Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-19

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tees to take charge Of the affair and perfect
! all arrangements"
It is expected that the occasion will be
| celebrated on lines similar to the seventy
| fifth anniversary at the Raleigh. and that
of two years later at the New Willard. At
| the seventy-fifth anniversary 80 sir
knights were present At the seventy-sev-
enth 234 SIR knights were present.
The following committees have been
named to have charge of Washington Com
| mandery's eightieth anniversary celebra-
T! ton: Executive commfttee-Iacobus 8.
Jones, chairman: Eldred g. Davis. first vice
chairman; Harrison Dingman. second vice
chairman; Albert +. Fox, treasurer. Henry
| 8. Merrill. secretary; Henry X. Simpson.
George II. Walker. Thomas p. Morgan. AL
| bion X. Paris, George w. Baird, Augustus
B. Coolidge. james B. Lambie. James A.
| Sample and Harry Standiford: committee
on subscriptions-Albert +. Fox chairman;
, Jacobus s. Jones. first vice chairman: Will
nam 5. Parks. second vice chairman: AL
| 1son Nailor. jr., third vice chairman: George
Spransy, fourth vice chairman: Henry S.
Merrill, secretary; Warren IL. circuit. Henry
N simpson. Thomas p. Morgan, Jesse F.
Grant Fred w. Behrens, William H.
ferkes, tr., John s. Beach, Albion X Par
rls, ralph w Lee, Abram r. Server, Ga
| Drlei +. Johnston, Wallace c. Babcock Les
ter A Barr. Conrad F. Bennett, Robert e.
| Burks, John +. Collins. Albert T. Coumbe.
Henry c. Espey, James T. Gibbs Henry
L. Costing s James A. Hunter. Jesse B. K.
| Lee, L. John Newton, Francis Nye, William
3. Quinter. Oscar ]. Ricketts,, Joseph F.
stephenson, Benz. F. Whiteside. David G.
DIXON George III. Walker. Charles II. Cald-
well, Joseph A. Oliver, Claude f. King,
James A. Rutherford, ]. Claude KEEPER,
| BENJAMIN F. Graves. Nathaniel B. Fugitt.
| Charles II. Smith. Joseph L. Atkins, VIII
liam Barnum. Henry Behlert, Walter A.
Brown. j. B. Gregg Gusts, Fred c. Cold
| rem. Charles A. Erney, Charles w. Fair
fax, John A. Cooler, Charles e. Howe. f.
M " johnson. Harry L. McNulty. Chas.
| Henry NJ Schooley, Geo. X. Townsend,
Edward w. Zea.
| sixty members of tile several Rebekah
.ouges. l, o; o; F.. Of this city. made an
| enJoyapie pilgrimage In a special car to
| Alexandria last Wednesday night, and paid
/ a fraternal visit to the Rebekah Lodge
LIRE .nHre' me evening was devoted to short
/ taks' vocal and instrumental music Mrs
| w. L. Motheread. supervised the trlp. In
| the party were the following from Naomi
6ooge: Mrs Georgia Mothersead, Mrs.
Brotherton, Miss Fannie Brotherton, Miss
Bene brotherton. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
| Day; from Ruth Lodge. Mrs Avery. Miss
Mothersead Mrs. Lore. p. H. Leary and d.
| Washington Lodge, Mr.. and Mrs Leesnit-
ger, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Weber Mr. and
| Mrs. VIM; Tying. Mr.. and Mrs Kettner,
| Mrs. 8. J. Harry. Mrs. McChesney. Mrs. AL
| Ien Mrs. Burke, Mrs. Hester, Mrs Schillo.
Miss Kaufman and Leo s. Schoenthal; from
Dorcas Lodge, Grand Master W. II. Nc
Nell Miss Annie Ridenour, Mrs. Ella "
Mallory, Mrs. Dora Hendrix, Mr.. and Mrs.
b. H. Russ. Mrs. Ida Arnold Mrs. Mary L.
