Evening star., 1914-02-08

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Z, ,e p.i st Johns Lodge
Tie annual meeting and election Of
o.tieers ol the Grand Chapter. Royal Arch
Aiasons OF the District OF Columbia Will
b. held at Masonic Temple "Wednesday
evening. beginning at o'clock Except
The election OF officers. it is understood
the, only unusual business To come before
the Grand Chapter will be the petition OF
sixty-folIr Royal Arch Masons for char
ter for Mount Pleasant Chapter. No. H.
Seven of the eleven blue odges scheduled
to meet during the week have bulietined
their work All the ROYAL --rch
chapters which meet before Wednesday
will elect new officers for the captuiar
year. and Washington Chapter. No :
after the transaction of its ordinary
business Thursday evening. viii listen 10
talk on Panama by John H Finney
None of the knights Tenpiar COM
nanderies have announced their program
for the week.
Worshipful Master Philip P. Brown an
nounces that Senior Warden Frank {.
Shaw will head the official liHc when
the +. A. degree Is presented IN Stans-
and also that bids to erect a private
lodge entrance to its hall will be pre-
scented by the special committee appoint
ed for the purpose for inspection ana;
action by the lodge
For the convocation of Washington
Chapter; No : THURSDAY eyen,ng Hisn
Priest Jacob Pyrah has announced a
hIlSinaSS nd social night
John II. Finney. who has been through
the Panama canal disgnEs and was AZ
forded the opportunity of vlewinS tus
construction, especially the locks, at clos"
range is going To tell about them in y
RambIe Talk on Panama
Companion F1nney has a. number of
slides photographs and post cards whic1
he will use to illustrate different parts ot
lis travel. and as he is electrical ensi-
ueer by profession something OF more
than ordinary interest viii likely be
brought out
-,her features presented Which. will tend
to make an; ENJOYABLE evening ARG
attendance is anticipated, An invitation
has been extended TO all members OF the
capitular> craft 10 he present
The February issue of the Lodge
bulletin of The New Jerusalem Lodge
No. 3. has made. It's appearance. IN au-
dition to an interesting paper on tnt
Masonic and Eastern Star Home ny
Past Grand Master Lurtin r. CHM:
which deals with the early history OF
that institution, and contains an IL.
lustrated view of the original wing OF
-he building. and paper from Past
Master William H. Singleton of King
solomon Lodge. No 81. the daSnen.
lodge, on craft Masonry. good portraits
of Charles G.. Dougherty and William
,labaugh, wardens OF the lodge, and
Of Worshipful Masters Otto q Roepke
4 Naval Lodge, No. 4. and w. Maurice
hoffman of Potomac Lodge. No ..
many items of interest both to the
lodge membership and the fraternity
at large are published. 1t tells of the
increased attendance of members at
the meetings, and corrects a false i'm
preston. il is said, that Masonry Is
search for truth and religion
The Illness is mentioned of John W
Lynn. now reported improving aud
able TO be out: Of Joseph \. kolb. who
would like To see his friends at the
Tuberculosis Hospital, and of Ross L
Cray.
Thomas a Bynum. editor Of the
bright little sheet. has been appointed
junior steward of The New Jerusaleni
Lodge. according to complimentary
notice published BY Worshipful Master
Everett II. Taylor. Mr.. HynuIn - also
past grand chancellor OF th% knishts
ant a representative TO the supreme
Lodge Of that order
Norsajpful Master Theodore T Moore
1' ltlfs-D '.0IlSt- No ~. Dt+-3lt-ONS tilt
Illness o: Elmer Z. simpson At Garfield
licsPital aud Erust Schmid al l:-;5 Fair
mont street northwest. III his last official
circular. aad says both brethren would
be s.ad 20 see their friends. The lodge
will have the 2. G. degree at its COM
rruuic4tion February 10
Monarch Peter X. Pullman OF kallipoiis
Grotto. No. IL. Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets OF the Enchanted Realm. has
announced the celebration of the first
ceremonial session of the srotto in his
administration at the New Willard Hotel
February - 10 be followed by banquet
already The nuc Gus for large class
of Candidates is said TO he III sigkt and
i; .S the announced purpose of the new
monarch TO se, thar they get all that is
eoiniug Ia them by entirely new methods
whIcil W.'l stlN be IN aeCo ORD vita The
general policy Of the order. The ses
~ion viii mark - new departure in that
the ceremonies Of the initiation and eV
crythinG connected with the session viii
take place ut the iot. The occasion
las beer. christ.ned George Washington
night and Charlie Stevens is chairman
nf the corlfnitt"e which is looking after
the entertainment 70 De provided :?
Monarch Pullman also has directed the
a-teistlcu of The prophets 10 the theater
entertainment at Polls the evening of
February II. when in addition To the
PLAY Of the evening there will be "A be
tNeeu-the-acts offering t1at will be novel
and vnjoyauIc in character Master OF
portion of the program, \ new Richmond
convention committee is being formed by
Monarch Pullman. with George E En-
mons at It's head. The time is not vet
ripe Tor the announcement of the fun
membership, said MFR Pullman but il
will be found 10 be full Of live wires
10 carry out the intention OF the :,rotto
TO make the trip ii memorable one this
coming June. The new brass band Of
the erotto. under BandIna ster Juf1s
Hamper. will play at the ceremonial ses-
sion and Is TO be 4 feature OF the trip
TO Richmond in June President Samuel
r Shreve Is said to be pushing that
organization TO sueceSs III d way that is
astonishing the prophets who doubted
tle wisdom of such an organization :.
Wo-shipfuI Master C35a.ies Boyd of
Dawson Lodge. No. i6.-will head the
work in the NJ NJ degree tomorrow even
ing. and Senior Warden Roy;u T.. Cortysn
IN the L. \. degree February ,3
The Star acknowledges receipt of the
6rst official circular Of Worshipfui
Master Robert +. MeutzeT of Columbia
lodge, No. 8. The lodge has a commit