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The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
Knights of Pythias

Century Lodge will omit
next convention on Monday evening
on account of Fourth of July holi-
day. The lodge conferred the es-
quire rank on four pages on Mon
day evening. The transfer card of
F. A Tranberger, or Osceola Lodge
Roanoke, Va. was presented and
received favorable action by cleo
tion to membership.
The Knights of Pythias and
Woodmen teams of the Fraternal
League will cross bats at Union
League Park on Tuesday afternoon.
Game will be called at Sis.
Webster Lodge has the Knight
rank ceremonial scheduled for Tues
day evening on a class of esquires.
Both the page and esquire rank S
were conferred at the meeting of
the lodge on Tuesday evening. A
large turnout of members and visi-
tors participated in the work.
Myrtle Lodge extends a cordial
invitation to all Pythians to attend
their ceremonial on Tuesday eve
ming and participate in the work
of conferring the esquire rank.
as master of ceremonies, promises
cool weather.
Union Lodge will confer the es-
quire rank on two pages of the
lodge and one from Century -Deca-
tur Lodge on Wednesday evening.
A record attendance greeted the
candidates when the page rank was
conferred on Wednesday evening.
the meeting being a joint affair.
Rathbone-Superior Lodge will
hold a page rank ceremonial on Fri
day. June s. and will be Joined by
franklin Lodge, who will present a
candidate for the rank. Following
the initiatory work interesting mo-
vie films will be shown by Col. W.
Q. Owens.
The meeting of Calanthe Lodge
on Monday evening was interesting,
large number of members attend
ing. The fifty-year veteran jewel
was presented to Geo. w. Burkman,
sr., by Thomas E. London, while,
Grand Keeper of Records and Seal
Kimmel presented a jewel to Joseph
Mace, who has been outer guard for
thirty-seven years and during that
time missed only three meetings of
the lodge.
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LegiOnnaires.

Doubling of the present member
ship of the Robley D. Evans Post
No. 4. the American Legion, will be
attempted on July 4. following the
last instructions issued by Col. F.
W. Galbraith, the national COM
mander who died recently. This
membership drive is being launched
with the aim of securing gobs,
chiefs and officers of the navy now
residing in this vicinity.
Any service man or former serv-
ice man who desires to join the post
can obtain application blanks and
Information from N. C. Sloan, Adams
S6S; /. H. Horton, Main 472; John
Mackey, $50 Seward square south
east; c. ]. Cavanaugh, 203 c street
southeast. and H. j. Davis, 10
Eighth street northeast.
The next meeting of this post will
be held July at the Old Naval Hos
pital. Ninth street and Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
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Jazz Stirs
Pdrisians
South American Syncopa.
tiers SIoay BLase Audi
ences ICith Wild Airs.

&C. A very original, very comic
- and very artistic thing"
Thus the Paris correspondent Of
Musical America describes in his
latest letter the performances Of
the South American Syncopsted Or
chestra, now playing at the Thester
de Champs Elysees, and deIighting
the Paris public. which suffers il
gladly" it is declared.
The orchestra. says the corre-
spondent. is not entirely composed
OF negroes for some OF the players
are coffue-colOred and others have
an olive tint"
The ensemble of the orchestra. e"
he continues. consists of the weld
ing Of five solo singers. two ladies'
tMme. kingReavis and Mile Sadie
HopkinsD, and three ENen. one string
quartet, ten baLjOs. one trumpet,
one saxophone. one trombone. one
kettlcdrum, one trap player, two
grand pianos, and twenty mae
choristers
II. W. Wellmon. a superbly Wig
orous conductor in the uniform of
a Brazilian general, wearing daz-
S-bNFS ana -
leads this heterogeneous instrument
tai ensemble. He uses no score. and
at times marches straight into hts
orchestra to stimulate some player
who seems to lag: at others. when
all is going. as il should. he lowers
his baton, and. hands behind his
oack. locks at the public with eyes
twinkling with satisfaction. not at
all in the way NJ. Chevillard con-
ducts Beethoven's Ninth.
''As to their performance. il is at
one and the same time a very ori-
Giusl. very comical and very artIs-
tic thing. This organization. which
runs the whole gamut of the Afri-
can scale. from jet-black TO clear
ochre IL its component members,
presents program partly sym
phonic. partly vocal. The orchestra
plays ir very finished style. and
might be said to stand for a per-
fected development Of the bands
heard in the dance -cabarers and
music halls; and such of its num-
oers as the Russian Rag" tn,
'Swarcc." and %El Relicario." are
well-known to the habitues Of the
Jazz fioors. Yet in the playing of
the syncopated orchestra disorder
IS merely apparent. and the most
unexpected musical tid-hits dre
framed and held in place by
rhNthms Of impitiable precision. II
rs certain that the jazz bands n tho
"danCInGs" have never PLAYED Is
dos this orchestra. with such mad
JOY that the audience itself Gaurod
in ITS seats. The trombone soloi~'.
Buddie Gilmore by name, at times
aside from the wonders he per
FORMED by drawing the most CONF
cal glissLndi from his instruwcn.
also gave forth quite ahnorma y
colored and eCstatiC sounds secured
BY muting the embouChure of ms
trombone with a black straw hat
The Washington herald., 1921-07-03
WOODMEN TOPUSH
THEIR ACTIVITIES
DESPITE WEATHER
New Drives InaugurateG
For Coming Summer
Months.

