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Ladies Auxiliary.

At the April meeting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to California Commandery
No. 1, knights Templar, the following
named were elected officers for the cur
rent term: Mrs. William Crocker, pres
ident; Mrs. r. W. Neal. first, and Mrs.
p F. Ferguson, second vice president;
c. G. Gebhart, secretary; Mrs. Wal
ter Fletcher, assistant secretary;
Mrs. ]. B. Charleston, treasurer. After
the meeting the ladies were entertained
by the hostesses of the afternoon, Mes
DANES George Haas and j. p. Jaegling.
The following is the roster of the men,
bership of the auxiliary at this time:
Mrs. w. A. Atwood. Mrs. G. w.
Brown, Mrs William Crocker, Mrs. w.
F. Cordes, Mrs. B. Duncan, Mrs. Isaac
Grant, Mrs. T. L. Henderson, Mrs. A.
Huber, Mrs. w. r. Jones, Mrs. Anton
Kreig, Mrs. S. A. Mcdonnell, Mrs. C. c..
Morehouse, Mrs. G. H. Newman, Mrs.
T. p. Ross, Mrs George Seibe, Mrs. w.
w. Stocker, Mrs. G. w. Whitman, Mrs.
James Packer. Mrs. H. Harrington,
Mrs. H F. Barber, Mrs. w. C. Camp
bell, Mrs. S. A. Clarke, Mrs. II. Dam
kroeger, Mrs. P. F. Ferguson, Mrs. H.
T. Graves, Mrs. A. Hromada, Mrs. j. p.
Jaegling, Mrs. F. Johnson, Mrs. ]. F.
Logan, Mrs. ]. F. Mcintosh, Miss Eliz-
abeth Murray, Miss Eva Powell. Mrs.
j. w. Reiss, Mrs. r. w. Smith, Mrs. c..
w. Taber, Mrs. M. A. Wheaton, Mrs.
James Young. Mrs. G. w. Bennett,
Mrs. A. Nj. Cox, Mrs. J. B. Charleston,
Mrs. G. e. Dorm, Mrs. j. p. Fraser, Mrs.
E. w. Gates, Mrs. c. F. Humphrey,
Mrs. E. F. Joy, Mrs. William Koenig,
Mrs Julia Lowe, Mrs. c. N McJunken,
Mrs. E. j. Morsex, Mrs. j. l. Prior,
Mrs Valentine Schmidt, Mrs. W. f..
Stanford, Mrs. F. A. West. Mrs. James
Bocarde, Mrs F. Ladd, Mrs. T. J. Crow
ley, Mrs. c.. T. Cleve, Mrs. T. B. de
Witt, Mrs. w. K. Fletcher, Mrs. George
Haas, Mrs. e. P. Heald. Mrs. NJ. John
son, Mrs. Edward Koenig. Mrs. R. E.
Millar, Mrs. r. w. Neal, Mrs. r. l..
Radke, Mrs. j. F. Halloran.
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since then it has continued to grow,
until it now numbers over 27O. The
fraternal spirit he manifested in the
upbuilding of that grove has charac-
terized his work in the many other
organizations in which he holds mem
bership, such as the Foresters of Amer
ica Woodmen of the World, Compan-
ions of the Forest of America, Aus
trian Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton, the Austrian Benevolent Society,
Dalmatian Endowment Society, Young
Mems Catholic Union and d number of
other institutions
The third annual ball given by the
California district of the Independent
Order of odd Fellows, Manchester
Unity. in Union Square Hall on the
night of the first Tuesday in May, was
a great social success. the hall being
filled as it never was before. The
grand march, which ended with the
dancers, was led by Passed Provincial
Grand Master Frank Marini and Miss
Lille Wilcox, and Immediately follow
ing were Grand Master T. M. Miilar
and Mrs. Millar. The function was
admirably devised by the committee of
arrangements, composed of A. Lawson,
o. NJ. Jensen and F. Foppiano and well
carried out by the floor committee,
consisting Of Frank Marini. floor man
ager, and E. D. Farrell, j. Currie.
Frank Roberts. L. Ferari, A. Hageman,
J. E. Christie, w. s. Harmon, r. j.
Murden, H. z. Stebbins, W. ]. Law.
rance and c. A. Roberts, assistants.
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the expression of the hope that in 1906
many more, will enjoy another such
evening. The notices that were sent
out were in rhyme and not half bad
at that; but the author, who is a MEM
-ber of Dolores, was SO modest that he
would not allow his name to appear
under the lines. The menu was orna-
mented with a fine Photographic view
of the Mission Dolores Church.
The same evening Yerba Buena Par
lor celebrated it's nineteenth anniver-
sary by assembling at a banquet in the
same rotisserie and having jolly good
time. Charles Peery acted in the ca
pacity of toastmaster, and he lost no
time in having the following named to
respond to various sentiments he sug-
gested: j. T. Harms, w. G. Antono-
vich, DIR. Charles w. Decker. DIR. Hy-
denfelt, L. F. Byington, Joseph
Abrams, L. Aubert, M. Sheehan. ]. Nc
Glynn, Andrew Humphreys, William
OBrien. Charles Fredericks. S. B. Hob
son, George Lipmann, M. Davis. j.
Putchos, M. Keys, Herman Komma. D.
Suter, F. Kenney, F. Cavagnaro. j.
Cameron, Rolla Smith, G. A. Morgan
and M. Crittenden. Between toasts
there were vocal solos, glees and as
i one of the members expressed 1t. sing
ing by the crowd" At this function
Yerba Buena maintained its we'll
earned reputation for hospitality.
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Native Daughters.

