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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1898 very. he Union and from the | judicious or overmuch reading often B s uentity of forelgn books {m- | weaken the mind and retard its growth. orted. Yet, withal, Americans as a class | There is nothinz worth doing that is Rave been accused of belng very shallow | not worth doing well. When the teacher in real, actual knowledge and very super- | reads let him read with hxg solu . while | ficial and singularly inaccurate in matters | he cultivates that habit e olaee a,?dl | pertaining to science and literature. 1f | thorough attention. of careful Study anc | the European eritic is to be believed, the of accurate thinking, which will Serve 1o | average American reads a little of every- | transfer the great thoug sn ol dgrea.( thing and never much of any one thing. | authors from the written or printed page Amusement, we are told, not mental | to the llvlngéahlels of the mind. D S e R e e e R S R R e {""TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS, : < f the presen- | ing community. Some of the outside | different classes and planted with lettuce, the result o 4 school authorities do not agree with Mr. | radishes, peas and other vegetables. The Last month, 3 5 o ester,” r F. FOSTER. - tation of an operetta, “Queen Hester,” by | g020 80 0o /" Sthers do, for to them | puplls take great interest and pride in profit; reputation for possessing an ex- GRANVILLE - the children of the Sunol and Alameda | FAE8T (UG FRRY SRR, G Dlaying | Bl gardens, and their dally Sbserva: Pensive and general information rather | Crescent City, California. ctreet schools in the Hester district of | “peaps @ put they believe that the more | tions as to the growth of the products are than being thorough and accurate in a e, the sum of $200 was cleared, and ce been devoted to school library San Jc has purposes. Miss Frances -Cole as queen, Miss Rose Gar as Prince Perféct, and the little dancing fairy, Rita Beniba took pri t p s in the operetta, s the subject of a most interesting d before the Institute by rincipal of the San An- it the author gives a of our school libraries, de- ges and also point- 1 the lines along e improved. author of the provi- W by which 10 per E e hool fund, since 1 to county fund, provided it did 1 $50, was set ide for school oses. Mr. Keith says with obler thought ever emanated’ n's brain. You may preach ethics more children have been r themselves, more cha built into the pupil by th on of the school law than by lectures in Christendom. At there are nearly 800,000 olumes in tI é»umn- schools of Califor- 00 of .which are in Calavera i we have .not near enough.” veras ( umes Kel the present ¢ should only be done in whose parents or tely too poor to pur- ary books. Improvement s may be outlined as fol- dians are e the nec y.of working materials—by aterials is meant those books bplemental work which | for the teacher, | of the school- | should be: Fi cond—Such supple- 2 absolutely neces T ogress of the pupils. works for teacher use to romote the work before the h—An encyclopedia, not one xpensive kind, but one that rviceable. Fifth—Addi- tal_work to keep>pace f the pupils, Sixth— s of literature, more acher in connection an for the direct use Avoid the purchase of dictio; s and geographi- until a circulating library is d. Al required in that line will be t on pupil and school. o questions will cease. 1 assert itself in each dth of thought and | imes surprising will | in the oral and| the school. Children | er capacity for the give them credit for. and teaching to their | erasp the deep- | 1 George Edgar of Niles 1 a tempest in a teapot by boys marbl T 2 S een taken up and discussed at léngth by the surround- serious’ aspect of fostering the spirit of getting something for nothing should be considered. J. P. Garlick, County Superintendent of Alameda County, in writing to Principal Bdgar, expresses his views on the subject very foreibly: “Your views and mine on the subject of playing marbles for ‘keeps’ are In perfect accord. I never permitted | this game in any school 1 have ever taught. I think you are perfectly right to disapprove it, and it is within your | authority to forbid it in your school.” Not less earnest a stand is taken by A. | H. Randall, principal of the San Jose Normal School: “My opinion Is that such practice should not be permitted on the school | ounds. First, because the boy who wins the marble gets something for which he renders no equivalent; second. because it undoubtedly cultivates a desire to indulge in games of chance for the purpose of gain. e is a troublesome question, as it is | so common in California, and so many persons who have not considered its ten- dency look upon it as being harmless. Cnildren should play such games for the satisfaction that comes from the ac- quirement of skill and the pleasure of | winning without other stimulus.” The vice-principal of the same school, R. S. Holway, writes: “Getting some- thing from another for nothing always has a bad effect upon character. Playing marbles for ‘keeps’ seems to me to be | morally equivalent to gambling in stocks and buying lottery tickets—things that are utterly condemned by all clear think- ers. I recognize of course that upright, manly boys are frequently fond of play- ing marbles for ‘keeps’ simply because they and the community in which they live have not seen the problem clearly. IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. Of all the many fine schools in Santa Clara County the Lincoln is one of the most progressive. Principal D. T. Bate- man, with his twelve earnest and ener- | getic co-workers, look to it that no point | of improvement in methods or teaching | or school discipline escapes their notice, and the standard of the school attests their careful management. This is the first school In San Jose to introduce sew- ing, and at least a beginning in manual training. 