Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-15
FALLS CHURCH.

The District Lodge of Good Templars,
composed of the lodges of Fairfax, Prince
William. Alexandria and city of Alexan-
dria, met with st. Julians Lodge, No. go,
at Walkers Chapel yesterday, with dele
gates present from the several counties,
District Grief Templar ]. D. Payne presid-
ing. The district degree was conferred up
on a number of delegates who had not pre-
viously received it. The secretary's repor
showed thirteen lodges in the district, with
a membership of 62S, a slight decrease
from previous quarter. The district chief
templar reported that he had visited a
number of lodges during the quarter, and
that for the most part they were in pros
porous condition. Arlington Hill Lodge
was reported weak, and the executive COM
mittee was instructed to at once look after
its interest. ST. Julians Lodge. with its
membership of 152, is the largest in he
jurisdiction and the banner lodge Of the
state. j. NJ. Thorne, Samuel F. Stalcup
and E. D. Shreve were appointed COM
mittee state of the order, and Robert
Walker, r. P. Porter and Rev. S. A. Ball a
committee on finance. At the afternoon
session an address Of welcome was made
by Mr.. Samuel F. Stalcup of St. Julian's
Lodge. in which he congratulated the men,
bers upon the condition of the order and
the work it has accomplished, commencing
especially the work of the ladies of the
county in securing the introduction of tenn
perance text books into the public schools
the value of which could not be overesti-
mated. A pleasant response was made by
j. NJ. Thorne. The committee on state of
the order made report recommending
plans of work in the district. The finance
committee also reported. An invitation
from Rising Star Lodge of Dunn Loring
was received for the District Lodge to hold
its next session with it. which was accept
ed for November. ]. NJ. Thorne was elect
ed representative to the Grand Lodge,
which meets in Lynchburg September 8,
and Mr.. E. D. Shreve alternate The dis
trict banner was awarded to Shakespeare
Lodge, at Manassas. 1T having made the
largest increase in membership during the
past three months, and Mr.. Robert Walker
was appointed to present 1t to the lodge.
The ladies Of st. Julian's Lodge furnished
bounteous repast to the delegates and
visitors, for which vote of thanks was
rendered. The attendance was about ere
hundred delegates and visitors. Pioneer
Lodge of this town was represented by the
following delegates, viz: Miss Ida N. Ball,
Miss Estelle Birch. Miss Pansie Payne,
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Erwin. Mrs. Thomas Hitler,
Messrs. ]. NJ. Thorne, G. Gather, &. w.
Donaldson, w. S. Albertson, c. NJ. Rath-
bum. During the good of the order exer-
cises Rev. ]. w. Norris and Rev. ]. NJ.
Wilson made interesting addresses. At
night ST. Julian's Lodge gave a very fine
entertainment in the grove to the men,
bers of the District Lodge and public gen.
orally, the program OF which consisted of
an opening duQT6SS ny NIT. Il.
recitation, Mr.. Samuel Nugent; tableau.
.'Womans Rights Miss Lottie Beach,
Messrs. George Marcy and Murray Hern-
don; tableau, Lifting the VEIL" Miss
Winnie Bradley. Miss Elsie Havener,
Messrs. w. C. Shpman, Walter Marcy
and Adams: tableau. Rock of Ages"
Misses Elsie Havener and Winnie Bradley;
tableau, "Reveries Of a Bachelor" Mr..
William Marcy and six young ladies'; tab
leau, 1.-The Drunkards Home" Miss Min
ME Bauch, Mr.. w. c. Shipman; instru-
mental music Miss Annette Veitch; tab
Mans Darling" end 1.-The Young Mans
Slave;" tableau. Tempted" Miss Annie
Marcy, Miss Elsie Havener. Messrs G. B.
Bradley, Arthur Sherier, John MoyneauX;
tableau, columbus Before the Court Of
Spain" The entertainment was much en-
joyed by a very large audience.
Mr. w. H. Nowlan and family have gone
to Virginia Beach to spend several days.
Mr. John Williams of Colorado is visiting
his sister. Mrs. j. w. Brown.
At the meeting CT Pioneer Lodge of Good
Templars Tuesday night the good of the
consisted of music on the autoharp by Mr..
s. D. Mankins: reading, Miss Ida N. Ball;
instrumental duet. Messrs. Upton Galleher
and Sidney Mankins: instrumental music,
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Ell win. Mr.. G. Gather gave an
account of his trip to Boston last month.
Rev. K. #. Tsoong, a native of China,
gave an Interesting lecture in the M. e..
Church South Tuesday night.
Mr. G. A. l.. Merrifield, accompanied by
his daughter and son, started for Boston
by steamer Monday.
Mrs. j. T. Barber has gone to Liberty. N.
Y, to join her husband, who has been
spending a week with their son there.
Rev and Mrs. Edward Eells left Wednes-
day for Brandt, Pa, where Mr.. Eells has
accepted a call to the church there.