The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1905, Page 22

o0 - EASEEDE CiO Gertie Brooks of honor and his of the fourth Amity were many the of welcome by noble grand of Loya) programme of enter- s being contributed rs. Osthoff, Eva Led- after which Mrs, there was a short num tainment, the by Henry W. e four lodger, ndsome dia- with the best After a response an address by Jose- district lation and refreshments. Loyal Rebekah Lodge will open meeting to-morrow night_ 6th of June fthe will have a peddlers’ procession number of the members will each ap- pear with & pack and offer goods for sale On that occasion there will also be a farce There was a large number of people in tife Mission Opera Hall on the third Tuesday In to witness the exhibi drill by Rebekah Drill Team No. 1, der command of Capta Allle Parker. number of new figures were introd and the ladies of the team gave an e bi marching and fancy military movements that has never been excelled by them. They were remarkable for thelr carriage, neatness of dress and wearing of belts, while time, 2ad action on the word of command won for them many words of commenda tion and much applause. After the drill ing of a col- have an and lodge there wae dancing for nearly three bours. The affeir was managed in an admirable menner by the committee, composed of Captain Parker and Misses Bell, Kane, Martin, Hodson, Finger and Perry. W. Parker was the fioor man- ager. The drill team has been invited to appear and give an exhibition drill be- fore the Sovereign Grand Lodge at its next session, also to drill at the next encampment of the Patriarchs Militant of this State. Jennie Katzenstein, president of the ifornia Rebekah Assembly, an- nounces the following appointments for June: Official visit to Mila Lodge, at Bodle, 6th; Aurella Lodge, Bridgeport, Sth; Olive Lodge, Independence, 13th; Columbian Lodge, Bishop, 15th; Buena Vallis Lodge, Loyalton. d; Evergreen Lodge, Sierraville, 26th, and Naomi Lodge, Truckee, 28th. Jubilec Lodge had a good attendance at §ts last held meeting and several can- | didates were initiated, after which there was the first nomination for officers for the ensuing term. After the meeting there was a soctal hour and the serving of a collation. Past Noble Grand Lena E. Jarvis of Oriental Rebekah Lodge had a birthday party at her home on Missouri street n was | Ralph L. | California As- | | P. F. Ferguson, ty for the| e 3. B. Chark when a | | distance | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 28 1905. QU0 brant. During the evening Secre- Mrs. Mary E. Donoho of the Cali- nia Assembly, on behalf of the nds assembled, presented Mrs. Jarvis dsome mantel clock. s Ladies of the Maccabees. and te comma 18 of the order. Lady the commander of the hive, presiding officer, her member- man’s Relief Corps and e Sisters having q od | e position she now Orr, the record ht fraternalist e recorder of the Roya the Modern Woodmen of is a member of several 1 associations. Lady Rose press correspondent for of the pioneers in the e Ladies of the Maccabees, initiated in 1893 in a hive of Michigan. A year later ) this St te 1 Jose der she, nd took up her as deputy conjunction W Dennis, organized San Jose | 11. Subsequently she moved to Sacramento and there has been an active worker for the Sacramento Hive. funt the originator of the ) which proved such a|H tate n other California Co N mmandery, K. T. Commandery No. 1, Knights on the night of the third Friday had the following named installed officers for the current Templar D:r. O. F. Westphal, commander; F. Ferguson, generalissimo; Hathorn, captain general; J. G. , senior wa: . Clarke, jun- ; W. R. J corder; Thomas Califorr Templar y ear Pr Morton, treas F. W. G. Moebus, pre- | late; W. H ker, standard bearer; W. M. Abbott ord bearer; L. E. Maun- drell, warder; G. W. Perkins, sentinel, The in ng officers were Sir Knight Charles L. Field, assisted by Sir Knight | H D. Loveland as marshal of ceremonies. the installation a magnificent jewel ank of past commander was pre- to Charles M. Plum, the retiring der, and he was also glven a diamond cross to hand to Mrs. h {oster, Frank th the compliments of the com- Waite, Roy Hansen. ndery. The introduction of the new York, Herman Mer- | officers into their respective stations was ck Osthoff, Warren | followed by an elaborate banquet in the Lick House where Commander Westphal acted as toastmaster. During the even- 1 Monday in | Ing there were responses to sentiments by and | Samuel