8o successful has the experi- ment proved that it is hoped in tbe future that the Board of Education will give these branches of necessary training a definite place in the cou of study | throughout all the schools. 1t was during the present year that sew- ing was inaugurated in the fourth to the | ninth grades, each class being in _charge of the regular grade teacher. For the | * elementary carpenter work has been | provided, though this must at ~presens | in the | class room, the pupils bringing their own | bo; e carried on dis dvantageu: tools. In time, no doubt, the large base- ment will be fitted up for this purpose. Principal Bateman acts z instructor in wood-working, and the boys under his direction have made for them- selves rulers, tri and T-squares, brackets, shelves, and done odd work about the school. The " latest innovation in the Lincoln School has been the formation among the teachers of an Educational Club, which was really an outgrowth of some psycho- logical investigations carried on by them. The principal aim of the new club is t interest the children, who number 425, in nature study. Gardening was the first subject taken up, and already the large grounds of the schools have been por- | tloned off into various plats for all the all carefully recorded. Indoors each class room contains its aquarium, in which may be seen toads’ and frogs' eggs, snails, slugs, sala- manders, minnows and_polywogs in all stages of development. Wheat and beans and other growing plants are also care- fully studied close at hand. The plan of study of these forms of plant and animal life is practically the same as those outlined in the book on nature study by Dr. Jenkins of Stanford, and In “Our Shy Neighbors,” by Mrs. M. A. B. Kelly, both being of great aid to the teachers. After the latter give their talks on the specimens studied, the children are encouraged to tell what they know about the subjects by actual observation and experience., which they do by draw- ing, and both orally and by composition, the latter proving fine language work. The club has so far been very siccess- ful and its work of great profit both to Oobsaans teachers and, children. The former meet with Principal Bateman every Thursday to Tflp out the study for the following week. ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, During the past week President Bar- rington of the Board of Education gave the San Francisco school children a fine lesson in patriotism. & e Country schools all over the State are indulging in picnics. s e H. W. Lynch of Centerville has an- | nounced himself a candidate for the of- fice of County Superintendent of Schools. READING OF TEACHERS. There are none greater or more exten- sive readers than the people of the United States. This is apparent from the vast number of publishing houses, each of which issues thousands of volumes an- nually; from the ho: of magazines. pamphlets and new | vailing motives for both reading and | study on this side of the Atlantic. Now, | system with a dogged pertinacity which | hausting its performance at the time, | | never has and never can accomplish | | satisfaction, the work of each day as it | learning and remembering. A sad ten- | dency to skim is often developed by the | habit of reading a little here and there { often unfortunately sticks to one when limited field of knowledge are the pre-| | while the writer is far from concurring in | these sweeping statements of our friends over the sea, yet he is obliged to admit | that there is a substratum of truth in| thelr criticism, It is unfortunately true that millions have no higher or more noble motive for reading than mere | amusement, mental intoxication or the whiling away of leisure hours. The number of persons who have a sys- tem about their reading and stick to that means success, and who, in pursuance of their plans, set apart from the hours de- voted to the dally cares and duties of life | a time to be sacredly reserved for literary and sclentific reading, is lamentably | small. Spasmodic work in any depart- ment of labor, however energetic or ex- much. This is as true of reading as of any other labor. The man, then, who would make reading of the greatest profit to| himself must set apart a regular time for the pursuit; not allow other pursuits to rob him of that time; must study to un- derstand the author’s words and thence his thoughts; must use all help that will aid him to do this; and should read slow- ly, carefully and meditatively. He would do well to write down remarks, criticisms, thoughts on the author’'s views, and should in every possible way become im- bued with the very spirit of the writer. ‘Will not the result obtained, in accuracy of thought, in definiteness of view, in cer- tainty of Knowledge, far more than com- pensate for all the time and <troubie which such a course of reading must necessarily cost? Now in no profession should more time be devoted to careful and thorough read- ing than in that of teaching. To perform with ordinary success and with ordinary comes, requires much study and painstak- ing preparation, but any teacher who in doing this confines himself to the text- books will soon find himself far behind the demands of the age. The true teacher will read the news- paper as he should, with scrupulous at- tention and care and for the purpose of through a half dozen or more newspapers and magazines, a habit contracted on the score that the teacher has not time for | more accurate work. Now this habit | called upon to give serious attention to reading of a more solid nature. | While the teacher ought to be thor- | oughly acquainted with all the vital is- | sues of the day and should know what | progress science, literature and art are from_time to time making, he cannot | | afford to waste valuable hours in profit- | less reading, or to