The herald., 1896-02-08
MALA|kAH DID VERY WELL
Wandering Arabs From San
Francisco Well Treated
MANY COVERS WERE LAID
The Ladies Had a Little Time OF
A Big Crowd Of Shriuers Leaves Here This
Morning for Phoenix, Where q New
Tent Is to Be Pitched
MANY COVERS WERE LAlI

Malaikah Temple, Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, did itself proud last night in the
royal entertainment accorded to Imperial
Potentate Charles L. Field and the rest of
the struggling Arabs who had inadvertent-
ly strayed from their own northern oasis
down amid the vines and the fig trees of
the lovely southland.
Covers were last nigh. laid at Jllich's for
16O persons, and the feast provided left
nothing to be desired.
The proceedings of the evening opened
with the ceremonies of initiation into the
order at the temple on the corner of First
and Spring streets, where fifteen new can
didates were trotted through their PAGES.
Among those cliastened by the fire of the
bowling dervishes was ex-Gov. H. FL.
Markham.
The milk and honey began to flow at
half past 0 O'Clock, the feast of reason
and flow of soul aud other things lasting
until long after midnight.
The san Francisco contingent present
were: Charles /. Field, E. +. Field, M.
A. l.. Field, 5. Benedict and wife. Bert
Benedict. Miss Ella A. Judson. Miss Lottie
d. Judson, William G. Mendock, William
Cluff and wife, +. NJ. Hughes and wife,
l. 5. Haas. J. l.. NJ. Shetterley, ]. G. Wall,
Miss NJ. Wall. L. Mcdonald and wife, j. H.
Davis and wife. Miss Mary Muir, Miss Liz
zie Muir and William X Barmore.
THIS morning large party of the local
Shriners will go with the San Francisco
party to Phoenix, Ariz., where a shrine is
to be instituted Monday evening. They go
in private cars over the Santa Fe system.
The train leaves at o'clock in two cars.
EXCURSION TODAY
The excursion will be in charge of Noble
c. ]. Lehman, who has perfected all of the
arrangements. Among those who will go
from this city are:
c. w. Pendleton, Henry Baer, james
Long, c. H. Wheedon. Chief John M. Glass,
X. H. Gregory, j. Cannon, +. B. Booth. w.
T. McFee, c. Cunningham, E. q. Gray,
F. G. Teed, F. c. Woodbury., L. W. Nor
gan, K. Llewellyn, John Pavkovitch, W..
Thornton. w. G. Durgin, A. NJ; Bragg,
Judge B. n. Smith, F. P. Flint: Thomas
Jones, w. B. Scarborough, j. H. Martin, E.
! II. May, c. A. Mead, Charles l. Field, j..
Kuhrts. K P. Cullen, j. NJ. johnson, DR.. j.
j. Choate, H. Z. Deats, W. &. Furrey, A.
A. Hubbard, J. j. Kingsley. /. kimball, G.
4. DeCamp, Charles Campbell. f. E.
Briggs, j. S. Francis. six Mobiles from Red
lands, seven Mobiles from San Diego.
Santa Barbara will also be represented. B.
+. Ball. James Clark, o. o. Freeman, A.
M. Clifford. J. B. Hughes. All of the visit
ing delegation from San Francisco will
also be among the excursionists.
THE INVITATIONS
The fifteen initiates who were conducted
through the mysteries of the shrine last
evening were:
Edward Bright Van Dyke, Fred Leix,
John A Common, A. NJ. Bragg, r. Med.
! SERVER, b. f. Ball of Pasadena, William
M. Johnston, n. W. Bell, Ii. H. Markham
of Pasadena. Samuel Stein, John e. Jack
son. E. T. Pierce, f. P. Morrison OF Red
| lands, John H. Campbell, j. S. Noyes, SUI
perior judge of Riverside county.
| There were over 225 Shrners who par
ticipated in the banquet last evening, and
at it's conclusion those who are going on
the excursion were driven to the Santa Fe
depot and assigned to berths in their
sleepers.
There was very pleasant and enjoyable
little feast that preceded the banquet to
the mobiles of the Shrine. 1t was given to
the Ladies who are visitors accompanying
the mobiles from outside the city. About
twenty of them sat down to an elegant re-
past at Illich's. No gentlemen were per-
mitted to participate. and the ladies had a
nice little time all by themselves
There will be ,wo full length banners on
on each side of every excursion car which
will bear these words: