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28 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1899 ] P ,4¢¢¢¢¢¢#¢++¢¢f44 3 R i et vt ettt ettt b L R B D R R R R R RS R R R P Gibson in Egypt. From McClure's Magazine for March. 0000000000000 000C0000000000000000 Robert, Slizabeth RBarrett flrowm‘ny OO0OOVLOOOO00 CO0QO00000000000QQ and do *with after I am , my boy, vou please spoke Robert Browning shortly he died as he gave into the of his son an inlaid box con- | love letters that had passed [ himself and Elizabeth Barrett | ner. They were all @ none were ever » the two were | ng t een writte never nd now it W. B. Brow thém Whether this some of us may son, Robert to’ publish pleased the the artist, i a question in decid- | fi an | book e were little done. had to eitt ,, and ht ‘to_do. : t of the ca s story these let- | the high 3 | out one of its sures rm in_the poet and ence. ng courtship in | In s_are filled_in. r B Bar- | rett, had bees per of her | great contemporar she In he s y G ne's 1844, she ma : et, her hero, read to his lady \ges from ancient poets wn the m blood tinctured, the time was at de, had known and worth the poetic k. He, how ever, had never sought to intrude his far- off admiration upon the author's person- ality. The poets had, indeed, a_mutual friend in Miss Barrett's cousin, Mr. Ken- | on. But from John Kenyon Browning | learned the sad facts of his relative's 1 So far back as 1840 s ad burst a blood vessel in the lungs, and after a twelvemonth's_confihement at her home, in London, had been ordered to a milder climate. With some relatives she had taken up her residence in Torquay. There @ fatal event had taken place. Her favor- ite brother, with two of his friends, hav- ing embarked on board a small vessel for a sall of a few hours, the boat had gone down. All on board had perished. | not unkind of me to suspend my answer to Tt was long before Miss Barrett's health | your question—for indeed 1 have not been sufficiently recoy from this added | very well, nor have had much heart for Shock to allow of her being brought home | saying so. This implacable weather! this again to London, where many vears | east wind that seems to blow through the ;)_DGDODOfiflfifiabfi‘flfifififlfififififififinfififififififififi f=3 o = FRATERNAL NEWS. = o 3 o b= k=3 P R -t R-f-2-Feg-R-2-R-R-F=8=F-FcF-F-F-R-F-F=2-R-F=3-3-F-F-F-F-3=4 THE EASTERN STAR. ¢ Chapter at its' meeting last Tues day night initiated two candidates and | after the work had a banquet in the lower hall at which there were present about 100 persons. | Harmony Chapter had seventeen candi- | dates for initiation at its meeting last | Friday night. The event was followed b & grand collation. e THE L O. O. F. There was a special session of theGrand | Lodge at Auburn last aight under the | auspices of District No. 4. There were present the grand master, grand secre- | tary and grand warden. After the meet- | ing of the grand body there was a meet- | ing of the lodges of the district. Western Addition Lodge gave an anni- versary entertainment last Wednesday i | the 0dd Fellows' building. Under the direction of the committee, of which H. W. Nowell was the chairman, there was | presented a very fine programme of en- | fetrtainment, which was foliowed by | dancing. The principal address of the | cvening was delivered by Past Master | Barnes. The -and master will pay a visit t Pacific Lodge next Thursday. The same | night the lodge will celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the institution of that | body. | Lgxt Tuesday the Veterans pald a fra- visit to Oakland Lodge. i . Guinand, 79 years of age, a member | of Santa Barbara Lodge, died at the home | last week. | Last Wedneeday Oriental Rebekah | Lodge was surprised by the presentation | by free gentlemen of the order of a mag- nificent altar, just before. the lodge | worked in the Initiatory degree. The altar | is one of the most unique that has ever been placed in a lodge room, and one of the most beautiful. Last night Mission Rebekah Lodge en- tertained Occidental, Fidelity and Ex- celsior lodges. S ODDFELLOWSHIP, M. U. Recently Loyal Mission Lodge conferred the blue degree on six, in the presence of | a good attendance of members and a number of visitors. The ceremony was followed by a collation aranged by the social commjttee. Last Tuesday night the lodge gave its monthly social in Mission Opera Hall and a most ejoyable time was Golden Gate Lodge is progressing favor- ebly and the new officers have become roficient in the work they have to per- orm. The membership is displaying a ternal B. G great deal of enthusiasm. alifornia, the oldest of the lodges of the Manchester Unity branch in-this city, 0020000000000000009, passed away in the confinement of a sick Here few besides the members of own family were admitted. Among the exceptions were her cousin, John Ken- yon, Miss Mitford, who w travel for- to see her for an hour, and Mrs. ty miles Jameson. It was during this period of confinement that the two volumes of poems containing “Lady _ Geraldine's Courtship” were published.” When Robert Browning— story which Browning d reverently and ten- e very letters written gement: " he reminds Miss "I never wrote you, all the years, strength of your poetry, though 1 1y h A of you through Mr. K. You once, and might | elf of his inter- letter to your ntion to commend any wotice, so as to reach you out of the fool- | ish crowd of rushers-in upon genius, who | come and eat their bread and cheese on ar, and talk of reverence with- | instincts—never quiet | till they cut their initials on the cheek of (!