Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-08
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at Washington Hall. Pennsylvania avenue
ana Sd street southeast
The Congre ssional Circle of the Pro-
tected Home Circle has organized a drill
and degree team The drill team consists
as n1netesn mHmbers Us oesrs ARE
Mrs Eglon and Mrs. Japhet. lieu
tenants; the Misses TURNER and Niezey.
sergeants; Mrs. Allen. Mrs. Petteren and
the Misses McMann and Tracy. corporals
The team initiated eleven new members
last Wednesday evening.
Ruth Chapter. o. E. S. of Hyattsville.
Nd. took straw ride Monday evening
and paid a fraternal visit to Ruth Chap
ter. No. l. of Brightwood. The Hyatts-
Vile body was received with appropriate
remarks by Mrs. McAleer. the worthy
matron. The response was made in
visiting chapter. During the evening the
degrees were conferred by Miss Mary
Lamond, associate matron of Ruth Chap
ter. No. l. Among the guests present
| Streater. and the worthy grand patron.
William F. GUIDE.
With the exception of Ruth Chapter,
No. l, o. E. s.. and Mizpah Chapter. No.
8, all the local Eastern Star chapters
have called off for the month of Au-
gust.
The services tomorrow. August 9. at
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Will
be conducted under the auspices of Miz-
pah Chapter. No 8, Q. E. s. Rev. How
ard G. England. assistant rector of st.
Pauls P. f. Church and a member of
Stansbury Lodge, No. -. F. A. A. NJ, will
held at O'Clock in the afternoon. and are
well attended. Coaches meet the cars at
TakOma Park
various Knights of Pythas lodges are In
Boston this week, during the Supreme
Lodge convention.
Among those admitted to the Supreme
Lodge. knights of Pythias. this year were
Past Grand Chancellors T. A. Bynum and
]. w. Carter of this city.
The Washington companies of the Uni
form Rank in attendance at the biennial en-
| campment Of the Uniform Rank Knights
of Pythias. at Boston. are reported to
have won great applause for their SOL
dierly bearing in the parades. Washing
| ton Company. No. 1, went on the field in
the prize drill at 11:30 o'clock. Thursday
and Coldwell Company, No. Z. at l 30 the
same day. The results will not be known
| until today. The stay-at-homes Of the
two companies await with great interest
| the announcement.
A feature of the subordinate lodge pa
| rade of Knights Of Pythas in Boston
| Wednesday was the large number OF
| floats representing the different scenes of
the life of Damon and Pythias. A note
worthy one was presented by one of the
! temples Of Pythian sisters. representing
Purity. containing forty ladies dressed in
white. with the vehicle. horses. harness
t and all In pure white.
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here over the reelection of Maj. Gen. A.
]. Stobbart as head of the Uniform Rank.
| knights of Pythias. Maj. Gen. Stobbart
is thought to be deserving Of all the honor
the order can confer upon him. His work
during the great San Francisco earth
quake has endeared him to all its men,
| berS.
| A large number of the members of the
knights of Pythias from this city. now In
| Boston. witnessed the exemplifcatiOn OF
the rank Of page and the rank of knight
Friday evening by Peter Woodland Lodge:
| No. y, of Lynn, Mass. in Mechanics
| building. In the work OF the rank OF page.
| 1t is said, 1O2 men were used and the time
required was one hour and fifteen minutes.
In the rank of knight 127 men are said to
have been used and the time required was
two hours and fifteen minutes. The mem
bers from here were highly entertained.
and said the work was far superior to
anything they had ever seen.
| The Pythian Sisters of Boston and vicin-
lily are showing the visitors a great time.
Hardly a minute of the day passes but
| some form of entertainment Is provided
for them. Several of the temples there
| have gut on special exempltfications OF the
work for the visitors benefit.
| At a meeting Of the Chancellor Com
manders' Club Knights OF Pythias. held
at Pythian Temple July 81. there was a
| large attendapce, and plans were put on
foot for holding grand jubilee in the
fall at which time prizes will be given
the lodges securing the most members. Al
! the next meeting of the club. the latter
part of this month. these plans will be
! further perfected and the various commit
| tees set to work. Rehearsals for the por-
traying of the rank of page in ampiified
form will also be begun. Those interested
! hope the coming jubilee will far surpass
! the one held year ago last winter. when
quite a large number were added to the
ranks of the several subordinate lodges
| FIasg Council. No 2Jt;. l.. c. L. of
America held it's regular monthly meeting
In Pythian Temple Saturday. August ].
! 1t is said there was one salesman who
| had nerve enough to go over the hot
sands of initiation. and when lie got
through he declared he was satisfied and
the council could keep the change for the
benefit of the widows and orphans fund.
w. l.. Arnold was appointed to represent
Flagg Council in the Prosperity Congress
to be held in New York August IL and
! II. He was also instructed TO extend an
! invitation to all the travelling statesmen to
visit Flagg Council during the week of
| March 4. 1909. when the council will keep
open house. The committees will be APP
/ pointed later on. Flagg Councils officers
are as follows: Senior counselor. A. f..
! Triplett; junior counselor. G. A. Wright
man; past counselor. l.. A Roberts: sec
rotary and treasurer. T. V. Smith difth
| termO: conductor. j. w. Mansfield; page,
G. W. GoOdenOugh; sentinel Thomas }.
Shea executive committee. E. A. Cole
man. f.. ]. Kelly. r III. Trueworthy and
| L. Katzenberg; council surgeon. Joseph J.
Mundell.