Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-06

Fools day. The nobility was out in force,
and a likely lot of ''mollycoddles' made
their way safely across the desert sands.
The temple had among its distinguished
visitors Alvah P Clayton of st. Joseph
Mo-, the imperial potentate of the A A. o.
N. NJ s., and William ]. Cunningham of
Boumi Temple. Baltimore. The work of
the evening was excellently rendered by
Potentate Frank A. Sebring, and the new
divan of Almas Temple which is now prac-
tically letter perfect in the graphic ritual
of the Arabic order.
Following the ceremonial refreshments
were served in traditional manner in the
banquet hall of National Rifles Armory
This will be Almas' last ceremonial session
prior to the meeting of the Imperial Coun-
ell at Los Angeles, Cal, In May. Amas
and Boumi temples will travel to those
festivities together, the special train which
takes them to the coast leaving Washing
ton Saturday, April q, over the B. and o.
railroad. arriving at Los Angeles May g.
1t is expected that the forthcoming session
will be of the finest in Shrine history
as the Pacific coast nobility has outdone
even the preparations which had been made
to welcome the Shriners last year.
The members of Almas Temple who at
tended Boumis ceremonial at Baltimore
are hearty in their praises both OF the
work done by the sister temple and the en-
tertainment afforded them The imperial
potentate, Alvah P. Clayton, went along,
and all were guests of Imperial First Cere-
monal Master William ]. Cunningham of
Baltimore. The members of the Washing
ton party were Past Imperial Potentate
Harrison Dingman, Potentate Frank A.
Sebring, Past Potentates Jacobus s. Jones
and Carter B. Keene and Noble s. Fred
| Hahn. Potentate Alexander Bayliss and
the nobility of Boumi made their visit
very pleasant, one of the best in the long
round of exchange trips between these
longtime friendly bodies.
BeniMora Temple of the Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan was instituted at
Richmond Wednesday night. The work
was conducted by Suez Temple, No. %, of
Charlotte, N. c., aided by a delegation from
Ascalon Temple, No. 81, of this city. The
candidates We're shown how to traverse
the deserts of Khorassan and cross the
tigers path in commendable form. Suez
Temple has a finely drilled degree team,
and the paraphernalia used upon the occa-
sion was sumptuously oriental. The new
temple starts out with a good-sized MEM
bership. which includes many prominent
Virginians
A Star correspondent at Richmond says
of the visit: '"Ascalon Temple. D. o. X. K,
Washington, had its officers here Wednes-
day night to witness the institution of
Mora Temple. 1873. d. o. K. X. the
visitors coming down in the afternoon and
day. The team from Suez Temple of Char
lotte N. c., did the work, and the cere-
monies impressive There were
129 men to receive the degrees. and they
were>relayed, one man getting a part of
one degree and another man another part
In this way there was little delay. The
ceremonial session was preceded with
parade, in which there were camels, must
Clans Arabs, candidates, visitors and fire.
works. The ceremonies proper lasted until
midnight, when illustrations of how to have
fun were given, lasting until o'clock in
the morning, when the banquet was served
There were several brief speeches, among
them several by Washington visitors. The
following is a list of the party from Wash