Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-07
MAGIC ISLE IS
OASIS FOR DAY
Of POTENTATE
Imperial Council Is
Entertained
AIva P. Clayton, Noblest shrIner Of
Them All, Is the Principal
Guest and Makes Every
one Happy

one Happy
And the island beautiful became the
oasis and the high chiefs of the i'm
perial horde journeyed thither, paused
and were refreshed, learned of the won
ders of the deep and went on their
way again rejoicing.
Thus ended the second day.
For the Shriners-five hundred of
them-the highest of the most high, de-
scended en- mass upon Catalina yester-
day.
From off the high humps of the
camels on which they journeyed across
the desert to Los Angeles they tumbled,
and trusting their precious persons to
the mighty ones of AL Malaikah and
the steamers of the Banning company,
they sailed away over the blue Pacific.
The Inhabitants of the magic isle
had been warned of their coming and
had fortified themselves with great
quantities of eatables and drinkables.
with which to appease the appetites of
the invaders and to win their favor.
Seats for Everyone
In the early morning soon after it
was daylight, and before the sun be-
gan to shine, the mobiles of the imperial
shrine gathered at the call of AL Malai-
kah at the Pacific electric depot. Spe-
cial cars with-unheard of circum-
stance-seats for everybody carried the
pilgrims to San Pedro and there the
good ship Cabrillo was in waiting.
Everything had been made ready for
the voyage. The ocean had been sprin-
kled to prevent dust, the flying fish
were notified to fly only when the wo-
men were looking and one whale was
permitted to appear above the water
at an announced time and place.
The good boat Nevada, owned by
Noble Edwin Brewster, alias "Boos-
ter" and manned by Malcolm Macdon-
aid and four mobiles of Algeria and
Southern Nevada, escorted the ship
out of the harbor amid the cheers Of
both crews and the silences Of AL
geria's "song without words"
Escorts Both Vessels
The small boat drank the health of
the large, gave three farewell salutes
and departed for port to perform the
same duty for the ship Hermosa, bear
ing similar cargo of fezed knights.
On board the Cabrillo was the chief
est chief of all the chief chiefs, I'M
perial Potentate Alva P. Clayton, IA
miliarly called pet"
"Pet" is the biggest noble in the
Shrine, Fred Hines not excepted. He
is long and he is broad. He has the
biggest blue eyes and the biggest heari
and then, of course, he has the bigges'
title.
If he ever had any sense of his owl
importance he certainly left it at home
for no one has ever been able to dis
cover 1t. Everybody likes him ant
everybody calls him pet" He doe'
not take any one seriously, not ever
himself, and he refuses to allow any
one to take him seriously. His heac
is so big-physically only-that his ma
donned by lesser noble fell over M M
ears and almost smothered him, the
while the lesser mobiles fez rested Oh
"Pet's' head and looked like thimbl'
on top of a barrel.
Likes the Country
az tell you it's great to be here" Pc
remarked when the ship was well un
der way. 1t pretty nearly broke mi
nm when / found out 1 could not b'
elected in Los Angeles last year. Blu
there is something consoling about re-
firing from the ranks in Los Angeles
aI tell YOU what boys-this is between
YOU and me-but I would like might!
well to live in Los Angeles"
The Masonic quartet from Mlnneap
oils was on board. Mobiles E. 2. Brown
ing, w. B. Heath, F. III. Forbes ant
w. S. Marshall are right there when i
comes to knowing how to sing and al
the zem zem in California could mo-
hurt their voices.
ST. Paul After Convention
They have list of Shriner songs thai
would be hard to beat, and then they
have a double incentive for their mu'
sic: they are next door neighbors tc
ST. paul and ST. Paul has an ak to
grind. st. Paul wants the next con-
venfiop. and if systematic boosting viii
do any good ST. Paul will get it. st
Paul men were everywhere and they
made their presence felt in language
more forcible than words. There were
cigars for every one done up In Tissue
paper bearing the emblem OF Osman
temple and the words: Have smoke
on Osman."
Every noble smoked and they all
smoked on Osman. AS they blew the
clouds of grayness into the air they
read asst. Paul" in the rings and Wis
ions Of st. Paul arose and were pro-
nounced good. "They have good cigars
in ST. Paul whatever else they have, y
was the general comment. Then the
quartet came.
Quartet Makes Converts
No. they were not from st. Paul.
but they were for st. Paul, so they
sang and made more converts.
"Oh. take me to Los Angeles
Where fruit and flowers abound,
Where Shriners all assemble
And zem zem flows on the ground :.
What? Zem zem flows on the ground
sure, zem zem flows on the ground.
was only one of the choice selections
and then to the tune of I'm the Shade o,
the Old Apple Tree"
In the shade of the old zem zem tree
That potentate looks good to me.
With fez on his head
Whose color is red
And smile on his face fair to see.
Don't ask for cup of cold tea,
or salt water right out of the sea,
But with liquor instead
He will be put to bed
In the shade of the old zem zem tree!
Carries Big Wad
ON board also was w. S. Brown, an
other big man. Brown is the treasurer
and Fred Hines says he met him at tn
depot with a dray to bring the none,
to the hotel-$2 900 of it-and in gold
some one asked him what the w. in hi
-. ...,- e,fo v,dc FOR nd ha vanilla,