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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1898. DING A CLIF STAR. ron Mrs. Por- paid a visit Patron R Antioch. at’ it work, nd Grand 1 Chapter at Chapter, initiator Ate 1 rship one of the very promi- | wbers of the Masonic order and has changed its tern to Laurel the for-| . was found to date the mem- its last held ated three can- ind followed the ceremony with inquet THE ODD F OWS. Grand Master Brueck announces the visitations in Jul urday, Lompoc Lodge: Monday, 11, to ria Lodge; Tu » Lodge at San M to Alisal Lodge, dge, Hollister; Fri- Lodge, Guadalupe 16, to Choro Lodge, Cayucos to Mound I is Obispo; Monday, 18, Tuesday, 19, to Hesperian sodge, Cambria. The Odd ' Hall Association has elected the s for the cur- rent , president; J w. H vice-president; C. F. O'Nel secretary; the Bank of California, treas- urer; K. H. Lioyd, ey. Last evening the e )T degree team conferred the sec degree on a number of candidates. There were sent number of the soldier Odd Fellow The entertainment and dance which Oriental Rebekah Lodge had arranged for last Wednesday night has been post- poned until next Wednesday on account of the death of a member of the lodge. ANCIENT ORDER OF WORKMEN. Deputy Grand Master Workman Edwin Danforth has established a school of in- struction, which mee! in Shiels build- ing. > purpose of. giving the district deputies and the officers-clect who will take office next month such information and advice as they may require, that all may -uniformly carry on the business of b v night there was a meeting ast 200 members in the hall of Pa- dge, attracted there by a desire 1o witness the conferring of the Oriental degree on thirty-one who were anxious to unde id it.” The hall was tastefully decorated with the American colors, and s session the lodge Gordon and his ation of the de- hort busine s ed over to teum for the e which was creditable manner. After that there quet, and at the close addresses ernor Richards of Wyoming, Seorge, Pardee, Chief Justice of the sume State, and others. On Friday night there sion of California No. was a joint ses- 1 and Occidental No. 6, on which occasion the degrees of ihe ofder were conferred on eight candi- dates by Deputy Grand Master Danforth, assisted by Past Master Clement of Spar- tan Lodge. There was a large attendance, and after the ceremony there was a gen- eral good time. THE NATIVE SONS. The recently elected officers of Cally fernia Parlor will be installed by District Deputy Grand President Judge J. J. Allen of Oakland on Tuly 6. The same evening the officers of Mission Parlor will he in- stalled by District Grand President Rey- nolds of Haywards. b Rincon Parlor has invited its friends.to 2 public installation and banguet to be last held | receiving | F TO PHOTOGRAPH AN EAGLE’S NEST. | cture Is From an Actual Photograph, and Shows Professor Cherry Kearton Sus- | n Several Hundred Feet Above the Ground. s Dangerous Places, and All for fhe Benefit of Science. S S e e o The ,Daring Naturalist ATERNAL NEWS iven in Banquet Hall, Native Sons’ buld- ng, on the evening of July 6. | stalled on July 11 by Thomas Monahan of San Jose, D. D. G. P. . T. Crittenden, past president of Los 0sos Parlor of San Luis Obispo, who was for two weeks under medical | treatment, expects to return to his home to-morrow. Ex-Grand Trustee Frank Sabichi of Los Angeles has been aplm(nled by President Conley deputy grand president at large. Should his health permit, he will con- | tinue the good work he has been engaged in for some time past In the southern part of the State. On the 16th of July there will be a meet- ing in the main hall of the Native Sons’ building of the grand officers, deputies and all the officers of local parlors, on which oceasion California Parlor will ex- emplify the ritual to the end that there may be uniformity in doing the work in all the parlors. "After this work shall have been concluded. the degree from California Camp of the Argonaut will confer that beautiful degree on cal didates. The original team, with one e: ception, will do the work, and that ex- ception will be Frank B. Ryvan, who is now in the great Northwest. The place he left vacant will be flled by Eugene Gauthier. ElDoradoParlor has elected (hefollo?- | Lowney, B. Manssn o nane, V. 5 o ugene E.H. Stroeckér, ¥, Bragg and F. J.Cunane, trustees; Dr. W. J. Haw- kins ‘and Dr. E. J. Frisbie, surgeons; J. E. | O'Brien, B. C. Anderson and T. H. Casey, | reading-room directors. NATIVE DAUGHTERS. Last Wednesday night Piedmont Par- lor gave a Dewey social in Chapman's Hall In Oakland, which was well at- tended, and as the functions of this very live parlor are always well managed and very enjoyable, this patriotic one was no exception to the rule. On the evening of Friday, July 1, the parlor will have a public installation of the following named officers in orh;} Hall, Oakland: Mrs. Emma Munson, P. P.; Miss Gertrude Surrhyne, P.; s, Emma Swaney, Mrs. Lillan Murden and | Mrs.. Dalsy Sommers, vice presidents; | Miss Amanda) Hammerly, R. 8.; Miss Til- e Wemmer, F. 8.; Mrs. Tillie Frick, T.; Mrs. Laura McCombs, M.; Mrs. Nelly Dykes, Miss Clegel and Miss Benter, trustees, and Mrs. Dr. Bennet Nash, phy- | sician. Upon that evening there Wlfi) be