Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03

| Sixteen of the twenty-nine constituent
lodges will elect their officers for the
ensuing symbolic year during the pres
ent week. and six of the fifteen Eastern
Star Chapters will do likewise. Columbia,
| No. 3; Lebanon, No. Z, and Hiram. No.
| 10. elected officers Friday evening, and the
remaining lodges will hold their cleo
tons next week, when the entire corps OF
new officers will be completed In addi-
| ton to the elections, Pentalpha Lodge,
No. 3d. is scheduled to exemplify the F.
c. degree tomorrow evening; Takoma,
| No. %, at a special, will hold its antici-
pated ''housewarming' Tuesday evening,
in what is declared to be one of the pref
test symbolic lodge rooms in the District
of Columbia: and AnacOstia, No. p, will
hold Special Thursday evening for the
| installation of the officers elected tomor-
row evening.
All the Royal Arch chapters scheduled
/ for communications during the week will
have degree work except Brightwood,
No. 8. which will hold business COM
munication, and Orient, No. 5, and Poto-
mac, No. 3, of the Knights Templar COM
manderies will hold conclaves. the former
| tomorrow evening for the Order of the
l Temple and the latter Wednesday even
| ing, for the Illustrious Order of the Red
Cross.
| The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
| bodies will meet at the Scottish Rite Ca
! thedra1 this afternoon at o'clock to
| listen to a lecture by Elmer Z. Simpson,
X. c. c. H., on THE Growth OF the An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite and the
Revision of the Ritual On Tuesday
evening Mithras Lodge of Perfection
will hold d brief business session and
Evangelist Chapter, Rose Croix, will
| confer i'm full form the eighteenth de-
gree of the Rite, or that of knight of
Rose Croix.
The cast for the degree of knight of
Rose Croix, Tuesday evening, will in
clude Jacobus s. Jones. thfrty-third de-
gree honorary, as wise master, first
apartment; J. Archibald Bailey, K. c. c.
H.. wise master, second apartment; STU
liamaan David, senior warden; George
K. Davis, junior warden; Carter B.
keene, orator: Arthur M. Bugdem, mas
ter of ceremonies; Edward II. Droop,
guardian of the temple The twentieth
degree, or that of Master of All SYM
bolic Lodges" and the twenty-first de-
gree. or that of Patriarch Noachite. or
Prussian Knight will be conferred by
Robert de Bruce Council, knights Ka-
dosh, Tuesday evening, December II, the
former at 7:30 pm. and the latter at
$50 pm
Following the special communication
Of Takoma Lodge, No. 20, Tuesday even
ing. "housewarming'' will be held,
when the officers and members of the
lodge will entertain the local fraternity.
Grand Master j. Claude KEEPER will be
present, and other distinguished MaSons,
including Past Grand Master James A.
Wetmore. an honorary member of
Takoma Lodge, who will deliver an ad-
dress of interest to the fraternity.
Master William E. Dyre will preside at
entertaining the guests by the other line
officers. The home, which was pur
chased during the past summer by the
lodge. has been reprinted and decorated
inside, and is considered one OF the
handsomest and Coolest lodgeroomS in
this jurisdiction.
Immediately after the holidays, Rev.
Sir Daniel w. Skellenger will deliver an
illustrated lecture on .'Ben-Hur' in the
asylum of Orient Commandery, No. 5,
at 4th street and Pennsylvania avenue
southeast. This lecture will be for the
purpose Of increasing the commandery
/ funds.
At it's conclave December Is, Orient
Commandery will vote upon the PROPOSE
ton of participating in the forthcom-
ing Masonic and Eastern Star fair.
Charles B. Jack, past grand master
of Utah, called at the temple Friday.
Grand Lodge will convene at stated
communications twice during the present
month, The regular annual meeting will
take place December 20, and the st.
Johns day communication December %.
The Camp Guard Of Albert Pike Con-
sistory, A. A. s. R.. held its first smoker
and entertainment Of the season Thanks
piles Quickly