The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-10-09
Great Ceremonial of
Shriners Will Be Held
Here on December 10

mahogany while the drapings and dec
oratfons are extremely oriental in
every detail In this sanctum the po-
tentate and his recorder will hold
court on the day of the great cere-
monial, December 10. ...
Another stunt that Potentate Gage
is going to pull of at the gymnasium
OF the temple before the great cere-
monial will be to give big SWIMMING
party on Thanksgiving day to tho
newsboys Of Fargo. They will be
given the run OF the baths and the
big white room and there is going to
be lot Of good eats provided by the.
genial potentate. This Is going to be
some stunt and one that the newsboys
Of Fargo will remember tho rest Of
their lives. sF' 9's4 s.a..as %
CeremoniaI Program.
But getting back to the big ceremcn-
ial on December 10. Practically sv-
erything has been arranged for this
great meeting OF the Shriners of Ell
zagal temple. r. IA
In the first place there will be
band concert in the afternoon by the
big fifty or sixty piece band of the
temple. This band is under the direc-
ton of Noble Ernest Wright and is
without a doubt the best Shrine band
in the United States. This was proven
on the pilgrimage to Seattle last
spring when it was chosen as the Of
nclal band of the Imperial Potentat,a
The band also. took Seattle by storm
and drew the greatest crowds of peo-
pie of anything at the imperial coun-
OH every time 1t was advertised to
play. Ell Zagal temple has always
fIa fAv-a a,ln a.
country but since the Seattle pilgrim
age it is right at the top and the
big band, of which the mobiles of the
temple are so proud, did a whole lot
in securing 1t a special place on the
Shrfner map. .','.-
The Arab patrol commanded by
Noble E. G. Gearey will give a. num-
Der of drills, many of which are en-
tirely new and are most attractive.
one OF the great features will be
the banquet at 6 o'clock in the great
new banquet hall of the temple. This
banquet will be one of the great sur
prises of the entire festivities. Poten-
tate Gage would not give out the de-
tails in full as he has some mystery up
his sleeve to spring on the mobiles at
the time, but he would go so far as to
say that the banquet would partake of
the Christmas season, that the bali
and the tables would be beautifully
decorated in Christmas coiors and
that there would be a Christmas sur
prise for the Shriners, but then this J
is one OF the secrets that cannot be |
gone into too deeply. The novices
are going to have Christmas tree
in one of the rooms of the temple.
The great big feature of the cere-
moniaI will be a masque in which 500
mobiles in complete costume will par
ticipate. This masque will be entitled |
The Birth of the Shrine, showing the |
origin Of the great order and it's evolu- |
tion to the present form.
This rnasque is going to be beauti- |
fully portrayed and already special
makeup artists and costumers have
been given orders as to the require |
ments and will be employed for the oc-
casion in making up and costuming
the mobiles that are to participate in |
the event. To Shriners this feature
would well be worth coming hundreds
of miles to see.
The movie" reels that were taken
on the Seattle pilgrimage will be shown
during the evening and should prove
of great interest to all members Of the
There will be a. number Of special
features for the entertainment of the
noble visitors that will be guests OF |
the temple on the occasion. There viii
be fully half a dozen orchestras toll
the various parts or the temple to-
furnish music
1900 Shriners Expected.
There will be a class of about 100
novices to take the work on the oc-
casion and Potentate Gage stated this
morning that he expected there would
be between 1000 and 1.500 mobiles in
Ell Zagal temple has membership
now of about 1.100 and there will be Il
few of these that will not be present
while there will be large numbers
coming from the various temples of
the northwest.
Potentate Gage is very enthusiastic
over the coming ceremonial He is
working hard on the proposition and II
Is bound to pull off something that
will indeed be a surprise to the mobiles
and will show the noted visitors that
will be present that Ell zagal can pun
off just as big stunts at home as it'll
ian when away from home. i.