Evening star., 1915-05-02
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Davidson is endeavoring to so. com
| plete the work of the lodge that il
Will be possible to take a summer re-
! cess from August to September 20.
| East Gate Lodge No. "a. has the
| E. A. degree scheduled for Wednesday,
evening. a school of instruction fot
| May Il. kings Night" for May 19
! and another session of the lodge school
| of instruction for May %. Norshipfui
| Master Charles w Keil Is 'hoostine
| the fraternity base ball game for July
3. under the auspices of the Masters
| Association, for the benefit of the Ma
| sonic and Eastern Star Home. Capt;
| Lowe of the lodge bowling team will
meet with the prospective bowlers
| Wednesday evening. The lodge had n
successful ladies' night at Sherwood Pres
byterian Church Friday night.
! Tomorrow evening Pentalpha Lodge,
| No. %. is to have the +. G. degree.
| when Junior Warden F. Francis Kim
, mel will head the official line May Il
| the lodge will have a half hour with
| Roe Fulkerson. along the lines OF Ma
| thur NJ. Poynton. who also IS grand
! patron of the order of the Eastern
star. is reported recovering from the
effects of his recent accident The
condition of Messrs. Gleeson and Nor
gan Is reported about the same. 7,
Brooke Amiss, jr., and Harvey F.. Cur
tbs. both well known members of the
lodge. have taken their dmits. the
present home. and the latter in Moore,
Pa, where he now resides.
Mount Pleasant Lodge. No. 80, will
have the E. A. degree tomorrow even
ing and the NJ. NJ. degree May II The
lodge was the guest of Mount Pleasant
Royal Arch Chapter. No. 13. Wednes
day evening. when Roe Fulkerson
traced the way to the Shrine through
the York and Scottish Rites Of Free
masonry.
Lebanon Lodge, No II. has the f. A.
degree scheduled for Friday evening,
when Senior Warden Charles E. Alex
May IS a special Will be held for the
NJ NJ. degree.
colun, bia Royal Arch Chapter. No l..
will present the mark degree at its
convocation Wednesday evening and
the P. NJ. and NJ. E. NJ. degrees at a
special Wednesday evening, May u.
High Priest West announces that ar
chapters anniversary May 10 are about
completed and will include. probably.
special convocation in the afternoon
for the r. A. degree.
Acting Master Archibald J. Rose of
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81. announces
a special feature, in the form of sup
Elementary remarks, following the +.
A. degree in the lodge Wednesday
afternoon. at o'clock. These special
features will be introduced a. each
meeting hereafter.
King David Lodge. No. os. is to have
Secretary General John H. Cowles of
the Supreme Council of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite for the
Sii n Grand
Master J. Claude KEEPER make addresses
at its communication Tuesday evening,
as to which no other particulars nave
been vouchsafed. Both gentlemen are
sonic National Memorial Association
and are actively interested in further
ing the interests of that association.
Singleton Lodge. No. 20, Thursday
evening the NJ NJ. degree will be pre-
sented by the past masters OF the
lodge. Worshipful Master Herbert r.
Riley has announced that every past
master of the lodge will take part, be-
ginning with the senior $. E. Shoe
maker, of 1902. and running down the
line to the Junior postmaster, A NJ
Ray, of 1914. This means that eleven
past masters will take an active part
An enjoya BILE evening Is promised
At the comn!un cation of May is the
F c. degree Will be presented with the
Junior warden, j. l.. Giles, heading the
official line.
The Fellowship Club Of Master Ma
sons has been presented by Arthur L.
Cook with a gavel made from material
used in the CONSTITUTION or the great
mahogany doors that lead from the ro-
tunda of the Capitol to where the Con-
eressional Library was formerly To-
Gated The gavel is embellished with
metal used in the construction OF the
great bronze doors at the eastern en-
trance to the rotunda
The American flag will predominant
this wear in the elaborate decorative
scheme announced by the city oil seat
tie for the Shrine Imperial touncli
week during July. according TO commit
tees of Nile Temple. which are ar
ranging for the big convention L wen
ty-fiye thousand large American ban
ners will be used, draped on cluster
light poles at frequent intervals ana
hanging from guy wires stretched
above the main thoroughfares. One
hundred and fifty thousand yards OF
bunting will be used in decorating the
skyscrapers lining the downtown
streets, and the electrical displays Will
include additional candlepoWer or ao-
600 on the three principal avenues.
The electricity is being furnished to
the Shrine without cost by the city.
Plaps for decorations during the
council week are projected with the
idea of transforming Seattle into Il
magic city OF the Arabian Nights Won
derland in which the brilliant colorS
OF the orient viii Hash by day above
the streets and by night in fantastic
electrical designs.
The main avenue will have more than
a mile Of illuminated Shrine emblems.
with the scimitar at the top. crescent.
sphinx and star underneath and
hanging basket Of flowers suspended
below Along other thoroughfares will
be transparent pyramids, emhlazoning
the name of temple from some part
of the country, together with the name
of its home town and a welcome greet
ing Strings Of rainbow -colored lights
will hang from skyscrapers and big
designs will flash internationally over
head
Among the features of the council
meeting will be the presence for the
first time at such a session of a delega-
tion from Aloha Temple. Honolulu. H.
l. The Canadian temples and patrols
also will be represented by a large
representation from practically all Of
the cities having temples
The Shrine organization of Fort
Worth will have a full delegation in
attendance in an effort to obtain a
charter for the establishment of new
temple in that city, making the I3sth
in the Ancient and Arabic order. Pre-
liminary steps looking toward this end
were taken at the 1914 council meeting
In Atlanta
To provide dancing entertainment for
the visiting mobiles and their wives each
night Of the session, the city Of Seattle
is preparing plans for the construction
Of the largest dancing hail in the
northwest at a cost OF $4,000 The
ter and will be approximately $50 feet