contract the pernicious | habit of skimming. Let him therefore | | choose the very best newspapers and magazines and only read from these the best articles, and let the reading of these | be careful and thorough; as it is not the | | amount of food eaten that nourishes the | body and causes it to grow, but the amount digested and assimilated, so it is | certainly not the amount read but the | amount understood, and then remem- bered, stored away in the recesses of the brain, to be called forth at a moment's warning when wanted, that will give us mental power. As food of noor quality | or in improper quantity will often check | ON THE BLACKBOARD, Last week the Debating Society of the | Eureka High School discussed the ques- tion, “Resolved, That the United States should abolish her pension policy. The debate was decided in favor of the nega- tive. e Gelle Mrs. M. P. O'Connor of San Jose will soon turn over to that city, as soon as a allerv is provided, a handsome art col- ection, valued at from $70,000 to $100.000. The Board of Trustees of the State 1 mal School will grant a site for the bu ing in the Normal Square, and will prob- abfiy ‘maintain and care for wne gallery. . . Dr. Andrew S. Draper, the principal speaker at the convention of the Califor- nia State Teachers’ Association, held hers in December, has definitely deciaed not to accept the Superintendency of Schools in Greater New o:k. ¥ The first number of the new State official organ of education, the Western | Journal of Education, has come to hand. It contains twenty-seven pages of inter- esting school matter, brightly written and interspersed with epigrams, stori- ettes and notes o_r ir\.teref[, On April 23 there will be a meeting of the executive committee of the California Teachers' Association at the -office of Superintendent Webster. Superintendent Neilson of Sonoma County will hold his institute at the sama time as the convention of the State As- sociation. sine e Fresno County has established five new districts—Bowles, Butter, Millwood, Ken- ninghous and Roeding. There will prob- ably be a new union high school at Reedley. e Miss Anna Williams, Superintendent of Schools in Modoc County, recently paid ‘ a visit to her sister {n Chico. e A high school will be the next enter- prise to be started in Anaheim. as the People have grown tired of sending their children to Santa Ana and Fullerton. — HOW VOTES ARE LOST. Many foolish and some amusing mis- takes in voting appear as soon as the ballots are unfolded. In spite of the repeated warning that any mark on the ballot other than the cross in its proper circle or square will invalidate the ballot and cause the voter to lose his vote, many such defective ballots are found every year. It frequently happens that a particular candidate’s name .appears in several different col- umns, due to a nomination or indorse- ment by various organizations. Some voters, overanxlous for their candi- date's success, think they must mark a cross before his name wherever it ap- pears. Of course the ballot is rejected. A ballot was recently found with the following inscription plainly written across the top: “I want to vote the en- tire Tammany ticket.” It is unneces- sary to say that Tammany lost a vote. —From ‘““The Police Control of a Great Election,” by Police Commissioner Avery D. Andrews, in the February pers published In |or even prevent assimilation, so does in- | Scribner’s. | ers. Some of the characters were orig- ; tions by the Berkeley quartet. All the | ers of America, composed of youths be- | inal, others were rich and many were | talent was loudly applauded, and each | tween the ages of 12 and 21, is one of | unique. The affair was under_the direc- | was forced to give an encore. A dance | the oldest organizations of its kind in tion of Mrs. E. Aigeltinger, Mrs. Gale, | and a collation followed the programme. | the United States, and the fact that it Mrs. Carlie, M Reichmiller, Mrs. Cal- . 1 California Council had an unusually in- | is now in the twenticth year of its ex- lett, Miss Minnie Klevershal, Miss Tillie | teresting meeting last Tuesday night. | istence proof that there is an excep- Rothman, Mrs. Granger and Miss Hanley. | After the routine business had been | tion to the saying that hove' organize Tk]w; fiiflnr m‘:mngordwas 4‘h};\r‘l; }rlle_{lsmiL ti'antsf:‘r‘lb:L ‘:md i S.I Mall| h:\d1 he\eu | tions cannot last more than a year.” The ORDER EASTERN S’ AR. R e 3 8 uring the grand marcl e following | elected a delegate to the cabinet, vice W. | court charges 20 cents a month dues, and The members of the several local chap-| by an entertainment in . Lol “Hail, Ralloch o Sans Sonel Farlor, Miss Minlo | Sclections by, " The. anarter. o very fius T L R . r Kalloch of Sans Souei Parlor, Miss Minnle | selections 1 te of the Order of the Eastern Star | ?\_l?]lr!li hg!ldlng. On that occasion there | Van Staden of Golden Gate Parlor, Miss | tenor solo ¥ have been busy for some time past in a Hh"ra:\ fln;:;?‘:r.mx:mresung musical and B;lrgp m;_ms Lomas Parlor, Miss Hinck | by \‘\", Li' irard. ch of these w%s en- | sisting to make the Masonic Home Fair | x 2 5 | of Oro Fino Parlor, Miss Maurey of | cored. There were addresses by James 3 tiely b ,. 2 gret Succese. Many ot the o reat | The postponed entertainment to be given | Buena Vista Parior and Dr. Campbell of | E. Field, J. N. Bunting. N. R. Arter, P, | Dpine art of addressing public meetings, | o iived & communication a few weeks Atk Chabier have denaen rhn ARt "‘.