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THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1898. 28 * - —— * /000000000000 0000000000000000000000 T £ THE UNQUIET St B - : ‘ o ! : WHOLL DRAMATIZE £/ | o v waeron oo (] } 2 | o 214 { “ » ol ELEN WATTERSON MOODY s ke THE Gl - [ o1l that rare thing in male or female lo o! | authorship—an essayist; a writer, ‘o S sane, unaffected by fads, with a SN e —— : | calm, logical mind and a sense of 9/0//0'0.010} 00700100010, 9x0; OTOIOFOR0LORD IO IORONOIORDED DEDIDAO | numor, capable of taking a comprehensive » - - | view of things, with a point not too far {D now comes*®rank R. Stockton solution. The famous story has twice elevated above mankind, and an easy the apostle of the common-|been translated into Japanese, once liter- | style of expression, not so severe as to the master of the medi- | $i¥: 27, 3821 1o the Worcs of & JAPANeSs | lack charm and not so untrammeled as to last story is placid, un- | Byrma still' find it one of the best in their [ 1ack dignity. eventful and uninteresting. It | repertoires. The Burmese says its “local | ‘“The Unquiet Sex” is a prettily bound lacks in humor, it has no pathos, | color” is correct. Mr. Stockton himself | little volume devoted to the discussion of and though the stream of Its narrative | tells of a missionary who related the women and the place they occupy in the smoothly, 1t's a small, insignifi- | 105y 10 a tribe of Karens up,in the notth | doing and thinking world just now. m, without the smallest ripple | [yiar the tribe surrounded her and want- | author, with that philosophy which is the in or the least dramatic break In | ag to know if she had found out yet essayist's most entertaining and—to the ous course. | whether it was the lady or the tiger. disputants—most Irritatingquality, refuses . in the New York Times | As to “The Girl at Cobhurst,” she's the | to take sides, and while she quietiy and of the manner In which | PEI%, duckiing: of the Stockton ISSary | wittily points out the humorous spects | Mr. Stockton work: the very briliancy of her sisters empha- | ©Of the “discovery of women” declines to “In all probabilit this remarkable,-mag- netic man stands alone | in his methods of work. Without mak- | ing a note, without a scrap of guiding syn- opsis or scenario (as | they say In stage mat- | ters) he carries his | new mnovels in his| head, letting often- times the story bufld FRANK R. STOCKTON itself up there over a en heisready to writeft period of ye W calmly it off to the vouns | glrl (a typewriter), who, always in readiness, comes down each morning from the tower room. And this first draft de I the head alone, he ver touching pen to paper, 1s practically draft seld the revise as well, Mr. m caring to touch, in the the typewritten sheets.” | “Girl at Cobhurst,” v, might appropri- anything else, is an | al we ave been called of what of the | & machine might justly call a type- writer story. One of these old-fashioned | advocates of pen and ink has declared | that t pe-writer and those who com- ! pose -upon it, sound the knell of careful, | stic literary work. It's rse, to suppose that the brain tomed to one fal expression as to an- | as ac o bard of old discouraged rival by his topted for y inspirations, | lived_only In_verbal | as Pegasus learned ink-well, so will his tative become reconc!led' 1t upon the author of “The Lady and himself be responsible. t never-fading literary It, and peopie in all parts | - world are working over that | puzzie plot, to which there is 1o | * ¥ R X IR R R R FRATERNAL NEWS ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. | Mrs. K. J. Willats, grand seoretary, has | received for the benefit of the Masonic Widows' and O Home from fifteen summer resorts an order from two weeks' board and room for one These will be disposed of at a raffle at 50 ce chance, and it is ex- ected that these will bring to the fun isome sum. ! st week there was an excursion of | ominent members of the order and thelr ends into Lake County, when a tour of | prominent resorts was made. On| trip a_visit was paid to Clear Lake | re were about twenty in the mong the number were the and his wife, Mrs. Frank Dakland, Mr. and Mrs. Bray, Mr. Rager, the grand secretary and | stant grand secretary. ODD FELLOWS. y evening the members of dge tendered a reception to the Odd Fellows who are in | | | | of the United States and Jc at Camp Merritt. Among the itors who addressed the meeting after | arnes, P. G. M., G. H. Morrison, and George T. Shaw, G. 5., were Colonel Badle; M., of Idaho, Rev. Mr Regiment, Stevenson, chaplain of the Montana and Private Burritt of one of companies. The latter said, d upon to speak, that under Id not be permitted a superior officer had in the lodge-room where all | s he felt so full of love of the mp Merritt fleas that he | felt at liberty express himself, and he | did. After the addresses the guests were | ken to an adjoining hall, where they ated to a sumptuous collation, he close there was so much left h soldier was given a package to > camb, | plar Lodge conferred the first de- week on a number of volunteers 0 the TUnited States army, and last Thursday the second and third degrees onferred on them by Yerba Buena he relief committee will tender a re- | tion to-day to the Odd Fellow sol- THE REBEKAHS., Misston Rebekah Lodge held another of | its enjoyable socfals in Excelsior Hall on | b 1ing of May 28. when the following, programme was presented: Violin solo, Miss Emma Salter; vocal solo, Miss Ger- trude Frost; song, Miss Kent; fancy dance, Miss Oleta Laith; vocal duet, Misses May Adams and Jennie Wimmer: ballad, Miss Hazel Fleming, and vocal =olo, Miss Brownwood. Dancing followed. This lodge has been presented by C. k! Cook, one of the members, a set of hand. somely painted banners, some of her own worl During the past week the lady mem- bers of the various Rebekah lodges of this city have been very busy in a hall in the OAd Fellows' building sewing for the soldiers. ..e work is done under the supervision of the following-named offi- cers of the Independent - Order of Odd Fellows' Assoclation for the rellef and comfort of the volunteers: Miss Mar- aret Bell of Loyal, president; Mrs. Alma ensen of Templar, Vice-president; Mrs. Mary A. Hawley of California, treasurer, and Mrs. Mary L. Owens of Templar, secretary. They have made up a great deal of materfal into caps, bandages and comfort bags, and these are being dis- tributed as fast as made. There are half | a dozen sewing machines in the hall that | are run all day long, and there are a number of ladies engaged In cutting and | basting the goods for the sewers. There | are from twenty-five to thirty ladles Working In the £00d cause daily. Mre M. A. Simpson of Loyal and Mrs. Mary | 8. Moulton direct what {s being done at the I