The Washington herald., 1913-08-22
prophets READY FOR
COLONIAL BEACH TRIP
TO PARADE AT the RESORT

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Armed. with . special Aispsnsation IL
sued by the grand monarch OF the Nysti
korder' Of Yelled Prophets OF the En-
chanted Realm. Monarch Jesse r. Grant
of Kallipolis Grotto. No. u. n. O. v
p. E. R.. Of this city. win lead his fl
lmous band of "imps OF jollity ant
nirth.." the other oficers and hundred
Of members Of the local g.otto. to Colo
NAL Beach tomorrow sftsrnoon. where
large class Of "haplesS victims of tn,
upper air. await introduction into th.
realm Of shadeA"
The steamer St Johns win leave tn,
Seventh Street Wharf ut $50 o'clock to
morrow afternoon with the largest con
tingent Of prophets" that has eve
taken the trip down the Potomac. o.
the. trip thu ''grotto" band. in fantastic
costumes. viii give Q concert. Ind vaude
vile stunts win be provided for thu
amusement Of the excursionists. undel
the direction Of Prophet p. R. Pullman
steamer the "prophets' WIN form In linz
on the pier and march to the gate
where they win be welcomed By Mayor
H. w. B. williams and the Town Coun.
ell Of Colonial Beach. Mayor Williams
will make the address Of welcome. and
WIN formally turn over the keys to thu
town. The response Will b made By
Monarch Grant, Of Kailipolis Grotto.
The drill team Of Canton Washington.
No. /, ]. o. o. r. the msmbefS Of which
are at Colonial Beach. viii then act n
an escort to the 'prophets'' who viii pa
rade down the river front The counter
march will be made at the Walker bum
Gaiow. then to the boardwalk, where ths
Grotto band will hold forth. The mem.
bers will assemble again At 10 o'clock ct
tC the new schoolhouse. where the cere.
monial will be held. The revels win COM
mence at 1o:15 o'clock, and the banquet
will begin at midnight at Menah'a
Those who viii be made "prophets'' on
this occasion at Colonial Beach will all
be members Of Kallipolis Grotto. There
are many Washingtonians who have
summer homes at Colonial Beach, and
the<fdea Of holding q big ceremonial A.
the resort, was made possible by a spe-
cisl dispensation granted only by the
grand monarch Of the order.
The party will leave Colonial Beach
Sunday night at s o'clock for the return
trip. Many Of the prophets" who can
to the beach for the ceremonial.
The officers who will participate in the
at the beach are: Jesse +.
Grant, monarch: Everett W. Hawkins,
chief Justice; Castleman p. Boss, master
OF ceremonies: Joseph H. Curran. treas
urer; Harry L Strang. jr.. secretary;
prophet tveiled); Elmer C.
Wood. marshal; Irving s. Hall. grand
Richard l. Trice. captsin
Of the guard: Thomas B. Walker. SEN
tinel: Raymond B. Dickey, orator;
Samuel F. Shreve. director general: Peter
Letterner. assistant director general;
George w. Engel. commissary general;
Chris c. Yeabower, lightning artist.
The cast Of characters will be as fol-
lows:
His satanic majesty. John H. shreve;
Minos. Charles Zurhorst: master Of cere-
monies. Jack Shulman: Mokhanna
sarpedon. August B. Douglas:
yrand marshal. Thomas H. Armstrong;:
Edward W. Libbey;
cerberus, Wilbur E. Fookes; Charon,
Frank X. Raymond: Chaos. william H.
captain Of the guard, Richard
Trice; Fadladeen. Irving 8. Hall;
master Of revels. Samuel F. Shreve;
Charles Aufenthie. William E.. Evans,
Harry A. Scroggins, William T. Wade.
Ferd. A. Hermann, Joseph L. Harmon,
lanes L De Neale, Harry r. Mckinney,
Robert Adam, and Phil Nachman. imps
Il jollity and mirth; Edward g. Schmid.
!. w. Collins. John H. Shreve. and Ray
nond B. Dickey, past monarchs.
The excursion committee Is composed
Il o. A. c. Oehmler. chairman: I. g.
Goldsmith, vice chairman; Charles NJ.
keefer, secretary; Joseph Curran. t. cas-
lrer: c. P. Boss. chairman Of transpor.
alton; A. B. Williams, vice chairman of
Samuel F. Shreve, chair.
nan Of ceremonies; Charles A. Stevens,
ice chairman Of ceremonies; Louis Har-
liz, chairman Of refreshments: W. W.
vice chairman Of refresh |
nents; Myer Hanlein, chairman Of deco
alton: Harry Payne, vice chairman of !,
ecoration; George N. Payette, chairman
Z souvenirs: c. A. Brewton. vice chair |
nan of souvenirs; c. s. Zurhorst, chair
IAN Of reception; John W. Clark. vice \
hartman OF reception; Jack shulman, |
hartman of comfort; Bernard Endres, |
ice chairman OF comfort; p. r. Pullman, |
hartman Of arrangements; Chris Yea
over, chairman Of electric display; A. |
J. Cook, vice chairman Of electric dis
lay; Thomas Bynum, chairman public
y; William Landvoigt, vice chairman
ublicity; A. C. wilkins. Vice chairman
ublicity; R e. Joyce. vice chairman
ublicity.
The members Of the ladies' reception
ommittee are Mrs. o. A. c. Oehmler.
hartman; Mrs. C. NJ Keefer, vice chair
ian; Mrs. Don Williamson, Mrs. w. W.
and Mrs. Louis Hartig.