The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-07-07
COMBINED FOR CHARITY.
The Fifth Annual Session of the
Grand Council, C. l.. A. s.
High Mass Celebrated at the Cathedral
Nearly Eight Thousand Dollars Ex-
pended in Charity.

And the greatest of them all Is charity"
beiieving Implicitly in this, the Catholic
Ladies i'd Society has done and is doing
grand work In assisting the poverty-s stricken
ana IN other philanthropic ways succoring
1heir less fortunate sisters. During the
past year the society disbursed in charity
the munificent sum Of S7475 So, which
demonstrates better than words the benefits
accruing from their loving efforts.
Ihe proceedings of the fifth Grand Coun-
Gil OF the society opened In st. Georges
haii' s0Szs Market street, at l o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
hut prior to this the lady delegates at
tended high mass in the cathedral. the
ceieorant being Rev. Father Montgomery.
Al the close CT the mass Archbishop Rior-
dan made few pleasant remarks ana he.
slowed MS blessing upon the members of
The Grand Council and their work. He said
u was very pleasant duty TO MIN TO ex
tend 10 the members of the society a most
cordial welcome. 1t seemed also a most
proper and suspicious thing to his mind that
they should seek to win Gods blessing for
the work which they were about to do by
coming TO seek him there at the commu Mon
ana the holy sacrifice of the mass He
begged OF them to so on as tn ey had begun
IN their noble work. dc com mended them
70 th0se Catholic ladies who were not yet
members OF the society, He asked those
present and all Others whom his words
might reach to remember the calls of
cnailty. and he prayed that their member-
snlD might so Increase and their work be so
Dressed that the day might come when
.neIe snail De no suffering known among us
tnat TelleI snail not Instantly attend upon {.
present II
=. Elmer presided at the organ. The offer
tory, Mendelssohn's Behold the Host"
was sung by Professor S. }. Sandy.
Alter the mass the delegates proceeded to
The Windsor Hotel to partake of breakfast.
Mrs. Nj. Deane. grand president of the Sc
ciety, was in the place of honor at the head
OF the table. Two of the honorary mem-
Ders, L. Barry of Oakland and A. Il. Me-
Gulre, nerved themselves to be present aud
appeared to thoroughly enjoy themselves.
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
AT ST. Georges Hall when the grand pres
ldent raped on the desk there were over
100 ladies in the room, seated on chairs at
each side and fronting the chair. The grad
oincers were all present as follows: Grand
president, Mrs. Nj. Deane; senior vice-pres-
ldent MISS Lucy Wilson; junior vice pres
ldent. Mrs. NJ. A. Hopkins; grand secretary.
MISS stella u Brleu; grand treasurer, Miss
NJ Hilary; grand marshal, Miss j. Gilman
TIN; grand guard, Miss NJ. Paterson; grand
dcpulS. MISS Nj. ute, permanent grand
director, Mrs. NJ. j. Lohse.
The grand president introduced Rev.
rather Montgomery. who delivered an
eloquent address. He spoke earnestly of
the benefits Of temperance and urged upon
them to do all they could In removing temp
tatlon from men and in retaining such as
mad already come within the bane.ul in
nuence OF liquor. The great weakness Of
women who Tell under its influence was
Their sense OF shame. But God would
judge men as severely as women. Let them
work earnestly to eradicate this evil and il
areform takes place they must see TO il that
IL is Kept so. He pleasantly concluded by
wishing that the meeting of the council
would be productive of great good and hoped
that whatever measure they took would be
10 the honor of the society, for the con-
finance of its good and for their own peace
and happiness. Applause.
ne reverend father was accorded rising
vote OF thanks ana the hope was expressed
that he would visit and address ca, Of the
branches. He then retired
Mrs. j. l.. Price, Oakland, Mrs. A. b.
Mcguire, San Francisco. and Mrs. NJ. E.
FeatherStone, Fresno. were then named as
a committee on credentials, and after brief
recess reported the following delegates
present:
No. !. 0akland-Mrs. J. l.. Price, Miss Mary
Carr. No. 2, San Franciseo-Mrs. A. u. Ma
gure Mss NJ ponahue No. 3, AIameda-Mrs.
Francisco-Miss Joserhine Mctireeor. Mr. Mr.
Annie Brennan. No. s. san DiegoSMiss Jo.
hanna Nj, Dwyer. No: 6. Gilroy--Miss Mary
ton-Mrs. Anna Collins. Mrs. S. Pache No s,
San Franciseo-Hiiss Belinda Roper. Miss
MMaassRKe,lse Groie ;, No; o san frsneseo-
Mrs Bessie MeFaddeu, Miss Mary Burke.
No. II, San Franciseo-Mrs. j. z. Sweeney
Mrs. Cullen. No. ~, Tulare-Mrs LuuegIoyer
Mrs. Yoland. No. 13. Santa Cruz-Mrs h. Hub,
bard, Miss Annie Dorsey. No. IL, North lem
b. hlsalta-Alrs. f. HufenPsOn
Blake No. l6, Ffesno-Mrs. NJ. E. FeatherstOne,
Miss Foire No IL, san Luis 0bispo-Mrs
4. GllIen, Miss Cecilia Graves No 20. San
Franeiseo-Mrs. Philip S. Fay, Miss Agnes
oKane. No, II. HolIisteF-Mlss Aggie Hudner,
Miss Anna Dooling No. %, Santa Bosa-Mrs
Mary 1owey. Miss Mary Carroll.
There were no delegates from No. %,
Petaluma.
The delegates were then seated by the
grand marshal in their order.
REPORTS SUBMITTED.
The grand secretary read the report of
the grand directors. Four new branches
had been established during the year: No.
9, San Francisco; No. %, Petaluma: No. 8.
San francisco, and No. IL, Tulare. One
branch, No. II, Concord, had been disbanded
from lack OF interest. Ga May 2 headquar-
tiers OF the society had been established in
the Donohoe building.
me following recommendations were
made: inat any discourtesy shown our
grand officers, or any insubOrd natiOn of
officers or members of this society, receive
severe reprimand from tie board of grand
directors; that more regular aud definite
laws be framed and inserted In our consti-
tuition for the better governments and more
uniform action OF our society; that the per
capita tax be increased to 81 per year.
The report was adopted
The grand deputy's report referring to in
stalation of officers of new branches, etc,
was read and adopted.
The report Of the grand treasurer on con-
tngent account showed receipts, including
Sll9 "a balance from preceding year, of
Sl5o9 "a; disbursements S10S4 ~, leaving a
balance in hand Of S50i Az
The grand president paid the grand treas
urer high compliment for her fidelity, and
SAID Ego on In the path you have chosen;
you are never weary in weil-doing,"
The report OF the grand secretary, after
referring to various routine matters, de-
tailed the receipts aud disbursements of The
respective branches. Following Is the sum-
mary, which will be found interesting:
Membership-Actiye SIS, honorary SIC,
contributing 356; total 100.
Paid TO Grand Council per capita tax,
supplies, charter fees anu rent $500 SO.
Visits to the sick III. to the needy 2223,
physicians visits 12I, children found homes
Is, adults found homes 10, persons assisted
lT2, persons given empioyment17 III. families
assisted 623. visits TO hospitals 3J9, to aims
houses 49,
Pieces of old clothing distributed 1869.
amount of reading matter distributed li7S.
disbursements In cash and relief,
S3243 go. 10 groceries. 1882 II; in fuel.
ing, S41S IS. Total, S7475 SO.
Several of the branches who had contrib
uted largely were applauded vigorously.
The report was referred TO the executive