Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
ROYAL COURT

~ 1HG colonial Tea party
4 III. \ given by Pico assembly No.
f@SARlEDAaiS on the evening of Feb
E1ET Iruary % was one Of the
most successful and GER
tainly the most delightful
affair ever given on the Heights. La
dies Simpson. Green, Rice, Manly and
Kendall, dressed in colonial costumes,
presided over the tea rom. Deputy
Royal Chancellor Huff as chairman Of
the committee on program received the
congratulations of the members and
their friends for the entertainment pro-
vided. The Star Male quartet rendered
several selections quite above the usual
quartet singing. The Pacific Stereopti-
con company arranged a series of views
of the life of Washington, and Lady
Rice read selections corresponding to
the views as they were thrown on the
screen. Mrs Helping sang ''The Star
Spangled Banner" as an illustrated
song in conjunction with the views
This part of the program was unusual
ly appreciated by the audience, as evil
denced by the applause: G. Cecil Loo
mis- as floor manager then announced
that dancing would be in order, and
the hall was quickly made ready. A
beautiful salad bowl auctioned off for
Mr.. Clark, a visitor. The door prizes
were won by Miss Ginder and Courtier
Harold Platz.
Los Angeles assembly No. 2 gave a
highly successful mask ball last Tues
day evening. Over 100 couples took
part in the grand march, all in cos
tunes. The intricate figures were fol-
lowed by the participants and made
a striking picture to the onlookers who
crowded the sides and platforms of the
hall. The judges had a hard task to
select winning costumes from the many
present but after selecting twenty of
the most comical, best sustained, etc,
the judges called for these to form an
other grand march and the winners
were selected from them. Mrs. M. E.
Burnes as the Goddess of Liberty and
Miss Eva Widener as Sis Hopkins Sc
cured the women's prizes, and Sam
Jones and Roland Getchell won the
mems prizes Royal Chancellor Sam r.
Chapel was called on by the judges to
present the prizes to the winners and
make the address of welcome to the
members and friends present. George
H. Flech, chairman of the committee,
assisted by Courtiers Barclay, Nelly
and Sheck, were responsible for the
manner in which the unusually hard
task of managing a masquerade ball
was conducted, and received the thanks
of the assembly for the success they
made of it,
larger quarters in the Stimson build
ing. The rapid growth Of the order
made it necessary to have more room
| than the old quarters allowed, and
suite 414 in the Stimson building was
secured. with the probability of ex-
panding again into a building of their
own.
Company E. Royal Guards. is ar
ranging for another 500 party some
time in March. The success of the Feb
ruary meeting was very encouraging
/ to the guards. and they plan to hold
one each month. Company B contrib
uted in a large manner to the success
of the masquerade ball given by No. 2
last week, the guards all being present
Courtier Elwood p Nelly has re-
turned for a short visit from Coalinga
and is guest of his sister, DR.. Otto,
Temple court. Courtier Nelly before
his residence in Coalinga was one Of
No. rs most successful bosters, and the
members gave him an ovation on his
temperance in the assembly chamber