\keralna}:]em‘%n:Ififl In Shiels building will | Fremont Parlor. These judges awarded | Cahanna of Chicago, F. H. Hastings and | memberanin oS reonincl 116 chatter and ] ago askhis us to expreks oar opitilon on’ this /B Wa H. Whitfield, . Professor _of, Mathematics In Rl yancenon it the i ol evening of the 6thof | the first prize to Mrs. Sieward for the most | F. A; Graves, and a spirited debate on | will keep it open until next July to give | subject. If the question refers to the women | Cambiidga University. t grand secretary entertainment to its friends last | Klc i i in War With Spain?” The addresses | L : i o 1 | well be asked, ““Can men play whis v whist work, ist of the K d S5 deat [ Elonalkernugest.; aRdigie {Ind. Jforethe iy isiasm, and | fixed at 50 cent Recording Secretary | ve ladies from the Trist | colonel says: ‘‘Those who endeavor to golve it L. Michaels will furnish application Tt Clubs of | Wil greatly appreciate the constructive in- the quartet, a very fine ct all_their own bu: PR i B 5 ness, elect J. Semeria, barytone solo | their own officers and are of parliamentary law and become versed | CAN WOMEN PLAY WHIST? WHIST PROBLEM. fair. Tt thy - matr 1 the pter n of Gol | Thursday evening. | best - sustained 'charact the ~ *“ | aroused a great deal of enthusiasm, and | of the flower booth | | BY invitation Pacific Drill Team will to- | Woman, i Miss Hiilie Rothman han | the were eloquent and patriotic T can select twent Duplicate and San Francisco Wh ave cha 2 v For blanks at the hall of the t in the T beli hat vhist_probl t Post street, and there daily dispose | MOTTOW night confer the degrees on a | gentlemes i utterances. ranssha s natl ot ey Courtin this city and play to a standstill the same | 550U s I PNl o iful products of gardens in aid of | £lass of candidates for Oak Teaf Lodge | Sontmoms wone frst prize. ;;-’;1,‘13':;1,,3";3;5 Each council has received its allotted | Alcazar building. = i superior merit has ever been published. number of tickets to the entertainment to | On the evening of the 10th of May the | number of men. and select (hem ffom 80y | Spades trumps. ir fund ame team will confer the degree on | or State. In other | South to lead.” North and South to win every len Gate Chapter had work in the | @ class in Oakland that is belng formed | roomeomine asultan. The econd was ation concert in | Whist clubs in the Hall on the | court will give an in be given in Odd Fellow . . for the most original. That went to J. J. B S an-C! 2 Ty - words, they would win just as many matches | trick. degr t Thursday night. by Special Deputy Imes. Sulliv: i i esd| 1ing of the 19th of May. in celebration | the Sherman-Clay Hall. Professor Mar- | words, they just as v _ma - “riday th s a good attend- O dge sev Sulllvan, who represented the “Klondike | ¢ e 8 v = “fe i P Profe: ro el vi -on- | from the men as the men could from the Spades—J, 10, 6, & riday there was a good attend-| ,Qasland Lodge initiated several candi- | Traveler” The best-sustained was won | OL e anniversary of the founding of the| tinez and Frofessor Von Oer Wil con-| Jomen. N mbers and visitors to Unity | dates at its meeting last Friday night. | by a lady, Miss Miller. who represented a O prosraIIme hasgbeen | g St : 7 The guality of whist that the ladies will w le g the occasion of the dis-| Steps o being taken for the purpose | blind man. Those who took part in the Tanpss Dor i »=l\:u asion. as close criticism as the of instituting a new lodge at Butt | cake wi 4 i t 6t the district deputy to Oak | Siskiyou County i1 e Creek, | cake walk made a fine display, and the | i e y S prize, a fine painting of a bunch of lilacs, | . ;. Cagour willberonithossvening of | DEGREE OF HONOR. | presented by “An Admirer of the Native | Jooks as if there would not be any call for | Monday there was present. as a visitor, | o, ™" G fitte better—in San Franc > _ Mis, Bvelyn BPMAvon aoand aotat Daughters, particularly La Estrella Par- | an assessment in the month of November, | Luther G. Wheeler, grand reporter of the | The reason is they are not a: study. ODD FELLOWSHIP. honor, has Issued a elronlas o Chief of | lor” went to Mrs. Gale, who represented | Jt is belleved that there will not be any | State of Minnesota and special supreme | oo OB I oM : ; » has issued a circular in which she | the “Black Patti,” and {o her escort. One | that month. unless some unlooked for | deputy of that State. The visitor spoke | WHAT MR. WORK THINKS OF THE n every side are noticed signs of prep-| returns thanks for the honor of election | Of the attractive costumes was the “Bear | lon for the proper observance on| as the head of the order in this State.| FIag,~ Tepresented by Mrs. Dr. Bolder- cause should present itself. | in high terms of the initiation he wit- | WOMEN IN THE GAME. esday next of the anniversary of the| The grand chief announces that the grand | Man. and another was a cowboy in a|COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST, F.|in_ encou | nessed and of the Todge work. He spoke | | i e i Soited ging terms of the work the| While Mr. Work was our guest a few weeks 108 founding of American 0dd Fellowship. | lodge has been notifie - e 1| genuine costume horrowed from a Texas A All arrangements_ have been made for the | 5 led that it must have | cowboy, worn by R. D. Barton, but the | order Is doing fn Minnesota, and declared |ago we had several interviews with him on WHIST STUDY SUITS. b beneficiary mem| L ve rn by i Ubon thaisittotohin utte C that that section expects to have a‘large | subjects pertaining to whist. We were anxlous b plenio at Shell Mound Park during the | SUpesiss Loive mapets by the itme the | fudkes evidently afd! niot ‘catch sight “of | Upon theivislt do,Chico. Butte County, iy n during the year. " | to know his opinion In regard to the whist play | IS the name of a dainty little volume just by the Patriarchs Militant, Canton | consolidated with another juriedicior | these. consequentl pLzes. [com the, Jath, Tust fof Mrs: Clinma Hlesring R- Geirhe of Liberty Lodge paid|of our San Francisco ladies and asked: | issued from the press of F. A. Stokes & Co., 3 atriarchs Militant, Canton| gousofidated ‘with | another: Jurisdiction: ton, grand chief companion of the Com- | his first visit as deputy to Anchor Lodge - Worl e