The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23
FRATERNAL NEWS.
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Perry and Cyrus b. Newton: selections
by the KnickerbOcker quartet, vocal Sc
lections by Robert Burns. j. j. Sandy and
w. E. Stevens and an exhibition of fancy
dancing by Edith Porter and Dora Worth.
The singing of Mr.. Stevens and recita-
tions of Mr.. Newton so charmed that each
was encored three times. Dancing until
midnight followed the programme and
refreshments were served.
Next Saturday night Templar Rebekah
Lodge will entertain Pacific and Golden
West Lodges and the Veteran Rebekahs
in Memorial Hall, Odd Fellows building,
on which occasion a good programme will
be presented.
ANCIENT ORDER OF WORKMEN.
The Board of Corporate Directors has
organized with the grand master work
man as president and the grand recorder
as secretary.
The following named composed the new
extension committee: Grand Master Col
Inns, Deputy Grand Master Danforth.
Grand Foreman Shook. Grand Lecturer
Barnes and Chairman of the Finance
Committee Hoesch. In view of the fact
that the grand recorder has so much to
attend to in his office he was not added
as one of the committee. as in the past
but he Will be ready at any time to aid
the committee by giving such information
as may be required. The State is to be
divided into five districts. That portion
south of Tehachapi will be in charge Of
Grand OVerSeer DR.. Morrison, the bay
counties will be in charge of the grand
foreman and those north of Fresno in
charge Of the grand master. There will
be a number of special deputies and pub
lie meetings will be held all over the State
to impart information as to the order and
Its work.
DEGREE OF HONOR, A o. U. w.
Laurel Lodge of West Berkeley on the
18th inst. initiated fifteen candidates, the
work being done in the most perfect man
ner by the drill team of Ivy Lodge in the
presence of many members of the order
and several Of the grand officers.
On the occasion OF the recent Grand
Lodge session Mrs. Eva Cogan recited an
original greeting to the new officers and
the old friends of the order. 1t was a
very neat composition.
Peerless Lodge of Colusa initiated four
| teen candidates in March and Lily of the
Valley Lodge Of Sacramento twenty
three.
Cypress Lodge of Newark will give an
entertainment at its hall on the 2Sth inst
Under the new constitution, adopted at
the iast.held session of the Grand Lodge,
the basis of representation was fixed at
one for every fifty members.
STANFORD PARLOR, N S. G. w.
Stanford Parlor had a very pleasant
meeting last Tuesday night and the pleas
ure was heightened for the large number
of members present by the friendly visit
of Grand Trustee Judge Fletcher A Cut
Ter Of Eureka, Humboldt County, a. stanch
! admirer Of Stanford. who during the even
ing gave one of his admirable and inter-
esting talks.
The parlor elected to membership H. NJ
| Owens, J. +. Nolan. d. q. Behlow and J.
r. Murphy, and at the next meeting, when
initiatory work is performed, these gen
tlemen will be taught the mysteries of the
order.
The members of this o. K. parlor have
for long time been preparing for the
1900 celebration, and they have discovered
that to make as great an event as that
will be a success the help of ladies is a
necessity. To secure their help in the
matter it has been decided to form an
auxiliary composed of the lady relatives
cial part of the affair. A committee Of the
most gallant members has been appointed
to arrange for this auxiliary.
During the evening Fred II. Jung sec
retary of the parlor, read an interesting
letter he received from Arthur H Gift
Mia. commissary sergeant of the First
Regiment Of California Volunteers in
which he returns thanks for the kindness
Of the parlor in its remembrance Of the
members who are in the service. He
gives a resume of the work Of the Cali
in the Malays and do not suppose that
they will ever forget their first battle with
the Americans; but we must put good
finish on what we have before us and in
still into their dull brains that they can
not bear arms against such q powerful
Relative to the climate he writes: THE
writing of letter is but short time to
bestow on those who have proved Sc kind.
yet this tropical climate seems to draw
all usefulness from one. / confess that
outside OF my official duties I have fos-