Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-24
BROTHERHOOD
AMERICAN YEOMEN


vlFg infant son Of Carl F. Horn.
wv the popular one man or
v chestra. While the cere-
mony was impressive and
of a religious nature, there were many
who attended out of curiosity and other
reasons. On account of the baby feel
ing a little indisposed, his royal high
ness, with his retinue of servants. did
not put in an appearance until after
9 o'clock. H. A. Miller, Pacific coast
manager for the Yeomen, and better
known as that right" man, gave the
opening address. Winifred B. Rogers
was the godmother and l.. NJ. Meyers
the godfather. DIR. H. F. True was
master of ceremonies, performed the
religious rites and service and made
the presentation of the ring Wn1cn
Ivanhoe homestead had purchased for
the little fellow. The ring was a beau
tiful gold ring set with turquoise, anq
had the name of Ivanhoe Lynn Horn
inscribed therein. Dr. H. B. Montgom-
cry gave a gold emblem with a bow
and arrow inscribed therein, and Ivan
hoe jr., was the recipient of many
other valuable and useful presents Dr.
True, in his remarks, went back 10
the time of Richard the Third, and In
detail related the customs of the Eng
| lish at that time and what 1t meant
to be a Yeoman. Gustave Horns or
chestra of ten pieces furnished music
for the occasion and after the chris
| tening ceremonies all present engaged
| in dancing, and many danced until
lights OUT at midnight.
| The long loked for banquet will take
place tomorrow night at Levy's cafe,
at o'clock sharp. Take side entrance
/ on Third street and go to third floor;
There will be at least 300 who VIII
participate. Besides Ivanhoe, Poinset-
tia and Long Beach homesteads Will
be we'll represented. This banquet
ends a highly successful membership
contest and those who are entitlea 10
banquet are those who brought IN
a new member or was the new mem
Der brought Those who were not for
| tunate enough to secure new mem
Der can obtain a ticket by applying
to H. A. Miller for same. A snort
program and musicale will be rendered.
! The one hundred membership contest
Ia now on and it is predicted that the
number will be secured without much
| difficulty. The war of the roses (con-
test) which is now on between the req
and white, promises to lend enthusiasm
to the contest. l.. A. Price is captain
of the whites and Arthur Blowers VIII
lead the reds.
The vaudeville and dance to be given
by Iyanhoe homestead Wednesday,
lime 3, at Alhambra hall, Fraternal
brotherhood building, will be the great
est event in the history OF local Yeo-
many. Those who participate VIII De
up-to-date acors, etc. Horns orches-
ira will furnish music.
Pojnsettia homestead No. 1735 held us
l,"Missouri hoe down" at Mammoth hall,
XII South Broadway, on last Thursday
evening. 1t was a genuine old noe
down in every sense of the word. All
the old farmers for miles around came
| in with all their neighbors and their
| friends. Nearly 200 were present and
| the evening was certainly one enjoyed
by all. The farmer makeups were very
clever and many went to considerable
expense. Some very unique prizes were
| given the best farmer costumes, among
which was a live rooster, which was
awarded Farmer Oliver X. White, and
the live hen was given to Becca White
| One dozen of eggs were given to Mrs
| E. L. Brown.
| There were ten prizes in all given,
including a hoe, broom, pound of but
| ter and four free memberships to the
| Yeomen.
The evenings entertainment was a
great success in every way. The home
stead cleared over $50. Quite few new
applications were secured. Poinsettia
homestead will give some of her sister
homesteads a good, big run this quar-
ter for the state prize banner N. w.
Ferguson is the newly-elected honor
able foreman. Mr.. Ferguson is hust-
Ter and will keep things moving at a
rapid pace from now on. Poinsettia
homestead will soon have 100 members.
which Is not SO bad for a homestead
that has been instituted since the first
of the year.
The next open meeting given by Poin-
settia homestead will be on June 4, at
which time a drama will be presented
entitled Pumpkin Valley" Lady
Rowena Mrs. Brown will have charge,
assisted by a good. strong committee.
After the drama is presented dancing
will be the order of the evening.
There will be about fifty of the Pom
settia members who have secured
tickets for the banquet to be held
at Levy's tomorrow evening.
Los Angeles homestead No. CAT held
it's regular business meeting on Satur-
day evening, May 15, and plans were
outlined for big membership cam
paign. District Manager Merryman of
Kansas City was present and gave the
members a good talk on Yeomanry.
While the other homesteads of the city
have been boosting hard for the state
prize banner, Los Angeles homestead
promises to put up good, big fight to
secure 1t for the present quarter.
California homestead No. 1748 held it's
regular open meeting in Maple hall
Friday, May IA, which was we'll at
tended and a very pleasant evening
spent in dancing. California homestead
has taken on new life and promises
quite an increase in it's membership
during the state banner contest. Lady
Rowena Mrs. T. NJ Gray will soon re-
turn from her trip. which she has been
spending in San Francisco. The next
open meeting will be held Friday May
20. Whist and dancing will be the
principal features of the evening.