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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-02
No. 50 REGA|NS
FIRST PLACE IN
BEAUTY CONTEST
Over 5000 Coupons Placed to
Her Credit Yesterday-No.
s. Is Second.
LAST COUPON FEB. 10.
No Ballots Will Be Received
By Evening World After
Noon on Feb. 20.
LAST COUPON FEB. 10.

The Charles Frohman American
Beauty contest Is attracting the atten.
ton OF additional thousands OF Evening
World readers daily, and the battle to
win one OF the twelve places in the
Forthcoming production of THE Dollar
Princess Is becoming moro and more
lively. The chance to secure such an
educat ional advantage as Mr.. Frohman
win provide, in his course of stage train
INK for the lucky candidates, is one not
to be overlooked. and there are about
Q hundred girls in New York whose
friends are plllng up the votes to secure
the prizes.
Beauty No 50 Is once more In the
lead. having jumped TO the position
since yesterday, because Of batch of
over 5000 coupons sent in TO her credit.
This gives her a substantial lead. and
her sisters, who are close on her heels.
will have to hustle to catch up. No. IS
b another who Is taking a steady climb,
q indicated by the following letter:
American Beauty Contest Editor:
Dear Sir The inclosed 1856 votes are
for Candidate No. IS. 1t is a col!ec-
ton made by the employees OF the Hud-
son County Institute at Snake Hill, n,
J., who have Endorsed this candidate
Very respectfully.
"R. F. PALMER,
'Supt. Power House
SNAKE Hill, n. j.. Feb. ], 1909"
How to Send In Votes.
Votes can be sent s!ngly or in pack
ages, as the candidate or voter prefers.
The Evening World lays down no rule
in the matter, except that the candi-
dates number mus, bs on each vote and
nil votes must be In this office By noon
Feb 20.
The voting coupon win be printed In
The Evening World on page Q every day
until Feb. Is.
The twelve girls who secure the
largest number Of votes will be handed
over to Charles Frohman, who, after
a term OF instruction In stage work, VIII
make them members OF the company
he will present In THE Dollar Princess
in this city next August. Each girl Will
be given years contract With MI
Frohman at s?5 week.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-02
WOMAN PUNCTURES
RIVAL $ BALL DRESS
Lets Air Out of "Gas' Co.'S
tune aIl Wins Vor-
wartz Prize.

There has been trouble al No rs
Columbus avenue ever since the meet.
ing o. the Vorwarts Association a. Mad.
lson Square Concert Hail Sunday night.
There are two stores at No, Is Co!um.
bus avenue. In one Joseph PLACER sells
cigars. In tho other Samuel Harris sells
clothes. There 10 nothing In common
between the two places. these days, OK
cep, hard looks and even harder lang
guage.
MIR. Harris went TO the Vorwarts Al.
ISOLATION ball alfred as The Gas
Trust" HIS costume was Largely made
up OF inflated bladders. There has been
bad blood between the Harris and
PLACER families for some time, The
errand boy In the Harris Establishment
was suborned by the Players and told
what Harris was going to wear Mrs.
PLACER designed a pretty little thing IN
the way OF costume and went as The
Gas Consumer Her clothes were
mostly hatpins.
Mrs. PLACER Won the Prize.
"Vorwarts" gave prize for the most
original and Ella borate costume. When
Mrs. Player got through humping into
MIR Harris NJ the ball her costume was
the one which won the prize. There was
very little OF Mr.. HarrIs's costume left.
Able" said Mr.. Harris, entering his
store yesterday, there Is one thing
hope you viii never speak to me about
or in this neighborhood. 1t is that
prize at the 'Norwarts masquerade
am never an anarchist again hate
all mask balls. And FOR those Players
those cigar makers, my contempt is
such could not deiile your pure young
ears with It,"
Came Through Partition.
A. this point Mr.. Player came through
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-02-02
Mrs. Placer Won the Prize.
Came Through Partition.

