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28 HE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, S DAY, MARCH 5, 1899 J 44+t ErEE e+ treee4s i 1 l b 4444444444443 4434443444444 4444444444444 444444 UDYARD XKIPLING was born in|and keenness of a strong and vigerous | verse and prose. ¢, Indla, December 30, 1563 of John Lockwood Kipling Bom! l He was edu-l | the son and Alice MoDonald ed in the United Services College ward Ho, in North Devon, Eng- at We land. After his school days he returned to , and took up his labors in a sub- yrial capacity on the Civil and I\!ll!-l Gazette at Lahore, continuing this ! ry ¢ - B e OSSR S S S ] & e *-&-& D = 4000 P @+ o eeie e her from 1882 to | amid a multi- found the op- of Bombay Uni- London Acad- of a new v e finally sturn to England, d America. His work in h to make up Kipling's complicated nature. | and tied with red tape.” RS = terestin only those who are|jang. on the father’s England, though 400 | Later there arose a demand for a mew |l | ave®t0 b ‘fonng 7 can ever hope to at-| vears ago the Kiplings came from Hol- | edition, and Kipling’s “First Book” was |the beginning. Sometimes a striking fe Bt % prac | land. There is lfkewise a mixture of two | added to from time to time and subse- | ture is securéd when haif (he formes aes ¢ was | different temperam fn the genealogy, | quent editions were issued under a reg- |ready for the press, and room has o Both grandfathers gymen, buf | ular publisher's imprint, and when the | be made for it near the latter end of tro he mother | book finally blossomed ocut as a London ine. It was so with General Shaf. | Storics in | publication it was as a much fatter, cloth “Capture of Santiago” in the Fe ' | @O+ e e B e S S MDD S ® RATERNAL NE m;m!‘ n Balestier in '“The Naulahka,” which year he married Miss Caroline Htar. 3alestier, the mlster of hie collaberator. His later work Is one long record of suc- cesses, M, l\‘l!_\ung s sald, properly | enough, to be of a modest, retiring dis- | osition, and 1t is not intended herein to deal with those personalities of his life in which the public has no moral or legiti- | B B e O e o S S S S = s & +H e 0D b edeOebebeiedeie@ mate interest. Enough that this slight es of appreciations should deal with h facts of public interest as ¢ be properly accredited, and such report as may have a possible bearing upon the k of the head and hand of this strong From 152 to 1896 Mr. Kipling lived chiefly in the United States, building him- self a home among the Gr Mountains Brattiehoro, Vt., residing there until returned to England. In 1898 he sailed : Town, South Africa, accom- y ily, returning during the , and taking up his abode at Rot- | , on the south coast of England. | is next journey was to America in Jan- | uary, 1369, en route, it was sald, to Mexico, Mr, Kipling, it is_thus seen, has been a | qjau ; great trhveler, and It 1s by’ this means | Ues’ and thelr younger brethren were possibly that the full vigor of a naturally | pyret’ Book. 5 bt Strong_and virlle brain gives out only its | F¥RS BOOST 0 eoreman annroved of | best, We have in Mr. Kipling, as evinced | them Immensely. for he was a cultured R O A Al Muslim. ‘Your poetry very good, sir; just the vir of turning occasfonally to | aoaniniz ;o ST ROCEY FORY €0 | resh fle | pastures new'" for one's | “.rfahmoud, the ‘comp.,” had an unpleas- iration, a circum nce which is seif- of referring to the poems as evident when one re nts the and scope of his recent work. Biographica! Note. [ varlety “Three different nationalities have gone WS, EASTERN STAR NOTES. Oak Leaf Chapter on the 2ith of Febru- ary initlated eight candidates in the ad- that chapter is noted. The pter is ing arrange- ments for a ch to be given month. instituted two in Los Ar one called d the other Los Angeles. A A. Pierce, the grand matron, aid a visit to Miramonte ( pter, in Mountain ¢, last Wednesday | The grand r ron will hold a school of | instruction in fct 9 Napa to-mor- row night. Or he will hold a one in Distric t id the 15th she wil ho Sacramento. EEE ODD FELLOWS. At the twenty-ninth anniversary of Golden Rule Encampment, in Oakland, Unity Encampment will, as it has for ever so many years, pay it its annual visit. ‘There will be congratulatory speeches and a banquet. The grand master is still in the southern part 0% the State, making visits to lodges there. The Grand Lodge will meet on the Sth of May. The grand patriarch will pay an official visit to Benicia Encampment this week. THE REBEKAHS. On Saturday, February 24, California Rebekah Lodge gave a party in its hall, which turned out to be one of those pleas- ant affalrs that are periodically given under the auspices of this energetic body. ‘Walhalla Rebekah Lodge (German) cele- brated itseleventh anniversary February 24 by & pleasant social evening in its lodge- room in the Odd Fellows’ building. There was a good attendance of members and friends and there was enjoyment for all until a late hour, The members of Mission Rebekah Lodge and their many friends assembled in large numbers in the lodgeroom on Mis- sion street to take part in a sheet and pillow-case party got up under the direc- tion of the entertainment committee of the lodge. As that committee knows how to arrange an evening’s