Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-04

Jacob Spliedt, treasurer. Wallace Streator,
Leonard T: Stewart and Jason Waterman !
were appointed and confirmed al proxies |
to the Grand Lodge
King Solomon, No. 31--John Lane Johns, |
Worship1ul master: Martin l.. Statier, !
senior warden: De!os W. Thayer. junior
| warden; W. III. Singleton, secretary, and |
Charles Scherer, treasurer. 3. V. Wolfe |
j. L Casebeer and O. T. Pierce were APP
pointed and confirmed as proxies to the |
Grand Lodge.
Grand Lecturer Thomas ii. Young will
open lodge of actual past masters the |
evening of December Is to prepare Wor- |
sEipful masters-elect for installation
When the mobiles of Alnlas Temple
turned the heads of their camels home !
| ward Monday night after the last cere- |
monial session of the shrine for the year
at National Rifles .Arn1oty there wasn't
one. it is believed who did not feel that
Ilhstrious Potentate Louis A. Dent had
had had in many day. In some re- |
spects. indeed, the session eclipsed any
or Its predecessors. and that is saying a
great deal. While those who are outside !
the pale may not speak of what occurred |
during the initiation of the candidates. |
all who saw them free to say that
the decorations of the hall, with fodder !
and rich ripe pumpkins, were novel, as
Well as attractive. The list of candidates !
embraced some of the most popular Ma |
sors in town. The dinner that followed
the ceremonies, or, as tie Skinner calls
| it. the traditional banquet was de- !
cidedly unique. elaborate and tempting. |
Roast duck and pumpkin pie We're the
features around which it revolved, and
served to find appetites that had long
been lost before they appeared to tempt
them out of their seclusion. But the ex-
cellence of the viands did not constitute
the chief charm of the banquet.
There were some very funny happen
inss. some of them all the more comical
| because some Of the folks who got tan
gled up in them seemed, at least for a
time. to take them seriously, but not long
enough to mar the merrment and gen.
eral enjoyment Of the occasion. For in
stance. after the potentate had presented
Ed Snyder with a handsomely enSrossed
certificate of honorary membership and
Mr.. Snyder, on behalf Of the visiting no.
bles in turn presented the potentate with
a great bouquet of beautiful chrysanthe-
NUNS there was a roar of laughter when
the potentate reached out to receive them
and found large head Of cabbage in
his hands. The chrysa nthemums Of
course. found their way to him later on, |
but the head of cabbage was made to do
duty in manner not at all originally in
tended When Roe Fulkerson. Frank Sc
bring. Jacobus Jones and others took the
floor at the call of the toastmaster to de- |
nver their speeches and then found their
| voices drawned by chorus six hundred
strong. singing anthems not on the bill
| OF rare. the head Of cabbage was utilized
! IN turn to serve as reward to the sup
one of the mobiles was seen. faded and
| worn. climbing the steep hill on 18th
street with the head Of cabbage tucked
under his arms as he wendell his way
nome with 1t either souvenir of the
occasion. or. as some have suggested. a
peacemaker: Notwithstanding the
mammoth chorus many smart sayings
| and clever stories "got by'' to add tn tho
| merriment of the occasion Take it ali
IN all. 1t was great session and great
banquet. Those who attended know it and
those who old not are sorry they did not
The initiates of the evening were
Charles L. Volk, David Sherman Hoover.
Stirling Kerr. ir.. Henry Baer. W. Fl. II.
Allen and Benjamin NJ. Newbold. district
passenger agent of the Pennsylvania
raiiroad. Frank Oettinger and James
Trlmble were received as affiliates
Columbia Royal Arch Chapter. No. 1,
guished gathering to see the Grand ROYAL
Arch Chapter eXemplify the Royal Arch
degree. Every officer Of the Grand Chap
ter was In his station except Grand
Scribe Jacobus S. Jones. whose station
was filled by Allen Bussius. Grand
Master Henry *. Simpson Junior Grand
Warden Ben w. Murch Grand Marshal
Charles p: Baldwin. Senior Grand Stew
ard Lem Towers. jr., Junior Grand Stew
ard Joseph III. Milans. Grand Tier War
rem c. Bickford, Grand Secretary A. w
Johnston and William W. Jermane were
present from the Grand Lodge: Grand
| Grand Commandery of knights Tempar,
and all the line officers from Washington
Council. No: l, and Adoniram Council.
No. 2. Royal and Select Masters were in
attendance. General Grand King George
| +. Corson was received in formal man.
ner and congratulated upon the recent
honor bestowed on him by the General
Grand Council of Royal and Select Mas
| tiers. He and the officers of the Grand
Chapter were presented with flowers.
=,
Washington Chapter No. =. r. A. NJ. to
be held in the chapter chamber Thursday
evening, December g. at 80 O'Clock. the
Royal Arch degree will be conferred
twelve Royal Arch chapter of this juris-
diction. The several stations will be oc-
cupied as follows: Luther S. Cannon,
high priest No. 5. as high priest; Henry
William T. Richardson. high priest No |
II. as scribe: John J. King, high priest |
No. 6, as secretary; John A. Colborn.
high priest No. =, as treasurer; Laird L.
John A, Cooler. high priest No 3. as
captain of the host; Francis l. Beach. |
high priest No 4, as principal sojourner:
William w. Jermane. high priest No. 4, |
as royal arch captain: Charles III. Will |
lians. high priest No. s, as master of the !
third vail: Charles E. Etchbereer, jr.. |
high priest No. ], as master of the second |,
vail: Willis G. Wise, high priest No. g. as
degree will be conferred again on the I'D
| instant.
| Tuesday evening Mrs Maud Proctor, !
worthy lnatrOn of MiZpah Chapter. No. |
| 8. O. E. S.. entertained at her home in |
| Brightwood the officers of that chapter. |
| The evening was pleasantly spent in |
games and music The prize in a 'tur- |
| KEY contest was awarded to f. H. L. |
| Myers, past patron of Mizpaf Chapter !
| After supper the worthy matron was !
presented with a cut-alass dish by her |
/ officers. the presentation speech being |
made by E. II. l.. Myers, and responded |,
to by Mrs Proctor
! In addition to the worthy matron the |
officers present were DR.. Charles T. Lind |
sey, worthy patron: Mrs. Roberta Sebas- |
| tan. associate matrOn: Mrs. Annie Thrift |
| secretary: Miss Mary Daw. treasurer !
Mrs. Amy Myers, marshal: Mrs. Carrie |
Hunter chaplain: Miss Lillian Myers. or |
ganist; Miss Bessie Hodge, Ruth: Mrs. !
! Wilhelmina Shaw. Esther: Miss Emily
Rosemond. Martha; Mrs. Rosie L. Carter. !
Electa: Mrs. Edith l.. Potter warden. |
and James r. Nermillion, sentinel
| The Matrons of 1905 entert aimed their
husbands Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. John Crawford, assisted by Mrs. |
Selinger. Those present We're Mr. and
Mrs. Wallace Streater, Mrs. McAleer, Mr.. |
and Mrs. Louis Smith, Miss Hattie
Crump. Mr. and Mrs. Kidd, Mr.. and Mrs. |
Theodore Fuller. Mr.. and Mrs. Selinger. |
Mr.. and Mrs J. J. Faber. Miss Selma