presented to the parlor a beautiful flag. The officers of Piedmont Parlor, N. §., will be installed in the same place the same evening. On motion of Miss Eliza D. Keith the | Grand Parlor adopted a resolution that | the Grand Parlor {instruct subordinate parlors to constitute themselves local his- tory and landmark clubs for the purpose of collecting California legends, historical facts, pictures and historical dita of spe- clal interest to California and to preserve landmarks. Mrs. Lena B. Mills of Orinda Parlor, R. E. Egan, M.; having been elected firnnd marshal of the Grand Parlor, was last Thursday night the guest of honor at a banquet tendered her by the members of her parlor. Mrs. Lena Hilke Mills of San Joaquin Parlor, who was elected grand president, on her return to Stockton was met at the depot by a delegation of her parlor l;llnt'l a brass band and escorted to her ome. Miss A. Mayberry, past president of Golden State Parlor, now a resident of Sacramento, was in this city last week, and visited the members of the parlor. Another visitor was Mrs. Jeenie E. Brown of Piedmont Parlor. % THE AMERICAN GUILD. Ban Francisco Chapter, at its meeting last Wednesday night, had a large at- The officers of Sequoia Parlor will be in- | jeg=3egeeRuFaReFagogegel HE third volume of Mrs. Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s “Biographical Edition” of her father’s works con- sists of the Yellowplush and Jeames de la Pluche papers and of the ex- travaganzas and comicalities of the Michael Angelo Titmarsh period. The introduction, which comprises for- ty-two pages, illustrated with drawings never before published, adds a spectal In- terest to this edition. More and more as Mrs. Ritchie's method unfolds itself does it become evi- dent that these introductions are in fact, if not in form, chapters of blography, which In their entirety will constitute an official memoir of Thackeray. Mrs. Ritchie deserves the thanks of all Thack- eraymaniacs for having disregarded the spirit of her father’s reported request that no such memoir should ever appear. His reputation has not suffered, but, on the contrary, has gained considerably by the revelations which his daughter makes and allows him to make in the let- ters and autoblographical notes included in her scheme. The introduction to “Pendennis” dealt mainly with Thackeray’s school and uni- versity days. The present introduction takes up the thread of the narrative | from that point and shows us the future | author in his early struggles for fame | and fortune in London. He affiliated with several young men who afterward reached the goal of simi- lar ambitions. Alfred and Frederick Ten- nyson, Edward Fitzgerald, Charles But- ler and John and Henry Kemble were among them. These young Knights of the Mahogany Tree used to meet and play and work to- gether, or sit over their brandy and wa- ter discussing men and books and moral: speculating, joking and contradicting one another—liking fun and talk and wit and | human nature and all fanciful and noble things. They all went their own ways. They heartily admired one another (and no wonder) and_they encouraged the minor graces as well as the major virtues. Mrs. Ritchie quotes from a letter writ- ten by Thackeray to Edward Fitzgerald after the latter's departure from London | | in November, 1831, | I don’t think my rooms will ever ap- pear comfortable again,’ says the letter. ““Here are your things lying in the exact place you left them. * * * The Kem- | bles have called—J. vesterday, Henry to- day; he is a dear fellow, and we talked about nothing but you and the theater. *» # & " Then, again: ‘“John Kemble | stayed with me till 5 o'clock, when we set forth on a walk; we went round the Re- | gents Park, and he had the talk to him- | self. It was agreeable enough; about his Spanish adventures, and his friend Gen- | eral Torrijo's exploits. He has asked me | to his house. * * * Mrs. Kemble has | returned, leaving her daughter in Paris.” | This was at the time Thackeray sat every day In Lawyer Taprell's office | perched on a high stool, drawing up legal | documents. Mr. Taprell was a special pleader and convevancer, and it would be curlous to come across a legai docu- ment in his pupil's handwriting. Almost a year before this time Thack- | and his family had come to the con- | era | clusion that he should go to the bar. He | himself was anxious to begin work. his mother from Germany. | January 2, 1831, he says: “I do believe, | | mother, that it 1s not merely an appetite for novelty which prompts me, but really a desire to enter a profession and do my duty in it. I am nearly 20 vears old—at that time my father had been for five | years engaged on his. I am fully aware how difficuit and disagreeable my task | must be for the first four years, but I have an end in view and an independence | to gain; ana if I can steadily keep this | before me I shall not, I trust, flinch from | the pursuit of them.” By the autumn of | that year the young student was, estab- lished in the Temple. But his fancies soon strayed from law | to literature. Perhaps it was his ac-| guaintance with William Maginn, the first professional litterateur with whom he became intimately acquainted, that | formed the turning point in his career. The earliest mention of Maginn in the | Writing to ance, and after the initiation of two (t-:rllx((lfidates, Dr. J. P. Lefevre, on account | of busines$ engagements preventing him from attending to the duties, tendered his resignation as one of the trustees, ana in his place G. H. Daggett was elected. J. J. Cullen, the secretary, was installed as treasurer for the balance of the cur- rent term, he filling both offices. It was decided that the the Gulld are to have a private picnic one of the groves at Haywards on the 10th of July. It is expected that there will be about 150 persons present. At the meeting there was the assurance of sixty, and it was stated that a number who were not in attendance had signified their intention of going on that outing. