Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-09

Grand Master r. A. Ford, accompanied
by his corps of grand officers. paid WASH
ington Lodge, NO. g. the annual ofIicial
visit Tuesday evening last. After an ex-
emplification of ths work by the lodge
officers and reports from the grand Sec
| rotary and grand treasurer. showing a
healthy gain numerically and financially
the grand secretary called the roll of
lodges and reported a representation from
| all but one lodge. AS the roll was called
| a representative from each lodge present
| In a one-minute speech, stated the present
condition OF his lodge. The showing was
declared eminently satisfactory by the
grand master. At the close OF the official
visit Past Grand W. B. Coppersmith pre-
| scented the grand master an inlaid COM
| bination cigar and match receptacle of
beautiful design. the work of Mr. Copper
| smiths own hands. At the close of the
lodge the grand officers, escorted by the
members OF the lodge and visiting breth-
repast was served. Past Grand J. T. AL
lison of Washington Lodge acted as
| POSTMASTER. The grand master thanked
| the lodge for its courteous treatment and
| complimentsd it on its excellent showing
for the past nine months Mr. Kiel Of
! Washington gave a hve-minute talk on
| The Basic Principles Of Odd Fellowship"
Past Grand Young of the jurisdiction of
|
ship in general. Harold H. Clark Of
Federal City Lodge, No. 20. responded to
the toast 1.-The Absent Ones The
speechmaking closed with an address by
| Grand Chaplain w. E. Suddath, subject,
odd Fellowship and Religion
At the meeting Of Martha Washington
Lodge. No. 3. D. Of R., Tuesday evening
paign during the coming fall and winter.
Mrs. McChesney gave an account Of her
meeting with DR.. Cook, and Mrs. Robbins
| gave a description of the Hudson-Fulton
per- to be held in 1. o. o. F. Hall. 7th
street northwest, November 8. were per
| fected.
Canton Washington, No. !, at its month
ly meeting Tuesday evening decided to
I postpone the comforting Of the degree on
| the grand master and others until the
next regular meeting, November 2, when
1t is expected large delegation from the
Baltimore cantons will be present.
The grand master has decided to hold
the disqualification Of the degrees Of the
order in, the auditorium Of the 7th street
hall Friday evenings. November 10 and %.
The first evening of the series Eastern
Lodge. No. Z. will give the initiatory de-
gree and Federal City Lodge! No: 20. the
first degree. On the 2eth Harmony
Columbia Lodge. No. 10; the. third de-
| gree. Much interest is being shown. and
tho grand master hopes the members Of
all lodges will be present on those even
ings..
Mount Nebo Encampment, No. g. I. o.
o. F., met Wednesday evening. Grand
Patriarch George 8. Collision made short
address in relation to the approaching
Grand Encampment visitations. and ex-
pressed the desire that these visitations be
largely attended.
Grand Representative James H. Crew
spoke briefly Of the proceedings of the
meeting at Seattle. Wash. He said the
order was growing rapidly, especially In
the encampment branch. There Is said
to be q strong sentiment among the lead
Ing men Of the organization that the
meeting of the Sovereign Grand Lodge In
1911 should be held In this city.
An invitation was received from Column
bian Encathpment. No. !. to attend it's
Der 10. The invitation was accepted and
the members Of Mount Nebo Encampment
will meet In the blue room at o'clock
and attend the visitation in body.
Golden Rule Lodge, No. Fl. I. O. o. F..
held q meeting Tuesday evening. Noble
Grand J. A. Quisenberry recently ap-
pointed four assistant degree directors.
excellent degree work. The initiatory
degree was conferred Monday evening.
under the direction Of Past Grand F. A.
Norway. Next Tuesday evening the first
degree will be conferred with Past Grand
c. Edward Bartlett. second assistant de-
gree director. in charge OF the work.
The following committee was appointed
to represent the lodge at the Grand Lodge
visitation to Union Lodge. No: II: which
Geyer, owen 4. Keen. w. s. Keiser, w.
T. Ledbetter and J. w. Lindsay.
At q meeting Of Ruth Rebekah Lodge.
No. 2. I. o. o. F.. held last Wednesday
Director Humphrey announced a rehears-
al for his stan next Wednesday night In
preparation for the degree. which. he
said. will be conferred at the next reg
ular meeting.
It 10 said to be the purpose Of Ruth
Lodge to send its crack team to Atlanta,
Ga. during the next session of the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge to compete for the
prize offered by the supreme body for
degree. Ruth Lodge captured first prize
In Toronto, Canada, in 1906. and also
carried OF the honors In competition for
the banner offered by the local Grand
Lodge the same year.
At the regular meeting Of Eastern Lodge.
No. Z. I. o. .. F.. Wednesday evening.
the first Ave articles Of the new bylaws
were considered, and all but one section
approved. the EcCcSB uluSlC was
| furnished by William Thornton. accom-
panied by Mr.. Dyre. Grand Repre-
sentative ]. l. Brown. a member Of the.
lodge, was present. and gave an ac-
count of his recent trip to Seattle, where
| the. Sovereign Grand Lodge was in SEES
| sion. Short talks were also given by
Mr.. Mclaughlin Of Maine Lodge. No. !,
| Portland. Me-; Mr.. Weller Of Olive Lodge,
| No. Al. Stanhope, N. j., and Mr. Kinney
| of Charles D. Freeman Lodge. No. 1896,
| Pittsburg. Pa.
After the transaction of the regular
| business there was O short rehearsal of
| portions Of the initiatory degree
l. Inasmuch as the next session Of the
| Sovereign Grand Lodge is to be held
| In Atlanta, Ga, the lodge will shortly
/ consider the advisability of entering its
| team In the contest for the initiatory
/ degree on that occasion. At the next
4 meeting Noble Grand H. D. Dawson will
| announce the membership Of a special
1 committee to examine fully into the mat
| ter.
1 Next Wednesday evening a full re-
/ hearsal OF the initiatory degree will be
/ held. and q large attendance IL hoped for.
4 The entertainment and refreshment
i committees OF Dorcas Rebekah Lodge, No
j 4, /. o. o. F., have begun active work for
4 the winter season. At present the efforts
/ OF the members are being put forth to
make success of the harvest home sup
J! per and dance to be given November u
i At largely attended meeting Tuesday
i night chairmen OF subcommittee were
i appointed as follows: Printing. s. n,