Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09
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| District of Columbia Pythians who par
| ticipated in the great jubilee at Baltimore
| Thursday night returned to Washington de-
| lighted with the splendid ritualistic work
| done on this occasion, and with the friend
| ship and hospitality exhibited by the Pyth-
| ian brethren of the adjacent Jurisdiction.
The jubilee took the form of celebration
| of the thirty-eighth anniversary of the
founding of the order in Maryland. Repre-
! sentative Frank c. Wachter and Represen-
| tative George A. Pearre Of Maryland are
| enthusiastic members of the fraternity, and
| have done much work In promoting the well
| fare of the order. They were appointed a
committee to come to Washington and es-
| cort to Baltimore Supreme Chancellor
Shively, President Neal of the Endowment
Rank and Representative J. E. Watson of
| Indiana, the orator of the occasion. The
| Maryland Grand Lodge is the daughter of
| the District Grand Lodge, which was found
! ed February 10. 1864. A feature Of the Bal
| timore festivities was the presence of sew
! eral Washingtonians of the Pythian fra
| ternty whose membership dates hack to the
| beginning of Pythianism here. Among those
in attendance from Washington was Ed
| ward Dunn. the first grand chancellor and
| the senior supreme chancellor of the Pyth-
| ian fraternity.
| Among the ''old-timers'' met by the
| Westinghouse who went to Baltimore was
| James Whttehouse, grand keeper of records
| and seals of the domain of Maryland He is
| one OF the Oldest Pythians in the country
and has seen longer service as grand keeper
| of records and seal than any Pythian.
| The Maryland members claim that the
oldest living Pythian in Maryland, and In
fact In the country. is John H. orem of
iG ho wit trr-n
| other conference.-the late Francis Tur-
ner and Edward Berry-organized the first
| lodge in that state thirty-eight years ago.
| Mr. Orem is seventy-one years old, but does
not look sixty. Last September he was re-
| tired by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
| Washington Railroad Company after COM
plotting service of fifty-three years and
! six months.
| Mountain City degree team of Frederick,
| Nd. which conferred the rank of page on
! the class OF more than one thousand at Bal
timore Thursday night. has seventy-five
! members. Its friends claim 1t to be the best
! in the United States, and their tableau Is
said to be perfect The director of the team
| DR.. T. S. Eader. is musician. and the
music played by the orchestra OF fifteen
/ pieces. as well as by the baand OF twenty
! eight pieces. is his composition. Two gen.
| tlemen of the team who attracted much at
| tention were John II. Martz and Henry
Lampe OF Frsderick They resemble each
other to remarkable degree. Each weighs
| about two hundred pounds, and they dress
somewhat alike. Hiram r. Heck OF the
Frederick degree team Is the Baltimore and
| Ohio express agent at Frederick, and has
been for forty years The master-of-arms
| of tho rank team, Jacob H. Schmidt of
| Frederick. Is the tallest man in the team
and one OF the tallest citizens OF his city,
| towering considerably over six feet.
There were badges of every kind and de-
scription to be seen at the headquarters Of
| the Baltimore Pythians, the colors of red
| yellow and blue. denoting the ranks of page,
f,Yrtr and lynfcy h>f, n
| In maany styles Each delegate was pre-
sented with a little flag made up Of the
| three colors that, in letters OF gold, bore the
following; sPythian Jubilee. Baltimore. De-
button that caused much amusement
was yellow affair about the size of q
quarter of a dollar. on which was, in black
! letters, Say! What Is This7'' Many asked
Pythians and find out" The members of
the Washington delegation were generously
provided with these buttons.
Among the visitors from Washington
were many members of Ascalon Temple
No. 81, D. o. X. K, order affiliated with
the Knights of Pythias, and composed
wholly Of members OF the Pythian frater-
nifty OF the Khorassans the Baltimore
American says: Zone of the auxiliary or
ganizations of the Pythians is the Order of
Khorassan. One of the members of this
body was asked how to spell the name and
he was obliged to confess that he could not
AS he hunted for q circular to find out ne
| remarked that 1t was peculiar thing for
| man to belong to an order and not know
how to spell the name.
When asked who the Khorassans are and
what they do. the information was as fol-
| lows: They are a wild and woolly band.
They live In desert and play with a tiger
Ihey drink camePs milk and lead free and
Independent lives. They have never been
known to hurt any one, but dispense charity
with a liberal hand. They are ever on the
| alert TO hear the cry Of distress Their
MOTTO Is to get out OF life the best that there
Is In It. They are fond OF good living. and,
as buttons would be inconvenient, they tie
their clothes with strings"
OF all the proceedings at Baltimore mona
aroused greater interest and enthusiasm
| than the announcement of the prize-wIn-
| ners. three trophies having been offered
Tor the lodges obtaining, respectively, the
largest number Of new members, the larg-
! est percentage and the second largest per-
| centage. The trophies were awarded by
Rey Mr. Stinespring. P. CT Lewis Reitz.
p. g. c., and b. T. Daneker. p. G., the COM
| mittee. as follows: Prize for greatest num-
| Der, pair OF Jeweled altar swords-Loyal
! Lodge, No 12S. whose 1875 members secured
u6 recruits. First prize for greatest per-
csntage. tewsied altar swords-Good intent
Lodge, No. Q, the fifteen members having
enlisted thfrty-seven others, giving them q
| percentage Of 24e Second prize for per-
eentase, ivory ana ebony sold.mounted
I membership OF ninsty-four was increased
by eishty-thrss newcomers, percentage Of
| ss.
The grand visitations to the subordinate
| Odd Fellows lodges OF this Jurisdiction con-
tfnue to be largely attended, and the series
has been one OF the most interesting In the
long history Of Odd Fellowship In wash
| ington. Following the visitation to Union
Lodge. No. II, came the visit OF the officers of
| the Grand Tneampment to Fred D. Stuart
Encampmenf, No. Z. The rendition Of the
| work was excellent. and after interesting
and instructive addresses by the grand Of
| fcers a banquet was served In the Blue
room under the management OF Patriarch
p. v. Chisholm and q committee. Among
those present were large delegations from
| Golden Rule Lodge, No. 81, and Canton
Washington, No. !, Patriarchs Militant. The
present week has been marked by two very
successful valuations, Naomi Rebekah
Lodge visitation on Monday evening was no
table for large attendance and an address
| by Grand Marshal Easterling. After r.
marks BY the grand officers and q presen-
| ta2ion to Grand Master Bradford refrssh-
mentS were served In the blue room, on
Tuesday evening Golden Rule Lodge No. 81