The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 22, 1898, Page 29

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 22, 1898. OYALTY, as a rule, is not happy in authorship. Tne divine right of to murder what has so par- ally been called the queen's 7 was established long b oria of Great Britain, Ire- the rest of the world umonplace, tiresome lit- But Hawall's ex-queen, time and paper in little frivolous detalls whether they be queens she takes a nalve r gold and white came from Paris, brother, was se’of pro- important has written a Qig- book. queen devotes the h s rain- “Hawaii, a blossom'd and tant smile.” :d_will be with its warm, gr arent bays; its white beaches; ts palmi ts forests and rk-skinned, sweet- voiced, simple-hearted people. There never was a more beauti'ul set- ting for a picture. There never was a sad- der story than this of the extinction of &n old race. The genealogies in the back of Liliua- kalant’s book are pathetically significant. It's the tragedy of the death of a people, of the passing of & nation that makes this of the last of the Hawalian queens tter of historic as well as poetic in- terest. “Immediately after my birth,” she writes, “I was wrapped in the finest soft tapa cloth and taken to t} < nia, a granddaughter of K by whom I was adopted. * and, Indeed, s walian custom adoption c ha. of friendship Jliuokalani's mother and d her ten brothers and sisters gers to her, as nes AT her oolmate: £ whom occupy ni, lived to recall the ins e sent hun one of the Queen Vic to me with mo- f our nious, food for any esculent root or ing inherited the art of igniting fire from the frictlon of sticks) we could cook and consume without the knowledge of our preceptors.’” Isn’t it an odd mixture of civilization and barbarism? But that's just the very charm of Hawali, with its telephones and its hulas, its street ca and its naked, amphibious sun-burned boy divers, its Woman's Exchange and its gardens of tropical palms and trees laden with gor- geous flowers, its electric lights and its Queen, who at a dinner given by Presi- dent eveland, Liluokalani says, wore the national holoku, a mother hubbard of “white silk brocade artistically em- broidered with heavy raised and richly worked designs.” The girlhood of & young Hawallan Prin- cess must have been an idyllic period in the time of Kamehameha IV. At Hilo, in 185, the widowed exile writes, “we were joined by the King and his party, and having many agreeable acquaintances among the naval officers, the time sped quickly in social pleasures. ‘We lived in a large grass house, one side of which was occupied by the ladies and the other by the gentlemen, while the cen- ter was a room used for a banquet iall or b m. When any of the roval party had occasion to go from one place to an- other, we were drawn in carriages of na- mstruction, the people furnishing the power usually themselves supplied by horse. Sometimes we were stuck in a mud hole or water cour: from which the most determined efforts of our devoted followers could not extricate us; and it n_nece Y to have a horse led to the side of the vehicle to take us off on horseback. But we were light hearted, merry and happy; the naval officers were ot gentlemen and gailant in their at- was_t s was Liliuokalani's life at 21. book ounts of these fetes and pr. When Liliuoka- was proclaim r-apparent she red the island: names of the four people who _enzertained the Al party are an odd evidence of tne queer mixture of peoples the Sandwich Islands have taken in. First there Ah Kau, a very wealthy Chinese, vator_of rice, and then Jud then Mr. Mrs. Jam wallan m; all these hal vals were not, of extravag poleon, that it is wise and patri- spend money to awaken in the people a ational pride Kamehameha 1V, says the writer, had “‘all the characteris of his race; and P passionate nature of the shown in comme z who in been se it. Up to right of life and absolute an easy- . to a re- of a century. the Kamehamehas in- cidentally led to the seating of the pres- ent dynasty on Haw throne. ‘‘When the young Pri s about 4 vears old he d with a palr of boots ungovernable fit of sought to cool an boy under T running wat, to be unharmed broke down with 3 could not be com- d. Then it wa ered that the cold douche and s ad_brought on an attack of bri From this he did not sver, but died on the 27th of August, Liliuok: by her own account, must have had a strong, vigorous will. In fact it is to that very determined trait of FRATERNAL NE TAR. Savage visited d Th 11 have it en made for the deputy in fine d on arations ha of the d each chapt: ODD FELLOW HIP. Shelby Lodge was recently instituted in , with twent y-thre char- and 552 applicants were in- Seventy-one, who had applied for ssion on the night in institution, ‘were unavoidably absent, but were initi- sted subsequentl, Canton No. 5 of the Patriarchs Militant ‘will be publicly installed on the evening of June 7. Yerba Buena Lodge initlated two candl- dates last week and has two more to in- dtiate at the next meeting, There