Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-14
PUBLIC INITIATION
UNIQUE CEREMONIAL. AT MA.
SONIC TEMPLE LAST MIGHT
One Hundred and Eighteen Ladies Re-
ceived as Members by
Local Order.

One hundred and eighteen ladies', resi-
dents Of the District Of Columbia, were in
ttiated into the order Of Ladies OF the Mac
cabees last evening at a mass-meetine at
Masonic Hall, 9th and streets. The cere-
monies were presided over by Mrs. Nellie
A. Rowe. state commander of the District,
with the following, representing the nine
hlves OF the order in this city, as her assist
ant ofhcers: Past commander, Mrs Ida j.
Maxwell of National Hive; commander.
Mrs. e. G. Myers Of National Hive: Neu-
tenant commander, Mrs. F. P. Cary of Co.
lumb1a Hive; record keeper, Mrs Ellen
wall, deputy supreme commander; finance
keeper, Mrs. c. E. Anderson Of Mount Yer
non Hive; chaplain Mrs. L. X. Webb OF
brookland Hive; sergeant, Mrs. Martha
Hoyt OF Golden Rule Hive; mistress-at-
arms Mrs. Mabel Myers Of Golden Rule
Hive; sentinel, Mrs. V. Metcalf of Bright
wood Hive; picket Miss Shoemaker of Ma
uonal Hive; color-bearers. Mrs. Carrie r..
Watt and Mrs Clara Carson. commanders,
respectively, of Capitol Hive and District
Hive; captain of guards, Miss Helen Bart
ley; banner-bearers, Mrs. Lottie Cox of Ma
t1onal Hive, Mrs Mary Galloway Of Column
bia Hive and Mrs. Hessick of Capitol Hive,
all OF whom were appointed for the occa-
sion by Mrs. Lillian M. HOLSTER of De-
trolt, Mich, supreme commander of the
world, who. with DR.. Susan F. Rose of Port
Huron, Mich, supreme medical examiner
were the guests of honor last evening.
A Feature of the Ceremonies.
One of the features of the initiation cere-
monies was the march, which followed i'm
mediately after Mrs. Rowe called the as
semblage to order At three taps of the
gavel all present arose to their feet. and
i6ofn Fov-
white dresses with huge sash of red
white and black-the order colors-suspend-
ed from their right shoulders and crossing
to the left side, and with mortar-board
caps as their headgear, formed in line and
win the above named officers, marched
around the hall and back to their seats
After invoca ton by Rev. Daniel TT Mar
TN, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
church, Berkeley Springs, WA, and the
singing or hymn, Mrs. Penlope D. Smith
oeputy supreme commander, who is also
member of Mount Vernon Hive. delivered
the address of welcome. DR.. Susan F. Rose
supreme medical examiner, responded with
felicitious remarks
Supreme Commanders Address.
Mrs. Lillian M. Hollster the sunreme.
commander. who was next introduced to
the assemblage. was applauded to the echo
In the course of her remarks, Mrs Hollis
ter declared that it gave her great pleas
ure to be in Westinghouse wonderful CEN.
ter for organization-and said the one great
question which is agitating the minds of
the scientists is the share of the burden of
the world women shall have, feciting sta
tstics to show that over 100000 women
of the United States earn their own living
This, if nothing else, she said, furnishes an
excuse for the existence of the order of
Ladies of the Maccabees. which is founded
upon high ideals and for the protection of
the home.
According to the speaker the names of
10000 women are enrolled on the. books
of the order Mrs. HOLSTER explained the
relationship of her organization to the
knights of the Maccabees She declared
that it does not conflict with the church,
it having a special mission to perform in
the world.
Mr.. d. w. Gall. state commander of the
Knights of the Maccabees of the District,
addressed the assemblage, referring to the
ties which bind the Ladies of the Macca-
bees and the Knights Of the Maccabees to-
gether. At the conclusion of his remarks,
National Hive was awarded the banner as
being the largest organization Of the order
in the District
The ceremonies were brought to a close
with display drill by the guards of the
Ladies of the Maccabees and a recitation
by Miss Elnor Wall.