The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-02-15

Mechanics.
The following Masonic bodies meet upon the
evenings of the ensuing week:
Subordinate Lodges. = Masonic Temple -
Benjamin 3. French No. 15 Monday, 10th; Pen
talpha No. %, Monday 10th; National No 12,
Tuesday, 18th; Washington Centennial No. H.
Wednesday, 18th; La Fayette No. 19, Thurs
day, 10th; Lebanon No. z, Friday, Goth.
A. A. s. K. Sanctuary, 1907 street-Cathe-
dral: Osiris No. 26, Wednesday, 18th. Blue
Room: Columbia No. 8, Wednesday, 18th
Masonic Hall, Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue-Hiram No. 10, Friday, Goth.
Masonic Hall. Georgetown-Potomac No. 5,
Monday, 18th.
Masonic Hall, Virginia avenue southeast
Naval No. 4, Thursday, 10Th.
Masonic Hall, Uniontown-Anacostia No. 81
Monday, 10th.
Royal Arch Chapters Masonic Temple-La-
fayette No 5, Tuesday, 18th.
Masonic Hall, Virginia avenue southeast -
Naval No. g. Tuesday, 18th.
Masonic Hall, Nineteenth street and Pennsyl-
vanta avenue-Mount Horeb No. z, Thursday,
10Th.
ComnldnderieS Knights Templar. - Masonic
le-Columbia No. q Friday, Goth.
Masonic Hall, Georgetown-Potomac No. 3.
Wednesday, 18th.
Ancient and accepted Scottish Rite.-Sanctu-
ary, 1907 G street-Mithras Lodge of Perfection,
Tuesday, 18th
Friday evening.
Columbia Lodge No 3 will confer the third
degree on Wednesday evening.
Lebanon Lodge No. will confer on Friday
evening the 1st and I'd degrees.
Potomac Lodge No. will confer the Sd de-
gree tomorrow Monday evening.
Mount Horeb Chapter No. reports routine
business for Thursday evening next
La Fayette Chapter No. will confer the
Royal Arch degree Tuesday evening
Pentalpha Lodge No. 90 will confer the Sd
degree Monday tomorrow evening.
Washington Centennial Lodge No. IA will
confer the Sd degree Wednesday evening.
Potomac Commandery No. 3 will have rou-
tine business at the conclave of Wednesday
evening.
Harmony Lodge conferred the Sd degree
Thursday evening, and the 1st and I'd at spe-
cia communication Friday evening.
The historical lecture of Past Commander j.
+. Allen, announced in this column to be deliv-
cred Friday evening next in Columbia Com
mandery No. 2, has been postponed to March 6.
st. Johns Mite Association held largely
attended meeting Wednesday evening last, the
President, r. B. Donoldson presiding. I'm
portant business relative to the association was
transacted.
At the conclave of Columbia Commandery
No. Friday evening an historical lecture
detailing the events of his administration will
be delivered by j. F. Allen, Past Commander,
and will undoubtedly be interesting and enter
r tanning.
o. S. Firmn is in Florida on visit to his
brother, f. w. Firmin, one of the prominent
business men of Findlay, Ohio, (and q promi-
nent member of the Masonic fraternity as well)
who is spending the winter there in search of
what Ponce de Leon claimed to have found in
that land of sunshine and flowers
The bylaws of the Triennial Savings Associa-
tion of Columbia Commandery No 2 have just
been issued in very attractive form. The OBJ
iect of the association is the accumulation of a
fund to pay the expenses of the membership to
Denver in 1852, the occasion of the twenty-ifth
triennial conclave of the Grand Encampment
Any Knight Templar or Master Mason in good
standing, or any lady recommended bya Knight
Iemplar, is eligible TO membership. The by
laws extremely liberal regarding persons
who wish at any time to withdraw from the as
sociaton, and the board of directors, who have
control of the finances and investments of the
association, are all well-known business men,
whose Judgment and experience can be safely
relied upon to assure the success of the associa-
tion. Outside of the specific object for which it
is formed the association offers to persons
eligible safe, secure, and economical system of
investment, with a handsome profit in the near
future.
THE HERALD has alluded before to the hos
pitable manner in which many of the present
Masters are endeavoring to promote in their
lodges the spirit of cordial welcome SO be-
coming to fraternal organizations. There is
nothing that visitor, especially brother from
some foreign jurisdiction, enjoys so much as
the little attentions and courtesies which can
be readily extended by the officers and mem
bers of the body he is visiting. Pleasant recol-
lectlons of the evening are borne away, and in
one subordinate lodge the reputation of the en-
tire jurisdiction will thus truthfully be main
tanned as one of the most hospitable in the
country. In this connection an invitation,
written by w. j. Naylor, w. M. of Pentalpha
Lodge No 23, is appended, and may be re-
garded as model of Masonic courtesy and
etiquette: "Our latch-string hangs on the out
side, and all brethren are sure of hospitable
greeting and an enjoyable and profitable even
ing Our master of ceremonies, genial Philip Rel
ter, has the happy faculty of making all visitors
imagine they are members of Pentalpha. This
spirit animates the entire membership and all
do their utmost to show how pleasant it is for
brethren to dwell together in unity"
A very high compliment was paid to Bro
William s. Roose, Jr., of Adherence Lodge No.
SS, of Baltimore, last Monday evening, and the
courtesy is probably without parallel in Ma
sonic history, it being no less than visit of the
officers of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia to subordinate
lodge of the jurisdiction of Maryland on inyi-
tation of the latter to witness the comforting of
the 3d degree upon Bro. Roose, who is the son
of one Of our most popular and best known
citizens, William s. Roose, ESQ.,, a prominent
Mason aud brother, who has obtained the 33d
degree OF the A. A. S. r. Upon arrival of the
distinguished visitors in Baltimore reception
by Nj. W., Bro. Thomas j. Shryock, Grand
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