The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
News and Gossip of Fraternal Societies

I Mr.. Dyre was also absent because of
! illness. At the close of the regular pro-
| gramme a portrait il oil of the late
| grand treasurer, ]. a. b. Espey. a for
mer member of thee lodge. was present
| ed to the lodge by a committee of men,
bers, appropriate remarks being made by
]. /. Brown, past grand master. who had
been intimately associated with him in
the work of the order.
Washington Branch, No. 9e, of the
Workmen's Circle, gave its sixth annual
masquerade and civic ball at the old Ma
sonic Temple Wednesday night with an
attendance of more than 700. A pro-
gramme of twenty-five dances was played
and buffet luncheon served during the
intermission. The committee in charge of
the event was composed of NJ. Denison,
chairman; Joe Kaplan, secretary; l..
Viner, treasurer, and NJ. Levin, floor man.
ager
Washington Company, no. l. Uniform
Rank, Knights of Pythias. enter
tanned at a minstrel performance, fol-
lowed by dancing, in the main audi
torium of Pythian Temple Wednesday
night.
The title of the entertainment was "A
Rehearsal of the Razor Club Minstrels." "
The programme included topical songs by
L. NJ. Hurdle, Charles j. Tobin, Lieut..
Dave Weinstein, Clarence Eiseman, and
L. V. krause. Specialties were introduced
by the National City Quartet. Gardner
Brothers, Komedy Kids, Leo Gardner, J.
(. Tippett, Al. Gardner, and THE Real
Actors a comedy sketch played by Ben
Kebesky, Mark Roman, George Cohen,
Alex. Weinstein, and several others.
The committee OH arrangements was
composed of ID. ID. Weinstein, chairman;
Morris H. Konigsberg, Ed. Lipphard. ].
E. Wilson, A. T. Adams, P. r, Patrick.
James Holmes, John Taylor, Roger
Reeves. Charles Winans, Frederick NJ.
Pelzman, George Williams, Fred Will
liams, and George Whiting.
The Edward F. Ross Council, No e,
Junior Order United American Mechan-
les, gave an entertainment and dance in
Odd Fellows Hall Wednesday night. The
entertainment included A recitation by
w. A. PiersUn. a military reading by
Ashby Flynn, violin solo by L. r. Diehl,
with piano accompaniment by Miss Alma
Wiegmann: topical songs by J. \. Bal
derson, and a vocal solo by Miss Helen
A. Armstrong, with piano accompani-
ment by Mrs. Mabel E. Galloway. The
committee was composed of w. II. Lam
ham, chairman; o. T. Redden, F. c.
Sleight, +. II. Signor. w. J. Parr. L. r
Winner, J. A. Balderson. w. F. Sinnott
p. T. Groves, and r. T. Ballard.
The biennial visitation of the Supreme
Lodge, Independent Order of Mechanics,
to the Jurisdiction of the District, took
place at 4l9 Tenth street northwest,
Wednesday night. The five lodges of the
jurisdiction attended. The supreme Of
ficers present included: Supreme Ruler
Clayton T. Yeager, of New Jersey; Elmer
Bernhard. supreme secretary, and George
Spillman. supreme treasurer, OF Mary:
land. and F. W. Ernst. supreme inside
sentinel, of District of Columbia These
officers made addresses on the progress
of the order. Others who made short
talks were L. II. Peterson, past supreme
ruler, and r. T. Bricker, district dep
uty. VI. H. Stevens sang a tenor solo,
and H. Z. SALESMAN played several piano
selections.
Minnehaha Lodge, No. l. International
Order Of Good Templars, met in Pythian
Temple Tuesday evening. Rev. f. c.
Dinwiddie, chief templar, presided Mr..
/. L. Corby past deputy international
chief and Mrs. Corby, OF Perseverance
Lodge. No. 2, brought greetings from
their lodge, and announced its removal
to old Masonic Temple. Officers were re-