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Hope Council, No l. Monday evening
held an open meeting at Pythian Tenn
pie. A banner was presented to the
recitations were given by various men,
bers and guests. Many visitors were
present and refreshments were served.
j. W. Jordon was master of ceremonies.
Monday evening Hope Council, No / j.,
formally opened it's new headquarters
in Pythian Temple with a large at
tendance from all the councils. Past
Chief Thompson presided. and speeches
were made by Messrs. Spellman, Ruper-
tus. Mangan, Clements. Thorne, Ma
honey and others. Music and refresh
ments followed.
Unity Council. No. 2. met Tuesday
itiated. and under good of the order
speeches were made by Grand Vice
Chief Buckley and Messrs. Emerson.
Ourand. Peake. Proudfoot. Weber and
Ardella. Wayne Cordell. who is about
to leave for Little Rock. Ark. to be
there some months. made a farewell
speech.
Capitol Council, No. 5, met
Thursday evening. with the vice chief,
held its first rehearsal. Under good of
the order refreshments were served
and the meeting was addressed by
Messrs. Thorne, Wood. Sanderson.
Buckley. Myers, Leslie. Mangan, Tenny-
son. Mahoney. Kelley. Peake. Boyd,
Jaeschke. Lanham, Birch and others
The next official visitation of the
grand officers will be made to John c.
Daley Council, No. 3.
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'Travelette
IRNik|ah.
Ancona.

Ancona is very old. The statement
applies to all of Italy and half of Eu-
rope, but few places give the stranger
half SO sharp an impression OF endless
dusty centuries lying behind. 1t is not
the streets particularly-they are the
crowded streets. not overly straight
nor overly clean. common to all italian
cities 1t is not the houses. which are
old, but no older than other Italian
houses: nor the people. who are typi-
cal Italian city jewellers. It Is in the
air.
Ancona makes the visitor feel modern
and out Of place. 1t makes him con-
scious of his straw hat and the crease
in his trousers. He feels that the pio-
turesque garb of the people Of the
and II circumstances forbid his donning
1t, he will probably follow one of the
steep side streets that lead up the hills
on either hand, to seek some modern
suburb where he is less of a Earring
note in the picture.
The city lies between two great hills,
that thrust past it out into the sea.
making the harbor. From above II
looks as though it huddled in the bot
itself that this would be a poor place
to defend against an enemy with artil-
lery, who occupied the heights. But
the very thought of artillery is an
anachronism. Ancona belongs to the
days when men adjusted their little
differences with an ak.
At the very top of the hill stands q
church that is old even for Ancona.
Its side is the same ground that was
used for a temple to Venus more than
900 wears ago. Local tradition says
that some of the columns of that orig.
inal temple are still part of the church
of today. 1t is a bit of architecture
that is beautiful without being impos-
ing. 1t belongs to the only age when
men could build a structure as small as
a chicken coop and as perfect as a
If you climb down the hill again into
Ancona and fall into the hands of a
local business man, you will be over
whelmed with information showing the
of Ancona as a port. You
will hear how many hundred ships un-
load there annually. how many thou
sand tons of merchandise pass in and
out. But even If you are a captain of
at home. such things will not
interest you here. You feel that An
conas real Importance. her real mean
ing and significance, lie in the buried
past.
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Degree of Pocahontas.

White Eagle Council. No. 4. conferred
the degree of Pocahontas on Louis Lev
tits. a member of Red Wing Tribe.
Mrs. Plaskett was installed as VINO
ma of the council, and Past Sachem
RAIDER and NJ. r. Kubatz were appoint
ed members of the finance committee
for the current six months. Mrs. Man
field is reported still sick.
Brother Archie Thompson. past great
sachem and a member of Idaho Tribe,
No. Is, is reported to be rapidly recov-
ering from his recent illness. Mr..
Thompson bears the distinction OF pc
ing the oldest Red Man in the District,
having been affiliated with the order
for nearly half a century.
A call has been issued by Degree
Master b. Austin Leatherman for fuli
attendance of the team of Idaho Tribe
at the next meeting. to work the first
degree on three candidates.
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ing and under Mrs. Cochran. the COM
mander. discussed and settled business
matters. Tentative plans for the win
ters work We're also considered. Mrs.
La Rue told of the gain of 5000 the or
ganization had made in membership in
1915. of which the District of Columbia
furnished its quota.
Brightwood Review Monday evening
planned a rummage sale. The guards
viii have a party the latter part of
February. Mrs. La Rue was present
and talked of the plans being made
for the season by the reviews Jointly.
Plans for the joint ball February 80
are being made.
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Royal Neighbors of America.

