Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

The announcements for the week in
dictate a lessening in the Masonic drive
which has been steadily pushing Tor
some time, save In the Scottish Rite
bodies, where the spring class Is stead
lily growing.
wednesday evening the Grand Lodge
Of Masons for the District viii noIo
its stated spring communication for
the transaction Of general business. and
q week from tomorrow evening the
Grand Commandery of Knights Tenn
plar will hold Its annual conclave. at
which officers for the new templar year
will be elected and installed.
This afternoon at o'clock, in the
Masonic Temple auditorium lsth
west. DR.. Eugene L Swan. a repre-
mission on training camp activities.
pices Of the Grand Lodge Of Masons. on
"Hidden Enemies Of Military Ell
Cheney" for men only, and especially
for soldiers, draftees and members OF
the fraternity. There will be no charge
DR.. swan has delivered this lecture
probably to more than 100000 mon al
ready in the service Of their country.
punch. as the theatrical men put it.
Mithras Lodge Of Perfection Of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite VIII
afterward Robert de Bruce councli,
Knights Of Kadosh. will present the
twentieth degree Of the rite. Master OF
symbolic lodge" to be followed BY the
lite" The spring class now numbers
sixty members. and IL reported to Dc
The local Bodies have increased their
,fxa " 1nan
to $1,000, and, It Is stated, that this
amount will be increased before the
close Of the loan period. It has also
been decided to donate $500 to the Dis
trict Red Cross instead OF expendlng
that amount In class dinner at the
close Of the spring work.
Sovereign Grand Commander George
Fleming Moore left Washington Thurs
the south, including Little Rock. Ark,
the home Of Lieut.. Grand Commander
Charles e. Rosenbaum. to which he
will be accompanied by Mai Gen. James
British legation in this city. Nash
VILE, Tenn, and Birmingham. Ala. the
old home Of the sovereign grand COM
mander, also will be visited.
Kallipolis Grotto of the Mystic Order
of Yelled Prophets will have business
session at Chamber Of Commerce Hall.
Gil 18th street northwest. Thursday
evening at O'Clock. for a short form
Initiation, and also the announcement
Of the Joint ceremonial with Yedz Grot-
to. at Baltimore, May 23. when the De,
gree team Of Kallipolis Grotto will
present the work. The military band.
under Prof JuMus Hamper, will accom-
pany the local prophets. and at the
close of the ceremonial a supper Will
be served The party expects to leave
The erotto staged successful enter
tainment for the Circle Club OF Master
Masons and Electa Chapter Of the East
ern star Tuesday evening. Charles A.
stevens staged his perennial playlet.
Life on the Ocean Wave" as vehicle
for the songs and dialogue that served
stevens. joins H. shreve again appeared
before the footlights and Kirk Miller
approached them from another angle.
Others who made happy contributions
Charles D. shackeiford. Jaeaue Heiden-
heiner, Mr. and Mrs. William Frazier.
Mrs. Carrie Smith, Miss Edythe Shreve.
Miss Leona Callan, Mrs. Lavinia Carter.
Joe and William Kelley and a large
chorus Of mixed voices.
Potentate L. whiting Estes has an
nouneed full form , eersm s; Tor Al.
top floor Of the New Willard the night
Of May 81 as certainty. Then, be
sides the elaboration OF mystic rites
ana lllun1naItOuS, uuCOuQuSI6Olo
James s. Mccarthy will officially re-
ceive the plaudits of the mobiles for dar-
ing to win out in his war savings
stamps campaign. that landed F. Law
.sss With shs Of Of
in sales to his credit. and Philip NJ Gar
nett the winner of the consolation prize
Of $50 in jeweiry. with credit Of
the coveted $4,000. but landed at
342s7s.65. in spite Of the other big sub
scription competitions. notably the third
liberty loan boom. which were engag-
at the same time. This Chairman Nc
Carthy frankly states, would not have
been possible without the heroic efforts
Of Almas Temples famous Arab Patrol.
success of the stamp drive. In handing
out his compliments for support from
various sources the name Of Noble w.
L. Radcliffe Is printed in red and under
scored with double lines. Mr.. Radcliffe
acted as treasurer for the campaign.
In referring to the patrols support,
Brother jim broke out in fervid ora
tory and poetry. dwelling lingeringly
ner and his second. Once again has
Jim Mccarthy shown that he is de-
pendability ITSELF" said Potentate Estes,
In tearfully reading the returns.
The Arab Patrol has reserved quar-.
ters at Atlantic City for June 4, and 6,
when they will escort Potentate Estes
and the Almas delegates to tho session
Of tho Imperial Council
Lu Lu Temple will keep open head
quarters both at their temple in Phila-
delphia ana At Atlantic City during the
entire session Of the Imperial Council
opening as early as June /.
Pentalpha Lodge. No. ~. will cole.
brate its forty.ninth anniversary to-
morrow evening in q social way, espe.
cially 'reminiscing"- reoountine the
Glories Of the past and the hopes for the
future.
Eureka Royal Arch Chapter, No. 4, win
have twelve mon for the r A. degree
Friday evening and viii begin work at
o'clock in the afternoon. Supper will be
served At pm by the ladies Of the
Lebanon Lodge Red Cross unit
Friday. May II. at $3.50 Pm. Lsbanop
Lodge. No. z, II to do honor to Its Red
Cross auxiliary under the leadership OF
Mrs. Blair Mckenzie, at an open meet
Ing for the lodge members and the
women Of their families. The lodge
service nag. which IL always in evil
dence at its meetings, bears forty-nine
stars In honor Of that number Of lodge
members under arms"
Washington Royal Arch Chapter. No
2. has announced the Mark degree fol
Thursday evening.
The Wednesday afternoon organ re-
citals which have been arranged fol