The Washington herald., 1916-01-02
The Maccabees.

Monday-NItiouaI Tent No. /. meets in Old Ma
sonic Temple. initiation and Installation Of Oric1s;
AnAcostia TINT. No. Z. meea in Masonic Hal.
AnaeostiA Installation a ofloen-
Tuesday-AIomt vernon Tent No. e. neets IN
Mssouie Tenple, Eighth and y streets porthsAst
installation Of oflcers: Bnshtuood Tent No s,
meets In Msccabce Hall. Brishtvood. instarstson
Of onicers; MstrUpolitAD Tent, No. Z meets IN
hAn Flfth and q Etrcsts northwes, installation
and reception Of the ladies of Columbia Review,
with entertainment.
Thursday-GeOsstovu Tent. No. g. meets IN the
Bank Hall, Wisconsin svenTe and n streets north
west, installation and anniversary e1eciss for The
establishing Of the tent District Tent No. s. meets
in hall FourNnd-s-hah and streets southwest,
with installation Of otioeu.
| Metropolitan Tent. No. Il. has invited
the ladies Of Columbia Review, and the
lady State commander. Mrs. Mabel La
Rue to be the guests of the tent Tuesday
night at a public installation. and also g
select program OF entertainment. with
refreshments. This tent meets at Fifth
Nand G streets. on the third floor. where
commodious accommodations are ample
for all who may come
The installation. Of course, will be pub
lie, and the State deputy supreme CON-
mander has been invited and will install
the officers.
National Tent. No. /. had q very inter
esting meeting last Monday night with
two visitors. Mr. o. W. Hammond, Of
Golden Rule Tent. and Mr.. W. F. Lewis.
OF Mount Vernon Tent. No. L both Of
whom made interesting talks.
Next Monday night this tent will iniu-
ate a number of. members by the degree
team. after which the officers will be in
stalled and refreshments served, and a
new start made for a new year and sue
cessful one.
Georgetown Tent. No. 6. in addition to
holding its installation ceremonies on
Thursday night. has planned for an an
niverssry meeting. around the banquet
board" and has invited the deputy su-
preme commander. who started that tent
into life, to address the meeting. which
is to be held in a nearby hotel. This
tent was the first and only one organized
west of Rock Creek. but IL has done
much good all over the city. Air. NJ. W.
Michael has made such a great success Of
the tent during the year Just gone into
history that he has been reelected and
will make a new record in 1916.
The newly elected officers Of National
Tent, No. /. held a meeting on Tuesday
night. at which they devised ways and
means TO not only add new members.
but to avoid, as far as possible, suspen-
sions, and to put the membership up to
its former numerical standing and inter
est In its meetings.
The members Of Brightwood Tent, No.
s. are doing some good business, there
being several applications on file, who
will be initiated during the month The
working on the new tent in Clarendon
is progressing finely, and It Is expected
to organize the tent before the end Of
the month. This being composed Of the
good men Of the town, who feel the need
OF just such an order as the Maccabees.
Mr.. o. W. Hammond, Of Golden Rule
Tent, No. s, spent Sunday in the coun-
try
Mr. George H Sisemore, the newly
elected record keeper of National Tent.
No. l, and who Will assume office next
Monday night, had a meeting Of the
newly elected officers Of that tent at
his residence last Tuesday night, to dis
cuss plans TO save members from sus-
pension and restore the tent, I'm point
OF nupertcsl strength with its former
standing, and various plans were sug-
gested, and IL developed that each Of
ficer was ready and willing to give his
time to accomplish the desired end, and
steps 10 that end were planned.
Seven of the nine tents in the District
of Columbia haxe passed favorably on
the plans to have banquet and the
4 joint committee is likely to be called to
hold its first meeting and devise its
plans on or aboutthe 7th OF January,
and the joint committee will then be di-
vided up into subcommittees so that the
work can be done by the several subs,
and avoid frequent meetings Of the en-
tire committee