The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 7, 1906, Page 22

ers of Re Eagl tmas party with a tree | n of mem- | > time, and the with the gifts that them 3 istmas pieasure for s an old-time | given in Native | g of February 13 | cisco board of re- | nittee is making all | arrangements for the event smber of the grand officers visited ar of Woodland last week to wit- t m a class of candi- e degree team of Court Capital | named are the officers n Martha Washington sions of the Forest | Tent term: M. | nfon; L. Katz, sub | , treasurer; Sig Gross- | secretary; Mrs. J. Bare. #an, ng secretary; Mrs. H. Bran- don guide; Rose Goodman, left guide J. Levy, inside guayd; Mrs. C. Voge, outside guard; Mrs. Gottlieb, trustoe; Mrs. J. Levy, organist, and E. . | saacs, attorney Grand Recording Secretary Troppmann was in Redding last week, where he in stituted 2 new court with # goodly num- ber of active members. He was assisted | in the work by Deputy Grand Chiet] Ranger Harris. The officers of Court Sunflower were in- etalied In public In the social hall of the Alcgzar buliding last week in the pres- ence of a large number of members of | the order and invited guests. The cere- mony was followed by a ball. | The officers of Inter Nos Circle, C. F. ot A., were installed last week by C. E.| Licht, D. D. G. C. C., assisted by Sig | Grosslicht as marshal. Miss Maggie For- | yest is the chief companion. The installa- tion was followed by an hour of entertain- ment and games, and in the games “Baby” Jennie Harrington, the pet of the . was the prize winner. Celia.Lach- , the retiring chief companion, was | mentioned he wae gratified Idenl of interest being manifested > TEZSCSIDN SRS pin On the same evening Lottie Wyatt, chief companion; Sadie Tucker, sub chief, a the other officers install Rebe P. 2 After the instal on of th a, C C. tion there w: work, with the assist- ircle’s drili team, and then 1 on behalf of the circle a skit in verse about the captain members of the drill team, after A. Lee, the handsome gold and d{amoend yreciation of his work in drill- ptain, ocket in a the team e each member of the ar’s token of remembrance, team through its captain presented chief companion a handsome- vase s was followed by the presentation team a New me officer of a basket of violets and rch of the circ A collation was servec Court Acme had a family Christmas party in its meeting place in the lat- part of De ver, at which there was 2 good attendance. In addition to the dis- tribution of aty” there | v of entertainment and was conducted under L. Callaghan, D. J. B. Banister, Vern For- ers of Mt ions of the during the past aised for good lice Worms, a Worms, past who highly Irene Fe Helena panion. gt Redmanship. chief companion then { after which | | presented a handsome gold emolemalic; Altahmos Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men has, through J. ry Hutaff, ¢ of records, sent a ilar letter to all tribes in the res- tion in which is given the reason tribe does not -pay the 5 per capita tax for the orphar fund. And that is because | be holds the tax to be illegal anation the circular sets forth 2 law calling on each per capita of 5 cents r on its oll the of each AT Owing question of the legality | of said’ action being raised by some of the reservations in the East the matter was held in abey- ance until 1902, when W de- ided to collect the t In 1903 the| ter was finally settled, when the | sentatives from the Great Council nnsylvania we pfused admis- t of not having paid said | committee being appointed h and their report, m, lification of all former laws and did with all payments to the orph- sardian fund, which now is tak- of the per capita tax paid to the Great Council of the United States, The Christmas tree party that was given by imet Council of the De- gree of Pc as in the banquet hall of the Odd Fellows' building the lat- | ter of December was a pleasing F iction that was enjoyed by | the little ones, who were given pres- from the decorated tree by Santa and by the adults, who, between at lasted two hours, had an to discover what there was in a big grab bag for a small con- sideration for each grab, this for the fund of the counecil oppor officers of Manzanita Council d up last week with the ony That very courteous fraternal lady, Mrs. Emma C. Wede- mevyer, will be the