fun, it is almost needless to assert that there was a great deal of amusement for all participants. Last Wednes Oriental Rebekah Lodge had ten candidates to initiate, and as it had been announced that there would be presented some new features in the floor work there was a large attend- ance of members of the order, many from ealdsburg, and on one in District 6, at other lodges anxious to secure points. | The work was done to perfection and was highly complimented by those who are competent to judge. After the ceremony and the close of business there was a pleasant social hour. The Assembly of California will meet in this city on the 9th of May. Oriental Rebekah Lodge will on the 20th inst. have as special guests the Veterans, Canton No. 5 and Miss Eunice Melville. On the 2th inst. Miss Eunice Melville of Minnesote_will lecture in Odd Fellows® Hall for the benefit of the home at Ther- malito and the one at Gilroy. This will be urnder the auspices of District No. . DEGREE OF HONOR, A. 0. U. W. Apew lodge-of the-Degxes of Honor was instituted at West Berkeley last Wednes- | day night by Grand Chief of Honor Mrs. | Ivy Lodge of Oakland. There were pres- ent members from all the Alameda Coun- ty lodges. The new lodge is called Lau- rel, and its number is 85. It starts with | thirty-two charter members. Another new lodge was instituted at Stockton last Friday night. It was organ- | ized by Deputy Grand Chief of Honor | Mrs. A. A. Wood. Arrangements have been completed for the institution of a new Jodge at Santa Ana on the 8th inst. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. the applications of nineteen strangers were read and referred to committees. J. Taylor Rogers delivered an interesting address on the advisability of the city | the rule in a number of Eurcpean citles. can Eagle Lodgs on Wedresday. There were present many Visitors from other lodges. Addresses were made by Grand Troasurer Zehfus, ex-Supreme Represent- ative Crowe, Deputy B. E. George and others. There was also a vocal and in- strumental programme. Yosemite and Confidence lodges will pay a fraternal visit to Liberty Lodge to-mor- Tow night, when Past Grand Dictator Bernes will deliver a lecture on “Frater- nity.” special features. The Grand Lodge will corvene on the 21st inst. in the Alcazar. It will be an un- asually interesting session. The list of the supreme reporter, dated March 1, with sixty shows 211 deaths, these deaths were of members over 61 60 years. NATIVE SONS. Mount Diablo Parlor of Martinez will soon lose its very competent secretary, Gus Welss, who has acted in that capa- city since the organization of the parlor in 1887, except while going through the chairs. Mr. Weiss will leave for New Mexico, where he will engage in business. ‘Woodland Parlor, at its last held meet- ing, had the horor of being the first to initiate father and son at the same meet- ing. Grand Trustee A. W. North of Winters visited the office of Grand Secretary Lun- stedt last week and reported the parlors in _his district prospering. Grand First Vice President Mattison paid an official visit last Monday nignt to residio Parlor, and_last Wednosday he called on Marshell Parlor in an officlal way. Last Friday night Grand Trustee Mor- gan paid an official visit to San Franclsco arlor and was well received. Grand Trustee A. W. North and a num- ber of the grand officers officially visited South San Francisco Parlor last week. After the rendition of the ritualistic work in & very satisfactory manner the grand trustee delivered an interesting and in- structive address. A number of grand officers will accom- pan{; Grand Trustee Joseph K. Hawkins on his visit to Mount Diablo Parlor at Martinez to-morrow night. | Grand Trustee R. H. McNoble of Stock- ton will nmcfl.llg; vigit Mission Parlor next Wednesday night, and on the 15th he will lvlsit Alcalde Parlor. Ths xaport of Grend Txpptes Lewis I | Mayon, assisted by the drill team from | Last Monday night Yerba Buena Lodge | admitted three members by initiation, and | acquiring and owning public works, as is | Norman Lodge in a body visited Ameri- | There will also be a programme of | claims paid. One hundred and eight of | vears of age and fifty-two between 50 and | P e e T T YT PSSP SR OSSP S e - Kipling Seot Forth e Hote ook 1581 he rollnburatfidk with Waleott | future muthor, spent h was | world of India, midst the published in Londen in 1832, during which | ture of the Hast on the ore | gelf surrounded b, | which Buropeans in | thelr stay in Indla bearable. | call things by two different nanies, an |learned to speak Hindustan| as fluently | as English."—London Dally News. | rations, | to the Kiplings in Bombay. | meeting at Rudvard Lake must have been | the pretty bit of sentiment of their lives, | for him that of the little lake on the banks of which they first met each other.” | various contemporary authors, published {in London in 1894, Kipling gives credit to | date of the publication of “Departmental | Ditties,” | contributed | “Echoes,” published in 18%, and “Quar- | tette, the Christmas Annuai of the Civil | Indian Writers, the same year. | world, and the paper w the last possible moment. s sy . B | boiling water would fall on the dus: et a shade cooler in the pre so I sat there while the .t | room, machires spun two _or three times,” to see if all was in order, | ! before 1 said the word that would set | “the kind of a night ‘Departmental Dit- | | lean, oblong docket, to imitate a Govern- f | | | i | me | stanford | through the Tritualistic work was exem- 1 o< ¥ . 