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. Court Golden Era celebrated Bunker Hill day by a grand high jinks in its hall in the Alcazar building. There was presented a varied programme which in- cluded patriotic addresses and entertain- ing numbers. There were present Captain Wankowsky of the Seventh California Volunteers and a number of non-com- missioned officers and privates of the same regiment who are members of the order in the southern part of the State. The opening address was by H. K. Asher, G. 8. W., who delivered an eloquent pa- triotic oration that volced the sentiments of all present, judging from the wild ana prolonged applause with which it was re- ceived. Then followed the programme that had for its features: Banjo solo, Harry Weaver; comic stories, T. F. Ed- wards; boxing exhibit, Charles Pickara and Otto Jackson; “Our Order,” Grana Secretary John J. Cordy; wrestling match, L. Manlock and Joe Meagles; mandolin and Fuitnr selections, C. Belasco and F. Bodrigue; humorist sallies, J. Laboeman; Messrs. Goldstone and Walker, piano and mandoiin selections; vocal selections by the Bolaway quartet; feats of ju%glmg, E. A. Smith; stump speech by Bd A. Smith, and a comic story or two by l. Hass; William Gall was “the clown of the evening.” The committee furnished cigars ?lnd refreshments and all had a pleasant me. At the meeting of Court Sutro Heights last Thursday night W. P. Burnham and Charles Abraham were initiated into the mysteries of the order. After the regular business, Sam Yehl, the accomplished or- ganist of tne court, entertained with se- lections on the piano and then furnisned enteriainment with selections on_the phoncgraph. J. W. Richardson rendered cholce music on the mandolin, George J. Strorg and L. N. Boukofsky delighted the court with vocal music and several other members contributed to a pleasant even- ing’s enjoyment. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST, F.OF A. Last Monday night the members of Loyal Circle of Oakland, wishing to honor Mrs. Flora Jacobs, who at the last held session of the Grand Circle was elected grand subchief companion, tendered her a surprise reception in Giers Hall. She had been notified that as right guide she would be expected at a stated hour to be on hand to take her part in the initiatory work. When she arrived she was ushered into the ante-room, where, instead of finding a candidate, she discovered, to her surprise, more than a hundred Compan- fons, who greeted her with a very cordial welcome. She was then escorted to_the main hall, where there was spread a bountiful collation, which had ar- ranged under the direction of the com- mitiee, consisting of M. BE. Harris, P. C. C., Mrs. H. Ross, Mrs. R. Cohn, H, W. Ross, Henry Cohn and Max_ E. Licht. Amon% "é”é present were Ira D. Co- burn, Mrs. Jacobs, the guest of honor; Mrs. Emma Harrington, P. G. C. C. and V. G. H. B.; Miss A. D. Bremer, | help elect his friend, and even delivered a [ ures and playi |in the park with Mrs. T. members of | ):(finC()2(!:():():(fififififinfinfififififififi(fiflflflfifififlfififlfififififififififlfifififififififin THE BOOK OF THE WEEK. MORE REVELATIONS ABOUT THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THAGKERAY. BY HIS DAUGRTER, MRS. ANNE THACKERAY RITCHIE. !:():(fi):(t!fififififi):(fiQ):U})2(QfiQC&fifififififi):Ut“:i):(fiflflmfififififififififififlfififlfldfifi diary which young Thackeray kept in those_days occurs under date of Wednes- ) day, May 2, 1832, “Dr. Maginn called and took me to the Standard, showing me the mysteries of printing ‘and writing leading articles. With him all day till 4. Dined at the Sab- lonniere.” Next day he dines with Dr. Maginn at the King's Head. “A dull party of low literary men.” ‘“Wrote yesterday to E. F. G. with a letter as from Herrick. Might have been made pretty, but was poor enough. How can a man know his own capabilities? Not by reading, by which one acquires thoughts of others and gives one's self the credit of them. Bulwer has a high reputation for talent, and yet I always find myself competing with him.” Then, again, a little further on: ‘Ma- ginn with me all the mornlni{ one of the Eeasantest I ever passed. aginn read omer to me and he made me admire it as I had never done before; moreover, he made me make a vow to read some Homer every day, which vow I don’'t know whether I shall keep.” “Here is the day for which I have been panting so long.” He was now of age, and his own master. The first use he made of his freedom was to throw away his