Evening star., 1916-03-26
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by the glee club as a whole. individual
numbers were contributed by Prophets
Charles A. Stevens, Past Monarch John
H. Shreve, Kirk e. Miller. Otto Noer-
ner, Joseph Gross. Charles II. Shackle-
ford. David Wolf, Charles II. Popenoe,
| Edward l.. Hutchinson, r. II. t'ramer
| Wilbur +. Fookes. =. r. I.atterner and
| 5. +. Shreve. Prof. julius Hamper di-
rected the band and Jacque Heiden-
heimer the orchestra.
| Yedz Grotto, No. 50. of Baltimore held
what is SAID TO have been Il highly sue
| ceSSful ceremonial the night of st
| Patrick's day. Wrilf one of the recent
| Is or2a nized erottoes. fedz Is said to
be making great headway and big ac-
| complIshruents are expected from the
/ Oriole city i'll the near future.
| Koran Grotto. No. 81. of Philadelphia
which was instituted by Past Monarch
/ Ed :. Scnnnid held Il ceremonial Tues
dav and announces II 'goodfellowship y
night to celebrate its first anniversary
| April 20. The ladies' are invited anu
| the program includes play entitled
| "on Trial" to oe followed by dancing
| Having shown what can be done
when our breezy. husillne sons of the
I desert really get busy. says Illus
! trious Potentate l.. Whiting Estes Of
/ Alnias Temple of the Mystic Shrine
! Washington will now be shown some
I -
/ mouial session Of !Almas Temple, which
/ IL 50 tfeduled for May %. provided a hall
| suitable for a new feature can he
procured by that time. The bulls and
! the bears. under Past Fotentate James
! r GIBBS and Noble Henry Lansburgf,
. are not relaxing their efforts in the
! contest which VIII not be decided
{ until the close of the season. The race
/ is progressing nicely with the leaders
! neck and neck. 1t is "A long ride TO
/ the finish. and guesses as to the win
I ner are futile as yet"
Mr.. Estes said the donation Of 1000
promised by Henry Lansburgh for the
/ new Shrine Temple in Washington had
] already been received, and with 1T Mr..
/ f.ansburghs check for $50, the prom
ised donation of IS for every new
/ member secured for Almas Temple
4 during the contest. which also has been
! matched by similar donation from
1 the potentate. who made like offer.
These amounts and the receipts from
/ the class initiated Monday evening bring
the total net amount in hand and avail
able for the new temple up to approx
nately S23. 600 in cash and securities.
! IL is the purpose to erect a temple
| costing not less than $25O.000, which
| viii be "a credit to Washington and
! which will contain the long-needed
! auditorium for big events, which. MIR.
| Estes said. is one of the sorest needs
I Of A lmas Temple. as even the spacious
theater last Monday evening fell short
| Of the space requirements to stage a
! really great Shrine ceremonial
I one Of the unique features Of the
4 ceremonial Monday evening was the
| Oriental Band Of Alnas Temple. com
posed of Mobiles Charles A. Stevens,
| conductor: Ed S. Schmid. DR.. c. A.
Stewart, Hubert G.. Mclean. ]. T. Riley.
! 7. G. Moody, Henry y. Schmidt, F. II.
! Kramer. ]. W kimmering. Theodore
! Picard, Salvatore Desio and Albert A.
| Roby. II is in no sense a fake band"
| but really plays oriental music of "A
| seductive character with Instruments 3
, whose names are strangers to the
/ NeruacuIar of this side Of the world.
/ Already it is receiving very cordial
invitations" to play at festive func-
tons Of the Masonic bodies. Gaudily
costumed in robes and colors born In
the Arabian Nights, IL makes an ap-
pearance both striking and unique.
| The sketch introduced under the
| title "Over-Preparedness." was the
creation of Edgar 6. Snyder, one of the
fruitful intellectuals Of the nobility,
and its scene was the famous Piatts-
burg camp in New York, where the
sCions of the 100" and nota bles in
social and high life generally went to
train for war. The piratical offering,
which was also modified by its author.
Charles A. Stevens. to suit the occa-
sion, is a sketch written by Mr.. Stevens
| which has been presented in another
form at functions of the Eastern Star.