Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-24
December 10, Salem, after which will fol-
| low encampments and Rebekah lodges.


Department Commander D. v. Chisholm
of the Patriarchs Militant I. O. o. F., has
received a letter from Inspector General
DIETRICH of the general staff. requesting
his opinion to whether it would be adj
visable to hold a middle states encamD-
ment at st. Louis next year, at which time
the competition drills will take place. The
officers of the Department of the District
of Columbia are most heartily in favor of
this suggestion, in view of the fact that
the Sovereign Grand Lodge will meet in
San Francisco Capt. Chisholm expresses
the opinion that his team will attend both
the ST. Louis and the San Francisco meet
ings
At the session Of the Michigan Grand
Lodge l. o. o. F., this week there was a
lively canvass over the office of grand sec
rotary, from which f. H. Whitney has re-
signed after thirty years service. There IS
a salary of 81 200 attached to the office, with
an allowance of 5000 for clerk, and as the
years pass and the work grows heavier
there is a disposition on the part of the
Grand Lodge to increase the salary proper
tionately. Mr.. Whitney was also grand
scribe of the grand encampment, res1gnlng
at the last meeting of that body. when his
place was taken by John B. Penfield, the
editor of the Vicksburg Commercial. There
is a salary of $500 attached to this office
Deputy Auditor E. p Seeds of the War
Depa rtment has delivered addresses at sew
eral of the Pythian grand visitations, which
have attracted great deal of faVorable
notice from the fraternity. One OF his most
notable addresses was at the Calanthe
Lodge visitation. On this occasion he said:
THE basis of our order is friendship. How
then can we aid in making that principe
more efficient through our organization!
This ought to be our constant endeavor.
There is great danger that we may lose
sight of the essence OF friendship IN the
honOrS and glOrieS of the organization ITSELF
hot In n
may absorb attention to the exclusion of
that for which the instrument was created;
that the spirit may be subordinated to the
flesh. The danger we must avoid by plac-
ing emphasis upon the two great elements
of friendship, its essence and its flower.
True friendship in essence entertalnS no
thought of reciprocity. A friendly act Is
performed without thought of return. When
one acts with the hope of return he is n the
region of barter contract. and this ex-
cludes true friendship.
THE friendship which we should exem-
plify is that relation which fills the soul
with bravery and truth and aids in Its
eternal culture, and which expresses itself
in unselfsh deeds Of helpfulness."
Superior Lodge. No. q, K. of p, is max
ing preparation for. the annual visi-
tatiOn, which takes place November I. At
the last regular convention a special COM
mittee was named to take charge of ar
rangements for the visitation. A special
committee was also named on the imme-
date welfare of the lodge, which is TO re-
port at a special meeting.
William Grant Edens, the present grand
vice chancellor of Illinois Pythians, was
formerly a resident of Washington and is
now a prominent official of the Post Office
Department, with headquarters at Chicago
He is a member of College City Lodge, No
1888, at Galesburg, Ill, and that lodge last
evening gave large reception and banquet
to, I, how n
all the Illinois grand officers and many
other leading Pythians.
The annual visitation of the district dep
uty supreme archon. alternate and district
organizer was made to Columbia Conclave,
No H. l. o. H, at it's meeting Monday
evening, October 10, 1903 Among those
present were District Deputy Supreme Ar
chon w. S. Perry, Alternate VIM. NJ
Frank, District Organizer M. Hays Perry,
Henry ]. Wilson of Carroll Conclave, No.
1913, and Brothers ?. ]. Slattery, Geo. M
Thomas VIM H. Hodges j. s. Tomlinson
Jno. T. B. Davis, ST. S. H. Ford, W. A
Knots P. J. O'Dea, f. H. Brown and 9TH
ers After exceedingly interesting adj
dresses made by the visiting officers col
lation was served, and the meeting was
declared one of the most enthusiastic par
tfcipated in by the members present.
Over one hundred members of the Royal
Arcanum of this city met Wednesday even
ing at the old Concordia building and eff
fected a temporary organization of the
ROYAL Arcanum Athletic Association Of
Washington 1t is expected that this asso
citation will soon be permanent feature
of the Royal Arcanum, and that In addition
to bowling and base ball leagues other di-
versions in the way of healthy sport will
be provided for the entertainment of the
members of this rapidly growing fraternity.
The temporary officers are: George M. Ev-
ans of National Council. president: George
w. McMorris of Oriental Council, secretary;
J. D. Biddis of Capital Council treasurer.
The following committee was appointed
to draft bylaws and arrange for the per-
manent organization Of the association: G.
W. McMorris Oriental Council, chairman;
G. A. Weber District Council; J. E. Mitch
ELL National Council; H. l.. LEM. Ouray
Council. and John Hogan, Kismet Council.
The Masonic grand vistations this week
were all largely attended and successful
They were three in number. At Osiris
Lodge No 90, on Wednesday evening there
was an interesting address by Terence "
Powderly. At George c. Whiting Lodge
No. 90. Thursday night. the principal
speaker was Edgar c. Snyder. Hope Lodge,
No 90 had an excellent turnout last night
The grand visitations for the coming week
are as follows: Stansbury Lodge No. "a,
Monday night; Takoma Lodge, No %,
Tuesday night Naval Lodge, No 4, We'd
nesday night, and Myron M. Parker Lodge,
No. 81. Thursday night.