Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-29
One Hundred and One Admit
ted to Enchanted Realm.
FOUR ARE FROM RICHMOND
Six Out of Party of Ten Prefer
Discretion to Valor.
BANQUET AS A RECOMPENSE
Feast Follows the Ordeal to Which
Initiates Were Subjected.
Growth of the Order.

| Just one more than 100 candidates,
| eager to probe the mysteries of the Order
of Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted
Realm, made the first fall ceremonial ses-
sion of Kallipolis Grotto, No. Is, of that
| order memorable convention at Ma
tional Rifles Armory last evening. With
| the preliminary business session. the rites
| occupied the hours between o'clock and
| midnight.
What transpired behind closed doors
only the members and the initiates are
permitted to know, but to the newsgath-
erer in the outer hall the sounds that
came from the inside indicated that bed
| lam might have broken loose and the
shouts of laughter that were frequent
and long seemed to indicate that some
! thing was very laughable.
Six Got Cold Feet.
Ten candidates had journeyed from
Richmond, Va, under the leadership of
Frank w. Cunningham, collector of in
| ternal revenue, who Is a charter member
| of Meridian, No 284, the daylight lodge
| of Richmond, past grand commander of
knights Templar in that state and past
potentate of 'Acca Temple of the Mystic
Shrine. Six of them weakened before
| the taunts of their friends and but four.
Mr.. Cunningham, Whitfield s. Mccoy,
had the courage to go on. The Richmond
delegation had come to learn the rites
that they might impart them to fifty
| charter members of a new grotto which
| is soon to be instituted at their home.
special guest of the evening was
Charles T Lunt. a thirty-third degree
Scottish Rite Mason Of the Northern
Jurisdiction. grand recorder of the Grand
Council. r. and s. NJ, Of the state of
New York and a past monarch Of Aim
Grotto, No. Z, of New York city.
Between 500 and GOO prophets Of the
| order sat down at the banquet which
followed the initiatory exercises. Monarch
j. w. Collins acted as POSTMASTER. Capt
Lunt Of New York and newly made
Prophet Cunningham were the principal
| speakers of the evening. following the
presentation of a beautiful jewel en-
blematic of his Office to Past Monarch
Ed S. Schmid by Monarch Collins on be-
| half Of Kallipolis Grotto.
Revived Yelled Prophets.
Mr.. Collins said that to Mr. Schmid more
than to any other one man was due the
| revivifcation of the order Of Yelled
| Prophets in the District of Columbia
| that his influence had been noted by the
Supreme Council and acknowledged in
his elevation to the official line of that
body, and that that influence today seem
ed to be quite as potent in all directions
| as it had been when he presided as the
| chief officer of Kalipolis Grotto. Mr.
and effective, for the entire assemblage
| arose to its feet and. drinking toast in
| his honor, cheered him again and again,
| concluding with the song For He's q
Jolly Good Fellow"
Capt. Lunt told of the progress of the
| order In New York, and complimeAted
the local members on their body and the
| excellence of their ritualistic work.
Mr. Cunningham referred appreciatively
| to the hospitality that had been accorded
him and his friends since they arrived and
| said 1t was proverbial Washington hos.
pitality.
| To Repay With Interest.
| He expressed satisfaction with what
| got and promised when he gave IT. te
his brethren upon the institution of the
new grotto in Richmond to deal It out
with interest" He invited the members
| of the little grotto to be the guests Of
| their Richmond brethren when the new
grotto is instituted. At the conclusion
of his remarks Mr. Cunningham was pre-
| vailed upon to sing a solo, for which hi
is said TO be famous in fraternal circles
| When he had finished an ovation wa:
given him and his health was drunk
standing.
| During the banquet the grotto Choir
listers. under the leadership of Peter Lat
terner, sang several selections. At mid.
night the festivities were brought to 9
close with toast. THE Live Men OF
kallipolis.' and goodnight song by th<
| chOriSterS, in which the entire assemble e-e
! joined.