The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-06-10
Richmond Past Monarch Of
Yelled Prophets Becomes
Gran d Steward Buffalo
Next Meeting
Seventy Initiated
In Samis Grotto
Sensational Ceremonial At
Academy of. Music Closes
Day-Trip on Smithheld to
Historic Jamestown and
Band Contest Today

The first business day of the su.
preme council meeting OF the Mystic
order of Yelled Prophets Of Enchant-
ed Realm concluded late yesterday
afternoon after officers for the coming
year had been elected and the place
for the next convention chosen.
Among the newly named officers Ia
Past Monarch f Craig Pelouze, of
SAINTS grotto. Richmond. who was
elected grand steward. Buffalo gets
the 1915 meeting. to be held in June.
at dates to be selected
The day began with business ses.
sion in the Hotel Richmond audi.
forum and. after a barbecue, a tour
OF the city. competitive drill. parade
and ceremonial session, ended with
open house" to the prophets at the
Jefferson, Murphy's. the Richmond
and Stumpf's hotels. AL Sirat grotto.
of Cleveland, entertained at Rueger's.
and Kallipolis. of Washington. at the
Richmond
Seventy Pass Through Test.
The ceremonial session, directed by
the cast" of Samis grotto on the
stage of the Academy of Music, set to
the Broken scene of the late Lewis
Morrson's Faust" was pronounced
the lveliest. most sensational and
most beautiful ever witnessed by
prophets at a supreme council meet
/ ing. This began at o'clock. and
after the class uf more tnau seventy
! candidates for the test that admits
to the enchanted realm had success
fully undergone 1t. the Academy
emptied OF old and new prophets who
| moved to the hotels for the final
entertainment of the day
The afternoon business session end
ed with the election Of officers and the
naming Of convention seat. The cleo
ton resulted in the choice of the fol-
lowing:
The New Officers.
Past grand monarch Hiram a.
Rogers. Jr.. of Boston. Mass; grand
monarch. Ernest l. voigenau, Buffalo.
| \. Y; deputy grand monarch William
H. Snyder Elnira, \. Y: grand chief
justice. William j. Cross. Jersey City,
". j.; grand master of ceremonies, r.
Edmund Thompson. Worcester, Mass;
grand treasurer, Charles NJ. Cotton.
Rochester. n. Y: grand secretary.
Sidney d. Smith. Hamilton, N Y:
grand keeper Of archives, Henry
Pears. Cleveland, O.; grand orator,
Edward s. Schmid, Washington. D. c..
grand captain of guard. Archibald H.
Huston, Columbus, o.; grand standard
bearer. Jesse x Seright, Pittsburg.
| Pa: grand marshal, Dwight r. Cone.
! Fall River. Mass: grand alchemist.
grand steward. f. Craig Pelouze.
Richmond: venerable grand prophet
tveiled), Harold NJ, Harter, Toledo.
o.. grand trustees, Arthur n. LeFevre.
Albany, ~ Y; John p Yistman.
| Syracuse, ". Y. and Edward A.
Southall. Buffalo. N. Y.
To jamestown Today.
ar h,,ci =
held this morning The bulk of tho
business has been handled and tha
only remaining work is that of hand
! ling committee findings and. possibly
taking care of some new business
A large number OF the prophets ana
| their ladies will leave Richmond al
| s o'clock this morning on the steamer
Smithfield of the Old Dominion line,
going to jamestown. The party viii
return tonight. On the trip thAro
will be. at 10 o'clock competitiy0
band concert for silver loving cup.
Some of the grottoes will leave for
| their homes tonight Others will put
out tomorrow morning. Nearly all OF
them contemplate stopping over In
Washington to be guests OF Kallipolis
grotto Thursday and Friday.
An Enjoyable Event.
While the delegates to the su-
prems council who must go through
the business sessions in the Rich
mond auditorium were at their work
| yesterday morning more than two
| thousand of the prophets and their
ladies. among them the l76 which ar
rived during the morning from Jer.
sey City as representatives of Fem
Fem grotto, were enjoying the bar.
becue arranged for them by Samis
grotto at Forest Hill
| The barbecue. with such sidelighta
as "old plantation days" cotton pick.
| ing. banjo playing and old SoutherB
! melodies as sung by the old time dar-
| kies. was one of the most enjoyable
of the several entertainments already
given the prophets. Great quantities
of sandwiches of Virginia ham, ana I
tongue and hundreds of dishes ~ ].
salads were consumed by the crowd
as 1t watched the negroes OF various
ages reproduce the scenes of mort
| than half century ago. s
Admirably Handled.
| Prophet Caterer George Guvenafor
with force of thirty Ave assistants
admirably handled and provided ths
great crowd with food and refreah.
ment from II o'clock until nearly Ii,
| when the provender ran out The
| crowd was much larger than was an
| ticipated. and thos who arrived IA
| than o'clock Jared not so we'll
those who were present durinEN
two earlier hours
The barbecue was preceded s3E
ride through the city on twee
| cial trolley cars which left SS3
street side OF the Hotel ~. ma
beginning at 10 o'clock. s
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