Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-16

Oct. 21-Fsther No. 3
Oct. 22-Takoma, No IL.
Two visitations of the grand master and
other officers Of the Grand Lodge Oh Ma
sons for the District of Columbia will be
made to constituent lodges during the
coming week. namely: Tuesday evening,
to Myron M. Parker Lodge, No. %, at 18th
and II streets northeast, and to Osiris
Lodge, No. 26. at Scottish Rite Cathe-
dral. 1907 G street northwest Wednesday
evening.
The coming week will be memorable in
Scottish Rite Masonic annals. Besides
the meeting of the Supreme Council of
the Southern Jurisdiction. which will be
attended by the supreme grand command
ers of the three Jurisdictions in North
America, the Royal Order of Scotland,
with distinguished English visitors as its
guests. will convene at the House of the
Temple, Monday evening, to confer the
degrees. and Tuesday evening will hold
It's banquet at Rauschers. There will also
be sessions of Mithras Lodge of Perfec-
ton and of Albert Pike Consistory. as
indicated in the calendar at the head
of this column.
Washington Centennial Lodge No IA,
will hold it's annual. memorial services
Wednesday evening. The program has
not yet been announced.
worshipful Master Roe Fulkerson OF
Harmony Lodge, No. II. has issued invi-
tations in the name of the lodge to it's
annual banquet and Notification at Ma
tional Rifles Armory. Thursday evening.
October %.
Pentalpha Lodge, No. %. is to cele-
brate it's fortieth anniversary Thursday
evening, October q. WorshipfuI Mas
ter John Anderson explains that the real
date of the anniversary is May 4. but
for reasons best known to himself and
the lodge 1t was decided to celebrate
at this time. fine entertainment pro-
gram is promised, and there will be re-
treshments and dancing.
At the earnest solicitation of a num-
Der of the brethren who. although pre-
viously elected, were unable to be pres
ent at it's last session, kallipolis Grotto,
Mystic Order of the Yelled Prophets of
the Enchanted Realm. will hold an ex-
ira session Wednesday evening. October
q. in the Eastern Star Chapter chamber,
New Masonic Temple. Secretary Strang
announces that recruits are expected
from both Alexandria and Baltimore. 1t
is positively announced that this session
will be the last opportunity for timid
initiates who desire to escape all of it,
at the ceremonial session later on.
Past Grand Commander William Har-
vey of the Grand Commandery, Knights
Templar, of Missouri, Kansas City. Nc.
was caller at the Temple Tuesday
morning. He is here to attend the SEES
Southern Jurisdiction. A. A. S. r.. which
begins Monday morning
President William w. Jermane of the
Irio ctS ha
appointment of High Priest John A.
Cooler of Mt Vernon Royal Arch
Chapter, No. } committee to arrange
for the interchange of work among the
chapters during October and November.
Mount Vernon Chapter will confer the
past master and most excellent master
degrees October %. with officers of Cap
itol Chapter, No II, officiating in the
former, and the officers of Washington
Chapter. No. 2, in the latter. At the
special convocation of Mount Vernon
Chapter. Friday evening. October %. the
Royal Arch degree will be conferred by
Royal Arch Chapter. with Past Grand
High Priest A. B. Coolidge at the head
| of the line of officers.
The next regular meeting of the High
| Priests Association is announced for Sat-
urday evening. October 80. at $50 O'Clock,
in the grand high priests room at Ma
sonic Temple.
Announcement is made that there will
| be no field day exercises of the knights
] Templar during this Templar year. In
all likelihood they will be held some
/. time next May.
| La Fayette Lodge, No. IS. will supple
ment the work of the second degree at
its communication Thursday evening, with
tie of Bull Run by Charles f. Benja-
| min
| The Misses Long. sisters of Charles
| Long of Columbia Commandery, No y,
have presented the library with fifty vol
umes Of novels and miscellaneous works.
| Thomas A. Mcclure of Philadelphia has
presented Albert G. Mackey's Lexicon
and History of Freemasonry.'
| The work of Mithras Lodge Of Per-
lection Tuesday evening will be the fourth
and fifth degrees instead of the ninth de-
gree. as originally announced.
Chapter Orient Commandery, and Almas
Temple has been promoted to the rank
of major in the Philippine Constabulary,
with headquarters at Manila. Maj. Lyon
| No. IS, of Keene, n. H.
F. S: Jobson. worshipful master of
Birmingham Fraternal Lodge. No. 3S4, OF
Birmingham, Ala. was visitor to the
new temple Thursday, on his way to New
York city.
| The annual visitation of the grand
master and other officers of the Grand
| Lodge of the District Of Columbia to Ia
| koma Lodge, No. g. F. A. A. NJ, oc-
CURED last Tuesday evening. The lodges
new home was decorated in an attract
i've manner. branches of trees with au-
| tumn-colored leaves playing a conspic-
i norf ,0rio Ao0
draped at the east end of the hall Grand
Master Simpson in his address compli-
mented the work Of the officers during
| the past year and referred briefly to the
complimentary terms of Past Grand Mas
| tiers Francis ]. Woodman and James A.
| Wetmore, who are also past masters of
| Takoma Lodge. He commended Past
Master William Mehn for his untir:ne in
lterest In the Grand Lodge. A short ad-