At this point Mr., PLACER came through
the wall paper partition between the
two shops and made valiant effort 10
remove the tailor's ears with q pair Of
shears. Jetta PLACER came through the
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
FRATERNAL AND SECRET SOCIETIES
ROYAL COURT

Los Angeles assembly,
~ No. 2, scored another dis
L-SE61AA tinct social success last
INANGETol Tuesday evening, the oc-
I $3.50 ! casion of its regular
monthly open meeting. The
hall was filled with the
MEMBERS and their friends. The pro-
gram arranged by the committee was
one of unusual interest and enjoyed by
the audience, as attested by the pro-
longed applause The program was as
follows: Reading, Miss E. b. Moore;
vocal solo, Miss Laurence; piano duet
Misses Joyce and Gibson; vocal solo,
Gertrude Hutton; piano duet, Misses
Robinson; coon songs and stories, w.
+. Beneke; whistling solo, Miss STAFF
ford, and readings by Mrs. Rule D.
Meeke. Dancing closed the evenings
entertainment, with cards in the par
lors The committee received a vote of
thanks from the assembly for the able
manner in which it had handled the en-
tertainment. The assembly is noted
Tor giving fine programs, but the one
last Tuesday was exceptionally good.
Pico assembly, No. 8, will hold it's
regular monthly open meeting on the
evening of April 26, and the following
committee has been appointed to at
tend to the details: Bruce Rice, chair
man; Ladies Winship, ISnuppenburg,
Gress, Thayer and Manley and Court
iers Sam ]. Chapel, jr., and Knuppen-
burg. An entertainment and dance will
be arranged, with cards in the parlors.
Further particulars will be given at q
later date.
The Iris club was entertained at the
home of Lady Talbot Winship, 735 East
Thirty-first street. Whist was played
for handsome prizes and dancing for
was extensively used in the decorations,
and the score cards for the whist and
dancing orders were hand decorated
with the club emblem. The club off,
GERS are much gratified with the man
ner in which the club is growing. and
are satisfied that by the season of
1901 it will be larger than any other
similar organization in the city.
The committee for the open meeting
for April in Los Angeles assembly, No.
2. has decided on Tuesday April 27, for
the date, and as the names of the COM
mitteemen are surety for success the
members and friends may look forward
to an evening of pleasure. Chas. G,
Holdridge, chairman, Ladies Gibson
and Whitaker and Courtiers Hicks and
Prosser will endeavor to uphold the
reputation of the assembly on the date
mentioned.
In reporting the program of the open
meeting of Assembly No. last Tues
day a clarinet solo by Courtier Prize
was inadvertently omitted: also selec-
tons by Lady Ramsay and Courtier
Prize. Apology is due, as the numbers
rendered were very pleasing.
Royal Chancellor Sam j. Chapel was
called on at the meeting in Garfield hall
to address the members and friends
gathered on fraternalism, and give one
of his noted extemporaneous talks on
that subject. The royal chancellor has
been invited to make the address on the
occasion of Pico assembly meeting,
April &c.
Chas. w Fleming, royal vice cham
cellor, has returned to Los Angeles af-
ter an extended visit to the east, and
members are looking forward to hear
ing him in the near future. Courtier
Fleming has delivered some of the best
written fraternal papers ever heard in
the Angel City.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04


The following Los Angeles delegates
have been elected:
Court Los Angeles No. 30-E. M.
Starr, U. G. Augustine and w. j.
Wolshe.
olive No. 39-Charles Wisebart.
Fremont No. 49-Philip Kohler.
Sunset No. 68-Peter Pironi.
Franchise No. 97-E. ernard, j. Des-
sens and F. Nogues.
Germania No. 111-Gus c. Zaiser.
Columbus No. 102-J. A. Bernal and
J. A. Domingo
Danta Olighiva No. 1S9-Morris Or
satti, L. Carbone and Mr.. Calendino.
The campaign in Court Los Angeles
for increase in membership is progress
ing satisfactorily and applications are
received every meeting night and in
citations accordingly. A material in
crease in membership and finances
were noted for the quarter just ended.
Court Franchise is gaining rapidly.
It's membership is secured from the
pick of the French colony and works
in the French language.
Court Fremont No. 49 is making
desperate efforts to come to the front
and prospects are encouraging.
The board of deputies is doing ex-
cellent work, and has just completed a
round of official visits to the several
courts of Los Angeles. The board
visited Santa Barbara March 10, where
il witnessed the initiation of a class of
1873 candidates.
Fremont Circle Companions of the
r. and A, has elected Mrs. Bertha
Locker and Mrs. Eleanor Curry as
delegates to the grand circle.
Miss Josie Freshman will represent
Union circle at the grand circle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

