The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-03-17
HOW TO FIND ONES FRIENDS
Floor Space Assigned to Various Com
mandenes, Chapters, and Lodges-Pro-
vision for Every Contingency Of
Amusement and Comfort.

H Thomas, the president Of the execu-
tive committee
The plans are most elaborate and pro
misc results far exceeding anything here
tofore attempted. All Of the space in
Convention Han has been assigned and
there is but little left in the Annex. a.
the Armory Building, across the bridge.
viii be known.
The main floor OF Convention Hall has
been spaced on into twenty-eight sections.
with a booth located on each OF the
spaces except the last two. These booths
viii be four abreast across the entire
width Of the hall and in lines Of seven
from one end OF the hall to the other. A
carefully studied color scheme has beea
worked out. and from whatever poiat
one looks there will be a delicate blend
ing or colors approaching the beauty Of
the rainbow.
stand No. 1 viii be located in the ex-
IRENE northwestern corner Of tho room.
to The extreme right of the building as
one enters from the main entrance on
L Street. From this corner. Fiuh ana
l. Streets. the numbering OF the booths
extends down the row to the X street
end Of The building. where beginning in
inverse order, No begins and the mum
bering continues down the row to No. H.
which is directly opposite No. /. The
other two rows are numbered in similar
manner. twenty-seven and twenty-eight
f. spaces alone not being occupied by booths
The assignment Of space with the special
feature attached 70 each is as follows
Booths and Occupants.
Booth No. Lafayette Lodge. No. 70.
lunch, cream, and general merchandise.
Booth No. 2-Esther Chapter. Order Of
the Eastern star; general booth
Booth No 3-King David Lodge. No. IS.
special scheme TO be announced here
after.
Booth No. 4-AInas Temple, paddle
stand
Booth No. columbia Lodge. No. 2:
general merchandise.
Booth No columbia Chapter. No. /.
7 Turkish booth.
Booth No. 7-Acatia Lodge. No. Is: il
lusions.
No 1; general booth
Booth 40. 9-Hope Lodge No %. CON
tecuOnc-y and sodawater
Booth No ID-WashingtOn Centennial
Lodge. No. a: general booth
Booth No. 11-MOUnt Horcd Chapter;
musical, etc.
Booth No. 12-CoIumbia Comma ndery
No. ?; general booth.
Booth 10. 12-New Jerusalem Lodge No
g; general booth.
Booth No I4-Davidson Lodge No. Is,
general booth, special. and candy-puII-
ing
Booth No. I5-Ths remaining chapters
or the Order OF the Eastern star. nature
OF the booth to be announced later
Booth No. I6-St. Johns Lodge No il;
general booth
Booth No Irrational Lodge No. u;
general booth.
Booth No. 1S-FederaI Lodge 10. /; ex-
tibits
Booth No 19-Lebanon Lodge No. 7;
general booth.
Booth 20. 20-Orieut Coumandery No
8; general booth.
Booth No. 21-FederaI Lodge No. 1:
general booth.
Booth No. 22-Director generals booth
| for the distribution and control Of voting
| privileges and the transaction Of general
| business.
Booth No 23-Columbia Ccmmanderv
No. 1; paddle stand.
Booth No. 24-De Molay Mounted Com
| mandery No. !; general booth.
Booth No zJ-Osiris Lodge no. %;
general booth.
A Balcony Restaurant.
The large balcony over the entrance
/ TO Convention Hall has been assigned TO
Pentalpha Lodge No %, and Will be fitted
! up as a hrst-cIass restaurant. where re-
| freshments Of ali kinds viii be sold. Ia
bles will be placed along the outer rail-
1 ing OF the balcony permitting a view Of
/ the main hall while patrons are enjoying
I dainty viands there.
! a space forty by sixty feet has been as
signed to Mount Vernon Chapter for a
mastadonic exhibit while a similar space
! is reserved by B. B. French Lodge for a
midway.
The large room in the Annex. known as
| the rife range, has been reserved by Har-
mOny Lodge, No. Il. as a large dan01 hall.
| Music viii be provided, the floor viii be
| kept in perfect condition and a small
| charge Will be made for its use. Several
/ rooms opening on to the dancing floor
( have also been reserved by this lodge,
where sideshows OF various kinds viii be
! maintained.
Eighteen rooms in the annex have been
! assigned to various other bodies for spe-
! cial features such as smoking rooms, art
| galleries, and entertainments Of all kinds
| for which q small admission viii be
charged. Some Of the plans for the side
l oLyh5 al z MIST tloDJl Atef ell are cAlecletl
10 add materially TO the general receipts.
A Hospital for Emergency Use.
On the second floor Of the annex three
large rooms VIII be fitted up as reception
rooms and parlors. while In another
room viii be maintained an emergency
hospital with a full stan Of physicians
and nurses in attendance. Il is possible
that room may be found FOR this hospital
iII a secluded corner OF the main hall out
OF the hub-bub Of the general festivities,
but the present arrangements c0ntem-
plate It's location in the annex Another
room viii be set aside for Major Sylves-
ter and his committee on public comfort
and order. and the various ether COM
l1ittee rooms viii also be found on the
second floor Of the annex.
The FIRST floor Of the annex viii be
given over to the reception and storage
CT all articles that are for use in the
fair rooms and viii be the general en-
trance for all articles Of mer, haudise.
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