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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1895. oOOOVOOOOOOOO000OO000600000000000OOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : Cife apd Work of Susap B. Ap long time to “The Life and Work . Anthony” has appeared. v work is a remarkable one, ely to create a sensation. no doubt but what it wul e greatest comment and discus- ong everybody connected with the vement. The two ponderous by Ida Husted Harper, and °d with the consent and approval worker fn_ the cause of Miss Anthony has re nd knows tha 3 pu! of ghts. word in the book, woman's ri every ¥ a true account of the sreatest women America From a literary point of to nothing. In fact, large he work are handled with a that is regretable not been the slightest at- tempt at rhetorical display, but only an enaeavor nple language Kk of one who nd straight- ends and he intent of e briefly the and a condition.” Tne he young Quaker girl, d r own voice, into the re s through which on she saw trated against i ch determined to one short hour has the seenfor, & put object. Never a single formed, either of affection or ich would interfere with this | Never a speech has rip taken, a visit mad all this half-century th ne in the interest : e has been no comfort, advancement al grievance, but of the ep sense ide a , the seir- lute—they have ideas in regard ¥ be, the without gain. It atements concerning n our country's history 10t generally known. Aside from importance as a study of the woman firage movement the book th light upon_certain “behind g in her work of some of such as Phillips, Chan- She has re ur Presidents an her work. e letters will to people who knew the her-Tilton case is Beec ole chapter is de- s not gen- Miss An- v associated parties involved and knew a I about their affairs. The handled delicatelv. almost too it would seem judging by the ich Miss Anthony places Mr. cher. This chapter will be a painful to tue men women who have al- ways been convinced of Mr. Beecher's innocence. The accounts of Miss Anthony’s strug- gles for recognition before the great con- portraved. Her suc- ave given in their true causes for them shown 1ch is possible. Altogether the great work and one that will s long as there is an interest in the gle for “woman’s rights.” Beed 1 i v trugi CLARA C. “The Life and Work of Susan B. An- thony,” by Tda Husted Harper. The Bowen-Merrill Company, publisher: dianapolis. Two volus i As Reviewed by: ELLEN C. SARGENT, rary President ia State Woman Suffrage MARY A. SWIF' cting President C. 8. W. 8. A. ; price $5 dvance sheets of “The Lite and Work of Susan B. Anthony,” by Ida Husted Harper, in two voi- umes, have just been received from the publishers. For more than a year Mrs. Harper lived at Miss Anthony's house in Rochester, N. Y., where both of them worked all day and far into the night during that time look- Ing over letters and papers, tue accumu- lations of fifty years, choosing what ghould be used in writing the biography; e stored away in and jotted aown was taken note of T in this close daily inter- y worked in one of two rooms that had been lately finished off in the attic of the house, surrounded by stacks of letters and scrapbooks, to the noisy accompaniment of two typewriters in the next rocm, that were aimost con- t stantly in use. “'rh edication of the book is very ap- ropri to the subject of the work, and | s as follows: 5> woman, for whose freedom Susan B. Anthony has given of noble endeavor, this book is Susan Brownell Anthony was born in South Adams, Mass., on February 15, 1820. Daniel Anthony, her father, was a tiberal Quaker, who educated his' daugh- ters with the idea of self-support, and employed skiliful teachers in_his own se. After completing her education at boarding_school in_ Philadel- aught in New York State from 1850. She first spoke in public in a teachers’ meeting, when she con- d for the right of women teachers to part in the proceedings. Through xertions, and those of Mrs. Stanton, tak her e: women came in time to be admitted to educational and other conventions with C0000000000000000000000000000C00000 FRATERNAL NEWS, ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR. The week has been taken up principally with the installation of officers. Those of Unity: Chapter were installed on the last Friday in November. Those of Oakland Chapter we installed last Thursday night, as were also those of Golden Gate Chapter. On Friday night those of Har- mony Chapter were installed. The officers of Cak Leaf Chapter will be installed on the Sth inst, those of Ivy Chapter on the 13th d those of Carita on the 1ith. THE Ol)[)‘FELLU\V& Grand Master Breuck and Grand Secre- tary Shaw have returned from thelr southern trip, during which they held geveral Grand Lodge meetings, visited seventeen subordinate lou -s and five Re- bekah lodges, and report a great deal of encausiasm in the order. In all the lodges but one there were candidates to initiate, and in one, San Diego No. 153, thirteen candidates recelved the degrees. In rela- tion to the jubilee celebration it appeared to be the idea of .e people of the south that outside of San Francisco _there should be district celebrations on the th of September, the day of the anniversary, and that in San Francisco there should be a grand commemorative jubilee later, in which all the lodges couid join. During their visit the pgrand officers instituted Euclid Lodge at North untario. Robert Burns, president of the Veteran Association, has returned from a visit in the northern part o the State, after an absence of several weeks. THE REBEKAHS. On the 19th inst. the members of Loyal Rebekah Lodge will present