Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-19


| Masons of the District of Columbia is
| one hundred years old today.
| The celebration of its centennial ami
versary began last night with a general
| reception to the craft by the grand mas
ter. assisted by distinguished Masons
from twelve "blue lodge jurisdictions.
who are in the city in honor Of the &C.
| casion.
Twelve grand masters-Henry l.. Bal
lou Of Vermont. Henry s. Bridges Of
| the province of New Brunswick, Rudolph
B. Chapman Of Connecticut, Richard N.
Hackett Of North Carolina, John J. Hull
| of North Dakota, James r. johnson of
South Carolina, Lawrence II. Lee OF
Alabama. Albert B. McGaffey Of Colo
RADIO, Thomas J. Shryock OF Maryland,
| Wyndham Stokes of West Virginia and
G. Roscoe Swift of Michigan-with Past
Grand Masters William r. Mitchell Of
Michigan. John NJ. Carter of Maryland
Frank T.. Harrison of South Carolina
Frank w. Ravens of Connecticut and
DR.. j. Paul Lukens OF Delaware, who is
the special representative at the celebra-
ton for the Grand Lodge of Delaware,
and Grand Secretary George A. Beau
champ OF Alabama made up the list of
the guests of honor from other blue
lodge Jurisdictions.
L.. u.
the senior past grand master of Michigan,
nlnety-fOur years of age, yet still hale
and hearty. came all the way from his
far on home to be present at the local
celebration.
| This afternoon at o'clock the exercises
Will be held at the Belasco Theater
They will be religious in character and
are open 10 the members of the fraternity
generally and their families
tomorrow morning at 1890 o'clock the
Il viii
communication at Masonic Temple for
the historical celebration of the ami
tersary, and in the evening at s O'Clock
| tnere Will be banquet in honor of the
C gwen under the auspices of the
'ranu Lodge, at which president Taft is
expected to be present and respond to a
toast 1t will be held at the New VIII
| lard.
Excellent President Leslie Cramer viii,
| open the Convention OF High Priests new
Saturday evening for the purpose of
concerning the order Of anointed high
priesthood up. upon the newly elected high
priests or the several chapters. and Ali
other eligfbles thereto who NAV he
ready at the time
Thursday evening will be a gala night
at National Rifles Armorv. kallinoiis
Grotto, Mystic Order Of Yelled Prophets
OF the Enchanted Realm, will hold it's
monthly ceremonial session. followed NV
banquet, at which SAINTS Grotto re-
Gently instituted in Richmond. Va. with
Capt. Frank Cunningham as its monarch.
VIII be guests of honor. Preparations
are being made to give the Richmond
visitors an elaborate reception and en-
tertafnment during their brief STAY I'm
| usual elaboration is announced for tho
ceremonial exercises and the banouet
that follows A large committee, split
up into several subcommittee, under
the head Of Monarch John H. Shrey4 is
fnr In
which. 1T is declared will he a
memorable one in the annals of the
| order.
! Takoma Lodge. No. oa.' will hold a
| special communication Thursday even
F., ing at 80 O'Clock at Takoma Hall.
The NJ. NJ. degree will be exemplified
| by Worshipful Master William +. Dvre
and his line officers. Takoma Lodge at
its last meeting pushed it's membership
over the hundred mark. and it's mem
bers are said to be very proud of the
| fact. Junior Warden Howard Fisk. who
has been ill with typhoid fever, is re-
ported as slowly improving
will hold a ceremonial session Friday
evening at National Rifles Armory. be-
ginning at { O'Clock, when, according 10
| the announcement. 'Zikers on the Glories
| OF Mecca Will be a feature. Potenta,e
| Adolphus GUIDE reminds the sons of his
particular desert that the session will be
black and white affair .'in memory
of Soofrat-et-ta am Specially trained
camels' will be on hand, it is explained
for the use OF these who make the desert
flight for the first time. and there are
said to be some on the list. The an
nouncement is made that 1.-The glad hand
will be extended to all sojourning mobiles,
and an Arabs greeting" but they are
reminded that the captain or the guard
at the outer gate can only see BLACK and
white"
| William l.. Boyden, thirty-third degrees
honorary. librarian to the Supreme
Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
fish Rite for the Southern Jurisdiction
OF the United States. has Just returned
from the west. where he went in starch
of ancient Masonic manuscripts and lit
erature for the Supreme Council library.
| Maundy Thursday ceremonies will be
held as usual by the local Scottish Rite
bodies at the cathedral, Sd and + streets
northwest, April b. In preparation for
the event the degrees Of the rite from
second. will be conferred beginning We'd
nesday. March /. in Mithras Lodge of
Perfection, where. at pm. the fourth
to the ninth degree, inclusive. will be
conferred. and at pm. the tenth to and
including the fourteenth degree Evange-
fer the eighteenth degree Thursday,
March ,. beginning at o'clock in the
Afternoon, and at o'clock. the fifteenth
to the seventeenth degree. inclusive. Rob
ert de Bruce Council. knights Kadosh,
No. l. will confer the nineteenth to the
> clock the afternoon OF Friday, March
4. and Albert Pike ConsstOry will COM
fer the thirty-first and thirty-second de-
grees the same day. beginning at 8