law books and set out for Paris to study the art and literature of the gay European capital. In July, 1833, he writes to his mother from Paris that he has been thinking very serfously of turning artist. “I think I can draw better thando anythingelse, and certainly like it better than an{ other oc- cupation. “Why shouldn’t 1? Tt requires a three years'" apprenticeship, however, which is not agreeable, and afterward the way {s clear and pleasant enough. An artist in this town i{s by far a more dis- tinguished person than a lawyer, and a great deal more so than a clergyman.” At first the allusions to Dr. Maginn are full of praises of his scholarship and kindness and clever talk. But as Thack- eray grew to know the brilliant Bohemian better he saw and deplored the darker shades in his character, his drunkenness, improvidence and negieet of his own fam- ily. Years afterward he was to put all he knew of Maginn into the Captain Shandon of “Pendennis.” This was the period when the reform bill was being fought inch by inch. | Thackeray, like most of his friends, was a Liberal. When Charles Buller stood for Parliament as a candidate for Liskeard, in Cornwall, Thackeray went up there to | few speeches for him. ! But he was never a keen politician. Pict- | formed a much larger | 1y interests than either | politics or law cases, only he sympathized | warmly with his friends and companions, a}?‘d never hesitated to utter his sympa- thies. Of ‘mere journalism_he was evidently | getting heartily sick. Three months later, | eing then in London, he tells his mother | that “this system of newspaper writing | spoils one for every other kind of writing. 1 am unwilling, now more than_ever, to write letters to my friends, and always | find myself attempting to make a pert, critical point at the end of a sentence.” In October he is back in Paris again, and writes to his mother: “I want now to settle, to marry, and then to live in the | little 'house in” Albion street, going to | church regularly, Tising early and waiking | “Then what interesting letters I could | write you about Bill's progress in cutting his teeth and Johnny's improvement in spelling! As-it is, 1 have nothing eartaly to talk about except myself—and 1 am tired of filling my letters with I's. “I spend all day now at the Atelier, and am very well satisfied with the progress I make. I think that in a year, were I to work hard, I might paint something worth looking at. The other men at the Atelier are merry fellows enough, always sing- Ing, smoking, fencing and painting very industriously besides. Most of them have skill in painting but no hand for drawing. I wish you could see the scene every day in the Atelier. Yesterday we had a break- fast for five, consisting of five sausages. three loaves and a bottle of wine, for 13 sous. Afterward pipes succeeded, and then songs, imitations of all the singers in Pari: It is well known that the Literary Standard did not fly for very long. After it was hauled down Thackeray returned to Paris and resumed his painting. In 1836, at the age of %, Thackeray married. His bride was a Miss Isabella Creagh Shawe, a young Irishwoman of good family. He himself told Mrs. Ritchie share of his the guest of the evening by M. E. L | addresses by the grand_officer : | Worms, Miss Abrams, Mrs. R a J. | | J. Harrington, by the modest member from Inter Nos Circle and Miss May Bai- | ley of Bonita Circle. There was also a vo- | | cal solo by Miss Nettie Morris. After that | there was dancing and a short —pro- | gramme of song, music and recitation. The reception, a surprise to the recipient, was a very enjovable affair. The officers-clect of Loyal Circle will be | | publicly installed on the 1lth of July, in Gler's Hall. COURT YERBA BUENA, I. O. F. Last Tuesday night as Court Yerba Buena No. 913 of the Independent Order of Foresters was closing its routine busi- | ness the member of the court whose duty | it is to stand guard at the outer door an- nounced that the United States army was coming, and in a few moments Lieutenant Walsh of the Thirteenth Min- nesota and some thirty men of his regi- ment, all members of the order, entered | the court and were received with an en- thusiastic welcome. At the request of | Chief Ranger Wate, Recording Secretary Ben I. Salomon took charge of the court, and after delivering a few well-chosen words of welcome to the visitors opened an impromptu programme of entertain- ment, which included an address by Vice High Chief Ranger Charles 8. Peery, one of the best that he ever de- livered; recitation by Dr. J. G. Crawford, a violin solo by Master Balart and oth- er members. The visitors and mem- icht, H. bers were provided with cigars and refreshments, which were obtained on the ‘“hurry-me-quick” plan,” and by midnight the visitors and mem- bers came to the conclusion that they had been well entertained, and that the master of ceremonies was a great suc- cess in geting up affairs of that char- acter on very short notice. After many of those present had personally thanked the recording secretary for the pleasure he had afforded them there were sung patriotic songs, and then. adjournment followed. If the Minnesota regiment re- mains here for some time the court will entertain the Forester members again. Last Sunday the anniversary of the founding of the order was observed in this city by a service in the Central M. E. Church, which was attended by about two hundred and fifty of the members of the local courts and a number of the soldier Forsters from Camp Merritt. The sermon delivered by Rev. Mr. Locke was an eloquent one and it created a deep im- %resskm on those who listened to it 'he Foresters formed in a body at Was| ington Hall at 7:30 o'clock in the even- ing and marched to the church. STATIONARY ENGINEERS. Last Tuesday evening San Francisco No. 1 of California, National Association of Stationary Engineers, enjoyed an old- time smoker in its hall at 20 Eddy street and spent a most enjoyable evening. The Fort Wayne Electric Corporation re- cently donated to this association a very handsome electrical switchboard to be used in the education of the members in the various uses of electricity, and the ‘Weston Electric Manufacturing Company added a contribution in the nature of in- struments. There were short addresses by President Elsasser, Professor Van der aillen and others, after which the cur- rent was turned on the board and there was presented interesting and instructive electrical work. This was followed by a good programme of music, song and humor, and a collation was served. It ‘was midnight before the members con- cluded that ot was time to depart. _THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. The progressive euchre party given on the evening of the 16th inst. by Soclal tees Mrs. Kemp Van Ee and Mrs. Dayvis, Grand Elgbt Guide Miss M. Foye and a number of members of circles on the other and this side of the bay, prominent among the latter being a large delegation from Palo Alto e. During the eve there was an ad- dress o{ wmq‘"m Council in its hall in the Red Men's building was a very pleasant event. The winners were Mrs. Lyons, ladles’ first prize; J. 8. Karr, gentlemen’s first prize. The booby prizes went to Mrs. E. Bryant congratulation to!)and F. C. Adams, who could not have ! master of fegeRuBegaReRoReRoF-F that he lost his heart to her mother when he heard her sing. She had a very sweet voice and an excellent method. The young couple took up their abode in the Rue St. Augustin, not far from that little restaurant afterward made famous in the *“‘Ballad of Boullabaisse.” Some prescience, some dim shadow of | the awful bereavement which was to| come seems to have fallen upon him | when, in 1838, he wrote a very beautiful letter to his wife, from which the !ollow-‘ ing passage may be quoted: ‘‘Here we | have been two vears married and not a | single unhappy day. Oh, I do bless God | for all this happiness which he has given me. It is so great that I almost tremble | for the future, except that I humbly hope (for what man is certain about his own weakness?) our love is strong enough to withstand any pressure from without, and as it is a gift greater than any fortune, is likewise one superior to poverty or sick- ness, or any other worldly evil with which Providence may visit us. Let us pray, as I trust there iS no harm, that none of these may come upon us; as the best and ‘wisest Man in the world prayed that he mliht not be led into temptation. * * * 1 think happiness is as good as prayers, and I feel in my heart a kind of overflow- ing thanksgiving which is quite too to describe in writing. This kind of glneas is like a fine picture; you only see ow beautiful it is. I don’t know - that I| shall have done much by coming away, | except being so awfully glad to come back again.’ It will be seen that this introduction is full of blographical and autobiographical interest, but it reveals very little that is new about the books which'it professes to “4ntroduce.’” .1 hardly know,” says Mrs. Ritchie, | nor if I Knew shéuld I care to give here | the names and the details of the events | which suggested some of the Yellowplush | papers. he history of Mr. Deuceace | was written from life during a very early | perfod of my father's career. Nor can | one wonder that his views were some- what grim at that particular time, and still bore the impress of an experience lately and very dearly bought. “He was naturally trustful and even enthusiastic about people who had been kind to him, but, as it seems scarcely necessary to say, the author of ‘Vanity Fair' had a great deal of common-sense | and a very rapid perception of facts when they finally shaped themselves. ““As a boy he had lost money at cards to some card sharpers who scraped acquaint- ance with him. He has told us that they came and took lodgings opposite to his, on purpose to get hold of . He never linked at the truth nor spared himself; but nefther did he blind himseif as to the | real character of the people in question | when once he had discovered them. His | villains became curious studies of human | nature. He turned them over in his mind | and he caused Deuceace, Barry Lyndon and Tkey Solomons Esq. to pay back some of thelr ill-gotten spoils in an involuntary but very legitimate fashion when he put | them into print and made them the heroes | of those grim early histories.” “Major Gahagan” burst into life, boots and all, in Colburn’s New Monthly Mag- azine for 1838. In a frontispiece to “Comlic Tales and Sketches” are to be found