Mrs. Jar- {ey’s wax works at an entertainment to be given on that evening. The hand- somest of the many handsome ladies of this lodge, the beauty lodge of San Fran- cisco, will take pr-t. This lod~e has, in the fine of initiations, had the banner term during the six months now closing. Last Wednesday night Cosmopolitan Bubordinate Lodge, unset Rebekah the political develop- | acquainted with and | thought " | voted | recorder on Wednesday evening | few times in their public meetings, and. But it would | the new s if the author knew this, for in | found a ready response in her mind, and vor | contempt peak, vote and serve on he reports of the conven- eneca Falls and Rochester, N. attracted the attention of Miss Anthony, who, for her courage and executive abllity, was facetiously called by William Henry Channing the Napoleon of the woman suff) struggle. At this time she was teaching in the academy of Canajoharie, a little village in the valley of the Mohawk. The Woman’'s Declara- tion of Independence,” issued from those conventions, startled and amused her, and she laughed heartily at the novelty of the demand. But on returning home to spend her vacation she was surprised to find that her sober Quaker parents and sisters, having attended the Roches- ter meetings, regarded them as very pro- fitable and interesting, and the demands made as proper and reasonable, She was already interested in the anti-slavery and temperance reforms, and had spoken a committees. s held in tion N. Y., in_ 18 ospel of “Woman's Rights’ from that time her best efforts were given to_the enfranchisement of women. 1 in the month of May, 18, that Miss Anthony first met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the beginning of a life-long friendship between them. Mrs. Stanton us described this meeting afterward: here she stood with her good, earnest face and genial smile, dressed in gra silk, hat and all the same color, relieved by pale blue ribbons, the perfection of neatness and sobriety.” About 1857 Miss Anthony became prom- inent among the agitators for the aboli- | tion of slavery, and during the war de- | herself 'to the Women's Loyal League, which petitioned Congrs of the thirteenth amendment. 0 she was active in_securing the pas- sage of the act of the New York Legisla- ture giving to married women the pos- sion of their earnings and the guard- ship of their children. After twelve vears' added agitation from the passage of the property bill New York conceded other civil rights to married women. Pending the discussion of these various | bills Susan B. Anthony circulated peti- 1 rights travel- in stage coaches and open wagons and sleighs in all seasons, and on foot from door to door through towns and cities, tions both for the civil and politica of women throughout the Sta i doing her uttermost to rouse women to some sense of their natu rights as human bein to their civil and political rights as citizens of a republic; and while expending her time, strength and money to secure these blessings to the women of the State they would gruffly tell her they had all the rights they wanted, or shut the door in her face, leaving her to stand outside, petition in hand, with as much she were asking alms for herself. one but those who did that pe- tition work in the early days for the d the women can ever know the s and humiliations that were en- to the question of woman suf- frage was the establishm-nt in the cit: of New York of a woman suffrage paper called the Revolution. The editors were Parker Pillsbury and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the owner and publisher S Anthony. Many who had strongly vored woman suffrage thought that at that particular junction the women ought to keep their claims in the background; that it was the “‘negroes’ hour.”” The Rev- olution held an opposite opinion and it was soon found that many women in every State understood the situation and saw that while the question of reconstruc- tion was under debate woman was false to herself not to put in her claims. In face of all opposition those who did se the policy and ice of claiming thi time as the woms hour also made the most persistent, brave fight possible. Again were appeals and petitions sent to | Congress and the people, but now for | woman’s enfranchisement. The few who bsolute right stood firmly to- gether under a steady fire of ridicule and reproach. They knew their position was unassailable, for they had well learned | the lesson taught in the early days of | anti-slavery - and the Republican party | that all compromises with principle are dangerous. The whole question of suf- frage was up for discussion; there could not be a better time to get all the agita- tion possible in regard to woman’s claims. The question once settled on the narrow ground of class, it would not be renewed for a generafllon. Time proved their fears i, Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton visited California. They awak- ened new interest wherever their eloquent appeals were heard and every lecture given by them drew out large assemblies of the most influential citizeps. It s ted Nevada where they met for the first t Hon. and Mrs. A. A. Sargent, who were | visiting there for the summer and who remained ever afterward warm friends and advocates of all that tended to the elevation of the political and civil status | of women. After Mrs. Stanton returned | to New York Miss Anthony remained for several months and traveled about in Cal- {fornia, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Territory. She went East in company with the Sargent family at a time when the trip required nearly three weeks be- cause of a long-continued snow