter, and we know there are thousands of other whist enthusiasts like our- | selves that don't know—we may be one our. selves, and don't know it. In the openi play of a deal at whist we frequently :ndnl‘t necessary to make the original lead from u short suit when we have a_long one in hand T;.'d :m "fmt' V.;llng our best knowledge of e game in trying to make EE rying all the tricks When our whist judgment tells us to do this, irrespective of tha thickness or short. Dess Of a suit,” we consider' it the kind of whist that was taught us by the masters of the game for the past thirty yoars, and’ aly one has to do s to refer to the pages of Dray. son. Cole, Mathews, Cavendish and other ayo thoritles to substantiate this statement. We would consider it a great favor it the Whist editor that wants the above Informatiog would define what is meant b; i :lt‘n:: player. As soon as we ln‘;w‘ w'eh a";:n‘ ‘:i‘; our power to hunt BOTvOR. If We Bave any in Californta " & “©