The herald., 1897-02-25


Cent the cantata, Mother Goose"
Carnival visitors departing from San
Diego; banquet of the Loyal Legion.
PASADENA
Meessng Of the Twilight Club-9ecial and Per-
sonai Dolngs
PASADENA, Feb. 24.-The regular
monthly meeting and banquet of the
Twilight club was held at the Green last
evening. The tables were pretttly deco
rated with poppies and smilax. and
President Merwin was in the chair. A
short business session was held during
which 1t was voted that the club mem
bership be increased from sixty to sew
enty-five. Five of the seven applicants
for membership were selected to be
voted on al the next meeting of the club.
The first thing on the literary program
was an address on THE Modern Art Of
Illustration" by w. e. Chaplin, which
he illustrated with some of his own
sketches. He reviewed the growth Of
the art from the. time Of its first practice
by the Chinese. who carved upon wood.
Wood engraving reached a considerable
perfection as far back as the time of
Gutenberg. The lockwood is the basis
for wood engraving. Electrotypes are
now made from the engraved block.
Wood engraving has been raised to an
art by America and Germany. Pen and
ink drawings are first made and a mega
tive is taken from them. The negatives
are transferred to zinc plates and treat
ed with chemicals, which eat down por-
tions of the picture. leaving that which
Is to be printed in relief The address
was highly interesting and Instructive.
DR.. G. s. Hull followed with an illus
trated lecture on Venice by Electric
Light" The stereopticon views were
produced by means of an arc light,
which Is comparatively new and very
expensive method. Prof. L. H. Gill
more of Throop contrived an arc light
attachment which proved very effective.
About 1900 candle power was thus OBJ
tained making the light on the canvas
much brighter than usual Among the
views were those of Venetian palaces,
the Campanile tower. Bridge of Signs,
ST. Marks cathedral. and others upon
which DR.. Hull commented and de-
scribed as they were shown.
MASONIC RITES.
The fourteenth degre was conferred
last evening upon class of six by Tenn
pie Lodge of Perfection No. Z. large
delegation of eminent Masonic officials
from San Francisco and other places
were present to pronounce it the best
working lodge in the state, for which
large credit is due to the venerable mas
ter of Temple lodge, F. L. Jones, 33d.
After the work choice banquet was
served. Speeches were made by Thom-
as Caswell. 33d, w. Frank Pearce 33d,
Col Charles Fred Crocker, 33d, Charles
L. Patton, 33d, of San Francisco; Frank
RAIDER. 33d. Geo. Sinsabaugh, 32d, of Los
Angeles: Charles j. Willett, 32d, DR.. L.
w. Frary, 32d. DR.. r. j. Mohr, 32d, DIR.
w. D. Turner. 18th. Robeft Eason. 14th,
Prof. ]. D. Graham, 14th. w. L. Wood
ward, S0th. Rasadena; ]. e. Packard.
32d. Of Pomona, and others.
SOCIAL NOTES
DR.. and Mrs. Ayers of North Marengo
avenue entertained the McGinty club
last evening. Refreshments were
served and a short musical program
rendered. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Newby. Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Jor-
don. Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Hines. Mr.. and
Mrs. H. r. Lacey, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Campbell, Mr.. and Mrs Gabriel, Miss
Lacey, Messrs. Knapp and Pyle.
There was full attendance at the
meeting of the Oratorio society last
evening. and it was decided to give the
next entertainment on the evening of
April 9Th, when the programs will include
the Stabat Mater. The remainder of
the program will be made up of vocal
and instrumental selections of the best.
The affair takes placein the Universal
list church.
BREvITIEs.
Charles Gore Miller delivered ar inter-
esting and eloquent lecture last evening
in the NJ E. church on Genius" He
regarded genius as a peculiar trait, of
which there are two kinds, that which
appeals to the soul and intellect and
that which appeals only to the senses.
OF the class is the work of artisss and
musicians which is not so high as that
0f "a inf ho tr,Y toc
is the work accomplished and not the
faculty for striking the popular fad.
Mr.. Miller leaves shortly for the east,
where he will enter the lecture field
and his many friends in this city wish
him success.
days in the county Jail this morning by
the recorder for pigeon stealing. Sara
dell was arrested some time ago and
given ten days for stealing articles from
the Union warehouse.
The funeral of the little Gelruth child
took place this morning. The family
are poor people and a. subscription list
has been started in their interests.
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
served a hot tamale lunch this after
noon in the parlors Of the church. Mrs.
Merwin and corps of ladies presided
and the tables were prettily decorated.
w. j. Kelley's Nocery store. which
was cioseO OH dtHicnnent yesterday,
reopened this afternoo0 He has made
an arrangement with his creditors which
he hopes will enable him to make new
start and soon recover himself.
PERSONAL.
Messrs. Fred Burnham and Jud Blick
have returned from their intended trip
to Mexico and will make another start
after the storms seem to have cleared
up for good.
J. M. Beck, who came over from the
island yesterday, returned today.
j. Sunderland is at the Carleton.
w. H. Hill returned from the San Di-
ego carnival yesterday
Misses Curtis aHd Wales go over to
Catalina tomorrow for q short stay.
Ars. Mary Hopkins Of Los Angeles is