blockade in_the Rockies. o Fortified by the opinton of Charles Sumner and other emjnent jurists t women were citizens and entitled to vote under the constitution, and more so than ever after the {w age of the Fourteenth Amendment, Miss Anthony registered and voted at the Presidential election in during this trip that they vis City 1872. For this she s accused of in- fringing the law of land and put on trial. Her couns Henry Sel- den, a_prominent ified that he told Mrs. Anthony before election that she had a right to vote. The points made by Mr. Selden in the argument were that the defendaxnt had a legal right to vote; that even if no such right existed if she believed she had such right and voted in good faith she committed no of- fense; and, lastly, he argued that she did vote in pursuance of such belief. The point was made that Miss Anthony had acted illegally only because she was a woman. Had her brother, under the same _circumstances, dore the same thing his act would not only have been innocent but laudable. The crime was, therefore, not in the act done, but in the sex of the person who did it. Women, remarked the Judge, have the same in- terest in the maintenance of good gov- Lodge of Oakland and Mission Re- bekah Lodge of this city were the guests of _ Orlental Rebekah Lodge in Odd Fellows' building at a reception tendered them. The meeting was a very pleasant one, The visitors were entertained with a pleasing musical and literary programme after a well de- livered and happy S%Pech of welcome by Mrs. Lena Jarvis. noble grand of the host lodge. After the programme there was an adjournment t6 the banouet room, where all enjoyed a delicious collation. ANCIENT ORDER OF WORKMEN. Unity Lodge, after the election of-its officers for the ensuing term on last Tues- day, had an old-fashioned smoker, which was attended by a goodly number of those who like to enjoy a good thing. There were pipes and tobacco and light refresh- ments, and under the direction of Messrs, Trowbridge, Ross, Levy, Grimshaw and Tuggey there was presented an entertain- Ing programme of numbers that included vocalization by Messrs. Kahn, Dennis, Ben Johnson, Stanwood, Mendell, Leo Crooks and Gelser; specialties by Frank Peebles, Dan O'Leary and Welzler; a xylophone solo hg Mr. Walsh, and many other numbers, besides several interest- ing talks about the order. g Wednesday, 20th ult, was set aside by the California State Exposition at Oak- land as A. O. U. W. day. A very large attendance.. principally members “of the order, filled the music room, where a musical and literary programme was gwn. An able addréss was delivered by ast Grand Master Barnes. The prin- clpal feature of the evening was a wed- ding, which occurred on the stage. A meeting of the district deputies of this city was held in_ the office of the 7rand with a View to holding special district meetings in the near future. Grand Master Worls(- man Bahrs and Deputy Grand Master ‘Workman Danforth were present. Reviewed by ELLEN C. SARGENT, Honorary President Callfornia State Woman Suffrage Assoclation. MARY A. SWIFT, Acting President California State Woman Suffrage Association. 000000000000 00000000000C000000C0C0C0O000C0CO00000QC000C0000 ince a book of equal | the right to s | A meeting of the corporate directors of the Grand ifldge took place in the odice of thefi?nfl recorder last Saturday even- ing. tters pertaining to the welfare fect prison for the last six months.” She stuck to it with Spartan heroism, how- ever, knowing that otherwise it never would be done. The last entry in .er diary for 1881 says: *“The year closes down on a wilderness of work—a swamp of let- ters and papers almost hopeless.” tacked it, however, with that sublime [ tho 3 l7 s © : (4] © | characteristic, and at the end of the nrst week of the new year the heaviest part of the burden was lifted from her shoul- ders by the receipt of a letter from Wen- dell Phillips, announcing_that a lnr%g be- uest had been left by Mrs. Eliza Eddy, rancts Jackson's daughter, to her and Lucy Stone for suffrage work. He wrote: "'There is no question whatever that your ortion will be $25,000 to $28,000. I advised er, in order to avoid all lawyers, to give this sum to you outright, with no respon- sibility to any one or any court, only re- © ernment as men, and no greater absur- dity, to use no harsher term, can be pre- seited to the human mind than that of rewarding men and punishing women for the same act, without giving women any voice in the 'question of which shall be rewarded and which shall be punished. Judge Hunt, who presided over the trial, denied a trial by jury and rendered aver- | QUeSting you' to use it for the advance- dict of Euilty, wiay penalty of $100 and | fment of the woman's cause.” After all costs of sult. | Miss ‘Anthony . declared | the years of toil without financial recom- pense, of struggling to accomplish her work 'with wholly insufficient means, of depending from month to month on the few dollars which could be gathered in, Miss Anthony’s joy and gratitude could scarcely find expression in-words. that all her stock in trade was a $10,000 debt, incurred by publishing her paper the Revolution four years before; that she should work on with might and main to pay every dollar of that honest debt, but not a penny should go to this unjust claim. And t?