}:6‘— Meédicean Venus to prove they wor- ship her | This first letter written by Browning graciously answered by the Invalid, | wa and 50 a correspondence began that was not for some months to ripen into actual acquaintanceship. Little by little, how- ever, you see how the two kindred souls e brought into nearer relationship. ¥ The letters, begun formally enough, grew | more and more intimate. The correspond- | ents exchange views on life, on philoso- phy, on literature, on each other's poems. Then the personal note begins to inter- vene. On March 12, 1845, we find Brown- ing saying: “Will you grant me a great | favor? Alw: when you write, though | about your own works, not Greek plays | merely, put me in. always, a little offi- | cial bulletin line that shali say, ‘T am bet- ter, or ‘still better,’ will you?’ And a little further along in the same letter crops in the query, “‘Do you think I shall see you in two months, three months?” Then the writer passes on to a denuncia- tion of society, which Miss Barrett feels the need of as a means of self-develop. ment. “For me,’ he exclaims, “I always hated it—have put up with it these six or | seven years past, lest by foregoing it I Should let some unknown good escape me, in the true time of it, and only discover my fault when too late; and now that T have done most of what is to be done, s lodge in a garden of cucumbers for 't care even about reading | now—the world and pictures of than writings about the world! must read books:in order to get words and forms for ‘the public’ if you write, and that you needs must do, if you fear od. Miss Browning's answer is dated March 20, 1845. ‘It was kind of you,” she begins, ““to wish to know how I was, and is also on an excellent footing and makin; decidedly good progress. The financial report shcws a good reserve fund in the bank. At the first meeting in April Loyal Mission Lodge will in a body pay a visit to California. ANCIENT ORDER WORKMEN. Unity Lodge No. 27 will celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of the institu- fon of the lodge by a grand entertain- ment and ball to be given in B'ne B'rith Hall on the night of the 5th of April. Valley Social Club will on the 19th of April give an entertainment and dance in Laurel Hall, Shiels building, in celebra- tion of the institution of Valley Lodge. In about two weeks a new lodge will be instituted at Tesla with more than fifty members. On the 1ith inst. a new lodge of the De- gree of Honor was instituted at Santa Ana by Mrs, Viola Norman, D. D. Mrs. Frances Goepper is the chief of honor, and Laura Lacy the recorder. The same night a lodge was instituted at Galt by Deputy Grand Chief of Honor Mrs. A. A. Wood, assisted by Mrs. Alice Hinkley f Stockton, who acted as and usher. Mrs. L. Cole is the chief of honor, and Clarence R. Pitt the recorder. On_the 1ith Myrtle Lodge was instituted at East Oakland by Mrs. M. Stewart, P. 8. C. of H., assisted by Mrs. Eva Cogan and the drill team of Ivy Lodge. Lillian A. Caney is the chief of hogor, and F. D. Dolbier the recorder. The same night Unlon Lodge was instituted at Haywards by Grand Chief of Honor Mrs. E. F. May- on, ted by Grand Receiver Miss M. H. Ohe: Mrs. E. D. Strobridge is chief of honor and Georgie A. Threfaull re- corder. The Grand Lodge will meet in Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ bulldln% 414 Mason street, in this city, on the bth of April. NATIVE SONS. Last Monday night Sequoia Parlor had more initlations, its officers inducting into the mysteries of the order nine candl- dates, the work being done in an admir- able manner. The parlor then elected Silas A. White, L. C. Pistolesi and W. P. Johnson as delegates to the Grand Par- lor. For the benefit of the newly initlated members the high royal nincompoop and his satellites conferred the degree of the sublime order of the nincoOmpoops upon one solitary individual, as brave as Rich- ard Coeur de Lion, in a manner that taught him that there are striking points in the order; that the rise and fall of man is well Illustrated, and that man's life hangs often by a single thread—lessons GOST OF MAGAZINES. Tt becomes every year a more costly business to float an important periodical. I see that Mr. Harmsworth of the London Malil and a dozen other publications, dis- cussed at the recent annual meeting of the shareholders of his company, that it had cost $100,000 to introduce the new Harmsworth Magazine and get out the first four nambers. That {s a pretty good sum-—$100,000, and four numbers, even in the swiftest flight to success, don’t carry a periodical 8o very far. Yet this is about what any one must be equal to, if he would undertake to found a new monthly or weekly. People who un- dertake these ventures without knowing well beforehand what they require are apt to_make the mistake of supposing that when they have figured out, with reasonable cleverness, the cost of produc- ing a single number, and have made financial provision for paying such a sum at the required intervals through a cer- tain_term, the provision is ample. Editing so much, literature so much, and art, typesetting, printing, paper, bind- ing, distributing, and so forth, all so much more; this is a comparatively easy sum. It leaves out of calculation the cost of gnlllni your publication known; and that is perhaps the lnufihest of all the prob- lems. You can produce a vear's numbers (that is, twelve numbers) of a very good magazine, in editions of pretty good size, for $60,000 or $70.000. But there has been as much as the larger of these sums, and probably more, spent by a single period- fcal in the course of three months simply in ad\'errlsln?’