Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-26

lOneu christmas C6leDra-
tion, with doughnuts and apple cider
to top the evening off for a country
Christmas. Jack Thorne acted In the
| capacity of old Santa" and right well
| did he perform the various functions
ordinarily performed by well-regu-
lated old elf. His whIskers were as
long as the yuletide log burned back
east, and his laugh was loud and
merry. Before the presents were given
out musical and oratorical program
was rendered in a very creditable man
ner. All that took part were accorded
vociferous applause.
The tree was one OF the largest that
could be procured, and its top brushed
against the ceiling of Mammoth hall,
where the Yeomen meet. From limb
to limb the tree was twelve feet in
width. The toys that were loaded
upon the tree and piled beneath its
branches were varied and numerous.
After the presents were all distrib-
uted dancing was INDUCED in until
midnight.
California Pacific will hold a regu-
lar business meeting next Wednesday
evening and the "steenth' degree will
be inflicted upon large class OF can
didates. All visiting Yeornen are cor
daily invited to attend.
Last Sunday California-Pacific ball
team. which is in first place in the City
| league played at Thirty-eighth and
Alameda last Sunday and took a good
walloping from the Wieland bunch of
swat artists. The score stood to 6.
The following was the lineup: Yeo-
mon: Braue. left fielder; Sheidecker,
shortstop; Nordquist, second base;
Sankey, catcher; Pratt, center fielder;
Archer, first base; Augustus. right
| fielder; Marr, third base; Grove, pitch
er. Wielands: Tate, center fielder;
Wideman. first base; Hartenstein,
Hartenstein, shortstop; Twombly,
third base; Acuna, pitcher; CallahanA 4
lenes, right fielder; Collins, left fielder
Poinsettia Homestead held a regular
| business meeting Thursday evening"
| Two applications for membership were
read and two women adopted intol
the order. Several other candidate
were to have been present, but werdi
deferred owing to the near approac
Of Christmas. Next Thursday evern
| ing Poinsettia will give one of it's ceie|
ebrated masquerade balls. There wi
be a large number present as usua
The last masquerade was such
| great success that Lady Rowena, Mr.
| Ferguson, decided to repeat the affa
Los Angeles-Ivanhoe homestead ho+
been having good meetings lately a
has been adopting several new mel4
bers each week. Next Friday evs 81
ing this homestead will give a ball W
Mammoth hall IneTe Will De a III
time for all members and their frieT, u
Prosperity homestead meets eveAfq
two weeks at the Hollenbeck banque.
room, where a big feed Is enjoyed by
the members. They never meet but
to feast. This homestead is composed
strictly of business and professional
men. Only one man in each profession
or occupation can become a memberJ
Each member must boost for the ball
ance of the membership. A great deal
of good has been the result, and the
membership is steadily growing
Progressive homestead is taking on
a new lease of life and will likely be
heard from in the near future.
Heliotrope homestead has been maxi
ing arrangements to put on some new
members this winter
The homestead at Garvanza is ae-
| tive and the members are always look
ing out for good prospective members.
They enjoy the "big feed" at GarvanzaI
pretty regularly.
H. A. Miller, coast manager is per-
| fecting arrangements for the equipping
and launching of the finest degree
| team in Los Angeles. It will be COM
| posed of sixteen women. He will put
on the work at various places as cir-f
cumstances demand.
| Early in the coming year all of the
homesteads will be installing officers,
and good times will be enjoyed by thee
members. There will be banquets andv
] dances galore.