is a great deal of activity in the office of the grand secretary at this time clearing up the work imposed by the Grand Lodge. The illustrated lecture before Fidelity Lodge by Past Grand J. H. Hansen, re- cently, on “Scenes During a European 'our” 'was a very interesting one and was ighly appreciated. ome one who neglectcd to leave his name has left at the office of the grand secretary a fine bust of the late J. A. J. Bohen, P. G. M., to be placed in the home. ' The grand secretary is anxious to obtain the name of the dono: THE WORKMEN. Liberty Lodge, located at Ocean \'[Pw,‘ will give its first entertainment and ball in Wolf’s Hall, in that place, on Saturday, June 4. Yerba Buena Lodge is maintaining its usual steady improvement, and the most fraternal spirit and good féllowship exists among its membel Oak eaf Lodge of Oakland will give gn anniversary entertainment in Masonic Hall to-morrow night. One of the feat- u will be an illustrated lecture on Spain by O. B. Smith. DEGREE OF HONOR. Silver Spray Lodge on last Tuesday re- ceived three applications for the socal feature and several for the beneficiary feature. This lodge will pav a fraternal | visit to Prosperity Lodge, A. O. U. W., on the 30th inst. Ivy Lodge is arranging for an entertain- ment to be given in June in ald of its drill team. | Mount Hamilton Lodge of San Jose held an open meeting on last Wednesday, at which there was a large attendance. There was an address by Past Grand Master Workman Vinter, patriotic tab- leaux and other entertaining features. The leading participants were the Misses Frost and Grand Receiver Sam Booth. | .ast Thursday Silver Star Lodge had a | vell attended ‘meeting, at which there | Wwere present a large number of visitors | from the lodge on this and the lodges on E the other side of the bay. On Friday | there was a visit of grand officers to Mi- nerva Lodge. _ 2 THE NATIVE SONS. Grand President W. M. Conley has ap- | ointed the following committees, stand- ng and special: rinance—W. D. Shea, J. B. Keenan, R. D. Barton. _Appeals and grievances—p, Frank R. Webe, L. L. Chamberial Cl Holly, I B. Dockweiller. Petitions—W. J. Hawkins, E. J. Taaffe, D. B. Murden. Re. turns—George B. Catts, A. J. Johnston, Max Glass. State of the order—J. W. F. Diss, C. ©O. Dunbar, J. H. Marcuse, Max Mierson, C. H. Hatch. Legislation—M. T. Dooling, C. N. Bost, J. T. York, . P. Vicini, Frank P. Cad Ritual-Jo D. Sproul, John F. Davis, D. W. Edelman, J. F. Coffey, Nefl 'A. McConaghy. Printing_ and supplies — Willlam C. Miller, enry Lichstensteln, George E. Gallagher ws and supervislon—Charies M. Cassin, Percy V. Long, Joseph B. O'Donnell, J. A Devoto, 8. V. Costello. Literature—W. E. I ws {John F. Finn, James P. Dockery, C { Heverin. Excursions to the Yc C D. Clark, Lewis F. B Hawkins, Henry Luns and urch, i Parior at™ Y Henry Lunstec Revisic Leon of Coffe; There are prospects for two new par- lor: gne In Greenwood and another at lle. The grand president will this week an- | nounce the district deputles. | _Sequoia Parlor's membe: and | friends will have a picnic to-day. | Resolutions of thanks have baeen ten- | dered to the owners of the mines in | Nevada County for courtesies shown the | members of the Grand Pa during the recent session In Nevada City; also to Quartz Parlor and to the owner of the railroad running to Colfax. The following is the list of contributions to the war fund up to last Thursday Grand Parior. $100: Pacific. California, Na- tional and Alcatraz parlors, $25 each; Bay City Parlor, $20; Presidio Parlor, $11; Stan- ford, San Francisco and Precifa Parlors, $10 each. Quite a number of the Native Sons have | joined the volunteers, but many have neglected .to notify their parlors of the | | fact. Those who neglect to do so will not | have thelr dues paid and will probably | | be dropped from the roll. OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS. | | Fremont Parlor on the evening of the | their | | | 13th inst. gave an “at home’ in Shasta | Hall, building, when Miss Roy and | Miss Haley sang several songs, Miss Ma mie Steen gave selections on the plano, | and others contributed to the evening’s | enjoyment. After that there were dancing and the serving of refreshments. On the | 4th of June the parlor will give a private | | masquerade social in the banquet hall of | the N. S. building. | Stockton lor, at its last held meet- | ing, had three initiations. | Grand President Mrs. Conrad is visiting | in the northern part of the State. | The several parlors have organized the | Native Daughters’ Red Cross Aid Society to_assist the Red Cross Society, or act independently, to aid the soldiers. Miss | Ida Kervan is president, Miss Eiiza D. Keith secretary and Miss' Mae B. Wilkins | treasurer. Alta Parlor has elected as delegates to | the Grand Parlor Miss Eliza D. Keith, | Miss Mamie Richter, Mrs. F. Kemp Van | Ee, Mrs. T. Brackett'and Mrs, M. Meyers. | THE NATIONAL UNION. California Counefl at its meeting last Tuesday night passed a resolution to pay the dues and assessments