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things that are likely to occur. accord
ing to assurances given by Monarch
George H. EmmonS, jr. Past Monarch
John Fl. Shreve Is to, be director Of the
dramatic cast for the occasion and he
has stated that full corp corps of ..lmps M,
portant adjunct to the services which
will be of the grand ceremonial type.
thus permitting interpretations impos-
sible on other occasions.
An unusually large class is promised
as the result of extra ordinary endeav-
ors on the part of the rival membership
committees and in connection with the
| big drive looking to the session of
the Supreme Council here next June.
! Monarch Emmons has asked that no
lattempt be made to describe the char
acter of the things that are to happen
las no man can correctly describe
grotto grand ceremonial until after it
has been presented. things usual and
ordinary being expressly excluded by
statute Of the "scribes and elders
ut is sufficient" he says, Ito say that
| the elements all are important factors,
even correct replica of the River Styx.
| to impart the wisdom to be drawn from
water. earth and air. and indispensable
to the creation of a full-fedged veiled
prophet
| The Grotto Military Band and the Glee
| Club will entertain the members of Ben
| jamin B. French and the New Jerusalem
| lodges at the Arcade, November IS, at a
! joint social meeting. Past Monarch Peter
! X. Pullman is in charge of the Glee Club
! program.
! The Grotto Drill Corps. under Capt. P.
! V. Keating. is busily engaged in pre-
! pairing surprises for the Halloween dance
| and entertainment to be given at the
| New Willard Hotel the evening of Octo-
! ber 81. Ghosts, sprites witches, fairies,
! elves and all the mystic and NEUROLOGICAL
! crea lures extant are to be invoked for
the occasion.
The grotto is to have a new auxiliary
| in the form of kallipolis Boys Drum
and Bugle Corps, composed of sons of
prophets or boy members of their imme-
diate families. All the preliminaries have
been arranged and nothing now remains
! to be done but to secure the formal au-
| thority necessary at the next meeting of
| Friday evening the following were elect !
| ed to membership in the corps: Edward
Schmid. Teddy Schmid, Charles A. Will
| muth, Samuel 4. Emmons, Hadley w. |
Libbey. Edward H. Libbey Edward r. |
Heating. George Heating, Richard Keat- |
ing, Philip Schneider, Leonard Nachman, |
Clyde Hammerbacher. William Shreve |
and Carl Woerner. Competent teachers |
are to be secured for the boys and the |
| new corps will parade in the big event
at the Supreme Council session next June. |
Word has been received from the grand |
Gov. Whitman of New York is to be |
made veiled prophet at the next ses-
sion of Azim Grotto of New York city.
F. C. degree Friday evening. with Senior |
Deacon Carl Van White heading the off |
cial line. Other matters of unusual i'm |
portance are also scheduled for consid- |
Grafton.
Adoniram Council. No 2, Royal and
Select Masters, will have degree work at |
its assembly Thursday evening
Unusual efforts are being expended |
to make the complimentary testimonial |
to Warren c. Bickford, grand tiler of |
the Grand Lodge Of Masons of the Dis !
expressive of the high regard of the !
craft generally for the popular grand |
tiler.
Templar. with its drill CORPS under |
Capt. Charles d. Shackelford. has made !
preparations to attend the big Masonic !
bazaar in Alexandria Friday evening
which has been designated by the man
agement as Knights Templar evening. |
Dawson Lodge. No. 1s. has the F. c. !
degree scheduled for October 23, with
Senior Deacon Rodney Gary heading the |
official line. The lodge will have its
grand visitation November 13.
The New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9, will |
hold itS long-talked-of ladies night" !
October 26 in the banquet hall of Ma ,
sonic Temple, when the leap year de- !
gree, with numerous other novelties !
and entertainment innovations will |
contribute to red letter event"
,, High Priest I. c. /. Evans of Capitol |
and expectation in capitular circles by |
his announcement of an unusual pres
entation of the royal arch degree in
his chapter some time between Decem-
Der ! and Is, as "a fitting climax to |
our most successful year"
Profound sympathy is generally ex-
pressed throughout the fraternity for |
Past Master Horace Naylor. the eff |
cient assistant to Grand Secretary Ar
vine w. Johnston, on the death of his |
father Past Master and Past High !
Priest William J. Naylor The frater- |
nifty also. it is said. feels keenly the |
loss of the deceased. who was one of /
its authorities in Masonic law and rit- |
ualistic matters.
Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter. /
No. 3. has the mark degree scheduled !
for October %.
Hope Lodge, No. 20, will have the
F. G degree October 27 and again No
.vember 10 and it's grand Visitation |
| November "a. 1t reports H. H. Hurlock |
ill at his home, 143 F street southeast.
The Trestleboard Club of Master Ma |
sons will have ladies night" Satur- |
day evening at the old Masonic Tenn |
pie, 9Th and streets northwest which |
President w. d. Skeen promises, will |
be well above the average.
| The Fellowship Club of Master Ma
sons. also, will meet Saturday evening
| In Pythian Temple, when w: H Smith |
will deliver his illustrated lecture on |
the building of King Solomon's Tenn
Pile President Samuel T. Farmer ex-
of other Masonic clubs to be present.
st, Johns Lodge, No. II, will give
| it's second Harvest Moon dinner" at
the Hotel La Fayette, 10th and l |
streets northwest, the evening of Octo-
Der 27. as "a welcome into the
ancient and honorable order of Free
masonry to the master Masons raised
in st. Johns Lodge during the Masonic
| year, 1916" Forty-two new master Ma
guests of the occasion. The dinner
committee is composed of Past Master
| Harry s Wolf. arrangements; Julian
Brylawski and !. S. Goldsmith. enter
tainment, and George c. Shaner, dec
orations. while A. X. Wingate and
Richard NJ. Thomas will head the COM
mittee On reception.
| In a letter to the $4,000 Scottish Rite
Masons in the southern Jurisdiction,
Sovereign Grand Commander George