Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-28
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nesday. April l. at 7:3O O. clock pm. at
Masonic Temple. 9th and F streets north
west
The following degree work is an
nounced for the coming week
Monday. March 80. Anacostia Lodge.
No. p on. NJ, Masonic Hall. Ana
costa; Tuesday. March 81, Lafayette
Lodge. No. 10 &c. Al. Masonic Tenn
pie: Wednesday. April l. Washington
Centennial Lodge. No. Il IN. Nd. Ma
sonic Temple: Wednesday. April l. Osiris
Lodge No. 26 E. Al, 1907 G street
northwest
The Grand Chapter. r. A. NJ. School
of Instruction will be held Friday. April
. at 100 pm. at Masonic Temple.
Columbia Chapter. No. l, r. A. NJ. an
ncunces the past and most excellent de-
grees for Wednesday, April l. at Masonic
Temple.
Edwin Fl Eastering. grand mas er OF
the |. O. o. F. of the District. has nnaliy
determined. after considerable delay In
perfecting the plans TO lay the corner
stone of the hall which Langdon Lodge
of 10th street northeast next "Wednesday;
April I. at ) o'clock pm. All the local DAD
Fellows have been invited TO attend.
Announcement is made that the an
nual grand visitations of the Grand Com
mandery. knights Templar to the con-
stituent Communicates will be made to
Washington Commandery. No J. at
Masonic Temple. April %: Columbia
Commandery. No ,. at Masonic Temple.
April Il: Potomac Commandery, No. 3,
Masonic Hail. Georgetown. April 10; DE
Molay Mounted Commandery. No 4,
Masonic Temple. April 2s. and Orient
Commandery. No. 5. Naval Lodge Hall.
Capitol HILL April 90. Each visitation
will 1T is declared. be made at PM
sharp. ana the grand commander re-
quests that the business OF each COM
mandery be so arranged as to permit TINS.
Treas and recorders are asked 10
submit their books for inspection by the
grand treasurer and grand recorder not
later THAI seven days preceding thelr
grand visitation. and recorders are
asked to submit the required certlncates
of the uniform committees of their COM
manderies.
The spring visitations Of the Grand
Lodge of Masons to the constituent lodges
of the District of Columbia began March
II with that to Myron NJ. Parker Lodge.
No 81 This was followed by the vista
lions to Naval Lodge, No. 4. on March H.
and the New Jerusalem Lodge. NO. y,
March %. Grand vsitations will he mace
during the first week in April to King
Solomon Lodge, No. 81. at !" p m, Aprii j.
William r. Singleton Lodge. No. 30. April
n.
April 6. and National Lodge. No. II. April
4 With the exception Of that to King
Solomon Lodge. all the grand vistations
viii take place at o'clock in the evening
ARRANGEMENTS have been made for the
regular quarterly meeting of the Masonic
Temple Association. to be held al the
office of the association, room go. Coo
RADIO building. Saturday. April 4. 1908, at
73O o'clock pm. An amendment to the
bylaws of the association to provide for
the appointment OF a committee on ways
and means. by the president. Will be con-
sidered. in connection with other matters
of interest and Importance to the associa-
ton.
'Leylet ell Taata. Eighteenth Day.
Second Month. Hejra 1925. Safar" opens
the bulletin of Potentate Roe Fulkerson
to the A mas Temple. A. A. o. n. NJ s.,
which-unfolds a series of murky and mys-
FERROUS happenings that are to occur at
their meeting on April Fools day. The
festival is announced as extraordinary.
celebrating the return of the pilgrims from
Mecca. with great rejoicings. solemn pro-
cessions, oriental mysteries and the
'Darooz Zeeyafah.'' or traditional bread
and salt welcome" The mobiles are re-
minded that their parchment rolls must
bear the mystic countersign Min Etc En-
Ate otherwise they may encounter diff
culties. a feature of the OCCASION 1t is
stated, is a lecture by the Persian poet
and philosopher, She1k Abdul AZlzanWaZ.
An announcement has been made by
Harrison Dingman. Roe Fulkerson
Frank F.. Gibson. Thomas P. Morgan
and F. A. Sebring. the committee hav-
ing in charge the arrangements for the
forthcoming trip of Almas Temple. A.
A. O. n. NJ s.. to the meeting of the
Imperial Council at ST. Paul. Mimi.
that in addition to the side trips which
have been arranged for there will be
I4r HSN ID
tween Indians from the Cisco leserva-
ton and the regulars at Fort Smelling.
the great drills of the Arab Patrols for
the Imperial Council prizes. river car
nivals. automobile races and many other
forms of entertainment provided by the
mobiles of Osman and Zurah Temples of
the Twin Cities. 1t is announced that.
from present indications. Almas Temple
will carry more than 200 mobiles on its
special train. which leaves this city at
pm. Saturday. July II. reaching st.
Paul about o'clock Monday morning,
July 49,.
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter.
No. I. paid fraternal visit to Potomac
Chapter. Georgetown. Tuesday evening
and witnessed the comforting Of the
P. NJ. and NJ E. NJ. degrees. the former
by the officers of Mount Horcb and
Companion w. ". Jermane and High
Priest Abram S. Mccoy presided in the
respective degrees.
The evening of April 10 the officers of
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter. No
:. will pay a fraternal visit to Mount
Horeb Chapter and confer the NJ. III. de-
gree. with King John A Goodier in
command. The latter part of April, it
is expected Mount Horeh ROYAL Arch
Chapter will return the visit and confer
a degre for Mount Vernon Chapter.
Mount Vernon Chapter held what is
regarded as one Of the best attended
conversations in its history last Mon
day evening. The P. NJ. degree vas con-
ferred by the king. John Fl. Goodier.
and the NJ. E. NJ degree by Harry Kim
ball. the principal sojourner. ference
v Powderly. formerly commissioner
general of immigration. talked enter
tainipgiy on How 1t Feels 20 BE an
Irishman. Later in the evening a ban
uuet was served in a nearby hcstelry
and High Priest Fulkerson served as
POSTMASTER. Good things to eat and
clever things to listen to were the order
until late hour
The ira gle death of Frank H. Hosford
was a severe shock TO his many friends
In fraternal circles His genial DISPOSE
ton. his happy speeches and his Jealous
interest in the respective organizations Of
which he was a member will long be re-
membered.
Worshipful Master w. V. Lewis of Osiris
Lodge No. s. F. A. A. NJ, has inaugurated
the custom of having special addresses
upon interesting topics delivered by good
takers a the meetings of the lodge when
the degree work will permit. The attend