of all mem- bers, except commissioned officers, who | have or may enlist for the war. Under | the head of good of the order there was | a pilano solo by R. Forster, amusing stor- fes, J. Semeria; vocal selections by the quartet, vocal solo by E. C. Boysen and addresses by H. C. Schaertzer, W. A. 8. Nicholson, J. T. Rogers and C. J. King. | The entertainment given last Thurs- | day night in Odd Fellows’ Hall in cele bration of the seventeenth anniversary of the founding of the order, was by the associated councils of the city, under the auspices of the officers of the cabinet. From a patriotic standpoint and from a | point of excellence as to talent it was | grand, and reflects credit on the executive 1 committee. The Introductory address by ¥. H. Hastings, president of the cabinet was a clear, concise and logical expla. npation of the order, its membership and | its work. The remarks were listened to | with marked attention by the seventeen hundred persons who heard them. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. “Dean, Samuel Schiller, C. Julius Janssen, J. J. arrington, J. & McCoy. Transportation— | Next Wednesday night the third an- nual entertainment and ball by Court | inftiated_eleves | with flowers and fe: | to the UMANA G character some people ascribe the fact that she is at present writing books in- stead of ruling over Hawa All unre- pentant, however, she quotes what her enemies said about ‘“‘that ughty car- riage, which marked me as an unus: wom: Which she decidedly is. shows it in h ccount of the Queen Emma—who harself mnu been an old Roman in unforgiving, obsti- nate nursing of her wron She’ show it, too, in the manly and she took when, in 181, Kalakaua went ange countries fy E I told him,” she s when he sug- ted a council of r y. his sister tg nt, “‘that I did not admit either the ge! be re; necessity or the wisdom of any such or- ganization as that of a council of re gency: that to my view, if intrusted with the government during his absence, 1 abroad Although settled : A umm“” &me,fi! ‘ Wiw i i i $ & If there there would be ought to be sole rege was a council of rege need for any regent Which is scund se and well ex- d. dwelling on pett the ex-Queen begi politic ation in Hawaii. “Plou: enturer: she calls the missionaries, ‘whose purpose was to minimize or en- tirely subvert other interesin and espe- clally the prerogatives of thé crown. wng us and drawing their wealth from our resources, they were alien to us in their customs and ideas respecting gevernment, and desired above all things the extension of their power and to carry out their own special plans of advancement, and to secure the own pe It may be true that the: ved us unfit to be i i I i s — i il Ml S— et £ PAVAHIRYS prank the growing wealth md proper way any incompetency g that_they would tions. by honor or . should an_oppor- zing our country, and the authority of the trusted to administe of the islands in a But if mani it was in not foresec be bound by no obli by oath of allegia tunity arise for bringirg it unde United States.” A good hater is ex-Queen_Liliuok: lanf. But a faithful lover, too. There can be no question of the sincerity of her af- fection for her peo more than of the pitiful, dumb loyalty with which they regard her. Liltuokalani still maintains her right to grant a constitution. As to the lottery bill she says: “I am not defending lot- teries. They are not native productions of my country, but introduced into our ‘heathen’ land'by so-called Christians from a Christian nation, who have erect- ed monuments, universities and legisla- tive halls by that method.” And the third cause of her dethronement, the licensing of opifum, she justifies in this way: ‘‘The British Government has long since adopt- ed license instead of prohibition * * * vet 1 have still to learn that there has een any proposition on the part of the bious people of London to dethrone ber hajpsty ueen Victoria for issuing such licenses.” The book is a dignified exposition of the royalist side of Hawailan affairs. Liliuo- kalani does not whine nor scold. She scornfully alludes to the “little comedy for precedence” when the pretensions of the wives of the Ministers—"those quasi- Americans, who call themselves Hawail- ans now and Americans when it suits them’—clashed; and remarks that “the passion for dignity and place is not con- fined to courts of royalty or to those who sustain them.” She reiterates her right to the crown lands of Hawall. “They are by legislative act and the rulings of the gupreme Court my own property at this ay.” The chapter in which the author de- scribes the royal brother and sisters com- peting for musical renown, their musical clubs and the poetry they composed— which, as In patriarchal times, was passed along, unwritten, till Lilluokalani herself wrote_the pathetic ““Aloha Oe.” which every Hawallan sings, and which haunts the memory of all foreigners who have heard it—reminds one of the idyllic days at Trianon, when Louis and Marie Antoinette played at being