The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
PLAN FOR CONVENTION.
supreme Lodge, knights of Pythias,
Meet in Boston i'm August.

/ Interest in the coming convention Of the
/ Supreme Lodge. Knights OF Pythias,
which IS to be held in the city CT Boston.
Mass. the first week OF August. IS rapidly
4 increasing. From accounts this will be
the largest gathering Of Pythians ever
! held. and will embrace ali branches of
the order. Clubs are being formed in
each Of the lodges for the purpose Of
| attending this convention and 10 raise
the means for the necessary expenses.
A feature Of the convention will be the
! parade. not only Of the uniform rank. but
| also OF subordinate lodges
Capital Lodge, No. "a. held its regular
convention on Tuesday last Consider
able routine business was transacted. The
Boston club Of the lodge will elect its
officers at the next convention. A num-
| Der OF members have already enrolled
and considerable interest Is manifested
knights Emrick. OF Chicago. and Schultz.
Of Louisville. entertained the lodge with
interesting addresses.
At meeting Of the Grand Lodge OIL
GERS at headquarters on Friday, February
q, plans were laid out for the coming
years work All the Grand Lodge Off
GERS were present with the exception Of
Grand Master-at-arms II. p. Wiley, who
was confined to his home by illness.
Rathbone Temple, No. /. Pythlan Sis
ters, the active auxiliary of the Order OF
Knights of Pythias. and composed of the
wives and sisters Of members Of the or
der, has started the ball rolling for the
coming year. At its regular meeting i'm
I hfetr rTnv l,v-1r Tr-1-- 90
Of twelve was initiated into the mysteries
of that order. and the work was per-
formed in a manner that reflects credit
on the members of the temple. The drill
team of the temple, robed in white and
bearing the cOlors OF the order. went
through the intricate evolutions with
grace and precision.
Rathbone Temple, No. /. was instituted
May o. 1891, and has always been a lead
ing factor in the history Of Pythianism in
this domain. Among the visitors present
az its last meeting were the entire staff of
Grand Lodge officers with the exception OF
the grand master-at-arms, II. p. Wiley.
The temple expects 70 initiate another
large class on March 13 The temple also
has entered the ranks OF Boston clubs,
and has a large club composed of its
members who expect to visit Boston the
coming summer.
The members of the drill team that con-
ferred the work were: Mrs Albert Kah-
lest. Mrs. T. A. Bynum. Mrs. V. ].
Matchett, Mrs NJ Maddox, Mrs. J. Mitch
ell. Mrs. f. Braden. Mrs. Guy Flenne=.
and Mrs. II. B. Armstrong, with Mrs. c.
II. Woodward as pianist.
The present staff of officers OF the
temple IS as follows: Most excellent
chief, Mrs. F. p. Crown; most excellent
senior, Mrs. J. Prescott: most excellent
junior. Mrs. II. p. Wiley: manager of
temple, Mrs. a. Dix; mistress OF records
and correspondence. Mrs. A. Sullivan:
mistress Of finance, Mrs. A. Kahlert; pro-
tector Of the temple. Mrs. NJ. Maddox;
outer guard, Mrs. V. ]. Matchett. and
past chief. Mrs. V. Klendlnst.
After the comforting OF the work re-
freshments were served.
Calanthe Lodge. No. II. conferred the
rank of page on one candidate at its con-
Yention on March ?. Among the visitors
present were Leon Kaiser who is the
chancellor commander of Eclipse Lodge.
No. l94. OF New York City: knight Rip
ley, OF Frontier Lodge. New Hampshire,
and Knight King, OF Yonkers Lodge. of
Yonkers, n. Y.
Webster lodge. No. I. at its convention
on Tuesday evening last. conferred the
rank Of knight on a candidate in ampli-
fed form. the regular team OF the lodge