Myra B. Enright Camp. No. 1887. in
stalled officers for the ensuing year
Friday evening, State Supervising
Deputy Ida J. Swiggett officiating
with States Oracle Cora Irish as cere-
monial marshal. Preparations were made
to secure the camps share of the 100
new members promised for the supreme
oracle on her visit in May next. Re-
freshments were served at the close OF
the meeting. The report of the special
auditor showed the camps finances to
be in good condition and a satisfactory
gain in membership. Mrs Gertrude c.
Scott. who audited the books of the
recorder and receiver, complimented
both officers Recorder Alwine Miller
received a certificate of honor from the
supreme recorder in token of her
promptness and accuracy in the month
ly financial reports to the head office.
The officers for the new year are: Or
acle Margaret Willard: past oracle,
Alice Duncan; vice oracle. Martha Nc
Caffrey; chancellor. Minnie Woodson:
recorder, Alwine Miller: receiver. Mary
Stargell inner sentinel, Rose V. Ell
lott; outer sentinel. Margaret Hughes:
Marshal, Susan Hughes.
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TO Grand Patriarch p. H. Leary will
take up the work of the encampment
degrees. II is reported this term will
show an increase in this branch of the
order far beyond the gains of the pre-
vious years.
Canton Washington, No. !, will hold a
business session Saturday evening to COM
plete arrangements for receiving Gen A
". Stocker of Ohio. Military Secretary
Col. Fred A. Groom of Marylard and
Chief Of staff Gen. T.. w Bradford Feb
r1iary 10. when Gen. Stocker. the COM
nanding general of the Patriarchs Mill
fant, will officially visit Canton Washing
ton, No /. The visit of the commanding
general is event of great interest to
members of the order. Capt. Fred A.
Royse has requested every member Of the
c. nton to be present, unless prevented by
sickness. One hundred members it is ex-
pected, Will take part in the exercises
which have been planned for the occasion
Lieut.. A H. Nokes and Ensign Harry L.
Andersen have been assisting Capt Royse
10 make the event the crowning feature
Of the year. Reports from the commit
tee will be submitted at the meeting
Saturday evening, and an opportunity Will
be given each member 10 offer suggestions
, for a popular and entertaining program
Federal City Lodge, No. 20. wednes-
day night Will have initiation under
the direction of Charles Garrels After
the close of the lodge the line officers
will hold a special meeting. The de
gree work, ii is announced. Will be
started early. Past Grand Humphreys
has been appointed instructor for the
spring visitation OF the grand master.
Last Wednesday night the second de =
gree was conferred under the direc-
zion of John Wood and the third degree
under the direction OF Charles Car
rels-
Grand Master ". J. Hope has made
the following appointments: Grand
marshal. V. +. Hammer: grand conduc-
tor. E. L. Dunn; grand chaplain. II s
Petty: grand guardian. Bert. V, Wolfe
grand herald. Harry l. Andersen. The
following Grand Lodge committees
have been appointed and confirmed by
the Grand Lodge: Credentials. ". Il.
Randall, Oscar o. Daumer. VI. II Sned-
man: returns. ]. n Belt. ANTHONY
Krauth. r. T. McMullen; finance. w. w.
MILAN. L. s. Savage, w. II. Sellers: an
peals. d. VI. Greene. NJ +. O'Brien. F.
A. Norway; supervision. f. W. Brad
ford. r. A. Ford. +. r. Armertrout
state of the order. W. J. Rich, John II
Wood. r. J. Gates: on Rebekah LODGES
w F. Dement,. l.. H Windsor; special
on attendance at divine service. ". s.
Petty, ]. w. Payne and Wilton Ha-vev'
Jewel committee. NJ. +. OBrien. W W
MILAN, ]. ID. Yoakley: bylaws. s T.
Boyce, II. C. Lybrand. W. J. Rogers.
Washington Lodge. No. 6. the home
lodge OF SrdnO MASTER w. j. nope, Will
receive the grand master Tuesday even
ing, this being his first visit to II since
he was installed Committees have
been appointed and plans made which
the members believe. will result IL
making Washington Lodge the banner
lodge for 1916.
Union Lodge, No. IL, the home lodge
of Deputy Grand Master Irving r
Schwinger. under the leadership OF
Past Grands NJ. Z. OBrien. w. J. Palm.
err, Nalley. Russell and others. ha.
formed q 'get-together committee Il
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W0hAN3 BHEFfIFf=kASSSN;
CoE M4GG4REESL