Yosemite Parlor OF the Native
Daughters Of the Golden West will give
an entertainment and dance in Mission
Opera Hall on the night of May 9. An
unusuallye interesting programme will
be presented for the entertainment of
the audience
Grand President Caminetti was with
the parior in Santa Cruz last Monday:
on Tuesday she was with the parlor in
Salinas; on Wednesday with one IN San
Jose, on which visit she was accompa-
MED by Grand Secretary Frakes; on
Thursday she visited the parlor in San
Mateo, and on Friday she Was with
Las Tarrosas Parlor in this city.
Meta Kugler and Minnie Abrams
have been elected delegates to the
Grand Parlor to represent Keith ParIor.
Past Grand President Keith will ad-
dress this parlor on California mis-
sions tomorrow night.
Amapola Parlor had a celebration
last week in commemoration Of the
eleventh anniversary Of it's institution
into the order. There was a pleasing
programme of varied numbers. games
dancing and the serving of a collation.:
then followed dancing
The ball given by Calaveras ParIo,-
last week was well attended and proved
very enjoyable social function,
stssnass. rs'ss xss EIses!S sHisxfs & a sy ~ who
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BT E C TG-

grand matron and the grand patron.
who was also present. This was in the
presence of nearly 300 members of the
order. The work and speeches in the
upper hall were followed by a BAN
quet in the lower hail. The grand ma
tron and patron were each presented
a handsome souvenir, the joint gift
of the two chapters. The district dep
uty was also remembered in a token
of fraternal love by the chapters. Tho
music during the ceremony waE fcn-
dered by Mrs. Margaret Bsxss6ell OF
King Solomon Chapter and Mrs. L ~
Radke of Golden Gate Chaptsr. WIN
Miss Mabel Gordon as organists
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Manchester Unity.

At the recent session Of the Cali
fornia district Grand Lodge of the In
dependent Order Of Odd Fellows MAN
chester Unity, held in this CITY. stems
were taken 10 enlarge the scope of
this, the English order of Odd Eel
lowship on this coast. Those who have
taken an interest in bringing about
such result are Frank Marini. the
junior provincial past grand master.
and Thomas w. Millar, the recently
elected grand master. Mr.. Marini. fhe
junior grand master. has been q MEM
Der OF the order for twelve years. be-
ing charter member of Loyal Golden
Gate Lodge. He has filed ali the
chairs in the subordinate lodge and
has filed all of the principal chairs in
the district Grand Lodge. As a fra
ternal man he has made a good rec
ord; for twenty years he has been the
treasurer Of San Francisco Parlor OF
the Native Sons Of the Golden West:
he belongs to the Manzanita Grove OF
the Druids. When he assumed the
chair of noble arch in that body there
were but twelve members and the
grove was about to surrender its char
ter when he started on his own ac-
count, and before three months he,
through his personal efforts, increased
tia membership to more than 100 and
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knights of Pythiaa.

