Evening star., 1902-03-10
REPORTS ENCOURAGING
PROGRESS IN ARRANGEMENTS
FOR MASONIC FAIR.
Notable Donation,ito to King David's
Lodge-LadiAs' Auxiliary Form
ed-Comnittees Named.

Lodge-LadiAs' Auxiliary Form
ed-ComnitAees Named.
ENCOURAGING reports are coming to the
executive committee, from the several COM
mittees having In charge the arrange
ments for the Masonic fair, to be held In
Convention Hall nextTmonth The concert
committee reports that the contract for
music has been let to Haley's Band. The
committee on decorations has let contract
for the construction and decoration of the
booths. which will be twenty-four In num-
Der. There will also be two paddle"
booths. where devices on the order of the
wheel Of fortune will be operated. The con-
tract for the general decorations of the hall
Will be let the middle Of this week.
The committee on outside donations and
contributions reports that more than $1,000
communications have been sent to lodges,
chapters and Communicates throughout the
country, and that results thus far are salts
factory. The press committee reports a
decision to issue a daily paper during the
exposition, to be known as the Masonic
Fair News.
The first installment OF printed season
tickets. which are numbered tonsecutively
from 1 to 10000. have been received from
first five tickets will be disposed of to the
highest bidder.
Mount Vernon Chapter, R. A. NJ, has
made splendid beginning In Its share of
chapter has named the following on the fair
committees: Publicity, Cory M. Stadden
and Alexander Mosher; ladies', Joseph L.
Atkins; DR.. G. H. Beatty, Dr.. A. 3. Cool
idge, II. Clay Espey, D. NJ. Criddler, c. A.
Keigwin, NJ. Ketz Kemethy and c. c. Hell
mick; construction and decoration, T. D.
Blackstone, Thomas H. Coates, Thaddeus
B: Sargent. w. e. Burlington and John T.
Walker; refreshments, H. A. Rau and John
Fisher; contributions. Charles Smith. James
r. Shaw. Percy Crawford, Adolph G.. Key
ser, b. S. Graves Ernest Daniels, Lurtin
T.. CHM and John I. Gibbs; amusements,
Jacobus S. Stone, ". c. Babcock ]. Claude
KEEPER. Allan Bussius, B. F. Judson and
John s. Goodyear; treasurer. Lurtin r.
CHM: secretary, Ernest Daniels, and chair
man, Roe Fulkerson.
Feature of Interest.
An interesting feature OF the fair will be
a reproduction Of the old Washington man
sion. The costumes of the persons who at
tend the booth are to be colonial. Inside of
the booth will be various amusements.
There will be the jolly fat men and the
living skeleton. side by side, telling the in
terested public how they got that way.
With them viii be the wild man from Bor-
neo and other freaks too numerous to men-
tion. There VIII be exhibitions in magic
and a particularly marvellous decapitation
feat
Members of the committees have been
given contribution books in which they are
10 record the little gifts made by their
wives, daughters or sweethearts, to be sold
any donations too heavy to be carried will
be gladly received at the storage rooms
No. 1893 New York avenue.
Tonight, In the asylum of Columbia Com
mol dor AHae< IL
ter will entertain the ladies. An interesting
program has been arranged which will be
followed with refreshments.
Donation to King David's Lodge.
King David's Lodge Of Freemasons Of
Brookland has been made the recipient by
the owners OF Sherwood's addition to
Brookland Of one Of the most conveniently
located corner lots in their subdivision,
which is the first to be laid out In strict
conformity with the plans OF the parking
commission recently made public. The pro-
posed Fort driveway, which is to pass north
OF the Soldiers Home, connecting the line
OF defenses that surrounded the city during
the war between the states, runs through
the park to be established along the Ana
costa river, and ends in the Mall drive
ways and passes through the center of this
subdivision and within q few feet Of the
lot donated to King. David's Lodge. The
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in Sherwoods' subdivision, and the land
necessary for 1t decided to the United
States.
The corner lot donated lies at an eleya-
tion Of 15S feet and is two blocks from the
corner OF 18th street and Rhode Island ave-
nue. northeast, and along which avenue the
Maryland branch Of the City and Suburban
railway now runs. The lodge has arranged
to dispose Of the lot at the coming Masonic
fair. Committees have been selected to
conduct the sale as follows:
General committee-All the members of
King David's Lodge.
Executive-Thomas G. Carmick, chair
man; w. P. Armstrong vice chairman: E.
Southall, secretary: c. Z. Baldwin, treas
urer; E. Ellis G. W. Camp, NJ D. Null, j.
L. Sherwood, A. F. Kinnan, ]. B. Lord and
]. H. Small, sr.
Finance-C. E. Baldwin, D. G. Davis, L.
T. kenney, G. W. Camp, NJ. j. Holmes
and NJ Mclean.
Advertising and printing-A F. Kinnan,
]. l.. Sherwood, E. c. Finney, H. j. Pen
rod; p. G. Harbour, w. S. Daniels and ].
Auditing-M. D. Null L. Melius, c. H.
Blanz, J. E. Eastlack, c. H. Etz, ST., and
order-H: McP: Woodward, J. D. Blood
Durfey and NJ A. Cram.
Canvassing-E. SouthAll. William Quinn,
r. A. Crenshaw, p. H. Etz, H. McCullum,
J. ulke. jr, ": Firoyed and Thomas Jones.
r.
J. r. Hampton. Rev. ]. H. Hyatt Rev.
Morgan-Jones, Rev. r. r, West,
J. r. Sherwood. T. H. Young, G. H. Burks
and w. 8. Daniels.
First Ladies' Auxiliary.
The formation Of the first ladies' auxi-
iary to assist in securing funds for the
Masonic fair and the New Masonic Temple
was accomplished Saturday night in the
lodge room Of National Lodge, No. II,
F. A. A. M.
The ladies' auxiliary Of National Lodge
will be headed by Mrs. John F. Gibson, and
she will have as her assistants Mrs. Otis,
Mrs. Hastings. Mrs. Lesh and Mrs. Egeles-
ton. The secretary Of the committee will
be Mrs. Cleland and the treasurer will be
Mrs. G. Taylor Wade. There are about
fifty ladies the committee, and the
plans for the campaign for funds and gem
eral assistance to make the fair a success
have been mapped out Before the plans
are put into execution this COMMITTEES will
wait until some Of the other lodges have
formed their auxiliaries, so as to secure CO.
operation in the large undertakings that
have been mapped out.
The executive committee Of National
Lodge. which invited the women to 1oin
hands with them, includes T. John New
ton chairman: Dan &C. Vaughn. secretary:
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