At the last meeting Of Victory Re-
view three new members were initiated
and six applications balloted upon.
Mrs. NJ. T. La Rue assisted in the ini-
tiation and installed the new record
keeper, Mrs. Elsie Batch. Plans were
made for future affairs. The COM
mander. Mrs. Cartner. has been report
ed ill with the grip since this meeting,
and Mrs. Estelle Huntington, the
finance auditor, is also i'll.
Liberty Review entertained forty-fve
at a banquet Tuesday evening A pro-
gram was given by friends and mem
bers of the order, the speakers being
Mr.. Shannon and Mrs. Mabel T.. La Rue.
Mrs Shaffer was chairman Of the ban
quet committee and the commander,
Mrs. Kate Shannon, was toastmistress.
Mrs. Dobrowolski was reported sick.
Columbia Review met Tuesday even
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United Daughters of the Con.
federacy.

Mrs. Maude Howell-Smith. president
of the District of Columbia division.
called a continued session of the an
nual convention of the District division
Friday morning at 1890 o'clock. at
Confederate Memorial Home. 1922 Yer
mont avenue. This session was held
for the purpose of amending the con-
stitution of the District division.
Stonewall Jackson Chapter, No. 50
held general rally and mass meeting
at the New Willard Hotel Monday
evening. Mrs. Drury Conway Ludlow,
acting president of the chapter was in
the chair
The next meeting of the chapter will
be held Monday evening, February Z.
Winnie Davis Chapter held its first
meeting of the new year Wednesday
afternoon at the Rochambeau with
Miss Nell Rose Baggett. the newly
elected president, in the chair. fea-
ture of the meeting was the installation
of the newly elected officers. as follows
Miss Nell Rose Baggett. president; Mrs
W. Fl. Thrall, first vice president. Miss
Catharine Bowie. second vice president:
Miss Josephine Saunders, third vice
president: Miss Asha Wells, recording
secretary, Miss Mary Key Compton.
corresponding secretary: Miss Helen S.
Griffith. treasurer: Miss Jane Dodge,
registrar; Miss Alice Theobald. histor-
ian. Miss Lena wilkins parliamentary
ian. and Mrs. o. Il. Buchanan, Gus
todian.
Miss Baggett announced the following
credentials committee; Miss Helen S.
Griffith. chairman. Miss Alice Theobald
Miss Mary Key Compton. Miss Margaret
Young and Mrs. II. b. Gauss
Pians were made to give a reception
and dance in honor of the newly elected
officers. Miss Alice Theobald was made
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments The event will occur during the
month of February.
Robert E. Lee Chapter held a recep-
ton in honor of the Confederate
veterans, Camp III, Thursday evening,
at the Confederate Memorial Home,
1922 Vermont avenue
Dixie Chapter. L. d. c.. is making ar
rangements for a benefit dance. to be
held at the Raleigh Hotel during the
month of February.
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1xEo9R
u%RED MEN

Sixty Red Men of the District of Co
lumbia went to Herndon Tuesday to
initiate a member for Seneca Tribe,
No. 43. of that place. A special car was
chartered by the local tribes for the
occasion. Among those who went were
Great Sachem John I. Bunch. Great
Senior Sycamore, Henry Hummer,
Great Junior Sycamore Jacque Heiden-
heimer, Past Great Sachem Robert
Thompson, of the District of Column
bia, and Great Junior Sycamore Sulli-
van and Past Sachem Glascock of Vir-
ginia.
Logan Tribes degree team conferred
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LODGES.
Monday-Upion. No. II: Beacon. NO. 10
and Larigdon. No. 70, business
Tuesday oIdcn Rule No. y: ami WI
Pleasant. No -. degree: WasaLns''"'
No t.. and Amity, NJ. -, husin's
Wednesday Eastern. No. :. AMI l.'ie al
CITY. No 70 degree; Harmony, No. y
and Friendship No. l., business.
Thursday-Covenant No. II. degrees; Co
inmbia. No. 10. and salem, No -.
business.
Friday-Central. No. l. degrees; Metrop-
oils, No Is. and Phoenix. No. ~ pusl-
ness.
ENCAMPMENTS.
wednesdsy-Nt Neho. No. g. business.
Friday-Niageuenu. No. {, business
PATRIARCHS MILITANT
Standardization Washington, No. i,
business and drill.
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J. H. Howell. secretary of Fidelity
Council. No. 4, has extended to the
officers and members of Mount Vernon
Council an invitation to attend the
Martha Washington tea to be given by
the Daughters of America in the near
future.
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The conference of the national board
OF officers, state councillors and state
council secretaries which was to be
held February 2, and 4. it is said,
has been postponed Indefinitely.
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Union Lodge, No. IL, the home lodge
of Deputy Grand Master Irving r.
Schwinger, under the leadership of
Past Grands NJ. Z. O'Brien, w. J. Palm
err, Nalley. Russell and others. has
formed q "get-together committee" to
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Columbia Review met Tuesday even
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The class initiation of Progressive
Council. No. Q, it is announced. will be
held Thursday evening, February II. and
the music will be an innovation. March
the council will have a cinderella
party and grand ball. and refreshments
will be served.
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Washington Lodge. No. 6. the home
lodge of Grand Master w. j. Hope, will
receive the grand master Tuesday even
ing. this being his first visit to 1t since
he was. installed. Committees have
been appointed and plans made which,
the members believe. will result in
making Washington Lodge the banner
lodge for 1916.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