The degree team OF Eureka Lodge Of
the Knights of Pythias on the third
Saturday in April conferred the knight
rank of the order in long form on a
class Of esquires for Tamalpais Lodge
of San Rafael
There was a large attendance OF the
friends Of Zerin Kapi Temple Of the
Dramatic Order knights OF Khoras-
san last week on the occasion Of the
minstrel show given by members OF the
temple in the Alhambra Theater. The
programme was a pleasing one. the
singing was good gand the specialties
were provocative of much laughter.
The closing number was a farce pre-
sented by students OF the Gerson School
Of Acting. c. s. Hoffman proved an
excellent musical director. while d. v.
Gelder proved that he had missed his
vocation in not accepting the position
OF interlocutor with professional COM
pany. The bones were Charles Dom
nelly, Ed Healey, Tom Nerney and
Harry Gelder, while the "tambo-
shakers" were Phil CulIum. Joe Basch.
Dan Saylor and Sam Glider. Members
Of the Knickerbocker Quartet rendered
several vocal solos
During the early part OF April a new
lodge of the knights OF Pythias was
instituted at Fort Bragg by James A.
Joyce of Willis. c. w. Nero is the
chancellor and George d. Kraft keeper
of records and seal.
Grand Keeper Of Records and Seals
III. Schaffner returned last week from
San Luis Obispo, where he went to
make arrangements for the meeting OF
the Grand Lodge there on May Is.
While south he visited the lodges in
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara
counties and also visited the companies
Of the uniform rank at Rio Grande,
Santa Maria and Lompoc.
During the convention Of the Grand
Lodge in San Luis Obispo the ID. o.
K. K will hold ceremonial session.
The team OF California Lodge went To
San Francisco. south. recently and con-
ferred one OF the rank In long form for
South San Francisco Lodge. M. Ia
Short. grand prelate. was present.
The X. o. p. Hall Association has
purchased a lot on the southeast cor
ner OF Hermann and Valencia streets.
fronting so feet on the last named
street and will in due time erect a
Pythian castle on the site.
Bay City Lodge has taken head
quarters in the Pioneer building.
On the last Wednesday in April Ivan,
hoe Lodge gave dance in the assem-
bly, hall Of the Red Mems building,
which was a most enjoyable affair.
There was an unusually we'll ARRANGED
programme OF dances and good music
to dance by.
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grove with twenty-four charter mem

grove with twenty -four charter men,
bers
On the evening of the last Monday in
April Old Friends Circle of the
Druidesses was visited by Grand Arch
Druidess Olga Heiden, who was ac-
companied by Frances j. Williams. p.
G. A. D.: Maria Bammann. G. s. B.:
Maria Molinari, G.. T.; Augusta Thorn
hill, G. s.; Ramona McManus. grand
trustee, and representatives from
Boadicea, El Dorado. Cypress. Column
bia, Pacific and Germania circles.
The visitors were cordially welcomed
by Arch Druidess Lewis, and during the
evening the circle exemplified the man
ner of balloting. also the initiatory
work. While the officers had not
memorized the charges, they read them
in very impressive way. There were
addresses by the grand officers and a
number of the visitors. after which
there was a collation. in the banquet
/ hall.
The following Friday the grand Of
f1cers and representatives from all of
the local circles paid the last Of the
official visits of the term to FL Dorado
Circle. The hall. in Shieis building.
was prettily decorated with beautiful
flowers and the officers were received
with grand honors. After they had
,, been given an idea of the way in which
the circle conducts its business there
was a double initiation with the as
sistance of seven beautiful young
ladies who form the points of the
Druidic star. The ceremony was con-
Quoted without book or flaw. and was
highly commended by the visitors
There were short addresses by the
grand officers and by Deputy Noble
Grand Arch w. G. Antonovich, after
which Supreme Arch James +. Mar
| tinoni. member OF the circle, present
ed on behalf of that body a handsome
oxidized silver parlor lamp to the
grand arch druidess as token of ap-
probation OF the work she has done
during the term which Is drawing to a
close, after which he presented a sill
yer cake knife to Grand Secretary Mrs.
Thornhill. The presentations were fol-
lowed by a collation. in an adjoining
hail.
Last week the grand officers in
stalled the officers of Cypress Circle at
Colma and those of Germaniaf Circle
in this city.
Noble Grand Arch de Leigh visited
the grove at Merced and the one at
Modesto, and on May IL he will close
the official visits of the term by calling
on North End Grove in this city.
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Native Sons.

