The Washington herald., 1912-04-14


Of relief EXTENDED to distressed knight.
made by James s. Mccarthy who has
been member OF the lodge for nearly
eighteen years.
Tho members OF the lodge were very
| happy to have with them again their
master Of nnanee Charles sauer, who
recently recovered from q long and dan
gerous Illness.
syracusians Lodge. No, 10. X. OF p.
was honored AZ their last convention By
ylsit fron ana an address by Past
Chancellor B. 7. shAhier. Of Cumber-
land Lodge. No. 80. OF Cumberland. Nd.
Brother shaffer Is the grand vice chan
oellor-eIect OF the dominion OF Mary
land and was en- route to Baltimore for
the purpose Of being installed idto that
Ascalou Temple, No. 81. Dramatic Or
der Knisets Of Khorrassan. held its
! spring ceremonial at the Temple on last
Monday evening. at which there was q
large attendance. Two members Of the
Knights OF Pythias from other domains
were among the Initiates. ]. W. Carroll.
OF West Virginia. who exhibited great
skill as q bareback rider and marks
man. while +. v. Noonan. Of the Do
main Of Illinois, delighted ali by his
graceful dancing speciality.
Mrs sallie Dinphey. Of LynchburE.
Va, grand chief Of the Grand Temple
Of Pythian sisters Of Virginia. under
whose Jurisdiction the two local temples
are. has been the guest OF members Of
the two temples for the past week. Mrs
Dinphey has been making series Of
Visits to the several temples under the
control Of the grand temple. prior to
the meeting Of that body next month.
Deep regret IL felt among the menu
bers Of the Uniform Rank, X. Of p, At
the announcement from Maj. Gen. stob-
bart, that owing to the change Of place
OF the convention OF the Supreme Lodge
from Fort Worth, Tex, TO Denver, Colo,
that no encampment Of the Army OF
the Lily would be held this year.
c. L. Sword. Of George washington
Lodge No. T. X. Of p, OF Tennessee:
J.. r. Snyder. Of Bertha Lodge, X. OF
r., centery1lle, and 3. A. Murdociy or
Havana Lodge. X. OF r., or Havana,
Ill, were visitors to Myrtle Lodge, K.
Of p. last Tuesday evening.
Harmony Lodge. No. n. X. Of p, held
a very enthusiastic meeting last Thurs
day night, when a rehearsal OF their
newly Organized third rank team was
held. This lodge win pay a fraternaI
visit to Oriental Lodge, No. s, X. OF p.
OF Alexandria, Va, next Tuesday even
ing, leaving Twelfth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue at tbs O'Clock sharp.
and a cordial Invitation Is extended to
all members to join them.
The regular meeting Of the Pythian
Sisters at Friendship Temple, No. 3. on
last wednesday evening. was the occas-
ION OF an ofiicial visit by Mrs. SaIlie
Dinphey, grand chief, and Mrs. II. NJ.
Vandewort, excellent senior or the
Grand Temple OF Virginia and the DIS
trict OF Columbia. The lodge room was
beautifully decorated with palms ana
potted plants. The Grand Temple officers
expressed themselves well pleased with
the manner IN which the temple con-
ferred the degree work.
Under the head OF good Of the order
remarks were made by the grand chief,
Past Chiefs NJ. NJ. Mitchell and r.
Prescott, Of Rathbone Temple. No. 8.
and others. The grand chief was pre-
scented beautiful bouquet OF flowers.
and at the conclusion OF the meeting re-
freshments were served.
: The grand chief Of the Pythian Sis
tiers OF Virginia and the District OF Co
lumbia, Mrs. saIlie Dlnphy. and several
Of her associate grand temple officers
paid an official visit 20 Rathbone Tenn
pie. No. & PythiAn Sisters, at Pythian
Temple, last Friday evening. record
attendance greeted the Grand Temple Of
fcers, and reports Of the visits Of the
grand chief to the two temples here
showed each to be in. a fiourishing con-
dition. The lodge room was tastefully
decorated in the eolors OF the order and
an elaborate musical and literary pro-
gramme was presented for the entertain