WEEK'S NEWS OF FRATERNAL AND SECRET SOCIETIESMODERN WOODMEN OF

AMERICAGolden State camp has

outgrown its old home, andlast Tuesday eveningmarked tho change fromthe old hall at 125% SouthSDriner street to new and

more commodious quarters at 830 South |Grand avenue. While the new hall!lacked considerable of being in a con-dition properly to receive tenants, yet, jeverything considered, everything went joff well, everybody making the best of j

"the inconveniences occasioned by the iunfinished condition of the building,and all had a good time and went home jfeeling that the meeting, so far asGolden State camp was concerned, was;a success. - •

Both floors allotted to the camp were.taxed to their capacity. The programprovided by Mr. Cooley was good, andall who could get into the main hallwhere the exercises were rendered werewell entertained. The upper floor wasturned over to those who liked danc-ing.

The meeting was preceded bya streetparade of the Forester teams of thecamps in the city and vicinity. Theparade was under charge of Lieut. Col.Harry Morgan. The Foresters formedat Seventh and Spring streets andmarched north to First street, acrossto Broadway, and south to Seventhstreet, and west on Seventh to Grandand to the hall.

On account of the length of the pro-gram there was not much time left forspeech making, and the speeches ofNeighbors J. O. Burgess, district dep-uty; J. O. Davis, national lecturer, andH. V. Rees, state deputy head consul,were necessarily cut short, but theyseemed to have the gift to combine alltheir wit and wisdom into small space,and the entire house was roaring withlaughter at the wit of Davis, or drink-ing deep of the wisdom of these threewise men of Woodcraft in the halfhour left for 'them.

Wednesday night the class adoptionwas given, at which there were about150 new members who for the first time

received all the secret work of the so-ciety.

The camps other than Golden Statecamp contributing members to the classwere: Orange camp, 5; Long Beachcamp, 17; California camp, 7; Pasade-na camp, 14; Vernon camp, 11. GoldenState camn had 104 candidates to takethe obligation.

The Royal Neighbors of Sunny Southcamp will install their officers jointlywith Golden State camp January 13.This meeting will be open to all Mod-ern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors andtheir friends. Besides the ceremony ofInstallation, there will b**- a few goodnumbers on the program. There willbe dancing and games for all who en-joy them.

Neighbor J. O. Burgess will be themaster of ceremonies for the Woodmenand Mrs. Hamill, supervising state dep-uty head oracle, will install for theRoyal Neighbors.

MODERN BROTHERHOODOF AMERICA

Silver Star lodge No. 846 will hold apublic installation of its officers atMaple hall, Fraternal Broatherhoodbuilding, next Tuesday night. ,

Twenty members were added to thelodge at the meeting last Tuesdaynight. The members are working livelyto secure as many silver stars in theirfirmament as possible and are meet-ing with marked success.

THE FRATERNALBROTHERHOOD

There was a sound of revelry by night.T. F. R. had gathered her beauty and her

chivalry, ~y:-And bright the lamps shone o'er fair women

and brave men:And all went merrily a? a marriage bell—But hush, hark," a deep sound strikes like a

rising knell!Did you not hear it?It was the roar of th? Seattle campaign.

' Never in the history ofthe Fraternal Brotherhoodhas any of its functionsequaled in magnificencethe reception and ball* ofNew Year's eve, 1908. AllJ

the ingenuity and skill of the supremeoffice force were called into play infashioning the offices into bowers ofbeauty, while the deputies transformedthe entrance and reception halls intofairyland. A veritable --low of wel-come shone forth from every nook andcorner.

The three lodge rooms, where the va-rious forms of entertainment were con-ducted, had received generous attentionat the hands of the city lodges, and theeffect was charming in every particu-lar, reflecting great credit upon all whohad any part in the preparations.

Ever committee carried out its ownidea in regard to decoraiton and colorscheme, much to the satisfaction of all.