7 + 44+ The same complexity existed in the early environment of th in the wonderfu rimitive cul- and and the most advanced ecivilization Di the West on the other. 'The ehild tould thus see one famlly content with four clay walls under a siraw thatch, with three earthe: pots and & handful of rice, earned by har work, while clgee by he eeuld find him- all the cenveniences d hecessary te make “‘As the child began to talk he learned t: A Kipling Romance. “In a pottery at Burslem, in Btafford- shire, now Doulton’s, was & young man named John Kipling, a designer of deco- He was a very clever young man, although somewhat eccentric. “One day at a plenlc to the young ple of the nelghborhood at a pretty liitle nglish lake between the villages of Rud- yard and Rushton, not far from Burslem, John Kipling met a pretty English girl, Mary McDonald, the daughter of & Meth- odist minister at Endon. Kipling fell in love with her at once. They met very often, and it grew into @ love aftalr on both sides. Then John Kipling went to the art schools in Kensington, and was | afterward sent _out to direct the art schools of the Madras presidency in In- dia. When he went to Indla he took pretty Mary McDonald along as his wife. “In the fullness of time a son was born Their first 60~ for when they named the son they took —Kansas City Star. Kipling's First Book. In “My First Book’ the experiences of “Departmental Ditties” as being his first published book. As a matter of ncordi three other volumes appeared before the to each of which Kipling had “*School Boy Lyries,” and Military Gazette,” by Four Anglo- An Indian Newspaper Off ce. his Description is taken from ‘The Man Would Be King."”" ‘One Saturday night it was my pleasant duty to put the paper to bed. A king or courtier was dying at the other end of the | to be held until . . “It was a pitchy black, hot night, and | raining—now and again a spot of almost T Wh e clickea and the night jars hooted at the | windows, and the all but naked composi- | tors wiped the sweat from their fore- | heads. | “The thing, whatever it was, was keep- ing us back, It would not come off. . . . I drowsed and wondered whether the blessing and whether this ence or delay clock ept up to 3 o their fly-wheels them off. I could have shrieked aloud. Then the roar and rattle of the wheels shiveréd the quiet into little bits.” Departmental Ditties. Such a night as 1§ above described was ant way another of those things. ® 0 om e e o “There was built a sort of a book, . 2 ment envelope, bound in brown paper, Byington, who recently visited Santa Lu- | cia Parlor at Salinas, is that it 1s very | progressive and_taking in a number of new members. The parlor is actively at work arranging for the reception of the | delegates to the Grand Parlor, which will | t there on the 24th of next April and be in session nearly a week. STANFORD PARLOR, N. 8. G. W. Fred H. Jung, recording secretary of Stanford Parlor No. 76, N. 8. G. W., has received a letter from Captain George Filmer, commanding Company B, First California Volunteers, at Manila in ac- knowledgment of good things sent to him and other members of the parlor who are in the volunteer service. The captain writes as follows: Your kind letter on behalf of the brothers of Parlor, also box contalning “share of the as were pleased to call arfived ~ O. K., and I assure you 'and all the brothers of Stanford Parlor that I thoroughly enjoyed all the good and useful things con- tained In the box of goodies. It is impossible to explain how I felt some 5000 miles away at receiving such an appropriate gift from dear old 'Frisco. Only the poor fellows who did not receive any Christmas present can explain what the feelings must be at not receiving one. It is needless to say that I will never forget the kindness, and hope to be in a position some time when I will be able to par- tially show my appreciation. Stanford Parlor has always been dear to me. I have always been proud to say that I am a member of Stanford Parlor. We look forward to return- ing home some time in the near future. I hope to be able soon to express to you per- sonally what I cannot find words to write. Kind regards to all the brothers and best wishes for the future of Stanford Parlor. There are from this parlor in the ser- vice at Manila A. H. Clifford, regimental commissary sergeant, First California; . E. Chenot, in the hospital division; and 8. I. McMartin, in the First California Regiment band. Among those who have recently been initiated into this parlor and who are well known, are Louis F. Bartlett, Louis A. Steiger, Charles L. Patton, A. Cav- agnaro, George W. Collins, A. B. Sbar- boro, Richard Spreckels and Stanley Jackson. Last Tuesday night the parlor was vis- ited by Grand Trustee D. E. Morgan of Nevada City, and the abllity to go my plified by the initiation of eleven candi- dates. NATIVE DAUGHTERS. The following named are the officers of Pine Burr Parlor No. 104, recently insti- tuted at Colfax: Mrs. Mary BE. Durnin, past president; Mrs. Mary E. Wolford, president; Miss Aggie B. Bradley, first vice president; . Miss Lotta A. Hanson, second vice president; Mrs. Amella Bell, third vice president; Miss Adele Buck- ley, financial secretary; Miss Alice Kilgo, recording secretary; Mrs. Kate McCleary, marshal; Mrs. Rose Werry, treasurer; trustees—Mesdames Nettle B. Stone, E. Russell and Mary T. Rose. On the night of the 24th of last month Sans Souci Parlor had a very enjoyable grab-bag party in its hall on Devis- adero street, near Page. There were pres- ent many of the members and their friends, also members of a number of the local parlors, who, in addition to discov- ering what the Goddess of Fortune had in store for them, danced until 11 o’clock. Alta Parlor on the last Saturday in February had an “at home” strictly fdr members, after the business of the par- lor. The feature of the evening was a “baby show.” several of the members be- ing the babies. The smallest baby in the bunch was Grand Treasurer Miss Lizzie Douglass, and a good second was Mrs. Meyers, past president of the parior. The “bables” were seaf n a circle on the 1t that position were en- foor‘ !:2 while in onteined by, Mig. B Komp Vi 85 | work from the | they . Whot Yo bound volume with a gilt toE_ But Kip- ling himself has said that he “loved it best when it was a. 1lti‘e brown baby with n’glnk string around his stomach.” he first editlon printed at Lahore by the Civil and Miltary Gazette Press Is now as scarce as to command from $3 to $156; according to condition. Out of India. Thus it was that Rudyard Xipling first entered literature; At the present day “Journalist” is but anether word for lit- + D R e R S 2 + 4+ 1¢++++¢¢+¢+¢44++¢4*‘ Palmistry P R R R R R LR S S b b st e 4444 > 4+ +4+44t P R et R the Story ‘;Qf o s, SR Reoad L6 A o o o g eI ESeEERO UL U L OO ST R SO G TR R R S A A a A S e o fnany ox shorld beuat lfiasltasdapz ¢ i S SR S O many thousand impre S too dar-| ents and could make your life successfu - : Y S: presstons of | but Inclined to go te extremes too da ents al ghe e&d. and K!pll‘ngrs h:'lrnlg vlv;:er!;‘og palms have been forwarded to this|ing for your own safety: your domestic | by the cultivation of enher gne. g?\:r‘l&rx f'e A an newspaper for the val ‘” Bt department for reading that 1t has | 1ife Wwill be rather disappointing: one en- application. Your life v{uf e gnm"d L more untll those on hand are an- | MISS FHANC ““Fhis hand glves | MRS. C. E.—You will have unexpected o gecount: His travels led him to Eng- "P‘ cross the Paelfic and through the swered. This is done in justice to the nite palmist and to those whe might forward | Impressions and be obliged to wait a long time before o careful reading could be made in this column. . s gsl&tes, as the outcome of which he published througli varlous newspapers & serles of observations, or impressions, ghtu might properly be ealled “American es: ‘herein he iflve the free and democrl!.fl((‘ attitude of the masses, or stich part o that body with whem he came In centact, some hard shecks, . R. R. M. L., Oakland—A hand of talent, but peor financial returns. Strong will, great perseverance and courage. You lack is Fnter! Ini through the ojgtern at‘é‘,e’}enl}l:drsé$:’s‘s fret o the | logles act too impulsively, You have in- | di. RorL pta e &m“gh Yellowstone | Ventive genius, and would make a greater | Park and Chicago to the Bast. success of life If you were more steadfast. | i8 running comment was both apt and | ALMA M.—You will ma three | pertinent, and to express the most and | times; will be divorced afi ormy life the least ‘which can be sald in thelr favor | with vour third. You wil an event- —he told some very evident truths. ful life. Many joys and sorrows. Not| much money {n early ilfe. are | evidence of some musical talent, good conversational- ist and a bright, cheerful manner.; you consclentious you will have a quiet, happy married life. M. F. CAS.—You have a flrm, unyleld- ing nature; a love that is jealous an h and not be: there will be an occasion in the near fufure when this tendency will cause you serfous trouble; one serious fliness is in- e life line between 30 and 3. 1 D.—You have a sunny, cheer no superabundance of affec- »ugh you are fond of home and you T °t, you are inclined to be too phleg- good fortune In old age. Long life. WILLIAM O.—You will have a qulet, uneventful life. You do not care for the opposite sex especially, and dislike to as- sume marital responsibilities. A life of hard work with poor financial results. MRS. K. J. R.—A nature careful in ma- fond of home, vet apt to Serfous trouble with Many journeys. a refined, educated mind, in all your dealings; self- always as pure as it should | terfal matter: worry over trifles. | the head Is indlcated. | Two mar rlug\\ MISS JAN G., Mokelumne—An excel- lent combination of the artistic and the practical. Will have two serfous love af- irs. Much trave D. M. B. el. Morgan Hill--Long life. . Generous nature. Fond f speculation, yet cautious. You will not marry until you find your ideal. MISS MOLLIE fou have a very will never know trouble; in .