Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-24
THE GOLDEN CROSS.

HOme--Other Items.
National Commandery, United Order of
the Golden Cross. met last evening at its
new hall. No. 62l-623 Louisiana avenue
Mrs. Belle NJ. Carter. noble commander
presided, and announced the appointment
OF the following Committees: On finance
w. l.. Wilkerson, Jas. Lewis and w. f.
carter; on good Of the order-R. II. Yates,
Mrs. Lille A. Edelin,, Mrs. " c. Lewis.
Leslie r. Trembly and w. F. Carter. No
other business of Importance was transact
ed The hall has been furnished expressly
FOR the work of the order. The stations of
the officers, the altar and the pedestal for
the cross are beautifully finished in cherry.
the emblem of the order being inlaid with
variegated wood in the pedestal on the four
sides. Large oak chairs have been provided
Tor the members. In the rear of the main
hail room has been fitted UP for ban
quets, which is arranged so that It can be
thrown open If needed to enlarge the main
hall. The officers appeared last evening in
evening dress. and presented "A handsome
appearance. During the evening a number
OF visitors appeared, among whom were
Grand Commander Perry. Grand X eeper of
Records Graham, Past Grand Commander
Groot Noble Commander Conover of Good
VIII Commandery. Knight Venable of Mt.
vernon Commandery and others. Refresh
the committee on the good of the order
This commandery was instituted MAY 81
1SsS with charter list of forty-two mem
beers, and now numbers 1913. the largest in
the jurisdiction. Past Grand Commander
X. II. Yates has the honor of having been
the most powerful helper of Grand Com
ander Ehle in the organization of this
commandery. Taking his withdrawal card
from ST. Johns Commandery, he began his
work in the Fifth Baptist Church, of which
he Is an earnest and consistent member
and the result was a charter list of forty
two members. The ladies of this command
cry have been energetic i'm the work of
bringing in new members. Mrs. Annie L.
Allen, the present vice noble commander
succeeded In obtaining upward of forty new
members during the last term. The meet
ings of this commandery are more largely
attended than any other commandery in
the jurisdiction. frequently having over
half of its members present. At the last
election the two highest Offices in the COM
randery were given to ladies-Mrs. Belle
Nj. Carter as noble commander and Mrs.
Annie l.. Allen as vice noble commander.
The music of the commandery is a promi-
ent and pleasing feature Of the meetings.
and is in charge of Miss Minnie NJ. Lewis
organist: Mrs. Angie c. Bateman, soprano:
Miss Fannie Carter. alto: Frank NJ. Ash
ford tenor, and J. Bright Handy, basso.
assisted by a large choir. The business end
of the commandery since its organization
has been in charge of Leslie r. Trembly
noble keeper of records; Jos. Il. Bailey.
treasurer, to whose energy and ability the
success of the commandery is largely due.
Under the good of the order the follow
ing program was presented: The Old Oak
en- Bucket" by the commandery quartet
vocal solo, Sweet Marie" by Frank NJ.
Ashford; vocal solo, by Mrs. Angie c. Bate
man; recitation. by Miss Lizzie Howison;
humorous speech. by NJ. l.. Venable. At a
late hour the members and guests Joined
in singing God Be With You Till We Meet
Again." and the evenings enjoyment was
closed
At the regular meeting of Goodwill Com
mandery last evening Noble Commander
Nelson Conover presided. and appointed the
following committees: On fnance-Howard
Larcombe. Philip H. Branson and Frank
r. johnson; on good of the order-Dr. S. 1.
Groot, Miss Adelaide Payne, Mrs. Matte +.
johnson, Mrs, Inazella F. Jones and Mrs.
Mary f. Goss. Interesting remarks under
the good of the order were made by Grand
Commander Perry, Past Grand Commander
George Redway and Knights Dr. Burton
Macafee J. w. Cheney. Benz. F. Moore.
Edward Steer,W. H. Schell Jas. G. Thomp-
son and others. Miss Adelaide Payne of
this commandery is sojourning for a month
at Reading, Pa, as the guest OF Mrs. DE Il.
Randolph Keim.