The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 19, 1898, Page 28

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 1898 00000000000000000000000RO00O0 THE BOOK OF THE WEEK. «THE INTEREST OF AMERICA IN SEA POWER.” By Captain @. T, Mahan, U. S. N. 00000000000 0000000000000 TR the brow of a future now rapidly passing into the present. Of it the Hawaiian incident is a part—but in its relations to the whole so vital that, as has been said before, a wrong decision does not stand by itself, but tnvolves, not only in principle but in fact, recession along the whole line.” The close of this war with Spain will undoubtedly leave us in possession of the Philippines and of Porto Rico, with the Spaniards driven from Cuba. Here, then, is our chance to embark upon the policy championed by Captain Mahan. But would such a course not invoive im- mense outlay for ships and guns with which to defend our new possessions? “Preraredness for naval war con- gists not so much In the bu msng of ships and guns as it does in the possession of trained men in adequate num- bers, fit to go abroad at once and use the material, the provision of which is merely one of the preparations for war.” CONSTITUTION AND GUERRIERE. keenly vana to t| figh av are timeli attracting wider public attentfon ments of the United States navy. watched, he storming of Matanzas s in view of the fact that America from the Mahan claims that such a course of action will give us proper place among the great military powers of the world and will tend to increase the world's sum of happiness. Other nations will remove their hats when in our pres- Never before have the relations between England and -interests have come now into contact—Great Britain and L off Manila. Especially time- ence. > arance of Captain Mahan's latest .. he Intere merica in Sea Power, Present and When speaks of ships the world has the United States been so close. to listen. :ssays which make up this volume Iready appeare in various period s, but they the United States habite of thought, and vie argument for pends ultimately upon extensive commercial relations, gonsequently, and cspectally in an insular State, it is rare: ly aggressive In the militaty sense. Its Insuncts are nat- that, whereas once to avold European entanglement was “rg‘fg for peace because it has so much to protect at stake ecehtial o the dovelopment of her individuality, now. to outside ores. 3 away, ““The two nations whose ike In inherited traditions, A formidable fleet would undoubtedly be a strong naval power besides de- eace. ‘‘Durabl “Fase unbroken, trade uninterrupted, hardship done all roughness removed from life—these are our modern gods; but can they deliver us, should we succeed in setting them up for worship? cannot do so. vast outside masses of aliens to our civilization, now pow- erless because we still, with a higher material develop- Fortunately, as We may, if we will, shut our eves take her share of the travail of Europe is but to assume an inevitable task, an appointed lot, in the work of up- olding the common interests of civilization. slope, and the Paciflc colonies of Great britain, with an instinctive shudder, have felt the threat which able Euro- eans have seen in the teeming multitudes of Central and orthern Asia; while their overflow into the Pacific isl- ands show that not westward by land, but also eastward vet we to the THE PURITAN AT MATANZAS. succeeded most Our Pacific Mr. Bryce h details, but has partial analysis the early influ It is this that Mr. Bryce has aimed to bring out in his work, and the result would make it appear that he has admirably. The material for the book was gathered over an interval of several years but has Deen wholly revised within the last few Wecks. as not fllled his pages with plographical given instead a complete, frank and im- of Mr. Gladstone's character. He shows ences that molded his nature, the un- matched Impress that he left upon parliamentary life, the : 5 ay sw characteristics and power of his oratory, his originality of right, that injury o thé ment, retain the masetiine combative virtues which ate 0 Sy he flood may sweep. = & o ato the detafls and independence, his social qualities, and finally the deep the world that her thirty-three vears of one need not be anticipated from the predominance of the their ‘chief possession; but, even if we disregard them, the of a great movement, which, indeed, may never came, but and abiding part that religion had in his life. fe liave strengthened, not weakened, her mighty . other in a quarter where its interests also predomindts. ground: aiready shakes beneath our feet With Dhymical whoss posaioIeE T el I Glcmay, never come, but WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE. By James Bryce.. The Despite the heterogeneous character of tne fmmigration menace of destruction from within, against which the only the horizon of the future, and a; 4 v b Century Company, New York. Price, $1. In the mere number of ships England and Ru: which the past few years have been pouring into our gecurity is in constant readiness to contend. rier will be the warlike spirit of * s s 1s; but ships merely make a fleet; it take s POl e en an "f.’fl;]’}fife*l‘{*‘"“,‘,f,“fi‘;’sgj‘; erean the vlualremiof natignasin the accentuation of it Alization. Whate'er b i, moa pPOWSE Wil bi those THE STANDARD BEARER. By 8. R. Crockett. A discipline to make n ENT gse E) continue nglish—Mr. 5 'erences, in e conflict of ambitions, lles € preservation v ] S 18 an r: s “ovena S, Ve o | discipline to make o navs cninese easnals L e L ougls can days the leading part which it has in all history, and the romance of the Scottish Covenanters. The narrative