O. O. F. tent at Camp Merritt. VETERAN REBEKAHS. The Veteran Rebekahs is an organiza- tion composed of ladles who for fifteen | consecutive years have been members of | the order. The association, which is open | to all eligibles on the Paclfic Slope, is for soclal purposes and keeping memories of | the time when the members first joined the Rebek Recently the assoclation celebrated its first anniversary by a ban- quet in 0dd Fellows' Hall, where three hours were pleasantly spent, and there were a number of speeches and a great deal .of good feeling. The officers for the current term are Helena G. Peterson, president; Josephine Brown, vice-presi- dent; Mary A. Hawley, secretary; Sarah Knight, treasurer; Alma Jensen, M Lydia F. Pinkham, Johanna H Wehser, nnie Plath, Fannie K. Jonas and Julla vir. The association will meet al- ely every quarter in San Francisco i Oakland, and the annual banquet day been fixed for the second Tuesday in | Ma COMPANIONS OF OF A The seesion of the Grand Circle, C. O. F. of A., which closed last Thursday, was a . “very harmonious one. It 15 expected that Ira. W, Coburn, the gew grand chief, with THE FOREST, F.| 5 | real bearing upon the story. | two delightful creations | keen-eyed, | on behalf of the grand circle, a handsome | otic and eloquent effort, which was sup- | the Maine. sizes her lack of distinction, of grace, of wit. If she were not related to such clever people her defects would not be so | noticeable—but neither wouid she. The | first_half of the book which meanders on in the lelsurely Stocktonian way has no And the real story, the struggle between the old French cook and the autocratic match- maker of the town, which might have been deliciously funny, is robbed of its real value because the element of sur-| prise, of climax, s lacking. In ““The Girl at Cobhurst” Stockton had a plot for a farce as clever, as original as any of the ideas that have come from his busy brain. He lengthened and sobered it into a pastoral, photographic tale, and so spoiled it. It remains for some one to | seize upon the capital rivalry of these two old women, a disinterested rivalry for the possession 'of a husband—not for_either | of the two, but for the girl each in- terested In—and turn its flow of oppor- | tunity for good situation and dramatic ossibilitles back into the channel where t would have done most good and been so conducive to the gayety of natlons, Just a little accentuation, just a bit of clever character work, just a_ hint of caricature in Miss Panney and Mme. Le Fleur, and to the stage would be added while literature. in losing “The Girl at Cobhurst,” would lose nothing she mightn't_easily’ replace. What occurred between Dora and Miss Panney when the former declares her in- tentions Stockton has not described at | all. On the stage that might be made a capital scene. lmagine a girl going to the autocratic, wealthy old maid and ask- ing her help in the campalgn against the man Dora wishes to marry. Imagine her confusion—for Dora Is not a villain—the sharp-tongued old match- maker's pleasure in the proceeding and the details of the plot they might con- coct. The teaberry gown, too, {8 an ef- fective plece of stage property, whose light is hid under a bushel in a book. And the possibilities in that clever Le Fleur, rmed, as she is, with the most potent veapoh—her knowledge of cookery—are simply tantalizing for an actress with brains and wit enough to see and em- brace such an opportunity. Who'll dramatize ** Girl at Cob- hurst”? Who'll reveal the excellent com- | | edy that Stockton thought and didn’t | write? Who'll uncover the clever idea that lies suffocated beneath the dust of dull village gosstp by commonplace peo- ple of commonplace things? ““The Girl at Cobhurst”—Frank R. Stockton. Charles Scribner's Sons. Price, $1 50. R R R o R the assistance of the other new officers, will make at least as good a record as did the junior past chief companion and those who assisted her. The re-election of Miss Bremer as financial secretary appears to have given great satisfaction, as also hs the selection of Mrs. L. Atwood, one o the most indefatigable workers in the or- der, for the ol.ce of recording secretary. The special team that was selected to exemplify the work of initiation before the delegates to the Grand Circle in the hall of Inter Nos Circle on the evening of last Wednesday covered itself with glory. All the members of the team, attired in white dresses with neat corsage bouquets, presented a very pretty sight, something that has never before been seen in a circle room. Every member of the team was letter perfect in _the delivery of the memorized work, and the floor work of e guides could not be excelied. The work was very favorably commented up- on, and at a banquet given on Thursday night there was an open acknowledgment by the committee that selected the team of the excellence of the work that was done by the team composed of Mrs. O. Loft, Mrs. Cora Weisel, Mrs. L. Atwood, Miss May Balley, Miss Lorvea, Miss Rose Reynolds, Miss Wishman, Miss Rappin and Miss Lefevre, with Messrs. Loft and Erricks, who volunteered as guards. Ferrucio Circle, organized by Frank de Jullo, was instituted In Washington- square Hall last Thursday night by Grand Chief Companion Mrs. Harrington, as- sisted by Grand Secretary Miss Bremer and a number of the grand officers, nearly | all of whom together with members of other circles were present during the cere- mony. The circle, which will be auxillary to Court Ferruclo of the Foresters of | America, had thirty members at the In- stallation and will add five more at the next meeting. The membi‘rshlg 1s all young people and many of the l1idy com- panions are far above the usual type of pretty women. A new circle was instituted last Tues- day night in San Jose by Grand sub-Chief Companion Coburn with a good member- ship. T&P American Forester was at the ses- ston of the Grand Circle adopted as- the offictal organ of the order for California. The action of Excelsior Circle in pre- paring a wagon-load of wearing apparel and provisions for the volunteers at Camp Merritt last week was taken on the suggestion of Mrs. J. J. Cordy, and the committee that g\l:}eflnlended the delfv- eri) was Mrs. Cordy, Mrs. Julia Wishman, Mrs. M. Shumacher and Mrs, 5. Short and Grand Secretary Cordy of the Foresters. The ball that was given by the conven- tion of '88 to the delegates to the Grand Circle in Alcazar Social Hall last Friday evening was a very successful affalr that was enjoyed by the large number who at- tended and participated in the well-ar- ranged programme of dances. THE BANQUET OF '8, The banquet given last Thursday night in Westerfeld's by the convention of 1888 to the delegates to the Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America and to the incoming and outgolng