to hold his membership. He has held
many official honors in his well rounded
career.
E. e. Overholtzer, having been Sec
rotary of the Veteran Odd Fellows as
ISOLATION for eleven years, is one of the
big hustlers of the association and the
Order of Odd Fellows in general. He
is not one who stands strictly on pre-
else ceremony when there is anything
important requiring his attention, but
steps into the thickest of the commo-
ton and works his way out.
Mr.. Overholtzer first became a men,
Der of a lodge in Franklin Grove, ILL.,,
March l, 1873 He has been resident
of Los Angeles for twenty years He
is a charter member of Semi Tropic
lodge, Los Angeles, and has been its
secretary continuously the past ten
years
Louis Roeder treasurer of the Vet
eran Odd Fellows association, has
rounded out his long life of Odd Eel
lowship in a remarkable manner. His
perseverance and good nature have
brought him in contact with the many
conditions that have served him we'll
in surrounding the difficulties and
cleaning the enjoyments through life.
Mr.. Roeder has the distinction OF be-
ing one of the two only charter MEM
bers of the Veteran Odd Fellows asso-
citation remaining alive. The other
member is Adolph Franck, one of the
venerable gladiators in the good cause
of fraternity
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

n OUNDING out the, Twenty-Five
II. years of it's existence, the Vet
~ eran Odd Fellows association
marked the anniversary of the quarter
century in fitting manner last Thurs
day night. The members and their
friends, numbering about 500, assem-
bled at the Hamburger cafe, and par
ticipated in the pleasures OF banquet,
toasts and sociability
J. B. Ginther president of the Vet
eran Odd Fellows association, has
been one of the firm advocates of the
order of Odd Fellows the past twenty
five years He carries the honors as
president of the association with the
same fraternal motives that have char
his honest endeaVors all
through life.
Mr.. Ginther was initiated into the
Santa Rosa lodge, No. SO, Santa Rosa,
CAL, July 10, 1877. He was charter
member of Goodwill lodge, No. 329, Los
Angeles. which was instituted Septem-
Der II, 1885. He was the first noble
grand of the lodge.
w. Fl. Woodbridge, vice president OF
the Veteran Odd Fellows association,
comes in for his share of faithful ad-
herence to the Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows. While he does not cast
his lot with any local lodge, his record
shows that he was initiated into
lodge in Wakefield, Mass, many years
ago, and in later years Joined Charity
lodge in Stockton, where he continues
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

asserted that they pay no royalties to
George H. Broadhurst for so nearly in
fringing upon his copyright.
Tom Brantford, likewise on the bill.
initiates musical instruments, solo and
in concert. Franklin Ardell and his
company will offer a comedy sketch
entitled catastrophe" and 'the
great" Daily, the juggler. closes the
bill.
FISCHER'S-Fischer musical COM
edy company will make its farewell
appearance at the First street play
house this week in I'm Popyland," the
first production of Charles Alphin.
when he first took charge of the Fisch-
er productions.
Manager Fischer has sold out his en-
tire interests in the house which for
many years has borne his name, G. M.
Smith and G. " Warren having bought
the place for vaudeville uses.
.Poppyland" was staged as a final Of
fering by Papa Fischer in response to
popular demand of his patrons. The
piece is entirely the work of Producer
Alphin and abounds in original song
hits and good situations.
Ben t. Dillon, whose work as the
dope fiend' in the original production
was highly commended. will have the
role again, while Max Bloom will again
appear as Abe Rosinski. Tracy Nc
Dermott will take the part of DR.. Pest.
formerly taken by Aubrey Carr while
Nellie Montgomery will impersonate
Miss Gush, love sick maiden. Frank
Vack will again portray the French
count.
Charles Alphin's new song, 1.-THE Art
lists Model is to be interpolated, while
Dot Raymond's two song hits are 1.-THE
Way to Win Woman's Heart" which
she sings in a duet with dope Fiend'
Dillon, and II Want to Be Lovelorn
Juliet" Nellie Montgomery is fea-
tured IN "The Girl Worth the While,''
during which the chorus CARRIED as girls
Of every nation pass to and fro on the
stage. Bloom sings II Don't Want to
Be an Actor Any More" and Tracy
McDermott, 1.-THE Eminent Dr. Pest"
80
EMPIRE--This weeks bill at the
Empire will include Somers and Storke
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
NATIVE SONS OF GOLDEN
WEST