Pocahontas for the current term. At the second meeting in January the new term of this coun- cil will have its first adoption. The chiefs of Wendigoes Council of the Degree of Pocahontas will be raised in public in the Red Men's buflding on Janu- | ary The raising up will be followed by an entertainment and a good time gen- ally, in a manner in keeping with the | standard of social functions given by this very enterprising council. Mrs. E. Ellis and Mrs. Johanna Wob- ber, who have recently been elected, re- spectively, Pocahontas and Wenonah of | Calumet Councl] for the first term of the year, have since they became members of that council been very active, and they Bope during their term to make it one that it will be a pleasure to attend. In order to relleve the distress of a sick member of the Improved Order of Red Men, Frank Van der Mark, a number of members of the order have arranged for a benefit entertainment and dance, to be | given in the Red Men's building on the evening of Saturday, February 2. e The Americans. Director General Lewls was with the as- sembly at Point Richmond last week, when there were twenty-five strangers to be Initiated.” He subsequently vis tted the assembly in Sacramento and then pald a visit to the one in Oak- dale. On his vreturn he spent a day in Stockton in the interest of the order. On the occasion of the visit of the di- rector general to the assemblies above to have candidates initiated at each place, and he discovered that there is a great in he order at tais time in San Joaquin and Sacramento counties. A new assembly was _instituted in Santa Cruz by the director general with thirty-six charter members, the major- ity of whom are prominent merchants of that city. Washington Assembly has initiated thirty musicians, who have been organ- ized as the Americans’ regimental bana, Coleman leader. "ais band will fur- nish music for the social functions of the order. The reports at headquarters in this city show that there Kave been many go00od months in the progress of the or- der during the year 185, and that No- vember was the banner month, but De- cember has gone far ahead of {t. Officers of the several local assem- blies will be installed during the rur- pted, resulted in the nul- | | | Jurisdiction who are in need of the kind PocAdr/oXNTA CALUMLET CorNCIL D or D oK) S DasHY AN 04 e ) 1 DS Ao S AN 27 +* CALIMET Cozvals, e HzsrA PaRzoR, P | ¢ ATIONS OF WHICH | 1ON BY THEIR AC- 1S THEY ADVOCATE. ~¥ rent month. An effort will be made to have the ceremony open to the public | rery assembly. it and Washington assemblies had a joint party in American Hall last | week. There was a large ulteud:qn(‘f‘,“ more than a hundred and fifty couples in the grand march. It was @ | brilliant function and highly creditable | | to both organizations. | Dr. J. C. Newton and Miss Frances May Sanborn, who were married in.this | city last av active mem- | e { of California Assembly for a long | Quite a number of applications have | bgen received for increase in certif cates. showing increased confidence in | the order. Twenty such applications were received during the month of De- | cember. | Reports from the assemblies in Ala- meda, Contra Costa and Los Angeles | counties re Vi satisfactory, The American, the official organ order, is to be enlarged to ght-page monthly. St Independent Foresters. of an Court Diana of the Independent Fores- ters has issued a circular to all its mem- bers asking each one to lend his aid to the end that not less than sixty strangers shall be initiated into the court in the sixty days following the new year. Deputy Supreme Chief Ranger, G. Q. Stewart, J. P. H. C. R., was engaged dur- ing the last days of 1905 in Oakland and Berkeley working with the courts in these places so that these courts shall, during the next two months, prove that there | are many persons in that section of the of protection the order offers. Deputy Davis, after having done excel- lent work in Sacramento has changed his base of operation to Stockton and writes that there is a good prospect for increase in membership in that ‘$>. The officers of Court Acacia were In- stalled on the evening of the first Tues- day in January in the Ploneer building by the board of San Francisco deputies. The deputies installed the officers of Court Golden Gate In the Kreling build- ing on the