The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-05-11

Communicates Knights Templdr. - Masonic
Temple-De Molay No. 4, Tuesday, 18th; Wash
ington No |, Wednesday, 14th; Columbia No.
2, Friday, 10th.
4ncicat and accepted Scottish Rite.-Sanctu-
airy, 1907 G street-Evangeist Chapter Rose
Croix, Tuesday, 18th.
Lebanon Lodge will confer the second degree
Friday evening.
Acacia Lodge will transact routine business
Tuesday evening.
Hiram Lodge No. 10 will confer the third de-
gree Friday evening.
Potomac Chapter No. will confer the Mark
degree Tuesday evening.
La Fayette Lodge No. 10 will confer the third
degree Thursday evening.
Federal Lodge No will confer the second
degree Tuesday evening.
Mount Horeb Chapter will confer the Mark
Master degree Thursday evening.
Mount Vernon Chapter will confer the Past
and Most Excellent Monday evening.
Washington Commandery No l will confer
the 'Order Of the Temple Wednesday evening.
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Arminius Lodge No. % will confer the third
degree Monday evening, the same having been
postponed from the last communication.
Stansbury Lodge expect TO confer the third
degree Monday evening, but do not desire to
announce this degree as the definite work.
Evangelist Chapter Rose Croix will confer the
sixteenth degree of the A. A. S. r. Tuesday
evening on large class Of candidates, and it is
expected that the meeting will be very interest
ing in other respects besides the degree work.
The affairs of this body are in an excellent con-
dition, and present indications point to a very
prosperous administration for the recently
elected officers.
De Molay Commandery No. will transact
routine business at the conclave of Tuesday
evening. a delegation of Sir Knights from
Chester, Pa, visited this Commandery at the
last conclave, and as they were from the Com
mandery which acted as the host of De Molay
on recent pilgrimage they were royalty enter
tained by the local fraters and shown the sights
of the city in very satisfactory manner.
At the meeting of the Grand Lodge Wednes-
day evening the regular rbusinessappertaining to
the semi-annual communication will be trans
acted, after which the first and second degrees
will be eXemplited in accordance with the usual
custom. Other business will be transacted of
the utmost importance, and every member of
the Grand Lodge, especially the Worshipful
Masters of constituent lodges, should be present
at the communication.
The inclement weather of last Tuesday seri-
ously interfered with the success of the Balti-
more centennial and largely reduced the num-
Der Of Sir Knights from this city. The parade in
consequence suffered, the Templars appearing
only in fatigue uniform. The other exercises
of the event were successfully carried out in
accordance with the programme before pub,
lished in The SUNDAY HERALD. Washington
No. l, Columbia No. 2, Potomac No 3, and De
Molay No. 4 from this city were represented.
The announcement in this column last sun
day that Osiris Lodge, L. D., would confer the
third degree Wednesday evening was an error
The lodge did, however, work this degree OF
Fridar, the 2d instant, and also on Monday tn,
9th The communication of Wednesday even
ing was devoted to the transaction of routin,
business and the settlement of the affairs O
the lodge preparatory TO the report which un
der the grand constitution, must be rendered
the Grand Lodge Wednesday evening of thi
week. At the conclusion of the above busines
the brethren present were rendered the hospi
talities of the lodge in the banquet hall of tn
sanctuary.
1t is with sincere pleasure that THE SUNDA-
HERALD announces the return to the city O
Brother Joseph c. Taylor, thrty-third degree
Commander Robert De Bruce Council of Kadosl
From hard work and the close confinement c
very eXactng business the health of Brothe
Taylor was seriously impaired and acting un
der the advice of his physicians, he left the cit
for rest and recuperation. For the past mont
he has been stopping at Cherrystone Villa,
family resort owned by Dr. Leroy NJ. Taylor, {
this city, on Cherrystone Inlet Chesapeak
Bay He has recently returned, and his grei
Improvement in health is the scource of man
congratulations from his Masonic friends
II is very strange lnhI Tue average Mason
writer of the present day is so prone to fall int
the error Of chasing the Ancient and Arabic o
der MOBILES of the Mystic Shrine as a Masonic o
ganiZation, and in the same breath begin to raj
the harmless "Shriners" for their impudepce
striving to gain a standing In the Masonic sy
TEN. The Shrine is not Masonic organization
has never claimed Masonic recognition, an
would not secure it if it did. 1t is simply an o
ganiZation wherein the standard of eligibility fC
membership is fixed upon the Masonic rank {
Knight Templar or the thirty-second degree
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite. I'll
wisdom of fixing this standard of eligibility
apparent TO any one who has given the subjer
a moments thought, and the fact that such
the case and that candidate for the Shrine mu
have attained either of the ranks mentioned b
fore his application can be received and acte
upon does not in any way prove a connecto
between the Masonic system and the Shrin
Consequently such expressions as 'the Mason
circus" bastard growths," ETC., are in e.
tremely bad taste, and show an ignorance in Il
matter which TO the well-informed Masons
this jurisdiction are to say the least, startling
their absurdity The Shrine is simply an organ
zatiOn which caters TO the comedy side Of huma