Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

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| Eagle in line, for the Eagle coming the
| greatest distance to attend the convention,
for the taHest Eagle in line.
The Baltimore aerie will not compete for
| any prize.
| Special preparation has been made for the
| entertainment of the ladies of visiting
Eagles. A reception committee of one hun
| dred has been appointed to meet the ladies
| at the depot and to look after their COM
| fort while in Baltimore.
During the week Washington Aerie, No.
| 125. will keep open house at the armory
| of the Washington Light Infantry for visit
ing Eagles and their ladies' In charge of a
special committee of entertainment Every
afternoon and evening there will be social
sessions and vaudeville entertainments,
( banquets and refreshments.
Washington aerie, at a recent special
| meeting, resolved to attend the session of
| the grand aerie and will go in body. be-
! Ing accompanied by a band of forty pieces.
| A uniform has been adopted and special
| train will be provided for the day OF the
| big parade, Wednesday, September H. The
Washington contingent will try to have the
next session of the grand aerie held In this
| city, and, Notwithstanding New York ana
| other eastern cities are working for 1t,
| hope to land it. A large banner, which
| will cost $3.50 and which is to be presented
| to the aerie by its lady friends. will be seen
| for the first time In the Baltimore parade.
Past State Deputy Grand President Myer
Fisher. the senior grand aerie member OF
| the order, who is chairman of the commit
| tee on entertainment Of visitors at the Bal
| timore convention is a candidate for grand
trustee and has been Endorsed by Washing
! ton aerie, as well as by many other of the
| subordinate aeries throughout the country.
A stated conclave of Washington Com
mandery, No. 1. K. T., was held in the
| asylum, Masonic Temple, at 7:30 O'Clock
Wednesday evening. All routine business
was dispatched and the Hiustrious Order of
the Red Cross was conferred. There was
| something more than usual in the way of a
knights of Washington Commandery who
began their pilgrimage to Frisco at ITO
o'clock the next morning The attendance
at the conclave was large, and an enjoyable
evening was had by all participants.
Commander Jacobus s. Jones of Wash
ington Commandery. No l. X. T., who is
one of the San Francisco pilgrims. in his
last circular bids the stay homes" of
| the commandery farewell. follows:
Beloved Old Commandery,
Esteemed Fellow Fraters,
Dear Stay-at-HOmes:
Goodbye. We, twentyfour in number.
are about to leave you for time. We are
going to land of golden fruit, to land OF
drous beauty. While away we will miss
your laughter OF yesterday, and will sigh
for your smiles Of tonight. Your voices
echoing in our ears like happy dream Of
youth, are as inspiring as the familiar
| music of dear old songs. Your friendships
are our pride and the priceless gems Of our
hearts, and will be treasured as precious
jewels worthy to be kept.
I'VE bid you adieu with buoyant hearts
and bright hopes now fulfilled. Ere long,
may we greet you again with still strong
er hearts ready to do and to dare, and still
brighter hopes of the future, and may our
home coming be the renewal of our joys
and endearments of the past Good-by and
goodnight. Happy be the morrow
The date for the annual summer outing
for the benefit of the Christmas charity
| fund of Almas Temple, A. A. o. N M. s.,
which was postponed from August To- on
account of the calamity at the Potomac re-
| gatta, Saturday, August Is, in which four
mobiles Of Almas came to an untimely end.
| has been selected. 1t will take place We'd
nesday September T. 1904, at River View.
| \ special convocation of Mount Horeb
| Chapter, No. I, r. A. NJ, was held last
| night at $50 O'Clock. The NJ. e. masters
| degree was conferred. A stated convocation
| was held at 1870. at which the Royal Arch
| degree was the feature.
Potomac and Stansbury lodges. F, A. A.
| M conferred the F. c. degree Monday
I night Arminius Lodge worked the E. A.
| degree the same evening. and Dawson
| Lodge conferred both the E. A. and F. c.
degrees.
| Acacia Lodge, F. A. A. NJ. conferred the
NJ NJ degree Tuesday night and Takoma
| Lodge had a regular business meeting
The F. C.. degree was conferred at the
| stated communication of Harmony Lodge,
F. A. A. NJ. Wednesday evening.
New Jerusalem Lodge. F. A. A NJ, work
ed the NJ. NJ. degree at Its stated commu-
| nication Wednesday.
| At the stated communication of Hope
| Lodge F. A. A NJ, Friday evening the
F. C. degree was conferred
| A new fraternal order has been launched
a+ Toneka KAN by body composed or
| 900 charter members 1t is called the An
cient Toltec Rite and is said to bear to the
| higher bodies of Masonry about the same
| relation as that of the Eastern Star to the
| blue lodges. In other words, 1t admits the
| woma nkjnd of Masons and to belong to 1t
| the woman must be the wife, daughter,
sister or widow of a sd degree Mason OF
Knight Templar.
The rite is in three degrees constructed
with particular reference to a mixed COM
pany of ladies' and gentlemen. The work is
said to be dramatic in character.
John w. Thompson of this city, the VEN
cradle supreme outer guard of the K. of P,
who was unanimously reelected recently,
was quite ill while in attendance at the
Louisville convention of the order. A reso-
luton of sympathy and assistance was In
| troduced by Otto Kolb, supreme representa-
tive from Indiana. which was adopted by
the convention, and the supreme chancel-
ii
posed of Supreme Representatives Otto
| I<olb of Indiana William Goldsmith of
| North Carolina and c. c. Dowell of Iowa, to
visit him and convey to him the sympathy
of the Supreme Lodge and to render him
| any needed aid
sixty-one X. of P. lodges in western
PENNSYLVANIA have taken membership In
the ..Pythian Home Association of Penn
svIvania" This, it is said, assures sue
eess TO the enterprise, which the knights
of Pjttsburg are pushing along.
Columbia Lodge, No. 10, l. O. o. F., con-
| farred the first degree on two candidates
| Thursday evening.
| Mount Nebo Encampment, No q, l. o. u.
| z at it's last meeting conferred the golden
| ruie degree on two candidates and the r..
| P degree on one.
The United Order of the Golden Cross
| has begun its twenty-seventh year in the
| District of Columbia. The new grand off,
| GERS of the District elected and installed
| for the coming year follow F. M. Brad
| lev. grand commander; Mrs. NJ. S. Allen.
| vice grand commander; Rev. ]. H. Brad
| ford grand prelate; w. e. Graham. grand
| keeper of records; B. w. Beebe. grand
treasurer; James Campbell, grand herald;
! Mrs Nettie E. Cole, grand warden. inner