grand offi- cers was one of the best appointed af- fairs of the kind that has ever been given in the order. The menu was excellent, the service of the best, and the list of toasts offered by a member of Inter Nos Circle who acted as toastmaster were appropri- ate to the occasionand were well received, while the responses were listened to with marked attention. During the evening Mrs. Harrington, the retiring grand chief companion, was presented by Mrs. L. Atwood, the grand recording secretary, silver tea set. This was in the nature of a surprise, and the reciplent after listen- ing to the Ngh praise pald her for thegood work she did during her term, could only utter her thanks. It was admitted that she worthily deserved the token of rec: ognition offered her. Those who respond- ed to the toasts were Mrs. Harrington, Grand Chief Companion I. W. Covurn, Grand Sub-Chief Mrs. F. Jacobs, Grand Trustees Mrs. Kemp Van Ee, Mrs. Da- vis, Mrs. Holland. Grand Treasurer Mrs. Haughy, Grand Financial Secretary Miss Brener, Grand Recording Secretary ‘Mrs. Atwood, Grand Marshal Miss Workura, Past Grand Treasurer Mrs. Miller, Past Grand Marshal Mrs. Connell, J. J. Cord: (rnnd secretary of the Foresters; Mrs. Worms, Mrs. McLouth, P. G."C. C.; cob Label, M. E. Licht and Otto Loft. The banquet closed with the singin; the “Star-spangled Banner.” One of the most interesting speakers of the evening was Mrs. McLouth, who responded to “Our Oountr!\;. and What the Compan- jons of the Forest of America Can Do to Show Loyalty to the Flag That Floats Over the Land of the Free, the Home of the Brave, and Will Soon Floac Over the Land of the Oppressed.” It was a patri- plémented with an original poem about The banquet committee, which worked well and Xroduced excel- lent results, was Dr. W. A. Atwood, Mrs. N. E. Smith and G. Morrison Jr. THE WORKMEN. Deputy Saunders instituted a new lodge at Guerneville last Tuesday. Precial Deputy R. D, Maplesden has The pralse or to condemn wholesale. I know the argument to the contrary, she writes of the woman collegian, used to write about it myself, and be- lieve it, too; but that was before the serious days settled down upon me, when I would gladly have exchanged my small birthright of Latin and Greek for the abllity to make one single, respectable mess of anything half 80 good &s pot- tage.” Still, despite her self-conscious- ness, the college woman is justified. “The education she wanted she has had; It was right and just that she should have it, and it has done her good. Possibly it will do her still more good when she is able to forget it."” The chapter on women’s clubs is the pleasantest example of this clever woman'’s style. “1 asked Ernesta the other day to de- fine a woman's club, to give the club idea, feminine, in as few words as possible. She thought profoundly for some minutes, then said: ‘A woman's club is an assocfa- tion for the purposes of mutual helpful- ness and self-improvement.” * ¢ * Then 1 asked a man to define a man’s club. | ‘Well," he sald, ‘upon reflection, a club is something you join in order that y may | stay away from it when you like. | From this she deduces the superiority of | the man In his capacity for enjoyment, and in her picture of the ideal woman's club she declares: “‘Here no Insidious desire for work should be allowed to masquerade under | the guise of recreation, and no amount of | recreation would serve to carry any ul-‘ terfor purpose of self-tmprovement. There would be luncheon for luncheon's sake, and women would sit down to eat it, greedy and unashamed. And you may be Sure there would be no papers to read and | no members fined because they were not there to listen to them.” : In “The Case of Maria” is a practical | suggestion for the solution of the prob- lem of domestic servants, in the separa- tion of their dwelling place from that of their employer. “Until women shall have | given some evidence of some small politi- some desire for reform,” she concludes, “and a very little capacity for | organization In that department of the world’s sociology with which the home is | concerned, there is no glaring injustice in | denying them a share in the government | of the country.’ ““The Unquiet Sex'’—Helen Watterson Moody. Charles Scribner's Sons. Price, $1 25. P cal sagacit: some new lodges in prospect In Modoc County. Master Workman Stock of Franklin Lodge will, at the close of the current | term, when he will become past master | workman, be commissioned deputy for district No. 7 of San Franeisco, in which are included Franklin, St. John, Olympic and Fidelity lodges. Past Grand Master Workman W. H. Barnes left for the East last Wednesday | to attend the session of the Supreme | Lodge, which will meet at Asbury Park on the 21st inst. W. Vinter, P. G. M. W, | left on Saturday | There will be a meeting of the district | deputies with the speclal deputies of this | cigy and Oakland in the office of the| grand recorder to-morrow night, at the | instance of Deputy Grand Master Work- | man Danforth, with the purpose of ex- changing views in regard to matters ap- pertaining to S8an Francisco lodges. | . R. Orr, D. D., of Visalia visited the | office of the grand recorder last week | and reported the membership of Visalia | Lodge as particularly actfve. Santa Cruz Lodge will Eubllcly install its officers next month, when George E. Yale, the retiring master workman, will | be commissioned a district deputy in rec- ognition of his active Interest during his {Pém he served as presiding officer of his odge. ® DEGREE OF HONOR. Next Tuesday evening Sflver Spray Lodge will give a reception to the su- perior chief of honor and the grand re- corder prior to their departure for the East to attend the session of the Su- perfor Lodge. On the night of the 9th Inst. Ivy Lodge | will have a public display of the drill | work by its team In uniform. This will be held in_the Masonic Hall. This lodge has elected the following officers for the ensuing term: Mrs. Lizzle Wilkinson, C. | of H.; Mrs. Colpek, L. of H.; Mrs. Garri- son, C. of C.; Miss Josie Butler, R. S.; Miss Annie Ingels, F. S.; Mrs. Reichman, | U.; Ella Van Court, I W.; and A. A Wood, 0. W. THE NATIVE SONS. California Parlor at its meeting last Wednesday elected the following named officers for the ersuing term: E. C. Jaws, | president; John O'Gara, R. Jansen, Louis Lacaze, vice-presidents; James J. Jami- | son, recording secrewry; u. K. Hanlon, financial secretary; Henry F. Pernau, treasurer; William B. Hobro Jr., mar- shal; John F. Morse, Dudley Tait, F. H. Stalle, D. D. Lustig, B. F. Clarke, J. M. Heinimann and Howard Herrington, sur- geons; E. H. Folsom, trustee; Willlam H. Stantels, collector. Grand’ President Conley has announced the following as his deputies: F. M. Marhoffer, Parlor No. 166; C. F. Bryan, Nos. 161, 185, 182, 