opens ith in the American saflor. . and he has devoted all the importance of this stana and t Gulf of Mexico, all his discourse. . n alike have s prung up of themselves 1 ‘Beyond the sea’ terial elements in mnel of circulation. ciple that a: follo: rol it is P righteous! ecure comm ation, of , will prove ~ % F BRRRRRS STERN STAR. r in this order was *bration by Homo Chapter f Stockton of the seventeenth an- ry of its institution. The guest of w Mr: h Jennie Mann, a ber of Ge ate Chapter, who, as gran matron, instituted the Past Patron Frank H. Smith toustmaster, i sentiments were offered were many and the those who participated in the festivities ition to the membership were Grand Patron H. D. Rowe, / clate Grand Matron Belle t uty Ag Margans and s of Woodbridge, Lodi and e vicinity. The deco- y e and the menu wa could be secured. following Mrs. Mann he residence of the f the chapter, Dr. Sarah that occaslon there were mber of the members Iso a large number of There was a choice pro- music and literature and a e was had by all. astern Star, in con- onic fraternity, has large chapter, people. Iowa regiment. C. Dow treasurer. The > committee is to furnish to the soldiers in the In the tent there erected found reading and writing there will be daily in at- ladics from the local chap- t of the Eastern nd two in the afternoon. s lvhx( a greater force is re- tituted at Mur- by -“the itfated six candidates last King Solomon initiated one Tuesday last T THE ELLOWS. The trustees of the Odd Fellows' Home at Thermalito at their meeting held last week admitted six candidates and ordered & number of ne ar; improvements. The inmates are now supplied with vegetables ralsed on the grounds which surround the home. The wing deputies for San Fran- cisco, w the title of district deputy grand master, have been appointed: District 1, E. G, Harrison; 87, W 1o Owen 68, J. B. Garrett, and 103, A."H. Sophie Hutton has been 2 district president of the Rebekah 1 Association has elected the fol- nx!ul directors for the ensuing Adams, W. H. Blunden, A. 1 C. W. Derby 3 A. Foster, J. S. Godeau, . Hisgen, T. Hock, Assem The low ye k, J. J. Log- L. Parent, Ch William Rotrosky. i Otto Schult ailman, T. Tokla Robert barles Trautner, W. Wa Winterburn, hall s vear made a aum- ber of important improvements in the Oad Fellows' building, including the changing of the elevator into an electric one and tne laying of a new floor in the bascment. The reports of the presidant, ccretary and finance committee show that during the p was fairly successful, The Rebekahs have secured one of the city polling booths, which has been lo- cated at the camp of the Idaho volun- teers, and there all the soldiers of the mp can obtain writing material and a moke. Loyal Lodge at Its last held meeting in- itiated two candidates, the team belng attired in the white robes worn on the occasion of the exemplification of the work before the State assembly. 'There were present a large numoer ‘of the United States volunteers who are mem- bers of Rebekah lodges. . ssion Rebekah Lodge will give an en- inment and dance in Excelsior Hall on Saturday next. Last Friday . night Ophgl Lodge cele- bated its twenty-eighth niversary by giving an entertainment and dance to its friends in Memorial Hall, . O. O. F. butlding.” Dr. G. w. Leek presided and under his direction there was offered a fine programme of music, song and recita- tion and fancy dancing, after M. T. Head had dellvered an address appropriate to the occasion. Those who participated were Mrs, Fannie Igo, C. M, merson, Miss D. Ford, J. Regensberger, Miss Daisy Grogan, Professor Gracber' and his man- dolin _and gyl lub, W He believes that a will take her place among the great naval pow- He has but ore sermon to preach, however 1y change the text; Hawali, the Isthmus, the that the United States, like England, is 1sular power, and dependent, therefore, opular feeling and the deliberate judg- ented that, from con- T made nor control, inter: pecially aiong the great t or comme y of mh-n:niuns. This is so because the sea is the it cl “From this neces- subsidiary curing outlying provinces, or dependen- a source of national weakness, Captain ponses well timed and pleasing. Among | mp Merritt oppo- | .| T. T. Crittenden, P. P. of Los Osos; W. George Johnston sec- | " | sictan. {fl year the association | his energies to on his fellow- furnish pegs on v we have kept—libert but both. In that iginal inheritance, 8 beyond the which” demand navy."” oints out, . throughout sher course. ree, is the chief e power and | Goldsach and Miss A. Baker. programme there was a dance. THE NATIVE SONS. All of the parlors have a number of their members in the volunteer service of the United States. National Parlor is the banner one, fourteen of its members have enlisted. Stockton Parlor, of which Grand Trus- tee McNoble is a member, at its last held After the illustrated lecture In New Pioneer Hall. There were views of many of the most L{npnrmm places in the State. Stockton negotiating for the purchase of property on which to build a structure similar to that of the Native Sons’ building in this city, but on a smaller scale. As the Native Daughters wi next year, the Sons. will hasten the struc- ture So as to have a hall for their re- ception that will excel any in the State outside of the metropoli Grand President Conley was in the city last week and transacted & great deal of business for the order. In conjunction | with Grand Secretary Lunstedt he sent | out the commissions” to the numerous v grand presidents. and Marshal Dr. W. A. Gaston writes from San Jose that the committee Admission Day celebration is working hard to have the celebration in the