The Washington times., 1921-05-08
STAGE SET FOR
MASONIC MEET
Elaborate Plans Made for 49,
600 Visitors During Five
Day Convention Here.

Masonic Washington will begin to-
morrow morning to turn all thoughts
and efforts to the entertainment of
the $4,000 members of visiting clubs
which are to convene in the Capital
City for five days.
SOME WILL ARRIVE TODAY.
Clarence w. Hall, chairman of trans
portation arrangements, has devoted
the past month to arranging train
schedules for every person from
every section Of the country, and his
data shows that the visitors will be-
gin arriving early today and will
continue to come In as late as tomor-
row night.
One of the fullest programs tina:
has ever been arranged by a local
committee Is prepared for the enter
tainment and edihcation OF Wash
ington's hosts of sightseers among
the fraternal men and women who
will arrive today and tomorrow.
Immediately upon arrival at Union
Station the delegates will report to
the white parlor of the New Ebbit.
Hotel for registration. They will be
assigned to their hotel reservations
at that time. these having been i.ade
in advance h ough Secretary
Charles A. Stevens. whose headquar-
tiers for the past month have been at
room los. the New Ebbitt.
A grand reception at the Scottish
Rite house of the temple will be the
first business of the convention IN
Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Thu
grand lodge officers will receive the
line of guests, many of whom will
then for the frst time see the won
derful ne~ edifice which Is said to be
one of the finest pieces Of architecture
in the world.
Illustrious Potentate Henry Lans-
turgh, Almas Temple. A. A. o. M. s.,
IS planning one of the most gigantic
ceremonials OF either of his ad-
n,inistrations to occur at Polls The
nter tomorrow evening. This has
been arranged especially for the
mobiles who will be among the clubs
accounting here this week.
Imperial Potentate Ellis Lewis
Garrison will be among the distin-
guished guests at this event as will
many other shriners Of high stand
ing throughout the country.
The second day OF the convention,
Tuesday, will be auspiciously started
with an automobile sightseeing pa
rade and motorboat trip on the his
ttric Potomac river. 1t Is esti-
mated tina. 5000 cars will make the
circuit of the Speedway through
which the procession is to pass.
AIR PAGEANT.
Simultaneous with the pageant
or land. spectacular air and water
event. will occur upon Washington's
water front. Two hundred motor
boats will leave their respective
mornings for a grand promenade
along the waters of the Potomac at
2:30 o'clock. At the same time three
hydroplanes from the marine corps
headquarters at Quantico will soar
over the lines of the two parades.
On Tuesday evening one of the
largest gatherings of Masons to be
held in this country during the year
will assemble at Continental Memorial
Hall for a mass meeting. A troop of
Boy Scouts is to present the meeting
with an American flag, and the prin-
cipal speeches are to be confined to
the country's leading Masonic figures.
Among these will be Sovereign Grand
Commanders George Fleming Moore
and Barton Smith.
An event looked forward to with
great amount of interest is a pill
grimage to Mt. Vernon, scheduled for
Wednesday at 2 o'clock. George Wash
ington, besides being a leader of men
during his time, was also an ardent
Masonic devotee, and his tomb Is one
OF the genuine points of interest
which every visiting Mason should
see.
Upon the same evening probably
the most spectacular and certainly
the most frivolous feature of the pro-