The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-12-06
Department Gleanings.
CARNIVAL Oh sTATEs.

The Relief Corps Home Association, of Calfor-
MIA, Elizabeth Darcy Kinne President, realized
handsomely on their Carnival OF States Califor-
mia night the grandest success of the season,
a charity hop the last night concluding the carni-
val. A similar carnival will be held shortly at San
Jose. So II will be seen that California means BUSH
ness, and will push the work of providing home
for the sick and aged soldiers widows and army
nurses without cessation, until the noble project
has become a veritable fact. AS usual, Mrs. Col.
Kline has been the animating impulse, but her
assistants have been legion.
Mrs Josephine Edwards had charge of the Cali
fornia booth during the entire carnival. and the
California pageant was under her direction. The
grand masquerade march was followed by a series
of tableaux, beginning with Our Country" and
illustrative of life in California in its early days
and were excellently rendered and productive of
great amusenent OF the latter the first was Cal
ifornia Amid Her Products ~ the second The
First Baby in Camp" from the " Luck of Roaring
Camp" by Bret Harte fourth Married, mum
No, sir :" scene from The Danites > ; fifth, Lynch
Law - sixth, " Luck at Chinese Camp"
Los GATos WORKERS.
DEAR TRIBUNE: Having read with much interest
and pleasure the articles in your excellent paper
concerning the Woman's Relief Corps we thought
a short history of our Corps might prove interest
ing to the members of the Order in other parts of
the United States. We were organized March D,
1888, by Commander Owen Gafney, acting under
orders from Headquarters. We had IL charter
members; officers as follows President, Antoi-
nette TAFT; s. V-P, Jennie Hamilton; ]. V.-P.
Sarah Crosby Chap, Phoebe Evans; Sec. Mar
garet Cox; Treas, Harriet LingIey; Con. Hity
Wilder; A. c., Maria Willtamsi g., Leila Lord;
A G., Susan Stouter.
Our President attended the Department Conven-
ton March Is and reported Il very enjoyable time.
We met every week TO become familiar with the
work On May we received q visit from the De-
partment President, Lizzie d. Waterman, who
gave us some excellent instruction in the work of
| the Corps and initiated new member. In the
evening invited the Post to meet the President,
and we passed a very enjoyable evening with
| freshments, music, dancing and social converse
! ton
We were most fortunate In securing the services
of Robert Burdette the humorist, who delivered
| lecture on the evening of May 25. A committee
| from the Post met him at the train his arrival
| and escorted him to the hall, where refreshments
had been prepared by the ladies, and rare treat
1 and mach enjoyment wasLhe result to those who
were fortunate enough TO attend. Twenty dollars
| for Post relief fund was the result
1 There We're services held in Lyndon Hall on the
Sunday preceding Memorial Day, with preaching
| by the pastor of the Baptist Church, which at
| tended by the Post and Corps IN body. The Corps
had charge of the decorations In the hail. and pro-
| vided each comrade with buttoniere. On Wednes-
day. Memorial Day. also decorated the hall,
| and exercises of quite lengthy but interesting
| character were held in the same hall, and each
| eomrade was presented with a buttonere and also
| a large bouquet to carry to the cemetery. The
Corps also took bouquets and, being provided with
a four-h horse coach by the Post, proceeded to the
| cemetery, where the usual exercises We're held
| The Corps decorated a cross to the memory of the
/ Unknown Dead" and those who died in rebel
prisons.
us about S24 of which turned over $l5 the Post
for their relief fund.- This social was successful
/ that by earnest request we gave another similar in
/ character July %, and cleared about SIS.
During August very busy preparing for
a war-song concert which was held Sept 3, to cele-
brate the anniversary of the organization of the
Post We had q chorus of about 20 voices, and the
! best talent Of the town aud adjoining cities gave