The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-10
GALVESTON PLANS
 GRAND RECEPTION
 FOR THE SHRINERS
Caravans from 20 States Are Bearing Down on Texas
 City

Galveston Texas. May 10-The Treasure Island of America is to-day the oasis for caravans of Shriners from twenty states of the Union en- route to Dallas where the knights of the crimson fez will assemble Monday for a week of joy The city of Gal weston is in gala attire in honor of the Shriners and the nobles of Fl Mi na Temple have spent weeks in plan ming and preparing to meet ti1 1T des- ert dwelling brethren from the dis tant reaches of the Sahara. For Gall weston it is a gala weekend with brilliant costumes and glitering scime- tars as numerous on the streets as are the white fannels of midsummer Gal weston. More than one hundred Pull mans laden. with ShrineEsa have dis gorged at the Union Depot between D. 500 and 5000 Shrinerss more Than were ever before assem bIed in Gal weston.
 Fl Nina Temple will entertain roy ally in honor of their visiting breth- ren. The magnificent Breakers bath house has been engaged for the mo- ioles and all will enjoy the pleasures cf surf bathing in the gulf stream gratis The entertainment commit teeNwilI vary the diet of the visitors with several thousand crabs, and sev-. eral hundred pounds of shrimp, the same to form a foundation for ''crab and shrimp luncheon" Head quarters for the Shriners have been established at the Hotel Calves. ar entire floor of the hosteIry being re served for the nob1es and their la dies One suite of rooms serves as the reception headquarters for the la dies and another suits as headquartera for entertaining the men of the many delegations.
 Nine hundred automobiles have been placed at the disposal of the Shriners by Galveston owners, and sightseeing tours are to be conducted throughout the day. The soldiers of the Fifth Brigade encamped at Fort Crockett will pass in review this af- ternoon for the entertainment of the visitors. The famous shrine bands will render concerts at the beach this afternoon and Tomorrow, Lu Iu Band of Philadelphia and Fl Nina Band or Galveston uniting in the rendition of one concert with a total of one hun dred and twenty pieces. Both bands have been exchanging music in an ticipation of this event and the con- cert will be listened to by thousands of visitors other than Shriners' who are already pouring into the city. 9th CT Shrine bands are in the city and music will be heard everywhere
 A notable event of the day will be the greeting of Syria Temple, of Pitts burg. Pa, which will, arrive to-1nor- row morning on the Mallory Line Steamship San Jacinto, and will be met by the mass of visiting Shriners and escorted to headquarters with the massed bands playing national airs and marches. The famous Fl Nina Band is escorting every delegation to headquarters as it arrives in the city. The list of visiting Temples is as fol- lows:
 Ra1nesa Temple, Toronto. Canada.
 Murat Temple, Indianapolis. Ind.
 Medina Temple. Chicago, III.
 Lu Lu Temple, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Boumi Temple, Baltimore, Md.
 Damascus Temple, Rochester. NY.
 Osiris Temple, Wheeling. w Va.
 Iema1ia Temple, Buffalo, IN. Y.
 Syria Temple, Pittsburg, Pa.
 Acca Temple, Richmond. Va.
 Oasis Temple, Charlotte, N. c.
 Dallas Special, Dallas, Texas.