\e claim has never been On February 23, 1883, Miss Anthony pressed. salled with Miss Rachel Foster for a visit to Europe. They visited Italy, Switzer- land, Germany and the British Isles. The cheerful letters home bear testimony to Miss Anthony’s enjoyment of rest from hard work and of the new scenes through which she was passing. Continulng Mrs. Harper's narrative: Half of Miss Antho- ny's nine months’ trip abroad had been spent in Great Britain. To her all the other attractions of the old world were Some time in_the late seventies Miss Anthony, Mrs. Stanton and Matilda Joge- age began to work together upon The History of Woman Suffrage.” As Mrs. Stanton's health forbade her going on the lecture platform in the autumn of | 1880, and as Miss Anthony had now enough money ahead to dare claim a little leisure from public work, they decided to settle down to. the serious business of writing 5 the history. For this purpose Miss An-|as nothing compared 'with its living, thony went to Tenafly in October and en- | breathing humanity. On the Continent sconced herself in Mrs. Stanton’s cozy | she was deprived of any exchange of home among the “blue hills of Jeréey.” Their task was lightened by the receipt of a thousand dollars from Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson for immediate expenses, and so they went on performing all the drudgery of such an undertaking. Miss Anthony hated this kind of work, and it was tor- ture for her to give up her active life and sit poring over the musty records of tae past. mer diary contains the usual im- thought with its people because she spoke no language but her own, and this made her prefer England; but there was an- other and a stronger interest—the great progressive movement which was going forward in regard to woman. Here she found women of fine intellect and high social position engaged in the same work to which she had ?1\'en more than thirty vears of her own life; and here she met ] ) = il She at- | courage which was ever her strongest | en at the Columbia Exposition, which was the largest and most brilliant of any | of the series which extended through the six months of the fair. Every time she | appeared on the stage the audience broke | {into applause; when she rose to speak they stood upon the seats and waved hats and handkerchiefs. When she was | advertised for an address there was a | rush from other halls and an impene- | trable jam in the corridors. Large num- | bers of the women who gave addresses | in these various meetings paid tribute to | her work and the mention of her name never failed to elicit a burst of applause. At the many public and private recep- tions given to the congress the post of | honor was assigned to her and no guest | ever was satisfled to leave without hav- | ing touched her hand. i It is impossible to here review exhaust- ively the history of a life so full of years and activity. Readers, whether or no | they be in sympathy with the opinions which Miss Anthony advocated, will find this a most interesting book, beautitully written. Mrs. Harper is to be congratu- lated upon the result of her labor of love —a good work, well performed. U \QOK DE\?jEIVED | AN AMERICAN CRUISER IN THE | EAST—By Chief Engineer John D. Ford. | An account of a voyage in the United States steamship Alert. The work {s In- | teresting and gives good impressions of | | all the places visited, including Bering | Sea, Korea, Japan, China and the Phil- ippines. The style of writing is not highly artistic, but the author makes himself clear.—A.‘S. Barnes & Co., pub- ’llshers, New York. Price $250. | _BIRDS THAT HUNT AND ARE iHUNTED—By Neltja Blanchan. A valu- SUSAN. B. ANJHONY AND ~ELIZABETH GADY STANTON. From a Photograph recognition which would have been impossible in any other country in Europe. In 1863 she was a central figure of the World's Congress of Representative Wom- C0000000000000000 0000000000000 0000 0 of the order were brought up and fully discussed. Grand Recorder Poland will attend the meeting of the Supreme Lodge relief board which meets in Chicago in the early part of January. Sunol Lodge gave a very pleasant and interesting entertainment on the evening of November 26. The audience were enter- talned by an addres by the grand master workman and Brother Booth, grand re- celver, contributed a number of his char- acteristic songs. DEGREE OF HONOR, A. 0. U. W. Allda, Upchurch and Enterprise lodges of San Jose recently held a joint meeting in San Jose and gave an entertainment atient expressions of this feeling,and in |'that sympathy and Ber letters to friends she says: ~Oh. how | tired T am of boning down to facté and | figures perpetually, and how I long to be set free from what to me has been a per- and pointed with pride to in the order at this time. Judge Murasky, Wwho was one of the charter members of the parlor, in response to the toast assign- ed to him spoke of the difficulty that was presented in the organization, as there was some doubt on the part of those who Wwere to institute it, if a parlor in the Wwestern part of the city would thrive. The standing of the parlor now shows that the organizers made no mistake when they declared - that they would have a good live parlor; Hearv Launstedt, grand secretary, spoke of the many bril> liant men who have sprung from 'the ranks of the Native Sons, filling positions of honor and trust in the government, city, State and nation. He predicted a its standing . = : t future for the order. Add which was productive of much pleasure, | 874! . resses TThe first named lodge increased its mem- | {°'% also made by Grand Trustee Lewis bership by three and received a like num- | ¥+ BYIngton and Harry Mulcreavy. Af-| ter the collation the: TE Wwas a return .to the main hall, where there was an im- promptu programme of song and recita- tion, besides cigars and refreshments. arel':)lngvthosGe cnmrllljuted to the entertain- ere George Lane, James E. and Denis C. Sheerin. 