The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-08-28

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for by the constitution only thre,
must be elected. He said further tina
the first fourteen officers were to b.
elected and that the others were t
be appointed. When the Grand Mas
ter had gone, the Grand Princess de
clared all stations in the Grand Tenn
pie vacant and nominations were il
order. This part of the work was
noted for it's quietness and order
Never in the history of the Grand TEN
pie was a more orderly nomination
held. When the nominations closed
the Grand Temple adjourned until Fri
day morning when the ballots we're tc
be cast.
Friday Mornings Session.
The session opened at $40 a. m
The Grand Temple sang Take the
Name of Jesus With You" After the
ritualistic form of opening the Grand
Secretary of the Grand Lodge was in.
troduced. He addressed the Grand
Temple and suggested that we peti.
ton the Grand Lodge to allow the
bAahu 1ChlBlG lNO HtIlDtlb vi ll6
board of management. The Grand
Secretary felt, as did the Grand Tenn.
pie, that Mrs. Garnett had had four
years experience on the board, and for
that reason should be retained as well
as the sister who would succeed her
as Grand Princess.
The Grand Secretary, Sister NJ. Eta
Bolden, read the journals of Wednes-
day and Thursdays meetings. These
journals were masterpieces in their
production, and showed how painstak-
ing the secretary had been in secur-
ing every time Of these sessions, omit
ting nothing.
Prof. c. G. Williams was admitted,
having been SEN by the Grand Lodge
to assist the Grand Temple in han
ding the ballot. The following tell
ers were appointed and proceeded to
pass the ballot: Mesdames Kenner,
Fulbright, Smith, Williams and Evans.
Prof. Williams called the name of
each delegate and the number of votes
to which she was entitled as she came
forward and cast her ballot. The one
and only displeasing thing about the
voting was the taking away of the
mother matron's vote, as the delega-
ton had not understood previously that
the mother matron had no vote. At
- o'clock the session adjourned for
the parade.
The Parade.
The parade formed at the court
house and was about four blocks long.
1t was headed by the Omaha band,
followed by the camp from Kansas
City, Mo. The camp was followed by
the members of the Grand Lodge and
Grand Temple, the grand officers of
Grand Lodge, Grand Temple and
Grand Royal House bringing up the
rear escorted by a full uniformed la
dies band. The parade ended at the
city ball park where a picnic was held.
Friday Afternoons Session.
Grand Temple was called to order
by the Grand Princess, singing, I'll
Be Present When the Roll Is Called"
After devotional exercises the court
sy committee came forward and pre-
scented presents to the following: NJ.
Eta Bolden, Minnie Foster and Ka-
tie Moore Fields. Committee on reso.
lutions made it's final report. Com
mittee or unfinished business made
its final report, reporting several Tenn
pies that were indebted to the Grand
Lodge.
A motion prevailed to give these
Temples 80 days to report or send
their receipts to the Grand Secretary
of the Grand Lodge. The courtesy
committee then presented to Mrs. Alb
bington a present solicited from the
members of the Grand Temple. The
Grand Princess gave the officers and
members of the Grand Temple a
splendid lecture on How Members
Should Treat Their Princesses and the
Duty of the Secretary to the Prin-
cess This lecture was pregnant with
good and profitable ideas, which if
put into effect will produce a most
surprising benefit to the Temples as
a whole. The lecture was received
with a round of applause. A motion
prevailed that we extend a vote of
thanks to our retiring Grand Princess
for this parting injunction. The tell
ers were still out and unready to re-
port. Prof. Williams came and an
nounced that we had better adjourn
as the tellers would not be ready to
report before s o'clock p. m. He fur
Their advised that the delegation attend
the installation of the Grand Lodge
and Grand Royal Houses officers, even
though the Grand Temple would not
be ready to install. The session ad-
journed.
The Public Installation.
Omaha's spacious Auditorium was
beautifully lighted and at $3.50 the
splendid orchestra was filling the
room with sweetest music. On the
stage of the Auditorium was seated
Hon. N. c. Crews, Grand Master of
Masons; Past Grand Master of the U.
B. F., DIR. ]. T. CASTOR; Capt. C. H.
Tandy, P. NJ. NIX; Mrs. Ida l.. Gar
nett, Past Grand Princess, and Mrs.
Mary Monroe, Past Grand Most Elk.
cellent Queen, together with the new.
ly elected grand officers of the Grand
Royal House and Grand Lodge. Capt.
G. H. Tandy of st. Louis was the in
stalling officer. ably assisted by Rev.
j. w. Nurse, third member of the
board of Each officer