Evening star., 1915-05-23

Wednesday |
Prophets. business meeting. Chamber
of Commerce Hail.
Acacia Lodge. No. is, will have charge
of the religious services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home this afternoon
at O'Clock. Rev. L. Morgan Chambers.
pastor of McKendree NJ. E. Church. will
conduct the service and preach the ser
mon. A musical program also is to he
provided. The home may be reached via
9th street cars at Georgia avenue and
Rittenhouse street northwest and by the
cars of the Capital Traction Company
labeled "Piney Branch which transfer
to the Takoma line. that crosses Ritten-
house street.
Tomorrow evening there will be a
special meeting of all the bodies OF the
Scottish Rite at the cathedral. Sd and E
streets northwest.
Albert Pike Consistory, Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite, will complete
the spring work by comforting the
thirty-second degree. master of the
royal secrets" Tuesday evening. The
degree will be in charge of Charles U.
F. Toepper. thirty-second degree. K e.
c. H., as venerable master of kadosh,
assisted by J. Archibald Bailey, thirty
second degree. K. c. c. H.; Nathan
WE'LL, thirty-second degree, X. c. c. H.;
William Tayloe Snyder. thirty-second
degree, K. C. c. H.; George R. DAVIS
thirty-second degree, X. c. c. H.: John
H. Won Hermann, thirty-second de-
gree, K. C. c. H.. Gordon Robinson
thirty-second degree; Sulaimaan David,
thirty-second degree, K. c. c. H.; Roe
Fulkerson, thirty-second degree, Alien
Bussius, thirty-thir ddegree honorary;
John A. Lacy, thirty-third degree non
orary; Maurice Milstone, thirty-secon1
degree; Bernard A. Baer. thfrty-secoho
degree; Milton Baer, thirty-second de-
xree; Harry S. Barnes. thirty-second de-
gree; Charles L. Brooks. thirty second
degree; Lyman e: Burdlne; thlrty.sec-
ond degree: Achille E. Burklin, thirty
second degree: Clarence e. Christie
pher, thirty-second degree; John 5.
Cotton, thirty-second degree; Harry A.
Davis, thirty-second degree; Emil
Fischer thirty-second degree; John e.
Fairchild. thirty-second degree; Benja-
min Goldsworthy, thirty-second degree;
Arthur j. Hall, thirty-second decree, ,
Mason L. Howes. thirty-second degree;
Charles NJ. Jones. thirty-second degree
Frank E. Koch, thirty-second degree;
Rustin ] Leister. thirty-second degree;
Thomas f. Manning, thirty second de
gree; Lucent T. Paul. thirty second
second degree; Todd G. Sharp. thirty
second degree: Melvin A. Wertz, thir-
ty-second degree: Elmer G. Wood
thirty-second degree, and Isaac W.
Wright, thirty-second degree. FRED M
Book, thirty-second degree. X G. Z; H.,
will act as stage manager and Milton
Hopfenmaier. thirty second degree, X
c. c. H., as manager OF tableauX. me
music will be under the direction OF j.
Walter Humphrey, thirty-second de-
gree, and Harry G. Kimball thirty-sec-
ond degree, will be the organist.
Tuesday evening Robert de Bruce
Council Knights Kadosh, will hold
brief business session
Saturday evening the Scottish Rite
bodies will give the last dance of the
season to the ladies of the rite. Myer
Davis Orchestra will furnish .he mu-
SIC. As warm weather Is anticipateo IL
has been announced that this will be
strictly shirt waist" affair and the
members are expected to come attired
accordingly
The executive committee of the Scot
tish Rite has created a credential conf
nittee, which will receive all visitors.
Examine their credentials and see that
they are properly received and enter
tanned. John Wilson. thirty-third de-
gree honorary, has been appointed
permanent chairman of this commit
tee, with authority to add such mem
bers as he sees fit to his committee.
Dawson Lodge, No. 1s. will discuss
he proposed amendment TO its bylaws
concerning life membership at its com
nunication tomorrow evening. Wor-
1hipful Master fONal r. 'or III states
is matter in which every member
sf the lodge should be interested and
ae has asked for a full attendance. the
,odge will have no degree work at IT'S
regular communication, but VIII have
the F G. degree at special at pm.
Both tSansburv Lodge. No. "a, 1omor-
row evening, and George 6. Whiting
lodge, No 81. Thursday evening. Will
No 3, will have :, past high priests
Harmony Lodge. -. IL Wednesday
evening. will have special at 5:45
o'clock for the r. degree and at its
regular communication. at 80 o'clock,
The NJ. NJ. degree.
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter.
No. 3, will have past high priests
evening tomorrow night. when the X.
A. degree will be presented by Il likely
group of has beens-
3 Kallipolis Grotto. No. IS Will hold a
business meeting Wednesday evening,
n Chamber of Commerce hall. when
announcement will be made of the
plans for the forthcoming convention
81 the Supreme Council AT Buffalo. June
T. s and g, and belated requests for
notel accommodations viii be booked
As now arranged, the special erotto
train Will leave Washington Sunday
morning. June s. between and
o'clock The special train of Safnis
with the Washington special and the
party will be still further augmented
~ delegations from Baltimore and
Philadelphia. The early start from
Washington affords a daylight trip and
~ill land the prophets IN Buffalo be-
lore midnight Sunday. II has been re-
auested that all prophets contemplat-
ing the trip TO Buffalo communicate
with Chairman A. II. Rogers.
The past week has been Grotto Band
week at the Central Park Theater
where benefit performance has been
given each night.
For once the characteristic happy
Jmile is missing from the faces of the
erstwhile jolly prophets. and there il
much sorrow and gloom throughout
krottodom. When a prophet ceases t6
smile, and when some of them go so far
as TO wear a piece of crepe on THEN
sleeve. il can only mean that calam-
ty has befallen them. If asked the
cause they simply shake their heads
md murmur: Poor Billy. The truth