Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-21
CLUB is
AGAIN AT TRICKS

HyHE gloomy old assembly room OF the
central police station was veritable
Il bower of beauty last night when
Lieutenant Charles Dixon called the police
branch of the Anapias club to order for
the first meeting, which has been held
for a month.
1t was ladies' night and in honor of
their guests the big room had been taste
fully and beautifully decorated. Under
the able direction of Jailer John McCauley
and Eddie King the fat and Stats OF the
decorating committee, the barn-like place
blcssomed as the ball room of the Alex
andria.
Long. graceful festoons of kelp hung
from the center chandelier and were
caught up in each corner with fish net
ting Crossed rods and reels decorated
the walls and the lines extending in all
directions had small middle-sized ana
large papier mache fish hooked onto tnem
Willow creels and tin bait boxes placed
at convenient points contained bonbons,
chewing gum, cigars and cigarettes, while
two great cauldrons, modelled especially
for the occasion in perfect imitation or
the gasoline launch Little Eva were filled
with clam chowder. Soup plates were
made of abalone shells Crackers fash
ioned in the shape of fish were heaped
up on paper punts. Another original
conceit was salt and pepper holders, mod
eled after the ordinary two-bit TASKS.
In one corner of the room fish pond
in shape of the big crescent bay at Ava
lon was built. A pebbly beach ran back
from the edge. In the pond swan blue
smelt sardines, small corbina, BABY
mackerel and pompano.
Fishing rods no larger than darning
needle made of small brass tubing, with
apologies to the Bristol rod people.
equipped with solid silver reels In minia-
ture, fashioned by a leading 1eweler ana
wound with number 12O silk thread with
the smallest hooks made and leaders OF
surgical catgut were obtainable at a
booth over which a sign in rude charac-
ters announced bait and tackle for hire
Have Fancy Feed
/ On the little beach camp fires were ar
ranged and after the merry anglers nao
caught the little fish out of the pond
they were cooked over the baby hres.
Smelt and corbina were fried IN the TIM
est of pans in butter; sardines were
dipped in small pots of boiling olive OIL
and pompano were broiled over bits Oh
burning charcoal
The souvenirs of the occasion were
small Tyres made of green sea Weeu
with the strings of nine-strand line.
| 1t was a great night and in his opening
| address the chairman explained that be-
cause of his absence in the great Eel
river fishing country and the tremendous
| pressure of business since his return the
| regular meetings of the club nad peen
postponed from time to time
| But now," he said, as with glance
| of pride he looked over the happy as
| semblage. I'VE are all here and we have
with us as honored guests tonight the
| ladies: let's have the best time OF our
| lives and send this meeting down In MS
| tory as the greatest of the honorable ana
| ancient order of which we are all proud
| to be members.
| "As Exalted Ananias of the order and
in the absence of Supreme Grand Ananias
| Kern 1 will call upon the Past Grand
Champion Prevaricator to take the chalr
and preside over the obsequies which are
about to take place"
With becoming blush and in his usual
modest manner Capt. 7. H. Broadhead
ascended the dais and in few choice
words thanked the members of the club
for the honor conferred upon him and
Second Assistant Gaff Wielder Harry
White was appointed master of cere-
monies and grand chief bearer or the
soup dipper.
The committee of award on prizes was
then appointed and the P. 6. c. r. an
nounced that the program of the even
ing would commence without any fur-
ther ceremony 81 desire to announce,
however, that the championship contests
of the evening are to be confined to the
lady guests exclusively, and any member
who attempts to break the regular order
by attempting to inject any personal
"reminiscences of his own will be promptly
elected from the hall by Cnlet WOODEN
Shoe Wearer Haupt.
There were a large number OF ladles
present, nearly all of whom were on
fishing trips with their husbands during
the summer season and each OF whom
had some delightful experience to relate
of the outings. Mrs. Thomas Broadhead,
Mrs. Charles Dixon, Mrs. Harry White,
Mrs R. S. Haupt, Mrs. Lee Heath, Mrs.
William Murray, Mrs. Edward Kern and
a large number of others were present
and lent to the occasion more than
gala appearance.
Contest for Medals
After the clam chowder, the hot fish,
the candied sharp fins, the sardine and
anchoyy sandwiches, the iron brew and
other refreshments had been disposed of
and the men folks were comfortably dis
posed with pipes, cigars and cigarettes
and the ladies with bon bons and picnic
lemonade the contest for the medals to
be awarded during the evening was be-
, gun.
The committee on award announced that
a
medal of special desisl. was to be dis
posed of and twenty consolation prizes
marked down from championship prices
would also be given.
Mrs. Harry White, who was the only
lady present who had had the honor of
| capturing a Catalina button, easily took
| the first champion medal for the interest
ing and frank manner in which she re-
lated how she had received that valuable
trophy. Mrs. r. S. Haupt went away
with the second championship medal as
easily as 100 tarpon would dispose of
single gut leader, and the consolation
prizes were distributed among the other
ladies' with an impartiality that won moth
ing but smiles for the award committee
The space permitted for the recording
of the "doings of the Ananias club will
not permit the telling of more than the
championship stories, but 1t may as well
be stated that all the rest of the stories
were we'll worth while. and some time