Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-03

vacation trip into Canada He COM
mends Generalissimo Joseph H. Milans
for work done In his absence Orient
Commandery formed a part of the pro-
cession to escort Columbia Commandery.
No. 2. from the old to the new temple
Friday evening. when the local COM
manderies and Mary Commandery OF
Philadelphia assisted in the ceremonies
connected with the dedication of the
knights Templar Asylum by the Grand
Commandery Of the District of Columbia.
The paper on Infectious Sputum and
Its Preventives." read by DR. Theodore
Moore Of Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chap
ter before an invited company of scien-
lists attending the tuberculosis congress
Wednesday evening, excited marked COM
ment. The meeting was rather an in
formal gathering of DR.. Moore's scien-
tific friends, and those In attendance were
entertained at q banquet at his beautiful
home afterward. The doctor and a party
of his friends went down the river on his
steam launch Tuesday. High Priest Al
len OF Mount Horeb Chapter. Col. Thomas
Melton. Jacob W. Collins and Rev. Field
er /. Hunter were among the guests.
Edward A. Keller Of Pentalpha Lodge.
No. %. takes exception to the credit CIV
en- in the Grand Lodge dedication and
housewarming programs to Columbia
Chapter. No. 2. X. r. for originating the
movement that eliminated In the erection
Of the new temple. Mr.. Keller says:
record and arc from the minutes Of PEN
talpha Lodge. No. q. as OF January T.
1895:
Ion motion Of ]. c. johnson a COM
mittee Of three was appointed. consist
ing Of ]. c. johnson. William A. Kimmel
nVI % yor1o N foxya f0ot III 0uf-
tate the matter OF building a suitable
Masonic Temple. and to devise ways and
means to accomplish such purpose. etc.
This committee was instructed to con-
fer with other bodies OF the craft that
they might take similar action. The Pen
Der q. 1896. as the matter was alleged to
have been taken up by the Grand Lodge
February IL. 1S97-over two years
after the origination Of the scheme by
held a special conclave to consider the
matter.
'The credit Of the official conception OF
the building of a temple does not belong
to Columbia Commandery, but to Pen
talpha Lodge. in my judgment"
Secretary Elmer E. Simpson. thirty
second degree, is out with his circular
giving the Scottish Rite program for the
month of October as follows: Tuesday.
October 6. Mithras Lodge OF Perfection.
No. 1. the fourth to the eighth degrees
inclusive: Tuesday. October Is. the ninth
to the fourteenth degrees inclusive, the
last in full form: while Evangelist Chap
ter. Rose Croix, will hold a business ses-
sign: Monday. October 10: EVANGELIST
and Albert Pike Consistory. N. r. g.. for
business session: Tuesday. October 20.
Mithas Lodge Of Perfection. business. and
Evangelist Chapter, the sixteenth to the
eighteenth degrees inclusive. the last In
full ceremonial form: Tuesday. October
p, Robert De Bruce Council, K. K. the
nineteenth to the twenty-first degree in
elusive, the last in full ceremonial form.
A feature of the Rite during the coming
winter will be a series of social even
ings." which are promised to be worth
while attending.
The account Of the dedication Of thu
knights Templar Asylum In the new
temple by the Grand Commandery OF the
District will be found elsewhere in this
evenings Star.
The grand secretary of the Grand Lodge
states that the bulletins in the new
temple will be special features. and extra
efforts will be made to have the secre-
taries of the various bodies furnish the
them of value to the fraternity at large.
This, 1t is said. was not done at the old
temple because some of the. secretaries
failed to appreciate the value to the
fraternity Of bulletining the work of their
respective bodies sufficiently In advance of
the meeting nights to serve the purpose
for which the bulletin boards were
erected.
There is no lack OF hearty Endorsement
of the new temple and the efforts to place
1t beyond the shadow Of debt by Grand
A ocfn in he
Grand Lodge. Every night finds num-
Der of the Grand Lodge officers at the
housewarming celebration. and all of
them busy patronizng one department or
another Of the great celebration. Deputy
Grand Master H. X. Simpson says a visit
to the. new temple Is the best remedy he
knows of for '1ukewarmness and belated
criticism
The Odd Fellows Home Association of
the District of Columbia. incorporated
June 5, 1908, for the purpose of estab-
fishing and conducting a home for 1.-The
care Of aged and INDECENT Odd Fellows in
good standing and their wives. aged and
INDECENT Rebekahs in good standing and
their husbands. widows of deceased Odd
Fellows and the maintenance and educa-
ton Of dependent. orphans Of deceased
Odd Fellows" is making extensive prep
arationS for a fair to be given at Odd
Fellows Hall November % to December ;.
1t Is the hope or the members OF the
fraternity to make this fair so successful
that steps may be taken at an early date
for the erection Of a home in this city by
the association. organized by authority
of the Grand Lodge. I. o. o. F., Of the
District OF Columbia, and composed of
two members elected by the Grand Lodge
and one member elected by each subordi-
nate lodge. Rebekah lodge. the Grand En-
campment. each subordinate encapment
and Canton Washington. No. 1, Patriarchs
Militant. as representatives.
The association will direct the proposed
fair. each body of the order being repre-
scented on Joint committee
At meeting Of the joint, committee
Past Grand Master E. w. Bradford was
made permanent chairman: Past Grand
Master James H. Crew. vice chairman:
Mrs. Ella B. Russ. second vice chairman:
]. T. Allison, secretary. and Past Grand
Master ]. T. Petty. treasurer. The chair
man Of the committee appointed j. d.
Yoakley chairman OF finance committee
and in charge Of canvassing books; ]. T.
Allison. chairman OF committee on GER
respondence: Grand Warden d. A. Dugan.
chairman Of committee on installation and
decoration of hall. with P. H. Leary as
vice chairman. The chairmen of the
various committees were empowered to
select their coworkers.
After another meeting Of the entire