S NINEY New York city, Miss Elizabeth Gay author. , the subordinates and the Rebekah | & rges the members to use their best BUENA VISTA'S PARTY. : 1Hes 2 = S| Q. Mr. Work, can women play whist? | Y. N e irgag efforts to maintain an independent jure | TN 4 . . panions of the Forest, F. O. A she, | last Mond and w received with a| A voo oo The object of the volume is to teach the be- 5 SRR PAVINE | diction by increasingg the benefielary | The Farmers' dance given last Monday | in company with Grand Secretary Miss | hearty welcome by the membership. S i ginner in whist the correct leads from all card ge of the entertainment that is to be | membershi oAl Cativ , : i Circle | With the assistance of W. J. Thompso; QSO baNe bad e bvaiyy s exper ghoa i the ; . t] ership to the figure fixed. night in Native Sons’ Hall by the mem- | Bremer, instituted Pride of Butte Circle | With D) » | whist—will” you 1 very ise way give COmbinations, and its given in the evening in Odd Fellows' Hall | Mrs. Emma St k o - |~ = ; G. V. D, and R. A. A. Summers, D.D. s Jou in & very concise way sive | Shoited 15705 this with the least ditur y B urruck is chairman of the | bers of Buena Vista Parlor was one of | No. 330. The grand officers were assisted | % 2 > E adapted to do this with east expenditu also completed its arrangements for a | committee that will tend ; | he conferred the degree on one candidate. | me a little opinion of their ability as players | o¢ time and effort on the part of a student amant ovening. In alitiod 1o the bro- | Bhe. BIBEN Giiceraion . fi-hrer'fe%\tl!m? to | the successes of this enterprising parlor | by fourteen members of Orange Blossom | Grand Reporter Johnstone conferred the | compared with men? Hhh ialt coate Toge contaths @ ‘doneleaTen oF ZraThime Chatihax aireaty bran Anhounced the hall of Ivy Todge. o ay in | of the Native Daughters. There was a| Circle of Oroville, who performed the| degree on two candid~tes for Prescott A. While I belleve there is no question that | card e size,” and properly colored. The The Call it 15 stated that Mrs. Lizste | The grand chief of honor will visit Peer. | £00d attendance, and the rule that none | work of institution and initiation in a|Lodge last Wednesdas. The lodge re- | the best masculine exponents of the game in | ODD ges contain the directions for the anton will recite “Wildey's Dream. | 16s8 Lodge at Colusa on the 24th of May. should appear on the floor unless attired | MOst satisfactory manner. The kindness | ceived two applications and elected J.|the country have reached a slightly higher | PFoper opeming of the suit, in trumps and in lebration to be held on Tues- | e in dresses made of wash goods, so far | Of these members was publicly acknowl-| Sterncher reporter, vice E. M. Petrie, | grade of play aad a somewhat better perfec- | Plain suits. The is’ handsomely bound ramento M. M. Estee will | THE NATIVE SONS. as it applied to the ladies, w: 1 edged by the grand chief companion. The | resigned. tion of team work than the very best women, | Sh0,tastefully got s Sca el it = = o Divw it Th - 5 P es, was well car- | new circle has selected first-class officers, | Center Lodge initiated fifteen members | . ot omem | all the Stokes p 1t should have a i e o B O At | e fotortainment that was recently | ried out. The decoration were novel, be- | who will do much o make the organiza- | last Wednesday, and the lodge now has | Yor o7 the other hand T am satisfled that it It | large sale. Its price is § ke Coiinty ™ George 1 Morbiaon i | Siven In Stockton by Stockton Parlor was | ing an artistic arrangement of vegetables | tion a popular one. The Institution was | Seven applications before the supreme|%er Poselble to take the average play of | NOVEITIES AT THE EIGHTH CON- dress the Odd Fellows at Concord, Con- | & TOSt enjoyable one. There was a fine | Which at first had the appearance of flow- | followed by a banquet. medical examiner. '"e"‘ » ‘;’ 9{5 of the country and the aver- | GRESS. 1 Costa County; William Henry Barnes | PFOETamme of song music, vocal and in-| ers arranged in garlands, but a closer | The following night the grand officers| The grand dictator sends good reports | 888 Flay of the men (of course in this I am | o will orate at thé celebration In Ione, and | Strumental, an address by Past President | InSpection disclosed what' made up the | Visited Orange Blossom Circle and were | from the lodges he visited last week in | referring more particularly to the club players | walter H. Barney, ex-president of the Amer- | Secretary Shaw will deliver ah ad-| W. B. Nutter of the parlor and stereani.| GISPIay. On the stage there was a fine | Tecéived in a manner that was most grat- | San Joaquin, Fresno and adjacent coun- (of both sexes) the women would show a rather | jcan Whist League and chairman of © rnville, Kern County. "There | con views by S. C. P: Snitt Pi| display of dead beets, not beats but beets, | 1f¥ing. The officers were well up in the | tie < higher Srade than the men I belleve that | nament committee, will introduce more sral observance of the day y 5. O Fartrldge, with de-| and the ladies of the parlor took advant- | WOrk, as they demonstrated at the exem-| Grand Trustee Vincent is recovering | the reason for this state of affairs is that the |y 0" (MG (® T 0 ATIST O 0 5 | scriptive lecture by R. P. Doolan of Hes-| age of the similarity of sound to play | Plification in the hall, which had for the | from his recent illness and will soon be Tomen, 25 & rule, have mare, time for prac- | 5,08 &1 NS DEXE SoREReRt (NN pe sixteen d paid a visit to Farns- | Perlan Parlor of this city. The hail was|a joke on the visitors. Miss Annie| Occasion been turned into a falry bower, |able to attend to important business | tice, and are mote willing and anxious ' to | 0T PUC W00 Plax; Tlere iy worth Lodge last week, and the members | crowded to its very doors, and