Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

April IL. The invitation has Just been Is
sued and is a novelty in the way Of ~illustra-
ton. The first thing which strikes the
eye of the recipient is a yellow chicken,
wearing a regulation fee, just stepping
from an egg-shell. The invitation opens
with a reminder OF the meeting Of the i'm
perial council, which will be held in San
Francisco in June. and the entertainment
which is to be accorded the faithful; then
comes the formal summons to the feast.
which will be observed in this city in April.
The imperial potentate has been requested
for a dispensation permitting the temple
to receive and ballot upon candidates at
the coming session. The indications are
that the class will be the largest ever
initiated in the shrine by Tangier temple.
Already more thar forty applications have
been received and many>more are expected.
Among the applicants are a number OF peo-
pie who have long been identified with
Masonry in this city and have risen to high
places, but have never Joined the social
society.
The arrangements OF the hustling COM
mittee Of Tangier temple, which is to raise
funds to entertain visiting temples en- route
to San Francisco has received new I'm
petus from the meeting Friday night. At
this meeting the large committee was d.
vided into sixteen committees OF three
members each; the resident members of the
order were assigned to the different COM
mittees, and they were instructed to go out
and work, securing from each person as
signed a statement as to whether he would
attend the meeting of the imperial council,
and how much coin Of the realm he would
- tho Waiting QhFtnaT9
These committees will start to work i'm
mediately. To get results from the coun-
try special committees were organized. In
Fremont the work was placed in the hands
of Fred R.. Vaughan. C. B. Nicodemus, j.
A. Shank and George F. Walz. In Column
bus Edgar Howard, G. B. Spiece and j. D..
stires will assemble the faithful and col
lect their cash; Grand Island will be worked
by G. w. Porter, H. ". Glover and T. o. c.
Harrison; Council Bluffs, H. W. Binder, l..
M. Treynor and Charles e. Walters; South
Omaha. s. b. Christie, J. w. Hastings, w.
Scott King and l.. B. Holmes. E. s.
streeter has been assigned to the towns
along the Union Pacific railway, between
Omaha and Columbus, and some Of the
branch lines. p. r. Walsh Of Emerson Will
look after the interest Of the temple along
the lines Of the Omaha road. There are a
few other towns where committees Will be
placed at work and many OF the members
of the order in the state will have to be
reached by correspondence or appointed as
committees to wait upon themselves.
The "ofBcial" badge Of Tangier temple
was adopted at the last meeting. The
badge is a novelty in the way OF shrine
euhlems. as a revolution has been worked
upon the we'll known emblem. The
scImetar and the tiger claws, which the
uninitiated nave always considered a
crescent, have been relatively reduced in
size and the star made the principal fea-
ture of the badge. other temples have pre-
yiously modified the scimetar and the
claws, but none has heretofore attacked
the star. which has been a rather insignih-
cant part OF the design. The present en-
blem, with Its large star, is ornamental as
well as novel. In the center OF the star
appears the face Of Colonel Henry G.
Akin. the man who will no doubt be the
next imperial potentate. At each corner
OF the star is placed the head of a sphynx,
while around the star on the points, read
ing from the left. appears the letters
20 M A H A."
This badge will be. given to the dele
gates to the imperial council and to such Of
the imperial oficers who go with Tangier
temple. 1t is further intended to give one
OF these badges to each person who con-
tributes So or more to the funds of the
ways and means committee.
In addition to this badge there will be an
ordinary badge which will be worn by mem
bers OF the temple who attend the meeting
Of the council and will be used to adver-
tise the council and the city. This design
will be novel. but has not been adopted at
this time.
That the ways and means committee has
no perfunctory duties to perform is shown
by the fact tina eastern temples have al
ready begun to express their intention Of
visiting omaha enroute to the meeting OF
imperial council. So far twelve tenn
pies have made this intention known.
Among that number is Mecca temple of
New York, the mother temple OF the order
in this country, besides the temples at
Washington and Boston. The formal inyi-
tation to all temples to visit Omaha and
rest within the shade Of the oasis will be
issued this week. The text OF the letter
was approved by the temple at its last
meeting and Is In the nature Of an Oriental
invitation TO max the city the principal
resting place enroute.
The California Conclave club Of Mount
Calvary commandery is adding to it's mem
bership at each meeting. Already that
membership is about ninety and Il is said
that the century mark will be passed be-
fore the meeting Of the grand ~eOmmandery
Of the state.
At the meeting Of Tangier temple FRI
day night z. F. FAirchild. who has re-
Gently returned from San Francisco. was
present and told Of the preparations being
made by the members OF the shrine in that
city TO entertain the visiting members Of
the society. The califOrnians expect that
5000 people will be DrssAA n have an