5 oo OUR NATIVE DAUGHTERS. The members of Lassen View Parlor, at Shasta, on Halloween entertained its friends at a character dress party, and there were prizes for the one guessing the highest and lowest number of characters on the floor. This proved such a success that it was repeated on Thanksgiving’ eve. Last week the members of iaurel Par- lor were tendered a reception by Hy- draulic Parlor of the Native Sons. There was dancing until midnight, and then an excellent banquet, at which there were a number of toasts, the principal ones be- ing responded to by D. %} Morgan, grand trustee of the Native Sons; Bell Douglass, grand trustee of the Native Daughters, and bi" the president of each parlor. Dur- ing the evening the Daughters’ parlor was presented by the Sons' parior with a handsome ebony gavel mounted with sil- ver. ber of applications at its last held meet- ing. Madrone Lodge, a few evenings since, initiated eight candidates. Mrs. E. Garrison of Ivy Lodge has been appointed a special deputy and her duty is to secure members and advance the interests of the order. Since her ap- pointment she has been quite successful. THE NATIVE SONS. Grand Treasurer Martin and Grand Sec- retary Lunstedt have returned from their trip in the north and report the parlors in that section of the State in good con- dition. At Mt. Shasta Parlor they were warmly welcomed and after the business | meeting were the guests at an old-time ‘49 banquet. From there they went to ‘Weaverville, where, after the business of the official visit was terminated, they were entertalned in grand style by the Native Sons and Daughters of the place. D. F. Maher has been appointed dis- trict deputy grand president for Santa Cruz, Santa Clara and San_Benito coun- ties, vice G. G. Radcliffe. Max Glass of Alameda has been appointed district dep- uty grand president for two parlors in San Francisco, vice F. G. Ostrander. The grand treasurer and the grand sec- retary reorganized the parlor at Redding last Monday. Willilam M. Welch is the president and Francis Carr the secre- tary. THE NATIONAL UNION. On Friday night November 2, Presi- dent Hastings and twelve members of San Francigco Cabinet paid an officlal visit to Union Counecil, in its cozy quar- ters in Ruby Hall, Red Men's building. There was considerable said under good of the order, and from a letter read from Deputy Bunting it appeared that consid- erable activity is being manifested at Sac- ramento at this time. After the business of the evening was over the visitors, together with members of California and,| Yosemite councils, became the guests of Union Council at a collation served at a cafe in the vicinity. There a pleasant so- cial hour was spent. . Y The National Union was represented at the twelfth annual meeting of the Na- tional Fraternal Congress in Baltimore last month by H. H. Cabaniss, senate rresldent: J._W. Meyers,, senate secre- ura; M. R. Brown, medical director; F. :Ie.n‘tlge. ex-president, and M. G. Jeffries, or. There never was a greater gathering of OLYMPUS PARLOR, Olympus rarlor No. 189, Native Sons of the Golden West, had a most interest- ing meeting last Wednesday night in De- visadero Hall, after which there was a high jinks in honor of Judge Frank J. Murasky, who was the first president of the parlor. The following officers, nom- Inated for the ensuing term, will be elect- ed at the next meeting: O. C. Pratt, P. P.; J. A. Simpson, P.; M. A. Dennis first, George McCormick second and J. A. Her- rold third vice presidents; John T. Cos- grove, R. S.; E. B. Sweeney, F. 8.; Frank J. Burke, M.; and W. J. Phelps, T. At the close of business there was an adjourn- ment to the banquet hall, where a splen- did collation was served. There were a number of toasts responded to by the ests, visitors and members, President tt spoke of the progress of the parior able addition to popular books on orni- | thology. The descriptive work shows a | wide "knowledge of bird life. The ple- | tures are the popular and accurate col- | ored” photogravures.—Doubleday & Me- C0000000000000000C | representative business and professional men than there was among the four hun- dred who last Tuesday assembled in the hall of California and Golden Gate coun- | cils, the occasion belnf a grand enter- tainment and smoker jointly given by the | councils named in propagation of the or- der. here were present many of the prominent members of the order, and dur- | Ing the evening there was passed around excellent cigars, a collation and light re- freshments.” There was a great deal of enthusiasm and many of the members en- livened the evening by the use of parlor fireworks. . Charles J.” King of California Council acted as master of ceremonies, and for once forgot to inflict anv puns on the audience. The following was the pro- gramme: of entertainment: Overture, Sichel's orchestra; introductory re- marks, Charles A. King; “The Scout,” Na- tional - Union Quartet; dramatic recitations, Daniel Hanlon: barytone solo, Arthur_Cohs Telch: German specialty, I. Meyer; Al Hazard, wventriloquist, in his drawing room entertain’ ment; comic specialties, Kelly and Marlowe: remarks, Senator J. E. Fleld: vocal solo, J. M. Semeria; coon specialties, Mel Furst; cornet { solo, H. Todd; barytone solo, Ed C. Boysen; remarks, W. 