Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-06
THEY WILL BE WELCOME.
The Invitation Which VIII He EH-
tended to the Pythfan Host.

The Invitation which VIII He Ex-
tended to the Pythian Host.
At the meeting of the executive committee
to arrange for the encampment in this city
next August of the knights of Phythias 1t
was decided to have an invitation printed
for general distribution to the members and
friends of the order asking them to attend
the encampment. The invitation is signed
BY Richard Goodheart, chairman. and A.
+. Medford, secretary and reads as follows:
Your Pythian mother is preparing to
kill the fatted calf and spread feast for
you at the old homestead in the capital
of our country, and she opens her doors
to You and most cordially invites you to
come and join her in a grand family re-
union around the old hearthstone, bring
ing your friends with you, and We most
earnestly urge you TO come ana shake
hands with her and with one another
suggesting, sub rosa, that you Will make
a great mistake if you fail to come to
Washington next August Any one who
| has not already visited this ideal city
within the last twenty years has the
greatest treat of his life before him, and
| 1t is a duty he owes himself to come and
! enjoy II. Here are the muniments and
! trophies of war and the monuments and
triumphs of peace to inspire him with new
love for his country and increase his ad-
miration of her grandeur and glory.
Here are symposiums representing the
ever onward progress of her inventive
genius, palaces displaying the marvellous
advancement of her skill in architectural
art, and museums exhibiting the achieve
mentS OF her enterprise in gathering a
colossal collection of the wonders of ma
ture, science and art, in all ages of man,
! from all departments of human endeavor
| in every country of the world, and indi-
eating the footprints of history in the
mutations Of time to astonish and in
struct him.
| Here are panoramic views set in gorge
| Gus scenery, whose enhancing beauty no
| acquaintance can state; whose infinite
variety no inspection can wither, and
| whose surprising interest no knowledge
can divert; buildings of state that chal-
| lenge comparison with the weird castles
OF the antique world; homes of luxury
that beggar the foreign palaces of mod
ern times; luxuriant parks, like dreams
/ OF fairyland clothed in Eden glory; streets
! OF Partisan perfection, like frozen rivers
! in smoothness, stretching away in the
distance till lost in vistas of over-arching
| foliage.
They Are All Notable.
Here is that goddess-crowned dome of
| imposing splendor which proclaims the
presence of Congress; here is that gold
| covered cupola which marks the home
| of the most stupendous library on this
side of the Atlantic; here are Christian
minarets of every shade of devotion, point
ing up to heaven; here is that matchless
cenotaph, sky reaching in its height which
. a grateful country reared in honor of de-
parted worth; here is the seat of the
greatest government in the world; here
| is the chief magistrate of our land OF the
free and home of the brave, and his
cabinet ministers; here are the great de-
partments of administration; here is the
unsullied ermne that clothes those who
WELD our highest judicial powers and here
are the diplomatic representatives, OF the
J Ovid n1r in th.air lux
! And near here are the mecca and pride
| of American veneration the former home
! and present tomb of Washington, the for
mer home and present sepucher or our
greatest jurist, John Marshall, and Airing
ton, the former home of Robert Il. Lee
now city of the silent dead. That beauu-
full spot. the Soldiers Home. and that living
menagerie the Geological Gardens, are al
most in sight. And all of these places may
be seen. What more is needed to increase
your desire to come into invincible determi-
ration? What more Is required TO reward
the tedium of the journey? What could
make the prospect more inviting? Nothing!
Then come! Let every sword and helmet
. come! Let every Pythian brother come.
I Let every loyal citizen come!
The Home Hearth Stone.
Let all who love their country come and
see the birthplace of our order. No efforts
| will be spared to make every visitor COM
Portable. The wants of all will be antici-
pated and supplied as far possible by the
executive committee having the prepara-
tions in hand. Accommodations may be had
at hotels and boarding houses at prices
ranging from 81 to 81 per day. and meals
can be obtained all over the city at reason
able prices-good meals can be had almost
anywhere for % cents each The committee
is trying to perfect arrangements by which
| meals may be had at or near the camp at
the most advantageous prices obtainable.
Special rates and arrangements may be OBJ
| tanned Sy corresponding with John II.
| Mitchell, chairman of the committee on pub
| lie comfort, room Is, Warder building.
| FlooIed tents, Ice and straw will be fur
nished to sir knights in camp free of cost
| to them. Cots and pillows will be furnished
to the sir knights in camp, one cot and one
pillow. for 81. The subcommittee on public
comfort and public information will estab-
fish offices at each of the depotS, with prom
inent men in charge provided with list
! of those who have secured accommodations
in advance. and all who apply to them
will be provided with an escort, free of cost,
to their respective locations.
"A list of all respecta Die hotels and board
ing houses in the city, with the prices and
capacity of each, is now being prepared by
the committee on public comfort, and to
prevent imposition each one of them will
be inspected before being listed. The execu-
tive committee has made arrangements by
which horses and carriages can be secured
in advance at the lowest obtainable prices
and those desiring to do so should address
the chairman of the committee on horses
| and carriages, w. T. Mockbee The eXecu-
tive committee is sparing neither cost nor
| trouble in its efforts to have all arrange
ments necessary to the comfort, pleasure
and convenience of every visitor perfected in
advance of his arrival here, and you can
| render that committee valuable assistance
by answering the interrogatories contained
on the inclosed Slip as fully and carefully
| as possible, and return the slip to the eX-
ecutive committee soon the Informal
ton desired can be procured. Fraternally
yours, in F. G. and B."