a sympathetic chord among the, othefA who respond in unison:
 "Oh, God, give us peaceI'
 Finally they rise and leave, Singly and in groups, retiring to their homea
 with bowed heads, the children sturn- sober for little ones on Christmas eve-- a snowy Christmas eve, when Sant9 Claus can travel best.
 A mother and two children enter their home, consisting of two rooms one for cooking and eating, the other room stands spruce tree decorated with cheap bits of dyed rags, home made paper dolls and an occaslona! glass ball. There are some shapeless cookies, a present or two wrapped ln coarse brown paper, ana over all hans' the Madonna of the Tear
 The kitchen table is set for supper of veal coffee and war bread, of which the little family partake in silence: Al the conclusion of the meal the mother with a slight shrug of her shoulders and A cast Of her hands, motions the cbi1dren to the bedroom, while shs fingers to gaze dry-eyed upon fadeo nbo+ograph of her husband in his frs, military uniform. At last she Tlses and silently removes the presents ron the tree, standing by while her chh- dren's black eyes sparkle and thelE tihS I+ is not vet 10 o'clock when the ti1ne has come for bed. The little family | LneeI before the tree tn the uncertatH l iigbt of the lamp and the mothers i earnest voice pleads softly and clearl' i in the silence of the shabby nome:
 tber and husband, and protect Kim from the bullets of the enemy Una. i he may return to us again For "e need him. Amen.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
Condition of the Indians
 and AIeuts of Alaska

1,dians of Alaska and ths
 A1euts are children of nature anu
 J danendents of the nation In
 and their condition gives concern to the government authorities "hoss S,.,, if Is to ;protect them and to aid tben Tn the ways of progress. rms honoe of the Thlinget Indians IS ID southern Alaska, from 9akutat 'o Ketchikan, and, while their anoestor4 Uera like the A1euts, they are tooay vastly different in looks. language ana habit. The Aleuts live on the islanos ID southwestern Alaska, along the coas oF The Alaska peninsula, and as fan nortb es the Pribilof Islands and Bris- tol hay. D. Lester James, then deputy conornissioner of fisheries, in a report Of Alaska Investigations, said thai nothing in Alaska interested him mors or appealed to him more than the 1n- -dfans and the Aleuts, from the 1ac' that their lives, surrounded by condt- tions new and distastefu1 to them' are being made more unfortunate eacn oaS' The white man. he said, has come into their territory in many cases tnfr1ng- ing on their prior and justfrtghts- Ths saIoon he said prevails in whatever lands the white man settles. ana mas had. 1t is charged, more to do with the undoing and ruinatlon or tne dnuian a
 
 put together, and where saloons are not to be found liquor reaches them in the euise of pay and bribes.
 The Indians and ths Aledts aed m.nta11 wsrs i stronp but the influences that have Surrounded them for. the past fifty fi1 fin many cases and in many locali- ties they are on very low plane: Be- cause of the easy living which these people made for unnumbered genera lions before the coming of strangers among them, it Is said that they have now become as a class independent law and unreliable. The white man, t is charged, has done little to encourage their uplift, and is largely to blame for the demora1ized condition of mind and body of the native.
 Last season there were about 4,ood Indians and Aleuts employed in the canning and fishing industry of Alaska. That is about one-third of the total number of natives living on the coast of Alaska, or about one-eighth of the entire number in the whole territory but with those natives who at times are willing to work there are many labor troubles.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22
ON Ca7RIsTNAs EVE IN GERrIK6Y