M. Shortridge, C. L. Field, P. B. | chapter, and delegations from chapters n the hall of | Flint, Duncan*McKinlay and H. D. Love- the purpose of ten-|land. J. T. Dunn, war correspondent for to Mrs. Dora Baker, | Colller's Weekly, delivered an interesting president of District | lecture on the Russo-Jap war. The in- members of | stallation was witnessed by nearly four nd after & few words | hundred members of the fraternity. Sty 1 Ladies’ Auxiliary, K. T. At the May meeting of the Ladies’ Aux- fliary of the California Commandery No. 1 of the Knights Templar, held in Eutopia Hall, the following named officers were installed for the cdrrent term: Mrs. William Crocker, president; Mrs. Robert W. Neal, first vice president; Mrs. second vice president; on, treasurer; Mrs, C. G. Gebhardt, secretary; Mrs. W. B. Fleicher, assistant secretary After the installation there was a lun- cheon tendered the members by the new officers. During the serving and discus- sion of the good things that had been prepared by the committee there were instrumental selections and at the serv- | ing of the dessert there were addresses by the new officers and others. Those who were present were: Mrs, C. Joy, Mrs. J. Bocarde, Mrs. C. C. Morehouse, 'Mrs. E J. Morser, Mrs. S. A. McDonnell, Mrs. G. W. Wittman, Mrs. E. G. Koenj William Koenig, Mrs. Henrietta krceger, Mrs. W. R. Jones, Mrs. Cordes, Mrs. F. B. Ladd, Mrs. J. 8. Ewiog Mrs. E. P. Heald, Mrs. A. Haas, Mrs. G. H. Newman, Mrs. T. J. Crow- Mrs. J. Young and Mrs. R. E. Miller. g s Order Eastern Star. Ivy Chapter of the Order of the East- ern Star at its meeting last week initiat- ed several candidates in a very creditable manner. THe work of the evening was followed by & social hour and the serv- ing of & collation. This chapter will give a children's party In its meeting place some time in June. Imperial Chapter, recently instituted under dispensation, is doing well and at its last heid meeting had a large class of candidates to initiate. The committee on social is working to perfect the de- tails of the party that the chapter will give in June. of the work there was an hour of soctal entertainment. . California Chapter had a very pleasant dancing party in Golden Gate Hall last week. There was a ‘good attendance, a well arranged programme of dances and excellent music. Steps have been taken to organize an association of past matrons and patrons. At the preliminary meeting, Nellle A. Darling was chosen temporary chairman. Another meeting of those Interested will j be held in the Masonic Temple. The minstrel entertainment given by members of Mission Chapter in Steinway Hall last week under the direction of Ed- ward Barnes, Frank H. Thrall, Helena A. Thomas and Carolyn E. Dinsmore was jast weck, at which there were present | enjoyed by an audience of 850 persons. & number of the personzl friends of the! As an amateur show in black and white es of the Ladies of s time is Sacramen- | capital city. It 0 and it expects to reach the 300 gs are always well proving that the members terest in its work This ds has twice been honored by xemplify the w rk be- | Beulah Chapter had work in the initia- | ! tory degree last week and at the close 24 A [ RAATIEL LOD 4 TN R, ) '\% Y N 72 Z. Z #7 D sy A Y, = L s o - N W\G N7 7 N Vol V' N | Leading Members of Two Fraternities in San Francisco. — it was a decided success, and not a few of the participants did remarkably well. The interlocutor was Frank H. Thrall; Thomas H. Forbes, Emma F. Mowbray, J. Thomas and Helena A. Thomas | handled the bones while Edward Barnes, | Mabel E. Ordway, Walter S. Lyons and Margaret E. Thomas thumped the tam- { borines. Those who presented speclalties were: Emma F. Mowbray, Viola E. Van Orden, | Jessie M. Lowe, Mrytle B. Morgan, Harry L. Abbott, Theodore H. Forbes, Jessie B. _yon, Kdward Barpes, Helena A | Thomas, Margaret A. Thomas, Mabel E.; Ordw Fred J. Riccomi, while the chorus was composed of Elsie M. Kelly, Hattie H. McPhun, Dora B. Cooley, Clara H. Reuter, Nettie B. Smith, Ynez R. Dodd, Carol C. Watkins, Myrtle A. M | Donald, Guy Rodgers, Allan Moran, Caro- {lyn E. Dinsmore, Alma McPhun, Elsie K. Jones, Allie T. Foster, Mary A. Hitchcox, | Edith M. Pennington, Bessie L. Gfroerer, Chester R. Ordway, Robert R. Henr: Carolyn Altvater, Carrie M. Janes, Lilly- belle Etting, Estella M. Thrall, Sadie A. Standart. Florence “A. Moran, Addis Black, Myra M. Lowe, Willlam E. Com- brink, Osgood K. Jones, James A. Li Then there was a programme of dances. Mabel E. Ordway was floor director. | Revellle Chavter