The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-13

April l-Decatnr Lodge No. g. business: Eaual
Lodge. No. II, rank OF esquire
april 15-Wcbster Lodge No. T. business Excel.
sior Lodge. No. "a, business; Capital Lodge. No. "A.
business; Myrtle Lodge No o. grand visitation.
April lsMount Vernon Lodge. No. s. business
Union Lodge No. =. business.
April T-Ffanklin Lodge No. 2. business
April ls-SyracISans Lodge. No. 10. business
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. s. anniversary entertain
ment.
PYTHIAN SISTERS
April Is Friendship Temple No. g. business.
April Is-Rathbone Temple. No. 8, business.
MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
April 1S-Washington Company. No l. drill.
April III. T. Coldwell Company, No. :. special
assembly.
DRAMATIC ORDER KNIGHTS KHORASSAN.
April 1+Ascalon Temple. No. !. business
On next Tuesday evening. Grand Chan
cellor Sroufe and his associate Grand
Lodge officers will make their official
visit of the year to Myrtle Lodge, No.
%, at 31s Pennsylvania Avenue South
east. when they will be escorted by both
companies Of the uniform rank. Exten-
sive arrangements for this visitation
have been made by Myrtle Lodge, as ii
is also the celebration of it's anniver-
sary, and it is expected that one of the
largest gatherings that ever attended a
Pythian visitation in this domain will
be present.
The committee in charge of the affair is
composed of E. A. Hutchinson, F. H.
Melick, Jacob Nussbaum. F. B. Crown,
and Hugh Reid, and they have secured
for the occasion several speakers of ma
tional reputation who have never before
been heard in any of the Pythian lodges
Of this domain. among them being Sena-
tor Sheppard Of Texas, and Representa-
tfves Stringer and Fftz Henry OF nli-
nois. Russell of Missouri. Galloway Of
Texas. Frank Clark of Florida, P. E.
Quincy Of Mississippi, Sabbath of Chi
cago. and William G. Brown, jr., who
Is the grand outer guard of the Grand
Lodge Of West Virginia.
Unless some unlocked for pressure Of
business should interfere, all Of these
gentlemen will be present and each have
something to say for the encouragement
Of the order here and elsewhere.
A number of other invitations have
been extended to members of the Senate
and House, and it is thought that sew
eral will be present. A special invita-
ton is extended to all Pythians in the
city to come out and enjoy Myrtle's hos
pitality on this occasion.
Mrs. Elsie Vandervort. grand chief of
the Grand Temple Of Pythian Sisters Of
Virginia and District Of Columbia, has
pies of Pythian Sisters in Virginia, and
makes a very encouraging report of their
condition and the enthusiasm that pre-
walls in all Of them. Most Of them are
rapidly gaining In strength, and there is
an excellent prospect of instituting three
new temples in the near future.
Friendship Temple. No. 9, Pythian Sis
tiers, gave a very amusing entertainment
in the main hall Of Pythian Temple, on
Thursday evening. when the comedy,
'The Elders Dilemma" was presented
with the following cast Of characters:
Walter Hawley, an elder in the Re-
formed Church. Arthur P. Starr; Tom
Ferguson. NJ. D., and red-hot sport
from Troy, N. Y, Roscoe w. Cost:
Charley Marshall, young man in love
with Suzette. j. Hendley Jones; lionel
Fairfield. a crank who lives next door,
Harry X. BURNER; Mike Murphy, one of
the finest in hard luck. Ohio F. Baher;
Ellen Hawley, the elders wife and Toms
sister, Lulu M. Lowe: Belinda Ferguson,
Toms wife and Walters sister, Izetta
Kennon; Suzette Hawley. the elders
niece, Olga A. Melick: Johanna Null
rooney, the queen of the kitchen, jean
cite Moore. The hall was crowded with
friends of the temple, who, after the en-
tertainment. enjoyed dancing until late
hour.
The supreme chief. Pythian Sisters, is
sued a call for all subordinate temples to
donate to the relief of their members who |
suffered in the recent floods in the Mid |
die West, to which both temples in this |
city have literally responded.
Century Lodge, No. 80. had a wide |
awake meeting last Monday evening. and
steps were inaugurated to organize a |
ritualistic team composed exclusively Of |
ts own members, although it is not
thought that it will be prepared to
inter the competition for the Grand |
Lodge trophy
The Grand Lodge Of Maryland has ap-
pointed q committee Of I'VE Of its mem |
oers to represent that domain at the
ifteth anniversary celebration of the
,rder in this city in February of next
1ear.- also a separate committee OF seven
o act in conjunction with the local COM
uittes and the Supreme Lodge committee !