193; A. C. Meckel, Nos. 57, 4, 3; J. A. Belle, Nos. 3, 5 J. C. Worthington, Nos. 14, 20, 88, 93, 187; 'C. M. Alnelie, Nos. §, 177, 200; C.. E. McLaughlin, Nos. 9, 131, 1 A.'G. Simpson, Nos. 8, 21; J. C. Gose, N 163, 179; J. Shafer, Nos. 92, 94, 182; T. H. M- Kenna, Nos. 5, 5, 0 F.'A. D 201; W. 64, 168, 183" A. E. 131, 82, 140, 170; Paul Chalgneau, ; John Haley, Nos. 3, 2, 106, 180} . Logue, Nos. §, 41, 53; C. H. Shields, Nos. @, 8, 85, 01, A J. ScSorley, No. §; F. an 'Harligen, No. 144; Leon Stone, Nos. 19; G. N. Van Norden, Nos. 151, 47: Saul Magne, Nos. 166, 23; W. ¥, Soule, Nos. 146, 120; J. L. Gallagher, Nos. 8, i13; Andrew Mocker, Nos. 169, 121; W. P, Humphreys Jr., Nos. 6, 9, 185; George G. Radcliff, Nos. 65, 30, 81; E. J. Harris, Nos. 97, 132; J. W. O. Sullivan, Nos. 128; D. F. Mahoney, No. 160; 8. Mayfield, No. 15%; C. B. Cavagnero, Nos. 138, 171; J. W. Ahern, Nos. 42, 19, 25, 176; C. A. Thompson, Nos. 1 w. s 191, 8 A D. Jones, Nos. 4, % 108 16; by a large number of people. The follow- W‘; Dbs v A"sn;r rirfi 110, 168; L. A. Blochman, | igg programme was carried out: Address Masihaa: Noa sl e homas | by C. M. Arnold, P. 8. C.; violin soio, 118; G. E. Reynolds, Nos, 38, 145; W. R. Milton, , Master Geddes Lyle; recitation, Miss 106, 20; A. C. Houston, Nos. 154, 62; Burke; song, M. Leady; recitation, Miss trander, Nos. 72, 7; H. C. McGowan; vocal solo, Mr. Donnellson; L. N. Cobbledic Nod. 1T, 104; arnett, | specialties, Charles Alpers. After the pro- e e e A Fenininger, Nos. 184, | gramme the ladles served ice cream and ChRelloge, T H D h‘m"‘m‘ ““.’l'f"h"' 20 H. | home-made cake. The entertainment nott, 187 Sv. Barion, 194: 3. D. Fister, Jo. G, | Closed with dancing, and the success of L. Jones, 58; J. A. Halpin, 72 Y the very pleasant affair was due to the P. Powelson, 49; F. O. efforts of Mrs. L. E. Clark, the Instructor, i L. J." Janssen, 14; J. D, rne; B Beldens 198 3 ; H. elden. 195; D. E.” Burton, 5 Fisher, 47; Q. Milton Reid, 0: G. Hichardson, M40; Louls Nonnemann, 157; Leon Vlilier, 202, The officers will not hive to install more’ than once during the term. In once during the ter ober new deputles The grand secretary has sent out cir- culars for the payment of the per cn:ln tax for semi-annual returns. Negligent secrotaries will discover that if the po. turns are not in on time they will be called upon to pay a penalty for neg- THE NALIVE DAUGHTERS. The entertainment that was given in Native Sons’ main hall last Friday night by Minerva Parlor No. 2, the pioneer par- lor of the Native Daughters of the Gold-' en West, was a most successful one, and, while it was pleasing to those who at- tended, it must have been gratifying to the members of the parior to note iow well their efforts were appreciated. The hall was filled with a large audience, in which there were a number of the boys in blue from the Seventh California Vol- unteers and from other regiments now at Camp Merritt. The entertainment was of & dramatic character, and included ‘‘Pet- ticoat Perfidy” and “Ici Parl cals,” preseated by, | country of Asia.” | erto unpublished sketches on gooooooooooooooog § THE JUNE § s MAGAZINES. g o © ©00000000000000000 The trail of the war is over the maga- zines. Scribner’s publishes some excel- lent war maps and makes announcement that the tireless Richard Harding Davis, though serving as corespondent for _three great newspapers, will be- gin his contributions on war-time topics in the July number, for which he has already writtep ““The First 8hot of the War.” One of the best things in the June number is Annc Douglass | TSt Sedgwick's “Miss Jones and the Masterpiece,” whose ending you'll regret or approve according to whether your point of view is the estheti- cal or the ethical one. In either case yowll call the story weil written. Gib- son’s “New York Day' begins with this number, in which he presents morning l)‘ges to be found in Gotham. he Pall Mall for June is unusuall well lllustrated, even for the Pall Mal i | gether distinct thing from whose ordinary illustra- 5: tion is a lesson and an example to magazine- makers. But the flower of the flock, literary and artistic, that fills this magazine, is the next to the last installment of Anthony Hope's “Rupert of Hentzau,” which has such a delightfully fas- cinating “Prisoner of Zenda” flavor that the race of fearful antago- nists to sequels might | take heart and change their literary creed | as to the unapproachableness of one's| first idol. | Julian Ralph’s account of the lrang-' siberfan rallway is the leader of Haner s this month. It is well il- | lustrated and brings home to one the vastness, the peculiarities and the pow- | er of Russia. Apart from the war articles there isn’t | a subject of more import- | ance In the - magazine | world to-day. Ralph's | conclusion is follows “Let the visitor to Russia | pursue his comparisons until, as nearly every one fails, he concludes that | he must be doing Russia an injustice—until he comes to re-| flect that the basis and roots of | its civilization are Asfatic and not| | European. Let him once say is Asfatic’ * * * then he stop: ing and begins admiring. He i n the | last and most primitive corner of Europe. He is in the first and most ad The most effe of illustration in the magazine month Is a sketch by Frederic Keming- ton of “Ye Spirit Dog.” | The Century Is the banner magazine for | June. It prints Emory Fenn's ‘‘Ten Months with the Cuban Insurgents,” two interest- ing articles on Theater, New York, Three R's at Circle City a most picturesque vie of Klondike school b and girl life, Bret Harte sPassing of Enriuez e Spanish Ar- * to which Captain Alfred Mahan, the great SMONTHLY® MACAZNI naval tacticlan, writes an_ Introduction. He at- tributes the faflure of the armada “to the following cause: 1 The failure to prescribe the fectual crippling of the English navy as a condition precedent to any attempt at Invasion. 2. The neglect to secure be- | forehand a suitable point for making the junction with the army. Combinations thus ntrusted to chance have no right to expect success. 3. The several actions with the English failed because the ships, which could exert their power only close | to the enemy, were neither so fast nor so handy as the latter. Only those who have | the advantage of range can afford infe- | riority of speed. 