The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-10-18
NEW S2,OOO,OOO
 MASONIC TEMPLE DEDICATED TODAY
Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Opening of Scottish Rite
 Buildings.

quarters Of the Supreme Council ot Scottish Rite Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, which also is called The Moth here today with elaborate ceremonies and in the presence of a large assem- blaze of distinguished Masons from many parts of the country. 1
 The stately structure fashioned after l the famous mausoleum erected for
 King MausoI1s by Queen Artemisia at 1 Hahcarnassue-on of the seven won
 ders of the worlds unique among the
 many magnificent buildings in the na- tional5 capital. It has been under con struction since 1911 when ground was broken It staQds on Sixteenth street about one mile from the White House
 on the Capitals finest boulevard and in
 a section of the city where many of the nations most celebrated public
 men have lived during their public ser
 vice in Washington.
 | Viewed from the exterior, on pla- l teau above symbolic flights of steps, \
 the strdcture presents plain base,
 above which rises a lofty pyramidal
 entablature supported by ss massive
 columns.
 \ The approach to the main portal is l by four flights of steps. Two colossal
 sphinxes, symbolic of Divine Wisdom
 and Power. are at fhel entrance. On \ the o1inths of these figures are inscrip- ttonsg in Phoenician and in Egyptian
 hierog1yphics Just hafore the great
 door, let into the pavement, are two
 flaming swords, and between them the l inscription,l tsThe Temple of the Su-H
 preme Council of the Thirty Tn ird< De- gree of the Ancient and Accepted Scot l tish Rite of FTeemasonry for the l Southern Jurisdiction of the United
 States, Erected to God and Dedicated
 to the Service of Humanity. Salve $
 FraterY' Carved into the freize over
 the great door is, esFreemasonry Builds ] Its Temples in the Hearts of Men and Among the Nations, A plaque on the great door bears an ohlong square with a rayed triangle in its center and with \ the figures 4t'33,' in the center.
 Through the great door the Atriurn, l a Iarge hall, fanked on either side by four massive huted pillars of polished I green granite, is reached A doorway
 on the left leads to the apartments of the Sovereign Grand Commander, an other on the right to those of the Sec
 retaIy General Both apartments are pane1led from floor to ceiling with
 Russian walnut. Tn the center: of the I Atrfun is a great marble table and on either side between the pillars four
 marble seats. On the walls behind the pillars are placques bearing symbolic designs.
 Directly opposite the great door is the grand staircase guarded on either side by the, seated figures of Isis and Nepthys. Doors to the right and left Of the staircase lead to the Library and to the Supreme Council Executive Chamber. At the head of the stair
 case, on the first landing, at the back
 of the ellfpse, two other lights. curv- ing to the right and to the left, lead to teh door of the Temple in front of which is the marble seat of the Grar1 .Dfler, inscribed, Know Thyself. 7
 The Temple is a lofty room in cube form. each dimension measuring IS feet, surmounted by a dome support ing a skylight 100 feet from the level
 of the floor. Tn the Temple are three arched windows. one on either side and
 one opposite the door, over the Grand East. Each window is divided by two
 pillars of polished green granite, with
 the lower part screened by a traeery
 of bronzed serpents. Extending around the room is a frieze of black marble, Outer Darkness of Ignorance, Through
 the Shawods of Our Earth Life, Winds the Beautiful Path of. Initiation Unto the Divine Light of the Holy Altar
 At each of the four corners is a
 placque bearing an emblem of two patterns. the square and compasses and the six pointed star in a circle. The apex of the dome is ornamented by four double headed eagles, one on ! each side with the tablets of the Ten Commandments between High over | the main doorway is the organ loft.
 Tn the center of the Temple stands | the Great Altar, a solid block of black | marble veined with white, with four horns at the corners. In the floor | around the Great Altar is the inscrfp- f Word, the Logos, Comes the Wisdom | of Life, the Goal in Initiation. z
 The ceremonies were performed by | Sovereign Grand Commanded George Fleming Moore, assisted by Lieutenant | Grand Commander Charles B. Rosen- baum and Sovereign Grand Inspectors l General Charles F. Buck, of LpuisianaS Ernest B. Hussey, of Washington; [ Trevanion w Hugo,A of Minnesota; | John H. Cow4es, of Kentucky; John | w. Morris, of West Virginia; odolphus l. Fitzgerald. of Nevada. and Sam F. Cochran, of Texas, the next highest | officers of the Supreme Council.
 A musical service was rendered by the Scottish Rite choirs of St. Louis. | Mo, and of Louisville Ky, with the Scottish Rite Orchestra of St. Louis, under the general direction of A F. M. Custance, of Duluth Minn., by | whom. with the assistance of Inspector General Hugo the program was ar |. ranged and many of the numbers were especially composed for the occasion 4 The ceremonies were performed on | an improvised platform at the head Of Nthe four symbolic flights of steps at the main approach to the Temple and in full view of thousands of invited guests.
 Preceding the dedication ceremonies, Lieutenant Grand Commander Rosen- baum, its chairman and on behalf of the executive committed in charge of the structure formally presented the new Temple to Sovereign Grand Commander Moore, by whom the ora ton of the day was delivered. The Grand Commander was attended by Camp Guard of Arkansas Consistory, of Little Rock. Ark
 Among Masons from other jurisdie- Cemmander Benjamin. Allen. of Can ada; Leon Abbott, lieutenant grand l; commander, and Sovereign Grand h.. spectors General James H. Codding | sacrpf ar-v ereneraI. .IIarru Gs11tla1-ia cf