Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
NAMQNG THE
u FRATEpNlT1ES

o'H uui iHS WHICH Hid!iy nave Deeil
called Off" During the month of Sep
TENDER ali the organizations which have
suspended for the heated period will re-
sumo operations at their old stands and
the result will be renewal of interest in
all fraternal work A large number of the
local lodges have, 1t is true. kept diligently
employed during the summer sostice but
those that have not done so think that by
briskness during the remainder of the year
they can catch up with their hard working
associates who are summer soldiers.
The suspension of lodge work during the
summer has been more general than in re-
cent years, and is regarded az somewhat
of an experiment. The result will be best
told when the totals of accretions to and
losses of membership are obtainable at
the end of the year There has always been
strong difference of opinion between the
advocates of summer holidays for lodges
and those who believe that suspension of
meetings leads to SlackneSS in attendance
and final losses in membership. These
diverging theories will therefore have
something of test in the figures reported
at the end of the calendar year. There are,
however many bodies here which have not
missed single meeting in years.
Mrs Emma Connolly. worthy high priest
ess IS Of washington Shrine, no. i. White
Shrine of Jerusalem, and Mrs. M f..
Adams. past worthy high priestess of the
same organization are its representatives
to the supreme shrine. That body meets
at Grand Rapds, Mich, next week. and the
ladies will leave Sunday evening to attend
the session. The supreme shrine has some
important legislation pending which will
affect the order generally. The White
Shrine of Jerusalem accepts as members
only Eastern Star affiliates, except in the
jurisdiction of the District of Columbia.
Here membership is open to all Master Ma
sons their wives, daughters, mothers and
SiS The fraternity has however
official relations either with Masonry or the
Order of the Eastern Star.
In round numbers there are now in the
United States about. /, 125 900 Odd Fellows
975. 900 Free Masons and 100000 knights of
Pythias These are the largest three fra
ternal organizations in the country. The
figures do not include the colored organiza-
tions bearing these names, which are not
affiliated In any way with the regular
bodies. The distribution of membership by
states Is curious. In different sections each
of these several bodies Is in the lead. The
following list mot before published) devel-
ops this fact. 1t gives the order of pre-
cedence of each of the fraternities IN all
United States jurisdictions: Alabama. Odd
Fellows. Free Masons. Pythians; Arizona,
Pythians. Odd Fellows Free Masons: Ar
kansas. Free Masons, Odd Fellows. Pyth-
ians; California. Odd Fellows. Free Ma
sons Pythians: Colorado Odd Fellows. Free
MasonS, Pythians, Connecticut Free
Masons. Odd Fellows, Pythians: Delaware.
Odd Fellows, Free Masons, Pythians; Dis
trict of Columbia. Free Masons. Odd Fell
lows, Pythians: Florida. Pythians. Odd Eel
lows, Free Masons: Georgia. Free Masons,
Odd Fellows, Pythans; Idaho, Odd Eel
lows. Pythians, Free Masons; Illinois, Odd
Fellows Free Masons, Pythians; Indiana,
Odd Fellows, Pythians, Free MaSons; In
dian Territory Odd Fellows, Free Masons.
Pythans; Iowa, Odd Fellows, Free Masons,
sons. Pythians; Kentucky, Free Masons,
Odd Fellows. Pythians; Louisiana, Free
Masons, Pythians. Odd Fellows; Maine.
Free Masons, Odd Fellows Pythians; Mary
land Free Masons. Odd Fellows Pythians;
Massachusetts. Odd Fellows. Free Masons.
Pythians; Michigan Free Masons, Odd
Fellows. Pythians; Minnesota. Odd Fellows.
Free Masons. Pythians; Mississippi Free
Odd Fellows, Free Masons, Pythians; Mon
tana, Odd Fellows, Free Masons Pythians;
Nebraska. Odd Fellows. Free Masons. Pyth-
ians; Nevada, Odd Fellows, Pythians. Free
Masons; New Hampshire. Odd Fellows,
Free Masons, Pythians: New Jersey. Odd
Fellows. Free Masons, Pythians New Mex
leo, Pythians. Odd Fellows, Free Masons;
New York, Free Masons: Odd Fellows.
Pythians: North Carolina, Free Masons. Odd
Fellows Pythians; North Dakota, Free Ma
sons Odd Fellows, Pythians; Ohio, Free Ma
sons Pythians. Odd Fellows; Oklahoma Odd
Fellows. Free Masons. Pythians: Oregon,
Odd Fellows. Free MasonS, Pythians; Penn
sylvania Odd Fellows. Free MaSons, Pyth-
ians; Rhode Island Odd Fellows. Free Ma
sons, Pythians; South Carolina, Pythians.
Odd Fellows, Free Masons; Tennessee Odd
Fellows, Free Masons, Pythians;. Texas,
Free MasonS, Pythians. Odd Fellows; Utah,
Odd Fellows. Pythians Free Masons; Yer
mont. Free Masons Odd Fellows, Pythans;
Virginia, Odd Fellows, Free MaSonS, Pyth-
ians; Washington Odd Fellows, Free Ma
sons, Pythians; West Virginia. Odd Fellows,
Pythans. Free Masons; Wisconsin, Free
Masons. Odd Fellows. Pythians; Wyoming.
Odd Fellows, Free MaSons, Pythians
The Odd Fellows lead in twenty-nine jur-
isdictions. the Free Masons in twelve and
the Knights of Pythias in four.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No Z
had a largely attended business meeting last
night. The storm doesn't trouble this thriv-
ing body.
Columbia Commandery, No. I. knights
Templar. will give excursion to River
View Tuesday night. This is in the place of
the one designed to have been held late in
May, but which was abandoned on account
of the bad weather The same committees
that were originally appointed by Eminent
Commander David H. Fenton for the first
excursion will also serve for tie new one
Past Grand Master and Past Grand High
Priest George II. Walker has returned from
Detroit where he had been for several
weeks on business for the government Dur
Ing his visit there he was the recipient of
many attentions from the Masons and
Shriners of that city. with a number of
Harmony Lodge. No. II. F. A A NJ, will
give an excursion to Marshall Hall Tuesday
night. The Charles Manchester will make
three trips. The executive committee is
composed of Clarence A Weaver. chairman;
w. Hamilton Smith. vice chairman; Roe
FulkersOn, Otto j. De Moll and Stirling
Kerr, jr. The committee in charge of boat
and grounds is follows: W. Hamilton
Smith. chairman; John F. May vice chair
man: Julius l.. Arntzen. Benjamin F. Ath-
erton, Frederick w. Bell. Benjamin BIethyn,
Norris Cannon. Jonathan NJ. Clawson
Charles w. Cramer Thomas j. Dawson,
Walter G. Gleason. William F. Gross, Jo-
seph s. Harris. Frederick H. Mohoff. August
H. Jaeger. Charles p. M. Lord, James b.
May. John A. Mcdonald. James Nelson.
James M. Rauch. Stanley N. Recher, John
s. Shaw, Charles F. Sudwarth and Francis
n. Westerman.
Sioux Tribe. No. IS, Improved Order of
Red Men, held its regular weekly burning
of the council fire last Tuesday at its wig
wan, $40 Pennsylvania avenue northwest
During the routine business remarks We're
made by the chiefs of the tribe in regard to
making the evening of August 20. 1885, Sioux
Tribes lat home." pleasant one. A mu-
steal and literary entertainment will be
given, at the conclusion of which there will