There will be no let-up in the ac-
tivities OF the woodmen OF the
World during the hot weather. In
fact. several of the camps are in
augurating new drives to increase
tho membership at this season, and
the sovereigns seem to be waking
up to new interest. The W. o. W.
baseball team Is high up in the race
in the Fraternal League and is now
attracting better crowds. The an
nual excursion to Chesapeake Beach
on the s0th instant promises to at
tract \ record attendance. A tug
of-war will be bitterly contested be-
tween teams led by Sovereigns Bert
Wells and George Rohrbach. and the
fat mems race feature will be in
charge of Herman Woody as usual
Many handsome prizes have been
secured for the lucky participants.
Consul Commander Cogan, assist
ed by Clerk Easter, of National
Camp, is drafting a letter to be sent
to all members OF National, urging
at least "a SO per cent attendance
upon sessions Of the camp. A cam
paign Of education is to be carried
on to impress upon members the
benefits of regular participation in
the transactions Of their camp.
Fraser and Old Glory camps held
animated meetings Monday and
Tuesday evenings, respectively.
Head watchman Albert Whitworth.
of Fraser. has assumed his position
as guardian of sthe treasury. The
discussion of sports was a feature
at Old Glory and Capt. Humphries
made a talk in the interest of the
baseball league.
Adjutant General Mather has is
sued a call for a meeting of repre-
sentatives of the Uniform Rank OF
tie various jurisdictions, to take
place in New York at the beginning
of the Sovereign convention. Lieut..
Col. John c. Mcconnell will repre-
sent the 1o3d Regiment
A delegation from Washington
visited Maple Camp at Seat Pleas
ant, Md, on Wednesday evening,
and were received with great cour-
tesy. Consul Commander Thurston
G. Brown made a speech of welcome
and the Sovereign Camp honors
were extended. Among the visitors
were State Manager r. F. Clark.
Past Head Consul D. w. Thayer and
Sovereign Delegate T. B. Eckloff
Clerk Smith made a report OF the
camps finances. showing it to be in
sound condition.
Sovereign James Porter. Of Elm
Camp. has recovered from his re-
cent trip to Baltimore and Is await
ing the next visitation
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KEANE COUNCIL TO
SPEND WEEK AT
JERSEY RESORT
Plans of Last Meeting
Care for X. of C.'s and
Families.

Leo ]. Kavanagh, chairman OF
keane Council Boosters held a con-
ference at the Raleigh Hotel on
Wednesday night with a special
representative Of the Continental
Hotel, OF Atlantic City, N. j., to
make final arrangements for the
welfare and entertainment OF the
party of Washington knights and
their families who will visit that
city during the week of July II TO
"a. Fifty extra reservations have
been placed at the disposal of this
party and already many of these
have been filled. AS an added fea-
ture of entertainment the commit
tee has chartered a small feet of
power and sail yachts for the ex-
elusive use of their guests on
Thursday evening, July 81, on a
moonlight sail along the coast.
Each yacht will carry professional
musicians and entertainers who will
the leading features OF the week.
Rev. Francis X. Cavanaugh,
chaplain Of Keane Council will be
the guest of the party and on We'd
nesday morning, July 20, will celc-
brate a memorial for the deceased
members of the order. a custom
which has been observed by this or
ganiation on each Of its yearly out
ings.
Daniel J. Burke, in charge of
transportation. announces that all
arrangements for the special train
over the Pennsylvania system. TO
and from Atlantic City. have been
completed. hours OF departure will
be announced at a later date.
The chairman of the Boosters
has received word from Fitzgerald
Council. Alexandria. Va, that d
number of members from that jur-
isdiction will join the party. A
delegation from Forest Glen. Md, is
also expected according TO report of
Geore" r. Sans. treasurer Of tho
Boosters.
number of copies of The
Booster" a song composed and pub
lished for this occasion is now in
the hands OF the committee for
distribution. This is the first in
dividual council song published in
the history of the knights of Co.
lumbuS
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National Union