4. The disasters in the | Atlantic were due elther to original un- | seaworthiness, or to damage received in action or to bad judgment in taking un- | weatherly ships too close to the shores of | Ireland, where strong westerly gales pre- vailed, and the coast was inhospitable.'” One ‘of the most thoughtful articles in this month’s Arena is contributed by David_Starr Jordan upon The Elements of Organic Evolutfon.” Under the heading, “A | New League for the West,” | Charles F. Lummis, editor of the Land of Sunshine, announces an important step taken in the history of the magazine, and, very likely, of the literary his- tory ‘of the West.” Mr. Lummis gives the names of * those who have joined this literary league, and heads it with that of David Starr Jordan, of whom he says: There has not been in the Intellectual development of the West such another one-man momentum as David Starr Jor- dan, president of Stanford University, nor is there to-day in any one personali anywhere a saner, stronger, more vit force making for ‘better life and better thought.” Charles Warren Stoddard, Ina | Coolbrith, William Keith, George Hamlin Fitch, literary editor of the San Fran- cisco 'Chroni Charles Edwin Mark- ham, Charles Howard Shinn and Charles Frederick Holder are among those who | have pledged themselves to help make the Land of Sunshine the magazine of the West; an ambition which the active, vig- orous, clever head of the league has long cherighed. _ Cassell & Co.’s Magazine of Art has an interesting article illustrated with hith “The In- | vention of Aubrey Beardsley.” It tells | of Beardsley’s boyhood and of his devo- | tion to art when at 18 years of age he worked in the Guardian fire office and had only the hours after 9 In the evening at his” disposal. What he did in the six years from then till his death, his friend, Aymer Vallance, tells, A Dew b-cent magazine Is Alnslie's, pub lshed in New York. It contains a short story by Sienkiewicz, and a pretty little tale by Anthony Hope. o o R lum School of Elocution and Dramatic Art. That the several dpartlcipants ‘were appreciated was marked by the frequent applause of the audience. After the dra- matic events of the evening there was dancing until midnight and beyond. The success of the evening is ‘due In a great measure to the untiring efforts of the committee of arrangements, composed of Annie L. Donaldson, chairman; Mary A. Dempma/. Jennie Bremer, Katie Curran, Mary Creigh, Annie Johnson, Minnie ‘Wall, Helena Wilson. THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. The ladies of Pacific Council arranged a very pleasant entertainment and social for Friday, May 27, which was attenaed and her chosen assistants. The picnic of the order at Finger Grove, Ban Mateo County, on the 30th of May was attended by a large number of the members of the order and their friends. One car crowdea with excursionists left this city for the grounds. The committee that had charge of the affair provided ga.rnea, prizes and plenty of amusements or the picnickers. / Evelyn Circle of Chico was visited in the latter part of May by District Deputy A. Morton, and a very pleasing time was had. There was also present a dele- gation from Del Norte Council. During the evening there were applications for membership, and at the close of the meet- lvx;g“there ‘was a banquet in honor of the sitors. THE NATIONAL UNION. Rev. J. B. Orr of the Park Congrega- tional Church will, at the meeting of Golden Gate Council on the 14th inst., be | initiated. It is expected that at that | meeting there will be presented a series of views of Cuba, with an explanatory lecture by a gentleman well acquainted with that country. g KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Damon Lodge on last Tuesday night gave a most interesting entertalnment and dance to its friends in Pythian Cas- on e Fran- members ok the Lud-]tle. There was a liberal response to the ' THIRTY STRANGE STORIES BY H. G. WELLS. T’s enough to make one forgive Mr. ‘Wells’ having written “The War of the Worlds”; In fact, it’s enough to make one entertain the possibility of reading the latest book by this au- thor, despite its unearthly adventures, its inhuman characters, its flying ma- chines, its Martian invaders and its glori- fication of the microbe, to become ac- quainted with the excellence of these short stories. Since Bulwer led the fashion {n strange stories, these grown-up. fairy tales for adults have appeared in all shapes and disguises. Sometimes their development has uncovered the author’s plot—an alto- the story's plot—to preack at the unarmed reader, so powerless to talk back. Sometimes it has been a fad of his that he forces upon one through the mouths of supernatural beings, as if that made the fad itself easler to swallow. Sometimes it has been the inculcation of knowledge, that in- sidious enemy of easy-going mental pleas- ures. the imaginative fun of it that the scien- tific Jules Verne, and the moralist Jules | Verne, and the political* Jules Verne, | and Jules Verne the optimistic the artistic Jules Verne, and nave | beckoned us on to the supernatural and led us through the domain of the marvel- ous, till our literary souls have been sa- tiated with the wonderful, and It is only with the most languid Interest that we follow, afraid of being bored by old com- binations, anticipating the climax and be- Mttling the magic of it all. The antidote for it all is Mr. Wells’ “Aepyornis Island,” a simple, efficacious and most delightful remedy. So delightful, in fact, that it's worth having been poi- soned in order to require the antidote. ‘‘Aepyornis Island” is the tale of an- other Lost Ingenue, as Elbert Hubbard calls the Dodo. But such a graceful story of the graceless Aepyornis, of its shocking ingratitude and of its foster-father’s trials as it is! So permeated with humor, so thoroughly logical and so consisteutly impossible is the simple narration of the finding of an egg of this bird, extinct for 3000 years, its hatching in the warm sun, the companionship between the castaway and this representative of ornithological bluest blood, that it might serve as a model to strange story writers for all time. The author's account of the catastrophe is charming. “Think of the shame of it, too!"” he 3 “Here was this extinct animal mooning about my island like a sulky Duke, and me not allowed to rest the sole of my foot on the place. I used to cry with weariness and vexation. I told him straight that 1 didn't mean to Dbe chased about a desert island by any anachronism. 