Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-12

Will off1ciate. and the music Will uo Aoi
nished by the lodge choir. In notice
--eent to the members by Master George
M Evans he says. do not fali 10 oe
present. as these services are conducted
only once each year by each lodge IN
the jurisdiction"
Masonry in the District the current
week, so far as official demonstrations are
concerned, is virtually called on
-. Three lodges which have scheduled worR
~cBfytitute the only exceptions and inciuoe
Dawson, No. 1s, tomorrow evening. which
-w1u have the NJ NJ. degree: Washington
Centennial. No IA. which will have tne
r. G. degree Tuesday evening and repeat
That degree Saturday afternoon, beginning
at s pm, to be followed about 4:So
am. by the NJ. NJ. degree, with Fast
Master Jason Waterman heading the
line and Naval. No. 4. which Will
have the F. C. degree Thursday evening.
Osiris, No IS. which had an open date'
decided to call off its communication
Wednesday evening. Evangelist Chapter;
knights Rose Croix. of the Ancient any :,
Adopted Scottish Rite, also has called OF.
its communication scheduled Tor IueSoay
evening, and Adoniram Council. NO =,
Royal and Select Masters, its assembly Ior
Thursday evening
This afternoon at O'Clock Washington
Centennial Lodge. No. II. accompanied py
the woman members of its members RAM,
-lNjIl. but for the benefit of the children
there Fifteen gallons of ice cream, ooo
cones" and a great store OF toys CANDY
--tsnais balls and racquets comic papers.
picture books and even clothing ior tie
chifdren that need it will make up tne
cargo the good brethren have shipped
With them to make the
day eventful for the children at the camp.
VINO. with their mothers. will be gwen an
automobile ride through Rock Creek PARK
at the conclusion of PATRIOTIC program
mat has been prepared After the inyoca.
-d6H by Rev John Weidley "Old Glory
Will be duly raised at the camp: Master
Spangied Banner" Grand Master James
W. witten Of the Grand Lodge of Masons
of the District will tell what the nag
means and Past Master Evander French
-nnd- the audience will sing America
Past Master Jason Waterman also Will
make an address Of special interest 70 the
Claus and his assistants; " ?: hron-
{pSer. James E. Nyman and George Duval
wil distribute the toys. etc
After a farewell speech by Master
Kahn Past Master Evander French Will
pronounce the benediction. While the
entire lodge membership. including the
Families at home. are behind this mid
suppmer celebration, Past Master James
s. Mccarthy. "a bachelor who likes to
-hefp save others babies" as he styles
-6trTself has been the moving spirit IN
the. good work. it Is said. Yesterday.
while on a scouting tour to see what
more could be done to make the lodge
Walt today red letter event. he
learned, through Mrs. Louis A. Simon.
In charge. that the baby hospital
NEEDED some things sorely. Accord
7GE1y. he purchased and sent to the
hospital, on behalf. of the lodge, a
dozen hot water bottles. an enameled
1cfothes hamper. five pairs of wooden
Blankets for baby cribs. three white en-
-aineied wash basins. six enameled sant-
tary pals, with tops: a clock for the
sof safety pins. three waste paper bas-
Refs. a pair of scissors and six dozen
IN Necessary 'bird's-eye" articles. with.
.boentiful supply of talcum powder. soap
o..Nearly $500 already In hand for the
..suting, II is said. will be increased by
further donations at the camp this aft
.nnstration at the camp. washington
Centennial Lodge maintains always one
Of the tents in which the little ones
are housed
rho one will be barred from the cele-
-@Tation today or from helping to its
success. but it is forcefully stated by
Subcommittee that the good things"
are all for the children exclusively and
that others will be simply COOKERS on
In, Venice"
Pentalpha Lodge. No. %. has been in
vited and has accepted the invitation
to take charge OF the religious services
at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
next Sunday afternoon, August &c. at
, o'clock.
s-aMaster Frederic E. Hodge. in his latest
circular. is pushing to the foremost at
tention Of the members of Dawson Lodge.
No. Is, that Children day at Marshall
dov Ana hof
the members of the lodge and their
families will feature an old-fashioned
basket picnic on that day at the river
resort: that the outing is for the mem
families. and that free tickets will be
furnished them Grand Master James
W. yWitten and his family are to be
guests of honor, with Past Grand Mas
made to pay for his pleasure by UNI
piring the base ball game. which is to
be the feature of the days program.
Rifles. composed largely of members
of the Arab Patrol of Almas Temple of
the Mystic Shrine. were put through
thorough drill in the foot movements
street northwest. Thursday evening by
Lieut. George H whiting. who an
Hnonnced that drill would be held next
Thursday evening, in which rifles would
DC uScu lDT lne H!sC time IL Will be
,eonducted by Capt. Richard D. La
Garde. L. s. A
Potentate /. Whiting Estes of Almas
Temple, who was present Thursday
>eyening. made brief address In which
he stated that a misconception existed
concerning the membership of Company
Alt is not restricted to members of
the Arab Patrol of Almas Temple. but
h-open to every member OF the Shrine
In Washington. and he urged that the
company members present at the drill
cspread the glad tidings" as 1t is
earnestly desired to increase the COM
-pany membership to at least 200 Shrin-
trs He asked that every member of
Nlrnas Temple attend the drill next
Thursday to help along the enrolment
AT meeting of the members of De
Molay Commandery, No. 4. Tuesday. a
drill corps was formed and the follow
ing officers were elected: Captain.
Thomas E. Landon: first lieutenant.
William A. Lynch; second lieutenant,
r. =. Barber: secretary. l. c. l. Evans,
and treasurer, z. NJ. Savage
The corps agreed to take active
STEPS in the formation of Company r
or the Home Defense League Rifles
with 200 members.
The annual family outing and picnic
of KaIlipolis Grotto, at Chess neake
Beach next Wednesday. according TO a
circular mailed to the members during
tff6 past week. promises to equal. II
not surpass. any excursion ever given
by the local prophets. Past Monarch
Pullman q Of