milliners; or of the golden days of the court of Louis XIV, when royalty made madrigals and sonnets and was author or actor, and never dreamed of the deluge to follow. The book closes with an appeal to the American people. “‘Oh, honest Americans, as Chris- tians, hear me for my downtrodden people. Their form of government is as dear to them as yours is precious to you. Quite as warmly as you love your country, so they love theirs. With all your goodly possessions, covering a territory so immense that there yet remain parts unexplored, possessing isl- ands that, alt h near at hand, had to be neutral ground in time of war, do not covet the little vine vard of Naboth so far from your shores, lest the punishment of Ahab fall upon you, if not in your day, in the day of your children, for." ‘be not deceived, God is not mocked.” The people to whom your fathers told of the living God and taught to call ‘Father, and whom the sons now seek to despoil and destroy, are crying aloud to him in their time of trouble, and he will keep his promise, and will listen to the voices of his Hawaiian children lamenting for thelr homes. “It is for them that I would give the last drop of my blood; it is for them that I would spend, nay, am spending, everything belonging to me. Will it be in vain? It is for the American people and their Representatives in Congress to an- swor these questions. As they deal with me and my people, kindly, generously and justly, so may the Great Ruler of all nations = deal with the grand and glorious natton of the United States of America.” wail's Story by Hawaii's Queen, Lilluo- Lee & Shepard, publishers, Boston. IT WAS MARLOWE. T MAY be a symptom of the pessim- ism of the age, or it may be merely another instance of the ease with which a m es credence and posterity is not satisfied to leave to posterity is not satified to leave to Shakespeare the fame of having been himself. To a certain small proportion of the readers and thinkers of the world there will always be doubt as to the iden- tification of Will Shakespeare, actor, with the master poet of all the ages. But to the world at large the matter is not of the smallest consequence. Books may be written on the Baconian theory and argu- ments may be heaped till they hide the theory they “were made to render plain but the name of Shakespeare will be in- alienably associated with wnat we have learned to love and admire as Shakes- peare’s, and if injustice be done thereby to the one marveious mind which has more richly endowed the world than all others that preceded or followed it, why the in- Jjustice is merely superficial, after all. What matters ft to Shakespeare now, whether he be worshiped as Shakespeare, or_Bacon or Marlowe? Wilbur Gleason Zeigler believes that Shakespeare is neither himself nor Bacon. He believes that he is Marlowe. And to bring about the conversion of others, he writes this book. “It Was Marlowe."” Despite the parallel evidences of simi- larity in the dramas of Marlowe and Shakespeare, “the tendency of each to de- generate into pomposity and bombast in passages of tragic pathos,” according to Mr. Zeigler, ‘“‘the similar treatment of characters and the like spirit that per- vades them,” the theory which dethrones Shakespeare and elevates Marlowe will not readily be accepted. The burial regis- ter which records the death of “Kynd Kit Marloe” in 1593 must be taken as evidenec of the departure from this world at the age of tweny-nine of the man who Swin- burne says might have rivaled Shake- speare had he lived. For the rest, Mar- lowe and Shakespeare were both satu- rated with the spirit of the time in which they lived, and the puzzle of reconciling what we know of Shakespeare's life with the picture of Shakespeare's universal mind the world worships 1 his plays is not solved by supposing the after-exist- ence of the author of “Tamburlaine.” In its second purpose, though—to in- crease the “reader’s interest in a being as grandly illumined with the flame of pure intellect as any who have, since his conse- cration, knelt at the shrine of ideal beau- ty or aspired to ideal power’—“It Was Marlow” cannot fail. It's a good or rather there's the plot for a good story in_ it. But the author's proselytizing spirit has marred the artistic value of the book. He preaches instead of entertain- He relterates the statement of proofs instead of allowing the reader to deduce own conclusinons. He permits him- self the luxury of a confusion of pro- nouns of the second person. His heroine is only a figure, and notwithstanding his own great interest in Marlowe his pen is not strong enough to recreate “the muse's arling” and bid him step out from the past of old-style lettering and sev- enteenth-century oblivion into the life and light of one's book-loves. It Was Mariowe—Wilbur Gleason Zelgler. Donohue, Henneberry & Co., publishers, Chi- cago. Sutro Heights of the Foresters of Amer- | quired to obtain a permit nor be required lea will be glven in Odd Fellows' Hall. | to ray any Increase of rate by reason of | The programme Will be of the vaudeville | E0I1E there, The court will keep in good | character and will include some of the | {5APiRE all ~ was followed | professional talent. The ar-|hy an excellent programme, in which the | that have been made thus | following named took p Thomas far indicate that the affair will be one | Nowlan, Professor Edmondson, Mr. Footc, | of the most enjoyable cver given in this | Messrs. Loepfer, Hernandez, Chapman, “"]‘ by fraternal soclety. 