Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-04-22
DESERT DENlzENS READY FOR HEGIRA Old Desert Travellers Assem- ble to Escort 40 Novices
 on Pilgrimage. lSHRINERS' DAY HERE More Than 15O Wearers of Red Fez from All Parts of State Expected to
 Participate ill Sahara Cere-
 monies Tonight.
SHRINERS' DAY HERE


 l. Sahara temple, Ancient Arabl< Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
 will conduct, their big ceremonial session at the temple this evening, and something like 40 novices are expected to make the pilgrimage over the hot sands, with oases few and far between. ..
 The shriners' patrol has drilled faithfully since it's formation about two weeks ago, and is ready for the test to which it will be put tonight.
 More than 150 Shriners from Lit tie Rock, Hot Springs, Memphis and other points in this and neighboring states are expected to arrive today to participate in the ceremonial ses- sion, and preparations have been completed to make the affair one of the most solemn God successful in the history of Sahara temple
 Potentate N. J. Can't yesterday ap- pointed every member of the temple a member of the reception committee and every train that pulls into Pine Bluff today will find members of the temple at the station, ready and will ing and even anxious to greet brother Shriners and particularly to greet some Of the ,novices. The red fez will be prominent in Pine Bluff today, because of the large number of Shriners who will serve under
 Potentate, Gantt's appointment The business session of the Shrine will begin at 5:30 o'clock this after
 noon. At 6:30 o'clock a bountiful
 spread will be served at the emple, by wives, sisters, daughters ana mothers of Shriners. At 7:30 the pill
 grimage and the ceremonial session will be started, to conclude about midnight To sustain the novices, | light refreshments will be served late
 in the night
 One of the members of Sahara l temple, who has grown gray from the suns and the cutting sands of the ! desert, and who has oft made the
 pilgrimage, offers the following ad- | vice to novices:
 1 Advice to NOyices
 "Just a little kindly caution and as- surance to you that unless you "-.
 mand it, we will not do thing to
 you. We have all been through this; we have left happy homes with fear
 and trembling to take the Shrine
 and have made our way back to
 those happy homes after midnight 1 and told the good wife, Pm Q l Shriner,' only to hear her scornful
 reply: You're a sight And, as
 usual, she was right.
 "The old-fashioned Shrine cere. monial even as practiced by the re l fined gents on the sand trail 1T l Sahara temple was a leetle rough IS you might say, and at times feel
 ings and clothing were injured tf l some extent, but our present Pott says this has just got to stop and he
 has fired the aforesaid gents who
 used to make life miserable for the
 candidates and has put on bunch
 of Percys who will do the work or candidates and who will not be per,
 mitted to touch one of you boys, with fingers that are not carefully mani
 cured, or 'cIout you with rope tha'
 has not been covered with pink tai cum powder. The Pote insists on ths powder being pink, but it looks fool l sh, doesn't it, when you are blind l folded and can't see what color 1t is It's kind of funny, anyway. that ] Pote should be 50 tender hearted con