first Thursday in the same montk. The board has been Invited by Court Seal Rock to iInstall its officers at its second meeting in January. The officers of Companion Court Golden Gate wers in- stalled at the same time and in the same place with those of parent Court Golden Gate. There was a very large number of per- sons in Franklin Hall on the last Satur- day in December to attend the post Christmas festival of Court Golden Gate and Companion Court Golden Gate. The hall was very prettily decorated with evergreens, the tree, a very tall one, was bright with candles, festoons of popcorn and cranberries, tinsel, mottoes, hon- bons and the like, while under it there was 2 wagon load of presents and candy for the little ones. There was an im- promptu programme of music and liter- ary nunibers and dancing, but before the amusement feature there was the initia- tion of two candidates in public. That is these were given the initiatory work with the exception of the secret portions, which was to be imparted to them at an- other meeting. The initiation was by the officers of Companion Court Golden Gate, assisted by the guard of honor of that eourt. The officers as well as the guard were all attired In a uniform of white with gold facings and each wore a gilt crown surmounted by the emblematic Maltese cross of the I O. F. FEach carried a light sword. Each of the officers wore a Maltese cape with inside lining of silk of the color of thé station she filled, and the appearance of these lndies, together with the beautiful floor work and marches under the direction of Miss Rosle Young, captain of the guard, won them many words of commendation. The initiatory work dellvered by the officers, without book, without halt and without a break, created a most favorable im- pression on the onlookers who are strangers to the order and on many of the members, who for the first time saw and heard the companions confer the de- gree. The initlatory work was followed by an exhibitfon drill which was cor- rect, pretty and loudly anplauded, The distribution of presents was followed by the serving of refreshments. L ' W hite. Supreme Deputy Chief Ranger G. Q. Stewart in the organization work, to which he has been assigned since he retired from the position of high chief ranger of California, has been busily en- gaged in placing himself in touch with the membership of this eity and imme- diate vicinity. During the past week he has sent to each member a set of fra- ternal pamphlets = that are = calculated to arouse a great dea) of Anterest in the matter of extension. } These have been furnished by Frank E. Hand, superin- tendent of organizers of the Pacific juris- iction. ; During December Court Golden Gate | initlated thirty strangers into the order, | the prindipal workers for these members’ applications being High Vice Chief Ranger Murph: Chief ~ Ranger A. 8. Young, Secretary G. W. Kuss, William chief ranger-elect; Isaac Mul- amons and Messrs, Stern and the last meeting of this At court the number initlated was nineteen instead of nine as previously announced, Ancient Order Workmen. Grand Master Dunton has returned from a tour of official visits to the lodges of the Ancient Order of United Workm in the southern part of the State. He was in Los Angeles, Monrovia, San Diego, El Cajon and Pasadena. In the various lodges visited he discovered an unusual interest in the order and received assur- anc that there will be a marked in- crease in that part of the jurisdiction be- | fore the meeting of the Grand Lodge at Santa Cruz. In Los Angeles he ad- dressed a joint meeting of all the lodges of that city, and in each place where he was the lodges had candidates for mem- bership. During the latter part of December the lodges of Los Angeles had a joint Christ- mas tree party which was well attended and all had a good time. Valley Lodge had a theater party in the Majestic on December 26. Grand Recorder Spencer reports that there is hearty response to the demand for a popular loan and that he expects to turn over during the early part of January a goodly sum to be used in liquidating outstanding claims. During December the sum of $50,000 was paid by the Grand Lodge omuce to beneficlaries of deceased members. The officers of the several local lodges of the order will be installed in Native Sons’ Hall, January 23. This will be