Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-02

| January 5-MiZpaH. NO. g.
January 6-Areine No. 10.
January Esther. No. >.
January 3-Grand Chapter o. +. :.
The officers of the Grand Lodge. r. A.
! A. NJ for the District of Columbia for
the ensuing Masonic year are as follows
Henry X. Simpson, grand master; DIT
George G. ODER. deputy grand master: j.
Claude KEEPER. senior grand warden; Ben
W. Murch, junior grand warden; Arvine
W. Johnston, grand secretary: James A
Sample. grand treasurer: Thomas I'll
Young. grand lecturer: Rev. Joseph Daw-
son grand chaplain: Rev. j. Russell Yer
brycke. assistant grand chaplain; Charles
E. Baldwin, grand deacon; William w.
Jermane. grand sword bearer: James V.
Witten, grand pursulvant; Lem Towers,
ir., senior grand steward: Joseph d. Mi
! lans, junior grand steward, and Albert
F. Fox, Samuel r. Bond and James A.
Wetmore, trustees; Warren c. Bickford,
grand tier.
Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. Is. will
hold it's annual banquet at the Hotel
Raleigh Tuesday evening, January 5. al
7:45 o'clock.
Bristow Adams of the forestry bureau
is to deliver an illustrated lecture at the
Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1907 G street
northwest, Tuesday evening, January IL.
to which the members of the rite and
their friends. ladies' as well as gentlemen.
have been invited. The subject to be
treated is "A ProdigaI Nation
Grand chapter visitations to the con-
stituent chapters of Royal Arch Masonry
in the District of Columbia have been
announced as follows: January s. to Eu-
reka. No. 4: January II, to Anacostia, NO.
l.; January L. to Potomac, No. s: jan
nary Is, to Capitol, No. II: January IA,
to Washington. No: 2; January ID to
Washington Naval, No. 6; January 20. to
Brightwood, No. o: January %, to Hiram.
No 10; January %. to Mount Horeb. NO.
:; January 90 to Lafayette. No. ); Janu-
airy 80 to Columbia, No. ], and February
), to Mount Vernon, No. s. The last
mentioned visitations will occur at spe-
cial convocations of the chapters named.
Mrs. Lillian CARL. chairman of the COM
mittee on religious services at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home, has eS-
tended an invitation to Hiram Lodge. No.
10. +. A. A. NJ. to conduct the religious
service at the home Sunday afternoon.
January 10. at 3 O'Clock. The invitation
has been accepted and Rev. George Bal
ley, chaplain of the lodge and pastor of
the Western Presbyterian Church, will
officiate on the occasion.
The annual session Of the Grand Chap
| ter. Order of the Eastern Star. will be
held Saturday evening, January 8. at
Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1907 G street
Monday evening, January 4. will be de-
voted by National Lodge, No. II. F. A. A.
NJ, to an illustrated lecture and social
purposes.
There was rumor af1oat at the new
temple yesterday that a movement is on
foot looking to the organization of new
chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
to be known as Temple Chapter with it's
meeting place i'll the temple.
Harmony Lodge said Master Roe
Fulkerson this morning, seems to have
been especially afflicted recently. We
have had four funerals within ten days"
The Masters Association Of 1907 will
hold its annual banquet and reassembly
at the Arlington Hotel the evening of
are being made to make the event unique
and of rare excellence. The executive
committee having the affair in hand an
nounces that many novel features will be
introduced and the beaten track in func-
tions of this kind will be departed from as
far as possible. The menu, already made
known is an elaborate and tempting one
1t is said.
The last meeting of the Masters AS
ISOLATION for 1908 will take place Jam
uary % in the library of Hiram Lodge.
No. 10. 18th street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest. when the new associat ton
for 1909 will organize and elect its Off
GERS.
Almas Temple Patrol will so to Phla
delphia January q for an exhibition drill
before Lulu Temple Of that city. They
will also give an exhibition drill in Bal
timore for the benefit of Boumi Temple
February % 1t is said the "dervish
dance" one of the features of the pa
trolls drill at the last session of Almas
Temple in this city, will be given at
both the out-of-town exhibitions. DIR.
Frank E. Gibson will be in charge of the
patrol on both trips.
for 1908 gave it's banquet to its successors
in Office to the grand master. the re-
firing grand master and honorary mem
bers at the Hotel Gordon Tuesday even
ing December %.
DR.. Mark F. Finley. the president. act
ed as POSTMASTER and made brief adj
dress. Grand Master Henry X. Simpson
responded to the toast. THE Grand Mas
ter and the Association of Worshipful
Masters" and Past Grand Master Au-
glstus r. Coolidge to the toast, 1.-THE
Grand Lodge and the Association of
1905 A. u. Smith of Takoma Lodge.
No. %. gave some of his experiences as
a master; Worshipful Master Jacobus
Seneca Jones discussed GREATNESS and
Littleness'': Victor II. Wallace. THE
Masters Relation TO His Lodge and
Roe Fulkerson OF Harmony Lodge, No
II, the ITO Be or Has Been" of the situa-
ton. Carey s. Frye of Osiris Lodge No
&c told FISH story; Emmett NJ. Carter
and Schuyler S. Symons told How
1t Feels to Be Master" and
Edwin Dutton and Louis c. Wilson
offered remarks on The Fraternity"
and 1.-The New Thought in Masonry
The addresses were brought to a
close by remarks from THE Wise
Men, Robert T.. Burks and William III.
Wanamaker. led by Edwin S. Clarkson.
who had selected the gifts for the retir-
Ing grand master, Augustus B. Coolidge
a beautiful diamond-studded 32' jewel
and a chest of silver-and a responsive
address by Mr.. Coolidge. The menu. it
is said, was excellent. So too. was The
solo rendered by Harry S. Wolf with
Samuel r. Compton as accompanist
There will be one more meeting of the
present association, January -. to assist
| in the organization of the association for
| 1909
The various subordinate Knights OF
| Pythias lodges have been busy the last
two weeks in the selection o. their Off
! GERS and representatives to the Grand
| Lodge for the coming year.
! Franklin Lodge. No. >. has elected Off