Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-15

@% n ant rabban, and-M. II. Flint,
dkSE/ potentate of AL Malaikah
NIA> temple OF Los Angeles, have
/<AEAs\ had special invitations to at
In * NJ tend an important meeting
NNHU of the 5hriners az Chicago,
~ but cannot attend from pres
sure of business at home
The occasion will be the initiation Of a
class of 500 into the mysteries of the
Mystic Shrine by Medinah temple of Chi
cago, September q.
This special initiation will be given in
honor of Frank G. Roundy of Chicago,
who was elected imperial potentate of
| North America at the annual meeting
held In Los Angeles last May.
Indications point to a very noted event
by the invitation posters sent out. They
are 4x41s feet in size and are printed over
nth all sorts of peculiar characters,
| just such as the wideawake Shriners can
do on every occasion that calls for some
thing new and unique. The invitation is
all right, menu (''mean-u') and all.
| The following is taken from the CLOS
Angeles Free Mason:
"The great temple Of AL Malaikah Is
rapidly approaching completion and the
immense size and Beauty of the audi
torium begin to show themselves in their
| real vastness and effect. The great audi
torium of 200x150 feet floor space is al
ready in shape to appreciate its effect,
neither pillar nor post being allowed to
interfere with the complete view of the
whole floor.
"The building committee, of which
| Brother John W. Edwards Is chairman,
! has been indefatigable in its efforts, and
the result will be that AL Malaikah will
| have one of If not the very best build
ings of the kind in the world, both fo1
size and beauty.
I'm fact, everything is big, but that is
not ALL 1t Is a substantial structure OF
brick and steel, built on lines of beauty
and utility. The superstructure consists
Of sixteen steel pillars along each side
upon each pair of which rests one of the
150-foot steel truss arches, each weigh
ing nineteen tons. These symmetrical
arches, which carry the roof. also carry
! the balconies, which are suspended or
heavy steel rods. The ground floor Is Of
concrete covered with polished hard
wood. and its first testing will come with
the opening ball on date not YET
named. The walls are of brick, finished
In buff cement, presenting handsome
\ and typical California exterior.
4 "The construction of the auditorium has
been carried on by the AL Malaikah Au
ditorium association, an incorporated
body, With the following. officers, wht
have been active in the work: John w
Edwards. president M. w. Everhardy
vice president; Charles P. Wager, secre
tary; Melville c. Adler, treasurer, ant
Ben N. Powers. When finished the prop
erty will have cost about $150,0O0. and i
is now completely financed and no share:
of the stock can be purchased.
This last investment by the Mason!
raises the aggregate in the city to G
vast sum, and will for all time put ar
end to troublesome and expensive expen
ditures when a large number of candi
dates appear and must be conducted
across the burning sands of an imaginary
desert, but what is declared as its great
est accomplishment is the provision of {
suitable oasis, where the zem-zem ma.
flow with joyous ripple
''It also solves the problem of housing
great political conventions and exposi
tions, or other things calling for larg
} floor space and seating accommodation
] for spectators