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of the nobility, who stated that it was
their purpose to provide for the oc-
casion a class of 500 candidates, as a
special tribute of appreciation of the
services of the potentate during the
past year. which has added a full
thousandnobles to the membership of
the temple. The class is TO be called
The Potentate's Glass" and. it is said,
every member of Almas nobility is to
contribute to its success by gathering
in eligibles from the walks of the pro-
fame. Every noble of Almas is to be
urged to special activity to make the
year 1920 red letter in the annals
OF local shrinedom. This VIII be the
last ceremonial session of the SHRINE
year which closes November 80.
and the last class that can be received
at the old fees December ! the new
initiation fee will go into effect, 1t is
said, with the result that admission 10
Aimas Temple beginning December l
Will cost the applicant double the
amount he viii now pay.
Tuesday evening. election night"
Almas Temple Arab Patrol will hold
open house at its headquarters. III
18th street northwest, in genuine
Shrine fashion one of the features
will be the election returns. which
Will be received Dy Specldl vile t.iAo
announced throughout the evening
! until the monkeys. dead and the
shows all over"
Incidentally. the Arab Patrol is pre-
pairing for its next monthly dance In
the New Willard. Wednesday even
ing. November Il. So great was the
crowd at the first dance. october s.
that the committee, to insure COM
fort for an even greater patronage,
has secured not only the large ball
room, but the one adjoining. mas
much as the event is expected to be
of greater Importance, wings are to
be spread to fly high in making 1t not
only a social. but a spectacular sue
cess with all that rare music. colorful
beauty and the desire to make every
body happy can contribute.
perial Council session in 1921 will be
held at Atlantic City. June I. and
.. Past Imperial Potentate w. Free
land kendrick, chairman of the con-
vention. of Lulu Temple, Philadel-
phia, and Miles Fl. Beemer. potentate
of Salaam Temple of Newark. N. J..
are said to have smoothed out every
wrinkle and to have secured depend
able assurance that every Shriner who
attends the convention will be guar
anteed fair treatment. including fair
hotel rates and accommodations.
Although the local Scottish Rite
bodies have just completed the de-
grees for their fall reunion with a
class of 1875, nearly all of whom went
the entire route from the fourth to
and including the thirty-second de-
gree, Master of the Royal Secret"
plans are already perfected for what
is known as the winter class which
will start with the fourth degree
Tuesday evening, November 9. con-
tinuing with the fifth degree Novem-
Der 16; the sixth, November %; the
ninth, November 80, the tenth, De-
cember Z, and the fourteenth, Decem-
fection. The fifteenth degree will be
presented by Evangelist Chapter,
Knights Rose Croix, December 21:
the sixteenth. December IS. when also
officers will be elected in Albert Pike
Consistory: the eighteenth, January
petitions for the winter class; the
twentieth in Robert de Bruce Coun
ell, Knights Kadosh, January IL; the
twenty first. January IS, the twenty
second. January 25; the twenty
fourth, February 1; the thirtieth.
February S.: the thirty-first. In Al
bert Pike Consistory. February Is,
and the thirty and last de-
gree, March 1. To all these degrees
visitors in the city who are entitled
to admission are invited. Formali-
ties connected with this reunion will
be the order of the evening this Tues
day in Mithras Lodge of Perfection.
Grand Commander George Fleming
Moore, who has just returned from
New York, is entertaining as his guest
Maj. Charles W. Connery, who was
the director of the American Masonic
headquarters In Paris, France, estab-
lished by Grand Commander Moore
during the war.
A series of dances for members of
the Scottish Rite and their ladies has
been announced to take place in the
Scottish Rite Cathedral, Sd and Z
sereets northwest, under the direction
of r. r. Allan, Frank E. Koch, Fred
Huber. J. p. H. Mullane and Joseph F.
Schevlin, the first event being sched-
uled for the evening of November 20,
to be followed by others December IS,
January 90. February 19. March 49
and April 16. Admission to these
events will be the members Scottish
Rite Identification card, which must
be presented at the door. The an
nouncement states that a white jazz
band of recognized merit will fur
nish the music for dancing, and light
refreshments will be served. There
will be no charge of any kind. 1t is
explained that the limited accommo-
dations at the cathedral will not per-
NIT the invitation of guests outside