the affair | Worth of the reception committee. took | w«e chief decoration being orange blos- | which was laid over on account of his | iiy to take lessons 1o stady and' jemas | John T. Mitchell, Howell, Nar of the old guard were received with a| was one that will long be rememberea| Feat delight in calling the attention of | Soms. During the evening Past Chief | illness. z 4 £ their game. On the other hand, a large per- | ford. Clay and Barney sy welcome that must have been cheering | with pleasure b; i wh 5 guests to what ““the parlor does with dead | Companion Miss Marks presented the| The silver anniversary of the institution | centage of the men are firmly impressed with | features of the congress will be the intre 10 the men who have spent so much tima e % Y all who were present. | [eets.” Those who went toward the | 8rand chief companion with a handsume}nf the order will be observed in grand | the conviction that they know it all, and con- | WOn of a scheme whereby it will be in the ranks of Odd Fellowship. There | After the lecture Mr. Doolan was the| stage were confronted with a placard | bunch of the north’s most beautiful flow- | style by the knights. The first lodge, | sequently fail to improve or_keep up with | Sible to play ed.”” This after an_address of welcome by | BUest of honor at a banquet tendered him | which read: *“We place dead beets on | ers. Golden,” was instituted in Louisville, | the march of whist progress. Wuule it is as I | invention of Mr. oble grand, responses by President | at the Hotel Imperial, where Mr. Nutter| exhibition so that all may see them.” | On Friday an official visit was paid to [ Ky., June 30, 1§78, with seventeen mem-[flh stated undoubtedly true that some few | to perfect a machi + Crosett, Vice-President Robert | %\')‘;’Sidefl. and a splendid time was had.| The grand march was led, not as is the | Yuba Circle in Marysville, and there the | bers. There are novw: 3400 lodges and 100,000 | en ‘arg better whist players than any women, | the cards. If he would Secretary W. H. Barnes and| Lhe floral decorations were golden pop-| usual form by a lady and gentleman, but | Teception was one of the most cordial | members. In that time $62,000,000 has been lfige 19[‘"9 that it is d‘w;nqse they started the | for plaving the cards, and during the evening there was | PieS and buttercups, emblematic of = the | the floor director, Miss Rhea Murray, | that the grand chief companion has re- | paid to widows, orphans and dependents, :“l_‘epm:fifi; frpdgials t“d‘}l“‘“"’ sgstan 4y wouldimotsmumble ut_us :nted to the lodge a flag cake, Sent | G);flde" State, and the table lights were | Miss Emma Bening, her assistant, | ceived during her recent tour. The offi- | and $11,000 has been paid for the relief of | S0 R Sivercaries. T con renTutles of meeting | to Eo to the next congres: e from the home at Theramlito in acknowl- | :;XE%WM orange. . | who were followed in pairs by the floor | C€TS Were especially commended for the | members. Son In the future if the women pereevers iy | INSTRUCTIONS TO WHIST UMPIRES edgment of the presentation of an Am-| # Cii! e Parlor will give a social on the | committee, consisting of Mrs. Ella Wehe, | perfect manner in which they exempli- Whist along the proper lines, as they are doing | At the Buffalo meeting of the executive come ican flag by the lodge to the home a | €Vening of the 30th inst. in Native Sons’ | Miss Pauline Eberhardt, Mrs, Lucia Neu. | fied the work. e e t time since. There was also a fare-| Hall. The committee having charge of | 1 lau, I 1 . at present, and If they progress somewhat in R rican Whist League, gener- barth, Miss Bertha Belau, Miss Mollie | Last Tuesday the grand chief compan- | The following committees have been |the matter of obtaining matches with strong | Mittee of N a com- well to four members who will shortly | the affair promises a fine evening's en-| Long and Miss Mamie Wells. There was |lon and other grand officers visited Pre-| appointed: Finance—D. B. Bowley, Dr. |adversaries, that they should not rank equal | ally knows ini Heelne 8 o leave for the Klondike. e e an excellent programme of dances, and | sldio Circle in this clty, and the recep- | 5 Tar Flood and 2. T. Whitten: creden: | Viih the men in vears to come. Infttee was anpointed to draft a set o Parker Lodge was visited by the reliet | ~The Golden Gate Drill Corps of the| there never was a merrier party In the | tlon they received was a flattering one. | - g e aion, 1123, What do you think of the play of our | structions to whist umpires = committee last week. There was a good | Golden Gate Parlor will give its annual | hall than there was on that Monday | There was an admirable exemplification | tials—D. Connors of Los Angeles, G. D. | lady whisters compared with the ladles of the | e h one clause will be that an nttendance and the usual good time. excursion to San Jose to-day, leaving at | night. of the floor and memorized work, and this | Kellogg of Newcastle and D. S. Stanley | ®i8y o iqag that 1t is not I5vase | umplre jorreferes of & confest eliould never Templar Lodge initiated two candidates from the depot, and ten minutes later | T was praised by the chief officer, Grand | of Alameda; laws—P. Salisbury of Berke-| . cn stronger than the Ratern om_gf;ée_‘;“"‘-“ take part in the j 3 y. We can speak from ex- st Wednesday, and the ceremony was | from the corner of Twenty-fifth and Ve, | LITTLE TRYPHINA'S PARTY. Sub-Chief Coburn, Grand Trustee Mrs, | ley, M. G. McClintock of San Francisco | ['am inciimes ta bar 2 perience wien; we write Blicee Brex ~We be- llowed by a banquet. lencla streets. | Last Thursaay night there was a ood | JaC0DS. and others. the grand officers | and J. M. McCurrie of Oakland; legislay | Fiapcises can deqost thik ‘i iadies of San | FCC fo'he the duty of the one in chargs < 2 At the special session of California ; iE REBE play of