5 Gretland, Reed, Kelly, Hinton, H and Junior Court Pride of the West and | Brown took paft. A very enjovable even- Court Golden West gave a very p ing was spent. ant entertafnment in E. B. Hall list Wed- | The nigh chiet ranger. who is in this ay evening. ong the ent de of )r a few days, will pay a visit to the erving s al mention were Irene Pais | ool oparie” 00 ; ' mer, eight years of age, wonderful power the piano; Master Abe Silverstein, who rendered selectic on the violin; George die, who t musing stories, and M Jack Robin- d Miss Claire F in specialtie _was dancing until te hour. The committee that 1 ¢ > of the affair w 8. Isaacs, E. Behm, B. Scharff, Herman Kohn, F. Gross, A. I, pman, R Marks, 8. 8. Cook, M. & n and Leo Vi- The recent social and dance of Court El Dorado, given in Union Square Hall, proved to be a very enjoyable affair. COMPANIONS OF THE F. OF A. Last Tue: evening the grand officers paid an official visit to Pride of the exceeding] in a ver; tisfactory manner. A new circle will be instituted on the 3lst inst. at Washington Square Hall, and one will be instituted at San Jose on the 1st of June. Inter N on Friday next. A good programme has been arranged for the evening. Sonora Circle at fts last held meeting _eleven candidates Last Wednesday Grand hief Compan- fon Mrs. Emma Harrington, Grand Sub- Chief 1. W. Coburn, and all the g?nnd officers except the grand secretary. who was detained by iliness, paid the last official visit of the term. It was to the hall of Robin Hood Circle, casion, had been profy which, for the ¥ decorated Tnere was present a tors from every circle in the city, g luring the evening the members of 1hise ‘ircle and those of Palo Alto Circle entered in a body. There were two 1ol tiations in a manner that called from the grand officers words of high commenda. tion and from the visitirg officers. After that the following officers were eleotod for the term: Mrs. L. Atwood, C rge membership, Miss Emma Ledurick, 8, C Alice Ticoulet, K. 8.1 Mrs. 8. B R. G.: Miss A Gudehus, L, Mrs. Alrhart, I 'G.; Mrs. Wiazinsky, O, G., and Miss Tizzle von Puttkammer organist. After the election there worg short ~ addresses by the grana officrs, e Which were followed by the presoutsiig grand chief companion, by Mrs, Atwood on behalf of the circle, a vor pretty tea set of fine china and 'a buncl of American beauties to_ the grand Sub. chicf. Upon the close of this a member of Inter Nos Circle, on behalf of Mra Atwood. presented to the grand ohief companion an old gold sofa pillow. on which was painted by the donor a mag- nificent bunch of iris.” At the close of the meeting there was @ collation. n_lieu of € picnic of the conve: of '98, which had to be postponed an o count of rain, there will be a grand social attractions in Hall to-morrow night. 2 e fooa INDEPENDENT FORESTERS, Last Thursday evening Court Southern Heights gave a smoker in the Potrero Opera House and the attendance of mem- bers and visitors was large. Stirring ad- dresses were deliveredby(}.A.McElfresh, H. C. R., and Charles 8. Peery, 1. V. C. R. Among other things the high chief ranger stated that the laws of the order will not in any way jeopardize the good standing of the members who may enter the service of the United States for the | war, and that the magnificent reserve fund is avallable to pay death claims to the widows and orphans of those who may die in the defense of Old Glory. He also stated that he had received a dispatch from Supreme Chief Ranger Dr. Oron- hyatekha stating that merabers employed by the Government who may be ordered to the Philippine Islands will not be re- | s Circle will give an at home | who developed | or- | est Circle on the Potrero, and they were | y well pleased with their visit, | for the officers of the circle made a good | their opinfons. showing and also exemplified the work | Were: |G, O, | Lunt and J. W. | B3 local courts, ] prol sle that he will be present at uet to be given on the evening of the 26th under the auspices of the board of deputics. s i | COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. The banquet tendered the delegates to the Supreme Grand Circle of the Com- panions of the Forest, A. O. F., last Tuesday night in the St. Germain, was attended by all the delegates. the su- | preme grand oflicers and many members | of the order, there being more than 100 | ladies and gentlemen present. John Fal- | coner, president of the Past Chiefs’ As- auspices an q, ex- and haa sociation, under whose cellent menu was serv after the tempting dish provide been