her lover to her own home, where her father takes charge of the regular betrothal.
 highlands, for centuries there has been the quaint and pretty custom, at Christmas, of making votive offerings and flowers, by the peasants, each garbed in the picturesque dress of, his own district. In upper Lombardy, par ticularly muslGians N visit ift+fs the
 dressed as angels, make tour of the
 villages and towns, ne collecting E. alms. Inns. which are distributed later to the poor as gifts from the Christ Child.
 In times of peace in Austria Hungary the mention of Christmas brings an an-
 ticipatory light of welcome to the eyes of patrician and peasant alike. It is an occasion for joy and sprightly com
 memoration in that Catholic country.
 It is a time for carnivals, public cele-
 brations, innumerable masses, musicals , and wine parties.
 But in war time it Is vastly different.
 Public functions are discontinued by
 tacit agreement, public dancing is pro-
 hibited and the people of the middle
 classes devote their holiday to modest
 home pleasures and the solace of
 church worship. Only the very rich. who have not really, felt the pinch of war, usher in the birthday of our Sa- vior with the former joviality common to the dual monarchy.
 Picture the home of a wealthy Vien- nese family on Christmas eve. Bright lights are burning in every room. In the air is the aroma of cooking fowl. Gay voices ring back and forth through spacious halls. Guests are arriving, sweeping layers of fine snow from their
 great fur coats and shouting greetings to their friends. It Is Christmas eve and every one must be happy.
 In one room stands giant pine tree it's highest branch bending over at the ceiling, the better to display a gorgeous creation of ''Kristkindchen," or Santa
 Claus, as we know the patron saint of children. Upon all the other limbs of the tree, weighing them down almost to the point of breaking, are good
 things of every cription-cookies candies nodded into odd shapes. tightly wrapped bundles that hint of mysteri- | ous contents, etc. Under the tree are l piled many more gifts. carefully wrap
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ped to deceive inquisitive eyes while arousing curiosity.
 A servant In livery announces the feast. Guests in evening dress form 1 stately procession and gather about the table, quivering under it's burden of | boiled turkey, baked game, mountains l of mashed white potatoes, other vege- | tables, costly wines of every descrip- , tion-and a. few slices of war bread Jokes are passed and puns exchanged | anent the war bread, which is barely tasted and passed by for winter and
 more edible cakes baked attractively. | The host rises and pronounces his a prayer for the success of Austrian arms and the long life of the emperor. Always do they mention the revered
 Franz rJ Josef scI. in tones to of love and loy- | In due time, when appetites are ap- peased and the last after-dinner speak | CT has expressed the thoughts then | foremost in his mind, the children, who ] have eaten their Christmas eve dinner | in the nursery, are called forth and
 gather around the great tree for their | man in the assemblage stretches for | the gifts and bestows them with ap-
 propriate greetings upon the persons | for whom they are intended.
 Ere the last gift has been removed | from the tree the clock has struck
 midnight and sleepy. happy children
 are sent to bed with their nurses; to arise for early mass in Maximilian l PIatz. The older folks, reaching the acme of joy, retire to the largest room | in the home and dance well on into the
 morning hours, many proceeding di- rectly from the feast to masses in
 progress. Thus is Christmas eve cele- | brated among the rich of Austria | Hungary, even in wartime-a joyous
 round of feasting, drinking, gift dis l pensing and dancing.
 l +
 It is a long cry from the rich to the poor, and as the visitor wades through the snow across stubble fields toward
 a faint lamp glow in the home of a
 Hungarian peasant he feels the con- trast keenly. At a crossroads stands a wayside shrine. Snow mas fallen upon the tiny roof, but the shNne is un- | touched. Kneeling in half circle be- | fore it in the snok are dozen or more peasants, mostly women and children. None of them are wearing their vari- | colored, gaudy holiday dresses, and in
 their faces is a look of worry and grief. They are praying diligently, and now and then one raises her arms and voice l in an outburst of pleading that strikes
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

After twelve centuries of Christianity the Serbian observances of Christmas side are still strongly marked with the
Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-22

EH THROUGHOUT the warning coun- |
 tries of Europe the Christmas | season will necessarily be but |