Evening star., 1912-04-07

April 7-Esther Chapter. No. s; 2:so
and Eastern Star Home.
April s-renpls:: No. 10; Columbia
April Electa, No. 2; Bethlehem, No.,!.
Aa Apra ii-wiiiia;m F F. 7 Hunt, 10. ID
April ls-T.kom.; No. II; Cathedral.
The Grand Lodge Of the District Of CO.
lumbia will oniciate at three functions
during the week-the visitation to Daw-
son Lodge. No. 16. tomorrow evening; the
laying the corner stone Of the Univer-
sity Club. at 18th and I streets north
west. at o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
when II Is expected President Taft will
deliver an address, and the visitation to
Hope Lodge. No. 20. Friday evening.
An attractive program has been ar
ranged for the corner stone laying. and the
Grand Lodge will meet in special COM
munication at Masonic Temple at
o'clock for the event. .
The masters Of the twenty-nine con-
stituent Masonic lodges Of the District Of
Columbia have accepted the invitation OF
Grand Master Murch to accompany him to
the corner stone laying. It is an unusual
honor and courtesy for the grand master
to extend an invitation Of this character.
said Carter B. Keene. president Of the
Nasters' Association. and It is expected
the master Of each lodge VIII show his
appreciation by his presence on that oc-
casion-
An unusual event in Royal Arch chapter
circles will be the exemplifcation Of the
p. M. degree by Deputy Grand High
Priest Adolphus GUIDE. assisted by the
past high priests, at the convocation OF
Anacostia Royal Arch Chapter. No. IL,
tomorrow evening, at Anacostia.
be held by De Molay Commandery. No.
4, Tuesday evening. and Washington
Commandery, No. 1. Wednesday even
ing.
The Masters Of 1907 will hold their an
nual "Get-together,'. at Sauter's at $50
o'clock Saturday evening with an inform
al dinner.
The ladies' auxiliary Of the Denver
Club In Columbia Commandery, No. 2,
Knights Templar. Is scheduled to meet
In the commandery asylum Friday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. The theater party of
the club Is announced to take place May
8, when Are You Masonr' will De the
attraction: A second party is announced
for May .. when "The Climbers will be
presented at the Columbia Theater.
The latest circular received from secre-
tary q. st. Clair Thompson Of Benjamin
B. French Lodge. No. Is, announces the
M. N. degree for April 8.
Sovereign Grand Commander Barton
Smith Of the Ancient and Accepted Scot
tish Rite Of the Northern Jurisdiction OF
the United States and James II. Codding.
preme Council, were recent visitors to the
city to confer with Sovereign Grand Com
mander James D. Richardson Of the
southern jurisdiction. respecting the inter
Of the world In this city the first Monday
In October.
The annual reunion Of the local Scottish
Rite bodies will begin q week from to-
morrow and continue for four days. "A
large class IL being gathered for the de-
grees from the fourth to the thirty-sec-
ond It is reported that there seems to
be unusual interest In the coming reunion
and that the class 10 likely to equal the
tunes to be used at the reunion are on
hand and everything Is In readiness for
the opening at o'clock Monday after
noon, April 1k
Grand Commander Richardson excited a
great deal Of interest and discussion with
his lecture contrasting the Scottish and
York rites OF Freemasonry at the COM
munication Of Washington Centennial
Lodge, No. II, Wednesday evening. and
the tribute Of Speaker Clark at the Maun-
dy Thursday banquet was Of such a char
acter as to call forth an ovation Of ap-
pIause from which the grand commander
noticeably shrank With timidity.
Secretary William A.. Harries writes
that the High Priests Association meets
ON the first Saturday Of each month, and
that the Royal Arch chapters are awak-
ening to the advantage of visiting
around for stimulating interest In capt
ular mattOrs. The association is making
q feature Of this kind Of work and will
attend the convocation Of Anacostia
Chapter. No. II, tomorrow evening. He
also reports much enthusiasm In Eureka
Chapter. No. 4. which proposes to give
an disqualification Of the r. A. degree
theater party May to witness "Are
You q MasonT' is an exclusive function
Of Eureka Chapter, which feels that it
is strong enough to go 1t alone.
Secretary Harries does not follow the me
years association In furnishing The
star with the chapter work weekly, 50
that its calendar is made up from the
bulletin board at the temple.
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter.
No. 5, will have Grand High Priest
Jacobus 8. Jones heading It's line OF past
high priests who will exemplify the +.
NJ and N. E. NJ. degrees at its COM
lmunication tomorrow evening. The past
| high priests Of Mount Vernon who will
| odlciate, In the order Of rank in the line
| for the evening, viii be Roe FulkersOn.
william S. Parks, Wallace c. Bahcock.
John A. Goodier, Roger O'Donnell, David
n. Cridler. Allen Bussius and Francis
A. Sebring.
Stansbury Lodge. No. a; announces a
special communication the evening OF
April %, at 7:30 o'clock. Tor the n. n.
degree, to be followed by q supper which
will be served by the Ladies' Aid -
composed OF the wives. daughters.
mothers and sisters OF the members Of
the lodge. The e. A. degree win be ex-
emplifed at the communication tomoF-
row evening.
At the regular communication April
q the question whcih will assume
precedence win be the sale Of the lodge
building, and every member has been
asked to be on hand then.
when Lieutenant Grand Commander
Samuel e. Adams died at his home IN
Minneapolis, Minn.. March q" said Sow
ereign Grand Commander James D. Rich
ardson yesterday. .sthe Supreme Council
and the rite Of the southern jurisdiction
lost not only one 0f It's most prominent.
| but ono Of its ablest and most loveble
! brethren. and Masonry an expouent 81