Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-22

ing lost six members and District Tent five
| P. j. Martin, a member of the Junior y.
| U. A. NJ, on behalf of Anacostia COUNCIL
| No. 10, presented beautiful floral onering
| to the tents. Sir knight Dent of Anacostia
| Tent No. Z, addressed the meeting on be-
| half Of the tent. giving some Information
| as to what the tent had done. Rev. Geo
| NJ. Cummings, pastor of the presbyterian
| Church, delivered interesting and ap-
propriate sermon. He was followed by
John F. May, who, on behalf OF the Ma
sonic fraternity, spoke words of cheer TO
| the sister order in the great work of fra
ternizing mankind.
Sunday night at 8 o'clock Brightwood
| Tent No. s. K. o. T: NJ. held its memorial
| services in Emery Chapel, in Brightwood
| Park. The members of the tent met at the
! hall, Brightwood avenue and LongfeioW
street, and, preceded by Winfield scott
| Schey Division No ], Uniform Rank, I'M
| der command of Capt. Newman. marched to
| the church. where the usual services were
! conducted by the officers, followed by
| very excellent and appropriate sermon "
| the pastor of the church, and an aouress
was given by the state comAander or the
| order in this jurisdiction. The regular
| church choir furnished the music. rms
| tent has lost thirteen members since II was
| instituted.
| Tuesday night Metropolitan Tent. No. II,
X o. T. NJ. held memorial exercises. &C
| cording to the memorial ritual state Com
mander Gall presided. and the music was
furnished by the choir of Gorsuch M. Z.
Church, with Mrs. Crymer, pianist, and
was composed of Mrs. A: F. Poore, MISS
Nellie Ramsby and Mrs. w. l.. Lynn, Mr..
Van Horn and c. Fulton. Rev. A. +.
Poore of that tent delivered sermon Rec
ord Keeper Thomas l.. Smith read the
names of the three members who nave dled
during the three years OF the existence VI
the tent.
National Tent, No 1, X. o. T. NJ, has
committee out making arrangements 1of
memorial exercises to be held during 'his
month.
Mount Vernon Tent, No. 4. X. o. T. NJ
is leading this month in adding new mem
bers. 1t took in a class last THURSDAY
State Commander Gall visited Aexan-
dria Tent, No. 2, last Monday night and
the week before he spent part OF the week
in Virginia.
Owing to the bad weather the Maccabea
excursion to River View on the 18th was
postponed until some time in July; Ma
tional Tent, No. !, X. O: T. M VIII give
its annual excursion to Chesapeake Beach
Wednesday of next week. This is the At
lantic City of Washington
State Commander Gall is closing his sec
ond term of three years as manager Tor
the Maccabees in the District of Columbia,
making six years of his exclusive manage
ment. He was also connected with the Or
der in an official way for three years pc
fore he was placed in charge of the field
Mr.. Gall has had charge of the state OF
Virginia in connection with his work here
since February, 1906.
The library committee of the board OF
lady managers of the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home have arranged to hold book
social Monday, June "a, pm, at the
home of the chairman, Mrs. James H.
Hamill, 119 4th street northeast. The COM
cure books for the library at the home,
The admission is book and the entertain
ment will follow in the same line An
Evening With Books" Those who come
are invited to represent book
Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. l, I. o. Q. F.,
held measuring party" in its hall Mon
day evening Miss Nellie RANDY, chairman
Of the entertainment committee, presented
a program consisting of piano solos. songs,
Rotations and many other features, winch
were highly entertaining and well received
Mrs Mary Raitz. with her assistants.
made note of the dimensions of all present,
after which refreshments were served in the
blue room.
Almas Temples greatest events of the
year are the summer excursion to some
point down the river and the charity of
Christmas time. The former event is for
the amusement of the fraternity and for
creating the Christmas charity fund. The
latter event is for the benefit Of the worthy
poor and for the approval of everybody.
Almas will celebrate her twenty-second
birthday the 22d of next December. This
temple was organized December %
1885. on the occasion of visit to
Washington by, a delegation of no
Nd. consisting of Illustrious William
c. Nickum. potentate; Thomas McCou-
bray, jr., past potentate; William H.
to establish the order Of the Mystic Shrine
in the National capital. They were enter
tanned by Mai W. Bayliss, George w.
Pratt, George H. Walker, Emmett C. Ell
more, Samuel ]. Haislett, Benjamin w.
Browne, H. Harvey Hazard, Charles w.
Brown. Alphonso B. Bowers and ]. Will
liam Palmer. who were duly indicted into
the Mystic Shrine that night. 1t was deter
mined to at once organize a temple and
Noble Bayliss. for whose benefit the impe-
rial potentate had issued a dispensation, ac-
cording to the custom then prevailing, that
he be created a noble lat sight" was
chosen potentate. and Noble Hazard. re-
corder in anticipation of the charter of
dispensation for which application to
be made. A meeting held a few days
later at the Office of the late George H.