The herald., 1895-06-04
SHR|N[RS WILL BANQUET
A Mysterious Function for
Friday Night
1T WILL BE A UNIQUE AFFAIR
What the Invitations in the
Premises Disclose
THE MONTH OF THE PILGRIMAGE
Be Sure 10 Bring Your Fee and
Claws
There Will Be Strange Doings at Masonic
Temple
Other Funny Things viii Be Done.
Pilgrims, Read This Story
and Ponder

AL Malaikah temple. A. A. o. n. NJ. S.,
will hold an initiation and banquet al
Masonic temple on Friday night, and the
affair promises to be remarkably warm
function. The invitations for the affair
are out. and they unfold story which is
to say the least startlingly uique. The
special order regarding the coming event
reads as follows:
This is the last opportunity the unini-
tiated will have of looming in out of
the wet' during the dry" season, and
prior to the triennial conclave at Bost ton,
and the gathering OF the faithful on the
sands of Nantasket Beach. September I'd
and Sd, 1895. 1t therefore behooves each
memb ber to take up the slack IN his
rope in other words, to "hustle" and
see that his friends are among the for
tunate ones to receive the password ad-
mitting them to the gorgeou sanctum of
the prophet and salute the BLACK Stone
from Mecca
The general orders conveys to the pub
lie the following very interesting intel
lgence:
Headquarters for the next pilgrimage
To the Holy City will be established at
Masonic hall, corner Spring and First
streets. In the City of the Angels, to
the month OF June.
All Mobiles viii report promptly at $3.50
pm. June 7. 1895 attred in fez and claws.
Noble lIartup will report the names of
all members withouta fez to the lord high
executioner, that he may be duly court.
martialed.
Mobiles Durgin and Baldwin are placed
in charge of the fire works" and will
act as door-keepers to the gates of Hades.
The pilgrimage will be in charge OF Noble
DeCamp. who is hereby ordered 10 direct
all floor maneuveIs.
The invitations, which are signed by
Mayor Frank RAIDER as potentate and by
u. T.. Barclay as recorder. are to the
effect that Noble Thorne will assume
command of the Arab patrol" to con-
duct the novices across the burning
sands, - and will see also that plentiful
supply of well frozen ice is duly provided
to cool their blisteced feet. Allah pre-
serve them.
The hospital service will be Ill charge
of Mobiles Morrison and Choate. and they
are hereby authorized TO purchase at
their own expense all necessary court
plaster, bandages, iodine and other lini-
ments, for sprains, bruises and son
strokes" " which are liable to happen in
the best regulated shrines.
Noble Cochran will see that a sufficient t
supply of bottled electricity is proivued
TO allay and 'soothc" any nervous indi-
CatlOnS on tHe part OF CanuluateS.
Noble Teed will declaim and exclai.n to
the "tobogganers. and tell them about
the straight and narrow. very narrow, "
path that inclineth to the regions be-
low" He is especially commanded to
give each novice an opportunity to
talk back" as much as he desires.
Noble Slocum will SEQ that the soup
is properly seasoned and served in red
hot style, without "straws," and in pot
found in the ruins of :" ompee" and i'm
ported at great expense expressly for this
event.
Noble Fiscus will be IN charge of the
commissarv depai itment. and will provide
alfalfa and cut feed for the enUlre cara
van.
Zem Zem water will be used very spar
ingly, owing to the "fullness'' OF the
moon and the lateness of the season.
Noble Osborne will act as toastn aster
of the evening and will see that no stale
jokes are inflicted upon an innocent and
unsuspecting nobility
Headquarters will be abandoned imme-
diately after this session of the shrine,
and the curtains OF the temple pulled
down dur ing the summer months.
Noble Long will take charge of the
camels during the vacation and turn
them out to pasture until the beginning
of our next winters campaign.
These are my orders, see that they are
obeyed.
The scene OF the coming event will be
the oasis of Los Angeles. desert of Cali
fornia. Some eighteen candidates are to
be admitted upon the fateful occasion into
the Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine.