Evening star., 1915-08-01


ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Tuesday Mitlras Lodge of Perfection
called OF.
The religious services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home next Sunday,
August s. Will be held under the aus
pices OF Pentalpha Lodge, No. % These
services are held the second and fourth
nndays of each month under the aus
ces of the blue lodges or chapters of
lie Eastern star. Those last sunday
Mere under the auspices of George c.
Whiting Lodge. No. -, bat through a
misunderstanding no public notice was
given.
For the stated communication Of King
Solomon Lodge. No. 81. Wednesday Y
afternoon at o'clock, in lodgeroom
No. 2. Masonic Temple, the +. 4 degree
is scheduled. with Junior Warden Dun
can McLaren in charge. Acting Mas
ker Archibald j. Rose extends a fra
6rnal welcome to the fraternity to at
End the conimunications of the day
light lodge
Chairman c. E E. Flather says
everything is in readiness for the an
nual outing of Columbia Commandery,
No. ., X. T. at Marshall Hall. Tues
day. AS an added attraction Kallipolis
Grotto Military Band OF thirty-tive
pieces. under the direction of Prof.
julius Hamper, every member OF
which. from leader to drummer boy is
a master Mason. has been secured for
the musical features. Fans and plenty
of ice will be provided for the COM
fort of the eNcursionists both on the
boat and on the grounds.
Grand Commander Edwin B. Hesse,
who is convalescinC from his recent
illness. with Past Grand Commanders
Alexander Grant and Charles T. Lind
sey. will judge the athletic events. of
which there are many for boys and
girls big and little, lean and stout,
and for which 100 prizes, from a palm
beach suit to pocketbook, have been
provided
\ The field events will be started i'm
mediately upon the arrival of the 2:30
pm. boat and are open to all comers.
They will include 50-yard dashes for
boys and girls under twelve; a 50-yard
dash limited to fraternity members;
100-yard dash. open to all: 35-yard
egg race for knights Templars' wives:
50yard dashes for maiden and for
married women, a shoe race and a
centipede race of 80 yards.
Columbia Commandery in it's entirety
has been divided into subcommittee
whose duties it will be to see that
everything goes right from the start of
the first boat from Washington until
1.-THE arrival of the last boat from Mar
shall Hall. The evening boat will be
greeted with a display of fireworks
and the illumination of the grounds
Orient Commandery, No. 5, knights
Teclplar, has scheduled the orders of
the Red Cross, the Temple and Malta
for its conclave tomorrow evening.
Commander William T. Hebbard says
literary and musical program, with
refreshments. is being arranged for
the celebration of the comma nderys
twentieth anniversary the evening of
October is, previous to which, however,
Sunday evening, October Il, the COM
mandery will attend religious services
at the Metropolitan NJ. Z. Church in
full templar uniform and accompanied
by band. Rev. James Shera Mont
gomery, who is a member of the COM
mandery. will preach a special sermon
for the occa sion The church service
Commander Hebbard explains, is an es-
sential part of the anniversary OBJ
servance. and he has asked all the sir
knights to attend. accompanied by
their ladies. He also states that the
commandery, after tomorrow even
fng's konclave. will probably call off
Its conclaves until the last in Sep
tember. Action on the proposed amend
ment to the bylaws will also be taken
tomorrow evening.
Potomac Commandery, No. ., knights
Templar. has called off it's conclaves
scheduled for the month of August
Pentalpha Lodge, No. %. has work
scheduled ahead as follows: Tomorrow
evening. the Z. A. degree: August 16.
no meeting probable; August 80 f. c.
degree: September 6. no meeting prob
able; September 20. last call for dues"
and September -. NJ. N. degrce.
National Lodge. No u. has the NJ NJ
degree scheduled for Tuesday evening,
the F. c. degree for August II. the f.
A. degree for September :. and the NJ
NJ degree for September u.
Hope Lodge. No. 30. announces the
following advance schedule: Angus;
13. +. G. degree; August -. F.. c. de-
gree; September 10. NJ NJ. degree. and
September "a. NJ NJ degree.
Grand Commander Edwin p. Hesse.
who is i'll at his home with typhoid
fever. is reported to be getting along
nicely"
Charles Stencil and Charles Meyers,
of Dawson Lodge, No. is, and Charles
Sharah of Naval Lodge No 4, dele
gates from Washington to the conven-
tion of the Universal Craftsmen Coun-
Gil OF Engineers, accompanied by Frank
Campbell of Naval Lodge. No. 4, will
leave today for automobile trip by
way of Gaithersburg, Md, and the
PENNSYLVANIA mountains for Rochester.
n. Y. where the convention will be
neid August 3-I.
Every year A1mas Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine deyotes itself TO one espe-
c'ally elaborate function for the benc-
nj OF its Christmas basket fund. which
has become famous in the ANIMALS OF
Washlngtons many charities. This
year the event will he given in the
form of an outing TO Chesapeake Beach,
which has been designated "Almas
Temples Field day" and it will occur
Tuesday. August II. all day and part