'A. Nicholson; 'recitation, John Hannan; “Simple Simon,” National 'Union Quartet THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. Crystal Council, at its meeting on Thursday, November 24, voted to increase the salary of the secretary, Miss Atkin- son, and to make every member make financial settlement at the council hall in- stead of at the piace of business or resi- dence of the secretary. There was a re- duction in the salary of the treasurer and, a modification of the pay of the organist. The council was addressed by Grand Councilor Boehm, and after the meeting the officers served up a collation of roast turkey and light refreshments. Supreme Councilor Steber represented the order at the session of the Fraternal Congress hel. in Baltimore last month. Nearly four hundred persons crowded into Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ building, last Wednesday night to listen to the en- tertainment offerea by Social Council. It was one of the grandest meetings that has been held for some time, and it was aroused to a degree of enthusiasm and good feeling for the order by the fine pro- gramme that was presentéd. This was made up_of vocalization by Mrs. Fannie Ifo and Jack Cathecart, instrumental mu- sic by Misses K. I. Goodall and Bessie | Hicks, Miss Myrtle Baker and Misses Jo- | sie and Mae Gitchell; specialties by Miss | Vickie Orr, recitation by Stanley E. n- kin, and address by C. M. Arnold. P. S. C. There were in the audience a large num- ber of prominent ~rand officers. AngelpCauncll of Los Angeles, at its last held meeting, introduced a large class into its council room by initiation. It has set out for active work and Is organizing an initiatory team. Covenant Council of Georgetown initi- ated two candidates at its last held meet- ing in November. Evans Council had one initiation last Thursdav. Golden Gate Council expects to have a larze class of candidates at its meeting next Friday. INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. High Chlef Ranger McElfresh on last Assistant EW YORK, Oct. 20.—The higher heroes of the war, on coming home, have found awaiting them a fine literary opportuni- ty. Indeed, most of them had unmistakable intimations of the ex- istence of such an opportunity before they started home. Even by cable they were urged to pen the story of their exploits at a good round price. Most of them have come to terms and in the course of time we may expect contri- butions to the literature of the war from about all the men who were con- spicuous in it, at least on our own side. Meanwhile a question that is perplexing. editors and publishers not a little is whether the desire to read about the war will keep up long enough for them to market all the costly ma- terial they are laying in. The truest answer to this question can be nothing more than a lucky guess; but certainly there will always be a large public ‘eager to read anything, however long may be getting published, that some three or four of the great men of the war may write about it. Anything, for example, from Admiral Sampson or Admiral Dewey or Admiral Schley will never lack readers, and two at least of these three have, I understand, already promised to write something. Again, anything from General Miles or Gen- eral Shafter or General Merritt would command immediate attention. But of these “‘sure cards” there are not enough to go round among all the publishers and editors who would like to reap a share of the profit in the present war interest; and, consequently, the busi- ness, as a whole, is running into very much of a “gamble.” AT Of course the war and the relish for war literature works just now quite agdinst writers and books that are at best of doubtful interest. But they don’t seem to have told perceptibly against “the approved good masters.” For example, Kipling's new book of short stories, “The Day’s Work,” pub- lished at the close of last month, is sell- ing so rapidly that the publishers are 2000 copies behind their orders. They had sold 12,000 or 13,000 copies before the book had been out four days. Mean- while, the sale of Kipling's last preced- ing book, “Captains Courageous,” keeps straight on. The publishers announce that 35,000 copies of it have now been sold in America alone. Another book of which the sales seem to keep straight on is Paul Leicester Ford's “Story of an Untold Love,” and still 000000000000 00000 Clure Company, New York. Price $2. MISTRESS NANCY MOLESWORTH— By Joseph Hocking. A tale of adventure in Cornwall during the days of the Pre- tender Doubleday & McClure Company, publishers, New York. Price $L EZEKIEL'S SIN—By J. H. Pearce. A Cornish romance written in a style very much out of the ordinary. G. H. Rich- mond & Sons, publishers, New York. publishers, PEMBERTON—By Henry Peterson. A story of one hundred years ago. In this work the author has handled the historic characters of *he Revolution and placed them in surroundings that make an inter- esting and_instructive story.—Henry E. Coates & Co., publishers, Philadelphia. Fannie Merritt Farmer. A book that will be found useful by inose fond of prepar- ing the midnight rarebit—Little, Brown & Co., publishers, Boston. Price $1. THE CASINO GIRL IN LONDON-—B; Herself. Edited by Curtis Dunham. breezy little book glving a few sidelights on people of the stage.—R. F. Fenno & Co., publishers, New York. THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY IN IN THE SHADOW OF THE THREE— By Blanche Loftus.Tottenham. A novel. J. B. Lippincott & Co., publishers, Phil- adelphia. TEKELA-B Robert Barr. A reprint in book form of the popular story that re- cently ran as a serial in many of our prominent papers. A work that has been well spoken of by the critics.