Arizona republican., 1916-07-04
SHR|NERS To
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Be WELCOMED
All Buffalo on Edge fo1. Re
ception of Visitors to In
perial Council Session of
Mystic Shrine, July II
to Is

BUFFALO, June 3.-Everything from
nearly welcome to emergency aid for
Shriners who give the hailing sign of
distress is promised in the song that
Buffalo mobiles are practicing to per
petrate on their visitors when the i'm
perlal council session of the order bring
lOOO00 visitors here July 11-13. George
h. Staples, general chairman of the
arrangement committee, is guilty of
the composition, which goes:
"Ismailia will hail We,
Receive and regale We.
At parting beWail We.
Should trouble assail We.
Depend on Ismailia-
She never will fail We.
Whatever may all ye
Our coppers wont nail We.
They won't even trail We
But s'pose they do Jail ye-
lsmailia will bail We.
Announcement was made at shrine
convention headquarters last evening
that upon Tuesday. July II, when the
imperial officials of the mobiles of the
mystic shrine are escorted to the Ma
council session, the city and its guests
will witness a parade by the greatest
! massed band. that has ever been as
sembed.
| Three thousand uniformed musicians
of rs different bands will march
through Main street, from the Terrace
| to upper shoulder to shoulder and
the width of the street. playing one
air. They will be followed by the mass
ed colors of 1O4 Arab patrols and these
in turn will be followed by 1000 mem
bers of the patrol in massed formation
This massing of the bands and pa
trolls will follow the formality of es-
corting the imperial division to its
meeting place The bands and patrols
will form at the Sixty fifth regiment
armory at $3.50 o'clock and from there
will march to the Mckinley monument
where the imperial officials Governor
Whitman. Mayor Thurman Council
men Head Malone, Krinheder and Hill
will review the parade
! One of the unique events of the en-.
tertainment program that will be giveT
during Shrine week has been arranged
| 1t win consist of a series of Hopi In
dian dances by a number Of real rec
men, who are mobiles of the mystic
| shrine and members Of Ballut Abyat
temple. Albuquerque y. NJ, In the
shrine are many nationalities anC
among them in this country many In
dams. Ballut Abyad temple is located
in section of The south where there
are many progressive and prosperou:
Indians. and from among them quite I
number have Joined the Masonic frat
| ernity and have travelled the route
that leads to admission to the nobi,
shrine order. The Ballut Abyad dele
| CATION to the coming imperial council
session here will include about 20 In
dams from New Mexico, most of then
| chiefs of their tribes and most o
them versed in the theory of Indian
dances and experts in dancing. Thu
Indian Shriners are on the program TO
the Wednesday afternoon entertain
ment at the Mckinley monumen
Erandstand and will dance the San
Domingo sun and corn dance, tn
Apache war and scalp dance and tn
Navajo "Yabashi" dance.
Most of the clubs of Buffalo an'
many fraternal organizations which
have clubhouses og their own hav
informed officials of Ismailia tempt
that they will have open house TO
the visiting Shriners during the i'm
perial council session. The disposition
evidenced in communications to Pc
tentate John T. Ciaris, General Chair
man Staples and officials of the shrine
is that Buffalo will show its utrnos
hospitality when the big shrine gath
cring is held here, The city councl
has done all it can to facilitate the ar
rangemenets for the convention an
extend to visiting Shriners the free
dom of the parks use of the gol
grounds. baseball diamonds and tn
park lawn bowling greens. Clubs tina
have golf and other outdoor recrea
ton facilities will do their share t
entertain visitors.
The ladies' committee in charge Q
entertainment for visiting ladies' our
ing the Shrine convention. Mrs. Jon
T. Claric. chairman, has arranged 10
series of receptions, teas, automoDli
rides. musicales and other function
that will keep visiting ladies busy CIV
cry day. The ladies have secured tn
Buffalo Consistory temple, on Deia
ware avenue, for entertainment of thel
guests.
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