Miller. Mrs. Florence Gates, Mrs. Martha l..
| Mcneil. Mrs: Harriet Billings. Miss Nellie
| Smith, Miss Ode King, Miss Mary Rathe,
| MISS Myrtle Rattle, MissM abel Gates Miss
| Lille I-usby, Miss Nettie Cole. Miss Lucille
| Fehl Mr.. and Mrs. A. Adams. Mr.. and Mrs.
| c. l.. Dalrymple, Mr. and Mrs. p L. Pay.
| lor, DR.. and Mrs 7. ]. Gates Mr. and Mrs
Jenkins. Miss N. E. Newman and Mrs BIZ
| lings.
| On Thursday night the hall of Camp No.
o. Patriotic Order Sons of America was
crowded with members or the order and
| friends attending its second box party and
entertainment After Introductory remarks
by President James w. Allison there was
| monologue by William Cooley and a vocal
| solo by Charles Lippold The two-act farce
comedy. Monsieur" was then presented by
the Ideal Dramatic Club with the following
| cast: Miss Emma Abernethy as Polly
Philamore, Miss Marie Lippold as Adrienne
| Mrs. Russell as Mrs. Bush, II. s. Spittle as
/ Tom Sellers, William Cooley as Billy Win.
bledom and John s. Wagner as Monsieur
The performance was roundly applauded,
| At Its conclusion the lunch boxes were sold
| and a substantial sum realized, after which
coffee was served Dancing followed.
| Modern Tent, No. 1872 knights OF the
Modern Maccabees, at its mee,.As on We'd
nesday night conferred the initiatory de-
| gree on several new members. A fine de.
gree team Is being organized, and the good
| of the order committee expects to give it's
| first winter entertainment shortly. Nomi-
nations for officers for the next term fol.
/ lowed, after which remarks tor the benefit
| OF the tent were made by Deputy s. s.
| English. Commander M L. Dawkins and
| several others. 1t is announced that a
| new tent of Ladies of the Modern Macca-
| bees will be opened in the next few weeks
In this city.
Grand Master w. H. Mcneil, accom-.
| panied by the officers of the Grand Lodge,
| !. o. o. f., paid an official visit to Cove
| nant Loose NO. Is. Thursuay evening. The
officers OF the lodge are: .. w. Sherier,
| noble grand; ]. E. Chamberlain. vice grand;
| IA. a.. - 45aIf. Waio, -AiieeiI, -o.i-
ductor and w. q. Berg. guardian. They
1 were examined in the unwritten well as
| in the ritualisttc work OF the order and
proved to be very proficient. The grand
master expressed himself as highly graft
| fled
Grand Representatives f. A. Sder and
| Jno. L. Brown made remarks touching the
state of the order. Grand Conductor X. A.
| Ford made the principal address OF the
evening.
According to custom Of the lodge a sill
yer spoon is presented to every member
| upon the birth in his family OF male heir,
and 1t was pleasing feature of the evening
| when D. A. Dugan. p. c., in brief speech,
presented a spoon to II. krick. p. G. J. J.
| Cherry. P. G., presented one also to II. Q.
Butler, p. G.
| Covenant Lodge quartet newly organized,
| composed of DR.. j. X. Johnson, Col. Geo.
| Bennett. Prof Arthur Lingley and Capt.
| Jos. Sommers, rendered number of comic
| sons, with Prof. Joseph Clark as accompan-
| list.
| Besides members Of other lodges in this
| jurisdiction present, there were visitors
from Vermont, Ohio, Indiana and Virginia.
| The meeting closed with refreshments and
| q smoker.
Mrs Helen T. Burt, the newly appointed
state commander Of the District OF CO.
| lumbia of the Ladies of the Maccabees Of
| the World, has been in the city during the
past week arranging for a class initiation
| to be held the middle of December. The
| class work will be taken up by the several
! hives of the city and the class will be
initiated by the supreme commander, Mrs.
Lillian NJ HOLSTER.
| meeting of commanders and record
keepers was called for last Wednesday af-
! ternoon by the state commander Every
| hive but one represented. After q
| short talk by the state commander the
work for the coming class was outlined.
Mrs. Burt leaves for West Virginia today.
but will return the first week in December
| to take up the work here and will make
her headquarters at Hotel Lincoln.
National Hive, the banner hive of the
District is working hard TO reach the 800