for members of the order only. Forget Me Not Lodge of the Degree of Honor, on the fourth Saturday In De- cember, after the initiation of - several applicants for membership, had a very enjoyable Christmas tree party, the first it has ever given. A number of children of members were remembered by Santa Claus, after which there was dancing, games for the little ones and a good time until midnight. A DR Masonic. The following named were the officers installed in the Masonic Temple In the latter part of December to serve Excel- slor Lodge during the current Masonic year: Edwin Lycurgus Forster, worship- ful master; John William Cameron, se- nfor warden; Herman Charles Gingg, ju- nior warden; Samuel Houston Daniels, treasurer; Hugh James Owen, secretary; ‘William Francis Buswell, chaplain; Charles Albert Adams, senior deacon; John Weller Lewis, junior deacon; Wil- liam ‘Henry Dick, marshal; Henry Charles Collins and Howard Delos Noble, stew- ards; George Washington Perkins, tyler, and Ribert Fletcher Tilton, organist. The installing officer was Roderick George Guyett, P. M., assisted by Darrell Allen Hare as marshal of ceremonies. A ban- quet and speeches followed the ceremony. Past Master Thomas C. Conmy, with the assistance of Past Master John F. Schroth as marshal of ceremonies, in the latter part of December instituted the new officers of Mount Moriah Lodge in the Masonic TempPte. After the in- stallation Past Master Conmy was pre- sented a magnificent jewel, also a val- uable gold watch and chain. The pre- sentations were followed by a banquet at the Occidental, where the new wor- shipful master acted as toastmaster. The new officers are: Herbert Foster ‘Ward, worshipful master; Willlam { = Henry Dolling, senior warden; Clar- ence Erickson, junior ward John Frederick Schroth, treasurer; Theodore Frolich, secretary; Thomas Cherry | Conmy, chaplain; George Washington Haberly, senior deacon; George Mec- Lean, junior deacon; Joseph L. Roberts, marshal; Charles McKerral Lindsay and Edmund Tauszky, steward: John i d’Arcy, tyler. The first Monday in the month of January being New Year's day, Golden an assembly. At the assembly to be held on the 15th there will, in addition I'to balloting on petitions, be the con- sideration and deciding upon the time when the cornerstone of the new asy- lum shall be laid. It is believed that the third week in April will be decided upon, as at that time the Grand Com- mandery will be in session. SR Native Sons. | The following named officers of cific Parlor will be installed on night of January 9 by William D. Hynes, D. D. G. P., assisted by a full corps of officers. Grand Trustee Judge Belshaw will officially visit the parlor | that night George W. Lellie, J. P. P.; 1. 3onzales, P.; Henry Dahl, Alexander McCullough, S.\V.; ‘Walsh, T. V.; Frank Wiley, J. Miller, R. S.; George Frazer, s. Latham, T.; William McArran, L S.; ) Pa- the Dr. Frank e W. M pa<’ = ! Melvin, O. 8.; J. C. Allen, trustee for eighteen months. Under a recent rule the parlor will hereafter confer the honor of chairman of the trustees on the retiring president. Mr. Allen is the first one on whom the honor has been eonferred by the parlor. A banquet will follow. The recently elected officers of Na- tional Parlor will be installed january 11, after which the members will have their annual banquet. Grand President James L. Gallagher returned to this city in the last days of December after a sojourn in Utah, where he went to visit relatives. B. M. Bones, D. D. G. P., will install the officers of Glen Ellen and those of Sonoma parlors on January 13 and 15 respectively. It is expected that on each of these occasions Grand Second Vice President Judge M. T. Dooling will be present. Grand Trustee H. C. Lichtenberger of Los Angeles was in this city last week for the purpose of officlally visiting the local parlors assigned to him. Mount View Parlor will have a class initiation on the evening of January 15. There will be a joint Installation of the officers of Menlo Parlor, N. S. G. W., and those of Bonita Parlor, N. D. G. W., on January It is expected Grand First Vice President Walter D. time. The entertainment that was given by the Native Sons’ literary and social com- committee of that organization, was at- tended by as many as could erowd into the Native Sons' Hall. The programme, including a three-act