Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-08

Eastern Star Home this afternoon at D
o'clock will be held under the auspices
of Pentalpha Lodge, No. %. They Will
be conducted by Rev. Walter +. Smith,
pastor Of the Whitney Avenue Chris
tian Church., who is also chaplain or
the lodge. Harry NJ. Forker is expected
to sing. Acting Master Archie r.. X.
Onyun. in the absence from the city
of Worshipful Master j.. Henri Wagner,
who is on his vacation. is making spe-
cial efforts to secure n large attend
ance of the members of the lodge ana
their families. Automobiles will con-
vey visitors from Rittenhouse street and
Georgia avenue to the home.
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Perhaps no Masonic action taken In
the District of Columbia in recent years
has excited wider and deeper interest,"
than the movement which was starteu
by Senior Warden William Clabaugh, IN
The New Jerusalem Lodge. No >, some
time ago, looking to the creation OF a
Masonic bureau of employment IN the
District. Through the columns OF lH@
Lodge News Bul!ett9. Of The NeW ct
usalem Lodae. of which Thomas A. ~
mum is editor III cHiel- rs SLedIjeu inc
information that the interested repre-
sentativss Of the lodges and other pod
les. at their meeting July y, received
a definite report from the scope and
plan committee which recomn1ends
the Orga niT3tlGn OF 4 -sItSOil-C pt!i a.
Of employment Of the District OF Co
lumbia to obtain and provide employ
ment for master Nasons. their wives,
widows and children, and for members
of the Order OF the Eastern Star 'ahQ
their children: that its affairs be con.
Quoted by a board OF representatives OF
the Masonic lodges and chapters OF the
Order of the Eastern Star. with the
Grand Master, the Grand Matron. the
Grand High Priest and the Grand Com
mander (of knights Templar) as ex ON
clio members: that the board nave a
president, vice president. secretary ana
routine bushes of the bureau be han
died by a salaried manager with an
office in or near the Masonic Temple
and tina the bureau be supported by a
less if sufficient. to be levied from each
Masonic lodge and each chapter OF the
Order of the Eastern STAR"
The constitution committee also
an elaboration of the report of the
scope n plan committee. covering the
broader phases Of management. pro-
cedure and support. provision
for elections. dates OF meetins, an
executive committee. annual reports,
etc.
This meeting, it is stated. was prac-
tically unanimous in favoring 10Th re-
ports ports Which 1asae are e, TO M Ie su9m and to % the the
Grand Chapter Of the Order of the
Eastern Star for approval.
With other things 1t was also de-
ity and explanation for the fraterni-
ties interested. to he conducted by a
corps of advocates who Will VISIT each
Masonic lodge and Eastern Star chapter
to explain the needs and possibilities
Of the movement and outline the de-
tails Of government, operation and
maintenance.
Dawson Lodge. No. 1s. will have the
F. C. degree at it's two communications,
tomorrow evening and August %, re.
spectively. worshipfu1 Master Royal
e, Corwin has announced the iiiness az
Joseph Fritz, and that he Is able to see
friends who may call.
william r. Singleton Lodge. No. 80,
and Friendship Chapter, No. II. Order
of the Eastern Star, are making JOINT
preparations for a fair to be held
October IS to 16.
Acting Master Onyup Of Penta1pha
Lodge, No. %. states that the special
communication of the lodge
for August 80 will not now be called
and that the schedule al revised pro-
vides for the F. c.. degree August 16
and for calling off the stated
cation Of September 6. He reports also
that Past Master John H. Anderson has
been officially transferred from Cali
fornia to Nevada, that Harry McKeldin
has left the city to recuperate from
overwork and that John w. Lauder.
who has been i'll. is now able to go out.
worshipful Master Paul E. Lesh Of
Washington Centennial Lodge. No. IA.
has announced the F. c. degree for
$. Mccarthy heading the line and as
sisted by Senior Deacon Robert r.
Cooke. The proposed amendment to
the bylaws providing for the election
ipefAaH Of the nnOintmenf of the dea.
cont and stewards will also be due for
consideration then. There Is also an
amendment pending looking to the
fund na''I Percy V. Heating will be chair
man Of the sick visiting committee
for August.
Past Master Warren J. Comm Of The
New Jerusalem Lodge. No. 9. has been
selected as manag of the dining
rooms at the bureau OF engraving and
printing. according to the Lodge News
Bulletin.
Music. refreshments n good fellow
ship held sway at the communication
of King solomon Lodge: No; 81. Wed
tented a letter from Past Master Wool
mer Williams of Con Amore Lodge.
London. in which reference was made
In charge of Col. Winter. Past Master
d. NJ. Thayer spoke at some length of
the customs of masonry in far-off lands
and of the entertainment and courte-
sizes extended by Maj. Woolmer Will
liams. who Is a membe of the Honor
able Artillery Company, London. Rev.
A. c. Woodward, Mammoth Lodge, No.
4s6, Mammoth Spring, Ark, and NJ. w.
Alexander, Ayden Lodge. No. 49s.
Ayden, N. c., spoke of Masonry in their
Jurisdiction. Remarks were made by
John J.. Verleger in response to the
master, who welcomed him to his new
Masonic home. Acting Master A. j.
Rose spoke of lodge vents for the lat
ter part of the year, the two important
features being the Grand Lodge vista
lion and the visit to Meridian Lodge.
Richmond, Va
September 10 will mark the twenty
sixth anniversary of The Mystic Order
Yelled Prophets OF the Enchanted
Realm. The order dates it's origin from
September 10, 1889, when several mas
ter Masons, membe of Hamilton
Lodge, No. 100, F. A. A. M, of Hamil-
ton, n. Y, assembled to perfect an
organization that had been developing
under the inspiration Of LIE Roy Fair
child. the organization was intended
TO be purely a local affair and the name
originally adopted was the "Fairchild
Deviltry Committee" Its first rule,
however, which has been strictly ad-
hered to, was that none but master
Masons in good standing should ever
be admitted. In other respects IT is
not a Masonic body nor a Masonic de-