Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-29

Services at the Masonic and Eastern
Star Home this afternoon at O'Clock
VIII be conducted by Rev. J. Il.
wood. under the auspices of Ea ST
cate Lodge, No. "a. Automobiles will
leave Rhode Island avenue and Mills
avenue northeast at 2:l5 pm.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
VIII hold its first ceremonial session
since the summer vacation at Poll
Theater Thursday evening, at 1880
O'Clock. Candidates have been asked
10 appear at the theater at 4 pm. and
tho preliminary business session Will
be held at 4:30 pm sharp. 1t is eN-
pected that the class for the cere-
monial will be record breaker. num-
berinS approximately 800, and ar
engagements have been made by Po-
tentate Henry Lansburgh and his
divan, with the cooperation of Almas
Arab Patrol. to start the ceremonies
promptly at G:30 o'clock. thus aSsur-
ing full time for extraordinary Incl
dents and the completion of the rites
at a SeaSonable hour
1t is not unlikely that there will be
discussion at the business session of
two matters uppermost in attention
in the Shrine at this time. the merger
of the Shrine funds with those of the
ether bodies for the erection of a
new Masonic Temple. instead of the
erection of the much-talked-of new
mosque. and also the formation of the
AlmaS Motor Club, for which most
promising outlook is said to be as
sured. This club will be not only an
important feature in connection with
the entertainment of visiting Shrin-
ers. who will attend the Imperial
Council session at Atlantic City June
:. and of next year, but 1t Is pro-
ped to make it one of the most IN
portant and enjoyable auxiliarles or
,,v,I- Nd no a
country seat for it as a pleasant
gathering place for members of Al
mas Temple during the year, mas
much as the potentate is endeavorlng
to extend the entertainment features
of the Shrine to all of the nobility at
times other than when a ceremonial
session is staged.
Another matter which is being urged
upon the attention of the mobiles Is
the Importance of securing quarters
at Atlantic City next year by those
who expect to attend what is prom
Using to be one of the most elaborate
sessions of the Imperial Council ever
held in the east. The session recently
held at Portland, Ore, was mem
orable event and eastern temples of
the Shrine. it is said, are going to
make an effort to equal if not to out
shine it in extraordinary features. It
is believed that fully 100000 Shriners
will attend that session.
While there will be no meetings
held by the bodies of the Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite during the cur
lent week. there will nevertheless be
much activity in connection with the
forthcoming fall reunion, which opens
Monday. October "A, when the fourth,
ninth and tenth degrees of the rite
will be presented in full ceremonial
form, John H. Won Hermann. thirty
ri
cast for the fourth degree; Eilwood T.
Morey, thirty-third degree honorary,
heading that of the ninth, and Sulai-
maan David and Henry LanSburgh,
both knights commander of the Court
of Honor. the tenth degree. Degree
work will follow each evening dur
ing the same week, the fourteenth de-
gree being scheduled for Tuesday; the
eighteenth for Wednesday, the
twenty-fourth for Thursday. the
thirtieth for Friday and the thirty
second for Saturday evenings. The
second degrees will be particularly
elaborate and under the direction of
j. Walter Humphrey. X. c. c. H. with
Harry G. Kimball. K. c. c. H.. at the
organ.
The next issue of the American
Mason, September Is. will be devoted
entirely to the Order of the Eastern
Star. and will be edited by a COM
mittee composed of Grand Matron
Helen E. Barnard, Sarah NJ. Mcqueen,
matron of Esther Chapter, and Con-
ductress Hannah H Munroe of Wash
ington Centennial Chapter Editor
in-Chief James S. Mccarthy says,
THE Masonic fraternity needs a
closer relationship with the Order of
the Eastern Star"
Monarch Charles A Stevens has
announced a ceremonial session of
kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order of
Yelled Prophets, for October 4, at
the former Masonic Temple, 9Th and
F streets northwest, when the full
ritual will be presented by a cast
headed by Past Monarch Charles D.
Shackelford Many new features are
promised both in the ceremonial and
in the accompanying entertainment
The Grotto Band and Drill Corps
announce fall and winter dances for
Thursday. September 16; Monday, No
vember 1; Tuesday, November %;
Thursday. December 16; Tuesday,
January IS; Tuesday. February %:
Thursday. March II, and Friday, April
Is. Copies of the annual report of
the Supreme Council have just been
received in Washington.
Master Joseph s. Cornish and fifty
members of Hiram Lodge. No ] 0, re-