Evening star., 1917-03-18

| for such amounts as they feel able te
! give The finance committee Is unu
sually busy in this direction. as IT Ii
proposed to make the entertainment o
| the Supreme Council representative O.
the spirit of hospitality in the Nationa
| Capital.
Harmony Lodge. No. II, Is to presen
the NJ. NJ. degree in costume for the edl
| fication of Pennsylvania brethren TN
evening of March IS and will repeat tn'
degree at a special, March III.
/ The past masters of Dawson Lodg'
will present the NJ. NJ. degree IN ina
lodge the evening. of March 20; IN,
! same degree will be presented IN La
| Fayette Lodge. No. -. with socia
hour, the coming Saturday evening, oe
ginning at o'clock.
High Priest William w. Scott Of
Mount Horeb Royal Arch Chapter. NO
| 4, has the royal arch degree scheduleo
for March 81. He says Grand Higf
Priest Jermane may also De present an.
deliver an address. The. grand nlsi
priest is a member OF Mount Hore.
Chapter and very highly esteemed BY
all its members.
Hiram Lodge, No. 10, is to have
past masters night April 5. with the
NJ. NJ. degree as presented py IL as
its feature.
The officers of the Grand Chapter:
Royal Arch Masons Of the DISTRICT OF
Columbia. went to Alexandria Wednes-
day night, where they were the guests OF
Mount Vernon Chapter. NO. "a. OF tna'
place at a reception rendered TO tne
grand high priest of virginia. ). T.. '"
Timberman. a member of Mount vernon
Chapter Other invited guests from TINS
city were the members OF La FayeIte
Chapter, No. 5. Mount Vernon and La
Fayette chapters have exchanged visits
number OF times In recent years; III
addition to the visitors from the Nauo1ial
Capital, who numbered about fifty, there
was present a delegation of twenty mem
bers from Washington Chapter, hlcn-
mond, Va, headed by w. n. Woodward
high priest.
It was a social evening. and after the
formal reception OF the visitors In the
chapter chamber banquet was served
to about $50 persons. This feature OF the
entertainment was in charge OF the ladles
of Martha Washington Chapter, NO. AZ
o. E. S., of Alexandria.
Among those who responded to toasts
were Grand High Priest Timberman. IN
whose honor the event had been arranged:
H. X. Field of Alexandria, grand master
of Masons of Virginia: w. w Jermane'
grand high priest of the District OF Co
lumbia: J. II. Price of Richmond. grand
king of the Virginia Grand Chapter: Roe
Fulkerson. grand royal arch captain OF
the Grand Chapter of the District OF
Columbia. and William S. Quinaer. hlgh
priest of La Fayette Chapter.
The party from this city engaged spe-
cal trolley car. and reached home at
midnight. Among the officers OF the
District Grand Chapter who were pres
priest: Dr.. w. G. Fowler. junior past
grand high priest; orville Drown. grand
visitor and lecturer: Emmet NJ. Carter,
grand king: A. C. Shaw. deputy grand
high priest: A. w. Johnston. grand sec
retary: Roe Fulkerson. grand royal arch
tinel
The feature Of the evening was the
singing of a double quartet OF AleXan-
drians, mixed voices.
The POSTMASTER was Virgil c. Davis.
high priest of Mount Vernon Chapter.
President w. r. Lucas of the Triangle
Club states that after due forethought
move from present quarters to the New
Ebbitt. the date Of meeting to be an
nounced later. The name Of the enter
tainment committee has been changed to
the booster committee" and series Of
pleasing events in the future Is prom
ised by Chairman DR.. Walters. Strong
efforts are to be made to bring backslid-
ing members back into the folds.
The Oriental Band of Almas Temple OF
the Mystic Shrine, which latterly has
attained high honors in Shrine circles
under the dictatorship of Charles A
Stevens, will celebrate its new glories
with a fools carnival and ball at
Rauschers the evening Of April IL. One
of the features of the evening. which
will be full of striking novelties and
unique specialties. will be real Shrine
drill by the Drill Corps Of Almas Tenn
pie, under the direction of Capt. Louis
c. Wilson. There are to be prizes for
tho beSt dapcers and priZeS for the most
appealing costumes.
Director Stevens has placed Henry
Lansburgh at the head of the commit
tee of arrangements for the big event.