The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-07-13

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airy, 1907 street-Mithras Lodge of Perfec
ton No. l, Tuesday, 18th.
Lebanon Lodge will confer the second degree
Friday evening.
Arminius Lodge No. 25 has called off during
July and August.
National Lodge No. 12 has called off to the
first Tuesday in August
Hiram Lodge No. 10 will probably confer the
second degree Friday evening.
Columbia Chapter will confer the Mark Mas
ter degree Wednesday evening.
Mount Horeb Chapter will confer the Mark
Master degree Thursday evening.
Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croi1 conferred
the sixteenth degree Tuesday evening last.
Potomac Commandery No. 8 has called off
until the first Wednesday in Sept ember next,
Mount Vernon Chapter No. 3 will probably
work the Royal Arch degree Monday evening.
Washington Centennial Lodge No. IA will
confer the first and second degrees Wednesday
evening.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection will confer the
sixth, seventh, and eighth degrees Tuesday
evening.
Granville Mason, Worshipful Master of Co
lumbia Lodge No. 8, left last Saturday evening
on trip to Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul, and
other points West.
Columbia Commandery No. will transact
routine business Friday evening. The Order of
the Red Cross is due, but will be postponed un-
til later in the season.
a special meeting of Osiris Lodge No. 26 was
held Friday evening, commencing at O'Clock,
the first, second, and third degrees being con-
ferred. On Wednesday evening next the first
degree will be worked at the stated communi-
cation.
La Fayette Chapter and Eureka Chapter have
months. Several other chapters will probably
follow suit. When the excessive heat of the
last month is taken into consideration a very
small proportion of the lodges have called Of.
The annual report of Mithras Lodge of Per
fectiOn has been issued, and in every detail is a
fattering success for the indefatigable and
hard-working staff of officers. The fourteenth
degree has been conferred during the past year
on fifty-one candidates, and the lodge has only
lost one member by death, the Rev. William
Augustus Harris, thirty-third degree. At the
present time there are thirty-fve candidates on
the way between the fifth and thirteenth de
grees.
Active preparations are already being made
among the Scottish Rite Masons for the session
of the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurs
diction, which will be held in this city next fall
The business of the body will be transacted a
the hall corner Third and E streets, while th,
headquarters will probably be located in thu
sanctuary on G street. The Supreme Council
is Jle sovereign DOuS VI luc Illle, anu lue LnecI
ings are attended by the most eminent of Scot
tish Rite Masons in the country. Efforts ar
being made to have all of the thirty second de
gree Masons properly uniformed, and a com
pany of between forty and fifty will be formed
under the command of Brother Joseph G. Tay
lor, thirty-third degree who will be thoroughi
equipped with the full uniform and regalia 0
their rank This uniform is the most striking
and picturesque worn by any Masonic body
and the effect of large body of men clothe
in its rich and well-cOntrasted colors will b
very beautiful and well worth seeing. Tn
pants and tunc are of white, with o1freys O
gold embroidery; the mantle, falling to th
knees, Is Of heavy red or black plush, accordn
TO the rank; slOuch hat, with plumes, high
top boots of buff leather, and the regulatio
sword and belt complete the uniform. yer
low price has been contracted for and the COS
tune can no doubt be ordered at a fgur
which, when the costly material is taken int
consideration, is extremely cheap.
In many of the grand jurisdictions the Ordt
of the Eastern Star, or the American Adoptiy
Rite, is in a very hourishing condition. Thef
degrees, to which the female relatives of NJ
sons eligible, have, it is strange to say, ney
met with much favor or created any enthl
siasm in the District OF Columbia, althoug
their rituals are very attractive and the asst
Citations extremely agreeable. Adaptive Nj
sorry first made its appearance in France in Il
early part ofthe eighteenth century, and there
still legal and regular branch of the institute
in that country. The French Rite has four d
grees-Apprentice, Companion, Mistress, an
Perfect Mistress. The offices of Lodge
Adoption are a Grand Master and a Gran
Mistress, an Orator, an INSPECTOR an Inspec
ress, Depositor, Depositrex, Conducto
and a Conductress. They wear blue cola
with gold trowel pendant ,therefrom, whi
apron, and gloves. The members also wear IL
jewel of the order, which is golden ladder vii
five rounds on the left breast Many Of IL
most distinguished ladies of Europe have bee
and are now members Of this order, among IL
most celebrated being the Duchess Of Bourbo
the Empress Josephine, Lady Montagu
Duchess Elizabeth Chesterfield and the EI
press Eugene. The American Adoptiye Rite
better adapted to the United States, and has e
cited considerable interest and found MAJ
powerful advocates in this country 1t cousis
of five ephthah's Daughter, or Il
Daughters degree, illustrating respect to d