Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-19
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| for distinguished services was elected a
life member of the Supreme Council The
grand. monarch declares HE labored
faithfully in all the ways of life; now
| he sleeps the sleep Of the just"
| The next ceremonial session of Kali
| lipolfs Grotto. No. Is. Mystic Order OF
Yelled Prophets, will be held at NatloS a.
~ An unusually large class is said TO
| be in readiness for initiation. December
Z the new Samis Grotto of Richmond.
| Va, will be instituted. and the officeis
initiatory rites on that occasion. del
| egation OF large proportions from the
! local membership will go to Richmond
J with their degree team and brass band
and orchestra for the occasion.
/ Osiris Lodge. No a6, had past mas
tcrs' night Wednesday evening. when vet
Grams of the lodge eXempliiied the mas
ters degree. IS follows: Carey 3 Frye.
| master; Thomas II. JTnsworth. senior
warden: Sydney r. Jacobs. junior war
den; Sol HerZog, senior deacon: William
Montgomery. junior deacon: William r.
De Shields. senior steward; Stuart Nj.
LeitZell, junior steward. and William v.
| Lewis. chaplain. There was large at
| tendance of the membership, and alto
| gether merry reunion.
| Potomac Commandery, No. 3 knights
1culpldIs Will SutoTIdlu bcduScduI SOui-
/ mandery Of Baltimore the evening Of De-
| cember T. A banquet will close the even
ing's functions. Officers of the Ladies'
Auxiliary were elected for the ensuing
year as follows: Mrs. Annie V. Yeatman.
president: Charles ". Cornwell ad-
wiser, and DR.. Charles l.. Pate. chaplain.
The officers reelected are: Mrs. d. F..
Dumberth, first vice president; Mrs. EN-
| lily G. ROsemond. second vice president;
Mrs. NJ. A. Harrison, secretary, and Mrs.
~nrvo oil 10 naY
meeting will be held in December at the
| call of the president.
| Baron Won Steuben, the inspector gen.
eral of WaShingtOns army, whose statue
will be unveiled in this city December Z.
was a past master of Free Masons and
an honorary member of Holland Lodge, in
| New York. The records of that lodge
show that on the 18th of February. 1879, p"
| Baron Won Steuben seconded the nOmina-
! ion of Charles Jones as a candidate for
the degrees, and the same evening the
baron was appointed a committee to conf
municate the news to Gen. Washington
that he had been elected an honorary
! member of Holland Lodge.
The baron was at the banquet of the
festival of ST. John in 1888, and address
| ed the lodge as follows:
The favorable reception with which
you have hOnOred me Is sufficient to in
sure my most lively Acknowledgements.
/ But sentiments more sublime, more equal
/ to yourselves engage me to express the
veneration with which have contemplated
the organization and government of your
lodge, under the direction of your
worshipfu master.
! Veteran of the royal art, ! fiatter my
self l am acquainted with Masonry, and
| able to Judge of the propriety of work
ing. without being deceived by the per-
| Torrance of external ceremonies. Your
working bears the stamp of true Ma
sonry: it is decorated with wisdom.
strength and beauty. The choice of your
material evinces the perfection of the
| building under your care.
| My ardent wish will always be that
this lodge may be as fiOurishing as it's
virtues are respectable
| The visitation by the Grand Lodge to
National Lodge. No. Il. Tuesday evening
! was made the occasion of an extensive
and we'll planned entertainment for the
| ms nlbers OF the lodge and their ladies.
The visitation itself was of a formal ma
ture. 1t was held in lodge room No. >.
Masonic Temple; after which the Grand
Lodge repaired to lodge room No. l.
| where large ass mblage had gathered in
expectation of the good things to follow.
They were not disappointed for an ambi-
tious program of ten numbers kept all
| present thoroughly amused until its con-
clusion. Following this the guests pres
! ent were RECALLED with a substantial BAH
quet in the large hall in the basement o1
the temple. which had been especially
d corated for the occasion. The following
program was rendered: Introduction Ha-
! ley's Orchestral: recitation. Charles S.
| Ely: selection. National Quartet, consist
: ing of A. l.. Simpson. Thomas l.. Jones,
g.! T.. A. Aiken and J. S. Hicks: selection.
! excerpts from Bohemian Girl orches
ira; sleight of hand with piano prelude.
Mr.. and Mrs. lie Roy McCafferty; So
prano solo. "Carissima," Miss Edith Stow
/ ELL. selection by orch stra monologue,
| Charles S. Ely: vocal number by quartet
i selection. Yankee Prince" orchestra
The committee which arranged Tho affair
consisted of Past. Master Joseph NJ Egg
gleston. George l.. Sherman, Robert
! Meyer. John NJ. Jones and Robert E. Har-
vey. This entertainment marks the close
Of a successful and busy year in National
Lodge.