The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

Brother Frank B. Curtis; selection, by
quartet; an address by Rev. Brother w.
]. D. Thomas, and a closing selection by
the quartet.
The grand visitation to the New Jeru-
salem Lodge, No. 9, F. A. A. NJ, took
! place last Thursday night. The lodge
room was very tastefully decorated with
palms and ferns and "Old Glory" under
the direction of Senior Warden Thomas
Keely. Past Master William McNeir
was chairman of the committee on ar.
rangements.
Following the usual visitation ceremo-
nies, the programme consisted of barry
tone solo by Maitland S. Wright; trio,
by Sol. Minister, violin; Dorey Wolf
steiner, cello, and Raphael Koester,
plano: a barytone solo, by William Cia-
baugh, and an organ recital, by Raphael
Koester.
One of the events of the past week at
the new Masonic Temple was the COM
pletion of a fine new pipe organ in lodge
room No. l. The organ was installed by
Droop & Son, and Harry Hall, Of the
Hall Organ Company. of New Haven,
Conn, completed the work OF installa-
ton last week, and 1t was used for the
first time at the stated communication
The organ is of the latest design, and
is finished in San Domingo mahogany.
1t is thoroughly up to date, and has a
concave and radlating pedal board. The
Specifications of the organ are as fol-
lows: Great organ. S-foot open diapa-
son, 81 pipes: S-foot dulciana, 81 pipes:
S-foOt melodia, 81 pipes; swell organ. s.
foot stopped diapason, 7S pipes; S-foot
salicional, - pipes: S-foot aeoline, IS
mir l. dtrfa ha
pedal organ, 1s-foot bourbon, % pipes;
coupIers, swell to great s, swell to great
4, swell to great l6, great to great 4.
swell to swell 4, swell to swell 16 great
to pedal, swell to pedal other accesso-
ries, two adjustable combinations on
swell and two on great; reversible great
to pedal, and balance crescendo pedal,
bringing on all the organ from the soft
est to the loudest.
There are two other organs In the
temple but none of finer construction
than the one just installed. The lodges
that will use this organ are Federal,
No. /: Lebanon, No. Z: The New Jerusa-
lem, No. 8; St Johns, No IL; Washing
ton Centennial No. IA; Benjamin B.
French. No. Is; Dawson, No. Is; Har-
mony, No. II. and Lafayette, No. 10.
Takoma Lodge, No. %, F. A. A. NJ,
received the grand master and grand
officers of the Grand Lodge on the occa-
sion Of their annual visitation last-Tues-
day night. The programme was in
charge of Brother ]. B. Kinnear, and
consisted of a tenor solo by Brother
Clarence F. Owens, a bass solo by
Brother Luther w. Hawley, plano ac--
compartments by Brother Raphael Koes-
ter, and an address by Past Grand Mas
ter Durtin R. CHM, who spoke on behalf
of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
At the conclusion of the address a reso-
luton was unanimously adopted pledg-
ing the lodge to a contribution of 50 per
capita of its present membership.
DR.. Frank E. Gibson, generalissimo of
Columbia Commandery. K. T, No. 2.
representing the five local communicates
of Knights Templar, left Washington
last Tuesday for Denver, Colo, where
he will arrange for accommodations for
the Washington knights who will attend
the thirty-second triennial cOnclave of
Knights Templar. to be held there Au-
gust Is, IA, and 10. Washington and Co,
Iumbia Communicates will send drill
teams to the conclaye to compete for
the $4,000 in prizes that has been Of
fered.
La Fayette Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch
Masons, will have an interesting address
following It's stated communication next
Tuesday night. W. H. n. Smith, a we'll
known speaker, will give an address on
THE Building and Dedication of King
Solomon's Temple, illustrated with
models.
Mr.. Smith is not a Mason, but thor
ough Bible student. and has constructed
these models from descriptions given in
the Bible and early histories, which will
make his lecture of especial interest TO
the Masonic fraternity. The members