The reception fcegan at 8:30 p. m. onthe main office floor, and the visitorswere conducted by ushers to the vari-ous offices, where each officer playedhost in his own apartment; followingwhich the acquaintance social was onin earnest, and each vied with the oth-er in an effort to promote a cordialHappy New Year spirit.

Four orchestras lured the merrycrowd as they discoursed music in thehalls, and the seductive strains fromAlhambra and Oak halls reverberatedthe merry invitation—

"Come and trip it as ye goOn the light fantastic toe."

A continuous concert furnished enter-tainment in Maple hall, while a smokerin the armory attracted some whofound no pleasure in the games anddancing. During all this time refresh-ments were served In the banquet roomand punch bowls, presided over bypretty maidens, .were in evidence every-where.

At 11:45 a halt was called in the fes-tivities, and a double line, headed bythe escort teams and companies of theuniform rank, to the dim light of waxtapers, marched down the stairs ot theheadquarters of the uniform rank,where each guest was presented* with atoy balloon, the mission of which wasrevealed upon the return to the hall,where Supreme President James A. Fo-shay at the fall of the gavel and inthe full glare of the electric lights, in-dicative of the bright New Year, an-nounced that the balloons were not in-tended for an immediate trip to Seat-tle, but for the launching of the "Se-attle campaign" which the symbolicwords, "Seattle, 1909," inscribed there-on, elicited from hundreds of throatsthe veil:

"See-Attle-See.T. F. B.A. Y. P.See-Attle-See!"

After an exchange of New Yeargreetings in a general atmosphere ofgood will and fellowship, dancing wasresumed until the wee sma' hours,when all dispersed, . feeling that theNew Year had been ushered in by themerriest body of Fraternal Brotherhood

people ever assembled under the roofof the home office building.

Hermosa lodge. Xo. 32, initiated twen-ty-four candidates last Monday night,making 100 candidates since November1 and more than 210 candidates sinceJuly 1. The Tigers, Foxes and Bearsrustled with all their strength In thefor«?st denizens.

Under the auspices of Los Angeleslodge. No. I, Prof. De Chauvenet ren-dered his piano composition, "The Hun-

garlan Concerto Pathetique," on onepiano, accompanied by little Miss ArdisOlds on another, Thursday night. Theyouthful performer is said to be theyoungest who has successfully attempt-ed such a difficult composition.

Aside from the musical selections,fifteen applications for membershipwere received and twenty-four candi-dates were initiated.

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PYTHIAN SISTERSThe Pythian Sisters of No. 73, as-

sembling in Pythian hall last Wednes-day night, particpated in a lively time.It was a Christmas entertainment andafter the program was rendered theChristmas tree was the attraction, andthe presents distributed created muchmerriment.

Pythian Sisters No. 73 will install itsofficers with impressive ceremoniesnext Wednesday night. \u25a0'*-\u25a0 ;

! UNITED ANCIENT ORDERj DRUIDS

Orange grove No. 122held its regular meetingThursday night and trans-acted considerable busi-ness. One of the most im-portant events to happenin the grove's affairs will

n-o-. ae the consolidation of«s^l Se -r and Gloria groves Thursdaynight, January 7, and the installationof the newly elected officers. All thenecessary details to combine bothgroves have been attended to and ar-rangements are completed. The cere-monies will be followed with a spreadfor the members and visitors. Allcrimson degree members are requestedto be present on this special occasion.\u25a0nM a "a „&rove No* 97 met atDruids -hall Monday night with alarge and enthusiastic crowd of, mem-bers present. Much business wastransacted and many subjects ad-vanced for the good of the grove.

Sylvian grove No. 180 had a goodattendance Friday night. A largeamount of unfinished business was dis-posed of, one candidate was given thebard s degree, "while three bards re-ceived the Druid's degree.

Morton grove No. 62 is doing activework and is having initiations everymeeting night.

