Evening star., 1917-09-30

of tableaux; Archie D. Engel. master
of wardrobe: Harry G. Kimball, organ
ist: J. Walter Humphrey. musical di-
rector: Nathan WE'LL. X. c. c. H.. class
director. The reception committee Is
headed by Past Venerable Master DR..
William L. Boyden. 33d degree honor
ary. and the membership committee by
| Henry Lansburgh. chairman, and VIII
liam H Gatchell, vice chairman.
Secretary William Burton Greene
| ;tates, in announcing the E. A. degree
! or tomorrow evening in Mount Pleas
mt Lodge. No. SO. that the lodge will
i've a good account of itself this year
9th in membership and financially. be-
;ides having sent ten Of her members
| o defend the colors
| High Priest William s. Quinter has
announced the Royal Arch degree in La
| Fayette Royal Arch Chapter, No. b.
| Tuesday evening.
Wasfington-Naval Royal Arch Chap
4 ter. No. 6. Is to have a social evening
| Hebbard states. several companions
| will entertain, assisted by an orchestra
The exact nature of the entertainment
is being kept secret"
| Junior Warden Charles Stewart Gaw-
| Ter will head the official line in the E. A
degree in Osiris Lodge, No. Is. We'd
| nesday evening.
Rauschers. Wednesday evening. IS
| the place and time set for the pa
| triotio dance" to be given by kallt-
| polls Grotto Drill Corps under the di-
| rection of Henry Lansburgh, It's chief
| sponsor for the occasion. and the
prophets militant are looking for
| repetition of the success of the dance
given last year under the same aus
pices. Capt. Keating, who heads the
| corps. has promised a fancy drill in
uniform by "kallipolis own" and re-
! freshments will be served in addition
to a long dance program to the latest
and catchiest of dance music.
Monarch I. S. Goldsmith announces a
business meeting of Kallipolis Grotto
the evening of October IS at the Cham
ber of Commerce Hall. when some an
nouncement will be made concerning
the first fall ceremonial
Grotto visitors to Washington dur
ing the week included Past Monarch
Edward o. Bussihg and Edward Roh-
| ling of Fem Zem Grotto. Jersey City;
Past Monarch Edward E Hurley and
Ira P. Gillett of Long Grotto,
ing responded to 1.-The call of the col
| ors" as first lieutenant in the Signal
Corps.
Grand Monarch Edward s. Schmid.
! who is recovering from an illness that
confined him to his room for several
days during the past week. is plan
ming to visit Brooklyn October 10 for
Grotto, when a class of 500 is to be In
Quoted into the mysteries.
Sovereign Grand Commander George
Fleming Moore and Secretary-General
John H. CowleS these days are busily
| engaged in preparations for the forth
coming biennial session of the Supreme
Council for the Southern Jurisdiction
nd tor
which will be held in the House of the
Temple. 10th and S streets northwest,
the week beginning October 10. Lieut..
Grand Commander Charles F. Rosen-
baum is expected to reach Washington
tomorrow; the members of the nomi-
nation and finance committees. which
meet Friday. will arrive during the
week and the remaining sovereign
II. Inspector General Charles F. Buck
of New Orleans. who has been visiting
in North Carolina for his health and
who was in the city for a few days
his home Friday on the advice Of his
physician. AS the Supreme Council for
the Southern Jurisdiction of the United
States is the Mother Council of the
World, it's forthcoming session Is be-
ing looked forward to with special in
terest in view of the war in which
this country became involved since
the last meeting of the council.
Commissioner of Pensions Gaylord NJ.
Saltzgaber. himself Scottish Rite Ma
son of the thirty-second degree, enter
tanned the employees of the pension bu-
| reau at a luncheon, at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral, Wednesday. The following
were present:
Gaylord N. Saltzgaber, thirty-second
degree. commissioner of pensions: Rob-
ert J. Austin. thirty-second degree.
deputy commissioners room: Guy o.
Taylor. thirty-second degree. disburs-
| ing clerk: Allen Bussius. thirty-third
degree, honorary. disbursing office;
| Elmer E. Miller. thirty-second degree,
disbursing office; John NJ. Faris, thirty
| second degree. disbursing office; John
Hovenden. thirty degree. dis
! bursting office: John ]. Crawford, finance
division; Oliver B. Martin. thirty-second
degree, finance division: Abram S. Nc
vision; Charles E. Weber. thirty-second
degree. finance division; George r.
| Davis, thirty-second degree, K. c. c. H,
law division; William A. Folger. thirty
second degree. law division: James H.
Mcintosh. thirty-third degree. honor
ary. civil war division: John w.
| Wheeler. thirty-second degree, civil
war division: Warren L. Pushaw. thir-
Byron A. Chaplin. thirty-second degree.
civil war division: Raymond E. Nash.
| thirty-second degree, civil war division !;
| George NJ. Beckett. thirty-second de-
| gree, CIVIL war DIVISION. a A. ASpln-
wall, thirty-second degree, board of re-
view; Hamlin NJ. Vandervort. thirty
second degree, board of review; Richard
D. Rush, thirty-second degree. board of
review; Louis D. Carman, thirty-second
degree, board of review: Charles p.
Wise. thirty-second degree, board of
| review; William c. Upham. thirty-sec-
! ond degree, medical division; T. ]. w.
Brown, thirty-second degree. medical
! division: Lemuel J. Stanton. thirty-sec-
| ond degree, medical division: Mortim er
Whitehead. thirty-second degree. spe-
| cial examination division: William A.
Harries, thirty-second degree, special
examination division: Albert w. Roome,
| thfrty-second degree. special examina-
! tion division; Charles Z. Paul, thirty
second degree, special examination di-
| vision: Lincoln Bomberger, thirty-sec-
| ond degree, certificate division.
1t is probable that there will be other
occasions of similar kind in the fu-
ture. The pension bureau has, so far
as known, a greater number of Scottish
| Rite Masons than any other single gov
eminent bureau and is exceeded in num-
1 ber only by the general offices of the
Southern Railway Company in this city.
At special meeting of Mithras Lodge
! of Perfection, Tuesday evening, large
| number of petitions were received for
the liberty class" and the members of
! the rite are anticipating a large class
for the degrees next week.
c. Fred Cook senior warden Of Tenn