\ itself in other periodicals, Add to this the cost of circulars and re; ular and special notices, distributed for the most part through the mail, and see what a total results as the cost merely of selling your nroduction. The effort a few years ago to conjure with a familiar name and revive a period- ] each of three or four successive Owners a small fortune. Every penny of the large expenditure went for naught, ~nd the a fempt had finally to be entirely aban- doned. istress (finding visitor in kitchen)— Who is this, Mary? NG Mary (confusedly)—My brother, m'm. Mistress (suspiclously)—You're not uch_alike. Mfary (stammering apologetically)—We were, m'm; but he's just had his beard shaved off, and that makes him look dif- ferent, m'm.—Rival. 00000000 C0000000000 Life Lottors 20 0000000000000 000 And j)oeiry. C0CO0000000000000 sun and moon! who can be well in such a wind? Yet for me, I should not grumble. There has been nothing very bad the mat- ter with me, as there used to be—I only grow weaker than usual, and learn my lesson of being mortal, in a corner—and then all this must end! we live to see such things, and perhaps, after all, we ma besides, T observe that you distrust me, and that perhaps you penetrate my mor: bidity and guess how comes to see a living human face to which I am not accustomed I shrink and grow | vale in the spirit, Do you? earned in human nature, and you Know ed life as mine—notwithstanding all my fine V‘hilosu bhy about social duties and the like—well—if you have such knowledge or if you have it not, I cannot say, but I do say that I will indeed see you when the warm weather has revived me a little and put the earth ‘to. rights’ again so as Fn make pleasures niglhc sort possible. For if you think that I shall not want to see you you are wrong, for all I’nur learning. But I shall be afraid of you at first—though I am not, in writing thus. You are Para.. celsus. and I am a recluse, with nerves that have been all broken on the rack, and now hang loosely—quivering a and breath. TR Al ““And what you say of soclety draws me on to many comparative thoughts of your life and mine. You seem to have drunken of the cup of life full, with the sun shin- ing on it. I have lived only inwardl or-with sorrow for a strong emotion. Be- fore this seclusion of my illness I was seciuded still, and there are ~w of the youngest women in the woy . who have not seen more, heard more, know more of saclety than 1, who am scarcely to be called young now. I grew up in the coun- try—had no soclal opportunities: had my heart in books and poetry and my experi- ence in reveries. My sympathies drooped toward the ground like an untrained hon- eysuckle—and but_for one, in my own house—but of this T cannot speak. It was | & lonely life, growing green like the grass | around it. I lived in, and domestic life only seemed | Books and dreams were what to buzz gently around, like the bees about the grass. And so time passed and passed —and afterward, when my {liness came and 1 seemed to stand at the edge of the world, with all done, and no prospect (as appeared at one time) of ever passing the threshold of one room again, why, then I turned to thinking with some bit- terness (after the greatest sorrow of my life had given me room and time to 308 308 06 306 208 308 308 108 30 308 308 308 308 308 300 S0 6 ¢ of that work, that a native son who had not taken that degree had missed the ex- eriences that occur to man but once in a ifetime. During the evening after the close of the regular business the Native Sons' band, led by Professor Sousa Bar- fon, rendered a number of choice selec- tions. The evening wound up with a ba: quet in the “Post street hole-in-the-wall,” Where there was plenty to eat, some in- teresting talks and music and song. The drill corps of the parlor will hoid Jis an- nual picnic in Mirabel Park on the 9th of Aprik NATIVE DAUGHTERS. The members of Buenz Ventura Parlor greatly enjoyed the visit of Grand Presi- dent Mrs. Mills. After the serious part of the official visit was over there was a banquet at the Hotel Rose, where Grand Vice President -ora Sifford acted as toast mistress and welcomed the gues: of the evening in a very pleasant speecn. Thers were a number of responses to toasts Mrs. Tina L. Kane, 8. P. G. P., responding to “The First Parlor,” Miss Margares Sheppard responded fo “My Tmpressions of the Grand Parlor.” and Miss McGoni- gle, the president of Buena V fogst to"that parior, e amona Parlor of Martinez gave enjoyable party recently and: under. i direction of Mesdames Dunkel, Corong and Scott, the soclal committee, there was inaugurated a novelty, "Each person pros- ent was handed a slip of paper and re- Quested to write the very best thing she had done while in her feens. This was done and then a vote was taken as to yhich was the best. ' The result was in avor of Miss Sadle Davenport awarded a handsome Dhige L X0 mES e new parlor instituted at Holllster, No. 105, has been named Coj 3 oL Gold)e " arl P daomC uena Vista Parlor recent] interesting and entertaming: parry 0 members only. It was called a ‘Px'num party” tnat is ail’the members ava sworn to keep mum as to w] - tertainment was. Pt ithgn ‘WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Last Monday night Golden Gate Camp, Woodmen of the World, after the close of routine business, opened wide its doors and admitted a number of friends into