1 told him to go and peck a navigator of his own age. But he only snapped his beak at me. Great, ugly bird—all leg and neck! %O then he killed his fourteen-foot-high feathered Frankenstein, and this is the result: “Good Lord! You can't imag- ine how I missed that bird. I sat by his corpse and sorrowed over him. v S e Storles, oy H. G. Wells. For it by AL M. Robertson, 126 Post street. Price $1 50. FEE A XDEEREFRRRFT XL ln\'l(atlk)’vnshu( the committ sion, which was compos atty, chairman, John H. Daunton, Dr Cliltord ‘and E. S. Harding. The pro- sramme_included an Al \.:\- the chairman of the committee, cornet olo by 1. M. Coggins, selections by the Seymour Quartet, song and dance Miss Hazel Caliaghan, recitation by Lou Trattwetter, baillad by Mrs. Belden, ven- triloquism by Professor P. J. Dwyer, and duet and double dance by Misses Belden and King. The affair was a very enjoy- able one, and many of the audience re- mained fo join in the dances that fol- lowed. The chairman of the committee was complimented by many for the suc- cessful manner in which the affair was | ducted. co"{“he new lodge at Uklah was instituted 1ast night by H. Schaffner, G. K. of R. & S.. the date of Institution which had been set for the Sth having been changed. Laurel Lodge will hold a lodge reception to-morrow night in Pythian Castle to the Knights who are in "the United States service and are at Camp Merritt. A regiment of Knights will be recruited in this domain to offer its services to the Government. H. k. Arndt will be the colonel and H. Schaffner will be the re- cruiting officer. LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. At a meeting of Mission Hive held last Tuesday evening arrangements were completed for Red Cross work. The committee appointed at a previous meet- ing reported that it had called on the of- ficers of the several regiments at Camp Merritt” and had ascertained what was most needed, and that it had been decided | to work independently of the Red Cross Society. bed and pillow ticks and other articles for the present comfort of the soldiers. These articles will be taken to the camp and dellvered to the officers for distribu- tion to the men. The hive also dgcided to create a relief fund for the benefit of families of the members of the Maccabees who have or shall enlist for the war. This work will be the special fraternal work of the hive, | and the members will try to emulate the ancient Maccabees, from whom the order | uite a sum of money the ladles are very in which they takes Its name. was contributed an enthusiastic in the work are engaged. b INDEPENDENT ORDER FORESTERS. Court Golden Gate at its last held meet- ing decided by a unanimous vote to hold in good standing any of {ts members who shall enlist as volunteers during present war should any such members be unable to keep up their dues and assess- ments, Last Tuesday night Yerba Buena had a large attendance to greet the members of the order who are In the Thirteenth Min- nesota Volunteers.. There was a good representation of the boys In blue, and a | fine programme was presented for their | entertalnment. KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. C. B. Carleton, former grand secretary and for some time past the publisher of the Sentinel, the official organ of the or- der, has removed to Oak Park, Ill., a little town adjoining the city of Chicago, where he will hereafter continue the pub- licatlon. It is proposed to improve it in many ways. . Mrs. J. L, Wheelock, grand protector, has issued her first circular, which gives a great deal of information to the mem- bership, and the members ought to at- tend the lodge meetings to hear the same read. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Ivanhoe Circle of the Companions of the Forest has elected the following offi- cers for the ensuing term: Miss McBeth, C. C.; Mrs. Lukes, 8. C.; Miss Ervine, F. S.; Mrs. Pemberthy, R. S.; Mrs. Sheldon, T.; Mrs. Hanjes, R. G.; Mrs. Coney, L. G.; hgss Carr, 1. G.; and Mrs. Waker- lin| . G. ‘zclet Circle, in conjunction with Court Violet, will give a soclal on the evening of next Saturday. From the arrangements that have been made for the picnic of the Anclent Order of Foresters and Companions of the Forest, to be given on the 18th Inst. in Shell Mound Park, it Is probahle that there will be a big crowd and that there will be a fine day’s outing. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. Mizpah Lodge No. 4, Friends of the Forest, gave a flag entertalnment on Sat- urday, May 28. The hall was beautifully decorated with American flags, and all persons were presented with a flag as they entered. The programme was ex- cellently rendered, the folowing being a few of the numbers: “On the Banks of the Wabash” was sung remarkably well by a little tot of 5 years; M comic recitation, entitied scription of George Washington”; Mrs. Harry King, parody, ‘“Woodman, Spare That Tree'’; Mies Lucas, skirt dance; the Misses Priest, hornpipe; Miss Schwark, vocal solo; Miss Benson, vocal solo, “Remember the Maine”; Miss Car- roll, natonal song; reading by Mr, Hubbell; Professor Joseph F. Moore and his mandolin club of thirty members; also comic farce by seven young ladies, entitled, “No Cure, no Pay.” Three prizes were given for the best-decorated ladies in American colors. Miss Gaster received ;he first. Dancing continued until a late our. 4 America Lodge, the mnewly m-umoa& Sometimes it has been purely for’| The ladies of the hive will make | the | by | Jodge in Texas. | | name or initials. TOOOQO000000OOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOgT - ol : NEWEDTIONOF f | a .- e }g‘ THACKERAY'S 'PENDENNIS,” 3| ’20000000000000000000OOOAOOOOOOQOOOO‘gi HE new edition of Thackeray the | completed my story this day,” Thacke- Harpers are publishing is notable mainly for the biographical notes by Thackeray’s daughter and hith- erto unpublished letters of the greatest of English story tellers. The Pendennis volume has an account of Thackeray’s school days. “I can remem- ber,” says Mrs. Ritchie, “hearing my grandfather say that Euclid was like child’s play to my father, who went through the first books with absolute ease and facility. Algebra. on the contrary, he always d latitude and longitude.” In distinctly the beol- is not so rich as was “Vanity Fair,” but there are numerous _humorous sketches, the design for a Hogmagundy being a testimony to Thackeray’s carica- turing ability. “There were Pen- dennisesand Warring- tons, too, at Cam- bridge in the year 1829, the year Thack- eray was at Cam- bridge,” Mrs. Ritchie writes. “Dobbin was colored coat. Al- though they did not become intimate un- MRS.RICHMONU nICHIEt]] after they had left college, my father's relations to Edward Fitzgerald had perhaps some resemblance to those of Pendennis and Warrington; and yet, my father was not Pendennis any more than the other was Warrington.” In this introduction also are the names | of those who posed unconsciously for Laura and Pendennis. “In those days there was a little girl living at Brighton, a charming little girl with dark eyes and curly brown hair; and I have often heard the story how she came running into the room and said her name was Laura, and how my father then and there made her godmother to his heroine. She was the youngest daughter of Horace Smith, of. the ejected Ad- dre: Little Laura married Mr. John Round, and died still young, still dark- eyed, gay and charming. “Nor must I forget to mention a vis- itor who used to come to Kensington in the very early days of Pendennis. He was a rather short, good-looking young man, with a fair, placid face. It