Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-29

of service and his retirement. He said:
commanders come and commanders go,
but Washington Commandery in the vigor
of her second youth, goes marching grandly
on. To some of us her past is a glorious
tradition; to others it is hallowed memory
To all of US her promising future is a con-
tinuing inspiration. My stewardship is
about to terminate. The result of the events
of the closing term is recorded. That
record is a matter of history; with ii all l
am content, and the retrospect is most graf
| flying. l return to you the sincerest and
warmest thanks for the distinct honors YOU
have conferred upon me. l have tried to
serve this cOmmandery to her credit and
with an eye single to the best interests of
her great membership. In these efforts
have done what l believed to be right
| have tried to do my whole duty, and l
| have guarded with anxious care the
power vested in me one year ago =
Your support has been genuine and your
work of a superior order / say these things
with deep feelings of the teenest pleasure
Finally, in all things may we ever
remember that the loving are the just; that
the truest are the gentle; that the noblest
are the unselfish and that the bravest are
the tendereSt.' And, also, let US not for
get that after all, life is but little span
and on its arch we find engraved: "A little
toll, a little love, a little hope, little sor-
row, little dreaming, and then Good
night
During the Templar year there were four
affiliations and twenty-five companions We're
knghted. Against this gain there were
teo Withdrawals and twelve deaths, the
.5tter follows James H. Hopkins hon
erary member, died June II, 1901; Hubert
Schutter, knighted November 3D. 1870, died
July 10, 1904; Thomas Russell, knighted No
Nember "a, 1869 died August 10, 1904; Will
liam w. Rollow, knighted January IS 1903,
died October I, 1904; George A. Bentley,
knighted January IS, 1880, died October p,
1904; Ferdinand Gawler, knighted Deem
Der 8, 1891, died November 20, 1901; James
Reeves, jr., knighted March a. 1915, died
November "A, 1904; George w. Reardon,
knighted May y, 1880 died December 8,
1904; James S. Davis, knighted July 26,
1871 died December 10, 1904; John H.
Parks, knighted April IA, 1871, died January
13, 1905; Louis d. Wine, knighted May 80
1872 died February 3, 1905; Robert Clarke.
knighted April %, 1S4S, died February 20,
1905
OF the deceased during the year James H.
Hopkins, former member of Congress, was
past grand master of Templars of the
United States, and Robert Clarke was the
oldest member of the commandery, having
been knighted fifty-seven years ago.
The following musical program was eff
fectively carried out during the evening:
Breeze of the Night" by Washington
Commandery Octet; flute solo, William A.
Haley; tenor solo, William d. Mcfarland;
Champagne Song" by octet; bass solo, ].
Walter Humphrey; medley on the bells,
William A. Haley; baritone solo, Oscar F.
Comstock; stein Song" from Prince OF
Pilsen,' by octet with solo by William d.
McFarland) Washington Commandery Oc
tet is composed of the following: Sir
knights William D. Mcfarland, William
NJ. Mooney Alexander Mosher, Henry G.
Pearson, Oscar F. Comstock, j. Walter
Humphrey, DR.. Francis j. Woodman, War
rem w. Rich; musical director, Henry G.
Pearson pianist, Oscar F. Comstock.
Ascalon Temple, No. 81, Dramatic Order,
Knights of Khorassan, holds it's next meet
ing at Pythian Temple May S, at which
time there will be "a ceremonial session
which it is believed will be up to anything
in Ascalon's history. The royal vizier t.
A. Bynum, and Secretary A. j. David have
issued an effective circular by way of an
nouncing the evenings events.
The members of Ascalon Temple are
PythiansSin all the name implies They be-
leve in the old couplet, Laugh and the
world laughs with you, weep and the world
laughs at you" and we don't propose to
weep when we can laugh. Mahomet says
you will be a long time dead" The Imperial
Palace of this order meets in Detroit in
August and this is expected to be the last
ceremonial session prior to that meeting.
Many Washington Shriners are acquaint-
ed with leading mobiles of the remote Aloha
| Temple of Honolulu, which is the Shrine's
'farthest east" or "farthest west you
wish to figure it. Many have visited the
Sandwich Island Shriners, and several of
the latter have been entertained here. A
number of members of Almas Temple of
Washington are in receipt of copies of the
program offered at Aloha's last ceremonial.
The event occurred at Alexander Young's