—Your hand shows you are ambi- | il miich worry and vexation; Kipling on Stevenson. (MRS, MARY G-—One who has expe- e Ty e olish, & great deal, | sensitive, affectionate nature. One serlous ey 8 B ere | ma ey of fortune, a good | but you have many obstacles to over- | illness between 2 and 30. You are intel- hers {s a writer, called Mr. Robert | cconomical manager, fond of home and | comes three marriages are marked: two | lectual and tactful. You have an active, Louls Stevenson, who makes most dell- | family. A thoroughly independe i eSS ohe husband will | intuitive nature. Are thoroughly indepen- {nclined to be tc home affairs. Two long ve late in life. Seriou: he brought on by t MISS EF cate inlay work in black and white and nfense flles out to the fraction of a hair. He has written a story about & sulcide club, wherein men gambled for death because other amusements did not bite sufficlently. “My friend Private Mulvaney knows | nothing about Mr. Stevenson, but he once | assisted informally at a meeting of almost such a club as that gentleman has d scribed, and his words are true.’ dlers Three.” 5 Money affection, er, This is a happy stic and the practi- E ding of and fami | A heart so full of a | upon plans for the future. make money Self-reliant ood ability to and ' prudent. | e | Fond of disp Will marry twice. —From “A Kipling Note Book,” pub- MISS BLSSI M.—A very versatile lished by M. F. Mansfield & Co., New |adaptable nature, generous and frank, York. Price 15 cents. His Recent lllness. | ary Century; it is so again this month | M. J. v that ill which he directed; »u have an intense love that | zood judgment. your on-going. MISS NELLIE M.—You have two tal- I R o e S o e e e S e ] dent, with ability to manage people. MISS E. M., Oakland—A very eventful al and en- you are intelle e ge, which getic 2ke one long will influence your whole life. Two marriages. Best prosperity MISS ELIZABETH A.—This hand a visionary, imaginative mind; 3 B.—You have an economical, ideas but poor attainments; not a | cautious nature. Not demonstrative in itution; inclined to be ex- |affection. You are level-headed and prac- 1. Will have many changes within the | next fifteen months. MISS ALMA H., Oakland—You have a loving, cheerful nature, moral, and exact- ing the same strict rectitude from others. Your greatest happiness will be in your married life. You will marry a man of amln% and_money. J. T. O. R., Vallejo—A man with good business ability and honest family love. Easy going, cheerful, happy temperament. Fruitvale—Your life lines health has iInterfered with You will marry. and Arthur Hough- | The feeling people here have shown | with Major (ieneral Greene's “Ca, . = e o z | Major General G pture of | ton glves a realisflc glimpse of “Scenes | Inclined to be too rash in speculation. ginceer. rll(lnllng' fell ill has moved slom(E Manila.” General Greene is the author |in the Spanish Capital” on the eve of the | One marriage. i % riends who have seen a great deal of | of the standard history of the Turco-Rus- | late war. The Century Company: New | MISS H. H. H., Vallejo—A nervou: him during this visit to talk Interesting- | sjan war and of other mil works. | York. 7 rying nature. Many love affairs, ail end- ly about him. They wish to clear away | In writing of the campaign in the Phil-| - A TiEx (apuaiManyilovsiatatre. il end an old misunderstanding. It seems that | jppines he speaks with authority, for he | — Tni the| current {sgue of [ 108 10 Grreppclnsmienc, /A religious;nature. nothing has ever distressed Mr. Kipling | commanded the second expedition from ARPER'S, | Harper's. Magazine ap-| ToX Will marzy an ofd sweetieart after a more:than the general impression prevail- | San | Francisco and took. & conspies| | 5 - | pears the, last _install- | broken engagement and a long separation, ing here and in En?“i d that he dislikes | yous and important part in the operations ment of ‘“The Span o "5‘ Y t travel a great deal, both by land the American people. It is utterly un- | f the army. This the first of two articles by Willilam McLenna and *"} E‘Im {fb Pl true. | from his pen. Lieutenant Hobson tells | Mcllwraith. The romance will JELAX s most extraordinary ca- His chief object in coming to America | in this number of his experiences in pris- be brought out'in book form, |Teer. Good health until the twenty-third this tyme, his friends say, was to efface on in Santiago and his observations of its many and beautiful illustra- | vear. You will be assisted by people of that false impression. He was willing to | {he siege: lieutenant J. B. Bernadou, | de Myrbach will make a most | money and influence. Your strong deter- do anything he could to show his real | who commanded the torpedo boat Wins- | attractive volume. It is a stirring story mination will carry you through two se- feelings for the fellow-countrymen of his | Jow -in the action at Cardenas. in which | of the French and Indian war, dealing | rious financial losses. One long sea voy- wife, to show that he was mnot the | Epsign B y killed, tells the story | with the Chevalier Maxwell, who is an|age at 27, which will bring money and “bloomin’ bludgeon” they took him for. | of nant Cameron Wins. | adherent of Prince Charles, and who, af- | fame. The man is bored by formal going out, d the cable cutting | ter the battle of Culloden, is forced to flee | C. F. 