—Frederick Stokes Company, publishers, New 0000000000000 0000 Tuesday night paid an official visit to the court at Crockett, the following night he visited the one at Brentwood, on Thurs- day night he addressed a union meeting in Stockton and on_ Friday he addressed a public meeting in Woodland. At each of these visits he explained the purpose of the order and also the new laws. high chief ranger has appointed the fol- Jowlng hamed as court deputics for this city: For Court San Francisco, C. F. Stewart: Goldén Gate, J. H. Whiley; Endeavor, O. J. Joly; Golden Era, James Hurry; Diana, J. B. Knud- son; Mission, L. A. Kern; Noe Valley, H. Brunhofer; Alcyone, F. W. Greger: Acacia, E. H. Howell; Friar Tuck, H. T. Moore; Apollo, Dr. J. A. Borne; Madrone, G. L. Wither: Point Lobos, J. H. Sivers; Sunset, M. B. Sco- fleld; Seal . N. Cameron; Sutro chts, T. and Yerbe Buena, W. | 1. Avery. Last Monday night there was a_meet- 1nlg1:f the dlsfi"lcl deputies l“o;;;nf;lzfi}%: ilding and a temporary lv,l";\s (‘flxected with L. A. Kern of Court Mission as temporary president and E. N. Cameron of Court Seal Rock as tempo- rary secretary. The next meeting will be held at the same place on the 7th inst., and plans for the work to be performed by the Ee uties will be explained. Ben ? Solomon of Court Yerba Buena, who during the past year was the chief of the local deputies, has been promoted to the position of State deputy high chief ranger, an honor well deserved. THE JUNIORS. Logan Council’s reception Friday night was well attended and all enjoyed a most excellent programme, each number being greeted with an encore. Mr. Stanley de- livered an address on the duties of an American. A banquet followed. American Hall in Berkeley partly de- stroyed by fire has been repaired and re- fitted and now Paul Revere Council has a magnificent_council room. Yosemite Council, at its last held meet- ing, was entertained by a lecture by Mr. Zimmerman on the “Manufacture of Flour.” The dance announced by this council has been postponed until after the installation of the new officers. The Junifor Order Thanksgiving service of Abraham Lincoln Council held in the First Baptist Church was a gratifying success and hlfhly appreciated by the membership and friends. It is proposed to have more frequent church meetings in order to disseminate the aims and prin- ciples of the order in order to correct any mistaken ideas in regard to it. Lincoln Council has nominated its vice councilor to become councilor for the en- suing term, the members believing that he has well earned the honor. The joint smoker committee has declded to hold high jinks on the 15th inst. in the hall of Lincoln Council. The committee will offer a first-class programme. THE AMERICAN GUILD. Never but once before in the history of Tomales, Marin County, was there such Rock, E P. Jarvis, last Thanksgiving night in the Town Hall of that place on the occasion of the en- tertainment and ball given by Tomales Chapter No. 531. The beautiful night was taken advantage of by people for thirty miles around to attend the grand show. There were prominent people from San Francisco, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Peta- luma, Sebastopol, Bloomfield, Valley Ford, Duncans Mills, Howards and other places. The hall was crowded to its limit, and many were unable to gain admission, The principal features were: Richard Bristol, the Dutch comedian; Louis Hufschmidt, black-faced artist; the wonderful Water- man sisters, and Jay Waterman, who made his first appearance in pubiic. The Frosramme. a lengthy one, was exceed- ngly well received. Virgil Caporgno dur- ing the evening delivered a well-timed speech, and sugreme Deputy R. . Mec- arvie dellvered an address in which he set forth the claims of excellence for the order and the ndv-mnfeu of membership. It was half-past 10 o'clock before dancing commenced and § in the morning before | CHAFING DISH POSSIBILITIES—By | | pair of slippers and a large cake. a gathering of merry people as there was | Priegs Paid [T\oderpAuthors another is Hopkinson Smith's ‘Calet: West.” Of the former of theAsev the publishers say that 22,000 have been sold; and of the latter 15,000. Wheln one reads of these good sales, he fee s that he should like to know just \\ha; they mean to the author; but that, o is always a sacred confidence between author and publisher. \u_u could not figure it to a nlcely_ur_x.lers you knew the exact terms of their “‘un- derstanding.” But one can draw rather close inferences from general personal knowledge of the subject; and so inferring, in the instances men- tioned, I should say that a sale ‘l‘)f 35,000 copies of “Captains Courageous” meant for Mr. Kipling about 10,000, in addi- tion to whatever gross sum may have been paid him down for the right to publish the book; and that a sale of 15,000 copies of “Caleb West” meant to Mr. Smith something over $4000, andv a sale of 22,000 of “The Story of an Un- told Love!’ meant to Mr. Ford about the same, the retail price of his book being less than that of Mr‘. Sm.i(h's. B The popularity of ‘“Caleb West makes of present interest an account that Mr. Smith gave a friend of mine some time ago of his original way of writing a novel. It was at the Lin}g that “Colonel Carter of Cartersville” was being read by everybody, and had par- ticular relation to that novel, but still it is substantially the method followed by Mr. Smith in writing his subsequent novels. First he dictates a skeleton or outline under chapter headings, and this is written out by a typewriter and arranged in a book, with a wide mar- gin down one side of the page. In this margin he notes, as they occur to him, ideas, incidents, " its of conversa- tion and so on that he thinks may be worked into the respective chapters op- posite which they are entered. When of this preliminary work he thinks he has done enough, he takes his note- book and shuts himself up with it in as still and out-of-the-way a room as he can command, and produces a con- nected narrative, written usually with a lead pencil. This the typewriter copies out, and then Mr. Smith takes the npew, fair copy, and proceeds to make it look as bad as possible, revis- ing and revising again. He has been known to rewrite a chapter more than half a dozen times. Even after a thing is in type he won’t let it go, but corrects until the printers groan. It is not a little to this gift for taking no end of pains that Mr. Smith owes the pleasant experience of never having had a manuscript rejected, although he took up writing rathe: as an avocation after he had come full into middle life. 0000000000000 0000 x&iozr':_,k. For sale by William Doxey. Prica THE UNITED STATES—By Frederick A. Cleveland. A scientific addition to literature,.