The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 25, 1898, Page 28

2 3 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL AY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1898 8% CHUNUUNNRNBNRNNNES o Publication of Dr. Busch'é Long LIFE OF EISMARCK. & & & : t hasT ) with | Tes Bis- | nd the il as tne b - | hresent Most C 1) and his tory," by Dr. ere | future Majest T for the first s St curious ex f the many a different man to be. culated to make on their been true et to his L huok . cd and persecuted thinks he has beer his alieged or re one the hook Is re- We, howey s performed the submit to that sort e has out- : 3 e arc out-Purcelled Pur- Busch far more | that ing h aded OEpiEuL home with her commit- speaks English, the g or the peopie, and tne must prove more sh letiers 1o ther | s the Dbiements (his state- lapses . who Ll et have r st | She tactle one aily Dr. er managed OF cc forward in of t queried | retorted telling 1l ever nis young lady’s projected mar- Prince Alexander of Batten- h reatened at one me to lm.'-l of tne| the sanction of | as the first of | smail ¢ Ty, eaiment are stii ien 1 assure st Willlam, : Grand Duche : HAS STARTLED COURT CIRCLES. | openly before the world—it would 2320 %5 20 %6 % % % 2% % N WKWK &8883825383838283&’289!853838258283“ commanded. . Falk also is_even praised, os | Derhans because he fears he might oth- Expected e 0% BRBVEBRLRN Still, it would not do to sa)" that e i d y show. congistent, I can just 1y 1 to principle. little keep witn 1t a: point, to trary. death, then they it! Even f ble old w icner, th to whom dictated these memoirs, seemed } : to be w and memo intention ard well occurrence (to whem Ter he is v entitled eben—I cannot treaty with Rus » than al Alve who concluded th ing these pages | loving daughter befor them pain tipanics b ie, IKe every one 3 | who work would prefer to drive out o ume sne | c wind is i s cold 1f t work Au- | conver- | room and | 5 | 11 I disturb \ be en- |3 When he in the by the sty that he was a | ireatment of arly of ite in his attitude | Princes in and mast whom he | POUrS ¢ vlw: “13 't f’“t‘). | Knock- : gain dis- | ne nad no a pr the royal in such petty piring al care a natural , inward] | everything is | as outwaraly rat Ima d. 1t the R UK ¢ | this passs v into tn Yet in pages 41415 | per Impe I s, as likewise into | the heart of her imperial and erious | spouse. Dr. Busch compla e of brutality of which he ty after tne crown | death of Frederick ¢ were it not that he w 1 wrote to Bismarck 3 Bucher,” and conversation by the | place will now be taken by a disciple and 2 are of- | agmirer of the chief.” He also Guoies feath from Bismarck an “exquisite exampie” L which one of tnem | of Frederick Willlam's incapacity. ~We nt as a speciator, he | hz time ret treaty with the though, of course, the which now no : T ger exis to re- e. maln neuty ng out ck, with | between 2. On my ‘but it the | mentioning to the Crown that Is itne | Prince he remark ourse, England A riatter of indifference | has beer infor: -| "No wonder was great la tale was told, eed to it! emptuous of the in which the Joined. | Of the present Emperor Willlam, wt he was only the elde of the ‘Crow Prince, B:si: v hopefully, v | with I 1882, contrasting him indol 1 ympathies, be glad | encrgetic a t as a tool for | posed to p as ugainst | regents, a regular pater and Antipater at all pieased at hi “may one | e bronze of | en develop i 1 borabardment | which we stand in nee { s delay : of the will be pieased to find the | opposition_of the Quéen of England and | origin of a famo ut traced to tus | the t Crown Princess of Prussia. On | present G 1d. Novel er 19, 1870, B! arck is found | Busch had asked BOVerness i iing to Busch, “l told the King| and other pe 1 ted with the edu terday that | time to be- | cation of pri nd he had no tise them w plied th whether the. n, but th who decided as to thelr i the first par d f marck answer tion in the g that at in hi rs th: A o eror | ministering | on one oc- | that it ou to do | Prince, | ot have city out of the Crow: e the fut tion for who will, i and } “Ah!” exclaimed the litile | does it hurt in the same § Is it authorial Bismarck said to | his book shail rem, 1 me untruth | true record of th :r thoughts and 1 if the b “dment | feelings of Bismarck—wl smpts him | s 10t to_commence, and he replied that | to discredit _the forthe emoirs of | e had crdered it. But I knew immedi- | the Prince Chancellor in advance of thelr | ately that it w 10t true. | know him. | publication | He cannot lic least not in_such | In A 1591, Bismarck himself told a way that It > detecte at | Busch that the memoirs would probably once changes it articu- | come to nothing. *I have no documents, 2 plied to my | he sald, “and even if 1 remember 1 looked at him | main points—quite cle: 3 3 canno head every detail bpened in the course of Then, as to the publicati after all, c: of what ha thirty years d the blame for the royal the sentimentality of Queen | during my lifetime. Ever since which had percolated through |1 have constantly represented minine contingent of Prus- | monarchical principle and held aloft like a banne Now, I have he cried, “to be the | seen three kings in state of nudity f the Hohenzollerns—their | folk always have a great infiu- and frequently these three exalted gentie- men did not make altogether a very good women y | lent .when once value. | T He insists | erwise retort with disclosures | that be is in po way respon |k pf, that he did | pose Pio Non | fallibility nim’ |e | fact. Itu: ecting the In- itle against Ar- ous ambition knows the contrary to be the As’if he and his work did not shed |-enough light to enable men to overlcok 3 Macmillan Company, | The w York. ch shadow: \mublishers, N | BOOKS RECEIVED. of a Scldier,” by Henry anslated from the original h by J. ristian Ray. J. T. Ogilvie Publishing Co., New York. Pinocchio’s Adventures in Wonderland, slated from the Italian, with an in- on by Hezekiah Butterworth. . Marsh & Co., pubiishers, Boston. 230 cents. | *Jewish | Home,” by Lewis “The Fate | Sienkiewicz; t P s Services .in and N. Dembitz. Publication gogue Society of Alphabet.” £ pictur colleetic by B. Frost, 2 . Sutphen. Harper & Bros. pub- lishers, New York. For sale by all book- sellers. nothing to op- | —although | Published | o % %28 %3 % PARISIAN review has 2 very curious article upon the story of | the “Dame aux Camelias,” that poor Marie Duplessis, who died so sadly after a life which certainly as not mplary, but which romance and the stage have made famous. The author of the article, M. Georges So- reau, publishes jetters by the younger | Dumas which leave no doubt that he | introduces himself in the character- of Armand Duval, the principal character | in the picce in which Marie Dupliessis | is immortalized under the name of argucrite Gautier. The story was whispered about for a long time among theatrical people, but -here are.some au- thentic documents, with ch M. So- the fact: rie Dupless | with her. He simply deseribes | himself in the character of Armand Du- | val. In presenting the piece to the pub- lic Dumas wrou “Marie Dupl is did not have all the GERMANY'S TRIBUTE TO BISMARCK. Berlin will pay tribute to Bismarck’'s memory by erecting a heroic hronze statue of the great soldier-statesman. It will be the most magnificent monument at the German capital. said to represent his best work. artist, and this i ) Ed ‘hancellor is presented in at the age of the uniform of the Cuirass 7 The celebrated It will be unveiled within a few week: and in.his most natural pose. 65, still strong, robust and heroic, before the ravages of old age enfeebled him. Gustay ulptor, Eberlein, is the He is represented ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. }Thor‘e vas a good attendance which en- Solden G Chapte: st held | Joyed the very fine programme of enter- Golden Gate Chapter at its last held | Joyed the very fine meeting elected five candidates and re- | AR DIERERIEEL o el ceived two application There will be | sior Hall last night to enjoy the fin work In the initiatory degree at the next | tertainment and danee given by Mis & Rebekah Lodge. This lodge alwavs hi hapter is making arrangements | its friends to attend its func. and ball to be given next month, because they are always of a most aid enjovable character. Oriental Rebekah Lodge has arranged for a_Japanese tea to be given in Pros- ct Hall on the night of October There will be a ifterary programme and w dance. MANCHESTER UNITY. FRATERNAL THE ODD FELLOWS. Tast Tuesday there was a good ance in the hall of Unit; LT S 5 ®| Loyal Mission Lodge of Odd Fellows, :fi:fih o;imo_',’;nnnls s 6 Jl ’]0“ Manchester Unity, the junior lodge of Dians Renky Bares, B.L.G and e this jurisdiction, which is very active, was followed in interesting addresses by L 7 was fraternally visited last Tuesday by the membership of Geolden Gate Lodge. After the Initiation of two members and Past Grand W. T, Gallowe H. E. Bulle- vant, Past Grand Clifford of Napa and G. W. Lemont. the presentation of three applications The Vet n Association had a very | thers was an evening of good fellowship, sant rec on Thursday night at the | speechmaking and singing. _Inter ting spoeches were delfvered by