farce by the Paul Gerson School of Acting and specialties by Little Marjorie Clark and Miss Madge Klock, was well received. After the pro- gramme there was a good order of dan- cing. The following named are the officers of the general committee: E. E. Fischer, president; M. E. Noon, vice president; William Martin, treasurer; George J. Stockwitz, secretary; J. F. Stanley and Lois F. Erb, trustees. The *‘Deestreect Skule” that was opened by Stanford Parlor in the latter part of December, in its meeting place, instead of the usual Christmas tree, was well at- tended and gave a great deal of amuse- ment for the visitors to the “skule.” The “drawin’ " contest created a great deal of merriment. All were privileged to guess what the drawings were, and some made some very wild guesses to enable them to tell what the artists drew. et SR Odd Fellowship. Grand Master Phelps announces the fol- lowing official visits for January and Feb- ruary. In this list, where the name of the lodge is the same as the name of the locality in which the lodge meets, only the name of the locality is given: January 18, Soquel; 15, Boulder Creek; 15, Santa Clara; 17, Mountain View; 18, Yerba Buena, San Francisco; 19, Apollo, San Francisco: 20, Sacramento; 22, El Dorado, Sacramento; 23, Florin; 24, Eureka, Sac- ramento; 25, Schiller, Sacramento; 26, Co- sumnes, Latrobe; 27, Morning Star and Franklin in joint session, Placerville; 29, Memento, Georgetown; 30, Coloma; 31, Diamond Springs; February 1, Granite, Folsom; 2, Danville; 3, Pacheco, Concord; 4, San Francisco relief committee; 5, Fresno and Central California, in joint meeting at Fresno; 6, Hanford and Lu- | cerne, at Hanford; 8, Santa Ana,| i On February 6 the grand master will . dedicate a new hall to Odd Fellowship at Hanford, and on the 8th another to the same purpose at Santa Ana. The Odd Fellows' Hall Assoclation has declared a dividend for December and ! one for Januaty, the latter being the six- | ty-first, and applied $3000 in liquidation | of the mortgage on the Market and Sev- | enth streets property. | The degree team and fifty members of ! Apollo Lodge went to Sacramento last | week, where the team in & very impres- sive manner conferred all the degrees | successively. A grand banquet followed the event. . T. W. Prose and wife on the first in- stant assdmed the positions of superin- tendent and matron, respectively, of the 0dd Fellows’ Home at Thermalito. Gate Commandery No. 16 did not hold | that | Wagner wili be in attendance at that | mittee, under the auspices of the general | Distriet Deputy Grand Patriarch W. Koch on January 2 installed the officers f Unity Encampment and was assisted by Canton San Francisco in fatigue uni- o 9th he will install tho form. of Wildey mpment and on the those of Golden Gate Encampment, when the same canton will 2 On January 20 he will install the officers of Qrfental | Encampment in the presence of Canton Oakland and Canton Vallelo. On that ocecasion Canion San Franctsco will ap- péar in full dress uniform to assist. The officers of Sunset Encampment will be installed In public on the night of January 10. On January 23 the Veteran Odd Fel- lows will visit Old Unity and on that n W. H. Barnes, grand seribe of Grand Encampment, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his initiation into 0dd Fellowship. The Veterans’ quarteriy meeting will take place on January 29. President Jennie Katzenstein and Sec- retary Mrs. Mary E. Donoho of the Cali- fornia Rebekah embly were present im.\»z week by special invitation at the | installation of the officers of Absit In- vidia Lodge in Oakland. "The officers of Jubilee Rebekah Lodse were installed in public in the Odd Fel- building in the presence of a large | ser of members of the order and | lee Rebekah Lodge gave it cial evening under the direc . R. Moss, chairlady of the cial com- {ttee, assisted by Mesdames Nordmar! | Abrogast, Mooney, Gray -ang Lauralack and Mr. Warren. There was a pleasing | programme of varied numbers which In- cluded vocal selections by Miss Duhem, Mr. Sutter and J. Thompson; instrument- al duet, Mrs. and Miss Ordway; recita- | Miss Olive Pearl Miller: mandolin selections, Professor Clark, and several | other numbers. This was followed by | |¢he aistributlon of the contents of a | | grab bag, by dancing and the serving of | i refreshments | The officers of Loyal, Rebekah Lodge | will be stalled to-morrow night in the ‘ Odd Fellows’ building. ) ‘ YRR Druidism. | | The official visit of Noble Grand Arch }Am..nmicn to San Francisco, Eureka | ana Sigel grov the German groves of | the city, in joint session was a pleasant | The head of the order was accom- | panied by Grand Secretary Martinoni, | Grana Trustee Ranfen, Past Supreme | | Arch Schord, President Conrad and Sec- | retary Joe Wolff of the Past Arch Asso- | ciation, and quite a delegation of that | body. Under good of the order the | | one. noble grand arch, the past supreme arch, the grand secretary and Past Noble Grand Arch Moenning delivered instruc- tive addresses, after which there was an adjournment to a grotto, where an excellent supper was partaken of. Past Arch L. M. Fabry was the toastmaster, and upon his request there were ad- dresses by Past Arch Stock. Walter Gal- lagher, Dr. Thomas Conrad, Grand Trus- tee Herman, - Past Arch McCormick, George Moenning Jr., and Joe M. Wolf, P. A. and I. A. A. B. The reunion was a pleasant one and the hespitality of the joint groves was unstinted. A remarkable | feature of the after supper speeches was | that thef were at variance with those usually heard at meetings of the order. Each was short, to the point, and con- | tained a practical suggestion. El Dorado Circle at its last held meet- | ing in December initiated three appli- cants for membership, the work being the first by Arch Druidess Brand and her officers, who were recently imstalled into office. The ceremony was followed by a social. Mendocino Grove, in the latter part of December, opened the grove at 9 o'clock in the morning for the purpose of initiat- ing a class of twenty-flve strangers, resi- | dents of Fort Bragg and vicinity. The | session, during which the three degrees | | were conferred, and the banquet which | | followed, did not terminate until 4 | o'clock the next merning. The ceremo- | i | | } ! | 3 cording and TS5 LRENZ FELICE WORMS vember and December the number of | candidates initiated into the order was average of 103, making a total of rter of the year. a 309 during the last qu e Friends of the Forest. The following named have been elected officers of Oak Leaf Lodge of the Friends of the Forest for the cur- rent term: Mrs. M. Eades, past presi dent; e Hugy. president; Mart president; Etta Peacock, w Geo secretary; J Tillie erteling, | Peacoes, guard: Mrs. R. Logan : Kuykendall, physician. The lodge is growing and is in good financial con- dition. Lincoln Lodge will T tollowing named d tern Miss Kimball, pr Miss Raymond, vice president; Mrs. Charlotte Be chaplain; . F. Raymond recording and Mrs. H. M. Lewls financial secretary; H. B. Bur- lingame, treasurer; Mrs. Ella A Clasky, marshal; Miss A. Halpin, den; Hoffman, guard; Mrs. F. John- son, sentinel; Mrs. ganist. Belle Richmend, nsas Native .Daughters. Mrs. Ella Scott, whose picture is pre- sented in this issue, is a well-known member of Buena Vista Parlor, who w til last Christmas appeared on the roll that organization as Ella Knox. On the day named she married O. C. Scott, a well-known and popular young man of Honolulu, H. I The post Christmas tree party given by Orinda Parlor in the banquet hall of t Native Sons’ building last week was well attended and proved a very enjoyable affair. Old Santa Claus, somewhat tired after a week’s hard work. was still active enough to distribute presents to the little ones. There was a programme of enter- tainment and dancing. The members of the different parlors | are engaged at this time preparing for in- stallation work. o AT National Union. The last application in 196 for member- ship presented at the headquarters of the National Union waa the one handed to General Deputy Joseph A. Wilson at 10:15 o'clock at night, December 31, by S. Oppenheimer of California ‘Council. The nles of conferring the degrees were con- ducted under the supervision of District Deputy Noble Grand Arch Z. Arrigoni. | This grove will initiate twenty-five more at_the first meeting in April i Noble Grand Arch Antonovich in the | latter part of December paid an official | visit to San Joaquin, Stockton and Con- | cordia groves, in joint sessidn In Stock- | ton. He was accompanied by Charles | de Lelgh. J. P. N. G. Grand Secre- | tary Martinoni, and Grand Marshal | | George