Evening star., 1917-04-08

The religious services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home this AFTERNOON
at 5 o'clock will be under the auspices
of The New Jerusalem Lodge, NO y
Rev j. H. Taylor. pastor of the cen'rai
PRESBYTERIAN Church. will officiate, and
speciai music will be provided.
Gen. Augustus B. Farnham. past grand
master of the Grand Lodge of Maine,
visited the Masonic Temple Tuesday in
coupany with Grand Tiler Warren c.
Bickford. who served in the regiment
commanded by Gen. Farnham during
the civil war.
The symbolic ceremony OF rel1ght,ns
"the lights will be performed this art
ernoon at o'clock in the cathedral.
Sd and e streets. by Evangelist Chap
ter. Knights Rose Croix. of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite 1t is in
cumbent upon every Knight of Rose
Croix to attend this ceremony. The
program will include a solo, "Pieta Sig
nore," Stradella; quartet. Hear Us. o
Father" Baumbach, and following the
symbolic illumination. the quartet, TO
Thee Be Praise Forever" Sir Michael
Costa; an address by Rev. William Tay-
loe Snyder, K. c. c. H. past venerable
master of Kadosh of Albert Pike Con-
sistory, NJ. r. s., and the hymn, God
Bless Our Native Land Henry Carey.
The quartet will be composed of Mrs.
B. H. Smart, soprano; Charles E. Myers.
tenor; Mrs. John Humphrey, contralto,
and ]. Walter Humphrey, basso Harry
G. Kimball will be the organist. Horace
Parker Mcintosh, K. C. c. H, wise mas
ter of Evangelist Chapter, will conduct
the ceremonies. assisted by the other
officers of the chapter.
Faced with a fine portrait of Sovereign
Grand Commander George F1emin
Moore of the Southern Jurisdiction of
the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
the announcement of the spring reunion
of the local bodies sets forth that from
May II to May 19 the degrees from the
fourth to the thirty-second, inclusive,
will be conferred at the cathedral at Sd
and E streets northwest. 1t is signed by
Stirling Kerr, jr., thirty third degree
honorary. deputy for the Supreme Coun-
Gil in the District of Columbia; John H.
Won Hermann. X. c. c. H, venerable
master Of Kadosh' Albert Pike & Con- 8
Robert de Bruce Council. Knights
Kadosh; Horace P. Mcintosh. X c. G.
H, wise master. Evangelist Chapter,
Knights Rose Croix;. Arthur B. HAYES,
Lodge of Perfection. and Elmer E.
Simpson, X. C. c. H, general secretary.
May IA the fourth degree. secret
MASTER" in full ceremonial form. Will
wit Inhp ~ r.
mann. K. c. c. H, heading the cast,
starting at 1880 pm. At sis pm. the
fourteenth degree. perfect elu. Will
be presented with a cast headed by
Francis A. Sebring. thirty-th degree
honorary, as venerable master Both
degrees will be presented in Mithras
Lodge of Perfection.
May Is, at 6:45 pm. the fifteenth
degree. Knight Of the east. the sword
or the eagle will be presented. Monte
Sanger. thirty-third degree honorary,
heading the cast as worshipful ruler.
and at S:15 pm. the eighteenth degree.
Knight Rose Croix"-both in Evangel-
list Chapter, Knights Rose CroiX-will
be presented. with Alien Cotton. thirty
second degree, as wise master of the
first apartment" and John A Lacy,
thirty-third degree honorary, as wise
master of the third apartment" May
Is the twenty-first degree, patriarch
Noachite or Prussian knight" Will be
presented in Robert de Bruce Council,
Knights Kadosh, with Arthur Il. Hayes.
X. c. C. H.. as lieutenant comma nder.
and at sis pm. the twenty-fourth de-
gree, prince of the tabernacle with
George r. Davis. K. c. C. H, John II.
Won Hermann. K. c. c. H, and Rev.
William Tayloe Snyder, K. c. c. H.
degree, Knight kadosh,' will be pre-
sented. with Milton Hopfenmaier, K c.
c. H; George r. Davis. X. c. c. II. +:
William o. Owen. thirtysecond degree,
honorary, heading the casts. May is.
at 7:30 pm. in Albert Pike Consistory.
the thirty-second degree, master of
the royal secret" will be presented.
with Fred NJ. Book K C. c. H, acting
venerable master of kadosh. This
also will be in full ceremonial form,
in which the Camp Guards of Albert
Pike Consistory. Elmer c. Wood, cap
tain commanding, will take part, with
Sulaimaan David. K. G. G. H, heading
the choir for the Eedic hymns.
Following the degrees the class will
be rendered a banquet by Albert Pike
Consistory a the New Ebbitt Saturda V
evening. May l9, at o'clock.
Dawson Lodge. No. 1s. which has
the F. G. degree scheduled for tomor-
row evening. will have a ladies
night the evening of May ).
Stansbury Lodge. No. %, tomorrow
evening will present the NJ. NJ. degree
for the benefit of a member of Arcadia
Lodge, No. 2S5, of Arcadia, S. C.
Master Percy l. Balch of Acacia
Lodge, No. Is. has announced a social
evening Thursday, when Morgan l. Gil
ley will give an Illustrated talk on the
Philippines. and other exceptional fea-
lures will be provided in the way of
entertainment An invitation has been
extended to the fraternity in general.
The illustrated lecture, Quaint Old
Quebec" recently delivered at the Uni
versity Club, will be repeated by Judge
e. Willrich. United States consul at
Quebec, at the ladies night" of TIA
lsoma Lodge, No. %, Wednesday even
ing. in the Takoma lodeeroon. Past
Master William E. Dyre is chairman OF
the committee of arrangements for the
evening. Grand Master James w Wit
ten and other Grand Lodge officers are
expected to be guests of the evening
with the ladies.
The Fellowship Club of the New Je-
rusalem Lodge is arranging for its
second "get-together" dinner for Sat
urday evening at place to be made
known when the diners assemble at
the dinner.
The Masters Association of 1917 is to
meet Monday, April 80. at S pm. in
1odgeroom No /, at Masonic Temple to
permit the attendance of those unable
TO be present on Saturday evenings
President John c. Hodges states that
business of special Importance is to be
considered. The association has ap-