the men. To answer our lad e g At the meeting of Yerba Buena Lodge | pondent in a few words we will say: ment for April. From indications it the women can play whist just as good as th Spades—None. Hears — Q. 10, Clibs—Q. 10 Diamonds—10, 7. en seit out to the 91_% KNIGHTS OF HONOR. D that there will be no beneficiary as-‘ | we would be induced THE JUNIORS. o : & and other were treated to a collation. tive—J. F. Burns of Los Angeles, C. W' city: af o match (o nresecvelstiicl Gborum, sliow KAHS. Camp No. § of the Degree of the Argo- | actendance at Shasta Hall in the Native | " ,5i Wednesday the circlefat Wood- | Colling of San Jose, B. B. Burns of Moun- | oRiGINAL LEAD FROM KIN ing no_ post URE Doy iy On Saturday, the 16th, Mission Rebekah | D2utS, held last Wednesday evening in | S0DS building on the occasion of the first | jand was officially visited. tain View, G. S. Gilmore of Sacramento | KING, QUEEN AND | atter they are B8 vided for that purposs) Lodge gave fan experience party that was | ative Sons’ Hall, fifteen candidateswere | arty given by Little Tryphina Pritchard, s and R. F. Burns of Auburn. | TWO OR MORE SMALL < “the time is near at hand when we -odge gave an experience party that was | jnjtiated into the mysteries of this beau- | San Francisco's phenomenal elocutionist. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. A proposition to consolidate Henry Clay | 5 | well attended. Each member had been | tiful degree in the presence of a large| This little one, who about a year ago| The hall of Social C fill Council and Custer Council did not meet| During the few years of whist experience we | fattend : | . ouncil was filled by | € : n = Jiven 2 cents with the understanding | number of members of the camp. first made her appearance at fraternal | a large audience last Thursday night on | Yith the requisite number of votes to | have had there is no one lead that has siven | lay e i vas ives vith | Marshall Parlor wa . ? d SC8Y carry it through. s0 s ¥ Ihat the same was to be invested with | {3fsiall, Ratlor Was instituted in, this| open meetings in fancy dances and recita- | the occasion of the consolidation of the | “rzter Conheil will give an “evening at| merie or s eior ComPlaint as the original 3 e 2 | dent Clark, assisted by oth - | tions, attracted considerable attention and | membership of California Council with it. | home” next Tuesday evening. 1 L ative, and each was to give experience in y Other grand offi i 5 iemal i d e cers. The initiatory work was performed | it Was not long before it became appar- | Twenty-eight members of California | -.onroe Council had a_ pleasant meet-| I don't suppose there is a whist authority in | LS 1“:‘;2:‘31-2:“;'5’1? o :t_;rjnfi( fllf! :"f (r}r‘lenllb;rs by the officers of Pacific Parlor. The new e!‘; ‘hfl‘g f",g asia "M“‘r‘fl' 9100“3110"151' Council. were added to Soclal Council, in | ing a short time since. It is doing WOTk | existence in book form but what colle von to | i hes Fiirneo AEED afMCotts 1ot iis n:zuf; parior has eighty-eight names on its| FHOSe, GElVEEY 18 A8 Boroct 2 eniat of | the presence of at least 100 mem!;ers of | In the line of increasing the membership. | jeaq the king. The purpose of this writing is | Is @ step e et A Charles F. Bryan has the study of this branch, and her man-| the order. The ceremony was performed INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. to call attention to those that follow our whist 7 3 s e was a programme sic Grand_ Parlor, Thomas Monahan. ng| of face, are always in perfect harmony | Deputy Gibson. This was witnessed by a When you feel obliged to open from this suit | Tast Tuesdav, Grand Supreme Chief ich the following named took | John s, Williams from San Joes Pariad | with the lines she speaks. She is et too et Fveaiiahy last Tuesday night there was the Initia- | jead the wmallest ang acte the tosut | companion Mrs. Beversen, Suprem arn, A £end , D ' a) Tl * ut under e tutelaj o S5 S rey - was el ed © X . vice S = - very s y | s ) “insi visi er_and Masters ‘Antoine and Er- | from Taolumne Porbr. 108" Nanromiey | 2, ‘Who. has taken an unusual intercst | banauet-hall, where they were made to | lion, resigned. The newly elected offioer s SR Sva compinte andivaluiob this play L suprer e S i e nest Fournier. The pleasant evening's | Liberty Parlor and T. D. Edelman and & | in_her, she is being perfected for the | feel at home at the collation that had | will be installed on Tuesday next. Under | oo that great writer and master of the & Estrella Circle. The officials were wejl entertainment closed with dancing. 5. [Hoth Trone Corobs. Paria " | stage. 'If she continues to advance as she | been prepared for them, A. G. Baker, the | good and welfare, the recording secre- | perersl A W. Drayson. The conclusion that | [ /Coq’ with: thelr visit and with the con On the 10th and 1lth of May Amity | "Dr. J. J. Phister of Solano Parlor has | has in the past year, not many years will | Técording secretary of Social Council, was | tary, Benjamin 1. Salomon, enter- | N @rrived at was that the king lead from| {“"ro-n e chele ARt E aa s S;“. Itebekah Lodge will furnish lunches to | peen elected a delegate to the Grand Par. | Pass before Tryphina Pritchard will ap- | the master of ceremonies. tained the members of the courf with se- | this holding was a vasty one. but It had a | 1 00ins the visitors and members werg the representatives to the Grand Lodge, | lor, vice F. W. Hutchinson, resigned, and | Pear in the line of stars of the American | , Last Wednesday night ten councils of | Ject readings and his efforts in that line | Very slight percentage in its favor. [[seting s E i SN0 M orerswers d on the 12th the lunches will be fur- | Charles Huffschmidt has been elecfed a | Stage. Bhe programme of the evening in- | the order were represented at the Visit | were rewarded with well-merited ap.