The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-01

Itoricai interest and all feel 1t has been
the trip Of their lives.
A very important session of the local
bodies of the Scottish Rite will be held
this week for the purpose OF confernns
the degrees from the fourth 10 the
thirty-second. inclusive. upon the MEM
bers of a large class. =,
Tomorrow night at o'clock there VIII
be special meeting Of Mithras Lodge
Of Perfection. At Sis o'clock the fourth
to the thirteenth degrees will be con-
ferred. Beginning at 7 O'Clock the four
teenth degree will be conferred.
Following this work, Evangelist Chap
ter. Rose Croix, will convene at $3.50
O. clock and will give the fifteenth 10
seventeenth degrees, inclusive, Begin
ming at O'Clock the eighteenth degree
will be conferred.
Robert de Bruce Council, Knights IA
dosh, will open it's session Tuesday night
al 80 o'clock and will give the nine
lteenth to the twenty-ninth degrees, in
elusive Beginning at $50 o'clock the
thirtieth degree will be conferred.
Albert Pike Consistory will convene
Wednesday night at 7:30 o'clock and VIII
confer the thirty-first and thirty-second
degrees.
! A surprise was occssioned in the ranks
of the past masters of Takoma Lodge,
No %. last week, when announcement
was made of the marriage OF Miss Emma
Rathbone Smith to DR.. Otis Judd Eddy
The wedding took place Wednesday, May
q, in st. Georges Chapel. Stuyvesan'
Square, New York City, and was per
formed by Rev Douglas Hoof. DR.. EDDY
and his bride sailed yesterday from New
York on an extended tour through Eu'
rope, to be gone several months DIT
Eddy is connected with the Pension
Office. and was master OF Takoma Lodge
in 1903.
At the communication of Takoms
Lodge last Tuesday evening the commit
tee composed of worshipful Master
Howard S. Fisk, Senior Warden Enos
Harnden. and Junior Warden Ernest w
Porter. was authorized to proceed will
the collection of funds for the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home. The master In
| tends to enlarge the committee in order
| that as large a sum as possible be col
lected in the interest of the home fund
The E A. degree was presented b,
Senior Warden Enos S. Harnden in th'
presence of a large number of members
of the fraternity, including several pas
masters from visiting jurisdictions.
At the communication on June 10 II Il
expected that the NJ. NJ. degree VIII b
Il pIcSCIltu.
| At a meeting of the Association o
| worshipSul Masters of 1913, held in tn
| library Of Masonic Temple Thursda!
| evening, the association expressed al
| interest to endow a room in the new
| Masonic and Eastern Star Home, an'
requested Secretary August B. Dougla
| to secure information on this point.
| The association accepted an Invitation
| from worshipful Master Fred NJ Book
master Of st. Johns Lodge. No. II, Il
/, exemplify the NJ. NJ. degree in tina
lodge Friday evening next, all of tn
( stations to be filed by the masters o
the various lodges in this jurisdiction
The assignments will be made by Gram
| Lecturer Thomas II. Young. Worshipfu
| Master Book is also president of tn
| Masters Association. Grand Maste
Charles E Baldwin was present at tn
meeting Thursday night
| Grand Commander Henry X. Simpson
Of the Grand Commandsry, has appointe;
Past Grand Commander John II. Small
jr, as grand treasurer for the unexpire'
term of Past Grand Commander Geors
Gibson. He has also commissioned Pas
Grand Commander William T. Galliher 4
represent the Grand Commandery OF tn
District of Columbia on the stan Of tn
grand marshal in the parade at the tn