Gar- den City on a grand scale. The following names of | oftice of the the register: W ei: secretary of visitors to the Tand secretary appear on homas Flint, P. G. P.: Gus Mt. Diablo Parlor | R. Milton, D. D. G. P. for Marin Count; Frank L. Coombs of Sacramento, gran orator; Judge H. R. McNi , G, W. North, G. T.; A. R. N mento; G. L. Smith of Mt. Bally Parlor; M. R. de la Torre, D. D. G. P. of San Luis Obispo County; Dr. A. E. Byron of Athens Parlor; C. Carroll, president of Calistoga Parlor. NATIVE DAUGHTERS. La Estrella Parlor has elected the fol- term: A. Ajgeltinger, Fenstermacher, Mrs. P L. Oltmann and der, Miss L. White, trustees L. mann and Dr, N. Selling, physicians; Miss M. Kanley, O.; Mrs. J. Selverd, I. H Mrs. A. Nichol, O. W. Miss Helen Kruse | will be the past president. | Fremont Parlor has elected the follow- ing named officers for the ensuing term: Mrs. F. Barton, P,; Mrs. R. Versalovich, Miss H. Collier and Miss A. Kerr, V. P.; Mrs. M. Sanderson, R. 8.; Mrs. 1. Rick- : s. D. Campbell, T.; Mrs. D. 2 Miss T. Ring, Miss H. Collins, Miss A. Goodwin, trustees; Mrs. C. Hitchings, organist; M. E. Falck, phy- Mrs. Mamie Daniels becomes the past president. This parlor Is looking anxiously to the return of Mrs. Barton and Mrs. Daniels for a report of the work of the Grand Pa THE NATIONAL UNION. Golden Gate Council at its meeting last Tuesday night elected Ernest C. Crandell, F. B. Berier and Carlos F. Derna to be- come members of the council, and then initiated Rev. J. B. Orr, F. W. Hosmer and M. C. Saxe as members, the three : | degrees belng confered in an impressive manner by the officers. The council ac- cepted the iInvitation of the Bunker Hill Association to take part in the celebra- tion of Bunker Hill day, to be heid in Los Gatos. The councl also accepted the in- vitation of the San Francisco cabinet to be present with California Council on the occasion of the official visit next Tuesday | night. | " &alitornta Counctl has arranged a fine programme with which to entertain the members of the San Francisco Cabinet on the occasion of its official visit on the | evening of the 2st inst. An Invitation has been extended to all members of the union who are in the ranks of the volun- to attend the session, and & fine time is assured them. For their entertainment there will be a good programme and a first-class collation will be served them. AMERICAN GUILD. The last meeting of the month of San Francisco Chapter No. 328 will be held in Balboa Hall of the Native Sons’ building on next Wednesday night, and it is ex- pected that there will be & large attend- ance, for the chapter Is arranging to make the meeting a very pleasant one. Sometime In August the chapter will give a high jinks that will eclipse all previous efforts in that line. At 'the meeting there will be brought up for discussion the proposition to arrange for an outing some time in the early part of next month. Among the candidates to be initlated are W. 8. de Corsey, rge C. Bornemann and Frank E. Allen. The increase for June bids fair to double the new member- ship for May. : INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. hay 8 meeting entertained its friends with an | or, the richest In the jurisdiction, is | teers at Camp Merritt and at the Presidio | “Though thus somewhat gorged with food not wholly to its taste, our political digestion has contrived so far to master the incongruous mass of materials it has been unable to reject; and if assimilation has been at times im- perfect, our political constitution and spirit remain En- glish In essential features. erty, of law, of right, certainly not less progressive than our kin beyond sea, we are, in the safeguards deliberately placed around our fundamental law, even more conserva- e. ‘“That which we received of the true spirit of freedom and law—not the one nor the other, t W Eut also, step by ste porated the other nations of the peninsu to it, spreading and perpetuating every foundation principles of free and good gov t6 her honor be it said, l}‘l;(‘ad! Britain also has maintained n by the rights of a race entirely alien to us, and on the north by a body of States of like traditions to our own, whose freedom to choose their own afiiliations we properly respect, we have come to the sea. “In our infancy we bordered upon the Atlantic only; our youth carried our boundary to the Gulf of Mexico; to- day maturity sees us upon the Pacific. or no call to proceed farther in any direction? “This is the question that long has been looming upon '83.'T&»’S52’25223838253!823&"&8:2393282!2fifi&?Qfi!&!&&?sfifitgfi&fififlaflafifl898882889?9&838??3*3!255&‘!282!3( RNAL NEWS | [ | | meet in that city | to serve Court San Fran | | lowing named as officers for the ensuing | zation of a new circle in Redwood City, Miss Carrie ‘ and the prospects are that it will be a J. Vasselin, V. P.; Miss Alice Maun- | R. S.; Miss 8. Asmus, F. 8.; Mrs. F. | a pleasant meeting, and at its close a Thierbach, T.; Migs Edith Maunder, M.; | member of Inter Nos Circle presented to Mrs. A. Darneal, Mrs. E. Guenther, and | the junior past chief companion, Mrs. K. Bolde- | gained. “Tt Imbued with like ideas of lib- e not only have occupted our or- as Rome incor- we have added ere the same ernment which. 