was summer time and we dined at an early hour; and one day after dinner, by day- light still, my father pulled out his sketch book and began to make a drawing of his guest. This was a young literary man just beginning his career; his name was Charles Lamb Kenny, and we were told that he was to be the hero of the new book, or rather, that the hero was to look like Mr. Kenny.” . Pendennis was finished in 1850. ‘“‘Having tee for the occa- | lodge of the Friends of the Forest, will i of Will J. Be- | hereafter hold its meetings on the second and fourth Friday evenings at Mission Masonic Hall, Twenty-third and Mission | ddress of welcome ! streets. This order is progressing nicely, and in the near future expects to institute a new THE DRUIDS. Noble Grand Arch Goller has fully re- | covered from his recent illness, and Past Grand Arch Devoto, who has been ill for some time, is recovering. : The picnic at San Jose by Galileo and Alpine groves on Sunday, May 29, was a great success. It required fiffeen cars to carry all the excursionists. . The members of the San Jose contingent joined in and helped swell the numbers. There was a | fine programme of amusement and ora- tion in Italian by F. Cavagnaro, P. N. G. A., and one in English by L. G. Schord, P. 8. A. isliked, and there were other sub- | jects he turned from; for instance, he de- | clared to the end of his life that he never | could understand the difference between | Pendennis reminiscence, | there also, in another | { | | | [ Forow M EE KKK EE K KKK KK KKK FX | | ray wrote to his mother, “and wrote finis, 1 am very tired, weary and solemn-mind- ed.” Mrs. Ritchie says she can remember “the morning Helen died. He came into our schoolroom half-laughing and half- ashamed and said to us, “I do not know what James can have thought of mewhen he came in and found me blubbering over Helen Pendennis’ death.’ " Thackeray was fiercely criticized for trying to win favor with the non-literary classes by decrying his own profession. In replying to the attack made upon him he wrote: ““The only moral that I. as a writer, wished to hint at in the description against which you protest, was that it is the duty of a literary man, as well as of every other, to practice regularity and sobriety, to love his family, to pay his tradesmen. Nor is the picture have drawn a ‘caricature which I condescend to.” My attempt was to tell the truth and to tell it not unkindly. I have seen the bookseller whom Bludger robbed of his books. ] have carried money, and from a noble brother-man-of-letters, to some one not unlike Shandon in prison, and have watched the beautiful devotion of his wife in that dreary place. Why are these things not to be described, if theyil- lustrate, as_they appear to me to do, that strange and awful struggle which takes place in our hearts and in the world?” Pendennis: Bfographical edition of Thacke- ray's complete works. For sale by A. M. Robertson, 126 Post street. Price $150 per volume. guLLLLNLRuLILIRRLLR . b = BOOK NOTES. 2 %555583232833858888583&'82882 When Literature announced recently that England’s poet laureate had severed his connection with the newspaper world in order to devote himself to poetry Lon- don Truth commented upon the change with the following lines: As a result of the advance in the price of paper, a number of the newspapers in the State of New York have increased their prices from 1 to 2 cents a copy. Simflar action is expected on the part of the Chicago papers. Crockett is to write a serial for the Pall Mall Magazine, which will commence im- mediately now that “Rupert of Hentzau" is finished. “‘The Silver Skull”—the cresc of a great Italian family—will be the title. Alphonse Daudet’ last book, “The Head of the Family,” has been trans- lated by Levin Carnac. It is published by G. P. Putnam'’s Sons. Mrs. Humphry Ward's new novel ‘“‘Hel- beck of Bannisdale” will be published early in June by the Macmillan Company. FHEREFRER R KRR R EF L X FERF Templar and Golden Star groves will give a grand picnic in Wildwood Glen Park, Sausalito, on Sunday, the 12th inst. A few days since a_sneak thief entered the office of Grand Secretary .raves in the Druids’ building and stole his travel- ing satchel, in which there was not much of value except a_number of blanks b longing to the order. The grand secre- | tary says that the thief can find the key in the same place where the satchel was. ORDER OF PENDO. Dewey Council was instituted at Aber- deen, Wash., last month with twenty-two charter members. Deputy Cressey is organizing a council at Grass Valley. Reports from various counclls in the jurisdictions show an increase by initia- tion. Delta Council was organized at Visalia last month. There were twenty signers to the application for a charter. AST week we gave some practical ad- vice to those who are put In charge of whist tournaments, contests, matches, | del etc., and how they can help make them much more popular. This week we think it our duty to say a few words to the players themselves who take part in such tournaments. They, too, have a part to perform, and they should per- form it well. It is as necessary for the players to do their duty as it s for the referee, or one in charge, to do his. Like a pair of shears, the two halves must be perfectly united to do good work, and have everything cut or run smoothly. Before entering & tournament or match game you should carefully read the laws of dupll cate whist, and become famillar with them, | and play strictly in accordance with the same. When you make up your mind to enter a whist contest, and the rules require you to make a formal entry, don't wait until the last minute to do so. When you do enter, you should give the name of your club, where it is from, the captain’'s name first, then follow with the full names of your team; don't omit the given S This little request may seem trifilng to some, for the referee and scorers. Pay the strictest attention to the announce ments of the referee: if you don’t understand What he tells you the first time, have it re- peated. No pl layer should go on playing in a match when he does mot know what is expected of | Mim 'in regard to scoring, moving or changing rays, etc. e houia e the duty of every player enter- ing a match to assist the one in charge as much as possible by doing what he is told to do, and do It cheerfully and at once. Always play your cards with as little delay as possible and do Jjustice to yourself and partner. Playing unnecessarily slow Is a great Aggravation at 4, whist table—you make the game a bore to every one around you Instead of a pleasure. Kover touch any cards on the table during the play of a deal except your own; if you are entitled to see any cards that have been turned, ask the player to show them. Point the ends of the cards to the winner of each