Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-02

The price OF admission to the concert will
be reasonable and IL is hoped that there
will be a big attendance. big crowd OF
Elks is preparing to attend the coming ses-
sion in Minneapolis and capture the 1898
meeting. These members will pay their
own expenses but money will be needed in
Minneapolis to engineer the scheme The
Elks do not desire to beg this money, and
therefore have offered the concert as an
opportunity to Omaha citizens to contribute
TO the needed fund in delicate way.
The contest for memberships is going on
nerrily About twenty-five candidates have
so far been secured. Five we're put through
at last Friday nights meeting. The contest
will close on June 10.
knights of Pythins.
The coming Transmississippi Exposition
has been the means OF stirring up the Omaha
lodges Of the order with tho view of making
arrangements to extend the hand Of fra
ternity to the many hundreds Of visiting
knights and their families during the expo
sition; also to I'LL long felt want of having
suitable social quarters to meet in other
than the lodge room. movement has been
started to organize a Pythian club, similar
to many now in vogue in kindred societies
which have fitted up suitable reception, read
Ing and amusement rooms In connection with
their lodge rooms where the members can In
vite visitors and on certain occasions en-
leTtaiD tne women OF tnelT 1afnllsS. Inc
several pythian lodges In Omaha are much
scattered over the city, but could they be
brought together under the roof of one Pyth-
ian castle hall, the same as the Masons, a
better fraternal feeling and a closer social
relationship would no doubt be the result
Should this consolidation be accomplished the
Pythian club would then be considered as an
auxiliary and would receive the undivided
support of all the lodges IL this cannot
be accomplished 1t might be considered bet
ter to locate the club in a building inde
pendent of any particular lodge. The sub
committees appointed by the different lodges
will meet in Joint committee on Tuesday
evening. May 25, in the committee room of
Triune lodge in The Bee building. when the
subject will be taken up and thoroughly
discussed
About 100 invited guests assembled in the
beautiful hall in Masonic temple at st. Paul
Saturday evening. April "a. for the purpose
of having a good time with the members of
Urie lodge, No. 113. After three hours
spent In song and musical entertainment
refreshments were announced and the au-
dience sat down to a magnificent banquet
spread for the occasion. About two hours
more were spent in partaking of all the
many good things and listening to speeches
The members of Superior lodge, No. 1888
OF Eagle Grove, Ia, will present the name
of Past Grand Prelate T.. w. Archer for
the office of grand chancellor at the coming
session of the Iowa grand lodge to be held
in Clinton in August.
Mars lodge No. 1870. Knights of Pythas.
has for some time past been attracting con-
siderable attention in Pythian circles and
the meetings have always been very inter
esting. In order to make them more so
the lodge has adopted a side degree and
the call which follows is for next Friday,
May z.
"Oh, prepare ye all exalted and unap-
proachable mobiles of Mars, tribe of the
Arabian degree of the khan, oasis of Alamo,
desert of Ak-Sar-B Ben, for upon the 7th day
of May in the year of our Lord, 1897, in
the Temple of Mars ye will gather for the
purpose of escorting across the hot sands
OF the desert all those true and tried knights
OF the order of Knights of Pythias who
upon that date may wander within reach of
our much esteemed guide. The mobiles shall
prepare the applications of such as may
desire to know of the mysteries of the khan.
Such application must be accompanied by
the necessary coin of the realm, as required
, by the might statutes Of the tribe. Pro-
claimed in a loud voice this 3Oth of April,
1897 NOBLE LEE FORBY,
Imperial High Potentate.
NOBLE e. G.. HATCHER Grand InkSlinper