Evening star., 1912-02-04
tragedian; Past Master Smith and
Messrs Mitchell atnd Swords


tragedian: Past Master Smith and
Messrs. Mitchell atnd Swords.
Worshipful Master Charles H. Bradley
Of Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 33, an.
nounces that February 10 the M. NJ. de-
gree will be exemplified by Past Grand
distinguished past masters" Past Grand
Master KEEPER is an honorary member OF
the baby lodge Of the jurisdiction. The
recovery of Past Master R. c. Lewis, who
Hermon Spencer Pinkham, pastor of I'm
manuel Baptist Church, will appear in
the degree work of February 10.
Il Potentate w. Ham Smith. in character
istic manner. has proclaimed a ceremonial
session of Almas Temple of the Mystic
Shrine March ii. Rumors that are said
to have their origin with the new poten-
tate promise herd of camels and drome-
daries from the winter quarters of Ring
ling's circus at Bridgeport, Conn.,, for the
session, and speak Of arrangements be-
ing made for a herd of lions, jaguars, jack
Ziegler collection.
The potentate reminds the mobiles as
follows: You may have gathered the
stars of heaven in a nail keg, hung the
| ocean on grapevine to dry, wiped the
nose Of a cyclone with a towel. cut off
the tail end of comet for a keepsake,
unbuckled the girdle of eternity and
| opened up the sun and moon as health re-
| that you can escapes hades and other
things if you don't help me out this
year."
| Preparations are being rapidly pushed
for the st. Valentines reception to the
| master Masons Of the Jurisdiction and
! their ladies by the local Scottish Rite
bodies at the cathedral. Sd and E streets
No special invitations are required for the
event. but those in charge of 1t say it
| will give them great satisfaction to have
| all the Master Masons and their wives,
mothers. sisters or sweethearts who will
come to stick a pin in the date and be on
hand that evening. especially the modest
| ones, who may imagine they are not in
cluded in the invitation.
Rev. Earle Wiley. thirty-second degree,
pastor of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, will be the chief feature of the
program of the evening in a humorous
and dramatic recital. with representations.
| His offering will be an entirely new one
and by those familiar with Mr.. Wilhey's
| looked forward to with great interest
| There will also be musical program fur
nished by Mrs. Elaine Sebring Ford. J.
Walter Humphrey. Harry G. Kimball and
| others, which promises to be exception
ally brilliant. This will be the first Ga
dies night of the rite for long time,
and no pains are being spared to make it
| q memorable one.
| The Scottish Rite reunion in Baltimore
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week furnished a surprise. not only to the
Baltimore members and their guests but
! ington bodies. The fifteenth degree was
a gorgeous spectacle. it is declared and
an especially beautiful and strong pres
entation. All the degrees from the fourth
| to the thirty-second were conferred by
| the Baltimoreans with new parapherna-
| liza and costumes. The class numbered
eighty-seven. Among the many who at
tended were Grand Commander James D.
Richardson, COmmander-in-Chfef Clark
| f. Diehl of the Harrisburg ConsistOry;
Jesse Sharp, K. c. c. H., Of Charleston.
s. c.: Francis A. Sebring thirty-t third de-
| gree honorary: c. G. S. Toepper. degree
| master of the thirty-second degree: Harry
G. Kimball, organist, and Elmer e. Simp-
son. X. C. C. H.. all of the local bodies.
! The Washington reunion has been an
nounced for the middle of April, and petit
tions are now being received from those
who will make up the class. There II
said to be quite revival of interest in
the local bodies. and many master Ma
sons of the jurisdiction are applying for
admission to the class. The executive
committee is giving special consideration
| to a proposition to procure new parapher-
MALTA and costumes. to supplement their
already elaborate outfit.
To correct misapprehension, the COM
mittee has announced that, all Master
Masons in good standing are eligible to
membership in the Scottish Rite, whose
degrees commence with the fourth, the
| next degree following the Master Ma
sons degree. The rise to the thirty
| second degree. it is explained, is accom-
plished in four stages from the fourth
to and including the fourteenth, in NTH.
ras Lodge of Perfection; from the fif-
teenth to the eighteenth. in Evangelist
Chapter. Knights Rose CrOix; from the
twentieth to the thirtieth degree. in Rob-
ert de Bruce Council. Knights Kadosh,
| and the thirty-frst and thirty-second de-
grees. in Albert Pike Consistory.
| Interest in the game of chess has been
| aroused to such an extent in the local
Scottish Rite bodies that a meeting has
been called for Tuesday evening for the
| formation of a chess club. Those who
| are said to strongly favor the movement
are Stirling Kerr. jr., Gen. 8. s. Yoder,
| Rev. William Tayloe Snyder. Sidney /.
Besselievre, Victor E. M. Haugard. Carl
| H. Claudy, John B. Parsons, John II. Won
Hermann. Suliamaan David. Charles
! tin ]. Lester. Mansour Samaha and Au-
gust B. Douglass. The meeting is ex-
pected to bring out many more of the
members who take an interest in the
Sd and E streets northwest, about 8
o'clock. All the members of the rite
| have been asked to attend
The most important event of the week
in Eastern Star circles was reception to
| Grand Master B. w. Murch. rendered by
Mizpah Chapter. No. 8. The reception
was attended by a large gathering of
members and guests from nearly every
chapter in the jurisdiction. Music was
| furnished by stringed orchestra. and
| bea autiful flowers and palms adorned the
| chapter chamber. Harry K Pimper well
! coined the guests in an appropriate ad-
| dress
Addresses Of congratulations and good
wishes for the grand master were de-
livered by Mrs. Fanny Taylor, grand
| matron Of the Grand Chapter, o. e. s.,
of the District of Columbia: Charles F.
Roberts, G. P; Miss Grace Wilkins A.
G. NJ: kenton N. Harper, A. G. P; Mrs.
Nellie Landergren, P. G. NJ; Miss Ethel
Baker, p G. NJ; T. j. Landergren, P.
G. P. The grand master responded elo
quently.
The receiving line was formed in the
following order: On the right of the
grand master stood Mrs Fanny Taylor,
G. NJ: Charles F. Roberts, G. p: Miss
Grace Wilkins, A. G. NJ: Kenton N. Har-
per, A. G. P; Mrs. Ida v. Faber. G. NJ;
| Mrs. Carrie Bornheim, p. G. NJ; Mrs.
Nellie I.andergren, p. G. NJ; Miss Ethel
Baker. p. G. NJ: Miss Clara Ball. p. G.
NJ; T. J. I4andergren. P: G: p: DR..
Charles T. Lindsey. p. p; H. G. Wagner.
p. p; Mrs. Lulu Compton, p. M: Fred
Dumberth, P. p; William Bornheim. p.
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