of Salinas celebrated the silver anniversary of its institution last week by an entertainment and dance followed by a banquet. There were pres- | ent Grand Matron Mrs. Dohrman, Grand | Secretary Mrs. Willats, Past Grand Ma- | tron Mrs. Owens, who instituted the located at Watsonville, Santa Cruz and | Gilroy. ‘The chapter at Watsonville, Lily of the Valley, presented & beautiful sil- ver loving cup to Revellle Chapter. e | The Amaranths. | To-morrow night Crescent Court of | the Exalted Degree of the Amaranth | will give a grand entertainment and | dance in Golden Gate Hall to its mem- bers and their friends. In addition to a well balanced programme of varied numbers there will be a pleasing farce entitled “The Day After the Wedding.” Among those who will entertain are Miss Mae O'Keefe and J. R. Ogllvie. —.— Ancient Order Workmen. Enterprise Lodge of San Jose held a meeting in that city last week that was attended by a large number of people not members of the order who were made acquainted with its alms and work after listening to forcible ad- dresses by Deputy Grand Master D. S. Hirshberg and Grand Recorder Spencer. After the meeting all present were ten- dered a reccption by the members of Allda Upchurch Lodge of the Degree of Honor and were invited to partake of a collation. The lodges of that city are preparing for, a class initiation to be held during the first part of July. Grand Foreman Savage 18 - officially visiting the lodges in Nevada and Sler- ra counties and telling the members all about the order. At a meeting of the San Francisco Extension Committee last week It was decided to visit a number of the local lodges. Unity Lodge of this city held an iden- tification meeting last week, at which there were present a number of the stay-aways who were totally unknown to the members who have been recently initiated. It ,was a strange experience for some of those who have been mem- bers for twenty years, but have not been in the lodgeroom for ever 8o ‘many years. The grand officers were with San Pablo Lodge on the night of May 27. The members of that lodge secured a number of carryalls to be used in con- veying members of the order from Oak- land to the place of meeting. Special Deputy Boyd is assisting the lodge in Stockton in arranging for a class initiation to be held during the first week in August. Unity Lodge N. 27, A. 0. U, W., will give an entertainment and dance in Elks’ Hall on the night of June 13. The committee in charge will on that occa- sion endeavor to surpass any previous effort at entertainment. Dancing will commence at 10 o'clock. Forget-Me-Not Lodge of the Degree of Honor had a pleasant social in its hel! in the Red Men’s building last week. There was a good attendance and a pleasing programme of entertain- ment. B (A Druids. Supreme Arch Martinoni, assisted by a number of the grand officers, instituted Sausalito Grove of the Ancient Order of | Druids in Sausalito last weeh. The new subordinate starts out with a good num- ber of members on the charter list. An official visit was paid last week to North End Grove by Grand BSecretary Martinoni, accompanied by Past Arch Sichel, Grand Trustee Giovanini and many members of the Past Arch Associa- tion. The meeting was a pleasant and instructive one. Last Sunday Grand Secretary Nartinoni and Fast Arch Sichel visited Serpa Pinto Grove in Oakland and after the ordinary | business of the session installed the new officers for the current term. The picnic that was given at El Campo by Robert Emmet, Pacific and Columbia groves recently was attended by at least fifteen hundred persons. Last week Noble Grand Arch C. de Legh, Grand Secretary Martinoni and Grand Trustees Gallagher and Giovaninl paid a visit to Robert Emmet Grove and witnessed the initiation of four strangers, one of the number being Sergeant Rice of the police force. The noble grand arch acted as noble arch, the grand secretary as conductor and Dr. Tom Conrad as in- side guardian. After the initiation the new officers were duly installed for the current term by the grand officers. The officers of Live Oak Grove of Oak- !land were installed ldst week by District . Deputy George Moenning and after the ceremonies & valuable gold emblematic | badge was presented to Past Arch Brown ! by the grove. The officers of Eldorado Circle were installed last week by District Deputy Mrs. J. 8. Godeau, assisted by the grand officers, in the Shiels building. The hall ‘was beautifully decorated with poinsettia leaves and flowers and presented a very