Shasta Hall, Native Sons’ bullding, after which the membership and visitors were treated to a select programme of enter- tainment which had been arranged by John 8. Patterson, George J. Strong and E. McCourtney, the soclal committee. This included an overture on the plano lfii’ Professor Weisel, a cornet solo by Mr. aynard and then a tenor solo by J. H. Desmond, followed by selections on the gramophone introduced by the most mod- est member of the camp, fancy dancing by the Misses Kaufman, a violin solo by iss Guthrie, accompanied by Miss Schernstein; a recitation by Miss Rear- don, a song by Mr. Garratt and other that were brought to the mind of candidate in & most foreible ARA realistle way. It was wall sald, after the close v Sumbers, which kept the gether until_after e nnomuany.. to The camp has on the tapls a proposition | resentatives to the Grand fcal long since defunct is said to have cost | )} April is coming, | There will be both a May and a June ff | | And as to seelng you, |} hen the moment You are | the consequences of leading such a seclud- | breathe) that I had stood blind in this temple 1 was about to leave—that I had Seen no human nature, that my brothers and sisters of the earth were names to me; that 1 had beheld no great mountain or 'river, nothing, in fact. I was as a man dying who had not read Shakes- eare, and it was too late! Do you un- erstand ? “And do you also know what a disad- vantage this ignorance is to my art? Why, if I live on and yet do not escape from’ this seclusion, do you not perceive that I labor under siznal disadvantages —that I am, in a manner, as a blind poet? Certainly there is a compensation to a degree. * 1 have had much of the Inner life, and from the habit of self-conscious- ness and self-analysis I have made great uesses at human nature in the main. ut how willingly I would, as a poet, ex- change some of this lumbering. ponder- ous, helpless knowledge of books for some experlence of life and man.” rowning in reply urges that all you gain from society and travel is the dls- covery that you have gained nothlnf. and have done rightly in trusting your innate ideas—or not rightly in distrusting them, as the case may be. The letters follow in their order and show how the poet and poetess grew closer and closer in their sentiments, un- til they met and courted. Here is a charming passage in which Browning attempts to_elucidate his feel- ings for his fiancee: “Now, love, 1 do be- lieve—now, when I am utterly’ blest In this gift of your love, and least able to imagine what I should do without ft—I cannot but believe, I say, that had you given me once a ‘refusal’ clearly derived from your own feelings," and qulte apart from any fancied consideration for my in- terests—had this come upon me, whether slowly but inevitably In the course of | events, or suddenly as precipitated by | any stép of mine—I should, believing you, | have never again renewed’ directly or in- directly such solicitation; I should have | begun_to count how many other ways | were yet open to serve vou and devote | myself to you—but from the outside, now, | and not in your livery! For your own | part in thaf matter, seeing it with all | the light you have since given me (and then not inadequately by my own light), | I could, I do kiss j kiss every letter in your name, vith my whole heart and soul if I could pour them | out, from me, before you, to stay and | be vours; when I think on your motives | | and pure, perfect generosity. It was on September 12, 1846, that deception came to_an _end with the p vate marriage at St. Church of Elizabeth Barrett to Rober Browning. Tt wa runaway match, notes the gossip, Miss Mitford. “Never was I so much astonished. He prevailed on her to meet him at church with only ! the two neces: 'y witnes They went by rail to Southampton, crossed to Havre, up the Seine to Rouen, to Paris by rail- way. Here they stayed a week. Happen- ing to meet with Mrs. Jameson, she Jolmm\ them in their journey to Pisa.” At Pisa the couple remained six months, and then settled in Florence. It may he added that Mr. Barrett never forgave his | daughter’'s preference of her lover and | husband for him, notwithstanding all ap- | peals. At Casa Guidi, in Florence, made famous by her sonnets, her son, her own young Florentine, Robert Barrett Brown- ing. now the painter and sculptor, was born on March 9, 1849, two and a half | cears after her marriage. At Casa Guidi, rs. Browning died in 1861. Harper Broth- ers, publishers, New York. L e e S o ] 7 to inaugurate a Woodman's picnic, and a committee was appointed to report on the project. The camp at its next meeting will have a number of candidates to ini- tiate, and will after the work introduce the side degree of the order. On Thursday, the 9th inst., Redwood Camp had a well-attended meeting, and under the head of Foad of the order there were a number of interesting addresses which had the effect of arousing the en- thusiasm of the membership. There were a number of visitors present from other local camps. Western Addltion Camp last Tuesday night initiated three candidates, and after adjournment conferred the degree of the Orient on seven candidates. California Circle No. 178, Women of Wooderaft, recently instituted, will give an entertainment and dance in the ban- quet hall of the Native Sons’ bullding on the night of Friday, the 24th inst. Re- freshments without cost will be served to all who attend. THE GRAND ARMY. One of the pleasant features of the camp fire under the auspices of James A. Gar- fleld Post No. 