8., Sulsun—A generous, kind-heart- Cienfue on the same ¥, describes the hazardous operations | @+ oe e yet he offered to dress every night of his visit to meet any and all people whom he could make his friends. | When Mr. Kipling was a young man he made a journey from India to England, by way of the United States. He had one or two of his books published and he | was an extraordinarily ‘‘clever voung | man,” with a power over words that he | was accustomed to let out freely. The | running glimpse of American life afford- | ed the young genfus an opportunit which he must have been a dozen year: older to have neglected. He wrate a vol- ume of amazing notes, which the mass of readers—who are by no means amaz ing in their. literary understanding—swal- lowed seriously, and_they proved a_lump- ish mouthful, Now Mr. Kipling's sin pur- | sues him. He makes this hard-headed | sconception of his real position and sympathy. He is hard put it to it to show imself through the veil of prejudice. Kipling's Ambition. People who are impatient for greater man who reached almost el, and who, ¢ at a leap an extraordinary le e done no more in a half dozen years than maintain that le: will be interested in this opinion of his own. Mr. Kipling says that no man can write a real novel until he is 40. Up to that time the artist must be willing to do lesser things, practice smaller effects, pay more attention to detail than it apparently de- serves and wait for the power of the mas. ter. By and by that will come; the artist will write a novel that is big with the larger facts of life, handled in a larger way. When Mr. Kipling does write his great novel it will be something elemental, sometaing _almost primeval. *“Without Benefit of Clergy” may furnish the theme, and for setting and characters the new novel will almost surely -contain, ‘“writ large,” the Englishman and ' Indian woman, and th v—all of it. 3 == E March Magaziy\es, T The most interesting cel te appeared as Madame Ta Bell i ballet dancer, and let tham see syhas g knows about’ballet dancing, pas de. sen g and the like. Next Saturday night the? l{;f‘:]’)’?:}e‘rs nf!tvhis parlor will celebrate the® a(;mnqura\:n versary of its foundation by ¢ ro Fino Parlor has devised a s & to start a library for the Native Dammie ters’ Home. It Is in the nature of a 0. cial evening to be given in the home, 925® O'Farrell street. The tax for admission will be one book for each person. A tinel programme has been arranged. There 15 now in the home, as a guest, Miss M. A, Edgington, formerly of Sacramentor % NATIONAL UNION. i On the night of the 24th Inst. the San Francisco Cabinet held a meeting at? which there was a good attendance of % representatives from the seven local coun- clls, also several invited members of the order. President Arter presided. The, principal business was the discussion of { proposition to give an entertainment in% celebration of the eighteenth anniversary® of the order in May. The opinion of ev-¢ ery member was taken, and it was de-; clded that there should be an entertain- ment something on_the lines of the one glven last year, and to excel it 1f possic le. It was decided that there should not be e ball to follow the programme to be offered. It will be given under the auspices of the cabinet. Last Friday night the members of the? cabinet paid an official visit to El Do-® rado Council In the Alcazar building, and there the team of the cabinet initiated candldates for the sitting counell, full form of the three degrecs. The endance was a good one, ant n a e Smembersiip of the council and of | tees; Mra. Emma Harrington, junlor past| e o ot Do onion R | &nd AMre, . A Chran, past grand chiet | dresses were made by President Arter of companions. The business methods of | the cabinet, Senator Fleld, Secretary | the circle won the approbation of the ©Ta5% Tuesday evening there was a good | tion for the work as exemplified by Mrs. attendance of members at Golden Gate | Marks, chief companion; Mrs. Goodman, Eouncil, and a very pleasant evening was | junior past chief companion; Miss A Lor: spent after the transaction of routine |Vea, sub-chief Miss Bessie Borrem. right business. There were a number of ad- gulde, an iss Ettie erkheim, le 8. guide. Never in the history of the order | was there a more perfect exemplification of the work, particularly by the guides. SONS OF EXEMPTS. | There were a number of excellent ad-| dresses and the presentation to the grand | At the last held meeting of the Sons h chief companion of a handsomely worked | of Exempts, In the hall of the EXempts | nocktfa case and of a nandkerchicf case | on Brenham place, there was presented | to the grand sub-chief and to Mrs. Carah, | the names of a number of sons of old- | the deputy of the circle. At the close of time firemen who are eligible to member- | business the members and visitors ad- journed to a cafe in the vicinity, where ship, and a committee was appolnted to | 3910 .3 cerved up a collation. — Mrs. dresses, and vocal music by the National Union Quartet. ruary t! Co;l(ln\lfi;l on Page Thirty-two. e S o o o O R e e S i o ] “He Departed Into the Mountain to Pray” Photographed From the Original of J. J. Tissot's Great Palnting Expressly for McClure’'s Magazine for March. in the The at-@404040404043409 0004000404400 +0+ 040+ 9404000404040 +0+0+0+ @ applications to present during the ceremony a number of the grand officers. | Last Monday night there were thirteen candidates initiated into the membership of Bay City Lodge in the presence of a large number of visitors and grand offi- TS. Among ctor Mrs. [ retary Quitzow and Grand Chaplain Mrs. Krueger. was an address by the honorary mem- | one of the new members. Golden Rule Lodge at its last held meet- ing initiated one candidate and received three applications, the month of January and Feb- ere have been initiated into the order eighty-nine new members. Dm‘lngl call upon them with & view of having | frelena Worms, past chief of Bay City, ROB! them become members of the or aniza: | in a_logical Rdaress paid a high tribute | mne offe: i tion that is_to perpetuate the Exempt| i, 1o worth of Mrs. Jacobs, who is in ial ‘rancisco Firemen of the Company of San line of promotion for the office of grand panion I. W. Coburn to Robin Hood Cir- ed nature, practical, with a keen apprecia. tion of the fine arts. In the past vour cau- tious nature has saved many losses. In the future you will be moré d and your speculations will not be successful MISS JULIA J., Santa Clara—A nature fond of ease and luxury, inclined to bs extravagant. Good taste, generous to a fault. A versatile, affable, inconstant na- ture. One great disappointment in love that will cause great unhap life. A happy marriage between 30 3. Two long vovages In the JAMES H. P.—A jealous. cri intellectual, logical. A m suave, even to those he dr Two marriages, one of whi satisfactory. Several children. MRS. T D.—You are careful and close in money matters. A good man- ager. Strong love of home and family. Two severe illnesses before 3). Severai voyages. One great sorrow, which under- mines the heaith. Many trials and strug- gles in early life. MISS M. M., Oakland.—A severe {liness betweer 35 and 2; one who will have many joys, but with corresponding sor- sows; a jealous nature; fond of taking chances on everything in life. MISS P. J. M.—Yours is the hand of a steady, active mind, not easily persuaded; great prudence and caution indicated; Several voyages of note; will marry a per- son of great business ability. MISS MABEL C.—You will rise grad- ually to success; you have good ideas, but not force of wiil enough to carry out your aspirations; you will have one love affair, which will cause sorrow; a broken engagement is plainly marked. MISS M. W. our nature is phleg- matic and sensual; you are generous with those you love; you are fond of the good things of this world and are thoroughly material; love to speculate, very impui- sive and daring; an erratic nature. MISS ELLIS.—A very ardent, impul- sive natu prudent in money matters; many struggles in early life; one mar- riage, two children. J. H.—You have a well-balanced nature; one who can make the best of every sit- uatfon in life; inclined to be too daring, and will lose money through speculatio: long life; two_marriages. MISS MINNIE T.—You Mave two marked talents and would succeed in either one if you would concentrate your mind and put a lot of useless people out of your life. MISS ARTIE O.—You have a great in- terest in the opposite sex; are fond of ad. miration and dress: you will marry and have many struggles in your early mar- ried life; four children; you have talent, but_vou'lack continuity. MRS. KATE W.— An open-Hearted, frank, generous nature; a true friend; ona who has not the best of health and vet possesses a sunny, cheerful disposition; much_talent and originality; affectionats and_thoughtful; will marry ‘twice. MISS BETH H., Oakiand—You will have all your struggles in early life. You will marry_happy at and have five e t ca for. ch will not be children. ~You will accompany your hus= band on several long businéss trips. Greatest prosperity between I8 and 40, M. M, K.—An ideal wife and mother. Fond of music and art. Poor health in the early part of life. A woman of high ideals and great plans. Wil marry once and have a large family. BABY M. S.—A nervous, restless, excite able nature. Will follow a professional career. Will travel much and make good deal of money, but will spend It as fast as he makes it. MISS MINNIE K.—You are not_ as sweet and amiable as you might be, Ym* llow ‘“‘the little foxes to spoil the vines." You are fond of admiration and incone stant in affection. A most exciting and eventful career. You will be a widow twice. One husband will cause no end of trouble. The following named sent in prints toe poor to be read: MISS MARY MOORE. MRS. A. D. WILLSON, MR. JAMESE\\'ILLSDN. fagd ROSE COOLEY. : Madame Neergaard, pupil of St. Germaln, sclentific palm reading. 