Los Angeles parlor No. as, Native
Sons of the Golden West, has elected
the following delegates to the grand
parlor. which convenes in Marysville
April 26: Eugene w. Biscailus, Bert
L. Farmer, John T. Newell and George
Burkhart.
Corona parlor No. 196 at it's regular
meeting held Wednesday evening,
March 81. elected delegates to the
grand parlor. After a lively contest,
Messrs. Arthur A. Schmidt and Peter
H. Muller were elected as delegates
and Messrs. Ed B. LOWE and Ira j.
Steinman as alternates.
After April Is, the five parlors will
meet in their new elegant quarters,
which are being fitted up in the new
Los Angeles Abstract company's build
ing, 325 South Hill street, having leas-
ed the entire third floor.
The parlors meet on all nights except
Saturdays. The Native Daughters
parlors meet in the afternoons weekly.
DR.. Wells, osteopath. 119M s. Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

hu+ an elaborate float depicting a
scene from the play of Damon and Py-
thias, and the members OF the Pytniah
Sisters in automobiles. AT meetlng
of the general committee TUESDAY
evening. fourteen of the seventeen
lodges of the county were represented,
and much enthusiasm. displayed. w.
G.. Wattles of Marathon-Los Angeles
lodge is chairman of the committee, "A.
H. s. Perkins of Miramonte lodge IS
secretary, and w. e. e. Sibertson OF
Mountain View lodge, Hollywood, is
treasurer At an adjourned meeting TO
be held on the evening of April IL SUD
committees will be appointed ana the
work of preparation pushed vigorously.
1t is not yet decided as to whether the
D. o. X. K. will participate.
Visitors at Marathon-Los Angeles
lodge were in evidence at last Tuesday
nights meeting, many states being rep
resented. Chancellor commanders OF
five knights of Pythias lodges of Los
Angeles county were present also, and
all received a cordial Pythian welcome
The occasion was one of special inter-
est because initiatory ceremonies were
held in the third rank, and in this work
Marathon lodge eXcelS, having proved
it's supremacy in the series of contests
instituted among ten leading lodges of
the county, which ended last year.
After the ceremonies the refreshment
committee of the lodge provided coffee,
tamales and other eatables. Speeches
and music followed and a season of
good fellowship prevailed. Marathon's
membership is near the 400 mark and
a good attendance is counted on every
Tuesday night.
A. F. Borden of Marathon lodge has
been receiving congratulations over his
marriage recently. Thinking to steal
a march on his friends, he slipped away
to San Bernardino to procure the IL
cense and have the knot tied before
taking the public into his confidence,
but was astonished to be called by
name and Informed of the nature Of
his business by the clerk to whom he
applied for the license, The landlord
of the Redlands hotel, where he went,
also greeted him cordially and offered
congratua lions because of his mar
riage, and, to cap the climax, on his
return his store was surprisingly dec
Grated Next time he says he won't
try to keep it a secret
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04
Photo by Mojonier.

laboring under the illusion that she is
in love. Between the putative hero and
the love lorn ladies many amusing stu
atoms are developed which should make
the bill very pleasing one. Will H.
Armstrong, as General Blowhard, has
a comedy role and a parody entitled
General Hanback,; John j. Martin as
August Winter, ST., will help along in
the laughs and a number, did He
RUM" Ben Sellar, as August Winters,
jr., recently with the Auditorium COM
pany, will sing what Makes the World
Go Round?" and Jack Curtis, as Push
Button, beliboy, will do some fancy
1.-THE Long Green" by Miss Lillian
Sutherland, ''The Tale of the Kanga-
roo" by Miss May Parker, and a quar-
tet BLEW, Blew, Blew" by Misses
Atkins and Sutherland and Messrs.
Armstrong and Sellers. Miss Atkins is
cast for a character role as Mrs. Ger
aldine West End, a widow who thinks
she is in love. The usual first-run mo-
ton pictures by the Uniquo-O -Scope
and illustrted songs by Miss Irene Earle
will open the program.
WALKER--Manager ]. Harry Pieper
of the Walker theater will present a
program Of skilled vaudeville acts next
week which are clean, clever and for
self-respecting men and women. Every
act at the Walker theater is a feature
this week. The bill is headed by Cum
mings Merley and company in an
amusing sketch full of action and novel
situations. The Fowlers, head bal
ancers and equilibrists, present a unique
act. Bessie Evans is a charming and
chic character coincidence who comes
from phenomenally successful season
in eastern cities. Robert Thomas Is a
card and coin manipulation.
The Mizumo troupe are Japanese
acrobats direct from the orient. and
appear for the first time in Los An
geles. AS special feature for Easter
week will be presented for the first time
in Los Angeles the song ''The Holy
CITY," illustrated by moving pictures.
Joseph Manley will sing a new illus
trated song entitled "Take Trip Down
to Luna with Me-"
DIR. Wells, Osteopath. 1921 s. Spring.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

