The San Francisco call., 1897-07-09
FRATERNAL DEPARTMENT.
The Officers of Ivy Lodge of the Degree
of Honor Installed With Dra-
matte Effe ct.

The pretty little hall in Oakland in which
meet the several lodges of Ancient Order of
United Workmen and Ivy Lodge of the Degree
of Honor was 1astefully decorated last Wednes-
day night and it was crowded to its fullest
capacity by members and friends of Ivy
Lodge, who were present to witness the public
installation of the officers of the lodge.
The new officers who were obligated are:
Mrs. Sadie Hodges, past chief of honor; Mrs.
Annie Parkinson, chief of honor; Mrs Sadie
Carr, lady of honor Mrs. Lizzie Wilkinson,
chief of ceremonies; Mrs. Maggie F. Chlopek,
usher; MISS Josie Butler, recorder: Mrs
Annie Ingersol, inancier; Mrs. Clara
Mitchell, receiver; Mrs. Emma Garrison, in
side watchman, and Bert Lissner, outside
waichman.
The installing officer was Mrs. Eva Coogan,
the district deputy, who was assisted in the
performance OF the work by the grand
treasurer, NJ ISIS Ohea acting in the capacity OF
grand usher. There are many in the order
who conduct the ceremony of installation
but there is no one VINO can surpass Mrs.
Coogan in the matter OF giving the charges 10
the several officers. Her delivery is without
book, free from any esitancy, her enun cia-
tfon clear and musical and her manner
dramatic in the extreme. In the performance
OF her work she closely watched by q
mum Der of members of the order who have
witnessed hundreds of installations, not Oh !y
in this order but in others, a d they, with all
in the room, testified TO their admiration of
her work By long and loud applause. The
young lady who acted IN the capacity OF grand
usher periorm her part we'll and with good
dramatic effect.
At the close of the service of installation the
members and visitors were treated 10 an en-
tertalnment that lasted for some time and IL
included several excellent numbers Mrs 6
J. Hall favored with piano solo. W.
Barnes, p. g. C. H., delivered short address in
which he congratulated Ivy Lodge on the
progress it has made and asserted that If there
were ten such lodges in the State in a snort
time their example would inspire such en-
thusiasm that the order would become one of
the foremost on the Pacific Coast. The speaker
then read what he called machine poetry %
over on the boat, and CONSIDERABLY declared
tEat it was the worst he had ever written. Mrs.
S. Wren and Mr.. Oakes sang a duet. after
which Miss Butler, the recording secretary.
on behalf of the lodge, presented 10 the retir-
ing lady OF honor handsome Jewel EN- mblem-
attic of the station she occupies in the lodge
The presentation speech was almoet as drama
tic was the work of the district deputy. and
to use d racing phrase, the response bv the re-
cipient was ~ good second" c. L. Trowe, a
bssso singer en- ter tained with vocal selections
Mis- Nellie Davers recited with a great deal of
pathos THE Eagles Nest" aud sne was fol-
lowed by others who did much to entertain
those present.
Among the many who were in attendance
were Deputy Grand Master Poland, Grand
secretary Hlrshberg, Past Grand Masters W.
Ii. Barnes and Edwin Danforth, Grand Medi-
cal Examiner DR.. Mayon, all of the A o. U.
w, Grand Lady of Honor Mrs. Myon Grand
Recorder Mrs. Poland, Grand Treasurer Miss
Ohea, and Grand Inside Waterman Mrs Helen
Lewis OF the Uegree OF Honor