Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-24
In the Coming Of the Hosts of the
Knights Of Pythias.
ACTIVE WORK AMONG LOCAL MEMBERS
Words Of Encouragement and
Prophecy Flom Gen. Canadian.
MEETINGS OF COMMITTEES

Washington. The proposition is well put by
the executive committee, which, in it's cir
cular Of invitation to the officers and sir
knights of the Uniform Rank knights of
Pythias. and to the members and friends of
| the order generally, sets forth that 1.-THE
Pythlan 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 grand family reunion around the old
hearthstone."
In its greeting to the knights of Pythas
throughout the land the knights of Wash
ington thus sound the praises of their city:
Here are the monuments and trophies of
war and the monuments and triumphs of
peace to inspire the American with new love
Tor MS country and increase his admiration
or her grandeur and glory. Here hre SYM
pOSlumS representing the ever onward pro-
gress of her inventive genius-palaces dis
playing the marvellous advancement of her
skill in architecture and museums exhibit
ing the achievement of her ENTERPRISE in
gathering a colossal collection of the Won
ders of nature, science and art in all ages
or man, from all departments of human en-
deaVor in every country of the world, and
indicating the footprints of history in the
| mutations of time-to astonsh and instruct.
Here are panoramic views set in gorgeous
scenery, whose enhancing beauty no ac-
no inspection can wither and whose surpass-
| ing interest no knowledge can lessen; build
| ingS OF state that challenge comparison with
| the weird castles of the antique world;
homes of luxury that beggar the foreign
palaces of modern 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
Imposing Monuments.
Here is that goddess-crowned dome of
imposing grandeur which proclaims the
presence of Congress; here is that gold
covered cupola OF dazzling splendor which
marks the home of the most stupendous
Library on this side of the Atlantic; here
are Christian minarets of every shade of
devotion pointing up to heaven; here is
| that matchless cenotaph, sky-reaching in
Its height, which grateful country reared
In honor of departed WORTH
These local knights are loyal Washing
tonians and they talk Washington as it
ST ouid be talked. They know her beauty;
they feel the inspiration which she gives,
and they are singing ii forth to the whole
world, in the lCudest tones of black face
type. Just now the graces and glories of
our city are being heralded over mountain
and plain. Mr.. Percy q. Smith, secretary
to the executive committee, was astir early
| today and before the sun had climbed very
! high above the heights of Benning was
Letters OF inquiry are coming in from all
quarters and in great bulk. Because of the
unsettled matter of railroad rates. no def
mite assurances are being received from
the organized bodies by the Washington
managers of the encampment. but scores of
letters stating that we expect to be IN
| Washington with full ranks" are coming
to hand in each mail.
Unsettled Railroad Rates.
Three months are yet to elapse before the
biennial session of the Supreme Lodge and
| the encampment of the L. r. convene, and
| there still remains plenty of time to talk
about railroad fares. But the end of this
| question is in sight. At a meeting of the
public comfort committee held last night
at the Belvedere Hotel a communication
| from General Carnahan was read, in which
| ne stated that the matter would soon be
arr anged. He said that the unsettled status
/ of the rate question was the reason why
| the Washington people had not heard posi-
| lively from more divisions of the uniform
| rank. 1t was impossible for the officers
| 10 tell how many men would be in their
command until they knew how much the
! luxury of trip to Washington was going to
| cost.
| Gen. Carnahan spoke words of encourage
| ment and prophesied that ii would be the
| biggest encampment in the history of the
order. He counseled the Washington man
ayers to keep wide awake. and not to blink
an eye in sleep till the goal of mighty tri-
umph had been reached. He advised them
1 70 pun all together with stout hearts and
| Pythian stroke. He spoke of the fiery en-
| thusiasm which was animating the hearts
ssQf the knights, and with what high degree
kof hope their thirsty. longing gaze was
| fixed on Washington. The word Washing
| ton was magic one which made the pulse
| of devoted knights beat faster 1t was the
main thing talked about in Pythian circles
| The Pythian press was full of it. 1t was
| being looked forward to as a great and
glorious excursion, where fun and work
| would be compounded in due proportions.
and where they could pay their patriotic
| duties to the tomb of the father of his
| country, and offer up tstimony of their love
| at the nations shrine.
| Steady Progress Reported.
| The letter of Gen. Carnahan evoked genu-
| inc enthusiasm, but the Washington
knights needed nothing in the way of en-
couragement. They know that success will
attend their efforts, and they are working
| that way. Talk is reduced to a minimum
| and work raised to a maximum at head
| quarters.
At last nights meeting of the public COM
| fort committee there was a full attend
ance, and everybody who was there report
! ed steady progress along all lines. A reso-
/ luton presented by Committeeman Mino,
| that the executive committee send out
second circular letter to all the branches
| of Knights of Pythias, was approved, and
will be brought before the executive COM
mittee at it's next meeting on Monday
| night.
| A Circular of Inquiry.
This circular will be about as follows:
| Interrogatories to be answered. Please
| furnish the information called for by the
| following queries as soon possible:
| l. How many sir rights of your division
will go into camp and desire cots?
2. How many members and friends of the
| order mot going into camp will accompany
your division?
| g. For how many of them do you desire
accommodations provided and reserved at
hotels or boarding houses, and at what
rates?
A. At what time does your division expect
| to leave home.
| B. Or what road will you enter Washing
| ton?
| g. What is the day and hour of your an
| ticipated arrival here?
| Z. viii you telegraph this information as
to me of departure, road of entrance and
hour OF expected arrival to the chairman of
the committee on reception of the uniform
rank on the day of your departure from
home?
John c. Yost is chairman. Address No
10 9th street northeast.
A letter has been received from Gen.
Carnahan, stating that already twenty
divisions of the uniform rank have entered
for the competitive drill, which is to be
one of the spectacular features of the en-
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