Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
OFFICERS OF KISMET COUNCIL, r.
a, INSTALLED.

| Kismet Council OF the Royal Arcanum
last night installed its officers for the en-
suing year, entertaining more than six
hundred guests with an excellent musical
program, and concluded the evening with
dance to music played by the Ksmet
Council Orchestra. Naval Lodge Hall. 4th
street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast
where the installation was held was pref
tily decorated, and to each of the ladies in at
tendance waspresented a handsome souvenir
hat pin, bearing the Royal Arcanum insignia.
Mr.. l. s. Childs was chairman of the re-
ception committee and Mr.. Arthur E Cook
master of ceremonies. To each of the
ladies who participated in the program was
presented a bouquet of flowers, merely as
an evidence Of the appreciation of the coun-
ell.
The service of installation was conducted
by the supreme officers of the Royal Ar
canum, including Howard C. Virgins of
Rome, n. Y, supreme regent; A s. Robin
son of st. Louis. sitting past supreme re-
gent, and ]. A. Langftt of Pittsburg past
supreme regent. The officers Installed were:
Max Abel, regent; A R. Hecht, vice re-
gent; II. L. Beavens, orator; 1. S. Childs,
tary; 7. M. Hayes. collector L. L. Mar
cerOn treasurer; E. NJ. Campbell, chap
lain; j. W. Berkeley, guide; James Price.
warden; Charles Gould, sentry, and the fol-
Il
Wolf and W. 1. Slaymaker.
Supreme Regents Address.
Supreme Regent Virgins made a brief
address to the officers members and their
guests, referring principally to the progress
of the Royal Arcanum and what It, as So
ciety. has accomplished. The most interest
ing feature of the ceremonies was the pres
ertation of a mahogany gavel made OF
wood that was brought from Honduras in
1904. The presentation was made by Ar
thur Cook, master of ceremonies and he
explained that this wood had remained in
it's rough state until 1928 when, at the re-
quest of Representative John Trumbull, 1t
was made into two immense doors, which
were hung at the west entrance to the
United States Capitol. These doors were
taken down in 1900 and the gavel was
made from a portion of the wood. The
gavel was faced on one end with brass from
the Inflated battleship Maine, and on the
other end with bronze from the doors that
hung for so many years at the east en-
trance of the Capitol, on the House side.
Mr.. Childs, who retired as regent, was
warmly complimented upon his admins
tration of kismet Council during the past
year. It was said that the affairs OF the
council were never more encouraging than
now. The installing officers were accompa-
MED by Mr.. ]. Edward Swaine. grand re-
gent of the District of Columbia, Royal Ar
canum, and Mr.. Claude r, Zappone of the
supreme council
Program of Exercises.
The program of entertainment included
'sTen minutes of Remick's Popular Selec-
Itions," by Mr.. Alfred Abel; song by Miss
Flora Bernheimer, a recitation by Mr.. NJ. E.
Kahn of the Criterion Players, musical
sketch By Mr. Floyd Featherstone, assisted
by Miss Dora Varney; a monologue by Mr..
Charles Purdy of the Criterian players, and
a sketch "A Pair of Lunatics." by Miss
Grace Ross and Mr.. Ed e. Muth. Then
followed the dancing, Mr.. William Fell
heimer one of the trustees of the council,
leading the Kismet Council orchestra.
The following committees served:
( Executive committee-A. r. Hecht, chair
man; A. E. Cook, Max Abel William Fell
heimer, II. e. Beayens, l. S. Childs, L. L.
Marceron, C. E. Kalstrom. ]. w. Berkeley.
Reception committed 8. Childs, chair
man; Max Abel, c. P. Gliem. G. w. Bark
man, J. A. Gibson, r. E. Hess, L. c. Brooks.
John Reding. T. F. America, G. w. Slater,
A e. Holder.
Entertainment committee-William Fell
heimer chairman; II. G. Brinkley. Max
Hirsch, George Adams, Leo Loeb, James
Godfrey
Floor committee-C E. Kalstrom, chair
man; G.. H. Riedel, William Belts, f. B.
McCathran, ]. E. Shelton.
Souvenir committed. L. Marceron,
chairman; III. e. Beavens, j. r. Cook, j. w.
Berkeley, Frank Burns