The Washington times., 1901-12-11
ALMAS TEMPLE
CHARITY PLANS.
S IRINERS TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS.
Fifteen Hundred Dinner Baskets to
BE observation-disclosures for
Little FnIk-A Celebration
for Children.

a great Xmas charity has been organ
lied by the Aluas Temple. Ancient Arabic
Order Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine Of this
city.
The order has arranged TO have Christ
mas gifts by the hundreds sent to the
poor Of the city on Christmas Day. Old
and young are to be remembered. All the
poor families of the city Will receive bas-
kets OF substantial food. In each of these
baskets. which are to number over / 500.
will be found one sack OF -four. one peck
Of potatoes and turnips, two pounds of
rice, two pounds of hominy two pounds
Of sugar, one pound of coffee, carrots. and
one good-sizcd ham.
The Christmas Tree.
National Rifles Armory. on Christ
mas Day. between the hours of and in
the afternoon. is to be the rendezvous for
poor children of the city, who will be
given a treat the like of which they have
never before known. The Christmas tree
will be trimmed with all kinds OF good
things. and the children Will be allowed to
help themselves.
Around the hall will be booths where
members of the Ladies' Auxiliary will be
stationed. On each side of these booths
there will be n large number of pairs OF
stockings. In one of the stockings there
will be a plentiful supply OF candy,
while the other will be filled with nuts.
The Almas Temple have ordered eighteen
hundred pairs of stockings. two tons OF
candy and eleven hundred Pounds of nuts.
Noble Charles Jacobsen will have
charge OF this feature OF the Christmas
charity. In order that the children may
have a thoroughly good time Noble VIII
Haley's Band will be present to give
music.
Nearly 2,oOC Stockings.
Although the number of stockings so far
ordered amounts to eighteen hundred.
there will be any number more ordered
No poor child is TO go away Christmas
Day without having large amount OF
candy and lots of nuts, and brand new
pair OF stockings.
Cards with full printed instructions
relative to sending in names OF those who
are known to be in need have been sent
out to every one of the eleven hundred
members OF the Aimas Temple. These
cards must all be IN the hands of the
committees before the 18th instant. Ac-
companying these cards is a letter, which
i
The season OF Joy and gladness for
those whom heaven has prospered is upon
us once more. II is not joyful for every
one, for some are less fortunate than 9TH
ers. To those struggling with adversely,
who have not been blessed with prosper
ity as we would wish. we owe a debt, and
we should not forget them.
The Mission of the shriners.
THE mission of the order of the Mystic
Shrine is to inculcate happiness. We en-
joy our ritual. teaching many important
lessons that We should never forget, and
we believe in everything that makes a
man happy without losing his self-respect
as a gentleman.
But better than all. as the outgrowth
OF efforts to make one another happy. our
order has developed, decided tendency
toward benevoleuce. All over this broad
land OF ours the name of the Shrine is be-
coming synonymous with that of charity.
At Christmas tide the wearers of the fez
unite in an effort to better. II only for
one day. the condition OF the poor.
1T is no more than our duty. You re-
call the incident related by our toast
master. Simon Wolf at the last tradi-
tional banquet, Of the German Emperor
travelling incognito who came to the house
Of one OF his army officers who had
family OF nine children which he was
struggling to support and properly rear.
The traveller finding ten children instead
of nine. the poor father explained that
the tenth WIS the child OF an officer who
was still poorer than himself
And so IL is in our own life. We may
think ourselves poor, but we surely can
find some one who is still poorer. Let US
search them OUT
The chairman Of the Christmas charity
distribution committee is Noble Thomas
B. Walker and vice chairman Noble
Charles W. Brown.
Noble F. 4. Sebring is chairman and
Noble F. V. Brooks is vice chairman OF
the ticket committee. This committee
has charge Of the classifying Of the tickets
bearing the names OF the needy families
received from the members.
The headquarters of the movement are
al the Office of Noble F. X. Raymond. 21s
Bond Building.