The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-04-27


Royal and Select ldStcrS.-A. A. S. r. Sane
tuary, 1907 G Washington Council No. /,
Wednesday. 30th.
Commandeic8 Knights Templar. - Masonic
Temple-Columbia No g Friday, May ..
Dawson Lodge No. 16 will confer the second
degree Monday evening.
La Fayette Lodge No. 10 will confer the first
degree Thursday evening.
Hiram Lodge No. 10 will probably confer the
second degree Friday evening.
Lebanon Lodge No. will confer the first and
second degrees Friday evening.
Mount Horeb Chapter will confer the Mark
Master degree Thursday evening.
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Mount Vernon Chapter No. expects to
work the Royal Arch tomorrow evening. The
Past and Most Excellent may, however, be sub
stituted.
The Masonic Veteran Association. of which
Gen. Albert Pike is President, will hold the reg
ular quarterly meeting Wednesday evening in
the Cathedral of the Scottish Rite.
Stansbury Lodge No. "a will confer the first
degree Monday evening. At the last commun-
cation the third degree was not conferred, as was
announced prior to the meeting. The degree
will be worked, however, in the near future.
The centennial of Maryland Commandery at
Baltimore is still the important topic in Templar
circles, and the enthusiasm is on the increase as
the date OF the event approaches. If the weather
is favorable the Washington contingent will be
very large
Arminius Lodge No. 25 will confer the third
degree Monday evening. The Council of ROYAL
and Select Masters, meeting Wednesday even
ing, and the above lodge will be the only York
Kite bodies which will meet in the Sanctuary
during the week.
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day OF next week is the fifth occurrence of those
days in the month of April the following Ma
sonic bodies will not hold stated meetings dur
ing the week: Columbia Lodge No. 3, National
No. l2, Washington Centennial Lodge No A.
Osiris Lodge, Z. D.; Columbia Chapter No l.
La Fayette Chapter No 5, Potomac Commandery
No. 3, and Mthras Lodge of Perfection, A.A.S.R.
1t will be necessary for the Shriners to hold
the meeting of the Imperial Council at San
Francisco, after all, as clause in the constitu-
ton has been discovered which prohibits the
changing of the place after the same has been
selected by vote of the council meeting will.
however, be held at Pittsburg during the month
OF June, when it is expected that the principal
business OF the Shrine will be transacted and the
consequent "good time' experienced, while the
San Francisco meeting will be a formal affair
and only necessitate the attendance of the proper
officers of the Imperial Council.
Columbia Commandery No. 2 will confer the
Order of the Temple to large class Friday even
ing. AT the last conclave the commandery de-
cided not to make the proposed pilgrimage to
Cleveland on May 30 to attend the unyeiling of
the Garfield Monument, as the invitation to at
tend the baltimore centennial on May was re-
ceiyed and accepted prior to any knowledge of
the Cleveland event, and the two pilgrimages in
one month would probably conflict. The com
mandery expect about one hundred and fifty
swords in line at Baltimore and will he headed
by the full Marine Band. Past Commander S.
b. Anger, who is now located at Charlotte,
Mich, having affiliated with and being Past
Commander of Charlotte Commandery of that
city, has been invited to deliver the next lecture
OF the historical course, and his reply to the in
Vltatlon Will probably be read Friday evening.
Sorrow Lodges, Or more properly speaking.
Lodges OF Sorrow, are of very rare occurrence
in this country especially in the York Rite.
They are frequently held, however, in Europe,
and particularly in Germany. where shortly
after the death of a worthy brother the 'sTrauer
Loge'' is held, when the virtues, memory. and
intellectual qualifications of the deceased are
fttingly commemorated and funeral rites of an
impressive character are performed This GUS
tom is eminently proper, and strictly in accord
ance with the fraternal principles of Masonry,
and one which should be universally practiced.
On these occasions the lodge-room is appro-
priately draped in black and the several stations
covered with embems of mourning On the
Masters pedestal is a skull and lighted taper.
In the centre of the room is placed a catafaldue,
consisting OF rectangular platform, about six
feet long byfour wide, on which rest two smaller
platforms. On the third is an elevation of con.
yenient height on which is placed an urn. The
platform is draped in black, and usually a
canopy of heavy black drapery is raised over the
urn. AT each corner of the Platforms lighted
taper, which are seYerally eXtnguished during
the ceremony. On the catafalque is placed {
pair of white gloves, plain lambskin apron
and if the deceased was officer the proper
insignia of his Office The ritual for these oc
casOns is very beautiful, and is intersperseG
with vocal and instrumental music. The cere
monies are public, being limited only to tht
members Of the lodge and their relatives an(
friends. The last lodge of sorrow held in thi
city occurred some years ago under the auspice
of Mithras Lodge OF Perfection, of the Ancien
and Accepted Scottish Rite, at the Metropolitan
Church
At the last stated convocation of Columbii
Chapter No. Companion Myron NJ. Parke
was elected TO the Office of Excellent King, the
same having become vacant by the resignation
of Companion ii. b. Major The wisdom OF
this action Of the chapter cannot be made more
apparent than by brief allusion to the Masonic
career of Companion Parker and the many val
liable services rendered to the fraternity by this
distinguished Mason In Benjamin b. Frencl
Lodge No. -, his Masonic Alma Mater, he
served WOrshipful Master, and from thence
entered the official line of the Grand Lodge OF
the District Of Columbia, and III due time was
elected Grand Master Of the jurisdiction. The
brilliant and honorable manner in which he
filled the latter Office the spirit Of indepen-
dence which characterized his administration
and the way in which he enforced proper re
spect for the Grand Lodge and the Masonic fra
fHrUffy durfUg he ir,gfJeut "a fIa