34 last Thursday evening was the presence of Professor A. L. Taafe, principal of the Humboldt Evening High School, with a dozen of his pupils. During the evening the professor de- livered a splendid address to the veterans, one full of patriotic sentiments and ex- tolling the services of the grand army during the Civil War. There was Ainglni by a double quartet from the Humbold: classes, accompanist Mr. Turner. Gen- eral BE. 8. Salomon, the post commander, Department Commander Sol. Cahen, Ad- jutant General T. C. Masteller, Colonel J. 1-1. Simpson and others delivered ad- dresses. Mr. McMann of the Humboldt School _entertalned with stirring recita- tions, F. B. Meyers sang solos.' Mr. Simon gave a French dlalect recitation and Peter Johanneson gave flute solos. There were present visitors from Lincoln, Thomas, Meade and other posts. During the evening a collation was served. KNIGHTS OF HONOR. Last Monday Yerba Bueria Lodge ad- mitted six members by initiation and one by card. There were present a number of | visitors, one being Past Dictator Abra- hamson of Ocecidental Lodge, who was present to see his son initiated. To-mor- row night the lodge will initiate several more in the presence of a number of rep- Lodge. z <& Marylebone Parish | : Palmistry ;: Rea :+¢¢44++44¢4Hw«uu»touw* DO P S S AR Rttt e S0 many thousand impressions of paims have been forwarded to this department for reading that it has beenh decided not to recelve any more until those on hand are answered, This is done in justice to the palmist and to those who might for- ward Impressions and be obliged to wait a long time before a careful reading could be made in this column. R MR. GEORGE S.—A decided, firm, posi- tive nature; concise, of a speculative turn of mind, and you will make quite a sum of money suddenly; you will experience many changes within the next two years; vou will have one severe accident, which will injure your head; you will recover from this and live to a good old age. K., San Luis Obispo—You have a hand showing great generosity; there will be one journey of great importance; a broken engagement proving Ver{ clal to you; one marriage is indicated; a square on a broken life line is an acci- dent, which otherwise would have proved fatal. MISS R., San Mateo—You have a gen- erous rature; very willful, yet cautious; many journeys sirongly marked; a iife influenced by others; one marriage; sev- eral love affairs that will not terminate in_marriage. MISS E. W. H., 9—You have decision and caution strongly marked; one great bereavement is shown; you are often in- fluenced against your better judgment by those you love; you are sincere and kind; great Indegenden(‘e of thought and action. WALTER K., Petaluma—Has a queru- lous temper and poor digestion; you are sharp in money matters and not always just in your dealings; you will marry twice before you are vou will be in mstances all your life. Vallejo—This = hand por- moderate cirs ANNIE M., | trays a highly cultivated mind; a great | love of books and some literary abil well versed on many subjects, though ; your first marriage was unsuitable one; your second, cur before you are 35, will be far more satisfactory HATTIE H., San Rafael—This hand is full of energy. You have great anx!e!?' for your future welfare. Though you wiil not marry, vet you will be able to support vourself nicely through your own talent. All you lack i$ self-assurance. You would excel in _vocal musie. MISS R., Alameda_avenue—Your hand shows that you have had heart sorrows of a very gra nature. Many travel lines are shown. You are very sensitive. You have inordinate pride. Your life line is not as long as it might be. You are very intuitive and have great love of the beau- tiful. Very cautious. Musical ability. One hap¥}' marriage. MRS. T., Virginia City—You have had | many disappointments. Your life line is broken between 45 and 50, showing recov- ery from a serious illness. Good logic but | not as much will power. Two marriages B R e e e e e e e ] The Real Arabian Nights—«“He Saw a Hand Jurn Away the Spear.;' From The Cosmopolitan for March. [ e e el e el e e e e e e e e e e e e s ) Tancred and Charter Oak lodges pald a fraternal visit to Fortuna Lodge last Tuesday, and Past Dictator Barnes de- livered a stirring address on fraternal work. L. W. Seeley, dictator of the sit- ting lodge, also delivered an impressive ., oy o as riday Ivy dge was visited a number of the grand officers and mag; members from other lodges. A pleasant and instructive evening was spent. KNIGHTS OF THE MACCABEES. At the review of Golden We held last Tuesday night there was ;ee:t ent a good attendance of members of the order to witness the nitiation of eight candidates by the team of San Francisco Tent. Deputy Ermerins presented the names of five more candidates who will recelve the degrees at the next review. The promise made at the previous re- View that this tent would strive to ad- vance in membership pro; ing the evenin, zhe%%efl'?d«figée?