Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-06

any reflection upon the founder nor upon
the order of Knights of Pythias There is
nothing of disgraceful nature about it.
To have been prisoner of war was GER
tainly no disgrace No one loves the X.
of P. more than |, and would not do any
thing to injure it. Truth hurts no one.
Truth is mighty and will prevail
An active past grand chancellor of
the Pythian order said today: The prob
ability is that the ritual was first con-
ceiyed by Rathbone in northern Michigan.
whipped into shape and executed here: that
Rathbone never saw the inside and prob
ably not the outside of Libby prison. and
that Mr.. Burnett knows and the other man
does not know what he is talking about.
That is all there is to it. But the chances
are that the story will live. and the truth.
mighty though it is claimed to be, will not
prevail"
Ruth Chapter. No. 1. Order of the Eastern
Star. Monday evening. Mrs. Lille L.
Schneider was elected to succeed Mrs.
Sauter as worthy matron. Mrs. Schneider
has been serving Ruth Chapter in that ca
pacity since the untimely death of Mrs.
Sauter The regular meeting of Ruth Chap
ter will be held on Monday next a Bright
wood Hall.
National Circle of the Protected Home
Circle gave an interesting illustrated lee
ture last Friday evening at McCauleys
Hail, on pennsylvania avenue southeast. A
large number of the friends of the circle
were present. and besides the illustrations
shown addresses were delivered by officers
of the local and grand circles of the order.
Eminent Commander David H. Fenton,
the new leader of Columbia Commandery
No 2. Knights Templar. in his first Off
ciai circular pleasantly reviews the recent
visit of Mary Commandery of Philadel-
phia to the Capital city as guests of Colum-
bia. He says:
Our guests seemed to enjov themselves
thoroughly from the od
in the city on Thursday until their de-
parture Saturday evening. l desire to ex-
tend my sincere thanks to the chairmen
OF the various committees, together with
their associates and all others who have
contributed so largely to the success of
the entertainment of our fraters from
Philadelphia The installation ceremony
in the New Willard Hotel Friday evening
was one of the most brilliant affairs ever
held IN this jurisdiction. The committee
having the arrangements in charge are to
De congratulated upon the execution OF
thelr plans in such an admirable manner
IL gave us great pleasure to have been
honored on that occasion by the pres
ence Of the commanders of the several
communicates. of the District of Column
bla; Jacob T. Barron, commander of Co
lumbia Commandery, No. q Columbia s
6 Biz larry L. Dixon. past commander of
flttsburg Commandery, No. l. of PennsyI-
Vania; William ]. Milligan. grand senior
warden. Philadelphia; the grand commander
VI maryland and staff: the acting grand
Bennett A. Allen accompanied by his Of
Hclal staif, and Warren La Rue Thomas
ment."
In his preliminary announcement of b,s
induction to the office of commander Emil
nent Sir Fenton says: In assuming the
duties of the Office of commander | assure
you that / realize more fully than evar
before the great responsibility incident to
that station. If the high standard estab-
hshed by my predecessors is to be main
tanned during the ensuing year. l must have
the earnest cooperation Of every active sir
knight, and that is what / want shall
shlrk no duty or personal responsibility
but the field of operation is becoming so
great with each succeeding year that the
duties are becoming more exacting Greater
demands are made upon the commanders
time, so much so that it is impossible for
one man to do what formerly could be
done. therefore the greater necessity for
cooperation. The conclaveS of the COM
mandery are but a small part of the duties
of your commander; the Intervening period
Is full of work. 1t shall be my aim to make
each meeting an interesting one so that
when you have spent hour or two in the
asylum you will feel that it was good to
be there The average attendance is far
from being what it should with a member
ship of nearly coo sir knights. At least one
third ought to be present upon every con-
clave, and if proper interest Is taken by the
members in the affairs of the commandery
a stun larger percentage would he present"
on the general subject of attendance at
commandery conclaves.
There are now IN existence eighty-fiye
temples Of the Knights of khorassan and
the local temple, Ascalon, although num-
bered eighty one. is forty-first in point of
seniority, many of the earlier temples hav-
ing surrendered charters. The temples all
have romantic Arabic names The first
temple, Ell Medon, Peoria H., is still in
existence. The youngest temple is FL Promo
of Joplin, Mo. The loca lions of tie exist
ing temples are follows: Peoria. H.;
Galesburg, H.; Concordia, Kan; Fargo N
D.; Des Moines Iowa; Cedar Rapids Iowa;
Watertown, S. D.; Aberdeen. S. D.. Kan
sas City. Mo-; Ma son City. Iowa: Ottumwa.
Iowa: Cleveland, Ohio; Columbus. Ohio
Charleston, w. Va; Sidney, Ohio: Altoona,
Pa; Reading, Pa: Salt Lake City Utah;
Denisop, Tex; Brockton, Mass; p ovidenJs .,
r. l.: Kansas City, Kan; Fredonia. Kan;
San Francisco, Cal; st. Louis. Mo-; Fair
mount, w. Va; Detroit, Mich; Saginaw
Mich; Toledo, Ohio; Jacksonville, ILL.,;
Wheeling. w. Va; Phoenix, Arizona; Os-
ceola, Iowa; Auburn, Maine; Grand Rapids
Mich; Macomb. H.; Charlotte, n. c.: Bel
laire, Ohio; Los Angeles. Cal; Colorado
Springs. Col; Minneapolis, Mimi: Dallas
Texas; Louisville Ky; East St. Louis.
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