disposed of he called upon 7 large number of those present to give vent to hose who _ iesponded Boehm, nigh chiei ranger of the A. O. Mrs. Sarah Beversen, su | preme grand’ chief companion; J. Hen- | derson, high sub-chief ranger of the A. | 0. F.; Mrs. Minnie Asher, P. S. G. C. C Mrs. Phelps, Jr. P. 8. G. . C.; C. J. Ber- ger, P. G. R. Mrs, Florence N. Mor S. G. Cervelli, 8. G. 8. G L Gl irs. Futherir, nd herald; W. | Miss Hattie | of West | le, Mra. | presided Max G.; Mrs. £ M. Cannon, Mrs. A. Phillips, Colvin, 8.1, and G.O.: Miss Jones Point, Miss_Polk of Sunshin Bacon of Jackson, Mrs. and Mrs. Wetmore of Cakland, Mrs. Campbell of | Stockton, Mrs. Bennett and othe Mrs. Perry of Alba_Circle, Vallejo, gave an | amusing recitation on'the force of “The Woman's Hat Pin.”’ which was the gem | of the evening. Letters of regret were read from Messrs. Goldarecena, G. W. Shute for inabilit» to be present. Several hours were enjoyably | spent, and the most noticeable thing was | fm great harmony that prevailed and the | joy at the assurance that order is now the recognized auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Foresters. At the election held on Tuesday it was Mrs. Futherir of Sacramento who was elected grand outside guard and Mrs, Alice Jollet who was elected grand herald. On Wednesday and Thursday the dele- gates were the guests of the local su- preme grand officers, and in parties of six or more went out to see the sights of the city. They took in the park, ocean beach and the military camp at the Presidio. On Thursday afternoon the team from Loyal Circle exemplified the amplified ritial before many of the delegates who had never witnessed it, and it was dons with that perfection for which that team is celebrated. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. The members of this order in this city are very enthusiastic in regard to the parade to take place on the Fourth of July. The officlal visit of the great sachem and great chiefs to the wigwam of Al- thomas Tribe in Franklin Hall last week was a very enjoyable affair. There was a large number of Red Men present, and during the evening they were interested in the long and short talks that were given. These warecby :h; gs:ut sncht;m. C, F. Burgman, G. C. of R.; J. A. Filcher of the State Board of Trade; 3. G. Smith and F. Brandt, P, G. 8.; W. J. Robinson and ¥. B. Swan, D. G. 8.; Jacob Fowzer, great sannap, and others. A grand feast f corn and venison was then served In gxhe b;anquelt hall and there was a good ime for all. The vla?t to Comanche Tribe was also a pleasant one. It was an open meeting and there were present a large number of the residents of Elmhurst. The great iaclz]em and other great chiefs were on and. There are a large number of the war- riors of the tribes of this and adjacent reservations who are at the Presidio wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam. Desj the mist on Thursday night Osceola Tribe had a pleasant trolley ride over the lines of the electric system On Thursday night Modoc Tribe, in celebration of St. T ny day, gave a ocial in the as all of the Red Men'’s building. There was an assemblage to comfortably fill the hall, s were fond of dancing fou a good pro- gramme to select from. Each dance was amed for some vessel of the United States navy, as_follo Olympia, Balti- more, Boston, Ruleigh, Petrel, Concord, Oregon. Monter Charleston, Monad- delphia,’ New York, San Fran- The reception com- | nock, Phi cisco and M mittee 1.J. pman, E. C. Mervey Matson, C. F. Burgman and H. Gut- stadt. P. L. as the floor director. The social s recently given by White Eagle Tr n Mannerbund Hail the rain. The b Was crow o present en- joyed a good programme of dances. Dur- ing the evening there was presented to each of the following past sachems of the tribe, Peter C. Blick. S. L. Dwyer, H. Klemmer and Charles Skellinger, a hand- some emblematic badge. the presentation being by Past Sachem Troop. Thereafter C. R. Nielsen, D. D. G. S., on behalf of the tribe, presented 8. Schwartz, a very active member who has been married ten years but who has not been blessed with little olive branches, a nursing bot- tle, with the hope that it m become useful at some time. The announcement was made that ven members of the tribe are on the U. S. S. Baltimore, and three hearty cheers were given for them. DAUGHTERS OF POCAHONTAS.. The masquerade social which the Daughters of Pocahontas, I. O. R. M., in- tended to give on the 14th inst. was, on account of the rain, postponed until the 4th of June. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. The Progressive Council of the order of Chosen Friends will visit Home Cirele in its hall, 2317 Mission street, next Tues- day evening. The lady members of Pacific Council will on Friday evening next give a re- turn entertainment ana social to the gentlemen of the council. Germania Council has members to its list. The picnic of the order will be held at Belmont on the 30th inst. T. H. Selvege, P. S. C.; W. H. Savage, G. A. C.; D. J. Hartley, Gl V. C., and H. W. Day, G. T., attended a meeting of the executive committee last week. THE JUNIORS. James A. Garfield Council of the Junior Order of American Mechanics has ar- ranged for a hard times party to be given probably on the 11th of June. State Councilor Bellinger will visit the local councils next month. E. F. Howe, P. 8. C, is organizing a council at ¥omona. The State secretary has received no- tice from the National Council that it has approved the amendments to the laws passed by the State Council, except the one in relatipn to the incorporation of the State body, and the one fixing San Francisco as the permanent place of meeting. State Vice-Councilor Tibbets visited John A. Logan Council last Friday night. There are in the ranks of the volun- teers from this State twenty-five mem- bers of the order from the southern part of the State. An effort will be made to obtain permission for them to come to the city, so that they may be tendered a reception before leaving for the front. | State Vice-Councilor Tibbets and State | added three Secretary Terry by dint of hard work and | persuasion succeeded in preventing Henry | Clay Council from consolidating with an- other council, and they have placed it on a better basis than it ever was. The marriage of National Representa- tive Dell B. Bowley to Miss Gould, daugh- ter of Mrs. John M. Williamson, is an- nounced for June 8. SEVEN PINES CIRCLE. . Seven Pines Circle No. 3, Ladies of the G. A. R., will hold its annual memorial service in Portola Hall, Native Sons’ | Da: THE WOMAN'S WHIST CONGRESS. i H congress of the Woman's | Whist League has passed into history. In | point of numbers it was a grand success, | and great credit is due to Mrs. T. H. | Andrews, president of the league, who did | all in her power to make the affair memerzbloi in the history of whist. The attendance was | between five 2nd six hundred, and nearly | every State In the Union was represented. It was given out that during the tournament | the contests and scoring would be conducted on the plan adopted by the American Whist League for the Put-in-Bay Congress, which | proved such a grand success, but for some un- accountable reason it was abandoned at the | last moment in most of the matches, and the result was just what might have been ex- pected, and to read the comments in the dif- ferent papers it must have been the worst jumbled-up mess of whi potpourrj that ever took place in this country, and the prediction made in Brooklyn last winter by the then president of the Woman's League that the women would show the men how to run whist congresses was not strictly carried out. 1f those in authority in this league had taken | the good advice offered them by the whist | editor of the New York Post the result of the whist play at the congress would have been a grand success Instead of a flat fallure, with two exceptions. The play for the Toledo and Brooklyn trophies went off without a hitch. Vhen the former was presented to the league Mrs. Clarence Brown, first vice-president-elect of the league and president of the Ladies’ Club of Toledo, Ohfo, who gave the trophy, used good foresight and excellent judgment in stipulating how the play should be conducted, and she was there in person to see it was carried out. The ex- ecutive ability of Mrs. Brown as first vice- president of the league will be a sufficient guarantee that the whist contests at all future meetings of this league, while she is one of the heads of the institution, will be conducted on an_entirely different plan. R. F. Foster, the whist editor of the New York Sun, s Off on a good many things he writes, according to our way of thinking, but he knows how a whist tournament shouid be conducted. In the Sun of May 8 he gives a lot of good advice, and after the harsh edges are worn off it should be digested carefully by those in the league who do the thinking two or three years in advance—and profit by it. HONORS TO MRS. GEORGE E. BATES. Mrs. O. D. Thompson, secretary of the Wo- man's Whist League, has just officially notified Mrs. George E. Bates—wife of ex-President Bates of the San Francisco Whist Club—of her election to the board of governors of the Wo- man's League, at their second annual congress recently held in Philadelphla. In the selection of this little lady to fill this very important and honorable position, uo bet- ter cholce could be made. Mrs. Bates Is a na- tive deughter of California, and was born at Sacramento. Her father, Judge H. O. Beatty, was a member of the first Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, and her brother, Judge W. H. Beatty, is present Chief Justice of the Su- preme Court of this State. It is sald a judicial mind Is necessary to be & good whist player, and it this be true, Mrs. Bates comes naturally by her whist perception, When the San Francisco Whist Club was formed in 1892 Mrs. Bates became a charter member, and has continuously remained one of its most Influential and earnest supporters, Mrs. Bates is almost a duplicate or “‘double’" of Miss Kate Wheelock, the “Whist Queen,” in size, looks, action and disposition, and is oneof the best lady whist players in the State. When Mr. Milton C. Work, author of ‘“Whist of To- v, was in the city a few weeks ago, he layed one whole evening with Mrs. Bates, and e told the writer that she,was one of the best lady whist players he ever &t down with. The Woman's Whist League has every reason to feel proud of their California representative, Mrs. George E. Bates. The balance of the officers elected are as fol- lows: President, Mrs. Joseph R. Hawley, Washington, D.'C.; first vice-president, M Clarence Brown. Toledo, O.; second vice-pres dent, Mrs. Waldo Adams. Boston, Mass. ; treas- urer, Mrs. Silas Pettit, Philadelphia: secretary, Mrs. O. D. Thompson, Pittsburg, Pa. WHIST AND WAR. ‘When four are gathered together and have second bullding, to-morrow night. ‘There will be a Kropnne exercises and several good addresses. The doors will be open to all who may wish to’attend the service. sorted the suits, and the north has led, shall wars and rumors of war disturb them? Not much. i When secopd hand signals, shall mews of the Spanish flotilla make a man forget to lead trumps? Not if he have them—and loves life. _Shall the Vizeava's bombardment of New York distract a man when he has a long sult of_spades established? ever! all a man, pondering if it were an inside or an outside ‘explosion, be pardoned for neg- lecting to “‘put his partner in?'" Not. And also no.—Chicago Times-Herald. REMEMBER THE MAINE. By a Whist Crank. Like thieves in the dark, With electric o ark was done in the night b; . But'in God's bright Hght, SPai™ In an open fight, We'll make them “‘remember the Maine.* —R. H. W. THE TRIST DUPLICATE WHIST CLUB. The ladies of this flourishing little club are always doing something novel that strikes the fancy of all lovers of whist. The Friday afternoon annex fs such a pro- nounced success that two of the best lady players in the club have offered their services free, to teach whist on Tuesday and Satur- day evenings in the club rooms in The Berk- shire, from to 8:30 o'clock, betore play for the evening begins These instructions are not confined to members of the club, but any lady or gentleman who will send in her or hix pame to Mrs. Alice Fredericks, secretary of the Ladies’ Annex, 711 Jones street, will receive cards of invitation. The regular whist nights of the club are Tuesday and Saturday. WHIST OPINION. This journal is devoted to the reproduction of the best current whist literature. Nos. 4 and 5, consolidated into one, is just to hand. We have often been asked, What paper or what journal can I subscribe for outside of Whist, which only comes once a month, that contains whist news? We ere glad to say Whist Opinion fills the bill to a dot. The number just at hard con- tains articles from the pen of N. B. Trist, C. D. P. Hamilton, Milton C. Work, Lander M. Bouve, Mrs. Margaretta Wetherell Wallace, E. C. Howell, Beveriy W. Smith. R. F. Foster, H. L. Low. W. A, Hawley, T. E. Otis, and last, and far from being lenst, Miss Sarah B. Jenkins, whist editor of the Chronicle. Think of it, any on= whist paper with articles from such writers. Sample copies will be sent by Writing to our whist editor. THE NORTH PACIFIC WHIST ASSOCIATION Just held its fifth annual convention at Port- land, Or., and the visiting delegates were royally entertained by the local whist play- ers. The Deschapelles Club of Tacoma, rep- resented by Richter, Kershaw, Keith and Remington, won the challenge trophy, and as this was the third annual tourney at which they performed the feat, they attained per- manent possession of it. The Tacoma trophy for teams-of-eight was won by Seattle, whose team was: Eroomell and Huston, Young and Miss Younz, Cox and Miller, Preston and Gottstein. In the free-for-all fours, the club prize was won by Deschapelles, and the pair souvenirs by Pritchard-Clark and Kelth-Rem- ington. The Seattle trophy for pairs was won by Mr. and Mrs. Hughes of Portland. At the business meeting of the association the last morning the following officers were elected: °_ President, O. V. Linn, Olympia; vice-president, F. R. Arnold, Portland; treas- urer, H. R. Wise, Seattle; secretary, G. L. Gower, Tacoma; directors for three vears—L. Therkelsen of Fortland and E. G. Kreider of Olympla, lympia, Wash., was chosen as the place for the next annual meeting. Gl S S FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. There was a good attendance at the re- union of Pioneer Lodge last Wednesday evening. Dewey Lodge will be instituted in the hall of Pioneer Lodge on Tuesday evening next. ” Lincoln Lodge and Richmond Lodge were visited by the supreme officers last week. Statements made in each lodge showed that the order is progressing well. SONS OF BENJAMIN. Pacific Lodge of the Independent Order Sons of Benjamin at its meeting last week decided by a unanimous vote to pay the dues and assessments of those mem- bers of the lo who have joined the service of Uncle Sam, .