attractive appearance. The new officers ‘were presented choice flowers and the re- tiring arch Druidess a pretty emblematic seven-pointed star. There were many speeches of congratulation and then fol- lowed a programme of entertainment and the serving of a collation. —— Friends of the Forest. | The supreme circle of the Friends of the Forest will meet in annual session in the assembly hall of the Red Men's building Tuesday, June 6, and will be in session two or three days. It is proposed to in- { troduce a number of changes in the laws, which experience has shown need amend- jment in order to make them more effec- tive. On the evening of the first day of the session there will be an entertain- ment to the supreme officers and dele- gates, and on the night of the 8th there will be a banquet. During the session there will be un exemplification of the initiatory and floor work by the team of Pioneer Lodge. Olive Branch Lodge at its last held meeting initiated four strangers. Ploneer Lodge at its last held meetin, received several applications. ¢ A Bhort time since the teams of Ploneer, Lincoln and Olive Branch lodges entered into a competitive drill for prizes offered by the executive board of the supreme body. The unanimous verdict of the Judges was: Pioneer first, Lincoln second lnlll‘ Olive Branch third. 'Each team did well. Last week there was a soclal in Wolf's Hall at Ocean View, when the foundation for a new lodge of the order was laid by Past Supreme President Lilllan A. Dygert, — } f Native Daughters. ! On the evening of the second Tuesday n May there was a surprise In store for Mrs. Nell R. Boege, organizer of La Vespero Parlor of the Native Daughters of the Golden West, one of the loyal and faithful workers for the parlor and the order. When good and welfare was reached President Annie McDonough on behalf of that parlor presented Mrs. Boege an elegant diamond-set watch pin as a testimonial of the members' love and affection for her as the organizer of the parlor and its recording secretary ’tnr eight successive terms, also as a recognition of her loyalty, integrity and | zeal. The unexpected gift from her sis- | ters took the “little speechmaker of the Iwaa unable to find words, for the first time on record, to express her feelings, and she responded with that most elo- quent expression’ of woman’s emotion, tears, after which she uttered a few words of thanks. Miss Annie McDon- ough and Mrs. Frances Grifith were elected delegates and Lizzle Anderson and Annie Lastien alternates to the Grand Parlor. ~ Upon the occasion of the visit of the grand president to San Miguel Parlor Mrs. Caminetti was accompanied by Ari- ana W. Stirling, grand vice president. The meeting was a very pleasant one, and under good and welfare the grand president spoke In an interesting manner for the interest of the organization and { the good of the State. Among other [ things she urged the members to take steps to exterminate the thistles from the fair valleys of the State, which have | proved such a curse to the fertile lands. | She also pald a glowing tribute to the loyal members of the order and to the ploneers of the State. During the even- ing the parlor presented Mrs. Caminetti as a_souvenir of the occasion a painting of the old mission at San Miguel on a plece of wood, cut from an old pear tree, the last of the mission orchard planted in 1797. At the next session of tNe Grand Par- i lor, to be held in_San Jose next month, | Emma Gruber Foley, the incumbent grand treasurer, will be a candidate for the office of grand vice president in op- position to Afiana W. Stirling, the in- cumbent vice, who is in line for promo- tion to the higher office. Mary A. Demp- sey of Minerva Parlor will be a candi- date for the office of grand treasurer. At the request of the grand president the grand secretary paid the official visit 1 last week to Sans Souci Parlor. The visit was one of Instruction, and it was a pleasant one. The visiting official paid | the officers a ‘high compliment for the very effective and correct manner in | which they rendered the initiatory work. | Mrs. Proctor of Occldental Parlor was a | visitor on that occasion. Califia, Bandera and Sutter parlors of Sacramento held joint memorial services recently. The order of exercises was a most appropriate one. The grand president wlil officially visit i as follows during June: To Orinda Par- lor on the 1st, to Genevieve on the 2d, to Bonita on the 6th and to Gabrielle on the Sth, which will be the last of her official