The Hospital Bed Fund Associa-
ton met on Monday night last and
listened to a very interesting and
gratifying report from Secretary
Crawford Bennie relative to the en-
thusiastic support being given by
the various councils to the excur-
sion to Chesapeake Beach on July
81 for the benefit Of the hospital
service. He reported that 5000
tickets hao been distributed to the
5000 members of the order in this
Jurisdiction and that they expected
to have a record crowd on the ex-
cursion. He also reported that
Chairman O'Brien of the athletic
events committee advised that many
handsome prizes had been received
for use at the excursion.
Mckinley Council held it's regular
meeting on Friday night with
friend W. J. O'Brien presiding be-
cause of the absence of President
Jesse B. X. Lee. The attendance
was not as large as usual owing to
the hot weather, but much interest
was shown in the matters coming
before the meeting especially with
regard to the joint excursion.
One candidate was initiated and
the usual sick committee was ap-
pointed for the month of July. At
the conclusion of the regular rou-
tine the council indulged in a
smoker with refreshments. Amons
those noted as being present were
William G. Belts. r. J. Jones. ]. T.
Burtffne. w. H. .;Jefferis. H. s. Mich
OILS William Peake and I Harry
Jones. An invitation was received
by the members to attend the meet
ing Of Victory Council on the 7th.
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Foreign Veterans
Secure New
Meeting Place

The hall committee, appointed to
secure 4 new NEE .Ihg b....S lor Na-
uonal Capital Post lz7, Veterans Of
Foreign wars, reports that quar-
ters have been engaged at 1905 Z
street northwest. second floor front.
me hrst meeting will be held FRI
oay evening. July Is, at which
time nominations and elections Iur
post omcers will be held; also the
nominations and elections of hye
oelegates and slternates to repre-
sent the post in the coming national
encampment, to be held al Detroit
Mich September, 1921. IL is ex-
pected TO have a large attendance
and that every member Of the nos,
VIII make IL a point to be on hand.
More than 500 members ana
friends Of National Capital Posi- Ia7
attended the grand rally and enter
tainment given Tuesday evening.
JYne %. at Community Service Han
The guests Of the evening were ths
Honorable Representatives s. n
Fess. Of Ohio. and Hamilton Fish
IT, OF New York. both Representa-
ives making splendid patriotic ad-
uIesSes' which were greatly apprecI-
NAhN AuulenCG.
A joint meeting OF the executive
and resolutions committees will he
called for Immediately after the
erection Of post officers ana DELE
gate Tor the purpose Of shaping mat
eers 10 be presented at the coming
Matters to be brought
iore the encamDment will he ,bat
oI separating former service men
from positions under tn. gov,-p-
Heh'' while retaining nons.rytce
men. That only former service p,.n
oe employed with the Federal R,,.r5
or vocational Training and the W.
Nish insurance. Resolution desIira
win forming a federation ~ -
ahd copies Of this resolution To
pe sent 10 each department. corn
ma ander OF different veteran 80
nations with an early call TO-
meeting TO perfect plans wbich =.
10 De presented at the reSncr,;,.s
Ha atIonal encampmenis hy delegate.
Inc grievance committee rsnor,.
that considerable complsin,s ~ o..
ler service men against discriniDa-
tions are still being registered "a
requests that resolutions con5.r,n
ing such practices be introduces q,
r CncampmentS
owing TO the great amount of rr
gent business before the post ner,
meeting, il may be necessary IA
hold over A large class OF eligible.
tor obligation until a later date.
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MEETINGS OF ODDFELLOWS
SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW
POSTPONED UNTIL LATER DATE
New Oriental Order Staged Initiation in Balti-
more Last Friday.