—The Quadrangle publishers, Chicago. Price $150. MISS AMERICA—By Alexander Black. A collection of pen and camera sketches of the American girl. vell got up book, containing many pretty faces, but for th most part the artistic work is “posey.” Charles Scribner’s Sons, publishers, New York. Price §2 50. CALIFORNIA CALENDARS — The Dodge Stationery Company has produced three very pretty souvenir calendars of variety enough to' suit all tastes. The “Real Chinese,” by Gertrude Partington price $1 25; the ‘“‘California Art” b Albertine Randall Wheelan, ice §1; ‘“‘California Mission,” by William RBull, price $1. All of these are of the most | original designs, and are pleasing to look at as well as being useful. For sale by Dodge Stationery le‘f‘ljany. TEMPLE TALKS—By Myron W. Reed. In January, 189, there was organized in the city of Denver the Broadw: Templs Association, with Rev. Myron V Reed as its minister. The organization i non-sec- tarian, having no ecclesiastical -connec- tions Wwhatever, membership being open to all who beliéve in the “Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man.” Mr. Reed has now published a volume of es- says and addresses called ‘Temple Talks,” which is admirably descriptive of the volume, for in a direct and forceful way he talks to the readér from every page of different phases of the questions of social and political economy that are of present day interest.—The Bowen Mer- rill Company, publishers, Indianapolis. 000000 CO00000Q0C00 Leone brothers’ orchestra played for the last dance. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. This is the season for the nomination and election of officers for the ensuing term, and it is the time when the member- | ship should see that the best members of | the courts are elevated to official positions and that officers are not elected simply because they are good fellows. Court Sutro Heights held an interesting meeting last Monday night, being an ad- Journed one from the previous Thursday, which was Thanksgiving night. One sus- pended member was reinstated. It was announced that several applications would | shortly be presented,and there were ad- dresses by several members and visitors. On_December 8 the court will nominate and elect officers, and the members who are absent without legal excuse will be fined, and the fines will hold. COMPANIONS OF THE F. OF A. On the 21st of November Grand Chief Companion Coburn officlally visited So- toyome Circle at Healdsburg, and he found that it has “got on its feet again.” A couple of disturbing members having withdrawn, the present membership is working hard again for the good of the order. The following night he visited American Circle at Petaluma and found that while the membership is working in harmony, there was but a small attend- ance, Last Thursday night Golden Era Circle was visited by the grand chief companion and - other. grand officers. The officers gave an exemplification of the work of the order which was satisfactory to the visiting officials. After the business of the evening was over the visitors were entertained by the members of the circle. On Saturday, November 26, Live Oak Circle had a guessing party in the Social Hall of the Alcazar, which was well at- tended. ~After a number of the latest dances, under the direction of Mrs. J. Weisel, floor manager, there was an inter- mission, and the guessing, which consisted in guessing how many beans there were in a jar, took place. The prizes w;rrfit a er the guessing dancing was resumed. DAUGHTERS OF ST. GEORGE. The autumn carnival of Britannia Lodge in Union-square Hall last Wednes- day night was well attended and the peo- ple who assembled in the prettily deco- rated hall in which the American ana British colors were harmoniously blended, suggestive of the unity between the two | nations, were treated to an enjoyable pro- | gramme made up of vocal selections by A. La Faile, R. H. Jones, Miss F. Ray- mond, Mrs. Jennie Segar, Mr. Callender and Mr. Long; vocal duets by Mr. and Mrs. G. Austin and the Misses Holland; | instrumental duets, the Misses Neals and J. Carles and Miss Adelaide Carles; in- strumental selections, Professor Merki's | Mandolin club; violin ‘solo, Miss Johnson: | comicalities, Leslie Peterson; fancy dane. ing, Miss F. Baxter. Each number was loudly applauded. Then followed dan: , @nd_refreshments. The affair was | cessfully managed by th, | sisting “of Mesdames | Meadows, W ‘?os;, R. H;w‘xln.‘w. s ; Henwood, J. 'Wassma i 3 Phoebe Williams and s l\xf:[f fi;‘é‘é‘«f&gf KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. At the first meting of each lodge i | January there will be imparted to the membership all over the State matters gt I:’z:)pgrtan”cla The:e matters. like the pass- rd, will not be given r except in the lodgg:momfu o menhon The grand officers of thi will co-operate with the suj e committee con. B. Staples, and make a move in the directio; S e n of in- o wo‘:fi the membership. Good Teports done in the East have b, ceived by Gran Zow ta A elty.y r ?‘Becretary Quif | tZow in