Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-14
X Fratern1t1es ~

the drill team is showing marked prog
| ress as the result of its Saturday even
movements which have been added to
those regularly prescribed. Adjutant
| Charles D. Shackelford is captain or
the team Arrangements are being
made for the Ascension day services.
| June I, at the Church of the Ascension.
! of which Columbia Commandery will
! have charge. and it is the announced
purpose to make them especially elab-
| crate this year. Commander Larcombe
| extends a general invitation to the sir
knights of other Communicates in and
out of this jurisdiction to attend the
| conclaves of Columbia Commandery.
| KalIipoIis Grotto. at the New Willard
| tomorrow night. will hold its Detroit
! special ceremonial In an attractive
circular Monarch George H. Emmons.
| jr., states: This is going to be the
! most amusing, unique, enjoyable. out
| Of the ordinary. reproducing, mirth-
producing. gloom chasing ceremonial
we have ever given. The fun will be
the more candidates. the more fun.
We confidently expect class of 100.
bu, can just as well take: care
of 500, BY all means attend this
don't We will have stunts never
| before produced. There will be a
{; laugh every minute. You will remember
! il for years to come. II you nave
CROUCH BRING IL along ana we Will Jury
! ii for YOU.
| The band is all tuned up and awaits
! the wave of the baton by Prof. julius
J hamper: the jokesmiths have dug deep
| for novelties. and under the direction
| of Past Monarch John H. Schreve and
be staged an entertainment both novel
and original. No small amount of in
/ terest will he certered in the trial"
which is to be held following the can
\ h& Doc he
Ed s. Schmid and p. r. Pullman. Each
declares the other will be the victim.
and the court proceedings will afford
; much amusement for all the others.
The grotto drill corps announces
I through Capt. p. V. Heating Virginia
F, reel party" the evening Of May "a. at
4 the Builders Hall Invitation is ex
tended to all prophets and their ladies
, to attend. The party is for the purpose
of making the prophets better &C
! ouainted with the purposes of the drill
corps and it also aims to promote
| sociabilty. Besides the old time
dances there will be other entertaining
! features and pleasant surprises for the
| ladies.
! May 30 the Grotto Ease Ball Club
will give theater party, with the
! grotto moving picture film and slides
and grotto specialties between the
acts.
There is a treat in store for the
Riddles" out at Camp Good Will July
6, next. Last summer the grotto enter
, tanned the children of the camp and
recognized in it such a worthy under
taking that it has decided to repeat the
outing this summer. Past Monarch p.
z. Pullman has the affair in hand and
the success with which he is meeting
is said to be surprising expectations.
" has been decided to make July s an
all Masonic" day at the camp and all
branches of Masonry will be requested
to contribute sufficient amount to
ent writing. in addition to the grottc.
Pentalpha, Washington Centennial and
Harmony lodges. Mt. Horeb Royal
Arch Chapter. and the Scottish Rite
bodies have responded TO the request.
This nu nber will be largely augmented
when the matter is brought to the at
tention of the other lodges, chapters
and Communicates.
1t is expected that Grand Master W.
W. Jfrmane will make an address on
this occasion. Each contributing lodge
viii be asked to appoint an automobile
committee to solicit the use of auto
mobiles in which to convey the mem
, bers and their families to the camp.
/ The start will be from Masonic Temple
about 8 o'clock.
| The annual address of retiring Grand
] Commander Edwin B. Hesse at the an
| nual conclave of the Grand Command
| cry paid tribute to the memory of the
! fraters of the Grand Commandery who
had died during the year-Past Com
manders Benjamin S. Graves of Wash
| ington. No. 1 John e. wagner of Po-
tomac. No 3; Martin r. Thorp of De
Molay. No. 4. and Jesse w. Lee jr of
Orient. No. 5. and Edgar c. Walford.
captain general Of Washington Com
Referring to the Ascension day serv-
ices of the order at the Church of the
Epiphany last year and to the address
of Rev. DIR. Randolph H. McKim on
! that occasion. the grand commander
said: II say, too and with emphasis.
| that We should love our country more
than ourselves. and that we should
love peace, but we should love the
honor of our country more than peace.
And as our ritual pledges US to be
faithful soldiers even unto death" /
know that so far as the knights of the
Temple are concerned the honor of our
glorious country shall ever be kept un-
sullied"
| order showed the Templar membership
at the close Of the Templar year to be
1888. the increase having arisen from
Do who were knighted. ) reinstated
and 10 affiliated. with the losses as 80,
including IS died. 81 suspended and %
Omitted. 1t was also shown that since
1898 the membership in symbolic
lodges had increased 100 per cent; in
ca pituIar Masonry, So per cent. and in
the communicates but per cent Also
4 that in 1882 80 per cent of the Mas
ter Masons Of the jurisdiction were
knights Templar, while in 1914 there
were but IL per cent, and in 1895 So
per cent Of the Royal Arch Masons
were knights Templar. while in 1914
there were but 45 per cent
Ihe grand commander expressed his
! hearty sympathy with the circular let
; ter issued by Grand Master Mellish OF
the Grand Encampment with regard
! TO the solicitation of members, ft ma
! terfal upon whom to confer the orders
/ OF knighthood. and he advocated a
wider publicity for the ideals and pur-
poses of the order to solve the probIeno
presented in the statistics He also re-
| ferred 10 the contribution made by the
constituent Communicates to furnisl,
Knight Templar room" in the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home. which
/ mas not yet been carried out because
! OF the lack OF a suitable room as vet
at the home for the purpose. 1t In
said the funds will probably be in
Vested IN interest bearing certificates
untii they can be applied to the pur-
pose for which they are intended
/ wisdom shown In the formation of the
Commanders Association, which. he
salo. mas rendered a valuable service to
| ,empIarlsm in general in this juris.
| oictlon Reference was also made to
! the Masonic War Relief Associat ton and
70 IT'S resolution to appropriate $4,000
70 oe distributed among the grand
Scotland. Switzerland. France. Ireland
ltaly. Serbia. Luxembourg, Hungary
/ Greece and Holland
! u was explained that the reason the