cording secretary: Annie B. windle
financial secretary; Robert c. Al.
mouse treasurer. Past Noble Grand
Nettie A. Dennis. of Dorcas Ledge
Is Installing officer.
Officers elect OF Miriam Lodr,
are Mabel Donaldson, noble grand
Edna v. Cummings. vice grand
Emma ]. s.. Murray recording sec.
retary: Ellie Allen, financial secre.
tary; Annie E. Gribsby, treasurer
Lemual ii. Windsor, degree direc.
tor; Past Noble Grand Caroline
i.aoe' OF Mount Pleasant Lodge. 4,
the Installing officer.
nuth Lodge has elected officers
,or the new term as follows: yerds
"a. Hex noble grand: Lila Bailey
vice grand; Roberta Van H. Vol.
,and' recording secretary; Mar,
hutcnings. financial secretary; Belle
M. carter. treasurer. Past Noble
1rano Rosanna Teates, of Friend.
snip Lodge, is installing officer.
Floeiity Lodge. which meets a,
Mills and Rhode Island avenue
northeast. reports the following ofri.
cers-elect: Violette wilmotb. nobjt
grand: Caroline Gundling, vice
grand; Nettie X. MettIer; recording
secretary and degree director: Grace
A. Tohmasson. financial secretary
Flora o. Schwineer. treasurer.
Oficers-elect in Naomi Lodge are
susie G. Behrends. noble grand
Emma J. Shea, vice grand: Alice s
Thomas. recording secretary: +. Mae
Raitz. financial secretary; Emma T
Strobel. treasurer.
friendship LodgeS Masonic Tenn
pie. Anacostia. elected the following
Officers: May Keller, noble grand
Pearle Herbert. vice grand: Ploris
h. Nally. recording secretary: Fan
ME Frame. financial secretary; Edith
L. Chilcoat, treasurer.
Onicers-elect for Martha Wash
ington Lodge are Mary CordeIl, no
Bile grand; Lillian Stople. vice
grand: Gertrude Underwood. record
ing secretary: Minnie c. Sacrey. a.
nancial secretary; Mollie f. Ed
monston, treasurer.
Dorcas Lodge has announced the
following officers-eIect: Noble
grand, Minnie A. Butts: vice grand
Effie f. Lohmar; recording secre.
tary: A. Naomi Cooper: financial
secretary. Mary A Dement,: treas
urer. Abbie NJ. Gates.
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And in Como everybody in tho ho-
tells speaks English. Don't worry
any more. Were coinG back L"
switzerland next week. and will So"
that you return safely TO Paris
Then you needn't join your high
class swindlers in Milan. and they
won't know where to hunt for you.
The idea seemed TO attract her
and as we halted with jerk in
lselIe, lying at the bottom OF its
gorge with mountains towering on
all sides. the lonesomest hole on
earth, she smiled through her tears
yes, tears had come by now-and
said:
Look at that beneh-there's
where I sat yesterday, mad as wet
hen, waiting for the o'clock sN-
press to take me back to Brigue and
the rubber stamp ! had missed on
my wise! They went on the Milan.
Wonder who's payingtheir hotel bill
today" she added with sudden
fierceness. Yes. I'll go to Como,
and much Obliged to you for help
ing me out. Luckily ! haven't any
baggage but this suit case"
Tricky to a degree this crossing
of frontiers. but trickier by far the
Vaccinations of suave strangers one
picks up while travelling.
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Jr. o. U. A. M.