~ ~
TNotsH& TEH Pasadena, will address a
%Q&3 great meeting for men
only in Blanchard hall at p. m. City
Organizer G. z. Stetch will preside.
The city camps have combined to ten
der reception to their leaders. A fine
program has been carefully arranged.
which will include a number of vaude-
vile acts from the city theaters.
Mr.. Boak is a pleasing and magnetic
speaker, and is considered one OF the
greatest leaders in fraternalism in the
vest He comes direct from Denver to
attend this meeting, and will pass one
week only in Southern California, Wis
iting the camps at Long Beach, Ana
helm, Whittier, Monrovia, ontario and
Imperial.
Great preparations have been made
to make this meeting the banner gath
ering of Woodcraft in this section, and
every Woodman is expected to be pres
ent and bring his friends.
G. E. Stetch, who is in charge of the
Los Angeles district, has been making
an effective campaign for new menu
bers, which will eliminate in NAM
moth initiation on Saturday evening,
May 1.
The general boosting committee met
with Vernon camp last Wednesday
evening, and reports from the various
subcommittee were very encouraging.
La Fiesta, Los Angeles, Eastlake, Free
camps all reported applications for
membership rolling in, and 1t is conf
IDENTIFY expected that a class of at least
500 candidates will be initiated, which
will far outshine any previous endeav-
ors in this section.
Neighbors Hamilton and Foley, re-
spectively chairman and secretary of
the general boosting committee, arc
working with tireless energy in arrang-
ing for the big meeting tomorrow
night. The organizers, assisted by the
united membership of the city, are
meeting with splendid success. bringing
into the order a very high PERSONAL of
membership.
La Fiesta camp held an enjoyable
meeting last Monday night and visit
ors were present from many points in
the jurisdiction. Los Angeles camp
Thursday night and received more on
which to work.
Fremont camp members were sur
prised last Tuesday evening. Their
clerk, A. F. Borden, being under
charges, the crime that of getting mar
ried. A jury found him guilty, with ex-
tenuating circumstances. and present.
ed him with a set of silver as a token
of the esteem in which he is held
David camp is always doing some-
thing. It's mock trial last week proved
such a success it has another scheme
on IOOI. ne camp 10 hSSPiAlB NNAANs
but some surprises are in store for the
members.
Eastlake, the only camp which owns
its own home in East Los Angeles, is
always doing something, and the boys
saw that one of these days they are
going. to pass some of the bigger camps
in the race for membership.
1t is expected by the active boosters
that the impetus given by the big
Blanchard hall meeting tomorrow night
will instill SO much enthusiasm into
the membership at large that an ever
increasing number of applications VIII
come rolling in until Los Angeles SHAH
become the first city for Woodcraft IN
the jurisdiction.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-04

the initiatory work for a joint class
Initiation of all the different lodges IN
Los Angeles. There were between seY-
enty-five and one hundred members
of the society who came in on speclai
train from Pomona. A committee COM
nosed of n. A. Miller, coast manager
of the Brotherhood of American 1eo-
men. together with Mr.. and Mrs. o. *.
White. Mrs. H. A. Miller A. ID. Nolen,
Mrs. Edith Thorne, Mrs II. w. Stumpt,
DIR. w. III True, D c. Sullivan and w.
n. Cleveland, met the train and escort
ed the degree team and the ofncers OF
Pomona homestead to the King EDWARD
hotel, which was designated as mead
quarters.
The committee had arranged an elab-
crate banquet at Hotel Hayward. After
the banquet the lnltlatory Gerellony
was performed before an audience OF
nearly 500 members of the organization.
Immediately following the initiatory
work two members of the organization
were united in marriage. The Nrlde
was Miss Marjorie e. Ford. Ill South
Figueroa street. The groom was Oras-
tus C. Cannon, 1925 South owe street.
an inspector for Los Angeles Electric
railway. Miss Ford is a prominent Los
Angeles girl, having lived in the city
all her life.
Monday the delegates to the Yeomen
state conclave to be held at Fresno
will leave for that city over the South
ern Pacific. It is hoped that the next
state conclave of the organization VIII
be held in Los Angeles. The Southern
California delegation is determined to
have the conclave designate this city
for the next convention.
The big initiation of last night was
arranged by Ivanhoe, Los Angeles,
Poinsettia, California, Pacific. Carna-
ton, Prosperity, Progressive and
Woodbine homesteads. The Yeomen
has membership in this city of moro
than 1000. 1t is hoped that the three
thousand mark will be reached by July
1, which will mark the date of the ma
tional conclave, which will be held il
Minneapolis. The Fresno convention
will elect delegates to the national con-
clave. Several Los Angeles Yeomen ex-
pect to attend the national convention,