The herald., 1893-09-09
NATIVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS,
How They Will Celebrate the
States Birthday.
Sketch Of the Society of Califor-
8 MIA Born Women. ga
The N. 3. @. w. Holding Celebrations
Today All Over the state-rhe
Native Daughters Their
Purposes-Notes.

A large party of Los Angeles Native
Sons and Daughters left yesterday for
Ventura to celebrate Admission day.
Another celebration is being held in
Napa and another in San Franciaco. In
the latter city Mission parlor dedicates
the new building it has just erected at
cost OF $50, 200.
Nearly all the parlors in the north will
convene at Napa. while Southern Cali
sornia is holding local celebrations at
Ventura, San Bernardino, Santa Ana
and San Diego. The Native Daughters
are assisting the Native Sons in the cele-
bration. This organization is growing
rapidly IN strength and short history
OF its career is here given prepared by
Miss Adele Behn. Mr.. Frank Matthews,
Miss Franc McCreery and Mrs. May
Tullis:
To Miss Lille Reichling and Mrs.
Tina L. Kane OF Jackson is due the
honor OF laying the foundation Of that
glorious order, the Native Daughters of
the Golden West.
California can boast OF an organiza.
tion OF women that is the most unique
in it's character of any fraternal or be.
n6vOlent society In existence.
The society is composed exclusively
OF ladies, who transact all their busi-
ness on the most approved principles.
Unlike the order OF Eastern Star, De-
gree OF Honor. and the Rebecca Degree,
where male members participate in
their deliberations, the Native Daugh-
ters conduct their own affairs, and most
successfully, as the past few years have
demonstrated.
The Native Daughters is a patriotic,
fraternal and benevolent society, organ
ized for the purpose of perpetuating the
early memories OF the pioneers of the
state, oherishing and honoring their
achievements and building up the en-
pire they founded by these western
eeas; to honor and cherlsh the momo-
ries of the pioneer women, who Hacri-
feed home and friends to found a new
home on the shores OF the Pacific, aid
ing their husbands and relatives in their
struggle for American independence in
California, and assisting in converting
the wilderness in gardens and solitude
into cities.
The organizations aim is to assist its
members in adversely and rejoice with
each other in prosperity, teaching the
principles of true sisterly friendship,
Salleviating distress, nursing the sick,
caring for the destitute and burying the
dead.
Every parlor, as its subordinate lodges
are termed, is compelled to establish q
beneficiary fund from which sick bene-
fts are paid and it is compulsory upon
all members to accept benefits when
rendered.
sIs The Grand parlor was instituted July
%, 1887, with IL parlors. Since then it
has attained very rapid and pros
porous growth, having now ~ psrlors,
with . membership Of nearly $500.
During the past year the order has paid
out for sick benefits the sum Of $2sS2.
The order has shown the indomitable
pluck and energy characteristic Of
California women, and alone and un-
aided, they have survived their early
perils, and are now on the broad high
. way OF permanent prosperity.laol edI
The parlors are scattered from Shasta
on the north to the extreme southern
portion of the state. AK sa.s
A warm, fraternal feeling exists
throughout it's ranks and visiting mem
bers are cordially received and enter
tanned with true sisterly spirit.
In public enterprises the order has
always taken prominent and credita-
BILE part, and has materially assisted in
developing the greatness of its native
states. Rapid strides have been made
throughout the state, and the order is
destined to become the strongest society
composed exclusively of women in the
United States.
Its benevolent features are strong
incentives to join its ranks, and its
warm fraternal features make their
parlor meetings unusually attractive to
members.
All Cslifornians take special pride in
the Native Daughters, and wherever a
parlor has been founded it has always
received the hearty endorsement of the
public.
1t is an organization every worthy ma
tive daughter should be proud to afili-
ate with, and assist in carrying out it's
fraternai, benevolent and patriotic prin-
ciples. ff