Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04


Lodge, No. 5. has designated Senior
degree tomorrow evening, and ne an
nounces that the grand master Will De
visitor to the lodge and make an address
the evening of April 2.
Rev. d. H. Martin pastor of Dunbar
ton Avenue NJ. E. Church. it has been
announced. will deliver a lecture on The
Antiquity of Masonry before Benjamin
B. French Lodge, No. Is. tomorrow even
ing. The lodge will have the NJ. NJ
degree at its communication. February ~
Tomorrow evening also. it is announced,
Grand Master James W. Witten IS 10
deliver an address before BENJAMIN b.
French and Pentalpha lodges, at O'Clock
Garfield Lodge. No $50. of New York
city will visit Pentalpha Lodge March .
and present section OF the NJ: NJ
degree according to the New York ritual
Harry NJ. Luckett is chairman OF the
committee which is making preparations
to entertain the visitors.
The last grand visitation of the year
to the Royal Arch chapters will be made
tomorrow evening to Mount Vernon
Chapter, No. 3. which will hold special
convocation for the purpose. The chapter
will elect officers February l..
True Happiness was the subject of
- Grand Master Wittens address before
King David Lodge at it's last communica-
ton A short program of entertainment.
followed by refreshments. was provided
Tuesday evening the lodge will have the
F. C. degree.
Robert de Bruce Council. Knights
Kadosh. of the Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite. will have the Gath degree
Tuesday evening, presented by the FOL
lowing cast: Honored leader, George X
r
John H. Won Hermann, Il c. c. H.;
excellent priest, Rev. W. Tayloe Snyder.
X. C. c. H: orator. Frank E Koch: sec
rotary, James H. Mcintosh, 33d honorable;
expert, Allan L. Cotton: assistant expert.
Charles L. Brooks: master of ceremonies.
Robert H. Daniels: captain of the guard.
Suliamaan David. K. C. c. H.: the hve
princes. Milton Baer, J. S. Cotton. A l.
Leister. Elmer c. Wood and Isaac w.
Wright.
ulustrious Potentate L. Whiting Estes
of Almas Temple has been somewhat
elated over an offer made to the building
committee, from a prominent business
man and member of the temple. to buy
$25. 900 worth Of the bonds for the new
mosque as soon as the membership sub
scribes like amount. This Is In add1-
tion to the offer of one Of the temples
officers to take $4,000 worth and of an
other to take $10.0 900 worth Ito start the
ball rolling" The Shrine fair in the
spring is expected to add enough to this.
says the potentate. to put us on easy
street and make the mosque az certainty
in the very near future"
Centennial Lodge, No. IA, was assisted in
the NJ. NJ degree at the special commune
cation Wednesday evening by a team
composed Of Capt James. E: Nyman
William P. Steuart. Charle ]. Kropke.
Leonard P. Steuart. Charles A Ford.
George A. Anthony. Albert J. Oettinger.
George A. Talbot, John K. Munroe.
Patrick H. Mccarthy. John III. Lipphard.
Frank V. Mcnamara, Emile H. Schofeld,
Lyman E Burdine and Howard Linton.
Wednesday evening Grand Master Wit
ten will deliver lecture before the lodge.
and Saturday evening two specials will be
held for the E. A. degree. Senior Warden
Robert r. Cooke. jr.. being in charge Of
the first. and Past Master French in
charge Of the second.
Senior Deacon John ]. verleeer and
Junior Deacon Raymond o. Wilmarth
will officiate in the F. c. degree in King
Solomon Lodge. No. 81. Wednesday
afternoon at / O'Clock Master Duncan
McLaren is booming his lodge school of
instruction each Saturday evening. from
$50 to 10 O'Clock, in charge of Past
Master Bert V. Wolfe.
The Royal Arch Chapter elections be-
gin this week. eight chapters holding
theirs. to be ready for the assembling
of the Grand Chapter. a week from
Wednesday.
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
Potentate L. Whiting Estes and the
members of the Oriental Band. with the
usual escort of honor. will leave by the
Pennsylvania railroad for Philadelphia, to
attend the ceremonial session of Lu Lu
Temple, which will be followed by an
elaborate banquet. Mobiles Fookes and
Odenwald are in charge of the arrange
ments at this end and Past Potentate w.
Freeland Kendrick. who is an officer of
The Imperial Council. at the other end.
Upon the arrival of the party in Phila-
delphia 1t will be met by an escort from
l Lu Lu Temple. large delegation of
the guard of honor" Director Charles
A. Stevens will be in charge of the Orien-
tai Band. which had a special dress re-
hearsal Friday evening in preparation for
its Philadelphia debut
Commander B. F. Larcombe of Column
bia Commandery. No 2. Knights Templar
In his latest circular. announces general
orders for the annual inspection of the
commandery Friday evening. February
10. in the commandery asylum. Orient
Commandery. No. 5. will have its inspec-
tion February 10: Potomac Commandery
No. 8. February 81: De Molay Com
mandery. No. 4, February 81. and Wash
l..
Each inspection will occur at $50 pm
The meeting of the various committees
OF kallipols Grotto having in charge
arrangements for the forthcoming con-
vention OF the Supreme Council in this
city in June. which was held Monday
evening in the rooms of the Board OF
Trade. in The Star building at the cal
of William F. Guide. general Chairman
developed remarkable ingenuity and i'm.
agination in the preparations that are
being made for the big event in Grotto.
dom. The convention will have a specia
interest for Washington in the fact thai
Edward 5. Schmid. whom every Masor
and nearly everybody else in Washington
knows and is fond of. is to be elevated
TO the position of grand monarch tn.
executive chief of the entire order Il
was Mr.. Schmid who reorganized tn,
Grotto in this city and was the frs
He has worked untiringly in its develop
ment until now it numbers more tina,
1000 members, all of them APPARENT,
imbued with his own enthusiasm for eth,
playground of Blue Lodge Masonry" a.
IL is called. The order throughout tn,
country has jumped forward by mammoth
leaps ard bounds and it is expected tn.
convention will bring at least 30 OO
prophets and their friends to the Ma
tionsl CaDital for the festivities Jun,
II. 10 ard IL
General Chairman GUIDE announce
the following chairmen of subcommit
tees: Secretaries to the general com
mittee. Thomas Grant. Past Monarch
l.. W. Libbey, II. J. Simmons, H. L