Evening star., 1921-04-17
FRATERNITIES:
,erbly unique convention, with its

perOly unique convention, with 1ts
Prendergast Of Aimas Automobile
1 Club expects on this occasion to have
| the car fotiila of his new .organiZa-
tion on dress parade. DR.. Prendergast
states that plans are rapidly taking
ing to the nobility of the District a,
| the clubs new bayshore clubhouse
and estate the early part of May
May is the complimentary ball OF
| Almas Temple. at the Arcade will
be suggestion of appreciation on
/ sacrifice of the wives. mothers and
| sweethearts of the nobility of Almas
| in sparing them until the wee sma
| hours. especially at the big cere-
| mo0ials.
The annual ball of Almas Arab
Patrol at the New Willard during
| the week is said to have compared
| brilliantly with its predecessors
| Handsome souvenirs in the form OF
| leather card cases with French bev-
| eled mirrors were presented TO each
member of the fair sex, and four of
| them received surprise gifts of s25
each in gold under a plan of selection
exclusive with Shrine circlSS. More
| than six hundred couples wSie in at
tendance.
The Caravan Club of Almas. at its
Wednesday luncheon, had more than
a hundred mobiles present. who lis
tened 10 an address by Rev. pr.
James shera Montgomery, on THE
Winner" with incidental discussion
eE the -"optimist,' the "pessimist,"
| the "peptimist." and Tuck VS.. merit"
| The club will be the guest of the
timore. in that city tomorrow. leav-
ing Washington at 1850 am. The
Caravan members will be entertained
at luncheon at the Hotel Emerson at
l2.45 pm.
otficial reports from the grand
jurisdictions of continental and in
sular America for 1919. according to
! an item in the Harmony Lodge Bulle-
tin, show that at the end of the fiscal
year of 1919 there We're 2.0S6.S0S
Masons in good standing, in 15.229
subordinate lodges. >, The largest
Grand Lodge jurisdiction is that of
New York, with more than $40 lodges
and 202, III members. The United
Kingdom comes second with 5,l30
lodges and 327.754 members. England
having 3.442 lodges and $4,000 mem
bers: Scotland. Ills lodges and 69.745
members; Ireland. $50 lodges and
$4,000 members; Australia, with sew
en- grand lodges, has 1.O25 private
lodges and 74.73S members. and
Canada nine grand lodges. 1.o57 prl-
vate lodges and 1912 members.
These figures, it is stated, were COM
piled by c. c. Hunt, deputy grand
secretary of Iowa. '-.
Monday evening last members Of the
South Gate Club, master Masons con-
nected with the Southern Railway Com
pany at Washington and elsewhere on
the system, accompanied by few
guests, and with Fairfax Harrison,
president Of the Southern SYSTEM, as
their guest of honor, made pilgrimage
H. x1Ir
arrival in Alexandria the visitors went
to the Westminster building. where they
were served by the ladies of DR.. Alli-
sons church with repast, during which
Sol Minister'S orchestra Of Washington
stirred up enthusiasm. When coffee and
cigars were served the banQueters sang
america after which choir of Ia,
dies sang ''Blest Be the Tie That Binds. -
while the entire body gave the chautau-
qua salute to it's honored guest w. H.
Burton, president of the club, was toast
master. Speakers included Charles A
committee of the National League of
Masonic Clubs and past monarch of
Kallipoiis Grotto. The program inciud-
ed a duet by Miss Lucy Graves and
tions and comedy by Arthur B. Pierce,
superintendent Of water supply, South
ern railway, and an address by the
speaker of the evening. Rev. James
Shera Montgomery. chaplain OF, the
House Of Representatives. whose key
note was Americanization. After adj
journment the Masons visited AlexAn,
ldria-Washington Lodge, where George
w. Zachary delivered an amplified lee
| ture on the relics of George Washington
and his compatriots now stored in tue
lodge.
Among the prominent guests were
Fairfax Harrison. president /; ]. NJ. Culp,
retired vice president; Alexander Grant,
H. H. Laughton. W. S. Andrews and ].
NJ. Woodruff. assistants to the vice presi-
dent; E. F. Parham. treasurer; NJ. Mid
dleton. assistant treasurer; A. e. Tate,
c. r. Craig, H o. Cooper. H. F. Cary.
S. E. Burgess, J. H. Drake, ]. H Wing
field, D. H. Beatty. E. B. Berry, W. H.
F. Finke, v. A. Slaughter w. ]. Eek,
L. K. Baumgardner and r. R Cooke.
The Craftsman Club recently elected
William B. Severe delegate. with How
sixteenth annual convention Of the Ma
| tional League Of Masonic Clpbs. M. h
Sweet, H. F. Chandler, Harry Taylor,
John H. Kettner Edward E. Berney.
Henry e. Ayler and William b. Severe
were appointed a committee to organize
a ladies' auxiliary to the Craftsman
Club.
A big feature in connection with the
convention Of the National League ol
Masonic Clubs next month will be a
committee Of ladies Of the Eastern Star
to assist in entertaining visiting ladies
and children. The committee has per-
fected organization as follows: Chair
grand matron: vice chairmen. Mrs.
Bertha Shelton Woods. Mrs Corinne
Frasier and Mrs j. Ethel Richards
with the following members: Mrs. Pol
| lard. Mrs. Walker. Ruth Chapter: Miss
n. Frasier. Mrs. scantlebury and Mrs.
S. Wood and Miss A. e. Wiley
Naomi Chapter: Mrs. W. T. Hubbard.
Mrs. Sims and Miss F. B. Campbell.
! Martha Chapter: Mrs. S. NJ. MacQueen.
Miss Mabel Botsch and Miss Bessie
Bush. Esther Chapter: Mrs. Margaret
Caril Mrs. Lena Stevenson, Bethlehem
Chapter; Mrs. e. G. Rosemond and Miss
Anna Whitman. Mizpah Chapter: Mrs.
E. O'Brien, Mrs. Graves and Mrs. B.
Barnhardt, Areme Chapter: Mrs. Lucy
Chapter; Mrs. Hugh Reppart and Mrs.
Nettie Dotten, Takoma Chapter; Mrs.
Fannie M. Ayles. Mrs. Esther A. Cross.
Mrs. Nora Henry and Mrs. Jeanette
, Cowies. Mrs. L: Dow and Mrs. Elizabeth
Cornish. Cathedral Chapter: Mrs. Ida B.
Wales. Mrs. Clara B. Leverton and Mrs
| Marguerite Harrison. Columbia Chapter;
| Mrs. Rosie Carter. Mrs. Ethel Richards,
Mrs. Schonenberger and Mrs. Julia NJ
| Riley. William F. Hunt Chapter; Mrs.
B. Buchanon, Mrs. c. e. Watson and
Mrs. Clara Davis. st. Johns Chapter;
Mrs. Anna Keyser and Mrs. Bessie Lin
ger. Fast Gate Chapter: Mrs. Mary G..
Hammell. Mrs. Louise Hufnagle and DR..
W. B. Hufnagle. Unity Chapter: Mrs
Martha A. Rode. Mrs Emma b. Deck,
Mrs. Annie B. Sayior and Mrs. Sadie
Boyce. Miriam Chapter: Mrs Rose M;
Howard. Mrs. Augusta Hymans and