Pacific Parlor's vaudeville entertain
ment, given the latter part of last
week in Native Sons Hall in aid of the
fund that is being raised to carry on
the celebration of Admission day in
Sacramento, was attended by a large
number of persons, and it was sue
cess in every way. The following was
the programme that was presented:
Musical selection, Foley's orchestra;
lncnologue, William Dahl soprano
solo. Miss Lillian Byrns; tenor solo,
William Baudoin: recitation, Miss
Marie Kenny (of the Marie Kenny Dra-
matte Club; barytone solo, Oscar s.
Frank; piano solo, Miss May Stein;
vocal solo, selected, Marie Drobaz Nc
Glade; selections on an ivy leaf. John
f. Geary; bass solo, DR.. T. A.
Rottanai; specialties, Baby Helen
Nelson blindness of the Baldwin The
aterl: mandolin selections, Graeber
Mandolin Club. Miss May Stein, ac-
companist.
Dolores Parlor, N S. G. W., on the
last Saturday in April gave its fifth
anniversary banquet in prominent
rotisserie, and It was one of the most
pleasant gatherings that has ever been
held under the auspices of this very
active and most congenial parlor. There
were present as special guests James
L. Gallagher, grand president of the
order. and E. C. Stock After an ex-
cellent menu had been discussed the
following regular toasts were respond
ed to on invitation of Henry j. Ma
honey, the toastmaster: THE Ami
versary," Louis Ferrari: Our Grand
President" James L. Gallagher; Cal
ifornia," John r. Graves: 'aThe Grand
Parlor, Thomas e. Curran; "San Fran
cisco" Fred A. Christensen: Dolores
Parlcr," Harrison Fl. Keene: THE Ma
tiyes," John M. Lettich; Sacramento
Celebration" George w. Gerhard;
Our Absent Brothers, Frank ].
Atkinson; The Ladies'" Ed Salter.
Others who were called upto to speak
were ]. w. Hagen, who told of the
seawall; J. A. zolliver. A. Goldstein, w.
Goldstein. M Goldstetp. j. Kamna. A.
L. Gerhard, G. Schefbe, j. Guilfoyle
Grover Grady and w. w. Eccles. The
reunion was brought to-a close with
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Rathbone Sisters.

During the latter part of April there
have been several district conventions
OF temples Of the Rathbone Sisters. At
the meeting Of District II, composed
OF Purity. Fidelity. Corona, Pythian,
Long Beach. Los Angeles and Snow
drop temples. held in Los Angeles.
Grand Chief Bette C. Nickel presid-
ed During the day a hot lunch was
served to us members, Mrs. Mary Liv-
ingston being in charge of that func-
ton At the close Of the convention
the roster showed that there were pres
ent during the session 243 members.
representing thirty-four temples locat-
ed in twelve different States. In the
evening class OF fifty was initiated
There was a meeting of District No.
8, which includes San Francisco, Gold
en- Gate and Eschscholtzia temples OF
San Francisco and Cardinal OF Palo
Alto This was in the assembly hall of
the Red Mems building and II was well
attended A great many matters were
brought up and discussed that were for
the good of the order.
A like convention was held by Dis
trict No. in Oakland in the latter
part OF April. At this Calanthe, East
Oakland and Loyal temples were rep
Supreme Representative Elizabeth
Brown of Revelstoke, who has been
visiting this State for health and rec
reation, has visited all OF the local
circles
Supreme Chief Lydia Monroe has
been In Washington. ID. c.. attending
the National Council Of Women. with
which the order of Rathbone Sisters Is
sentative Of the order at the conven-
ton.
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DruidiSrn.