visits. Mrs. Condy, secretary of Princess Par- lor of Angels Camp, recently left her home for a visit of some duration to Stockton, and on the eve of her depart- ure the parlor and Gold Quartz Rebekah Lodge, in which she holds membership, tendered her a banquet, had a pro- gramme of entertainment in her honor and presented her a loving token in the shape of an emblematic pin, while to her husband there was presented an Odd Fellow’'s pin. Miss L. Leona Condy will act as secratary of the parlor during her mother’s absence. v ——— Ancient Order of Foresters. Atter the installation of the officers of the Supreme Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest, Ancient Or- der of Foresters, by Mrs. M. J. Valente, P. 8. G. C. C, assisted by Mrs. Minnie Asher, P. 8. G. C. C., there was the presentation of a handsome basket of flowers to the installing officer by Companion Mrs. M. A. O'Brien. After that there was a banquet in honor of the retiring and the new officers and the delegates. George J. Berger was the toastmaster, and at the close of the supper he called upon Mrs, Mary Castle, the new chief of the order, to respond to a toast, which she did in a very pleasing manner. The drlll team tof Valley Circle of Stockton, the home circle of the new chief, presented her a large basket of flowers and a crystal vase. John Falconer, P. 8. G. C. C,, on behalf of the Supreme Grand Cirele, presented an embroidered collar to Mrs. Jennie Berger, the retiring chlef, to in- dicate her rank in the order, also as a token of appreciation of her zeal for the organization during her term. The retiring board of deputies presented ‘Mrs. Berger a set of silver backed brushes, Mrs. O'Brien, who was one of her deputies, presented her a bunch of flowers, Artemis, her home circle, presented /her a set of silver articles for her bureau. Jennie Sawyer, secre- tary of the hoard. was presented a _parlor” so much by surprise that she handsome hand satchel in recognition of her services. After that there were short addresses by all of the supreme grand officers and by members of the order. Those who compose the team of Val- ley Circle of Stockton that gave a beautiful rendition of the floor work of the order before the legislative body | ate Rose Denton, musician; Etta Stew- art, captain; Hazel Hemmer, Irene Del- lartini, Gertie Houston, Annie Yiltner, Louise Kleinfelder, Carrie Ambroste, Alice Baldwin and Sadie Fay. The concert and social that was giv- en .by the Juvenile Band of the For- esters, A. O. F., in Golden Gate Hall last week, was a decided success. .The attendance was good and the rendition of the several numbers of the pro- gramme by the young musiclans was exceedingly well received, as were also the vocal numbers by Miss May Fal- coner, M. R. Landis, Ed Burke and Bert Talbott Jr. The evening closed with dancing. PARS T 2R Native Sons. The grand and vice presidents of the Native Sons of the Golden West and the grand trustees have been assigned the various parlors which they are to visit during the current term. Grand Secretary Turner has issued a eircular to the subordinate parlors calling attention to legislation of the Grand Parlor on the subject of the proper observance of Memorial day, the decoration of the graves of ploneers of the State and attending the funeral of such and to the resolution of the grand body suggesting to the subordinate pariors that they each contribute a stone to the Sloat monument at Mon- terey. The members of San Jose, Observa- tory and Palo Alto parlors met in joint session last week in San Jose and tendered a reception to Grand Trustee Thomas Monahan, who 1s a resident o that city. Grand Organizer Andrew Mocker has béen at- work for the good eof the or- der in Alameda County and when he shall have finished his work ghere he will look for natives in Trinity, Hum- boldt and Siskiyou counties and induce them to join the order. Mocker says he will stay in the field until the or- der has a membership of 20,000. Grand President James L. Gallagher is preparing his list of depuSies and will shortly announce them. The grand secretary expects to have his proceedings of the last Grand Par- lor ready for distribution by the mid- dle of June. South San Francisco Parlor is ar- ranging for a banquet to be given on June 17 in honor of its delegates who attended the recent session of the Grand Parlor. —_— Foresters of America. Grand Chief Ranger Root was in this city last week and on that visit ap- pointed many who are to be his depu- ties for the current term. The