The San Francisco call., 1909-02-13
Woodmen CeIebrate LincoIn


God' cantor and choir; address, Lincoln
Lueius /. Solomons; hymn, America choir
and congregation.
! WoOdmen Celebrate Lincoln
In their old log cabin meeting house
at 2140 Market street seven local camps
of the Woodmen of the World COM
versary of Lincolns birth last night
| Leo de Cardona was chairman. In
the. principal address of the evening,
latien between Lincoln's principles of
! life and those of the Woodmen was
dwelt upon, and this formed one of the
chief reasons for the evenings demon
Dr.. r. cadwallader, whose father
/ was member of General Grants
coin and displayed many relics OF the
| civil war and Lineolns connection with
it. The remainder of the program fol-
lows:
Overture of national airs. Mayors orchestra;
| duet, Miss Mary Wolch and Henry Woeh duet
adeac u'n 9waason ana
4. Tyrrel; song. Miss Belle Livingston; reading,
Master Sidney T. Cohen; solo, Henry Rossi
recitation, Florence Darlin.
Children's Song Festival
The song festival given by the chill
association yesterday afternoon in Gel
ebration of Lincoln's. birthday proved
highly. successful and was greeted by
Under the direction of Miss Margaret
Martin the children many Of whom
gram most ereditabiy
Harvest Song; one.Two Buckle My Shoe
from THE House That Jack Built Mrs. Gay
nor; 'Froggie's Swimming school,, sumber
Boat; .'Mr. Rooster and Mrs. Hen; Sweet
Pea Ladies'; Sweeping and Dustlng,; Italian
Toy Shop Mrs. Gaynor italian Dance; MA
rine Song Jap Maiden, from The Toy
Song Song A'' '''n0'' o''''A sung rag
Americans" Attend Church
The local lodge of the Order of the
| Americans attended IN body last
night the Lincoln memorial service at
the West Side Christian church. Bush
street near Devisadero. Rev. Robert
Lord Cave gave the address OH the
career of the. great president, and
Frank Frank V. Cornish read the GettysbiSurg
The musical program began with the
congregational singing of America"
and and closed with the organ ,postlude,
The West Side Christian male quar-
tet sang "Tenting Tonight" and a
medley of the national airs was. rem
/ Gardner.
The senate officers of the Americans
are:
Past president. Colonel @. G. Burtis: Presi-
dent, L. S. Cav wkins; Arse vice president, G. r.
Little; second vice president. Douglas Tilden;
Wrieht: treasurer general J. l.. N. shetteriey;
surgeon general II. E. Mccracken; major gen
| eral, II. G. Lewis: chaplain. William Henslee;
sentinel, Mrs. S. O. Menardi.
Turn yerein Honors Martyr
| An elaborate program was rendered
| by the San Francisco Turn Verein in
its hail. $50 Turk street. in honor of
the centenary of Abraham Lincolns
birthday. Former Judge George A.
Bahrs delivered an address in the Eng
lish language, while Emil Liess ad-
dressed the patriotic gathering in Ger
man Musical and literary selections
helped to make the event an epoch in
| the history of the society.
| Kent Tells of Assassination
A big hall jammed to its absolute
| capacity with eager and attentive stu
dents of the Wilmerding and California
schools of industrial and mechanical
arts greeted William T. Kent yesterday
at the consolidated school exercises in
celebration of the centenary of Lin
coins birthday AS the veteran war
story of the assassination of Lincoln
| he received the most rapt attention
from the throng of students.
Horace Davis addressed the pupils on
the scenes in San Francisco at the time
OF Lincolns death Lincolns Gettys-
| burg address was read by Frank B.
| Cliff. a pupil of the Wilmerding school.
j and the exercises concluded by the en-
tire audience singing America"
Superintendent Merrill announced
/ contest for prize essay on Lincoln.
the winning enofI IN the w WlImerdInR
/ school receiving a cash award of SIS
and the winning essay from the Cali
/ fornia School of Mechanical Arts cash
prize of $40. Merrill made a plea for
contributions for the Lincoln farm
association
San Jose Schools Celebrate
SAN JOSE, Feb. 12.-AlI the public
/ schools held appropriate Lincoln day
| observanees this forenoon and the pu-
pills were given half holiday in the
afternoon. The courthouse and city
i hall are closed
/ MARYSVILLE. Feb. 12.--Lincoln day
was appropriately observed here. Every
railroad, business house and Industrial
establishment suspended operations for
/ five minutes at noon. There was a pub
| lie demonstration in the afternoon
/ Special low rates to tourists at Key
Route hotel Oaixland's best; new; elab-