Evening star., 1919-05-04

William R. Singleton Lodge, No. 80
will celebrate it's eighteenth anniversary
with ladies' night Friday at the Amer
ican University. Massachusetts avenue
extended. Kallipolis Grottos Military
Band and Glee Club will provide the mu-
sic. If the weather permits, the exer-
cises will be held in the amphitheater,
otherwise in the Y. NJ. c. A. building,
and will begin at $3.50 O'Clock. The
Grand Lodge Of the District. the Mas
ters' Association OF 1919. Bethesda
Lodge of Masons of Bethesda, Md, and
Friendship Chapter, No. II, Order Of
guests, in addition to the families of
the members Of the lodge.
Mithras Lodge Of Perfection Of the
Scottish Rite will hold its stated
meeting Tuesday evening for further
preparation for its spring reunion,
which will open Monday evening,
May ~, with a mammoth class, which
is expected to grow steadily because
of the recent amendment to the by
laws proposed by Stirling Kerr.
deputy for the Supreme Council in
the District, whereby the fees for
the degrees are to be greatly in
creased, the amendment being voted
upon at this meeting, it Is under
stood. The class for the reunion will
be known as the international class
and will. according to conservative
estimates, number at least 25O candi-
dates for the ultimate degree of Mas
ter Of the Royal Secret and will in
clude Maj. Gen. ]. D. chlen, the
military attache of the British en-
bassy. who will receive the thirty
irt
IA and Is, respectively, pursuant to
the request of the Supreme Council Of
Scotland and the direction Of Sow
ereign Grand Commander George
Fleming Moore. The amendment pro-
posed to the bylaws. 1t is said, pro-
vfdes for an increase to 5000 for de-
gree charges to and including the
planned. is in preparation for the con-
struction of the new Scottish Rite
cathedral at 18th and K streets
which 1t is proposed shall
be equipped with the finest clubroom
Of its kind for Masonic purposes in
the world.
Kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order of
Yelled Prophets, has accepted the in
vitation to provide the services at
the Masonic and Eastern Star Home
Sunday afternoon, May Is. Past Mon
arch George D. Emmons. jr., is chair
man OF the committee on preparations.
The Grotto Band will play for a vic
tory loan rally to be held at 9Th and
H streets northeast tomorrow even
ing at o'clock. Both the band and
glee club will participate in the an
niversary celebration of William r.
Singleton Lodge Friday evening at
the American University. Monarch
Charles D. Shackelford has announced
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At the short-form session held at
Chamber Of Commerce Hall Friday
evening thirteen candidates discov-
cred why the Grotto is SO popular
with Masons. The annual excursion
is set for August 13 to Chesapeake
Beach.
Two grand bodies Of the District
will meet next week-the Grand
Lodge of Masons. Wednesday. May II,
and the Grand Commandery of
Knights Templar. May IL. The for
mer will be for the general transac-
tion Of business and the latter will
officers and the regular annual busi-
ness.
Grand Master Joseph H. Milans has
circularized every Mason in the Dis
trict, urging a concentration Of the
iuil iuui'ioudi tnOuRnt ana e1Ort or
the fraternity in the District for the
victory liberty loan. Provision, he
states. has been made for appropriate
action in the various bodies of Free
masonry, but his circular is aimed
rather at the individual Mason, that
no part of the combined Masonic eff
fort may be lacking in vigor and
effectiveness. Past Master Eli swave-
ly has been appointed in charge of
the work on the part Of the con-
stituent lodges.
Robert L. Hughes. who has been
with the Army in France for the past
year. was installed senior warden of
Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 80, recent
ly. at the first opportunity offered
since his return.
The big three of Pentalpha Lodge.
Master James A. West, Senior Warden
Fredrick T. Dyer and Junior Warden
Arthur F. Martin, have been the re-
cipients of the warmest congratula
tons upon the fftieth anniversary eel
ebration of the lodge at the New Will
lard Wednesday evening. The pro-
gram included an address by Grand
Master Milans; soprano solo. by
Miss Agnes Whelan, with Mrs How
ara art.z a: Coombs as accompanist: char
acter songs, by Arthur B. Pierce, with
George Wilson as accompanist; a flute
solo. by Lieut.. H. f. Rothrock, with
Miss Ethel Neff accompanist, and
contralto solo. by Mrs. A Julian Bry-
lawski. who also was accompanied by
Mrs. Coombs. And then came the
dancing with an orchestral program
under the direction Of Dore Walten,
which rounded out a delightful even
ing. The printed program bore Old
Glory at the head of it's title page
with the practical inscription Buy
Victory Bonds"
Hiram Lodge, No. TO- at its smoker
at the New Ebbitt Friday evening,
had orchestral selections, solos by A.
A. Durkin. a monologue by Samuel
Fellman. a pianologue by Clark and
Clark, a bit of mystery by La Rous-
seau, prestidigitateur; songs, dances
and stories by Mallane and Montgom-
cry; melodies from ukelele land, by
Harry Gilman and his Hawaiian Or
chestra. and a skit, Under the Chest
nut Tree" by Harry Zehner But that
was not all. The healthy sports" in
cluded a wrestling match between Joe
Grant and c. E. Cornell that went to
a ofcI !,