The herald., 1896-08-30
TEMPLE OF ROSES

each other in one common cause. BY
such International conferences 1t is
hoped that measures and regulations
will be devised that will be Of service to
the people in general. The temple of
roses is to be finished in such manner
as to attract the best artists. who are to
take an active and lively interest in it.
The laying of the corner stone Is set for
May l. 1897, and will be accompanied by
the opening grand festival.
In the temple when completed, majes-
tic halls of entrance will lead into a
large promenade rotunda of 200 feet in
diameter, looking up to the sky-lit dome,
with the hues of the rainbow, and sill
very stars in the background at night.
! while the artists brush throughout the
process of frescoing and embellishing
the countenanceS of the flying angels
with their wreaths of garlands, will
please the fancy of the most aesthetic
The auditorium is to be $50 feet in
length, consisting of the right wing Of
the temple, while the wing on the oppo-
site side at the left of similar dimen-
sion, is to be the banquet hall. There will
be a beautiful park surrounding the tenn
pie which will look out upon the grand
old Pacific ocean. There will be placed
in the edifice, statues of all those heroic
artists who have struggled to advance
civilization.
Beginning with the month of October
the worlds temple of roses will be an in
teresting feature suggested to the public
from the opera and theater stages of
America and doubtless Europe. since
some of the early promoters of the order
are from abroad and who frequently
visit California. A few of the theater
managers in the east who CHANGED to
hear something of the new order have
proffered the courtesy of their buildings
for a night in honor of the cause and
each of the leading opera troupes as well
as dramatic, will devote a nights per-
formance to the advancement of the
same. There are many other attending
features of a pleasing and thrilling ma
ture to be presented from time to time
that will infuse new life and aspirations
into the minds of all lovers of the arts,
that promise much for the inevitable
bounding growth Of this interesting and
worthy order. The initiation fee, to-
gether with the full payment Of the first
annual dues shall entitle the member to
satisfactory life insurance, commen-
surate with the reasonable conditions
that always apply in such contingent
appendages, with exceptional leniency
| in consideration for all members. Every
honorable man or woman who has reach
| the age of II or Is respectively, may, If he
or she possesses the necessary qualif1ca-
tions, be taken into the society. Appli-
cation for membership shall in every
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the society which WILL it is most likely,
be at Los Angeles, Cal, for a time to
| come, pending the building of the tenn
pie.
The order is for the highest type of
men and women of the world and for the
enlightening and ennobling of mankind
generally. No sectarian or religious
faith exercises shall be allowed. Any
thing of political nature will be debar-.
red. The temple shall be held apart for
grand opera and drama festival exclu-
sively.
The costumes of the ladies will be of
that style after the Grecian, and the
uniform of the men, which is reserved for
future mention, will be of knightly or
der. strikingly handsome.
The season will open with preliminary
concerts, vocal and Instrumental and
the dramatic stage will do it's part.
Those attending the conferences and cell
ebrations who are not members will be
obliged to pay well for such privilege,
thus securing the desired class Of pat
ronage.
1t is not improbable that the month
for the formal celebration will start IN