The herald., 1897-03-13

had q large. turnout and fine drill OF.
| Wednesday night.
Pacific lodge No. 203 Santa Monica
is having little boom and has work or
hand for the next six weeks. On Mon
day night the ranks of Esquire and
| knight were conferred. A number of
| Los Angeles knights were present.
Committees have been appointed by
| every lodge in Southern California to
work up the annual picnic matter. and
large encampment Is assured. The
time and place for the outing is not ye.
decided but 1t is probable that the sub
ordinate lodges win join the Third reg
I-ment, u. r., on the happy occasion.
The naccabces
The most important event of the week
I, was the farewell reception to the su-
preme lodge commander Lillian NJ. Hol-
| lister, at Music hall, Monday night. a
full account of which appeared in The
| Herald Tuesday mAning. Lady Hol-
! lister was much pleased with Southern
! California and her treatment by the
knights and ladies of the Maccabees.
Deputy Supreme Commander c. A.
Luckenbach of this city is now in Ia
coma, Wash, and will remain there and
at Seattle until the goth. when he goes
| to Portland for week. He will return
! to San Francisco by the 31st to attend
\ the state convention.
The reception and banquet given by
! Los Angeles Tent No. 2 to members
from Boyle Heights and Whittier tents
! Wednesday evening, was a very pleas
ant affair. The Herald gave particu-
lars the next morning.
California Tent No. is making good
progress. Many applications are being
received at each meeting, under the 81
dispensation.
The dramatic entertainment given at
Music hall Thursday evening under the
auspices of Banner Tent No. 21, was
largely attended and the plays rendered
by pupils of the Los Angeles Academy
of Art were we'll given and very credit
able to the amateurs.
The grand masked ball to be given by
California Tent No. at their new hall,
1251s South Spring street on Thursday
evening next, promises to be largely
attended and a very pleasant affair.
Los Angeles Tent No. initiated five
candidates Wednesday evening.
Supreme Lady Commander Hollister
will be given public reception by the
hives of San Francisco.
Banner hive No. Il received II appli-
cations for membership at its meeting
Tuesday night. This makes over 20 new
members for the hives of this city with
in two months.
Los Angeles tent No. will have a
number of candidates to initiate at the
next meeting.
Independent Foresters
The Royal Foresters expect their new
uniforms in about two weeks. They are
very elegant, in fact, second to none on
the Pacific coast The uniforms are
strictly in accordance with the United
States military regulations.
Court Los Angeles No. 422 initiated
four candidates at their meeting Thurs
M tnh nd reaaivad ann1iRa tiOnc
for membership.
Los Angeles Council No. 422, Grand
Order of the Orient, has been invited by
Court Los Angeles to confer the orien-
tai degree upon a large class on Thurs
day evening, April 1et.
A new court, to be called Hermosa, was
instituted at Glendale Tuesday night
by High Chief Ranger McElfresh with
a good membership. The following Of
f1cers were elected and installed: c.
Wilkinson, court deputy; c. F. S. Tate,
chief ranger; Herbert French, past chief
ranger; w. r. Phelan, vice chief ranger;
T. E. Prior, recording secretary; c. e.
Jarvis, financial secretary; H. E. An
drews, treasurer; Cloyd Shuler, chap
lain; Edward Young, senior woodward;
Charles Catlin, Junior woodward; W. r.
Sight, senior beadle; Merritt Lynch,
junior beadle; c. F. S. Tate, H. E. An
drews, T. E. Prior, H. French and r G.
Doyle, trustees.
The first of the 1. o. F. monthly
union socials will be given by Court Los
Angeles on Thursday evening next at
I. o. F. temple. A good program and a
large attendance is assured.
The entertainment given by Court
Morris Vineyard at Music hall, on the
evening of the 5th, was largely attended
and a pleasing success. There was a
good musical and literary program, fol-
lowed by a ball in which $50 couples
Joined.
Court Sumner. at Kern City. near
Bakersfield, was instituted on Friday
evening March 9Th. by General Deputy
c. L. Meadows with twenty-four char
ter members.
On Wednesday High Secretary Perry
forwarded a set of supplies for new
court in Monterey county. This makes
three new courts of this order organized
within a week.
Court Central Avenue expects to oc-
cupy their new hall at Twenty fifth
street and Central avenue, on or about
April 1et They will celebrate the i'm
portant event soon afterwards by a
grand public entertainment.
Court Temple No. $40 Initiated four
candidates at their meeting Tuesday
night.
High Chief Ranger McElfresh will
courts in the central part of the state
He will be absent about two weeks
The Burbank theater has offered
benefit to Court Los Angeles No. 1922 to
be given Friday evening, March 18th.
AT this benefit Mr.. Harry Corson Clarke,
late of the Frawley company, supported
by the regular stock company will ap-
pear in the leading role of the delightful
comedy entitled A Matrimonial Maze
Only few tickets left and they can be
had of F. w. Wismer, financial secre-
tary of the court.
The surplus fund of the order on Feb
ruary 1st had reached the magnificent
sum of s2,0S4, ,S6S33, being an increase of
$69, 900 for the month of January. The
total membership on February 1st was
106,5S3 The record for January of the
present year was ahead of any other
January month in the history of the or
der. At last accounts the applications
for membership were averaging one
hundred per day.
United Workmen
Los Angeles lodge No. 55 had three
applications for membership at it's meet
ing Wednesday night. On the 31st inst
it expects to initiate IL candidates, when
the screen work will be used for the
second time.
East Los Angeles lodge No. 2sO re-