the three portraits of Major Gahagan, De la Pluche and Michael Angelo Titmarsh, arm In arm. “They are supposed to be marching hand in hand on the very brink of immortality,” says Mr. Titmarsh in his introduction. Yellowplush, that bird of rare plume, also belongs to this same early burst of | fun and springtime. Yellowplush con- tinued his literary efforts for some years; but as he went up in the world he becamé Jeames de la Pluche Esq. The longest lived of the three was Michael Angelo | Titmarsh, that droll shadow, behind | which Thackeray lived to shelter himself. In Barrie's life of his mother he tells us how she wonders that he should always write as if he were some one not himself. | Sensitive people are glad of a dlsguise, and of a famfliar who will speak their thoughts for them. S GENERAL LEE’S NEW BOOK. Within a very few days General Fitz- | hugh Lee's great book on Cuba will be placed before the public. It is now on the press, and as fast as it is printed and | bound will be sent out. It will be pub- lished at a price within the reach of | every one, as the writer particularly de- sires that it be read by all the people. Fitzhugh Lee knows more about the i i reat ap- played worse than they tried. | There was a good attendance last Mon- day night in the hall of Empire Council | did had they on’ the occasion of the visit of the Pro- H gressive Council. Among the grand of- | ficers who were present were Past Su-| preme Councilor Arnold, Grand Councilor | Boehm and Grand Treasurer Clara Mec-| Donald. During the evening Mrs. von selections. | Buckley favored with piano ‘W. B. Dunlap, P. C., delivered an inte! esting address on “Fraternal Insurance the Misses PEroderick sang a duet; Miss Lulu Underwood gave an exhibition of fancy dancing and entertained with a song; Mr. and Mrs. Shearer favored with specialties, and vocal selections were ren- dered by J. L. Cahill, Mrs. E. von Buck- ley, D. G. Harrison, J. Petty and others. The meeting was one of the most pleas- ant had for some time. Evans Council is making arrangements for the public installation of its officers on_the evening of the 30th of July. Golden Gate Council on Friday night elected the following named to serve for the ensuing term: Mrs. A. Boehm, P. C.; 8. H. Simon, C.; Miss M. Noonan, V. C.; M. Boehm, Mps. | C...Cator, | T.; 3. Lauer, P.; Dr. J. Patton, M.: F. H. Jack- | son, W Ewing, guard; Mrs. M. Down. ing, sentry, and Mrs. C. Beers, organist. }hle %{‘Bcers will be publicly installed on uly IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN. Flag day was observed with appropri- ate ceremonies by the members of White Eagle and Awashatee tribes in their hall on the evening of the lith inst. There was a good attendance and almost every member of the last named tribe was in attendance. There was a fine programme of talks and songs appropriate to the oc- casion, all present manifesting a high de- gree of patriotism. During the evening Past Sachem Sellers of Awashatee Tribe, on behalf of that tribe presented 10 ‘White Eagle Tribe a beautiful American flag, and Sergeant Gleason, sachem-elect of Awashatee Tribe, delivered an elo- uent long talk. There were also ad- dressen by Messrs. Blick, Truhe, Wag- staff, District Deputy Nielsen and others, after which the council fire wasquenched, there was served refreshments and all had a good time. The public meeting held at Fort Jones, Siskiyou County, under the auspices of Ottittewa Tribe, was attended by a large number of the people of that place who were greatly instructed by the lecture on the order that was delivered by Great Chief of Records Charles F. Burgman. The lecture was preceded by a tribal meeting and followed by a banquet to the visiting chief. The visiting chief paid a visit to Ieka Tribe at Yreka and to Iona Council at the same place. There he was well re- ceived by the membership of each boay. At Sissons he was met by a delegation from Shasta Tribe, but want of time pre- vented him from accepting a pressing in- vitation to remain. Tehama Council has been instituted at Oak Park, Sacramento County, with thir- ty-eight charter members. The Institu- tion was by Miss Mabel Curtis as great Pocahontas, Mrs. E. J. Brazell as great keeper of records and Mrs. L. Gordon as great Wenonah. The adoption was the degree team of Wenonah Council of Sac- ramento_under the direction of District Deputy Mrs. Kate Wilson, who acted as Pocahontas. More than 3000 soldiers have visited the tent of the Red Men at Camp Merritt, and have availed themselves of the aa- vantages that this organization furnishes to the boys in blue. There are a largs number of men in the rank and file who are members of the order. ROYAL ARCANUM. Argonaut Council of the Royal Arcanum of this city observed the twenty-first an- niversary of the founding of the order by a stag entertainment to its members and male friends last Thursday night in Shiels building. There was D‘: good attendance. Regent George W. Dixon presided and M. S. de Roco, the secretary, acted as ceremonies, and, according to | tually saw and knows to be true. | Kearton of the British Zoological Soclety | icle of eight months’ life in the open GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. From a Late inside story of Cuban affairs than any man