Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
0FF|CESIN CONVENTION HALL
MASONIC FAIR COMMITTEES RE-
MOVE HEADQUARTERS.
Features Of Big Exhibit Which VIII
Open Monday Evening-Work
of Committees.

The offices of the Masonic headquarters
were moved today from the rooms in the
Lehman building to Convention Hail. where
rooms have been provided in the annex.
The committee on tickets and badges viii
still remain at headquarters where Chair.
man Franklin and his clerks will continue
to do business
Chas. q. Heitenger, an associate of Hub
Smith In song writing In the old days. has
written a march. The Director General"
III mas been dedicated to the Masonic fair
OF 1907 and will be played by HaIey's Band
on the opening night and several times
thereafter. Mr.. Heitenger has given tho
fair management 1000 COMES
The proper committee TODAY began tha
distribution of badges. There are more
than 1000 members of the yarious commits
tees each of whom Is supplied with q
badge. There Is also a souvenir badge that
VIII be sold I'm the hall by the members OF
Columbia Lodge. 1t is of gilt ormulo and
bears on the clasp the blue lodge device
the Masonic year and the calendar year
On the badge proper is a reproduction Of
the proposed Masonic Temple.
Miss Eta Austin. manager of the Chinese
laundry to be installed In part OF Martha
Chapters space In the combined booth al
the Masonic fair. has completed the per-
sonnet OF her working force, and promises
to make that booth one of the spots to
which visitors will naturally gravitate in
their search for novelties RAYMOND r
Rogers, the Chinese impersonator. will be
the laundryman in full regalia, pgtail,
Happy pants and felt-soled slippers He
will be assisted by Captain Sheridan Fer.
rec and Mr. r. G. jerks, who will also be
atitred in oriental costume.
Regulation "Tickee."
The packages will bear the familiar laun-
dry tickets and will be dealt out to those
presenting duplicate tickets, which are to
be sold around the fair room by a commit
tee Of ladies from the four chapters shar.
Ing In the booth. Mrs. Reynolds and Mrs
Boss will have charge Of the distribution Of
tickets. The proceeds of the laundry ven.
ture will go to the credit of the booth, and
the four chapters will share equally In tho
profits.
black and white Angora cat has been
donated to Columbia Commandery, and 1t
Will be disposed of by the ladies' commit
tee of the commandery booth. Black and
white are the commandery colors and
the cat has been named Columbia" He
is said to be gentle, and the ladies have
provided him with a full outfit OF clothes,
a trunk to put them in and brass bed to
sleep in. Columbia will be paraded
around the fair room every night and the
ladies believe he will net them a lot OF
money.
House Somebody Will Get
Director General Stamford visited the
house on Irving street today. and the
Waterman reported that there have been
quite a number Of people there daily to
inspect it, in spite Of the bad weather The
visitors are mostly people who have
bought tickets. each Of which gives the
holder a voice in the disposition of the
house.
Reports indicate good demand for tick
cts, and the fair managers are banking
on total sale of at least $4,000. Final
meetings before the opening of the fair
were held by number of lodge commits
tees at fair headquarters last night. There
was a final roundup of donations, reports
on special schemes and assignments Of
members for the various nights of the
fair. There was not a committee that did
not make favorable report on the OUT
look.