“xf; State Record Keeper Smith of Redding, Frank B. Tichnor, deputy supreme com- mander; Deputy Ermerins, Dej - rogass and g)eputy Greenber Apmy ab an Francisco Tent did not Eold a T view last Friday night, as 1t whe 2 tion night, and etgeam of that tent was 'ore e convention exemplif; ritualistic work. Bt INDEPENDENT FORESTERS. Last Thursday evening the board deputies paid a visit to Court Apollo lol: its hall in the Mission Opera House. There were present a good number of visitors from local courts, in addition to a large representation of the sitting court. There were a number of very in- structive addresses, and the attention of the court was directed to fhe grand en- tertainment that is to be given in Odd Fellows' Hall under the auspices of the Independent Order of Fo &}l{h& é‘?""i Y resters on the e deputies have arranged all ti - talle for the frmd entertainment rtlg dlf' given on the 8th of next month under the auspices of the order in Odd Fellows’ Hall. The tickets are out ahd may be obtained from any member of the order. Dr. W. Acland H. Oronhyatekha of this city, son of the supreme chief ranger of the order, received a letter from his father last week announcing that on the 26th of February he and his party left Calro for Jerusalem and that he expected to reach are shown. Loss of money through a rel-| ative. Two journeys of great importance. One lawsuit marl h CECIL C.—You have an honest,straight- forward, frank nature. Good construction and {nventive ability. In vour earlier life you will follow a career that you are not fitted for, but will change at 30 to a more congenial occupation and have good suc- CNREW K LA nigh-strun 2 A. L.—A high-s 5 nature, loving and kind. Many struggles and disappointments in early life. ~You will marry twice; one divorce is shown on Jour marriage lirie. You ma‘kfi!f?aelr;ldvs eas v 0 vays de: t ly but they do not alway L g, artistic One very long voyage, hpiness. : TR careful, painstaking ihinker; one whose hea rules and dominates the nature. Great prosperity. From middle age on much travel. You will enjoy better health as you grow_older. Y50EN M. Fresno—You are of a very sensual, indolent nature. You like to Know your friends’ affairs but are very secretive With your own. You have marked musical ability. a good vocalist, but lack of perse- verance. A CARRIE N., Healdshurg—You your affection fo master your reason. and it causes you many SOITOWS. u_are troubled with severe nervous headaches. Will marry once at 2. Three children, T. L. J., Suisun—You are a careful, cautious, sypathetic nature. Your greatest sorrow came through the death of a sweetheart at 23. You will never marry J. J., Healdsburg—This is the hand of pluck and energy. Every thought is in your business, Square in all your deal- ings. Your integrity and honor are above reproach. A good Christian. Inclined to be too exacting of oth attempting to compel others to accept vour creed. ED GRIFFO—Your hand shows a good, intelligent, honest nature, fond of music and literature. You are too timid and cautious sometimes, but you will outgrow that. You are not_as independent as you wouid like to be. You will travel both for business and pleasure. You will never make very much money; are too vision- ary and lack self-rellanc W. H. B., Santa Rosa—Yours is the hand of a conceited, tyrannical, domineer- ing nature. Large ideas but poor attain- ments. You have little care for the future. Srin t hs ring great haf MRS C. B, nature, a decp allow Your hand shows a great fondness for the opposite %ex and a decided weakness for Short life but_a merry one. Stockton—Your weak constitu- liquor. MRS. BLANCHE 8., h[:\nd indicates a nervous tion. Y Two marriages ‘are marked. You have your greatest prosperity after you are 38 There are many Strugi d worries in your early life. ¥ great daring and originality. MRS. MOLLY MUD—This hand {indi- cates an ardent, impulsive nature, yet cautious withal. Your life line shows continued but not severe illnesses. You would be extravagant if you had the means. You will take oné long journey and narrowly escape drowning. You wiil experience many changes within the next fifteen months. MR. SHERMAN R.—Your hand shows an intense nature, a violent temper when aroused. You are of a speculative turn. There will be two occasions in your life when the influence of a woman will cause you trouble. You will have one serious financial loss, but will regain your foot- ing through the assistance of a friend. MRS. S., Santa Rosa—In your hand is certain good luck, but greatest success comes late in_ life. Your hand also indi- cates many changes of abode. You are artistic and have good mental capacity. Your heart line shows crosses and dlsa pointments through loved ones. You will have a long life, with great increase of prosperity In your last day: MISS M. H. L., Oakland—This hand in- nervous, high-strung, delicate constitution. Your health will not be per- | fect until after 30. You have talent but | lack concentration. You are inconstant | in affection. You will marry and have | two children. One great sorrow through mfipfl!gce\«} affection. . M. A. W.—A sensual, selfish - tality, fond of display yet cconomical in expenditures. Twa marriages plainly marked. You are inclined to plan far beyond your power to execute. You reason | well but lack force to carry out your de- | signs. You are fond of good eating and will always have what you need of this world’'s _goods. | FRANK BRADLEY—So far in life you | have not been very successful. You have | stopped to analyze things too closely, | thereby losing opportunities to better | your condition. You will not marry until | after 30, but it will be a most satis- | factory union. She will be a helpmeet in | every sense of the word. | MRS. M. F., Sacramento—A woman of | great executive ability. You have a_re- fined mind, guided by common-sense. You [ s o S e S S SR SR the end of March. He will return to his home in_Toronto, Canada. in April, and in May he will come to this coast. The trip which the supreme chief ranger is taking for the benefit of his health has been of great benefit to him. Court