Evening star., 1917-10-28

Announcement is made Of a patriotic
| rally of members of the order and their
friends in the auditorium Of the Pyth-
ian Temple next Saturday night, which
| will be addressed by men prominent in
official. professional and fraternal life
of the National Capital. There will be
also musical selections and other appro-
pirate features. 1t will be an open
meeting. and friends of the order are
invited to attend The direction of the
affair is under the ways and means
committee represented by a committee
composed Of Past Grand Chancellor H.
Foster.
No grand visitations are scheduled for
this week nor the week following. Mon
day. November IL. however. Decatur
Lodge, No. 3, will be officially visited
by Grand Chancellor Melick and the
Grand Lodge officers.
The official visit was made to Calan-
the Lodge. No. II. Monday night The
Grand Lodge officers reported that ex-
cellent records showed the progress of
the lodge for the past year. Grand Mas
ter Of Arms Perry p. Patrick exempli-
fed the unwritten work in the absence
of Grand Lecturer Heiss Grand Chan
cellor Melick was excused at an early
hour, owing to the fitness of his daugh-
ter. A social hour followed the routine
work. and short talks were given by
Past Supreme Chancellor Edward Dunn ::
Past Grand Chancellor John b. Dick
man. on progress Of the home lodge
Past Chancellor Jacob Nussbaum, on
the work of the ways and means COM
mittee: Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal II. J. Glasson. on the duties of the
board of directors: Past Grand Chan
cellor William A. Kimmel, on the pro-
posed Pythian club; Past Grand Chan
cellor H. NJ. Vandervort. on the patriotic
celebration next Saturday night, and
others.
The visitation to Syracusians Lodge,
No. 10, Friday night. was of a patriotic
character. boosting the work of the
Pythfan order for war emergencies The
affairs of the lodge were reported In ex-
had made an examination of the rec
ords. social hour followed the rou-
tine work. and Fluctuations were ex-
tended the lodge for the success it had
achieved during the year
Webster Lodge. No. I. Tuesday night.
conferred the rank Of esquire b Camp
bell of Osceola Lodge, No Al, assisted
IN the work The visitors included
Army Medical School of Newhampton'
Mo, member of Lodge No. 2s5. New,
hampton; Charles W. Porter, Lodge No.
166. Rittman. Ohio. also OF the X-ray
department.. Army Medical School: Her
man Wealthall, Springfield, Ohio, and
John Farmer, Enterprise Lodge. No
sos, Harrisburg, Pa
The lodge authorized the purchase Of
$4,000 worth of liberty loan bonds by
the directors. and the purchase was
made on Wednesday,
Capital Lodge, No -, authorized the
purchase OF second liberty loan bonds
for.
Calanthe Lodge. No. II. reports the
loss OF six members by death during
the past year.
Rathbone Superior Lodge, No. % de-
cided at recent meeting that the dues
OF any member enlisting in the service
OF the country would be paid 'ran ~
the most active members of the lodge
have already left the city to toin The
nat!onai colors and many more are ex-
pected to go. 1t is announced by Acting
Chancellor Commander B. p Evans
A. J. David, past chancellor Of Co.
lumola Lodge, No 2e and past imperial
representative OF the Dramatic Order
knights OF khorassan, a branch of the
Pythian order who died October 1s was
buried the Goth. with Pythian honors
and with ceremonies by other orders to
which he belonged. the Odd Fellows
and Elks.
Mrs. Catharine Kline, wife Of Past
Supreme Representative John NJ u,ta
sr.. died last Sunday evening after
long illness and was buried Wednes
day. Grand Lodge officers and memhers
Of Mount Vernon Lodge. No. S. Of which
Sn Mr., Anne ,s IN member. acted as pail
Calanthe Lodge Monday night reso,u'
uons. for the Grand Lodge. were adopt-
ed expressing sympathy to Past Su
preme Representative Kline and TO
Grand Vice Chancellor James N Kline
Washington Company. No. /. u r
held its annual fall banquet Wednes
day evening at Schneider's Hall. Capt
r. T. Whiting made the principal ad-
dress Of the evening, on the teach
ings of the order. Respect and Al
lesiance to the Flag of Our Country"
Lieut.. Williams offered a toast to Will
liam Roberts. Gilbert Landy and VIII
liam Stanshury. members Of the COM
pany already "over there" The com
pany pledged itself to buy six liberty
bonds and each member was urged to
do his bit by buying bond.
Capt Pelzman. a member Of this
company and captain Of one of the
Home Defense companies, also spoke.
Lieut.. Sanford interested the gathering
by relating his experiences. Music was
furnished by the Mount Rainier Or
chestra. Those present We're: Maj.
r T. whiting, Capt. G. @. Cressey.
Capt. George H. Whiting. Capt. F. M:
Peizman. Lieut. C. E. Sanford. Lieut..
H. c. Glading. Lieut. R. l. Glading,
Lieut.. william NJ. Williams: Morris H.
konigsberg. George p: Williams. Ar
thur q smith, w. E. Mathews, George
Pop Ryali B. sherwood. George Little,
stall. A. T. Adams, James Holmes. NJ.
F. S, Roland and W. T. Bauman.
Pvthian Sisters.