Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27


the harbor board of Baltimore.
The ceremonial of Kallipolis Grotto
will be staged at Odd Fellows Hall
candidates. filled with curiosity and
| craving for the mysteries of the Order
of Yelled Prophets. will brave the Or
| deal of being ferrfed across the River
will be unfolded to them. After the
ceremonial the prophets will go to Ma
| sonic Temple. where supper VIII be
| served by the ladies of Bethlehem
| Chapter, No. Z, Order of the Eastern
| Star.
| Monarch Emmons recently had as his
guests to a buffet luncheon the mem
bers of the Grotto Glee Club ne re-
| peated the courtesy last Thursday
! evening to the members of the Grotto
| Band. Last Wednesday evening F. H.
/ Kramer acted as host in a similar ca
| pacity to the glee club. On each oc-
| casion the luncheon was preceded by
| musical selections. The glee club is
| fast becoming a popular auxiliary Of
| the grotto, and all members of the
| grotto are welcomed at the Wednesday
J evening meetings.
Albert Pike Consistory. NJ r. S., of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
Tuesday evening. beginning at !
o'clock. will present in full ceremonial
| form the thirty-second degree. master
| of the royal secret" the highest de-
gree conferred outside the Supreme
Council of the Rite. The cast will in
clude six knights commander of the
Court of Honor-C. G.. F. Topper, J.
Archibald Bailey, Nathan WE'LL. Rev.
| William Tayloe Snyder, George X.
! Davis and John H. Won Hermann, with
the Albert Pike Camp Guard. Gordon
| Robinson, thirty-second degree. cap
| tain commanding, including Elmer c.
Wood. Thomas r. Manning, Benjamin
Goldsworthy, Austin ]. Lester, Achille
E. Burklin, Charles L. Brooks.
Henry G. Ayers. Charles NJ Jones,
ton. Frank E. Koch. Milton Baer and
| Harry A. Davis, all of the thirty-sec-
ond degree and Sulaimaan David, K.
c. C. H, reader of the Vedic hymns.
Following the degree, a banquet Will
be served in the new banquet hall at
the Scottish Rite Cathedral, Sd and E
streets northwest. to which all MEM
bers of the Rite have been given a gen.
eral invitation.
The worshipful master of Washing
ton Centennial Lodge, No. IA, states the
M. NJ. degree will be presented We'd
nesday. at 7:so o'clock. lanes P.
Schick, worshipful master of Benjamin
B. French Lodge. who is also president
of the Association of Worshipful Mas
tiers of 1916: Past Masters Evander
French and Leonard P. Steuart, Senior
Warden Marx E. Kahn. Junior Warden
Robert r. Cooke, jr., the degree team
and members of Washington Centen-
NAL Bowling League will assist in the
ceremonies. He further announces that
an invitation is extended to the craft
in the District to attend on that even
ing.
Benjamin B. French Lodge, No. IS,
dispensed with degree work at it's COM
munication Monday evening and de-
voted it's meeting to program in
honor of Washingtons birthday ami
versary. The entertainment was of
patriotic nature. The speakers of the
evening were Judge E. P. Seeds, whose
subject was Patriotism and Frater
nalism." and L. D. carman. past master
of Harmony Lodge. No. II, who spoke
on washington the Poet" Other
features were Rotations by Marx E.
Kahn. senior warden Of Washington
Slaymaker of st. Johns Lodge. No. II.
The music for the occasion was fur
nished by the choir of the lodge, com
posed of Messrs. Myers, Simpson, Hicks
the organ. Light refreshments were
served.
Worshipful Master James P. schick
has announced the F. {. degree for
March 6, and that in addition to the
degree an organ recital will be given
by Oscar Franklin Comstock.
Lebanon Lodge. No I. will at a spe-
cial communication Tuesday at 1880
pm present the NJ. NJ. degree, with
Worshipful Master Charles E. Alexan-
der heading the official line, assisted by
the other officers and past masters of
the lodge. At the stated communica-
ton Friday night the z. A. degree will
be presented. with Senior Warden Les
ter ]. Kelley heading the official line.
Senior Warden R. Hanson Weightman
will head the official line when the E.
A. degree is presented in Hiram Lodge,
No. 10, Thursday evening.
Osiris Lodge No. 26, Wednesday
evening after transacting routine bust
ness will pass around cigars and enjoy
itself in a social way, some of the fea-
lures being the recital Of the expe-
riences of one of the brethren while
with the Ford peace party in Europe.
High Priest Raymond B. Dickey of
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter, No.
Z. also will give a talk on Capitular
Masonry. Wednesday, March IS. the
F. c. degree will be presented.
Almas Temple Patrol will have drill
at its headquarters. 1924 H street
northwest, next Thursday evening at
o'clock, and every Thursday thereafter.
The Ashlar Club last evening enter
tanned It's members ana friends with
a very elaborate program. including Sc
lections by the Pettine Mandolin and
Guitar Club. under the direction of
Mrs w. J. Mooney. an aggregation Of
twenty performers: solos by Walter r.
SulhofY and Harry McC Brown, ac-
companied by Miss Gertrude Brooks:
solos by Miss Christine Church. soloist
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church:
violin solos by Clay c. Holmes, accom-
panied on the piano by Robert Gooch;
piano selections by Miss Mabel Ander-
son; Shakespearean readings, by Miss
IneZ Tyree Ryan and cello numbers by
Maurice Lyons. Refreshments followed
the entertainment.
During its business session well as
In the social chats that followed the
clubs banquet Thursday, March 9, was
a recurring item of discussion. Guests
invited thus far include President Will
son. Vice President Marshall. Secre-
tary of State Lansing. Third Assistant
Secretary of State Phillips. Acting Sec
Goethals. Secretary of the Navy Dam
iels. Speaker Clark. Representative
Cannon. Senators Clapp. Chamberlain
and Wadsworth. Representatives Col
lier and Sisson, the minister from
China, Adjt Gen. Mccain and others.
Rev. James Shera Montgomery. pas
tor of the Metropolitan NJ. r. Church,
, has invited the club to attend religious
| services at his church Sunday evening.
March 5, at 8 o'clock. in connection
with the other Masonic clubs Of the
District.
William s. Adkins. king Of Mount
Vernon Royal Arch Chapter. No. 3. is