| In duplicate whist, which is not plaved in | {3 “{1¢ chief companion sl nished by Orlental Rebekah Lodge. Ar-| delegate from National Parlor, vice W. . | cluded a fancy dance and recitations by | Of Progressive Council to Washington | plause. England, where every deal is played to & fin- | " Tast Wednesday the supreme grand rangements have been made to accommo- | Gratton, resigned. 3 5 Miss Pritchard, instrumental music by | Council. The grand officers were repre- § Sl ish, I think In the jong run it will be trick- | refary paid a visit to Tvanhooe Girele Sco date 500 at a time. The proceeds of these | R. D. Barton, the genial and well known | Mr. and Mrs. Krone and Miss Phoebe Gib- | Sented by Grand Councilor Boehm, Grand THE DRUIDS. winning to lead low. I am still further in- | "SPye party ‘that was given by Caiifs i lunches will be donated to the Orphans’ | leader of the 'Sequoia band of Native|Son, accompanied by Miss Belle Shoul; | Recorder S. C. Wallis and Grand Prelate clined" o think, with trump strength (o back | cirele fast Wednesday nieht wag wok ot Home | Sons, an energetic worker for the order, | vocal selections by Mrs. E. Burns, Miss | Mrs. Sweeney. There was a good at- Aurora Grove at its last held meeting | the play, it would be better to open low origin- tended, and those who filied: the h "e at- Templar Rebekah Lodge will glve a so- | will be & candidate for the afier e orael | M- Dreyfus and B, L. Tarbox. fanss | tendance of membere. and after the busse | initiated two candidates, elected officers | ally from king, queen and three Small than 10 | well- plegsed swith: the entertatiacay s cial in Memorial Hall in the Odd Fel- | inside sentinel at the session of the Grand | dances by Freda Rhen, Lillian Dolliver | ness of the evening was over there was a | and adopted new by-laws. L e el O vouriipa the evening. 3 D lows’ building on tue evening of Saturday | Parlor. If merit is recognized Barton will | and: Little Gladys Weller and recitations | Programme that included an address by Perseverance Grove at its e next. surely be elected. THE RATHBONE SISTERS. THE WORKMEN. ikt Charlés Stone, W. B, Dunlap and a short | V. v : LR B | 10 Siereire renrecematies and. Mos The first anniversary ball given by Pros-| _ “The star shines for all and it.shines THE NATIONAL UNION. talk by E. A Street. At the conclusion | class of telre cundtisi urE Tecelved 1| b e e Ton with the master card. | I1da B. Merguire representative and Mrg. perity Lodge in California Hall last | Prilliantly,” was the remark of one of the| Berkeley Council gave a ladies’ night in | Of this talk Mr. Street on behalf of Con- | meeting. €19 | We have réason to believe the roNere o wnag | Florence Wear alternate to the Grand Tuesday evening was one of the most en- | Members of La Estrella Parlor Saturday | American Hall, Berkeley, last Monday | $o aro o Moy Dresented a handsome badge | Guerneville Grove initiated one candi- | ! Just a8, well, W vo 1 Hota ax Honth ot the- omnin San: ta Rosa next month at the same time c ’ ith these two 3 to M. S. Beardsley in recognition of the | date I K, experfence others have had with ¢ joyable affairs of the kind that has ever | DIEt, April 16, when the parlor gave its | night, at which there was a very good | councils anirecistion of hes bavmioos eyl eek a8 old falkg Ban Brancisco | Jeada. y been given by any lodge of the order. | Private masquerade party. And it cer- | attendance. There was an address by | Pacific Council had work in the initia- | Caeve: e B e R L o Talg every meeting and the last held one i g lead of the fourth There: was a large attendance of the | tainly did shine, for it was one of the | President B. W. Hayne of the council, | tory degree last Friday night. onined to his home 0F Some.thme, Do | SoaeHees e hea four small i any Gl tiated two strangers. 4 have a “time bell,” the same as in to limit certain plavers who always de- e game a general complaint at all congresses s have the very bad habit y playing their cards, and many 3 the limit of endurance, when no more neccessity for it than thera an original lead. This ¢ directic even chance in both cases that your partner B ec i an L [ER o v gs, 1. e., to win the first by Miss Dottle Baxter and Miss Katie | the grand councilor, one by the grand re- eeting elected officers and conf“e tedh&]lg { trlzkd%rn?;pgg m? ::an;,_ 'f-ne o i the first | | LA ESTRELLA'S MASQUERADE. Krone. The party closed with a dance. |corder, recitations by MissIreneJohnston, | third degree on several candidates. leading the king from four or queen from five - confined to his Y d four small in any plain members of the lodge and of friends, | MOSt Pleasant functions that this parlor | musical selection by the Berkeley High | The Chosen Friends” picnic will be held | §0 attack of scintive bae hoiim, VIR | Best from B0e (me it was Dooh-poohed, * but There were many handsome ladies and | D@8 iven. There was a large attendance, | School orchestra, recitation by Joseph | i Finger's Grove at Redwood City on the | out again In a few days. now it s the recognized conventional lead gallant men who greatly enjoyed the ex- | @nd the onlookers from the gallery had | Semeria, vocal solos by Mrs. Dr. F. . | 30th of May. The’ committee of arrangements met | (Tom the Atiantic to the Paclit, ot oy R Vi tis these changes cellent programme of dances, an opportunity of seeing a great many | Woolsey, Mr. Davis and F. R. Fowden, JUNIOR COURT, F. O. A. l‘w Monday and concluded its arrange- | 1 5tats we” hellove - themt greater trick: Next ‘Thursday evening Valles. Jodge | costumes, as varied as there wers wear- | specialties by F. R. Nugent and selecs| Junlor Court Pride of Callfornla, Forest- | Mienc® 4% the €rand grove picnic to be | winners, and ihelcnancel(or el (a0, Ty The grand chief, Mrs. Lydiz roe, of Riverside, will oficially aisir gng E:&F;figulfcontlemplcs ‘and those of Oak- r to e session e of the Grand