The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-25
ROSE CROIX At WORK
Exempli1ed the Beautiful
Fifteenth Degree.
FINE COSTUMES WORN
Knights KadoSh Will Begin
There Degree Today.

Beginning at $3.50 yesterday morning in
the Scottish Rite Temple the sixth de-
gree was exempHfed, as were also the
seventh. eighth, ninth, TENTH eleventh,
twelfth and thirteenth. During the fore
going degrees Mr.. Charles NJ Jones, ven
cradle master, assisted by Henry Wallen-
stein and Fred Stuckey, exemplihed the
work. At o'clock the fourteenth degree
was given Mr.. Ed Goldberg presiding.
This was finished at . o'clock, when an
adjournment was taken until the evening
when the most beautiful of all the de-
grees was exemplified in all the gorgeous
ness and beauty of ancient oriental
courts. The fifteenth degree, Rose CToix,
was opened in due form by Mr.. George L.
Pratt wise master. This degree is known
as the knight of the East and West. The
scene Is one of history and the portrayal
as given by the Wichita Consistory is
magnificent The costumes are of the
richest and have the bright and rich col
ors such as are worn by Orientals. 1t
represents a court scene in the time Of
Cyrus, King of the Persians. James H.
Mccall. as King Cyrus, is visited by Tor
robabel, the High Priest of the Children
of Israel, who presents himself TO King
Cyrus to obtain the treasures which had
been taken from them in former years by
the ePrsians. The whole scene is acted.
Finally ZorrobabeI secures that which he
had implorei for. and departs with joy in
his heart. Mr.. James II. Mccall presided
over the court as King Cyrus, ably as
sisted by Messrs. A NJ. Goldstandt, S. F.
Hayden. ]. 2. Hoffman. E f. Bleckley, T.
w. oliver and f. II. Kitching. Mr..
Charles NJ. Jones had the part of Zorro
babel The main dialogue was conducted
by Messrs. Mccall, Bleckley and Jones.
The music last evening was very fine
and helped to make the exemplldcati ton
Of the degrees all the more attractive
The principals in the musical program
last evening were Miss Eudora Woods
Miss Alice Goldberg and Miss Edna Gold
standt All the music is arranged and
under the personal supervision OF MT
Henry Huffman.
Mr.. J. Giles Smith is captain Of the !
class and looks after the comfort and |
pleasure Of the candidates He is kept |
busy from morning until late at night.
The Rose Croix will this morning finish |
their work by comforting the fifteenth, |
sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth de-
grees. The Knights Kadosh will confer |
the degrees from the nineteenth to the |
thirtieth.
The following visitors registered yes
terday:
Z Z r,IocI,ya1, c;4,,. n T, C-Iosear cI+,,. !
f. Dumont, city: f. II. Kitching, city;
A. f. Camuse, Chickasha. I. T.; J. w.
Page, FL Dorado; NJ. A. Waterman, To-
peka: NJ w. Cave. city; J. z. Hoffman,
city; D. NJ. Dale. city; John Watts, New
ton: W. J. Keyte, Mcpherson; II. P.
Wolf. Oklahoma City; A. r. Wright,
city; w. P. Critics, Hennessey. o. T.; a.
]. Chase. Ellsworth; H. NJ. Walt. Newton;
Jacob u. Witt. Salina; S. P. Richardson,
Ed Hayes, Wellington; W. S.
Dix, Newton; J. F. Jeanes. Duncan, l. +;
VIM. Duncan. Duncan, I. T.; VIM. 2. Ma
lalay. Hennessey, o. T.: John s. VIII
kins. Maple City, Kan; r. r. Torrington,
city; P. B. Pumpe, Canadian. q. T.: Z.
Janet. Galena; S. w HuRaker, Gray
Horse; c. f. vandewoort. Prairie. o. T;
D r. haydeIr OFT Scout, W. A SuIlNan,
Darlington, l. t: G. C. Purdue. city;
Glenn spruance. Wellington; c. II. Brooks.
city; Frank Kelly, FL Dorado: J. A Mil
er, Haven. Kan; ]. A. Sterling. Kansas
City. Mo; W. N. Casweu. city: J. H.
Black. city; ]. NJ Phillips. Arkansas City
9. R. Fulton. city; James a. Corey. Dodge
City; D. p. Bush. Chetopa; Fred Taintor.
Kansas City. Mo; p. L. Conklin Chan
1ler; E. w. Wellington. Ellsworth: A. /.
Neil1irk, FL Dorado; e. ]. Beatty, De-
.roit, Mich.:H. I. Gordon. Cincinnati; W.
E. Brown, Augusta; GA. Kenoyer. Leon:
J. G Henry, inspector general and active
member supreme council, Little Rock, {
Ark; Charles f. Rosenbaum Little
Rock, Arlf.; w. ]. Mckee, Little Rock,
Ark