Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

Grand Lodge. F. A. A. NJ, OF the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
1t Is well known that the privileges Of
the Grand Lodge library are extended to
the members Of the families Of the fra
ternity, and hundreds have awaited them
selves and so became acQuaintances and
the most OF them warm personal friends
of Mr.. Stoddart.
Jones, said of him that he was a man
whom everybody who knew him loved;
genial, generous and sympathetic at all
times and always ready to help distress
to the limit of his possibilities: a man
Of ability who had met with high success
in business life, and yet who when re-
verses came accepted the inevitable with
a manful charm that endeared him still
more closely to his friends. Even the
disease which sapped his vitality and
Jones. did not impair his disposition.
but he remained the same dear old
Armat" to the end.
The services were held behind tiled
doors and the large attendance of the
membership necessarily limited the num-
Ger Of visitors from other lodges.
At the eleventh hour Monarch John
H. Shreve announces ceremonial SEES
sion Of Kallipolis Grotto. No. Is. Mystic
Order of the Yelled Prophets, at Nation
al Rifles Armory. Thursday evening at
o'clock. Music, song and story. to-
gether with a Thanksgiving dinner,
are announced as special attractions. in
class of neophytes, which is said to be
one of the largest ever prepared by the
local grotto. The circular Of Monarch
Shreve breathes Of the spirit OF the
gian Flood and the Bubbling Caldron
Peter Latterner will assume the role OF
master Of ceremonies on that occasion,
succeeding Samuel F. Shreve, who has
resigned and gone to Florida
At its grand visitation tomorrow even
ing. Pentalpha Lodge, No. o. will have
program of vocal and instrumental muse,
with an address by Rev. Earle Z. Whitley,
who was one of the orators of the Grand
Lodge centennial celebration.
Past Grand Master Edwin n. Elbanks
Of Virginia. whose home Is at newport
News, Va, is visitor In the city. tie
called at Masonic Temple FRIDAY anu
paid his respects to Grand Master KEEPER
attending one of the meetings in the tenn
pie later in the evening.
tenor solo by J. F. M. Bowie, a hari-
tone solo by James g. Hicks. and an a.
the Treasury Department, with p esen-
tation to the speaker by Walter b. Pet
tus on behalf Of the lodge. were features
of the grand visitation to Washington
Cent6nnlal LOuSep w. WCdIiCSo0s
evening. The exercises were enlivened
throughout by selections played by the
Rakemann Orchestra.
King David Lodge No. 3d. opened its
fair at Brookland last evening with great
eclat in the presence of a large assem-
blage Of Masons and their families and
friends. The hall has been converted into
"a thing OF beauty and there is some
thing doing there all the time. The n
genuity and industry of the various com
mittees, with the assistance of the local
Eastern Star chapter. have made Of the
function something out of the ordinary
and seemingly beyond the expectations
Of those who attended the first night. The
fair will continue to and including De-
cember 2, and from the way 1t sta ted
in it ought to be very successful one.
Thirty members of Martha Washington
Chapter Of Alexandria, Va, were the
guests of Columbia Chapter. No. Is. Order
OF the Eastern Star, Monday evening. in
st. Stephens Hall. 14th street and Column
bia road Columbia Chapter is known as
the baby chapter" and 1t is said 20 have
made wonderful progress since 1t was
organized q short time ago. Mrs. Alice
p. Boss is the matron: Mrs. Sadie A.
Palmer, associate matron, and John B.
Ward. patron. With the other officers of
the line. they assisted in entertaining the
AlexandrianS.