St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-02
A PYTHIAN HOME.
Six Lodges to Be CHARTERED in
the Masonic Temple,

the Masonic temple.
On Tuesday last one of the elegant
lodge rooms in the new Masonic temple
was leased by the knights of Pythias
Hall association for the term of three
years. 1t is to be used by the
Minneapolis No. l, Daman No. 5,
Hermion No. is, Nicollet No. 49,,
Franklin No. IS. and Banner No. Sc,
each lodge having it's own particular
night in each week. Daman will meet
Monday night, Nicollet Tuesday, Ban
ner Wednesday, Franklin Thursday,
Minneapolis Friday and Hermion Sat
urday. 1t is intended that the uniformed
rank will meet some day in the week
in one OF the smaller rooms, the day to
be selected at some future time.
One of the great advantages in having
all the lodges meet in the same room is
that it will be of vast benefit to visitors
to the city, who are members of the or
der, as they can go to the hall any night
of the week and find their brethren of
the order. This should tend to bring
every visiting knight who happens to
be in the city to the hall. and will ere
ate greater interest in the order. The
location is one of the most central III the
city and should encourage full attend
ance of resident members. Aside from
that fact, it is near the hotels. and the
travelling men who are members will
lind it but step from their hotel to the
lodge room.
The lodges that are members of the
Hall association are all in t1ouriShing
financial condition, and are known to
have among their members some of the
best hustlerS that the order has in the
Northwest.
The order OF the Knight of Pythias has
grown rapidly in Minnesota, new lodges
having been formed for the past year at
the rapid rate of nearly one to each
week. There are eleven lodges of the
order in Minneapolis alone, while st.
Paul has seven.
Minneapolis Lodge No. is the oldest
in the state, and numbers among its
members some of the sturdiest
business men of the city. Nicol-
let No. 46 is composed almost
exclusively of professional men, law
yers, doctors, etc. Franklin No. 4S
is composed chiefly of young men with
youthful spirits and full of enthusiasm.
Damon No. 8 Is one of the oldest lodges,
and III point of numbers is one of the
principa.e ones of the city. Rermion
No. Is has been one of the leaders In all
the large Pythian movements through
Out Ine Stdte. Banner NO. DO Is the DaDy
lodge of tine city, but in numbers ranks
high On the list.
The new lodge room is 4Ox5O feet, with
two ample galleries, two large parlOrs
and all the necessary ante rooms. The
ceiling is Twenty-Five feet high, and
gives a splendid chance for the elab-
crate decorations which will be placed
upon the walls. 1t will DE ele-
gantly frescoed. in designs of art,
In which will be worked monograms
and symbols of the order, and the furni-
ture will be elaborate. The hall will be
ready for occupancy about the 1st of
March, and will be one of the finest
society rooms in the West. There will
be grand celebration to commemorate
the occasion, which will be decided
upon in the future.
Though there are five other flourish
ing lodges, it was impossible to take in
but one for each night in the week.
Scandal lodge will retain possession of
the old lodge room at Fourth avenue
south and Washington, and some of the
other lodges may combine with them to
meet there.