Bertram. Candidates were initl- | | ated by the degree team of the Italian | i grove in a creditable manner, and after | addresses in the grove by the visiting officers there was a banquet, more talks | for the good of the order, and vocal se- lections by the singing section of San Joaquin Grove. will vay official visits in this city on the | following dates: January 11 to Golden Gate Circle, January 28 to Bl Dorado Circle, February 13 to Laurel Circle, Feb- ruary 27 to Old Friends' Cirele. Under the direction of Past Arch Druid- | ess Mrs. 1da E. Wheeler, Mrs. Maria Bam- | mann, grand first bard, Mrs. Minnie Betts | and other active members, Hesperian Clr- | cle is preparing for the introduction of elaborate floor work, in conjunction with the initiatory ceremony. I been arranged is not down m the book, tures Which will in no way conflict with lines that the plans have been laid. The drilling for several weeks, and when all the paraphernalia has been procured the new idea will be presented. This circle now aims to become the leading one in several strangers at every meeting. Lincoln Annuity Union. During the year 1%5 the Lincoin An- nuity Union organized and Instituted six- teen new assemblies and at the close of the year had a little more than twice the number of members it had at the close of the previous year. During the last Itw:lu months the order paid in various kinds of benefits the sum of $4000. The officers of San Francisco Assembly No, 1 will be installed on the evening of January 8. On the same evening several candidates will be initiated. Reports from a number of places in Oregon are to the effect that the pros- pects for the beginning of 1%6 are very encouraging. ‘The supreme office expectswin a very short time to start assemblies in Idaho. Sentinel Assembly of Oakland s ar. ranging for a class initiation in the near future. During the months of October, No- | the State for the purpose | the councils In that part of the juris- ‘While what has | there is nothing In the book that will | prohibit the introduction of added fea- | the ritualistic work, and it is along those | team which is to do this work has been | this city, and to that end is infatiafing ] first presented for the new year was turned into the office at 9 o'clock In the morning of January 1, and that was f California Council. The San Francisco Cabinet for 1306 wiil be organized on the last Thursday during the current month, when new officers will be chosen. General Deputy Joseph A. Wilson, who served as president of the cabinet during 196, has been asked to continue in office during the currenmt year. During his incumbency President Wilson had a larger average attendance than the cabinet ever had before, and there was better work for the good of the order, as the results of increase have shown. = i ! . ‘1 Order of Pendo. Grand Afch Druidess Virginia (‘er\'alll, Supreme Councilor Tugwell will shortly leave for the southern part of of visiting diction. The local councils were busy last night preparing for the public installa- tion of all the officers in joint meeting n Pendo Hall on the night of Janu- ary 6. Home Council’s minstrels are having three rehearsals a week in order to be perfect on the night of the show in Pendo Hall, January 17. General Organizer Dr. G. A. Howard | received a visit from the stork on the last day of the year. It was a seven- | pound girk Reports from all sections are indica tive that the new year will start in well for the order, judging from the number of candidates that are reported ready for imitiation in January. v The Maccabees. Arrangements are being made for a grand entertainment to be given Feb- truary 21 by the promotion committee | of the Knights of the Maccabees of this I ,eity. The committee are: Harry A. "Knox, chalrman; Major C. E. Mont- , gomery; J. Laumeister, representing , the tents; and Ladies Devoto, ,and Short. representing the hives of | the Ladies of the Maccabees. i _San Francisco Hive of the les of | the Maccabees at its meeting on the {last Friday in December | clags of fourteen strangers. e e ' Progress Lodge Party. The heart and dart party, Progress Lodge of the h-ntcrn.’ !lh'nmb! erhood, in the assembly hail of the Red Men's building, on the last Saturday December, was well attended and proved to be a wery enjoyable affair, as alwa:s are the 3 initiated a )