In the last ten days the grand of
f1cers of the Ancient Order of Druids
were kept quite busy. An English
speaking grove. christened Golden. was
instituted by Noble Grand Arch de
Leigh, Grand Secretary Martinoni,
Grand Treasurer Gallagher and a dele
CATION from the grove In Colma.
subsequently Grand Secretary Mar
tinoni and District Deputy Imwall,
members of Monte Verde Grove, In
stituted new grove in South San
Francisco to work in the Italian
language.
In the absence of the noble grand
arch, Grand Secretary James F. Mar
tinoni paid the official visit to Pacific
Grove last week. He was accompanied
on that occasion by Grand Trustee
Giovanni and DIR. de Bruyne.
Columbia Groves degree team visit
ed Concorda last week and 1t conferred
the ovate's degree on a class Of twenty
candidates.
A new grove of the order was insti-
tuted at Mountain View last week with
q good membership. Another will be
instituted at Rodeo. Contra Costa
County. to-day.
On the fourth Sunday in April, Grand
Secretary Martinoni. acting for the
noble grand arch, visited Point Rich
mond, accompanied by Grand Trustee
Giovanni. and Past Arches Fabbry,
Conrad and ]. NJ. Wolff went to Point
Richmond and Observation-Disclosures
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The Americans.

speaker of the senate of the Order of
the Americans, will make official vis-
itations TO assemblies of the order as
follows during May: To California, I'd
Washington, 5th; San Jose, sth; Oak
land. 18th; Lincoln. 18th; Escaion,> 18th;
OakdaIe. 18th; Sacramento, 18th, and
Stockton, 29th. All of the assemblies
have, since organization, been acting
under dispeNsation, and on the occa-
sion of each of these visits each assem-
bly, will receive it's charter. NJ L. de
Hadley. president of the Senate, and
Director General Henry Clay Lewis
win accompany the speaker.
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Order B'nai Birth.

A few evenings since Grand Presi-
dent Hugo K. Asher, accompanied by
Vice President Sloss. visited Colum bia
Lodge of the I. o. B. B. and present.
ed to Simon Hochstadter, one of its
members, set of engrossed resolu-
tions from the Grand Lodge expressive
of appreciation of his services as one
of the trustees of that body for ten
consecutive years.
The Rev. Mr.. Kaplan, rabbi of the
Bush street synagogue. lectured May
before Columbia Lodge on The
Patriotism of the American Jew
Tomorrow evening the Bachelors
Club. composed of members of
Columbia Lodge. will give q whist
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Knights and Ladies.

Grand Protector d. ]. Gairaud of
San Jose, who was recently elected
the head of the Grand Lodge of the
Knights and Ladies of Honor of this
State, is a we'll known citizen of that
city, having for many years been con-
nected with one of the newspapers
there. He is at this time preparing
plan of campaign to enable the
members of the different lodges to
carry On the work of extension in a
comprehensive manner
, Aurora Lodge at its first meeting in
May received several petitions for
membership.
Grand Secretary Outflow is arrane-
ing an itinerary of official visits to the
lodges in San Francisco.
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Fraternal Brotherhood.

