Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-05

the Temple of solomon. Cpou the loss of
their possessions the knights are said to have
David Seston. at their head.
Various other theories are advanced. some
| OF which are logical, while others are only ro-
mantle. The English knights are said to come
nearer the old order in their forms and Gus
tens. One account given Of the descent re-
cites that the Jewish Masons and the scattered
Templars Joined to preserve Masonry and Tenn
plsry together.
THE ORDER IN ENGLAND.
Addison says that at the period Of the disco
luton Of the order Of the Templars in England
| many Of the retainers of the most ancient
Knights continued to reside in the temple.
Not having been members Of the fraternity
they were not Included in the prescription.
The temple was transferred to the lawyers, and
these domestics appear to have transferred
their allegiance to the lawyers also, and to
have continued and kept alive amongst them
many OF the ancient customs and observances
OF the old knights The old rules about eating
| together are still preserved and the attendants
ut table are called paniers, in the days Of the
hnights Templar. Not long after the lawyers
had established themselves in the convent Of
| the temple the judges of the court Of common
pleas were made knights, while the professors
OF the common law, who had the exclusive
privilege OF practicing in that court, assumed
the Titles or degrees of freres serjens or fratres
servlentes, 30 that An order OF knights and
serving brethren was most curiously revived in
the temple and introduced into the profession
| OF the law. The freres serjens des armes of the
| old chiyalry of the temple were Of
the rank OF gentlemen. They united
IN their own persons the monastic and
miiltary character; they were allotted one
the temple on their breasts, they participated
IN AL the privileges of the brotherhood, and
were eligible to the dignity Of preceptor. The
freres serjens of the temple wore
LINEN COLTS AND RED cAPEs
over them. At the ceremony of their admission
into the fraternity the master of the temple
placed the Golf upon their heads and threw
over their shoulders the white mantle Of the
temple. He then caused them to sit down on
the ground and gave them a solemn admoni-
ton concerning the duties and responsibilities
OF tnelr profession Ne religious character OF
the ancient ceremony of admission into this
iegai brotherhood the fact that the master or
chief justice employed in his exhortation the
very language used by the popes in the bulls
conceolng them their vast temporal and spirit
uai privileges, the strong similarity Of the serv-
Ice OF admission to the ancient mode of recep-
tlon into the fraternity of the temple and the
other fact that the serjeants Of the temple to-
day still constitute sort of fraternity and ad-
dress each other by the name Of ''brother"-all
tnese facts are curious and remarkable At the
same time they are nothing else. They do
notning toward clearing up the mystery Of de-
still a matter of speculation aud open up rather
THAN close the broad fields Of conjecture.
Grand Recorder Macoy of the New York
commandery gives credit to the several sources
| claimed and explains it thus: That
Templars.
2. From D'Aumont como the German Tenn
| piars Of Strict Obedience.
g. From Beaujeu come the Swedish Templars
OF the Rite of Zinnendorf.
4. From the Scotch refugees come the Prot
estant Templars of Scotland and the ancient
! Lodge OF Stirling or Scotch Tempiars.
3. From Prince Charles Edward Stuart and
Ramsay come the Templars of the Ancient and
| Accepted Scottish Rite.
| g. From the Baldwin enoampment and its
co-ordinates come the old English Templars
| Still keeping to the most plausible ii is again
| safe to assume that from this last branch Of
| hhights Iemplar came the transmission Of the
order into the United States.
IN THIS COUNTRY.
| The period Of entry by knights Templar into
this country and the manner Of their coming,
however. Is in about Is much doubt as is the
question Of their descent from the old order of
IemPlars. plausible idea is that few sir
knights. having received the order in Eng
land, Scotland or Ireland, and having emf
grated to this country, met together as they
| became known to each other, by appointment,
IN a secluded place in New York and other parts
OF the country, and after testing each other by
| the best evidence in their possession, or
ganized themselves into ..Encampments" or
| "Conclaves" and assumed control Of territorial
Jurisdiction, conferred the orders elected
officers, issued diplomas, &c.
! The formal history Of the order in this coun-
| try seems to have begun with the oonclaye at
New York in June, 1910
| Sir Theodore 8. G. Gourdin. speaking Of the
uncertainty OF the history, says: II have been
unable 70 ascertain at what period, by what
authority and under what particular crcum-
| stances the first encampment was established
in our country. PennsyIvania proudly claims
the distinction Of having inaugurated the order
OF knghthood in the United States. The KEY.
stone state insists that Tsmplarism had its be.
| ginning there in 1888, and that the hrst Grand
sncsnpment was established in Philadelphia
| May II, 1877, which has rendered the name OF
Pennsylvania eternal in the annals Of Templar.
ISM This testimony il now contradicted.
| Massachusetts,. from recent discoveries. shows
by the records OF st. Andrews Royal Arch
chapter Of Boston that on the 18th day Of August,
176S. Brother VIM. DAVIS received the four ste pl
(degrees) Of Excellent, Superintendent, Royal
Arch and Knight Templar, and that that body
| continued to confer the step of knight Tenn
plar until 1877. Charleston, g. c., presents her
claim for an early existence Of Templary-
that an encampment was established in that
| city in 17S0, but offers no proof except an old
| seal in the possession Of some one, . great Are
| having destroyed their records. Baltimore,
| Md, tenacious Of it, claim to antiquity In
Templarism and gives its birth in that city in
1870, Of which documentary proof IL forthcom.
ing. while New York produces incontrovertible
| evidence that TemplsTism existed aud hourishsd
in the city Of New York previous to l7sa
Fall Care Of Shrubs.
From the Ladies' Home Journal
It 10 Q mistake TO let shrubs 20 without At
tention during the summer and growing sea-
son. Then it y that they should be brought
| into good shape. for by watching them a.
growth is made one can see where pruning and
training Is required, and the necessary work
| can be done ct just the time when it will do
| most good, for shrubs are more tractable while
forming branches than they are afterward. II
yeu allow q shrub to grow to suit itseN all
| summer and attempt to rectify what you con.
| slider its mistake in fall you will find that q
great deal Of its summer growth may have to
| be removed to secure anything like symmetri.
| cal shape, and Of course these surplus branches
! indicate q good deal Of growth which has been
| wasted. So much Of the vitality of the plant
| 40 was taken to produce them has been ex-
pended uselessly; proper attention at the
proper time would have thrown this energy
| into the shrub.
But We must take things a. we find them, and
| fall finds most shrubs in need of . judicious
pruning, II We would have them take on q
shapely form. Therefore when getting ready
| to give them the winter protection, which most
| Of them require to . greater or lesser entent,
| give them . good pruning, and make them
symmetrical. It is well to do this before the
| coming of yery cold weather, 90 that the fresh