Evening star., 1897-06-01
MERRY MYSTIC sHRINERs
Mobiles Of Several Temples Will Escort I'm
perial Potentate Dingman.
The Coming Trip to Detroit and the
Entertainment to BE Given the
Visitors While There.

country are looking forward with consum-
ing interest to the approaching twenty
third annual session Of the imperial coun-
Gil to be held in Detroit June and 8, and
there will be very large crowd in attend
ance. The mobiles of Almas Temple Of
this city will make the trip in consider
able force, because one of their number.
Harrison Dingman, is the imperial poten-
tate at the head of the entire order. The
imperial potentate will leave Washing
ton Saturday, June g. at 2:20 pm, over
the Chesapeake and Ohio road He will
be escorted by about sixty mobiles Of Almas
Boumi, Acca and Benz Kedern Temples.
Cincinnati will be reached early Sunday
morning and at pm. the trip to Detroit
will be continued by special train. the
Syrian Temple Of Cincinnati, headed by
Past Imperial Potentate Melish, joining the
escort The party will be accompanied by
a number of ladies and will be entertained
while in Detroit at the Russell House.
Fun mt Detroit.
The Moslem Temple of Detroit has ar
ranged q program for the pleasure of the
visitors which assures them fine time.
The fun will commence Tuesday morning,
June 8, at which time the imperial council
will proceed from the Russell House to the
Masonic Temple under the escort Of the
fierce ard picturesque Arab patrols of the
home and visiting temples, which will vie
with each other in the gorgeousness and
brillancy of their uniform. From 1880 to
II 80 am. there will be q reception at
the Hotel Ste. Claire to visiting ladies, by
the ladies' committee of Moslem Temple,
of which Mrs John Walker is chairman.
At 12:45 pm. trolley cars will carry the
visiting mobiles and ladies to the dock at
the foot of Woodward avenue, where at
o'clock they will embark on some steamer
for trip up the river and to the st. Clair
flats The imperial. council will have
steamer to itself, and will go to the Rush
mere Club to participate in a banquet, ten
dered 1t by Moslem Temple. The other
guests will be taken on the steamers City
Of Toledo and Pleasure to and through the
ST. Clair fats returning to the city at
o'clock.
At 8 o'clock there will be a grand recep-
tion and welcome at the Masonic Temple
chairman Of the reception committee. will
be a star performer, and will be assisted
by Imperial Potentate Harrison Dingmal,
of Washington, Mayor Maybury and
and orchestra will furnish music while the
reception is in progress In the large as
sembly hall on the seventh floor, and after
tie reception the guests will be given am
and to indulge in social recreation, inciud-
ing dancing.
Ladies' Entertainment.
Wednesday morning the visitors will be
turned loose, SO to speak, and allowed to
follow their wn inclinat1ons in visiting the
hotel headquarters of the different temples,
the Majestic building, Windsor, and ali
pc ssible places Of interest in and about
Detroit. The ladies' committees. also an
nounce an exclusive entertainment for lady
Shriners at the Empire theater. 1t will be
useless for any noble to attempt to gain
admission, but tney will be permitted to
congregate wherever else they please and
guess what is going on, just as the ladies'
are sometimes supposed to do when Shrine
meetings are in progress. At pm. mobiles
and ladies' will join in a trolley ride party
about the city. The cars will leave at the
foot of Woodward avenue making tour
Of the city and landing the party at Water
Works Park, from wherce 1t will be car
ried by steamers to Belle Isle. From the
island the steamers will convey the guests
to the foot Of Woodward avenue
At $50 pm. the annual spectacular even
ing parade of the Shriners will take place.
In this event every noble must take part or
suffer no less a penalty than having the
tasseI cut off his fez, and consequently a
great turnout is assured. This parade
will furnish any quantity of fun and novel
ty for both citizens of Detroit and the
mobiles as well, and will be marked by many
surprising and entertaining features This
parade will terminate at the foot of Wood
ward avenue and will be followed by a
naval parade of large lake steamers and
private steam yachts The land parade will
DS uhuei INC CHioA mdI SHdiSnlp OF N0Dle
William G. Latimer and the naval parade
under the captaincy Of Noble Alex. l. Nc
Leod.
The Arab patrols will be novel and
amusing feature OF the parade in Detroit.
as every temple has attempted to outdo
the other in an attempt to have It's repre-
sentative patrollers clad in the most unique
and original uniforms conceivable and
Almas Temple will doubtless be found close
up when the compliments are being passed
around.
Potentate Harry Standiford and Recorder
george H. Walker have been kept busy for
some weeks in preparing for the Aimas'
such matters have completed all the ar
rangements in a very satisfactory manner.