388 Twenty-first st., near Valencia. Telephone White 1571 membership, and is entitled to the titls of ‘“Banner Circle.”” The circle through its honorary member presented the grand chief companion an elef&nt pocketbook, and the grand sub echief a fine purse inm appreciation of their work for the circl and the order generally. In addition the grand sub chief was presented two bunch- es of flowers from individual members of | the circle, who appreciate her worth and | want to see her elevated to the positon next above the one she now occupies. ass upon. There were | the latter were Grand Pro- J. Wheelock, Grand Sec- After the ceremony there ber of Aurora Lodge, the gr: - ey G s Tlee tie gang pritess THE CHOSBN FRIENDS. sentative Dr. American and others; also| Soclal Council No. 46 | g of thg a recitation, “The Oregon,” by Mrs. Hale, | MOSt entertaining venings at home" last Tuesday night that it has ever given, one that was a success in the sense o being a drawing card and excellence of programme. The event was in the bana uet hall of the Native Sons’ building, and the attendance exceeded 300. The commits tee of arrangements, consisting of W. F. Gibson, chairman and master of ceremo= nies, Mesdames Gibson, Baccus, Voy and Adams and Miss Clara McDonald, pre- sented a varied programme, which had for features: Scarf dance, Miss TLols IN HOOD CIRCLE. visit by Grand Chief Com- Volunteer Department. At an informal | chiet companion. Before the adjourn-|cle, Companions of the Forest of America, | Underwood; vocal solo, W. Ratigan; reci- meeting recently held it twaml“&’“n‘gi‘g ment of the circle the ‘three beauties” | Was on last Wednesday night. Those Who | tation, Mary E. Hart, vice Dresident of that when the ol x?;l‘l‘p bpg a!‘fl The | thereof * and all present were photo- | are of the “prominency” of the order and | the Pacific Coast Women's Press Associa- reduced to a Wl‘fllflm numbe; graphed in a group by flashlight. -were present were: Grand Sub Chief Mrs. | tion; address, by F. D. Brandon; cornet Grand Sub-Chief Companlon Mrs. Ja- cobs will to-morrow night visit Manza nita Circle at Angels’ Camp, and ont Wed- nesday she will be with Mother Lode Cir- cle at Jamestown. Grand Treasurer Mrs. Haughy was one of the grand officers who visited Golden Gate Circle last week. The annual masked ball given by Ocean View Circle, Court Castle ck and Court Serra at Santa Barbara recently was a reat social success and was_attended gy a great number of people. There were roperty and archives now in its posses- glonp would pass in to the care and cus- tody of the juniors to preserve for all time to come. The new association is doing_ well, considering the short time that has been organized, and when its abjects become thoroughly understood there is no doubt that eligibles—who must be sons of volunteer firemen, who them- selves were eligible to admission into the ranks of the Exempts—will swell the ranks and in_a short time make it one of the powerful soclal organizations of M H M the city. many* novel and prolty costumes. The r rizes for finest costumes were ven to COMPANIONS OF THE F. OF A. | P08 (i iiic%ang Miss Mamie nes, There was a goodly number of the mem- | and for the best characters to Orrin Har- rison and Mrs. Hubbel. KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR. On the night of the 24th of February | Martha Lodge had another blg initiation, bers of the order last Monday night in the hall of Bay City Circle, it being the occasion of the official visit of Grand Chiet Companion Coburn to that subordi- g{’? Kem ates. Flora Jacobs, Grand Financlal Secretary iss Bremer, Mrs. L. Atwood, who is also chief com- nion of the visitors Miss Al p Van Ee and Mrs. A, Dayis, Ju- nl::fll‘;asgnch‘.eg gcmpa(\':ltilo‘n Mrs¥ Emma and Past ef Com N ]t\:‘g-tA' o i panion aughy sent her regrets at not bel able to be present on account of slckgensi at her home. and room. The grand chie good and welfare, ngal bouquets over the recording secre- manner in which she keeps her records, and also gave a few Scheon, the flnancial secretary. He was particularly flattering about the work of the officers, who exem- lified it by the inittation of four candi- The financial secretary made the duet, Misses Josie and May Gitchell, and | vocal solo, by Miss Maude Stiil, whose ef- forts were unusually good. So pleasin were her efforts that she was encore three times. The pro; me was followed by dancing, under the direction of J. S. Carr, floor manager, and F. Uphaus, G. W. Smith and W. M. Sullivan, assistants, ‘The Progressive Councils, represented by a committee of three from each of the local councils, met in_ the hall of Fair- mount Council last Monday night an: adopted plans for the entertalnment o the delegates to the Grand Council. Garden City Council at its last held meeting had three initlations, received ap- plications and wound up h a chicken tamale supper. The council is arrangin; for the celebration of the anniversary of the order. Grand Councilor Boehm has appointed a counctls committee from each of the loc: to meet next Friday in the hall of Golden Grand Recording Secretary circle; Grand Trustees Mrs. uke. Grand Treasurer Mrs. There were many members in_the prettily ~ decorated companion, under threw baskets of ora- ice Tricoulet, for the perfect to Miss Mamie in his remarks nate. He was accompanied bfl Mrs. mo;: Jacobs, grand sub-chief; Mrs. E. | twelve candidates receiving the degree | announcement that the reports now | Gate Council to arrange for a celebration W. Hai Mrs. Kemp | that night, making twenty-three In two | show that Robin Hood Circle is at the|of the anniversary of the order on the F) and treasurer; ip; A Davls, grand trus-,weeks. The lodge still has half a dozen | head of all the clrcles, in flnance and | 29th of May. «