Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
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Harris. George W. Baumann Work and
lectures. William ]. MAYOR Thomas NJ.
f. Bowling, Jacob H. Lichlter, John N.
Sterzer. James T.. Greaves. BY laws,
Charles J. James. Andrew Wilson, Will
nam Fl, Dyre. Daniel g. Davis, Harry q.
himbaN. Accounts. f.. st. Clair Thomp-
son. Dan G. Vaughan. kenton N. Harper.
William Mehn. Louis c. Wilson Library.
Louis d. Carman. Otis J. Eddy, William
| Montgomery. John Lane Johns. Wallace
Streater. Masonic Temple. Lurtin H
CHM. Albert +. Fox. John H. Small jr,
| Waller a. Brown Henry X. Simpson.
Address of grand master: T. John New
| ton. Masonic Temple. Washington. D. G.
Address of grand secretary Arvine w.
Johnston, Masonic Temple, Washington,
| p. g.
ADDRESS of chairman, committee on cor
| respondence: George W. Baird 1.ap,
Rhode Island avenue northwest. Wash
lngton, d. c.
Grand Captain General Lem Towers. jr.,
of the Grand Commandery. knights Tenn
plar, by order of Grand Commander
Henry X. Simpson, has announced the
following:
In view of the extraordinary expense
incurred by the constituent Communicates
on account of their attendance at the
triennial conclave at Denver, the right
eminent grand commander deems another
outdoor appearance of the communicates
during the present Templar year mad
visable. He has. therefore. suspended
the operation of the standing resolution
of the Grand Commandery providing for
a field day inspection.
In place of the usual field day eX-
erciseS an inspection of the Communicates
jointly will be held January 10, 1914, at
8 O'Clock pm, in the auditorium of the
new Masonic Temple, which has been
nent grand commander through the cour-
tesy of the Commanders Association.
The constituent communicates and the
officers and past officers of the Grand
| Commandery will assemble in the aSy-
| lum, Masonic Temple, promptly at $50
O'Clock pm. in full Templar uniform, and
take positions which will be assigned to
them by the inspector general prepara-
| tory to marching into the auditorium.
As this inspection is to be followed by
a Grand Templar ball, arrangements are
| being made whereby the ladies may be
admitted to witness it. This fact
Grand Commander Simpson says, "of 1t
self will be sufficient to insure a full at
| tendance of sir knights.
| While the grand commander is anxious
to have the ball success, because it's
proceeds are to be devoted to the Ma
| sonic and Eastern Star Home. he stated
that the two functions have no connection
officially. The tender of the auditorium
for the inspection. he said. makes 1t pos
| slble to make it popular In character.
| and to enable the Communicates to ex-
ecute many of the Templar evolutions in
| drill and march not possible in the mar
rover precincts of the asylum. Sir
knights who attend the inspection are, of
| course, under no obligation to attend the
| ball, and he made his announcement that
| there might be no possible reason for a
| misrepresentation upon the subject.
| 1t has been many years since the sew
eral communicates have had big So
| cal function, and when the Commanders
Association. upon the initiative of DR..
| Frank E. Gibson, commander of Column
| bia Commandery, No. 2, took up the sug-
gestion for the ball, it determined to
| make the affair a memorable one.
| An executive committee was appointed
| consisting of Grand Commander Henry
K. Simpson. representing the Grand Com
| mandery; Commander William s. Quin-
ter, for Washington Commandery. No. l;
| DR.. Gibson, its commander, for Columbia
| Commandery, No. .: Commander j. G.
Huddleston, for Potomac Commandery,
| No. 3; Commander Gratz e. Dunkum, for
| De Molay Mounted Commandery, No. 4,
| and Commander Edward P. Hazleton, for
| son as chairman and Commander Quinter
| as secretary. Special committees have
| been appointed to look after special fea-
| lures of the ball and every detail is re-
! ceiving the most thorough attention.
| Through the courtesy of the board of
| managers of the Masonic Temple Asso-
citation, the use of the big auditorium was
! rendered the Commanders Association
!
interference with the arrangement where
by the auditorium is leased every night
| for other purposes. This was brought
about because the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home was to be the ultimate bene-
| ficiary.
I The ball will open with a grand march
| led by DR.. Gibson and lady and in its
| evolutions his skill as a tactician is to be
| employed to its limit to the end that
novel results may be attained. There will
| Z. he. :. h1lff at -1lY boil
will be adorned with flags. fern and palm
| decorations and these, with the hand
| some gowns of the women and the flash
| ing swords and uniforms of the sir
knights. should make scene of unusual
| beauty.
| Admission may be secured only by card
and the issue of the cards is confined ex-
| clusively to the several communicates by
| the committee of which Warren w.
Shearer of Washington Commandery, No
! l, is chairman. Each commander has
| taken the subject up with his command
| cry and each commandery has appointed
| committees to assist the executive commit
| tee. The reports from the several COM
| mittees at the meeting of the executive
| committee, both last evening and Satur-
day evening week ago, it is said, were
very encouraging and show that there is a
| general enthusiasm which will carry the
project to success. The supper committee
is composed of a small army of sir knights
with Charles A. Stevens as chairman and
Charles F. Roberts as vice chairman,
Inspector General DR.. Francis J. Wood
| man, past commander of Orient Com
mandery, No. s. who was seriously ill,
has sufficiently regained his health to en-
able him to perform his official duties at
the annual inspection of the knights
Templar, and this fact is said to be spur
ring Orient Commandery to extraordinary
efforts to secure a full turnout of its
members on the occasion.
Orient Commandery. No. 5, knights
Templar. has accepted an invitation to
iattend divine services at Trinity NJ L.
IChurch, at 5th street and Seward
Square, January 10. The invitation was
rendered by Rev. Henry s. France the
pastor. Grand Commander Simpson and
officers of the Grand Commandery have
been invited to be present
J.. Bert Nye. the new master of Fed
eral Lodge, No. !, has issued an en-
thusiastic circular devoted to the in
terestS of the lodge. 1t tells OF the ad-
vancement of the official line, at the
Irecent election. and of the election of
STANLEY H. Rulings to the office of
Junior steward. The new officers were
installed by Past Master George H.
Townsend and retiring Master William
T. Ballard was given his past masters
jewel by Past Master Abram +. Server
in an eloquent address. Past Grand
) Master Walter A. Brown, who is
chairman of the finance committee,
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