Evening star., 1920-05-23

visit. at Polls Theater.
Services at the Masonic and East
arm star Home this afternoon al .
o'clock will be under the auspices OF
Pentalpha Lodge. No. %. with the
lodge chaplain. W. F. Smith. As the
speaker and Messrs. Kocher and
Wright in charge Of the music Au-
tomobiles will meet the cars to care
for the visitors.
Rev. Charles s. Cole. pastor OF
Brishtwood Park NJ. e. Church. will
preach a special sermon for the MEM
bers of Stansbury Lodge, OF when ne
is the chaplain, at his church this
evening at 8 o'clock.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
will hold the Masonic spotlight this
week. with it's ceremonial session at
also Imperial W. Freeland kendrick will
make his annual official visit The
temple will assemble at 5 pm. for its
preliminary business session; candi-
dates will report at the Pennsylvania
avenue entrance at an earlier hour, .
start promptly at 1880 o'clock. A
large delegation of visiting nobility
is expected, including. in addition to
the entourage Of the imperial poten-
tate. Col. Richings J. Shand Of Spring
field. Ill. adjutant general Of the
Temple; Past Potentaxe Esten A
Fletcher Of Damascus Temple. Roch-
ester. N. r. and many others. Illus
trious Potentate Henry La9sburgh
has asked all the mobiles. visiting and
local. to enter the theater by the 18th
Imperial Potentate Kendrick will be
at the New willard. The class for
the evening is expected to reach ESQ,
and in Difference to the chief exec
utive Of the Shrine in North America
the features are being reserved as q
surprise, so that NO announceme nts
have been given for advance public1-
tion. Besides the ceremonial session
which is expected to be one of the
most elaborate and unusual Of the
and important incidents in connection
with the special honors recently or
dered by Almas Temple for certain OF
its notables. Great stress is being
laid upon the requirement that every
noble attending the ceremonial ses-
having his golden and white creden-
tials. This IL said to be q special ex-
action of the imperial potentate.
Potentate Lansburgh left yesterday
for Philadelphia. where he Joined the
imperial potentate on his annual visit
to Mecca Temple. at Yonkers. N. T.,
where an elaborate parade and cere-
monial were staged.
Thursday Potentate Lansburgh. ac-
companied by the full Oriental Band
and an escort Of the Arab Patrol. al
well as the officials of his divan, will
leave at II o'clock in the morning for
Newark. N. j., upon invitation Of the
potentate OF Salaam Temple Of that
city to attend its ceremonial and i'm
perial visitation in the evening. There
are to be elaborate ceremonies and
festivities during the afternoon as
well as at night and the Washington
party will return Friday
Recorder lawrence Walker has
announced that May 81 Is the last
day for the reservation of Pullman
trip. The Washington nobility will
leave June 13. making stops at Chicago,
Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City.
and arrive in Portland June 20
Potentate Henry Lansburgh. of AL
mas Temple has sent forth a com
munication to all the nobility of the
Shrine in Washington and to poten-
tates and mobiles Of temples in nearby
cities. calling attention to the fact
that FRIDAY. June 4. will be Shrine
night at Poiis Theater at the per-
formance of ''Pinafore" by the Peo-
pies National Opera Society for the
benefit of the Salvation Army fund
Every shriner receiving the missive
is urged to be present and to wear
tonal tribute to the great organi-
zation for whose benefit the per.
formance will be given.
No circus was ever presented to an
eager public with more lurid publicity
and enthusiastic propaganda than the
Masonic and Eastern Star base ball
game for 1920. between the mines OF
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
and kallipolis Grotto of the Yelled
Prophets. at American League Park
Saturday afternoon. June IL. at 4
O'Clock. as it is being heralded far
and near by the Association of Wor.
shipful Masters. F. A. A. NJ. Of 1920
"Cali Me Henry" and Call Me
Charlie" the familiar noms de plume
and the dignifed monarch Of Kallipo-
lis Grotto. are pictured on the cover
in base ball earb. with alluring invi-
tations to make the event the great
est in the history of great cause.
The bodies of the Ancient and Ac.
eepted Scottish Rite have been COM
PEELED by the influx of petitions
for the degrees of the rite that could
not be cared for in the May reunion
70 announce dnOIneE TeuT on TOT Jne
degrees starting June 81, petition
and election day. and follow June
%. 23. "a and c5 for the degrees
This. ii is announced. will be posi-
lively the last class until October
The demand for admission to the
rite is said to be unprecedented ir
its history, the increase in member.
ship since July ] last amounting tc
$50. with still large class in pros
pect. The May class Included 121.
The growth of the rite. il is said
is astonishing all through the juris.
diction of the supreme Council fol
the Southern jurisdiction, so that il
was necessary to hold a special ses
sion of the Supreme Council at Colo
RADIO Springs, Col. which lasted al
of the past week. simply for the
transaction Of routine and specia
business that could not be deferred
until the statutory meeting in Octo
ber. 1921. Grand Commander Georg.
fleming Moore and Secretary Gen
oral John III. Cowles are now at Colo
RADIO Springs in attendance at tn.
session of the Supreme Council
which. prominent officials of the rit,
say. will hereafter be obliged to NEE
annually instead of bienniaIly il mat
ters continue as they have been goinl
since war was declared on Germany
Kallipolis Grotto did not give ava,
y its secrets at its ladies cere