Yerba Buena at its last held meeting had an initiation and acted upon amendments to the by-laws. The court is taking an active interest in the grand ublic entertainment that is to be given n 0dd Fellows' Hall on the night of the Sth of next month. FORESTERS OF AMERICA. Court Palo Alto at its last held meet- ing initlated four candidates, one of the initiates being P. A. Bergerot. The work was done in that excellent manner for which this court is noted. Court Sutro Helghts on last Thursday recelved a visit from Grand Trustee Max Grimm of Stockton and other grand of- ficers, There was a large attendance of members and visitors and during the evening there was work in the initiatory Jegree, the same being performed in a manner that called for many words of commendation from those who are com- petent to judge. : CONVENTION OF '99. The soclal committee of the Convention of '99, which has for its objects the en- tertainment of the delegates of the Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America, will give a grand social in So- cial Hali of the Alcazar building on the §th of April. The committee, of which o5 k. Harrington, P. G. C. C., is chair- man, will present a pleasant evening's entertainment. COMPANIONS OF THE F. OF A. Three of the jolliest members of Palo Alto Circle have arranged to give the elghth party of the R. K. L. in Saratoga Hall on the night of the 2ist inst. The committee has arranged a fine programme of_dances. Grand Sub-Chief Companion Mrs. Flora Jacobs returned last Wednesday from an eleven days' official tour in the interior. During her absence she visited Manza- nfta Circle at Angels Camp, where out of a membership of thlrlé‘-(‘lgh( there were thirty-two present. he then visited Mother Lode Circle at Jamestown, then Sonora Circle and Stockton Circle. In each of these places the grand officer dis- covered that the membership was heart and soul in the work of the order and at Manzanita Circle she saw the ritualistic work exemplified in a manner that has nexer been excelled by any of the city circles. At each place she was the re- cipient of many courtesies. At the meeling of Palo Alto Circle last Wednesday night Maurice Rapheld, the financlal secretary, and Miss Pauline Aaron, past chief companion, were elect- od delegates to the Grand Circle. J. Rapheld and Emil Kahn were elected al- ternates. Robin _Hood Circle last Wednesday elected Mrs. C. O. Miller, Mrs. H. Balley and Mrs. L. Ticoulet delegates to the Grand Circle, with Miss Backers, Miss Alice Ticoulet and Miss Mamie Scheon as alternates. The circle initiated one stranger and will have six more to ini- tiate at the next meeting. This circle is making good progress in the matter of the farmers’ party to be given on the 1ith of April in Social Hall of the Alca- e Gk Cirel lve Oal rcle on Wednesday ni; elected Mrs. E. J. N. Stelnwxay gl‘;lé Mrs. B. Kramer as delegates to the Grand Circle and Mrs. B. Harris and N. Roth- man as alternates. The circle received one proposition, made arrangements for :pet:(mal&egm{‘hand‘aner the meeun§ our in Anent X » games and social SONS OF BENJAMIN. The third annual picnic of the Sons of Benjamin will be given at Schuetzen Park on the 23d of April. The committee has secured good music and will gi; - the English office in London by Lber of E‘" _prlus'.: lJl‘lhe lfl&f:v%afll nx;xe?n by the Fourth Cavailry the J'[ory n Your | 23d inst. to arrange Ftand OCUeTEO R T S ature, are logical +Hebee et ve a well-balanced n: e a }'lna. all your reasoning, & wnmml\‘ of ex- alted aspirations who will realize laealSS ANNIE §.—You are ambitious and pave a good deal of ability, but will not remain long enough at one Ihlng‘ to !'nakn o coess. ~ Your life line shows that ill heaith will play an important part in your career. You are inclined to marry One broken engagement, which causes vou sorrow. You will be more prosperous in the future than you have been in the e N This hand MISS ADRIANNE, Suisun—This han shoévss an excellent combination of the Srtistic, intellectual and the practical. In- clined fo go to extremes. © rfil‘ildoi"ieg‘;;x‘al\; y o aring, extravagant, kind-hearte o o androus. ill be strongly at- her nd generous. You Wi e to one before your marriage, Which will be to_a different type from wour first idol. You will travel much. You will have one child, a boy. in _every ACK B., Fresno—A sport scnss of the word Selfl-reuanloaind inde- 4 A Ao good-natured person, S ok reation and amuse -ontinually seeking rec RNy marry, as you dis- ment. You will never like to assume any respo 'FRED GEORGE, San Jos - bohemian nature, fond o Davel ‘extensivel sou will be as Hrancially to get into a business at &, When you will succeed far beyond = you Spectations; you will marry early in life and be v MISS JANE showing fine art ment; generous an independence of tho dicated; a serious happy. W PP oodland—A hana tic feeling; good judg d broadminded; gr ught and actlon is in- intestinal trouble iz hown on your life line between 3 an 4(lhiou. zm\w\) heart affair, which for a time is’ all-absorbing: one marriage. i LLOYD M., Seattle—You are Teadstron a 1ful; have despont 3 and W iancholla: yau are a lient teacher; your ea excel fx‘t‘éd:}c‘.