ltving. He- also knows the entire, the true and the terrible story of Span- ish misrule in Cuba. In his work he will bring out the truth and tell of things as he saw them. In Cuba General Lee was more than a | brave and far-seeing diplomat. He was | also the student and historian of events. | His every observation was recorded, his every experience written down when fresh in his mind. He took every advan- tage of his unequaled opportunity to know the truth, that he might give it to the world in an intelligent and interest- ing way. His memoranda, manuscripts and illustrations being ready, he is able to finish quickly and when most needed his magnificent undertaking—a true, com- plete and enduring story of the rise and rescue of Cuba. The author spares noth- ing that stands in the way of truth in giving his “inside” information, including many important facts that have hereto- fore been withheld from the people on account of diplomatic relations with Spain. General Lee's work will make a book of about 500 pages, printed on superior pa- er, beautifully illustrated with over 100 ull-page plates, from photographs, many of them collected by the author himself, of actual scenes in Cuba. ‘Whatever doubt one may have held in regard to the exact state of affairs in Cuba will now be set at rest, for General Lee tells on his own honor things he ac- He has made no attempt to embellish his work nor has he concealed a single fact that is fit to print. He has brought out the whole terrible story and laid it where all may see. It is a story that will stir the heart and convince the minds of the world, for it gives the whole truth for the first time. General Lee’s book is being published by J. A. Hill & Co., 91 Fifth avenue, New York. -——— WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. One of the most remarkable books on natural history ever published has just reaghed this country. It is by Richard and is most unique in many points. The work Is chiefly remarkable for its pictures. These are all photographs from nature and the extremes to which the writer went to secure them are almost be- | yond belef. There are nearly 500 pages in the book, the whole making a most excellent chron. of the British Isles. It was Professor Hearton's intention to make exact photo- graphs of wild creatures in their native haunts, and he succeeded. In his work he was assisted by his brother, Cherry Kear- ton. To secure certain of the pictures a week was 'spent in the pouring rain. Others were only secured by ascending beetling cliffs at the risk of life. But the result is certainly worth all the trouble. In the book are flashlight pictures of birds sitting on thefr nests at night, in- stantaneous views of eagles feeding their voung, puffins at home, snakes coiled Teady to spring and a hundred others equally as interesting. 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There were ad- dresses by Lieutenant Grant and Lieu- | tenant Falk of the Minnesota regiment, | on. E. E. Ewing of Ohio, John B. Whit- | ney and Thomas Banks. Then followed a | programmeé of song, music, stories and recitations, with the accompanying cigars soda, etc. 'The order was represented by the sitting council and Peralta, Oakland, Alameda and Golden West councils. This order requires but seventy-five | more members to enable it to institute a | Grand Council in this State. DEGREE OF POCAHONTAS. To-morrow evening the Danghters of Montezuma, D. of P., will give in Ruby Hall, Red Men's building, another of those pleasing entertainments and dance for which this council is noted. The commit- | tee has arranged a fine programme for the entertainment of all who shall at- tend and as there is always a good num- ber of handsome young ladies these wilt attract many of the braves of the order, also many young men who are good dane=~ s, but are not braves of the order. NO RECOGNIZED WHIST AUTHOTITY- To the Whist Editor Call: T am one of the many beginners who attend the Friday after- noon whist classes that are so popular and given by the ladles of the Trist Duplicate Whist Club, and also deeply interested in your Wwhist articles In the Sunday Call. I would like to ask what whist book you can recommend for me to purchase for the purpose of study- Ing—one that Is a recognized authority on the game. You will confer a great favor on a humble student by giving me the resired in- formation. Very sincerely yours. MRS. E. M. T. My Dear Madam: This question Is one that has been and will be asked a great many times. 1t seems to me that it is a great misf rtune to whist plavers in general to be compelled to say to our little lady correspondent that there is no whist book written or printed that is universally recognized In this country as an authority on the game. Many individuals and a few Wwhist clubs accept some whist writer or compiler of a book as, their guide and au- thority, but that is as far as it goes. When the American Whist League was formed in 1861, Mr. Nicholas Browse Trist, the father of American leads, made a strong ‘effort to carry out this idea but failed, and we believe the league at that time made a serious mistake when they neglected doing this very thing. To-day the whist players of the country, as well as every whist club in the land, are in a state of chaos regarding their whist play, this condition of affairs being brought about by having no recognized standard or system. There are several hundred varietics of whist books that can be purchased, some of which are good, some bad. and some indifferent. 