Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-28

| Lebanon. No. ,.......... Election 1
| Hiram. No. 1o.....-.. Election I
RoYAL-ARCH CHAPTERS.
| : Dec. LA Fayette. No. d. p. and NJ l..
Washington Naval.
Dec. 2-Colunbia No. 1. Not buletned L:
IL Dec. 4-School Of Instruction.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMUNICATES. J
| Dec. 2-rotomac. No. s.. Not buetned
| ? Dec. 4-Colunbia, No. 2...... Red Cross :
s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s
confer the eighteenth degree in full cere-
monial form at the Scottish Rite Cathe
dral 1907 G street northwest. Tuesday
evening. December I. Mithras Lodge OF
munication at the same place on the
| same date.
| The Masonic board OF reicl = "2'en-
| dared to hold its regular meeting Thurs
| day evening. December =: at 100 o clock
The following chapters of the Order Of
Eastern Star will hold their meeting dur
| Ing the comm. week: TUESDAY. peren' Der
! l. Mszpah No. s: Wednesday, December
| =. Areme. No. 10: Thursday, December
| ), Esther, No. ). and Friday. December
i. Martha. No. 4.
| The splendid new organ for lodge room
|
Masonic Temple. and will greatly add
| TO the services of the lodges which meet
there.
Charles F. Benjamin of Federal Lodge
| No. ], +. A a. NJ. will deliver an add
dress before the Association of Worship
| full Masters for 1905 at it's meeting Mon
day evening in the library of Hiram
Lodge No. 10. 10Th street and Pennsyl-
| vania avenue.
| DR.. Daniel McFarlan. for twenty-one
years the prelate of Washington Com
mandery. No. l. X. T.. was present at
its conclave Wednesday evening and the
recipient of an ovation that must nave
made his heart glad.
Rev. E Mcqueen Gray of the Authors
| Club and grand chaplain of the Grand
| Lodge of New Mexico, called at the new
| temple Wednesday to pay his respects
and admire the new monument to Mason
ry in Washington.
| Mount Horeb ROYAL Arch Chanter. No.
| Z. will confer the Royal Arch degree at
special convocation to be held in the
chapter chamber OF he new tempt" this
| evening at Z 80 o'clock
The Masters Association Of 1907 is to
| have the first of its annual reunion BAN
quetS during the coming month al the
Arlington Hotel The arrangements are
| in the hands of the executive committee
of the association. which is composed OF
| W. II. Landvoigt president of the asso-
citation; Harry kimball vice president;
| Lem Towers jr.. secretary-trea' urt''. and
| J. W. Collins and Lafayette Leaman.
After Monday evening the period will
begin for the election of officers for the
new Masonic year. Elections. rule
generally create a great deal of excite
ment. but not so. it IS said in Masonic
| circles. where election to or advance
| ment in office are determined by ascer-
tanned fitness and pre-eminent merit.
Twelve lodges during the coming week
will doubtless advance their official lines
and fill any further vacancies that may
exist. and the close Of the week will find
twelve new masters in charge.
Osiris Lodge No. %. will close one of
| the most successful years it has ever
| had under the careful leadership of Will
| liam V. Lewis. it's master. Carey Frye
its senior warden. will doubtless be ad-
vanced to the position of master. and his
| friends bespeak for him An equally pros
| porous year. Mr.. Frye is well known in
the fraternity where he has many friends
i inside and outside the bodies of which he
| is member He is the present captain
| of the host IN Mount Horeb Royal Arch
Chapter, No. I.
! priests and others it was unanimously
decided to present the name of William
w. Jermane. the present king and next
| high priest of the chapter, as Mount Ho-
! reb'S candidate for election to the ficial
/ line of the Grand Royal Arc', Chanter for
the District of Columbia next February.
The candidate whose name was presented
last February. it is said. earnestly re-
! quested the withdrawal ~ t,is nam. y. -
announcement is made because IL is said
! to be well known to be the desire OF the
| Grand Chapter to place a Mount Horeb
man In line this year. lis place in the
! official line having remained untitled since
the resignation of late Past High Priest
| Charles Zange. when he was grand Royal
| Arch captain.
DR.. Theodore Moore has returned from
= his recent cruise in the waters of the
Atlantic and was present at Mount
Horeb Chapters convocation Tuesday
evening. DIR Moore says he is well, and
the ruddy glow of health on his venerable
countenance effaces the lines of many
well spent years and gives Il the fresh
ness of youth again.
| Armat StOddard librarian at the new
! temple. was feeling part cularly happy
! this morning over the receipt of infor-na-
! ton that self-constituted committee of
| his friends in the fraternity is scouting
among friends and brother Masons for
book contributions to the library. with the
| prospect of excellent results. They say
| that many have books at their homes for
which they have no use. and their contri-
| button to the library would place them
| i'll the hands of many VINO are DESTROYS
| of reading them. Many nave promised
contributions and more are expected.
There seems to be I, special demand for
Masonic books Of reference. it Is said.
| Some weeks ago d beautiful silver cru
| clf1X. bearing the insignia of The knights
Templar. was started on its way around
the world by Ivanhoe Commandery of
! New York. to which it will be returned