follow- ing named are those, so far appointed, for the local courts: E. C. Sewell, for Court Seal Rock; David Cohan, tor Palo Alto; I. P. Beban, for Aurora: J. J. Ryan, for Stamford; A. Duffee, for James G. Blaine; J. Leathers, for Co- lumbia; J. C. Byrne, for Sunflower; L C. Scharff, for Magnolia; Ernest Meyer, for Hubertus; H. Goetze, for Sutro Heights, and James Whitaker, for Court Colma. Court Palo Alto will celebrate the fourteenth anniversary of its institu- tion by a ball in Native Sons’ Hall on the night of Friday, June 2. & Grand Sub-Chief Ranger H. L. Simon left for the East last week on a busi- nes trip for the firm by which he is em- ployed. Grand Secretary Cordy visited Court Lone Redwood, in Fulton, last week for the purpose of giving instruction in the various branches of the work, the court having been but recently insti- tuted. All the members were present and after instructions in the business methods there was a talk by the grand secretary on ritualistic work. after which the degree team of Court So- toyome of Healdsburg exemplified the initiatory work by adopting strangers into the court. A large delegation from the court in Santa Rosa was present to encourage the new court. After the court had closed there was a banquet and much oratory. The first meeting of the new execu- tive council will be held in the office of the grand secretary on the might of June 6. Court San Jose celebrated the four- teenth anniversary of its existence last week by giving a banquet to the mem- bers and a few invited guests. All of the grand officers were invited to at- tend. Court Barbarrosa will have a family outing for its members at Brussie's Park, on the Mission road, June 23. Court Washington has postponed its annual social function to July 23. San Francisco Circle of the Compan- ions of the Forest of America will have a dancing party in Mangels' Hall on the night of June 3. Mount Tamalpais Circle of Sausalito had a very enjoyable party in that place last week. Quite a number of the mem- bers of local circles were present. The Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest of America will meet in ‘Woodland early next month. There are indications that there will be a great contest for the various grand offices to be filled by election. Those mentioned for office are: For chief companion, Coleta Tucker of San Francisco; for sub chief companion, Rebekah Kemp Van Ee of San Francisco, Mate Cartwright of San Francisco, Mrs. L. Powers of ‘Woodland, Mrs. L. Baston of San Fran- cisco and Louise Murphy of Tiburon; for recording secrefary, Mrs. D. O'Calla- ghan of San Francisco; for financial secretary, Agnes D. Bremer of Alameda; for treasurer, Essie Kragen and Mrs. A. Harrison of San Francisco: for grand marshal, P. Henry Coyle of San Fran- eisco, Agnes Brownley of Stocktom and Augusta Roga of Watsonvillel for grand right guide, Annie Horwege of Petaluma; for grand left guide, Bessie Waters of Nevada City; for outside guardian, Caroline Alvord of Elmhurst; for trustees, Sarah Beverson of San Francisco, Lillie Latimer of Oakland; Carrie Pinkham of Santa Cruz, Mrs. S Brooks of San Francisco, Carrie Gold- man of San Francisco, Bessie Arm- strong of San Franecisco and Laura A. Fulkerson of Santa Rosa. Thesq are those who have been mentioned, but be- fore the session opens it is possible that a new crop of candidates will spring up. At a recent meeting of Lourt de France, under good of the order, Dr. DuPy, on behalf of the court, presented a valuable emblematic pin to Past Chiet Ranger Triech as a token of his Inwalu- able services for the court. The assemblies of Stockton, HEsealon and Oakdale held a joint meeting in the hall of Escalon Assembly last week during which there was the initfation of twenty strangers who wers instruct- ed by a well drilled team of officers, who were assisted in the floor work by the drill team of the Stockton Assem- bly. The work of this team was so well done that it was applauded to the echo. After the work of the evening there was a banquet and among the promi- nent members of the order who were called upon to respond to toasts were Director General Henry Clay Lewls, Professor R. E. Murtha of Oakdale and John Coley of Escalon. During the evening the director general presented the charters to Oakdale and Escalon assemblies. Reports from the order in Los An- geles recelved at the head office are to the effect that the organization is mak- ing extraordinary progress, not only in that city, but at all points south of the City of the