trick; some players have a habit of plac- ing the cards of a trick won, in one pile, and the cards of a trick lost in another; this is con- trary to the law and should not be allowed at a whist table. To prevent mistakes in scoring, both sides should state in a low whisper as soon as a deal is played the number of tricks won by each: be sure that you agree before touching the cards. Never speak loud enough to be heard at the next table. Be sure that the score is recorded before you touch your cards to put them back Into the tray or holder. When a deal has been played and the score recorded and vouched for, each player should thoroughly mix the cards and put them back in the pocket of the tray at once, and let them remain there. It is the duty of each player at a table to watch to see no mistake occurs in putting down the score. It a mistake is made in putting down a score, It should never be erased: the referee should be called to furnish a new score slip— the one on which the mistake occurs should be handed to him to destroy. When you “O. K. or vouch for your ad- versaries’ score, which must be done at the end of each round, you should write vour full name; don't put down just vour Initials. When the scores at a table are made up properly vouched for by each adversary, they should be placed handy for the collector. Never post-mertem a deal after you have played it when it has to be moved to another table for play; you mnot only disturb players around you, buf nine times out of ten you will t s mixed. Never during a contest or match of any kind ask a player at another table what he made on any certain deal; invariably some one hears the reply that has yet to play it. . Should a question arise over which there can be any misunderstanding or dispute, ap- peal at once to the referee; don’t wait untll you have attracted the attention of all play- ers in the room. 1f, In the course of pla generally known as “‘sla Yourselt. 1f a player is ignorant of the law on any par- you make what 1s band,” keep it to ticular point, he has the right to consult or refer to a nted code to post him, even dur- contest, X a e mind a referes is not for the purpose of guoting the law to those |nEnt of it, ex- lwp% in making his decisions. is there to but it is a labor saving device | | PRACTICAL ADVICE TO WHIST PLAYERS. ’ | | stamped envelope enclosed for the purpose. see that It s justly administered, and to pro< tect the interest of each and every player. When a contest Is over, keep away from the officlal scorer; it only annoys him and ays the announcement of the result WHIST MATCH BY CORRESPONDENCE. Whist, the journal that every whister in the country watches so anxiously for each month, | has started the long-looked-for whist tourna- ment by correspondence. We are afraid it has made a serious mistake at the start by asking us to be one of the contestants—as a ‘‘long- sufter.” The detalls of the tournament are as fol- lows, as furnished by the above journal: Sixteen players take part in the tourney, elght long-suit players being opposed to eight short-sult plavers. Four tables are formed, and at each table a long-suit pair will meet a short- sult pair. There will be no change of position— every player having the same partners and same adversaries throughout the tourney. Each player will play 100 hands, acting in turn as leader, second, third and fourth hand. A set of numbered whist blanks are sent to every player, and each blank will show the hand to be played on a given deal and the po- sition of the player. These are to be retained by the player for reference. The tourney will be diveded into four sec- tions (A, B, C and D) of twenty-five hands each, and with each section will be sent a duplicate set of blanks to be filled up and returned—thus, north at table 1 will receive the twenty-five dlagrams that form section A, showing his cards and position on each deal. At the same time he will receive an explanation of the system of play adopted by his partner and adversaries (as stated by themselves) and @ separate set of blanks for those deals in sec- tion A in which it is his turn to play—in this case it would be deals 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 2. He would enter his cards in the proper spaces and return the second set to this office in the t this office the cards played by north would be noted {n our diagrams and then transferred to the blanks for east, and forwarded to him. When received back the cards played by north and east are entered upon south's set of blanks and sent away, and so on—always in sets of six or seven at a_time. One person only will know all the players and all the hands; one hand in every four is an arranged hand, the remaining 39 carde be- ing shuffled and mixed, till they as nearly as possible realized the ideal equivalent of being Tishot out of & volcano' before they were dealt for the other three hands. Nevertheless we question if the most careful design could in some cases have produced combinations more curious or more llkely to result in some ex- ceedingly Interesting play. Fvery combination will be opened in turn by two long-suit teams against a short-sult defense, and by two short-suit teams against 2 long-suit defense. The leaders’ hands are so framed as to afford long and short suiters alfke the best possible opportunity of proving Which system gives the best results from a given combination, whether it be opened with & supporting card or a fourth best, a number showing lead or “‘top o' nothing.’ THE SILENT GAMES. This is the name of a new monthly maga- zine devoted to chess, checkers and whist. We hate to see the head put onto the tall, but it comes from Carthage. Mo., and that may be the way they do things down In the ‘I reckon'® country. This little work costs @ cents a vear. S o s 3 Hilent Ganies, Carthage, Mo. - a4ress The WHIST BY HARVARD, YALE AND PRINCETON The intercolleglate whist tournament recently held by Harvard, Yale and Princeton was a great success. Harvard finished first, Yale second. Mr. Howard Rogers, whist editor of the Evening Journal of Albany, N, Y., says: “In their struggle for the chamf- mship the college boys showed remarkably good discipline, and the match was one of the most orderly and business-like ever played. There was not a word of comment among the players that could be heard at the next table, and what little fault-inding took place was more in the way of good-natured regret than of criticism. The plavers changed their places expeditiously, kept their scores with remarkable accuracy, and attended strictly to the play In a_manner that would put many of our older organizations to_the blush, ““The Harv undoubtedly won the match by superfor play. They were better strategists and seemed better able to read the cards than either of the teams from the other colleges.”