Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12

hLmsey; first vice presi
dent, Viola House; second vice president
Berenice Glucing; prelate, Clara M
Brown; corresponding secretary, ii. T..
Walters; financial secretary, M. ]. Quinn,
guard Stedley Lockard; sentinel, Harry
Prince; trustees, Charles T. MCGOWAN,
John Taylor and c. T. Tews. Follow
ing the installation, which was public,
the following program was given: Solo,
Miss May Fry; instrumental solo, Liza
beth Dumetry; recitation, Lena Gooding;
solo, Mrs. A. Nicholson; piano solo, Mrs
Anna Weinhagen. After the conclusion
of the program the floor was cleared for
action" and the knights quickly Sc
cured their ladies and off they sped to
the strains of the orchestra, while others
put in their time at the whist tables
There were several nice prizes given.
and, of course, a booby-and, by the way,
1t was a baby rattle-and a six foot three
knight received it for his delicate play
ing and good judgment In the manipula
ton of cards. He seemed quite grateful
for the honor conferred upon him and
said that he would surely keep 1t in the
family as 1t might come in handy, for
this being leap year don't you know,
he still had hopes of becoming a bene
dick. The entertainment committee for
January Will be Miss George Goodins,
chairman; Mesdames r. d. Glucing, Ira
Gooding, William Gooding. Miss Juanita
Gooding, Mr.. Gilbert and K. d. Glue
ing Angelina council has been in
existence only a few months, but has
certainly made a record for itself. l.
can boast of about 10 members and by
January, 1909. expects to reach lie $50
mark.
Mr.. Charles MCGOWAN is the proud pos
SCISSOR of a beautiful gold watch. a gift
from the national council, in recognition
of his ability, zeal and the good work
that he has done for the order.
Hereafter Angelina council will meat
every Wednesday evening at the W. D
w. hall.
Los Angeles council No. 1877. X. L. of
S., gave a masquerade ball and whist
party at Blanchard hall Thursday even
ing, January 9, and it was a complete
success. Elegant prizes were given to
the most comical costumes and char
acters. Mrs. Reaves received first ladies'
prize as the peasant vegetable vendor,
while Capt. Miller and his right hand
bower received first gents prize, repre-
senting the Dutch comedians. 'Kolb and
Bill" 1t is very seldom that one sees
a better mask affair than this. There
were queens of all descriptions-quee
of hearts. night, day, flower, snow and
gypSy; there was a SiX-foot little girl,
with her short frocks, doll and jumping
rope. and the curly locks hanging down
her back: there were cowboys, cowboy
girls, rough riders, soldiers, Indian
scouts and Indian maidens. firemen, street
car conductors and motormen; there were
farmers and hayseeds. jockeys. female
impersonator. Irish Molly. clerical gem
tlemen from way down south; also negro
mammes. Solomon, the Jew the three
ball juggler in his 10 per cent stunt; Ikey
the junk peddler and bottle dealer; God
dess of Liberty. Weary Wille,' the
knight of the road. Sherlock Holmes. the
great detective. and last, but not least.
the court jester. in attendance on his
majesty the king, Doolittle III. and his
court. The large hall was filled to its
capacity and it would have been diff
cult to have handled any more merry
makers
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Foss won the first
4 prizes in the whist game. When it comes
to whist playing Mrs. Foss is generally
''fosst" in prize winning
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The military club of the Knights and
Ladies of Security hell their monthly
business meeting at the residence of
Lieut.. Mrs. Sebastian Monday evening.
January s. after which a dainty lunch
was spread and card playing was then
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