Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22
.PYTH|AN CELEBRATION
COMES TO CONCLUSION
Golden Jubilee Ball ct Temple Is
Final Event Of the
Series.
Coming Illinois Three-Day-spectacle
Is Voted Support Of SUI
preme Lodge.

The festivities incident to the golden
Jubilee celebration Of the founding OF
the Knights Of Pythias, which has been
In progress since Wednesday evening
OF the past week, closed with the
Pythian ball at Pythian Temple last
evening. given under the auspices Of
the companies Of the uniform rank and
the Pythian Sisters.
The ball opened at o'clock and
closed at midnight, and during the in
tervening time the young and old
Pythians Of the country, with their
wives. sweethearts, sisters and even
mothers, showed 4 warm appreciation
Of the alluring dance music that sug-
Eested the latter day dances rather
Of other days. The hall was respiendent
with the national coiors. draped and
festooned. intertwined with graceful
vines OF green. The costumes OF the
S women also added to the color effect.
plainly that there was no room for adj
miration Of anything but the dancing,
and the big floor Of the ballroom was
niled until the stroke OF IL. few
minutes later the lights went out and the
jubilee in its every phase was at an end.
Those Who Participated.
Among those who participated in one
way or another in the joys Of the even
ing were the grand chancellors, Mark
Stearman Of the District Of Columbia.
James J. Cohen Of Wilmington. Del; H.
M. Love Of Colfax, Wash: B. F. Shaffer
Of Cumberland. Nd: Past Supreme
Chancellor Edward Dunn Of the District
Of Columbia the Oldest living contin-
uous member Of the order, who, with
Mrs. Dunn. remained until near the close
Of the function: Past Grand Chancellor
Harry p. Wiley and Mrs. Wiley. also
Of the District Of Columbia; Past Grand
Chancellor David Miller Of Waterbury.
Conn; Grand Keepers Of Records and
Seals Lewis r. Stinson Of Salem, Ore. ;
George e. Wright Of Hartford. Conn.
and William A. Wilson Of Rhode Island,
the second oldest officer Of his rank in
Chancellor Henry ]. Eltz. r., Of Provi-
dence, r. l.; Past Grand Chancellor John
NJ Percival Of Woonsocket. R. l.; Su-
preme Representative Thomas A. Bynum
and Mrs. Bynum. who is supreme repre-
in the Pyth.an Sisters: Mrs. Ida M. John
son Of Central City. Col. supreme
chief of the Pythian Sisters; Miss
Rose NJ Bard Of Wallace, Idaho:
Mrs. Sarah w. stinson Of Oregon; Mrs
and correspondence. colfa1. Wash; Alice
Of Dayton, Ohio: Ada e. Phillips Of
Philadelphia, Pa: Mrs. Mary M. Wright
Of Hartford. Conn; Mrs. May 2. and
Mrs. Thelma Jacobs Of New Haven,
Conn; 7. B. Monnett Of Norwalk, Ohio;
Charles H. Du Vail OF E1lenville, N. z;
Joseph 8. Spencer Of Boston. Mass; L.
Erwin Jacobs, New Haven, Conn; Harry
McDonough. Bridgeton. N. J.; Past Chan
cellor H. H. Durfee Of Huntington. West
Va. and a host Of local and visiting
Pythians, with their wives and daughters
who failed to register.
Speech at Mount Vernon.
The oficial functions OF the Jubilee eel
ebration closed with the exercises at the
New Willard, Friday evening. with Su-
r. eme Vice Chancellor Young presiding.
Yesterday, however, was devoted to gen.
eraI Sightseeing, and=between 500 and 600
OF. the Pythians. Pythian Sisters and
their friends visited Mount Vernon yes
terday morninf at 10 o'c.ock. by the cleo
trfc railway. when Mrs. Ida NJ. Johnson.
supreme chief of the Pythian Sisters, de-
livered a patriotic as well as fraternal
address, and laid tho ,Pythian triangle
The dignitaries began to leave the city
about noon yesterday. Supreme Chan
cel!or Thomas ]. CARING went to visit a
sister In New York, Supreme Vice Chan
cellor Brig 8. Young left for his home
and Mai. Gen. Arthur J. Stobbart Of the
Uniform Rank, for a tour of the New
England states: Supreme Keeper Of Rec
ords and Seal F. 3. Wheaton left for his
home In Minneapolis. and Supreme Rep
resentative Charles s. Davis. who will
dine today with Past Grand Chancellor
larry P. Wiley and Mrs. Wiley. will
leave for his home in Denver afterward.
Others will leave today or tomorrow as
their arrangements will permit.
Members of the Supreme Lodge and the
finance committee at q meeting yester-
day agreed to support the Illinois Pyth-
ian three-day spectacle September 81.
W. X. Whitfield, Decatur. ILL.,: Grand
Chancellor w. c. Edens. Chicago. and
John J. Brown of vandalia, supreme rep
resentatives, called on Secretary Bryan
today and invited him to speak at the an
nual dinner Of the Illinois Pythians at
Chicago September 8.