5 now, arrested on the south ally an Have we no right e arrangements for the proper observance | of the anniversary of the founding of the | order. There will be service by Rev. Dr. Locke at the Central M. E. Church and the members of the local courts will as- | semble at a quarter to 7 o'clock to march | to the church in a body, from Washington Hall on Eddy FORESTERS OF AMERICA. Court Zenith has elected the following | as officers for the ensuing term: John | Mannix, C. R.; Robert Taglor, 8. C. R. . A. Henning, J. B. Court Justice on last Monday had work in the initiatory degree and then elected the following named to serve for the en- suing term: H. J. Schole, C. R.; H. Leo- pold, 8. C. R.; Thomas Sewell, R. 8.; C. Webr Jr, 8. W.; F. Wehr, J. W.; A. Valante, 8. B., and T. A. Jones, J. B. This court proposes to change its meet- ing night from Monday to Friday. The following named have been elected o for the en- George Behall, P. C. R.; B. Sternberg, C. R.; C. Mannes, 8. C. R. J. L. Goetz, R. J. C. Brion, 8. W M. Harbland, J. W.; Ben Levy, 8. B.; W. H. Smith, 31 B Dr. C W. Cara, trus: ec. High Chief Ranger Samuels ap: ointed up to date the following deputies or £an Francisco: For Court Robin Hood, Herman Kohn; Au- rora, Isador Beban; Golden Gate, F. W. Sev- erance; San Francisco, John Gardener; Bay . Levy; Euclian, J. Sparrowe; Eclipse, J. ‘M. Saunders; Hubertus, A. Fuhrmann Justice, T. L. Holden; Inter Nos, Sol Peiser; | Golden' West, J. Calman; Zenith, E. W. Haughey; Deflance, E. S. Harding; Stanford, J. B. Fleming; Magnolla, J. G. Chase Jr.; Ei Dorado, Philip Philips; Western Addition, M. iolden_Eagle, Charles Greenlaw; N. Boukofsky; Washiny Bayreuther; Mayflower, ' J. S. g Yerba Buena, ‘M. E. Licht; Bonita, J, E. O'Brien; Seal Rock, H. L. Simon; Acme, J. L. McCormick; Palo_Alto, D. Cohan; Columbla, Willlam _Reid; Hayes e : Moran; Farallone, H. Nathan; Barbarossa, Richmond, J. Kalman; Independ- ence, Shaben; Ferruclo, F. Marini, and Sutro Heights, P J. COMPANIONS OF THE F. OF A. Steps have been take for the organi- suing term: has live, active one. Last Thursday night Bonita Clrcle had McCaffrey, on behalf of Bonita, a past chief's certificate and a past chief's badge as a token of its appreciation of her services while in the chair. The cir- cle then tendered a reception to Ira W. Coburn, its recording secretary, on ac- count of his elevation to the highest of- fice in the order, that of grand chief com- panion. At the meeting of Live Oak Circle last Wednesday night Herman Kohn, the dep- uty who for a number of years has occupied the office of circle deputy and has been most attentive in the interest of the circle, was by the circle presented a very fine combination watch- charm of gold and enamel. It is a past chief companion’s and past chief ranger's badge, artistically blended. It was a well deserved tribute to a painstaking and consclentious officer. Palo Alto Circle on last Wednesday had an enthusiastic meeting, there being more than forty members present. The occasion was made one of congratulation to Mrs. Flora Jacobs, the organizer of the circle, on her elevation to the position of grand sub-chief companion. uring the evening there were three initiations, and addresses were made by Deputy M. E. Harris, Deputy Mrs. Bertha Ross, Deg— uty, E. J. Chamberlain, Deputy M. Licht and the grand sub-chief com- panion. A new circle Is being organized by Grand Chief Companion Coburn, with 53 charter membaers. The following are the deputies that have been up to date named by Grand Chief Companion Coburn: Mrs. Lizzie Atwood, for Excelsior, Inter Nos and Presidio Circles; Miss A. D. Bremer, for Oakland Circle; Thomas F. Blake, for Diana Circle; Mrs. Bertha Ross, for Golden Gate Circle; Mrs. H. Worms, for Loreley Circle; Herman Kohn, for Live Oak Circle; Miss M. Crowley, for Hamlet Circle; Mrs. Floi Jacobs, for ‘Golden Era Circle; Mrs. M. Co nell, for Bonita Circle; Mrs. L. Kirtchner, for Pride of .Columbla Circle; Mrs. M. A. Coleman, for Ocean View Circle; E. J. Chamberlain, for Phoenix Circle; Miss J. Aust, for San Dieg Circle; M. E. Licht, for Loyal Circle; Mrs. P. Mugler, for Chrysanthemum Circle; Joseph Silvia, for Sotoyome Circle; Dr. G. F. Pach for Manzanita Circl . E. H Alto Circle; C. E. Steinegul, for Pride of Butte Circle, and Mrs. W. B. Ward, for Wash- ington Latayette Clrcle. rand Keeper of Records and Seal H. Schaffner {s' distributing to visiting knights a dluctorfi arranged in conve- nient form of all the lodges in this city, together with time and place of meetis eyser Lodge of Cloverdale is belng Jjuvenated by T. B.-Wilson, P. C. An fort will be made to_revive Bear Fla Lodge, formerly of Sonoma, and the prospects of success are good. Laurel Lodge celebrated its twenty- ninth anniversary on Monday evening, June 8, b{ tendering a reception to the soldier kni ghu among the troops now en- camped at Cam] Gol Ity len Ld‘firfl'tih £4 finally with the as of kindred for her and Great Britain. ny, nor in fond dreams of unbroken peace, rest now the best ‘mpes of the world, as involved in the fate of European clviljza- tlonal sympathies, to of isolation which be | will remain in this portion of the martial séiirlt. which alone ig capable of copin, estructive forces that from outside an from within threaten to submerge all the centuries have s not then merely, nor even chiefly, a pledge of universal peace that may be seen in the United States be- coming a naval power of serious import, with clearly de- fined external ambitions dictated by the necessities of her interoceanic position; not vet in the cordial co-operation, peoples, that the future mav have in store Not in universal harmo; on. “Rather in the competition of interests .in that reviv- ing sense of natlonality, which is the true antidote to what is bad in socialism, in ‘the jealous determination of each people to provide first for its ow: protection rising throughout the world, whether economic- . of which the error or not. is so marked a vmptom—in jarring sounds which betoken that there is no immediate danger of the leading peoples turning their swords into plowshare: re to be heard the assurance that decay has not yet touched the majestic fibre erected by so many centuries of courageous battling. P “In this same pregnant strife the United States doubt- less will be led, by undeniable interests and aroused na- ay a part, to cast aside the policy ted her infancy, anad to recognize i day, June 24. A rem: gramme is. being prepares Golden Gate Company recruited to the maximum strength and | prepared for active service, in view of | the tender of a regiment made by the | Grand Lodge to the pr A temple of Rathbone Sisters was in- stituted at Healdsburg on Tuesday, June 7, by Mrs. M. A. Fitzgerald, grand chief, assisted by the membe of Carita Tem- ple of Santa Rosa. Sixty-flve charter members, including twenty-eight knights, is_the membership. Syracuse Lodge will publicly install its officers on the evening of the i3th of Jul After the ceremony there will be a dan: and the music will be furnished by an or- chestra of six. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Last Wednesday the several district conventions elected delegates to the Head Camp, which is to meet in this city in August. The delegates from district No. §, which embraces San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino counties, are R. Fahy, George J. Strong, J. L. Geary Jr. and H. C. Smith. At the several district meetings much of gener- al importance to the order was disposed of, and definite action was taken in the matter of creating a reserve fund of some kind. The Pacific jurisdiction has a mem- bership of 2,000 and the entire order num- | bers 150,000, | General Organizer Rogers has returned | from his southern trip. He reports flat- | tering gains in the southern portion of the | State and at one camp during his visit | thirty-five applications were received. He | of the jurisdic- tion until after the_ convention. | Special Organizer McGuffin has brought | a new camp into existence at Biggs, and Deputy Jennings has organized one at | Fortuna, One s in process of organiza- tion at Bakersfield. Western Addition Camp will tender a reception to its friends and the ladies in articular in the Alcazar building on uesday evening next. Last Monday Oakland Cam about 125 Woodmen who are teer service. s being rapidly | 5) entertained n the volun- B'NE BRITH. The members of Ruth Lodge, auxillary to the B. B., will on the evening of the 22d inst. give a grand entertainment in the large hall of the B. B. bullding in aid of the Red Cross Society. In view of the charitable and patriotic work in which the ladies are engaged, the B. B. Hall Asso- clation has donated the rent of the hall, which amounts to $35. The general committee and a number of present and past grand officers pald a Vvisit last week to Modin Lodge, and were well received with the reports presented, and after the business of the evening they were well entertained. On_the 23d inst. the same officials will visit Pacific Lodge. The death rate in the order has been unusually large since last January. Reports from all parts of the district show that the work of Initiation of mem- bers is golng on at almost every meeting. DAUGHTERS OF ST. GEORGE. The following named officers of Britan- nia Lodge No. 7 of the Daughters of St. George were installed June 2, Mrs. E. Witts, W. G. D. D., assisted by Mrs. G. Mubhlner, acting as W.C., the ceremony being carried on_with _a great deal of impressiveness: Mrs. Eliza J. Willlams, worthy president; Mrs. Julia' B. Staples, worthy vice-president; Mrs. Helen Wil- liams, worthy financtal éecreta.\ix' Mrs. E. Harrison, worthy chaplain; S. 5 Hewitt, worthy treasurer; Mrs. R. Mead- ows, worthy recording secretary; Mrs. S. Johnson, worthy first conductor; Mrs. A. Brierley, worthy second conduc- tor; Mrs. F. Whittam, worthy inside guard; Mrs. M. Jewitt, worthy outside guard; Mrs. E. Poulin, worthy past president. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. On the evening of May 28 High Chief Ranger Boehm pald an officlal visit to Court Occidental,, where he was greeted by a large attendanoe, and after the busi- ness of the visit was over he was enter- tained with addresses, music and song, and In return he gave an Interesting ad- dress. The following night he sited Court Alcatraz when several candidates were initiated. On the night of the 1st inst. he visited Court Sherwood Forest, and an examination Into its alrs showed that it is doing well and Increas- ing in membership. the evening of the 2d he visited Court Todos Santos at Concord, where he was also met with a good attendance. As a result of that visit the court decided to organize a cir- cle of the Companions of the Forest. On the 4th inst. the high chief er, who has been quite busy since his induction g;gd&MCe, visited Court Castle Rock at Court Twin Peaks has elected the fol- lowing named as officers for the current term: B. McDonough, C. R.; D. McL. Swan, 8. C, R.; 8. th, F. 8.; W. T. Plevin, R. 8.; W. T. mond,’ T.; W, . Carpenter, 8, W, Ernest, J. W.; P. J. Meehan, B. L. Fletcher, J. B.; J. H. Soper, physician. P, Koppen was recommended for deputy for the court. The court has arran for a corncob smoker on the night of installation. At the next meeting there will be two candi- dAu for initiation. arkably fine pro-| d. ident. | h; urt Lincoln was_visi on the sth United States, by her geo We may not agr moderation and cogency. time power. New York Evening tide of these WILLIAM EWART the same night Permanent Falconer visited Court Tomales. Court Friar Tuck recently initiated twenty-three applicants and received fif- teen petitions for admission into the court. The high chief ranger announces the following visitations: June 21, to Benicia; 22, to Suisun; July 1, to Sausalito; 7th, to San Jose; 11th, to San Jose; 14th, to To- males. Last Thursday Court Bournemouth was visited by the high chief ranger. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Last Thursday night Washington Circle after initlating one candidate elected the following officers for the ensuing term: J. Falconer, C. C. (re-elected); Mrs. Kus- sell, 8. C. Mrs. Asher, T.; Mrs. Gass- man, F. S.; Mrs. Scheren, R. 8.; Miss Berry, R. G.; Mrs. Carca Mrs. Harri$, 1. G.; Mrs. Michaels, O. G.} Miss Daisy Falconier, organist; Dr. Damkroeger, hysiclan. Miss A. Hudson will be the deputy of the circle. At tha next meeting there will be three candidates to initiate. The supreme grand officers will visit Loyal Circle next Monday night. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Anchor Lodge Is arranging to continue the work of continuous initiation that it has been doing of late. After an initiation in Yerba Buena Lodge last week the feature was ‘“‘Jones’ Telephone,” & comic specialty, by Edward Hartuck. This lodge will show a large increase this term. Liberty Lodge has settled in its new hall and is preparing for active work. Last Thursday Leland Stanford Lodge was entertalned with songs by M .L. Crowe, D. G. D., and others, and ad- dresses by the grand dictator and the grand vice dictator. Center Lodge has six applications and will hold a speclal session next Wednes- day to clear up initiations. After this term the lodge will meet on Mondays. Captain C. L. Hooper of the revenue cutter service, a member of Golden Star Lodge, has been ordered to report o Ad- miral Dewey. The several lodges are distributing tick- ets for the silver anniversary to be held in 0Odd Fellows' Hall on the 30th inst. THE JUNIORS. Through the untiring efforts of H. L. Zimmerman, P. C., of California Com- mandery No. 1, Uniform Rank, renewed interest in the work of this branch of the Junior Order of United American Mechan- fcs has been aroused. Within the past week the commandery has received six applications and four more are promised. ters of Liberty has arranged for a picnic to be given In the near future. DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. California Council No. 1 of the Daugh- ters of Liberty Friday night gaveanapron and necktie party in Laurel Hall, Shiels building. Martha Washington Council most enjoyable soclal last week in Laurel Hall of the Shiels building. The patriotism of the membership was manifested in the lavish decoration of the hall with the stars and stripes. There was an excellent programme, which in- cluded instrumental selections by the Foresters' band, ballad by Miss Sond- berg, cornet solo by Mr. Wyells, song by Miss Place, recitation by Miss Maggie Deemer, vocal solo by Miss Florence Voight, banjo solo by Fred Moll and pa- triotic solo by Baby Mearns. There was a Japanese booth in which tea was served by the Misses Tanzi and Fulton in cos- tume. After the programme there was a dance, and all was merry until time for the last car. Mrs. Sterlin was the chair- woman of the evening and Mrs. C. F. Strong the chairwoman of the reception committee, . FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. Ploneer Lodge will give another of its enjoyable parties on the evening of the 28th inst. in St. George’s Hall. This lodge has been doing well of late, and is_in receipt of many applications. Richmond Lodge is now uccuflying its new hall at the corner of Fourth avenue and Clement street. Pjoneer Lodge has elected the follow. ing officers for the ensuing term: Past president, Mrs. Reed; president, Mrs. E. A .!efrevri1 vice-president, Mrs. Annie Horne; chaplain, Miss Mamie Dugan,; financlal secretary, Mrs. E. McLane! recording secretary, Mrs. Cora Wentzel; treasurer, Mrs. Carrie Kruse; marshal, Miss Eva Fosberry; warden, Miss Helen Doherty; guard, Miss Winnle Kane; sen- gave a tinel, Mrs. Margaret Collins; organist, Mrs. Mar; 'lfl‘_]y-rel: physicians, Drs. Pat ton and er; auditors, Mrs. Reed, Mrs. Lena Scholten and Mrs. D. F. Bran- don; trustees, Mrs. M. Boehm, Mrs. As- man and Mrs. Bertha Macrett. ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS, The hext meeting under the auspices of the Progressive Council will be held to- morrow night in the hall of Empire Coun- cil. It will be an open meeting and a fine programme will be presented. Any one gn a member of the order will be wel- ome. The grand councllor and the grand corder will omcmu& visit the c‘orunfll '!on- Bnfi:lmnw th(a s of July. ol e me of the executive coun ed from the inst. to aphical position, mus of the frontiers from which, as from a bas the sea power of the civilized world will energize. ee with all of Captain Mahan's con- clusions, but it is impossible to deny that he urges his plea for a great naval force flying the Stars and No more intelligent or better- equipped writer has ever dealt with the subject of mari- RN UIRIINRINRIRRIRRS $ BOOKS RECEIVED. ; PR RN RR RN NURNRURRRRRRRR S AS MAN AND STATESMAN. This book 1s the latest work from the pen of the Hon. James Bryce and surely no one is more competent for the task. Mr. Bryce has been a close friend of Mr. Gladstone for many years and has been in the best to observe the inner nature of Englan: an.” Calffornfa Council No. 1 of the Daugh- | be one in 1685—‘“the ter! e of operations, love story runs price, $1 30. THE tripes with related the com: slaveship in the it. D. Appleton 1 50. THE D. C. Being of importance h: Post. by A. M William Lightfo GLADSTONE. Read. Laird & L sonnets. ' By Jo ay, New York. PUIHE LAKE sible position “Grand Old & cations were received by Sacramento and | Angels Camp councils. On the 23d inst. the grand councilor will be in Marysville