Evening star., 1918-04-07

the District arc preparing for the now
Templar year The elections in the COM
manderies. held in Orient commandery.
No. S. last Monday; Potomac Com
randery. No. s. Wednesday. and Co:
lumbia Commandery. No. 2, Friday. Will
be followed in De Molay Commandery;
No 4, Tuesday Of this week. and will
close Wednesday with the election in
Washington Commandery. No l.
Grand Commander Lem Towers. jr.,
through Grand Recorder Arvine w. Johnr
ston, has promulgated the dates for the
grand v1sitations in this Jurisdiction as
Orient commandery. April Is. Naval
Lodge Hall, Ath street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast; Potomac Commandery.
April II; Masonic Hall Georgetown; Go Co
lay Commandery, April 23, and Wash
ington Commandery. April ~. Al at Ma
sonic Temple. 18Th street and New York
Each visitation win occur At 8 pm,
and tho grand commander has announced
that. while he Will be pleased to have all
Sir lnishts present. in unifcrT e. they ,;,, vii
is not worn. He has directed that the In
stallation of tho new oficers shall be
performed under the direction Of the conn
may deem proper after the grand visita-
ton to his commandery and prior to the
annual ooncIave Of the Grand Com
mA000IY.
Evangelist Chapter. knights Rose croix.
Of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rita. win hold its annual election Of ON
cathedral, Sd and e streets northwest.
where. also. Mithras Lodge Of Perfection
win continue its ceremonial work with the
spring class, presenting the ninth degree.
'eiu Of tho nina" Tho fourteenth degrees.
''psrfect eiu," one Of the most impressive
Of the degrees. It is said. win be pre-
the degrees conferred In the lodge Of per-
lection. The class thus far numbers 35
and seems likely to go to 100. 1t is said.
uiustrious Potentate l. Whiting Estes
has caused to be issued a novel circular
announcement Of the spring ceremonial
Of Almas Temple Of the Mystic Shrine
wednesday evening. on the tenth floor Of
o'clock The face Of the outer cover dis
closes . reproduction of the national
service nag bearing eighty-four stars and
the symbolic crest Of Almas Temple. 1t
tells its own story. and then falls short
Of the number Of names on Almas Tenn
pies honor rolr' Of those in the service
Of their country. some Of them now on
the great battle ground.
Announcement was made. when the
United States entered the great war, the
Shrine ceremonials would be few and far
between for obvious reasons. and they
will be. II 1t is possible to have them so.
with the proposition of meeting demands
made by the boys in the uniform Of their
country who are soon to leave for the
Sighting line, that they want the Shrine
degree in full. wfthout Asridsinent and
"all that Is coming to them" You can
not have Shrine ceremonial without
fun. declares the wiseacres of Shrinedom.
and II the boys that are to fight the
battles Of liberty want them Potentate
Estes says they shall be satisfied. 80
Wednesday evening there will be a Shrine
ceremonial extraordinary. rejecting the
rare ritual Of The Holy War; for the
especial benefit Of '"The Victory Glass;
10 named because its numbers include
many men in uniform. Of the Army. the
Navy and the Marine Corps, whose or
deru are expected to carry them into
the lighting country at short notice.
This ceremony. like all those Of the
supposed to tell the story Of "the slorf-
our conquests Of Caliph Bed Nos UzsAm"
adapted to modern conditions. 1t Is
both spectacular and patriotic, and en-
Estes has reserved the entire tenth
hoor Of the New Willard for the occa-
sion. the largest hall available in the
District at the present time for other
staging the big scenes Of the ceremonial
1s under the direct supervision Of ofi-
GERS OF the divan. and. 1t Is said. will
force its engineers to borrow help from
I4u Lu and Boumi Temples for the occa-
sion.
-Jinf Mccarthy. who ranks as one
Of the most popular Masons and Shrin-
ers in the District Of Columbia, In push
ing to its highest pressure the Almas
Temple war stamp drive to sell the full
$4,000 worth Of war savings stamps
cutcut as the share of the local Shrin-
ers In the great work. Noble F. Law
renee walker. the original custodian
come so enthused over the work that
he has resigned as custodian and en-
tered the race for 'the liberty watch"
the prize offered for the most success
full salesman. Noble William L. Rad.
ciiffe. whose ONCE is on the second
hoor Of the Masonic Temple. has been
named as his successor. A large stan
Of "salesmen and salesladies" has been
organised and set to work by Chairman
Mccarthy. who says their efforts are
pointing to q big success. The latest
slogan adopted by the hery chairman
is The Battle Eagle Of America AGAINST
says 1t is getting popular.
Washington Royal Arch Chapter is
to have an open social meeting and en-
tertainment for the Master Masons of
the District Thursday evening in the
Masonic Temple. with an attractive
musical program to supplement an ad-
dress by Representative John F. Miller
Of Washington. covering his recent trip
to France and experiences in the
trenches, and an illustrated poem on
France by Past High Priest D. w.
Thayer. These will be followed with
refreshments and dancing in the BAN
quet hall. High Priest Lohrer has scat
tered his invitations broadcast for the
occasion. inclosing cards for the ladies
rs well as for the Master Masons them
selves.
The Lambskin Club of Master Masons
Is to be entertained at its meeting Sat-
urday evening. at Naval Lodge Hall, 4th
street and Pennsylvania avenue south
east. by members of Areme Chapter,
Order of the Eastern Star, and a talk
by Grand Patron Morgan. A general
Invitation has been extended to MEM
bers OF all Masonic clubs In the Dis
trict.
The AshIar Club Ia to have an cleo
tfon, as well as its annual get-together
meeting, In the commandery room, Ma
sonic Temple. Saturday evening. The
clubs pretty initiatory ceremony will
be presented. under the direction of
Maj. Ezra Davis, U. 8. A.. who will be
assisted by B. W. Wrtghtsman. violin
ist: Miss Sue Dorsey. soprano, and Rob-
ert l. Smith. at the organ.
The program. following the business
meeting, includes solos by two popular
cantonment singers. Mrs. J. Roche and
Mrs. 3. l. Claws: selections by q male
quartst and an address by an officer
secured through the French high COM
mission. with moving picture films. The
club. II In said. has now reached Its 500
mark In membership. nearly 1S0 Of