1f you buy any particular one and show it to the first “‘whist player’ you meet nowadays, he will tell you you should have hought the other. If the lady seeking the information had left out the words “‘that is a recognized authority'" we could recommend to her several good whist books, but that ‘“‘authority” clause bars us trom so doing, It is to be hoped that the American Whist League will'wake up from its Rip Van Winkle slumber some time in the near future and have the courage of its conviction, and say to its whist children: “‘Accept this little volume: it contalns what we think is the best system of whist play; we stamp it with our seal of ap- proval, and believe it Is the best route to taks 0 reach the goal.”” Its title page should be in- scribed “Whist"" as approved by the American Whist League. San Francisco, June 17, 1885, WHIST ABOVE THE CLOUDS. Can any one imagine such a scene as this at a_whist contest? During the Intervals of rest between the play of the deals to walk to an open window and look out and down upon a vast sea of clouds like a rolling prairie, with hills and plains of what appears to be moun- tains of pure white snow rolled in great banks, tinted here and there with beautiful shades from the reflection of the sun, as fer as the eve can reach or imagination extend? This was the sight that presented ltselt to the enthuslastic whisters who took the scenic train to the top of Mount Tamalpais Saturday evening last to be in attendance at a whist rounds. The first one broke even; the second ended with Mill Valley 2 tricks fo the good; in the third San Francisco caught up again} in the fourth San Francisco gained 2; the fifth ended with Mill Valley 1 trick to the good, and at the end of the next to the last deal the two teams stood shoulder to shoulder—even—but in the last deal played, by an unfortunate slip of Mill Valley, the San Franciscans gained 3 tricks and with it the Rideout trophy. This was one of the closest and most Intcresting matches ever played for this trophy. Pres dent Thompson of the Mill Valley Club de serves a wonderful amount of cred old! down the strong team Whist Club to two tricks. the San Francisco Try it again, boys. TAVERN OF MTV TAMALPAIS CONTEST. While the match for the Rideout trophy was being played Manager Cowley of the “‘Tavern’ had the big dining room cleared and a gressive pair match was plaved by a large num- ber of visiting yhisters from the Trist cate, San Frandisco and Mill Vi Clubs. Both contests were in_char; president of the Pacific Coast Whist Associa- on. The top scores were made by Mrs. Jaynes and Mrs. W. R. Lovegrove, Mrs Tormey and Mr. Wellington, Miss W. B. Story Jr., Mrs.'J. R. Hann H. Russell, Mrs. G. E. Bates Jaynes, Mr. Reynolds and L. L. Jas COMMONSENSET‘( WHIST. This Is the title to a new whist book from the pen of R. F. Foster, whist editor of the New York Sun. The author says it i8 the first edition of a work W h is intended to be a whist players’ annual—something on the plan of the books for the benefit of amateur pho- tographers, giving the results of experiences and investigations up to date. Next year the work will be entirely rewritten and will em- body such modifications as may be suggested by the practical experiences of those who shall try the tactics outlined in the present work, and will send.to the author their eriticlsms on the various elements of strategy herein touched upon. Mr. Foster is one of the most versatile writers on whist in this country. He has his peculiar ideas and opinions and gives full vent to them in his many whist books and writings. Up to hist plavers will read this book with a Frank Pl 11 and and H. date whi considerable amount.of amusement. One thousand copies of this book will be printed, and they will be sold entirely by sub- Scription at $1 each. .Orders should.be sent direct to the publisher, R. E. Foster, 508 Han- cock street, Brooklyn, N. Y. HAS “ECHOED” HIS MASTER'S “CALL.* It is sad to write these lines to announce to the whist players of California the death of H. H. Hotaling of the San Francisco Whist Club and recording secretary of the Pacific Coast Whist Association. Only a few days ago Mr. Hotaling was in perfect health. Taken suddenly with what his physician pronounced appendicitls, they quickly resorted to the knife. When this course was taken the end came, as it usually does, in nine cases out of ten, in & few hours. This sudden taking off of Mr. Hotaling was contest between the Mill Valley and San Fran- clsco Whist clubs. This is the panorama seen dally from the top of this mountain. It was & happy thought on the part of the two presi- dents, James A. Thompson and G. E. tes, to take this most enjoyable mountain climb. The contest for the trophy was played in six a great shock to his large circle of friends, rticularly to his whist associates. Mr. Hotal- Dg was a great student of the game, and had shown in many ways that he was a Whist genius. Hie funeral took place from the family residence Friday afternoon, and was largely