Golden West circle No. 51 is makingsatisfactory progress and is buildingup both numerically and financially.An initiatory team is about to beformed and drilled, and in a short

2*c some Pretty floor work will beadded to the ceremony. Members de-sirous of entering this team shouldnotify the recording secretary, Mrs EClark, at once.

KNIGHTS OF THEMACCABEES

Pasadena tent and hiveare making arrange-ments for a joint instal-lation- of officers. It isexpected that Great Com-mander S. W. Hall andState Commander Mrs.Minnie Aydelotte of Oak-land will act as install-^ing officers. The date ofinstallation has not yet

been fixed.Los Angeles tent No. 2 will move intoits new quarters in Walker's auditor-

ium Wednesday evening. Its officerswill be publicly installed January 27by Past Commander Brooks. An invi-tation has been extended to the guardsof Pacific hive to assist in the installa-tion ceremonies. Wednesday eveningthe first degree will be conferred uponseveral candidates.

The committee appointed by the tentsin Los Angeles will meet during theweek and arrange a program for theentertainment of L. E. Sisler of Detroit,Mich., the supreme record keeper ofthe order, who will be in this city onFebruary 19. A banquet will be ten-dered him at one of the leading- cafes.

Deputy Supreme Commander Arbo-gast, who has been spending the pastweek in Los Angeles, will leave for SanBernardino tomorrow to continue hiswork of securing a class for the tentin that city.

The tent at San Dimas has organizeda new degree team and is making ar-rangements to secure new parapher-nalia.

WOODMEN OF THE WORLDCamps of the Woodmen

of the World and circlesof the Women of Wood-craft of Los ..ngeles willhold a joint installation ofofficers at the hall of LosAngeles circle, cornerWashlrn-tnTi o«^ /-*«,_*__i

avenues, Friday night John H. clarke!for "thl" Eastlake camp, will installtor the camps, assisted by the uni-anTMsftl I'?^^"1 of Vefnon camp,and Mls_ Bertha Sumner, organizer forthe Women of Woodcraft, who comesfor tM~^ay from-Portland speciallyfor this occasion, will install. for thecircles, assisted by the guards of PomH Fo.ev "in Paf Head • Consul JohnH. Foley will act as chairman of thaSs^_SaSffi int*l°duce Odganizerueorge E. Stretch, who will deliver anaddress on "Fraternity." There will behal^win hi°,grani- after which thefollow.

cleared and dancing will

which ',oiito Jif an open installation tofrfpnS I *the- meml>ers and theirfriends are invited, and a large batchof applicants will doubtless be the re-The circles to install their officers are:Pmnsettia, Los Angeles and Vernon,and the camps are Eastlake, Los An-geles La Fiesta and Vernon. Prompt-ness to be on time at 8 o'clock is urged___a Fiesta camp entertained SantaClaus and about 00 little children last

nlrt?^^**- " Mas the neatestnight of the year, and each child wasmade happy with an apple, a box ofchoice candy and a present.Eastlake , camp had a smoker last

fU.eS^ ? ight ' which was generouslyattended by memhers from other campsand nearly 100 prospective candidates.R. G. Thompson, C. C. Ed Hollands,P. C.'C.. and T. H. Chapman, clerkof vernon camp, were present. JacobGood, C. C; Thomas L. Barlow, P. CC.; Frank Bagley,. P. C. C, and PastHead Consul John -H. .Foley of LaFiesta camp were among the visitorsOrganizer George E. Stretch made atelling address and forged another linkin his already long chain of-friendshipamong the boys in Los Angeles, andwith the assistance of Organizer Price'secured several applications. Every-body had a good time, as the boys ofEastlake were ideal hosts. .

Downey camp will hold an increasemeeting next Saturday night, to whichall of the residents of thr city of Dow-ney are invited. Speeches willbe madeby Past Head Consul Foley and Or-ganizer George E. Stretch, and a goodtime is assured to every one who willattend. The camp at Downey is de-termined to outstrip all other campsin percentage of applications secured

CANADIAN CLUB

The Canadian club, recently organ-ized, will give a social in McKinley hall,the Walker Theater building, on Grandavenue, between Seventh and Eighthstreets, next Tuesday evening.