There were q number OF the members
of Progress Lodge of the Fraternal
Brotherhood who. on the last Thurs
day in April, with the assistance Of
Henry W. Osthoff, the funmaker Of the
Odd Fellows, and members of his min
strel troupe. bloomed out as minstrels
in Lyric Hall and succeeded in pro-
ducing many laughs. This lodge is al
ways presenting novelties in the enter
tainment line and last week it did not
fall behind its former efforts to please
The affair was managed by the fol-
lowing named: Floor manager, Ed
Suter; assistant, George w. POLLS;
floor committee, E. II. Green (presi-
dent), j. r. McLaren, w. B. Curtis. A.
l.. White. w. ]. Breitenstein, AL Hol-
lingsworth, G. A. Tyrrel; reception
committee, Mrs. A. B. Hubbell, Mrs
E. H. Green. Mrs. G. Miller. Mrs. F.
e. Pearson, Mrs. William H Clough,
Miss L. Barry. Miss L. H. Hippen. Miss
M. F. Kavanagh, Miss e. M. Phillips,
Miss T. steinauer. These were assist
ed by DIR. G. A. Hubbell and C. s.
Thayer
There was a great number Of peo-
PIE III the main Hdii Oh MISSION opera
Hall on the night of the first Tues
day in May to see select number of
the members of Mission Lodge put on
"Hilario Jocundi," mock initiation.
II was a clear case OF from the sub
lime to the ridiculous" but it made
the audience laugh heartily and that
was what the lodge committee wanted.
The following named took part in the
affair: Mrs. Lille A. Dygert, Misses
Buchanan and Schreiber, Mesdames
Austin, Burkhardt. Hornbeck, Strick-
land, Clark. Millard and Ricketts,, and
Messrs. Austin, Dygert. Burkhardt,
RcssI, Lanthier, Green, Millard, Horn
beck, Russell and Gregory. Thad Barr
was the candidate, AN dey didn't do a
ting to him." The initiation was fol-
lowed by dancing for two hours.
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Ancient Order Foresters.

The entertainment given by Loyal
Circle of the Companions of the For
est in Steinway Hall last week was a
very pleasing affair that had been ar
ranged by Miss Tryphefa Lilac Prit-
chard, assisted by Mrs. l.. Pritchard,
Mrs. NJ. Large. Mrs r. Ebbett and
H. w. Pritchard. The entertainment
was followed by dancing. Miss Cora
I.insIey being the floor manager. The
following were the events of the even
ing: Overture. Foresters' juvenile
band; tumbling. members of Olympic
Club; solo, F. Marion Vecki boxing,
members of Olympic Club; recitation,
Miss Eva Winkelman; wrestling.
members of Olympic Club; cornet
solo. William Falconer; fencing. MEM
hers of the Olympic Club; recitation,
Miss Tryphena Pritchard; living pic
lures, members of Olympic Club. The
athletic feats were under the direction
of Leader John ]. Gleason.
The recitations by Miss Pritchard
were strong elocutionary efforts.
which were deservedly applauded. The
Juvenile Foresters' Band furnished
the music during the evening.
An interesting event of the past
week was the banquet rendered by Ar
tennis Circle to Supreme Grand Chief
Companion Mrs. Jennie Berger and
her staff of supreme grand officers in
the banquet hall of the Shiels build
ing, which was tastefully decorated in
white and green, with liberal display
of choice flowers. There were sew
enty-five present. Chief Companion
Mrs. Trimble presided as toast mis-
tress. After the repast there was an
hour of music, songs and recitations,
those contributing being Mrs. Finran,
H. Emmens, Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs.
Fitzsimmons. Miss May Falconer and
Mrs. W. D. Clark. There were ad-
dresses by the head of the order, and
then the presentation to her of an oil
painting as token of appreciation of
the good work she has done for the
order during her term. Then followed
the presentation of a souvenir cup
and saucer to each of the other ac-
compsnying officers, the presentations
being by Mrs. Trimble and Mrs. w. D.
Clark. The affair was brought to a
close by all singing THE Star-Span-
gied Banner"
Court Star of the Mission, of which
John H. Wurthman is the chief ran
ger, and Sherwood Circle of the Com
panions will give a fancy dress ball in
Mission Turn Verein Hall May 1s
These two organizations have for a
number of years past given joint en-
tertainments of this character, and
they have always proved enjoyable
for all participants.