Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

Six grand visitations for Grand
, Master Joseph H. Milans and the
Grand Lodge officers for the current
week will center the limelight on
George c. Whiting and Potomac
lodges tomorrow evening; King Solo,
mon. Wednesday afternoon; Naval
Thursday, and Columbia and Lebanon
lodges, Friday. Nothing out Of the or
binary has been announced for pub
LEGATION in connection with these
events.
Commander Charles H. Squier an
nounces the Order of the Temple in
Orient Commandery, at 4th street and
morrow evening. with Prelate Evans
officiating. Sojourning knights are
especially invited to attend.
The winter class of the Scottish Rite
bodies will have the ninth and tenth
degrees presented in full ceremonial
form at the Scottish Rite Cathedral.
Sd and E streets northwest. Tuesday
evening. The degrees will close in
the Lodge of Perfection with the
fourteenth, or Perfect Flu. week
from Tuesday evening. The class Is
unusually ioiSS
High Priest Edwin E. Putnam an
nounces a special convocation of
Mount Pleasant Royal Arch Chapter,
No. IL, Friday evening. for the Royal
Arch degree, for the benefit OF several
teams. The degree. the high priest
states, will be presented at the Ma
sonic Temple, 18th street and New
York avenue. at 1880 PM. and a sper
cial invitation has been extended to
all capitular Masons to attend.
Master James A. West of Pentalpha
Lodge. No. %, in his swan song"
sung rather early in handsome bug
circular. reviews the events of tho
year and gives a good account of the
condition of the lodge along all lines.
with complimentary references to
those who helped make IT so. The
lodge will have the E. A. degree to-
morrow evening. it's grand visitation
November II. and its election Of new
ofhcers December 1.
In his latest circular announcing
the NJ NJ degree in Anacostia Lodge,
No. II. at Masonic Hall, Anacostia, to-
morrow evening, Master Ernest e.
Fisher pays a touching tribute to the
memory Of Rev. willard G. Davenport.
whose sudden death at Detroit recent.
~ brought sorrow to his fellow mem
bers of the lodge and large host OF
friends in this CITY,.
Master Arthur c. Webb Of King Sol
ONION Lodge. No. 81, Washington's
=. c. degree at 1 O'Clock Wednesday
afternoon, and the grand visitation Of
the grand master and associate ON
GERS at o'clock the same afternoon.
He also reviews the work Of his year
the lodge expended $3.50 during the
year for charitable purposes. The
lodge will hold q special Wednesday
afternoon. November IL. for the E. A.
degree.
Master Mark F. Finley. IT.. of Hiram
Lodge reports q net increase of near
ly 100 in membership during the year.
There were 432 on the roster September
30. 1918. and at the close Of the Masonic
year Just ended there were $50. There
were seven deaths during the year.
Civil greatness and International
fame were merged into the common
mass" in good old American fashion
proximately $50 wandering tribes
men of the desert" were made to
"hoof the hot sands" and do other ex-
traordinary things at a ceremonial
session of Almas Temple. which even
the grouchiest Of the elders confessed
pd6SCu. III EONSltys HiidElOuS CA
citement and good old-fashioned fun
anything that has occurred at a cere-
monial session Of Almas Temple of
the Mystic Shrine in "jeers an:
jeers." Past Imperial Potentate Ding
man is authority for the statement
used. THE Bull JAZZ Bel Allah" was
introduced for the first time in Shrine
history to the Washington Shriners.
and so sweeping is it's demands that
the candidates did not get ALL" but
much went to Illustrious Potentate
l. Whiting Estes. thirty-second de-
gree. X. c. c. H.. as well as to the no.
bility itself. a very unusual occur
renee. Past Potentate Roe Fulkerson
was the "Emir Buljak" of the occa-
sion. which. it was explained. is
master of ceremonies, and even his il
chaff was taxed to its limit in keep
ing up with the procession. The
chief theme of the evening. it was ex-
planned. was Superstition The
manner Of it's exemplification is said
to be limited by the rubrics to the
roars and roars of laughter. pune
tuated with shrieks and then more
laughter. through the board walls of
the old Billy Sunday Tabernacle. and
il was easy to guess that the noted
evangelist was not conducting the
services.
The mot so secret part of the even
ing's work." il was explained, was
the degree of Scotch High con-
ferred upon the potentate las a pen
atty for daring to occupy the spot
light other than as the illustriOus
button to the Almas Temple fez." and
it is said to have had reference to re-
cent honors received by him in an
other branch of Freemasonry. Be-
fore the high altar of Shrinedom Mr.
fn fnr y
scotch in it's ordinary acceptation
of the term. az long as he could, and
never to encourage agriculture for
immoral purposes. He was then in
formed that having now become
thoroughly dry" it was expected that
nifty BETTING his forthcoming de-
mise. because all things get dry in
the last stage of decay" This. it is
said. is the purport of what happened
to the pote." and it was made tC
happen with solemn and "anciently
sad music by the Oriental Band, to the
loud blare of trumpets and Joyous
outbursts by Almas Temples new mil
itary band. II was not intended
however. that the potentate should b.
the goat, and SO the efforts suddenly
switched to the nobility, reservine
the poor candidates for what was
left, and. apparently. there was plenty
left
Representative Clifford Ireland Of
Illinois. potentate of Mohammed Tenn
pie of Peoria; Potentate William
Past Potentate Neill T. Bradley OF
Phoenix, Ariz.. were the laughine
! notables from out of town-and they
3 laughed One of the amusing side
lines of the evening was the sophis
ticated buckwheat cake" served t.
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