}nflfi to 30 was marred by illn h hervous trouble caused by a shock. SUSIE B., Sonoma—Your hand gives promise of 4 bright future; you are hon- Pt ana consclentious, contented and cheerful; you are lmp;l'lasé\;ea(agg en- ; marriage at 23; four hfldre ""iw‘?pg% whom will live; the “hildren, oo will die in Infancy. MAUD S, San Jose—You will not hav a very lon or happy life; you will B e ks an actress In your twenty-si Vear: much travel is indicated. % L. L., Belvedere—This hand an unenviable disposition; inclined to gos 2% "and not over scrupufous in money S tters; do not adhere to the truth in Tour criticisms of your friends; you are O ous and jealous; one marriage, not & happy_one, at JAMES T. R., a very, seflgu"sz accou 20 and 22; ¥ endur ertake; you married unhappily Yo Y ou are inclined to be too daring in_your ai FRED T., Oal a thoughtless, admiration—an ':inurrlage-u much travel: ek sno—You have a showing marked ability in the mc 2al line; your fate line shows ups downs in financial affairs until the as 35 when you will have marked succe in a business venture; one travel line importance; one marriage; happy; two childTel- M., Ukiah—This is the hand of JANE M., trials and struggles; few pleasures; many affected you sorrows; two deaths, which Sadly: your marriage was not a happy one: only one marriage indicated. ALVA C., Cloverdale—You have a rest- o %. Gilroy—Your lines show ldent in early life be- have great ph al , hence many accidents, gpos“{fi:nd—'rhls is the h:am;l n£ indifferent person, fo d the opposite sex: long life changeable disposition; quite a tious heart line; you have not enough and will power to Keep you from vou will have two strong attach- ments; ~ you dislike responsibility; very Worldly, and have a hand showing adapt- ability 'to all circumstances and situa- tions. Prints too poor to be of use were re- celved from the following: Mr. J. N. Jr., Placer County; Master Berkeley: Miss V. ‘Ames, Willlam’ A. Stephen, MissE. Buttle, Mrs. A. 8., Mr. §. M. J., Lester B. Power, John P. Carroll; Miss Daisy, Petaluma Katie, box 134; Mrs. C. S., box 134; Miss Olive Moore, Mrs. H. W. Nelson, H. W. Nelson, rs. T. J. Swall, Miss Mildred | Robb; Mr. H. F. C., City; L. H., Miss N. R. H., City; Miss E. Wolfe, Miss Brown, Mr, George M., S. H. Hobson, Mrs. S. H. Hobson, Oakland; Mrs. K. St.; Mrs. Kel- ley, 1103 L street; Warren Calvert, Mrs. Calvert and babe; Mrs. H. Sansford; Mr. h. C., 54 R street; Mrs. Soberside: Miss Ma{?‘file Wette, Miss Tillle Wright, A. Andrews, Walter Wette. Madame Neergaard, pupil of St. Germain, scientific palm reading. 3388 Twenty-first st, near Valencia. Telephone White 1571 e e e e e e Y ] arranged by Pacific Lodge, and it will bs assisted by California, Golden Gate, Mis- sion and San Francisco lodges. NATIONAL UNION. Last Tuesday night Golden Gate Councit met leth Alameda Council in Linder- mann’s Hall, Alameda. There were pres- ent about fifty members from San Fran- cisco and Berkeley, and the visitors were recelved by A. L. Valleau, president, and J‘. G. Menzies, the speaker of Alameda Council. Golden Gate Council with J. W. Carmany in the chair took charge of the ceremony, and one candidate was {ini- tiated in amplified form by the team of that council, except the vice president rfi'm usher. These (Placos were filled by essrs. Gibson and McGuffick of Cali- fornia Councll. After the work the Ala- medans furnished a collation and pipes, tobacco and cigars. Each pipe was dec- lq)rabted with red, white and blue ribbons. A sequently N. Arter, president of tx(\ergasl;{;‘:(sf]::‘o;(n}jho chair, and then thera e psechon music by the National THE CHOSEN FRIENDS. At a meeting of the delegates from each of the local councils to the committee to arrange for the entertainment of the dele- gates to the Grand Lodge, an organiza- tion was effected and sub-committees ap- poined. Grand Councllor Boehm was chosen chairman and the grand recorder secretary. The entertainment will be held 4 0dd Fellows' Hall on the 20th of May iLhe progressive councils will be in ses $137,in. the hall of Crystal Council on thg o the delcgaten to the Grand: Conmen on Of ‘ouncil at its las 3 initiated fhres candidaten. iiing ShinE since the beginning of the year. den ity Counell of San Jose . evada and Ner City Council Social Council stve clchre party 1n HePiciiint progres- dad' night. ¥ in its hall last Thurs- o lden Gate Coun meeting on the 24thd=n:vtm series of monthly event two received one hold_an o the first of a eve o be given. £ B'NE B'RITH. nanimous consent of all the lodges having been obtained, a new Wwill be instituted shortly in this cit Grand President Sichel on his ret his home in Portland, Or. by the local membership.’ Ea;xeecdeg;:d then was the gue on tendered him. There number of addres p e b Otllheam%r&:ses by prominent mem- e Daughters of Judah };lr::yt%‘s;igew:fi attend the er‘l‘!ne‘l;eta{:;]r{:ldt “,‘Ir:gnesday vill give in B. B. Hall on e proceedings of the recent Lodge will be r Gtion Wit e eady for distribution with- onas Heimann has been for t erm re-clected janitor of the B. B}fem%i{' ng. He has proved a fab his Teward is re-otection " Cricial. and FRIENDS OF THE FOREST. Last Monday night Lincoln L. odge Friends of the Forest, gave Its first “nt home” in the new quarters in the Forest- ers’ building, and 1t was attended by a largc number of members and friends Afler a short programme in the lodge- room there was an adjournment to' the cial all, where there w: - i as dancing un zpah Lodge had a fine ente ana dance In Mission Opera. Fall jont Thursday night, and as usual at the gath- erings of this lodge there was a large ber present to enjoy the pr Bacon and Mrs. Schmehl. It was made up of a variety of well-selected numbers, which were kighly appreciated by the auditors. Then followed an enjoyable dance, the music for it being furnished band. local lodge y. urn to v;]as welcomed e was sere- st’of honor at