Benning- Council No. 81 at its
regular meeting Monday night
elected the following officers for the
ensuing term: Councillor, r.. E.
Anderson: vice-councilor, Charles
Meile: recording secretary, Charles
w. Douglass: financial secretary,
William Kidwell (re-elected); treas
urer. George v. Nellie (re-elected) :
warden. A. G. Ingels; conductor,
John j. Newton: inside sentinel,
Joseph Kirby; outside sentir ell,
George Miller; chaplain. William T.
Douglass: trustees. A. A. Straus,
eighteen; Frank Carngan. twelve;
A. T. Gray, six,
Installation will be held Monday.
July II.
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you're used to New York prices,
they're not SO bad after all"
Higher than in France" ex-
claimed. with a vision of the exor-
bitant hotel bills presented TO US
this winter on the Riviera. Il don't
see how you can say that"
oh. yes" she answered and got
out a little note book. Il didn't see
the bills. for the marquis paid ev-
erythinG. and only gave him my
third. But jotted down the
amounts in my diary and here they
are. Geneva. five days-we always
stayed five DAYS everywhere so as To
take advantage OF the pension re-
duction-fve days at IS francs a day
makes -"
What" cried. Seventy
francs day-Swiss francs" She
nodded.
For one person." Again she
nodded. and / exploded:
There's no hotel in Geneva that
charges so much
''Oh. yes there is" she assured
me. beaming The Blank Hotel
but I will say the service was per-
feet"
1t was now my turn to dig into
my bag and produce a little book
which had been given me just be-
fore left Eerne. a very handy little
book which ought to be passed out
to all travellers with their tickets.
1t would save much breath and fu-
tile argument. and its efficient but
rather dry name is The Off1cial
Guide to Swiss Hotels"
leafed over until got to "Ge-
neva," then ran my finger down the
list until | struck The Blank Ho-
tel
Here" I said. leaning over and
pointing. the Blank Hotel charges
% francs for its best room. Did
you have the hest r"o"ls?"
Yes" she faltered, puzzled.
where else did you go" | asked
now on a clear trail.
She mentioned Lausanne. Mon.
treuN. Berne. Lucerne. Interlaken
and each of the stms noted in her
diary proved to he exactly three
times the price as it stood in the
book.
oh" she breathed. and sat back
thinking hard.
| ~ hi, StIO again anu TeNuTHtC
the little guide to my suit ease.
We ratified on in silence after that
through the rest of tho Simpler
tunnel.
80. all the time was paying for
| them as well as myself" she saic
at last
You were that" I answered
sorry to wipe the joy and satIsfac.
tion OF her face. but sternly resoIv.
ed {" do my duty to poor. malignec
Switzerland. whose reputation fol
high prices is based on just such ep.
isod's as these.
And ! only ought to have paid 8
third-for instance, that comfort,
able hotel in Geneva was only foul
dollars and something a day, meal.
included, when / thought il was fif.
teenc"
nodded.
And Lausanne the same. and
MontreuX and Berne? oh, how
sorry am I ever found it out,"
listened incredufous.
Yes" she went on. very near a
tears, I'VE had such an ideal tim.
together. they were 500 nice to me
the marquis and his wife. How
shall / ever face them? There they
are waiting for me at Milan / dom,
feel as IL l could thrash It out with
them after all the good times we've
had together"
The tunnel was almost passed. A
gray dawn was coming through the
windows and growing every minute
brighter.
why should YOU 80 I a.ked "Pr
Joining my husband and son in
Como-we're American" added
quickly in answer to a swift look
from her Poor thing. being burnt
she was already dreading the fre
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Tn" chorus was well drilled
'ountei some very attractive yo
Ih" airs ii sings, traditional n
'ail"r melodies" arc sad. ana
very occasional Esietv inful
'h"n' is soon over. The contras
tween these somewhat drarJ
melodies and the frenetic rbyt
~ IN" rags j. very curious and
fective
Forty nadmen. says Critic.
Wall" the critics with Lid
and benevolent superiority. and
public with unbound,d enthusIJ
have received this now orcbes|
ranifestation. ono Carper raises
Enic" to ask whether there is
difference between a Partisan lid
n the Rue Marboeuf. and mend
Of the Matahele tribe. Some I'd
madmen. says he. who make up i
most powerful-which is to saw
worst-jazz hand I have ever hel
interpret with pensiveness infar Y
songs. once sung by the slaves
the South. and then are of
speeds fourth dimension in va|
Einous foN-trots. Yet one must
NIT that they are first class pIay
But It is not the negroes
worry me. They are doing Al
work. in accordance with Al
rudimtntary education. and n
nature. and are not guilty. Itis
iarisIans. the sceptic. civilized Il
isians. While the too weil-knl
air OF ''Svan"e" was being Sd
sung. the crowd writhed in its sl
with satisfaction. And carried al
by the movement Of the negro ri
trs II initiated thems moved \
them....I looked at these VIII
with terror. so savage were d
cries, so animal was their lad
Behind me a fat man gave him|
up to a delirium of ecstasy: 4
dropping jaw, and hands like 81
balls. he made noises like a hal
Zulu. And I thought: Here
have the gracious. the polished.
oistinEuished, the noble public|
Parish