Nable Grand Grifiths, District Deputy 'Wild and Past Grand Staples. The lodge will pay a re- turn visit to Golden Gate next month. Next Tuesday Mission Lodge's degree team will confer the white degree on eight candidates, who were initiated dur- ing the current month. Golden Gate Lodge initiated two candi- dates last week. I. Lauf, H. F. Willnitz and R. Staples were anpointed on the permanent committee for the extension of the order. ol Pacitic Lodge. the members of | n extended a hdprty welcome to the | tors. Unity Lodge will give an entertainment on the night of the 4th of October. Parpaworth 1 has arranged a fine in e bration of its third . which will fall on Wednes- he.. Sparian Lodge of South San Francisco will mive a grand ball on the night of October 1, in its lodge room to its friends, to_calebrate’ its fourth annlversary. g day nigh new ]x ige in this city, and to that end a petition has been placed in the office of the grand corder for the accommoda- tion of those who may wish to affix their names fto it. tie purpose of thos Wwho have the matter in hand to make this a live lodge. “The, Late War With Spain” will be the titfe of the lecture that Past Supreme Mastér Workman W. H. Jordan will de- on the evening of October 4 before r Spray Lodge. It will be illustrated stereopticon views, THE NATIVE SONS. Grand Secretary Henry Lunstedt been suffering from a severe attack of cold contracted a short jtime before the Admission day celebration. It has had weakening effect upon him, and, £ Si with Las t he ought to take a rest until he s, he remains at the office to at- tend to the most urgent busines Last Tuesday night Pacific Parlor had an at home in its hall in the Native Scns’ building, at which there was presented a fine programme of entertainment. There :‘\"Pr(")ir sent a goodly number of the sol- Golden Gate Parlor will give a smoker in the banquet hall of the Native Sons’ bullding to-morrow night. The Kansas Regiment band, which played for the par- lor during the celebration in San Jjose, | has heen invited to be pre: i 10 parue. pate In the festivities of the evening. California Camp No. 4 of tne Argo- nauts has accepted an invitation to go to Vallejo to coufer its beautiful degree on a number of candidates in Vailejo Par- lor. The members will leave on next Sat- urday by the Monticello at a quarter af- ter 3 o'clock In the afternoon, and at i0 o’clock the next day will confer the de- Grard Master Breuck will visit Golden Gate Lodge next Tuesday night. The relief committee has recelved a number of contributions to a fund to bhe used to care for any sick 0dd Fellow sol- dicrs_who shall return from the Philip- pine Islands. THE REBEKAHS. Walhalla Rebekah Lodge will give an entertainment and ice cream social in its hall on the night of October 1. Amity Rebekah Lodge gave an enter- tainment and dance in its hall last night, California Lodge, the oldest in the city, is reported prosperous. J. Manderson, C. S. Eagleson and George Filbert will rep- resent this lodge on the extension com- B ies arvina el odge of the la auxiliary will soon be organized at the Mission. A peti- tion for a lodge of Odd Ladies has al- ready the names of twenty signers. Mission Lodge will give a smoker in M(hsnlon Opera Hall on the 1Sth of Oc- tober. DEGREE OF HONOR. An effort is being made to organize a BTee. after which the visitors wiil go to.a fam- ily picnic, and leave for home at 4:25 in the afternoon. James J. Jamison and tho Native Sons’ band will be there. THE NATIVE DAUGHTERS. On the 15th inst. Grand President Mrs. L. H. Mills visited Forest Parlor at Ply- mouth, and on the i7th she was with Amapola Parlor at Sutter Creek. The reciief committee “that was sug- geated b{ the Grand Parigr at its last eld session is at work and is now look- . This will be followed by a banquet, | ing for a place that will be a Sultable one in which to carry out the purpose or the committee, Orinda parlor has announced a social for the night_of the 29th in the banquet hall of ‘the Native Sons’ buliding. There was a grand celet n Admission Day and the mem- Eltapome Parlor joined with the ot Native Sons and the Old Set- ociation in making the day a ble one. The town was c- orated and on the principal street s an arch the Native The Nati a float nting the army ¢ defend- ing Columbla, while ihe s of El- tapome had a beautiful floral float. THE NATIONAL UNION. At the meeting of California Council st Tuesday night there was work in the initiatory degree and from the num- ber of applications that were presented, it was demon: had been particularly active during the previous two weeks and that there will many tg take the degrees at the next meeting. The activity of the members is proot that they do hot intend to allow Golden Gate Council, in its generous riv- alry for first place, to come in on the home siretch. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. Last Monday night there was great glee in the hall of Court Eclipse, for there was presented after the business meeting an entertalnment that partook of the nature of a jinks—somewhat high and somewh low. “There were songs, instrumental lections, a boXing contest and music by a brass band. The committee on enteriain- | ment furnished corncob pipes, tobacco and refreshments. urt Madrone of Redwood City will a picnic to-day in the vicinity of its | home. ‘I'he Supreme Court semi-annual report has been received at the ofiice of Grand Secretary Cordy. . This shows ihe total number of courts to be 1264, membershlig 36,847; Incrense of courts in the first si months of the year, 26; members, 5758, California has a membership of 12,622, and rates fourth on the list. Court Suiro Heights at its meeting last Thursday night initiated three candidates and elected one more, who wili be in- itiated at the next meeting. During the evening Trustee G. J, Strong presented a | tion in Weav- | ated that the membership.! ies of twelve resolutions, which are | of a most important character, and, as they have for their purpose the husband- ing of the funds of the court and involve proposed changes in the by-laws, they were referred 1o a _committee consisting Strong., Hummerschmidt, Mu- Small, Gleadell, Murray. Wolters and Hinz to consider the several proposi- tions and report at the nex: meeting. “The success of the high jinks recently given by Court Sutro Heights was the re- sult of the combined efforts of the com- mfttee on entertainm < nt, George K. all, Theodore L. Wolters and J. Mur- COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Last Tuesday night Presidio Circie had a very interestig meeting, and it would have been much more enjoyable had some of the grand officers been present. This circle has a fine membership, and all the | members are anxious to advance the or- ¢ der; but because they meet at such a distant point the center of the city they seldom are visited by the grand of- ficers. After the transaction of the reg- ular business the members.Inaugurated a good programme of entertainment and at its close had a dance. P Inter Nos Circle has issued its invitation for the fifth anniversary hall which will be given in Union Square Hall on the ni%ht of the 13th of ©ctober. he quarterly social and dance of ride of Columbia Circle will be giv next Saturday evening in the Alcazar Social Hall. The grand march will be started at 8:30 p. m. o Last Wednesday night Robin Circle, after: routine very enjoyable even entertainment, provided for the members and many visit: ors by the committee composed of ave un- Hood usiness, spent a married ladies of the cirele. They pre- sented a clever farce, “The Train to Mauro,” the charactérs being assumed by Misses Alice Ticoulet. Emma Leader- ich and Annie Schoen. It was a skit thut served to demonstrate that the yvoung | ladies have a very comprehensive idea of amateur acting. After tho farce there was a recitation by Mrs. Kate Haughey, fimnd treasurer; Darktown metodies hy iss Ticoulet, story-telling by Mr. Tyson and other numbers, after which there was served coffee and cakes and danzing closed the programme. Robin Hood is one of the most unselfish circles i tlie PN ANANENREE NN NRARRRARBERIRERRNR 2 J9 R B WRR AN was pravocative of much mirth, and it | | pathetic adventures which I give to | Marguerite Gautier, but she was per- | fectly willing to have them. If she sac- | rificed nothing to Armand it was be- cause the latter did not wish any sac- rifices. To her great regret, she played only the first and second acts in the piece.” In a letter a 1Iressed to Sarah Bern- hardt the celebrated playwright and novelist said: “My Dear Sarah—Permit me to give you a copy of an edition of the ‘Dame aux Camelias,” which is now very rare. What makes this volume unique,of its kind is the autograph Iletter which you will fird on page 212, and which is pretty neariy the same as the letter printed on that page. This letter was writ- ten by the genuine Armand Du- val about forty years ago. He was then the same age as your son. The letter is the only pal- pable thing that remains of the story. 