Angels. Sacramento reports additional appili- cations through the efforts of Organizer O'Reilley, who is proving that In the in. terfor of the State he is as good a hust- ler as he proved himself in this city. Last week Judge George Samuels, speaker of the senate of the order, paid a visit to South Berkeley Assembly and presented it its charter, after which he delivered a most interesting address on the progress of the organization. On the night of May 29 he will visit Stock- ton Assembly for the purpose of pre- senting it its charter. Grant Assembly at the Mission at its last held meeting received seven applica- tions for membership, and McKinley and ‘Washington assemblies each initiated four candidates for admission into the pro- tection degree. California Assembly No. I will have an entertainment and ball at {ts next open meeting, about the middle of June. Blaine Assembly at its meeting on the third Saturday in May recelved several applications for membership. This the assembly of deaf mutes abldes strictly to the rule that all applications must lay over for one week before they can be acted upon, so as to give the committes on investigation an opportunity to inquire into the character of the applicants. An assoclation of deaf mutes In Port- land, Ore., has, through a friend, ad- dressed a letter of inquiry to Past Semate President J. L. M. Shetterley asking for information as to Blaine Assembly and as to how it is deing in the only fratermal protective organization that has admitted deaf mutes to membership. The letter was written with a view to forming an assembly of the order in the city named. The desired information was furnished. Later a letter from Blaine will be forwarded to those who desire to form a new assembly. st Fraternal Brotherhood. Mrs. Emma R. Neiding, supreme vice president of the Fraternal Brotherhood, who a few days since came to this city after making official visits in the States of Utah and Colorado, paid a surprise visit last week to Mission Lodge in com- pany with Colonel Stone, in charge of the department of San Francisco. There was no announcement of the coming of the visitor. In alluding to this visit Mrs. Neiding said: “As a rule whers I have visited lodges unexpectedly there has been an apology for lack of attendance of members, for deficlent ritualistic or floor work or something along that line, but upon the occasion of my visit to Mission Lodge there was no apology, there was no occasion for any. The work was well done during the initiation, the drill team ‘was perfect and the attendance was such that every seat in the big hall was filled.” During the evening the meeting was en- tertained with a pleasing address by the supreme vice president. This lodge is close upon the heels of the banner lodge of this city and the members have taken an iron-clad cath that they will not stop securing candidates until they have had more such initiated than there are now in the banner lodge. And those members mean what they say. Last Monday night the supreme vice president paid a visit to the lodgs in Haywards. On Tuesday she and Colonel Stone gave a theater party to about thirty of the prominent members of the order at the Alhambra, on the occasion of the “Old Folks' Concert’” under the aus- pices of the Fraternal Brotherhood Band. On Wednesday she vigited Golden Gate Lodge, recently instituted in tha Rich- mond district. On Thursday she visited the lodge in Oakland and on the follow- ing day she left for her home in Los Angeles. Mrs. U. A. Field, wife of Depu Chief Ranger Field, A. O. !‘.,pwt;on'lfl a delegate from Valley Circle of Stock- ton to the recent session of the Supreme Grand Circle of the Companions of the Forest, A. O. F. and i{s a member of the Fraternal Brotherhood, remained in this city for several days after the adjourn- :lent of the legislative circle, and durin er stay visited several lodges of the order., On last Tuesday night she and Mrs. (Dr Kellogg were the guests of Vice President Mrs. Neiding at the theater B‘pmn: given by the Fraternal Brotherhood g Redwood Circle, W. O. W. Redwood Circle of the Women of Wooderaft had a basket social in Eagles' Hall last week. It was a most delightful affair and was well attended. This eircle is arranging a banquet in honor of Grand Adviser Mrs. Hester B. Oliver and Grand Organizer Miss Bertha Sumner, at & date to be fixed here- after. The circle will not meet next Tuesday., as that is a legal holi- day. “At the meeting of June § t - ficers for the ensuing term 'fl..O" elected. —_——