Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-09-11

west side Of the reception hall and above
'as nne nrss lanIng let's IN 1000 o. q meiiow
OF the room. On the east double doors
oDen into a spacious parlor. finished in
with inhosany e. and with gum @ parqTft Ths noor nsr
ior is tastefully furnished by Sterling
ROYAL Arch chapter.
Next comes the library. bsauIiui room
floor. oak bookcases and secretary built
into the wall. Masons throughout the state
shelves will soon be fall. The matrons
corner room. oak finish. bay window crate.
parlor. 15xls. has a recess colonial fireplace.
Sak hoor. and is elegantly furnished IN up
holstered leather. the furnishings shin being
II connects by glass doors with the con-
serxatory. which has tiled floor, glass
hnd is Of art 1t i ed Is wbs tbs
finish. parquet floor. upholstered seats in
BUFFET. china pantry. with all the, equip
ments. The tables were set. and. with
their sparkling cut glass. silver ana emma,
roon, is the china pantry. with all the
equipments: then the kitchen. This most
important room is finished in hard pine:
with maple floor, and has a fine range, hot
water boiler, and every possible con-
venience.
The second floor has a fine large hall
was furnished by Newton chapter No. 8:
Q. E. s.. another by the Masonic bodies OF
s,ldorado; and Reno chapter; Ph;o.oa @: +. .bs b.
Masonic bodies Of Eureka ana Ivy Lear Lear
chapter No; Is, o. z. S.. Of this city. have
each furnished room. The heusekeeper
room and bath room are also located on
the second floor.
The third story has chapel. 16x17. twenty
hard wood, also five bedrooms. closets and
tank room, all finished in hard wood. The
basement contains the laundry. milk room
vegetable and fruit cellar. all plastered and
having cement floors
The house is heated throughout by
water and electric lights. 1t is 9O1so. has
double walls: making it fireproof. and
slate roof. There are two 2O0-barrel cis-
terms. cemented and filtered.
Another Large Building.
Four rods west of the main building Is
high which contains eleven rooms. On
the lower floor are reading and smoking
rooms. bath rooms and and. four sleeping as
hospital rooms and several bed rooms.
The grounds comprise fifteen and a half
| acres. the eastern half of which is given
bearing fruit trees Of all kinds and 400
forest shade trees large barn barn.. carriage n age
western half of the grounds.
Mrs. Kinda E. Chesney past grand ma
tron o. E. s., Of Topeka. has been in
stalled as matron of the home. Her de-
| lightful room was furnished by Beulah
chapter. No. a. OF Topeka, of which chap
ter she is a member.
The commencement Of the project to es-
| tablish Masonic home in Kansas was in
| augurated by Alfred Whitman, of Law
renee. He was active from the very begin
| ming of the work in that direction. and by
| his persistent efforts to break down the
| constitutional wall which prevented the
ect has won for himself the title, Father
| of the Masonic Home" Four years ago,
| when the grand lodge met at Hutchinson.
| it was decided to build the home. At that
| time ]. H. Mccall, of this city, then grand
| Junior warden, presented Wichita's claims,
describing the Lawrence property and urg-
! ing the grand lodge to buy it. It was not
until June. 1886. that this location was de-
| cided upon. There were four cities in the
contest, Salina. Topeka, Leavenworth and
Wichita. and SO strong was the opposition
| to Wichita at one time that the grand
| lodge, by resolution, rescfnded its action in
| calling Tor assessments to be used in the
| establishment of a Masonic home, and ruled
| that the money SO collected should be
| turned over to charity fund.- When
Mr.. Mccall became grand master and as
sumed editorial charge of the Kansas Free
mason, the state paper of the Masonic
| bodies. he exerted all his influence to have
| the money turned back into the "home'
| fund. and this was ultimately DONE The
| Lawrence property cost the order only
| 81 COO and the mansion itself could not be
built for that sum.
! A large number of applications for ad-
will be comfortably filled within a, very
| short time. -