1t seems to me that it belongs to you of right, since you have just brought the dead man back to youth and life. Keep it, at all events, as a sou- venir of the pleasarnt evening of Saturday last and as a feeble testimonial of my great admira- tion and profound gratitude. A. DUMAS, fils.” “Januarv 28, 1884.” The following is Dumas’ autograph letter to Marie Duplessis: My Dear Marie—I am not rich enough to love you the way 1 would wish, nor poor enough to be loved after your fashion. Let us forget, therefore, on your part, a name which must be somewhat indifferent to you, and on my part, a happiness which becomes impossible. “It is useless to tell you how said I feel, since you know al- readv how much I love you. “Farewell. You have too big t not to understand the significance of this letter, and too much intelligence not to pardon me for it. A thousand remembrances. 3 “ALEXANDRE DUMAS." In 1896, during the time when the Renaissance presented the piece with the costumes of 1830, Mme. Sarah Bern- hardt often t~'d her friends the follow- ing little anecdote: > : §At Marly, about 1884, I asked Alex- andre Dumas to give me a personal de- EEE AR A AR RA R AR ARR TSR RR R R R R R R R R R R scription of Armand Duval. ROMANTIC STORY_'OF‘ CAMILLE. Young Dumas’ Letters Concerning Her Identity. “‘That will not be difficult,” said he, smiling, ‘T have only to send you my portrait when I was 20 ye: old.” el BARBIZON AND MME. SIRON. From the day Review. The bones of Millet would surely turn n their quiet grave at Chailly should any one suggest that the peaceful hamlet is a whit less the happy paradise of ar- tists than in the days when he saw that vision of peasants bowed beneath the benediction of the evening Ar 3 fmmortalized the pathos of their s rest. No, Barbizon is still one haunts of the spirit of roman ghosts of Miliet and Corot, ce, Rousseau still haunt the village street in the white moonlight and lurk in the- shadows of the dark dining room at the Hotel Siron. In that hotel is perhaps the plainest sign of the procession the vears; for Mme. Siron, the homely friend of many generations of artists and poets, h )id the place to a#young and enter. I 2 couple, who have brought some- thing of the bustle and energy of Paris with them.. Now she sits in front of her cottage beside Millet's old studio and cuts up cabbage for soup. There, if you are pa- tienit of her garrulity and happen to be one of her favorites—I flatter myself that I am one—you may, perhars, win from her some delightful Temin s of the great men she has known. she is old, and her memor: charged; and, besides, now that she has become a proprietaire, she has many ot: er things to think of than the doings feckless painters—a race for which she has, 1 am persuaded, a gentle and moth- erly- contempt. Still, you may be enough to glean something of enterta ment from her slightly vague recolle tions. Robert Louis Stevenson, for in- stance, is one of those of whom she likes best to talk, and she is full of stories of his guaint humor. e Miss Molly Elliot Seawell’s new novel, ‘“The Loves of the Lady Arabella,” will be published at an early date by the Macmillan Company. It is a stirring romance with rapid absorbing movement. The perfod is that of the latter part of the eighteenth century—a time near enough to be in touch with the modern world, but full of a splendid picturesqueness. Then, the elemental passions held empire. Men loved and fought. gambled and got dru and were more open and direct in their loves and hates than the reéfinements of tl age will permit. “The Loves of the Lady Arabella” deals with red blooded people, the story marches through sea fights through the London of that day, and up to a tragic point. The illus’ ations are by George Gibbs. e Mr. Frank Stockton's new .book to be pub- lished by the Macmillan Company bears for itg title, “‘Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts, is something over- 5 local jurisdiction and al companions are | v ally_welcomed. 2 | Excermior Circle announces & waters melon party in its hall on next Thursday night The committce on entertainment has arranged a contest between oneda the grand officers of the F. of A. and a member of the circle as to capacity fo gotting away with the rose-colored deli- | cacy. . No one has yet proclaimed that John J. Cordy is the grand officer w .o‘ will enter the contest. INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. The report of Chief Deputy presented last Tuesday night to the 'local deputies and members of Court Xerk;)a. Bue: a synopsis of which was pub- ilshed in the local columns of The Call last Thursday morning, will give thej membership’ something to think about. | The changes as to assessment rates will not, it is said, affect the present but the future membership, as the legislation is not retroactive. The deputy stated that for 2 long time many. .of the prominent fo_the admission of wnxr;en,il’:)t;"fheht;; . but. that the bitterest op | ghrce %e previous sexsmn%m con- | verted, and that the motion to admit | women was carried by a vote of 135 to_16. The entertainments that were given Quring _ilic weck by Court Precita and | Court Southern Heights, and wkich have already been noticed in the local col umns, were very fine affairs, and reflect great credit on the committees that had the management of them. | LADIES OF THE MACCABEES. S On the evening of the 15th inst. the lady financier, the lady recorder and® Mrs. Hull of California Hive paid a fraternal | visit to San Francisco Hive and then one to_Phoebe Hearst Hi xt Wednesday California Hive will e an “at home” in its hall. ast Friday Mrs. E. C. Moffatt, D. visited San Jose for the purpose of Insti- | tuting a hive in that city. | B'NE B'RITH. | California Lodge No. 163 will celebrate its twenty-eighth anniversary by a grand | ball in B. B. Hall on the night of October 5. The cards of invitation call for even- ing dress. The grand march will be | started at 9 o'clock. | The appeal In aid of the sufferers in | West Gallecia has been responded to in | a liberal manner and quite a sum will .be realized. It has been suggested to the library committee in response to demands from many of the members of local lodges to the general committee that no books be issued from the library on Saturdays or Jewish holidays, and that on such days | the library bé opened only as a reading room. It is expected that the lfbrary | committee will heed the suggestion. The_several lodges of the furisdiction will observe B. B. day on October 12 with appropriate ceremony. FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. Last Monday' night there was a good attendance of the membership at the meeting of Lircoln Lodge, and at that time it was announced that at the next meeting there would be several candi- dates to initifte. Ploneer Lodge initiated two candidates last Tuesday night, and after the routine business had a short programme and | dancing, combining business with socia- | bility. Last Wednesday Past Supreme Presi- dent Mr: Boehm, Supreme President Mrs. M. E. McLane and the following su- preme officers—Mrs. Lena Sholten (secre- tary), Mrs. Renner (warden), Mrs. Black- all (chaplain), Mrs. Miller (marshal) and Mrs. Finney (outside guard) paid an offi- cial visit to Mizpah Lodge, and were wel- comed in a very pleasant manner. After the closing of the lodge there was danc- ing until midnight. Next Wednesday the Supreme officers will visit the members of Richmond Lodge. OCCIDENTAL REUNION. The annual reunion of the members of Court Occidental, Ancient Order of For- esters, and friends in the Social Hall of the Foresters’ building last Thursday night was a very pleasant affair. There were present more than 150 persons, who were treated to an enjoyable banquet, which was followed by a programme of musle, song and recitation, in addition to addresses, arranged by the entertainment committee. consisting of A. M. McPher- son (who acted as master of ceremonies), J. Henderson, A. C. Wilkins, J. H. Hor- wood, Neil O'Neil, . W. J. Blos, Joseph Baker, 1. Grumendez, William Wallace and W, E. Carroli. There was an address | of welcome by the chief ranger, instru- mental music b{d the Perrin Club and by H. Dorety and M. Patten, vocalization by | Messrs. Crowe, Ross and Nowlan, recita- tions by Lew Rattler and Dr. Beers, ventriloquism by P. J. Dwyer and recita- tions from Shakespeare by Daniel . Han- lon, a young man who recently hes de- veloped wonderful aptitude i imitatin the great® actors and actresses, and| in memorizing the works of the great dramatists. e {8 so popular in fraternal gatherings that- when he appears he is re- called five or six times. 'ggere were ad- dresses on “Anclent Forestry” by J. Mos- erop, ;;C l!_l‘rttocc‘ldental" by J. Hefi?er- son and “‘Fraternity” by Charles J. King. IMPROVED ORDERYOF RED MEN. Montezuma Tribe gave a smoker in the banquet hall of the Post street wigwam last week which was attended by a large number of people, The programme that was presented for the entertainment of the members and visitors was varied and was one of the t that has been given In the wigwam this year. The Daughters of ‘Montezuma, Degree | | hav I i members of the order had been opposed of Pocahontas, will give an party in their hall to-morrow n the 18th of October they will give a gr: entertainment in the assembly hall of wigwam. The great chief of records, who is with the Great Council of the United States, will return to this city about October 5. ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. invitation t. n and the The hoard of deputies haye arranged for a meeting. at which there will be:present members of all the local courts, and there Solomon | Will be a number of addresses, with a view to the advancement of the order in this district. Court Star of the Mission at its last held meeting initiated three candidates. High Chief Ranger Max Boehm is still out visiting courts in the interior. To- morrow he will visit the court at Milton, on the 27th he will- go to Copperopolis, on the 29th to Tuolumne and Quartz. on the 30th to Sumner, October 1 to Soulsbyville, on the 4th to Columbia, and on the 5th to San Andreas. On the 17th inst, there was a-grand picnic of the courts of New YorK, New Jersey afd Brooklyn at Rfdgewood Park. . 'F. McNulty, the first high chief ranger of California, was one of the committe of ‘arrangements. When Mr. McNul left for the East he promised to inform this depariment of what this order was doing in New York, but he has not yet done so. THE DRUIDS. During the past week Pleasanton Grove reinstated two members, Aurora Grove conferred the second degree on two mem- bers and received two propositions, Templar Grove conferred the second and third degrees on three candidates, and Frederick Seig Grove had one initiatio: Livermore Grove Initiated two cand dates on the 16th inst., and last Friday conferred the second degree. Next Fri- da the third degree Swill be conferred. There_will be present a large delegation from Pleasanton, and a banquet wil fol- low-the ceremony. The noble grand arch has indefinitely postponed the visitation to Hesperian Grove, announced for the 4th of October; also the visit to Laurel and Templa groves, announced for the l4th. The visit to Norma and to Golden Star groves will be on the 7th of November instead of the 4th, the date having been changed. The two groves will hold a joint meeting that night. COMPANIONS OF THE FOREST. Loyal Lodge wilt hold an open meeting in A. O. F. building on the evening of October 3. The programme will include singing. recitations and fanecy danc The supreme chief companion and the supreme secretary paid an official visit last week to Golden City Circle. Liberty Circle will give a party on the evening of Wednesday next. . The party that was given by San Rafael Circle was an Old Glory party, and proved a great success. The board of deputies is arranging for a party to be given at no distant day. YOUNG MEN'S INSTITUTE. Last Wednesday night a delegation from California Council of Oakland paid a fraternal visit to Columbia Council of this city, and after the business of the council was over the visitors were Well entertained. The board of management has decided to place three billiard tables in the head- quarters of the Institute in the Pioneer bullding on Fourth street. X The first installment of the per capita tax—50 cents—will be levied on October 1. The board of management will in tne near future give a grand oall in Ploneer 1all. The me Council will meet in St. Loul:. %i“cgfeon October 10. The delegates from California will leave on October 1. THE CHOBEN FRIENDS. Grand Secretary Wallis, who for some time past has been in_the northern part of the State visiting councils there, in any with Grand Councilor Boehm, 52{3‘?2?3 last Friday. but started off the next day for Los Angeles to institute a ; council ther P uring the visit of the grand offic:-s o Bringeport and Bodie they were vwoll I eated” to mote the fine personnel that Pemode the counclls in_ those places. ST. GEORGE CHARITY. The literary entertainment that has been got up by the ladies of Britannia Lodge of the Daughters of St. George in aid of one of the members, a widow who has been unfortunate, will be given sext. Tuesday in Union Square 1Iall. Tt has been arranged by Mesdames R. Meadows, J. B. Staples. M. A. Langlanas, Helen J. G J. Neison, Miams and Davis. THE SAYINGS OF CHAMFORT. Calumny is like a wasp against whosa buzzings it is best to take no acizon less you can be sure of killing it: it ~ou come short of that, it is certamn to re- turn to the charge more spiteful than ever. If you would avoid being a charlatan eschew platform oratory.” When once on a platform you mugst either play a part or_be pelted. Conviction Is the conscience of the in- tellect. Nag're has willed that wise men as well QF fools should-have their illusions, in order that they should not be made t0o ‘unhappy by their wisdom. There are well-dressed follies just as there are well-dressed fools. We glve our friends the full-face view of truth; we allow our masters a glance at its profile. !.393989_%338?& r w 4