Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-01

| A Masonic event of unusual occur
|rence is scheduled for Wednesday
levening in the first communication of
IJoppa Lodge, which has just been
granted a dispensation by Grand Mas
ter j. Harry Cunningham. This new
lodge will hold it's communications
Temporarily in the Masonic Hall at
14th and Kenyon streets northwest
on the first and third Wednesdays of
each month. Its officers are Alban
Berne Caldwell, master; Stephen w.
Norton, senior warden; Omar j. Veley,
junior warden; George G. DietZ, Sec
| rotary; Cyrus b. Lower. treasurer: AL
vim b. Lank, senior deacon; Howard
G.. Rambo, junior deacon; Raymond
w. Dodd, senior steward. and Clyde
| Wendelken, junior steward. 1t starts
with 1873 charter members and it's per-
| manent location will be in or near the
| section of the city known as Pet
| worth. 1t was recommended for dis
pensation by Mount Pleasant Lodge
No. SO.
An item of wide interest in Masonic
tcircles is the announcement that Past
Master James S. Mccarthy and James
NJ. Harrigan of Washington Centen-
lnial Lodge, No. IA, have been granted
lauthorty by Grand Master J. Harry
Cunningham to enter the journalistic
field with a new Masonic publication,
to be known as the American Mason,
but as strictly private and individ-
ual enterprise. 1t is to be national in
scope and is to be a news vehicle for
the Blue Lodge, Capitular, Cryptic
lTemplar and Scottish Rite Freema-
lsonry, the Order of the Eastern Star
and the Mystic Shrine It's office and
mn h1ic2f jnn will "a 1nra tad in, oh,
lington and its watchword is to be
| Greater reverence for God and a
more thorough practice of the tenets
of Freemasonry." Its columns will
be free. of course, from political and
religious propaganda and discussion
With slight change in the SEIZED
ule of Myron NJ. Parker Lodges de-
lgree work extending to and including
lSeptember 80, Master W. H Ozburn
and his special committee. H. L. Jen-
klns, chairman; Bayne Brown and
sargent c. Elliott. announce a lodge
,outing to be given Saturday, Septem-
Der II. in the form of the well known
water trip from Baltimore to Wash
lington on the steamer Northumtar-
land. A special car by the Baltimore
land Ohio railroad will carry the party
to the Monumental city and the trim
Twill end in Washington the following
Monday morning.
Henry has returned" which is the
short and popular way of saying tina,
Illustrious Potentate Henry Lans.
burgh returned to Washington Wed
nesday morning shortly after O'Clock
and at pm. was on sis way to
take part in the biggest and most
wonderful outing ever given by Almas
Temple of the Mystic Shrine. More
than 5000 people attended and Re
corder f. Lawrence Walker is au-
thorlty for the statement that this
VIII net begin to cover the returns OF
the excursion to Marshall Hall for the
Almas Temple Christmas charity
fund- The potentate is full of THE
magnificent trip to Portland" for tn.
Imperial Council session, of the hos
Shriners, of the honors shown them
and of the splendid impression left
by them on the retina of Shrinedom
He says it is too early yet to make
announcements, but gives assurance
that the fall and winter will bring
many events of an interesting and
some of a notable character for the
nobility of Almas Temple The
| mosque is going to occupy much at
tention. he says, but the proposition
is not going to be developed in hys-
| terical way. Our plans are all prac-
tical and will be found to work
smoothly and to enlist the sympathy
| and support of every noble of Almas
Fred W. Raven of Medina Temple
Chicago, was a guest of the potentate
for few hours Wednesday. Impor-
| tant announcements concerning the
mosque and other things, among them
a ceremonial session at an early date
are promised for next week.
Past Grand Master Lurtin r. CHM
who has been stationed in France in
a governmental capacity during the
world war and since and who has re-
Gently returned to Washington
speaks enthusiastically of the Ameri-
can Masonic headquarters established
in Paris during the war by Sovereign
Grand Commander George Fleming
Moore. He says it is almost impos-
sible to tell in a short interview of
the many excellent things to its
credit and to the credit of Di-
up to the time when it was
closed recently. He regrets the clos
ing and says there is an unQuestioned
need of such an institution as a per-
manent fixture abroad and hopes that
the way may be found to reopen the
doors of what became to the Amer
lean Mason abroad the most famous
and homelike hosiery in the French
capital.
Kallipolis Grotto and Monarch
Charles A. Stevens had reason to
mourn the past week when the rain
wiped out a carefully and e1.borately
planned outing of the Grotto at the
Zoo Park for the families and chill
dren of the prophets. All now are
looking forward to the annual out
ing at Chesapeake Beach, August II,
when Monarch Stevens promises ad-
ditional preparations to make up for
the Zoo outing and to gladden. the
hearts that were made sad by the
deluge that wiped it out.
High Priest William E. Lorentz of
Anacostia Chapter, No. -, is plan
ming a big time in Anacostia Chapter
"Wednesday evening, when the Royal
Arch degree will be the feature. and
he hopes to entertain all the high
priests, officers and companions
whose chapters have SCALED off for
summer vacation
King Solomon Lodge, No. 81, will
| have charge of the services at the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home next