to visit the_council there and on July 1 he will be In Monterey. — | YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. | At the meeting of the board on Monday | last D. E. Hayden, P. Princevalle and H. Pinkham were appointed a committee on mileage in connection with the approach- ing session of the Grand Council. | The Very Rev. J. J. Hogan, president of 1 millan Company. HE GENERAL MANAGER'S STORY. Ellfott Hamblen. in the United States D. Aippletnn & Co. For sale by William Do: HISTORY AND LITERAT A Flannagan, Chicago. rible year—but nevertheless a charming through the book. D. Appieton & Co.; INCIDENTAL BISHOP. By Grant Allen. This is as clever a story as Mr. Allen ever wrote. In it are plications arising out of an incident on a South Seas. There Is not a dull line in & Co. For sale by Willlam Doxey; price, RIDDLE OF EXISTENCE. By Goodwin Smith, a series of essa on_theological andled in an ginal manner. roblems he Mac- For sale by William Doxey; price, §1 25, By Herbert Old_time reminiscences of railroading The Macmillan Company. For sale ER. 'The romance of a new city, by ot Visscher, with an introauction by Ople Lee. Chicago; price, 75 cents. . M. Robertson: price, $i 50. WAY OUT YOND IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FIRST DEGREE. A ro- mance of the battle of Bull Run, by James Doran. Peter Paul Book Company, Buffalo, N. Y. BEFORE THE DAWN. The A book of poems, son and The Peter Paul Bookgscom~ OF WINE. A novel, by seph Leiser. Bernard Capes. 4 xey; price, $1.00, URE. By Emily J. Rice, R AR R A R A A A R A A R R R L L R R T L] Secretary | cll initiated three candidates and appli- | St. John's Eccles fastical Seminary of Bos- ton, Mass., will deliver a lecture some time in the month of July before Council No. 35 on_“Personal Reminiscences of the Siege of Paris and the Commune. Svolution” will be the subject of the lecture to be delivered on the Jth inst. in St. Ignatius Hall by Rev. Joseph W. Rior- dan before Borromean Council. Rev. E. H. Younan, S. B., will deliver a lecture before members of the order on July 7 in Metropolitan Temple. San Jose Council will be officially visited on Tuesday next by H. Kugelberg and D. E. Hayden, grand directors. ABOLISH MEMORY WHIST. This sort of a game is not whist at all in the true sense of the word and should be abol- ished from all whist clubs, as it simply spolls the Interest in the legitimate gamé, To show how ridiculous it is to allow it to be plaved in whist clubs a few weeks ago we asked the great expert, Milton C. Work, when he paid | us a visit, this question: “How many deals could your old Hamilton team, Including yourself, Gus Remak, Mor- gridge and Ballard, memorize if you sat down for a whole evening's play for the express pur- pose of remembering the deals?’ His reply as follows: “In answering thiss question I want to ex- plain that I understand by the word memorize not the committing to memory the position of the entire fifty-two cards so that- they could be replaced exactly in case the tray were lost, but the recollection of some fea- ture of the position of the cards which would materfally affect the overplay, and which would be what T would call a memory play and not a whist play. I am inclined to think that the chances are that Mr. Morgridge, who Is prob- ably the most expert of any of the four men- tioned in this respect, could, if he, set him- self to i, remember some such feature to the advantage of his score in practically every hand played. The others, while possibly not as expert as he is, would not fall very far behind. The way that this is done s very simple: When a hand is piayed originally the player watches the leader's hand carefully ta see whether the opening of any suit other than the natural ang proper lead would be a trick winner; if sa¢h is the case he simply im- presses’ upon his memory that in the hand which contains such and such a trump holding the singleton, i that be the method of gain- ing, or the trump if a diverse course. “The same sort of observation is applied to the sec- ond hand for the play of king and one small, queen and one small, ace, queen and every second hand combinations to the third hand in order to enable it to make wonderful finesses. The result of all this is that on the overplay the game s not whist, but something entirely different, and the results are conse- quently anything' but satisfactory. I well re- member in the last memory game of any Im- portance in which I participated that while my partner and I were soundly beaten on the merits of the original play we managed to win on the overplay simply by memory meth- 6ds. One hand in particular happened to afford an opportunity to gain six tricks merely by opening s suit which no sane whist player would ever think of leading, and which un- der ordinary circumstances in the long run would prove tremendously expensive. Such re- sults, of course, are not whist victories and are most unsatistactory. My further experi- ence with a memory game is that when it is participated in by players who have not tire faculty of remembering so well the result is that by trying to remember situations and remembering in the long plays the utmost con- fusion_results In the overplay and the whole game becomes a farce.’ WHIST WITH THE BOYS IN BLUE The Fifty-first Towa Volunteers, cne of the finest regiments that has yet visited California on their way to Manila, have with them a team of crack whist players. They have sent a challenge to the Trist Duplicae Whist Club for a match game. The gallant colonel of the regiment, John C. Loper, heads the team, but he has appointed Major W. §. H. Mathews, surgeon of the regiment, fleld cap- tain. The readers of The Call have read many of Swigeon Mathews' whist articles, which we have reproduced from the Des Moines leader of Des Moines, Ia. The others of the team are Lieutenant J. T. Davidson, adjutant of the regiment, and Mr. Ernest Painter. This team expected to go to the Eighth Congress, to be held in Boston in July, but fate has decreed otherwise. The game will be played in the colonel's headquarters at Camp Merritt. The duplicate Whist set that will be used in this match will be presented to the cofonel to take with him to Manila. ILLUSTRATED WHIST TALK BY THE QUEEN. Mrs. O. D. Thompson of Pittsburg, Pa., the newly elected secretary of the Woman's Whist League, sends us a very complimentary notice of Miss Kate Wheelock's first visit to that city., Miss Wheelock's leglon of warm friends on the Pacific Coast will be delighted to hear of her continued success. ~Mrs. Thompson says e first of her {llustrated lectures was given before an audience of Invited guests at the residence of Mrs. David Kirk, and the ‘‘Whist Queen,”” as she is called by Caven- dish, displayed such a happy gift of close rea- moment how much they had absorbed, so beau- tiful were the demonstrations and apparently 0 simple. In short, her hearers in one hour were put in possession of rules and deductions whose working out was the result of months of study and thousands of experiments No one could teach whist as Miss Wheelock does who had not perfectly mastered it both as a science and an art, but the greatest se- cret of her success lies' not so much In the profundity and loglcal strength of her knowl- edge as In the fact that in her demonstra- tions not a superfluous word or idea blurs the clear-cut outline of the thought she seeks to convey to the mind of the pupil. Her engage- ment at the Twentleth Century Club closed Miss Wheelock's season, but she left us with the promise that she would return in the fall or the early spring. Next year the illustrated lectures will be her special ine of work, as they have proved so eminently successfuy. \‘The idea is entirely original with Miss Wheelock, and the course at the club is but the second she has given. No one who has heard ther can wonder at the worid-wide reputation this charming woman has made for herselt as @ queen among players, among. teach and among women.” % s WHIST FOR JUNE. This monthly journal, just at hand, has, many' very interesting articles on the whist. topics of the day. Major General Drayson conw. tributes an article on *“The Echo and Sub= Echo" that every whist player should read. Hon. George L. Bunn's whist catechism 1 always full of good things. The preliminary. draft of the new code of laws governing dupli- cate whist is published in full. Every whist player should read this code, and if he can offer any suggestions they will be gladly re- celved. Our whist editor is chairman of the committee on laws, and every California whist player should at least feel pleased to think that & humble whister way off here in this neck o' the woods has been selected to help form what will probably be the code that will govern the game for many years to come. WHIST ON TOP OF MT. TAMALPAIS. A match for the Rideout trophy was plaved yesterday afternoon and evening in the parlors of the “Tavern of Tamalpals,” situated on the top of Mount Tamalpais, between the Mill Val- ley and San Francisco Whist Clubs. The make-up of the teams was as follows: The Mill Valley's captain was the genial president of the Bohemfan Club, James A. Thompson, with Thomas H. Reynolds, Joseph G. Cox and A. M. Brown (as substitute). The San Fran- clsco was represented by George E. Bates as captain, Dr. W. R. Lovegrove, H. C. Richards and J. R. Hanity. It was not possible to get the score of the game, but Captain Thompson says he is not going to let the San Franciscos have & “‘walk over."” METROPOLITAN WHIST ASSOCIATION. This {s the name of a woman's Whist or- ganization just formed in the city of New York. It is limited to a radius of twenty miles from Brooklyn Bridge. The object of the assoclation is the advancement of Whist among the numerous women's clubs in New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and other near-by citle Mrs. Margaretta Wetherill Wallace, whist ed- itor of the New York Evening Post, is with- out doubt responsible for the successful launch- ing of this nssoclation and has been rewarded by being selected as Its first president. The governing body of the association s to be composed of the different presidents of the various clubs forming the assoctation, each of whom shall be a director, and who Shall choose from thelr own number & pre dent, first vice-president, second vice-pre dent, secretary and treasurer, It is hoped by the ‘organizers that this method of ditecting the assoclation Will not only have a tendency to confine all politics within the limits of the clubs themselves, but. will also prevent the assoclation from ever falling into the hands of_a_cligue. Success to' the new organization. WHISTLETS. Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor fs an accomplished whist player. He was given a grand reception In the rooms of the Chatta- nooga Whist Club Saturday evening, June 11, &thna'(. Cl:{ l;“llho l(mn'l‘.l The Trist Duplicate ve e l's Sive him a reception betors jor W. 8. H. Mathe surgeon of the Fifty-first Towa \'nlnnteer-,'x:'ow u‘ Camp Mer- ritt, 18 & whist player of the first rank. The major for a couple of ml‘l‘or of the Leader at {):a A :l'x::ume s bers ot enars. ‘.L:luc.?.““l'mi;en and D. Carr, mem= Parninaten 55 %th icycle Whist Club of in_the E‘Enu Corpa. R. B. ul‘?‘ the mo"ln‘h!fllrlt and faithful e cause of whist, ls us that Vista Club ave recelved commissions