The following program will be ren-dered, including interesting addressesby Dr. W. S. Philp, president of theclub, and C. White Mortimer, Britishvice consul.

Song, Miss Jessie Logan; violin se-lection, Mr. Hanna; piano selection.Miss Street; song, George Lynch; ad-dress, C. White Mortimer; recitationMiss Fitzgerald; address, Dr W s'Philp; solo, Miss Hyde.

Royal Court Members Holding High Honors

PROMINENT Los Angeles citizenshave augmented the creat suc-cess of Royal court, which isone of the most popular and substan-tial fraternal orders in existence. Thosewho have contributed largely towardthe progress of the order are the menand women of high standing who haveunited their efforts in fraternal ad-vancement; and, meeting the require-ments of the honors intrusted to them,many have been placed to the front.Those enjoying this recognition' whoare members of assembly •>. 2, areHon. Mattison B. Jones, royal counsel-lor, member of the royal directors andtrustees; Lesleigh F. Wright, royalherald and one of the three foundersof the order and the first royal scriv-ener, and now the worthy chancellor-elect of the assembly, and Mrs. H. E.Tower, who holds the position of royallady of honor. Mrs. Tower is a mem-ber of one of the most prominent fami-lies in Los Angeles and a leader insociety and charitable work.

Pico assebly No. 8, at the regularmeeting on Monday, completed the or-ganization of a club along the lines ofthe Good Samaritan club in No. 2.The club will be entertained on theevening of January 11 in I. O. O. W.ball, Pico and El Molino streets, thehosts on this occasion being CourtiersHuff, Loomls and Riggs. Whist forvaluable prizes will be played and re-freshments served. All memberes of theorder are cordially invited.

The opening of the new meeting placeof Los Angeles assembly No. 2 Tuesdayevening was one of the best attendedmeetings ever held in the city. Thenew hall on the fifth floor of the Walker

Temple of Arts on Grand avenue isone of the best halls in the city andadapted to the assembly meetings. Theelevator was kept busy all eveningcarrying the members and their fami-lies. Santa Claus, represented by Cour-tier Kruell and his aids, CourtiersWright and Yon Breton, had arrangeda fine program. There were presentsfor all the members and toys, applesand candy for the children. The vocalsolo of Mrs. Gertrude Hutton and the

reciting of Miss Warner were especial-ly good. Fred Ballou, manager of thePacific Stereopticon company, gave theassembly a treat in showing some veryfine pictures on the screen. Dancingclosed the evening.

Pico assembly No. 8 will hold its reg-ular monthly open meeting Monday,January 25, in the hall, Pico and ElMolino streets.. The committee on openmeeting announces for that evening acalico ball. This will mean that everyone attending will be required to havesome part of his or her costume for theevening made of calico. There will behandsome prizes given for' the bestand most original costumes, and theprize winners must have the whole cos-tumes of calico..The members and theirfriends who attend may donate thecalico used to the club, and they willsee that the same is given to the de-serving and needy.

Los Angejes assembly No. 2 will in-stall the officers-elect for the. nextterm on the evening of January 26. Theinstallation will be public and will befollowed by the assembly inauguralball. Invitations will be ready by thenext regular meeting of the assembly,and the members can secure them atthe hall. It will be necessary to pre-sent the invitations before others thanmembers will be admitted, and themembers are asked to secure and prop-erty sign invitations for their friends.

Company B, Royal guards, took ad-vantage of the Xmas tree Tuesdayevening to present Lieutenant GeneralWilliam E. Riggs with a silver backhat brush, engraved with his mono-gram, in recognition of his services ininstructing the guards in their floorwork.

LESLEIGH F. WRIGHT j MATTISON B. JONES

MRS. HARRIET E TOWER

LOS ANGELES HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1909. 9

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