The Washington herald., 1917-09-30
Knights Of Pythias.

dress. There will be q select musi-
cal program and dancing.
Knights Of Pythias. !
:. Monday-Amaranth. No. q. business; osntuy.
Tuesday ny-webster, No. Z; Excelsior, No. "a;
Capital. No. q. and Myrtle. No. Is. busintss.
Wednssday-siount Vernon. No. s. and Equal.
No. II. business.
Tharsday-Fnsnkiin. No. Z. grand viaitatoa.
Fnday-syracrsians. No. 10. business
UNIFORM RANK.
Thursdsy-Joseph 7. Coldwen Company. No.
PYTHIAN SISTERS.
wtdnssday-Friendship Tcmpls. No. .. bua-
nesa
Fnday-Rstabons Temple. No. O. business
The series Of fall visitations will be-
gin Thursday night at Franklin
Lodge. No. 2, when Grand Chancel-
lor Melick and associate grand lodge
officers will visit the oldest Pythian
lodge in the world. A syposium Of
short talks by grand lodge officers.
Past Supreme Chancellor Edward
Dunn, a continuous member Of the
order since his imitation in Franklin
Lodge. in 1854. and others IL expect
ed to enliven the occasion. Other
visitations will be made in the fol-
lowing order: Union Lodge, october
10; Century Lodge, October Is: Calan-
the Lodge, October q; Syracusians
Lodge. October 26; Decatur Lodge,
November l2: Columbia Lodge. No
vember II, and Myrtle Lodge, the
grand chancellor's home" lodge. No
yember 20.
The Pythians of the District will
hold patriotic celebration in the au-
ditorium of the Pythian Temple FRI
day, October 10. Addresses will be
made by men prominent in fraternal
and political life and a musical pro-
gram will be furnished by the Mu-
surgia Quartet and the United Breth-
rem Church band. The arrangements
are in charge Of the ways and means
committee Of the Pythian order, the
details OF which are being looked af-
ter by a subcommittee composed of
Past Grand Chancellor H. M. Wander
wort, Col. Thomas E. Landon and
Arthur E. Foster.
Grand Chancellor F. H. Melick re-
ports that the returns from subordi-
nate lodges On subscriptions to the
war relief fund, which is a nation
wide movement in the order, so far
received here are very nattering, and
he urges those who have taken ac-
tion to make the report and those
which have not already considered
the proposition to act generously at
an early date.
Webster Lodge, No. Z. reports a
number Of applications for member
ship as having been received at the
last convention, and expects to soon
have a class registered.
Columbia Lodge, No. %, conferred
the Knight rank in the presence of
large assemblage Wednesday night,
and refreshments followed. Past
Chancellor A. J. David. OF this lodge
was reported i'll during the past week.
Joseph 7. Coldwell. Company No. Z.
uniform rank, at its last assembly.
though its officers and members pre-
sent. urged close attention to patriotic
duties. Capt. II. r. Tucker. in closing
his remarks, said: Sir knights,
there has never come q time in your
life and mine that our country needs
the loyal support of every true Amer
lean as now. II we cannot 60 to the
battle front, as many of our true
blooded American boys are brave
enough to do, We can show our pa
The session of the imperial palace,
Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras-
san, branch OF the Pythian order,
at Cedar Point, Ohio, recently, while
devoid of all pomp and parade on
account of the war. was reported to
be full OF good fellowship. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: Imperial
prince, L. r. Snowden, Peoria. Ill;
imperial basha, A. II. Rogers. Chat
tanooga. Tenn; imperial kadi. Gus
Meese, Spokane, Wash: imperial sec
rotary. A. L. Frey, Columbus. Ohio;
imperial treasurer. Charles Stansbury.
Los Angeles, Cal; imperial sheik. D.
w. c. Yarbrough, Birmingham, Ala;
imperial adool, c. +. Weiland, Dali
las, Tex; imperial ikfir, A. w. Fos-
sum, Aberdeen, S. D.; imperial azim.
w. H. Duthie, Barre. VT; imperial
trustees, Henry Hesse. st. Joseph,
Mo-; ]. G. Eager, Racine, Wis; ]. l..
HeiZer, Charlestown, w. Va.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Crown, grand chief of
the grand temple, Pythian Sisters. of
Virginia and the District of Column
bia, announces that the seventh an
nual session OF the grand temple will
convene in the Knights of Pythias
Hall, Fredericksburg, Va, Wednes-
day, October 10 at $50 a. M, and it
is expected that the session will last
three days.
The grand temple of Maine has
fifty-three boys and girls being
educated at its expense. The Maine
membership is about 5000 and the re-
ceipts for the year were nearly 5000.
1t Is announced.
Rathbone Temple, No. s, at its
meeting Friday night discussed plans
for the observation of the annual roll
call which will be held the last Fri
dav night in Octoher