Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-23
.TEMPLAR CONCLAVE.
COMMENCES TODAY.
Delegates From 90 comman.
deries In State Here; Many
Entertainments Planned
PARADE TO BE FEATURE

Knights Tempiar and their ladiei
are arriving from all parts Of the STATE
today to take part In the sixty eight
annual conciave Of the Grand Com
mandery. beginning today and lasting
until Wednesday.
There are eighty commandcrics In the
State, exclusive Of those IN Philadel
phia, and all are sending delegations
Reservations were made long In advance
at the principal hotels, several com :
msndcries reservinE as many as 6OO
rooms three months ago.
1t Is estimated there will be more
than 1000 visitors here during, the ccn-
clnve. A multiplicity Of entertain
ments has been provided.
Escorts were ready early today to
meet arriving communicates ut the
railroad depots and escort them to their
respective headquarters. The Masonic
Temple was open to Tempiar visitors
from 10 O'Clock this morning until .
o'clock this afternoon.
An entertainment arranged for early
this afternoon IL an automobile sight
seeing tour for visiting Knights Temp
lar and their ladies. There will be sew
eral hundred cars reserved for this
purpose, parked near the Masonic Ten
pie, and parties will be formed there
for tours Of the city to points OF his
tOric interest.
TO Visit Mayor
The biggest event today. next only
in Importance to q monster parade ar
ranged for tomorrow, will be visit
which the knights will pay to Mayor
Moore at 4 80 O'Clock in the afternoon.
Members Of the Grand Commandery
accompanied by their ladies. Will -.
semble at the Bellevue. Stratford thii
afternoon. where automobiles vii
be waiting to take them TO City Hail
Corinthian Chasseur Commandery, No
50. mounted. will act a. escort. The
knights will wear full uniform. with
swords. There are more than 200
members In the Grand Commandery,
and while not all will Be In the city In
time for the visit, It Is expected that
not less than 500 knights. and prob
ably a greater number than this. nc.
companied by their ladies, will take par,
In the reception.
This evening will be given over to
social diversions. The grand comma nder
will hold a brief reception in the Red
Room Of the Bellevue -Stratford, and
the rest Of the evening will be given
over to receptions and dances at the
headquarters Of the various local and
visiting Communicates. Every hotel and
restaurant has supper parties booked
for the evening. Also there will be
specisl Knights Templar band concerts
one on City Hall piasa, opposite the
Masonic Temple: another at the Munic.
ipal Band stand at Fifteenth and Arch
streets, and still others at various
points.
The special escorts will be on duty
again early tomorrow morning. A gen .
eral escort win meet st. Johns Com
mandery, No. /. Wilmington, Del, al
& 30 o'clock tomorrow morning and nc h.
company It to headquarters. Specia
escorts will 90 out to meet commanderie.
from other jurisdictions.
Parade Is Big Feature
The most spectacular public featur,
of the conclave will be tomorrow
parade. The parade will form at Broat
and Spring Garden streets at 0:4t
O'Clock In the morning. The route will
be out Spring Garden street to Twenty
second street, to the Parkway, to FIJI.
bert street, south on Broad street. t.
Pine, and countermarch to the Masonic
Temple, where the parade will be dis
missed.
At three points along the line Will
be groups Of army officers. who vii
be judges OF the marching merits ol
the communicates. and prizes will b,
awarded. The parade Will be reviewed
at Broad and Arch streets by Grant
Commander Thomas Ranken Patton,
The chief marshal Of the parade will
be Hayes H. Duncan, of St. John,
Commandery, No. 4, while William W.
Matos. Of Mary Commandery. No. 80,
will be adjutant general.
The Grand Commander will be co.
corted by his own commandery, Kadosh
No. 20, while the Grand Commandery
will have as It's escort Corinthian
Chasseur Commandery No. 50. The
parade will be in hve divisions, with
ample bands.
4 novel feature will be the arrange
ment Of the seats. There will be nc
grandstands, but instead It has been
arranged to have II, 900 chairs ranged
Ave deep on either side OF the Park
way from Fifteenth TO Twenty second
streets, each numbered, and each guest
furnished with a numbered badge. The
chairs will be put in place tomorrow
morning and removed Immediately ths