Evening star., 1921-05-01

the maximum of result. All the re-
sources of Almas Temple and of the
Shrine at large have been drawn upon
for contributions of wit. wisdom and
Shrine lore for the occasion. Past
Imperial Potentate w. Freeland Ken
drick. who also is the present pOten-
tate of Lu Lu Temple of Philadelphia
with a big delegation: Potentate
George Esenbrown of RaJah Temple
Reading. Pa. and many others nave
already Signified their intention or
being present, 1nsurlng. II IS sa,u:
perhaps the greatest gathering Oh
Shrine dignitarieS ever assembled IN
the capital of the United States TO
greet the imperial potentate ana III
the hope of greeting the first Shrih-
er President of the United states Inc
imperial potentate Will arrive III
Washington next Sunday evening ana
will be met by Potentate l-ansoureh
and a guard of honor to escort MN
to his local headquarters. Whlle mere.
il is expected he will learn that the
commissioners of the District of Co
lumoia and the people of Washington
will manifest in no uncertain sound
their hope that the Imperial Council
will select Washington for It's con
vention in 1928. 1t is almost certain
that the 1922 convention vii! be heid
in san Francisco. The formal lnVi-
perial Council when it meets IN beS
MoineS Iowa. June Il. and it is Sald
assurances have already been recei\-
ed which insure its unanimous dc
Ceptance No changes have bten
made thus far in the plans for the
ceremonial next Monday evening or
for the Shrine parade as announced
in The Star last Sunday. The paraue
should prove unique feature iol
those who love to see the sights III
Washington.
Wednesday. May IS. Almas Temple
will do honor to the Shrine LADIES'
and their friends at the Arcade
Auditorium. where Petentate Lans.
burgh is arranging to stage one OF
the biggest Shrine social features IN
the annals of Almas Temple. The
hops and balls. which heretofore
have won unusual comment for their
beauty and splendor have been func-
tions of the Arab Patrol. Potentate
I.anSburGh announces that the Ar
cadc function will be given by AimaSs
Temple itself and that all it's auxii-
iarieS will contribute their share IN
making the affair the greatest ever.
DR. ]. r. Prendergast, president or
the Almas Automobile Club. states
that preparations are rapidly nearing
completion for the big houseWarm-
ing of the clubs magnificent summer
quarters on Chesapeake bay. The
cool weather. especially the recent
frost, among other things. had re-
tarded preparations. but everything
now, he says. is we'll under way and
the time is near at hand when the
date may be announced.
The regular drill and meeting of
the Arab Patrol has been postponed
until Friday of this week to enable
it's members who also are connected
with the Knight Templar comman-
deries to attend the Ascension LAY
services Thursday evening.
General Secretary Stirling Kerr has
announced the cast for the fourteenth
degree in Mithras Lodge OF fer-
fcction Tuesday evening. as folloWs:
Venerable master, Frank NJ. Roller;
senior warden. Allen Bussius, thirty
third degree honorary. junior warden:
John n. Won Hermann, thlrty-thlrd
degree honorary; orator. W iliiam n
Breuning: master of ceremonies. KAY
mond O. Wilmarth. and expert, MIL
ton Hopfenmaier, *. {. 4. H.
Preparations are going ahead Tor
the annual base ball game at Amer
lean League Park, Saturday. June %.
for the Masonic and Eastern star
Home. The contending teams Will be
selected from the blue lodges ana
from Kallipolis Grotto. Mystic order
of Yelled Prophets. the hour lot
the game as announced. is $50 pm
Owing to pressing business. it is
said. DR. Montgomery Hunter has ten
dered his resignation as president OF
the Gayel Club of Master Masons and
also as delegate to the convention or
Masonic Clubs. effective Immediately.
The Caravan Shrine Club had the
largest attendance of its history AT
it's luncheon. at the New Ebbitt
Wednesday. Representative w. ID. Up
shaw of Georgia delivered the ad-
dress of the day. Next Wednesday
Representative NJ. Clyde Kelly of
PENNSYLVANIA. who was prevented
from being at the last meeting is
scheduled to speak.
The date for the visit OF the mem
bers of The Scimeter Club of Boumi
Temple. Baltimore, has been dfnnitelS
fixed for May %.
Naval Lodge for the first time in it's
history, probably found its spacious
lodgeroom, at 4th street and Pennsyi-
yania avenue southeast. not half large
enough to accommodate the audience
that gathered to witness the NJ. NJ.
trock the famous base ball comedian.
who made Il special trip from New
York on business other than base
bail was probably the cause. StatIsti-
clans of the lodge estimate that near
ly 500 were gathered in the lodge
room for the ceremonies. and that be-
tween 200 and 300 were turned away,
utterly unable to get inside the doors.
Nick. after the ritualistic exercises.
declared that he had experienced the
most wonderful third strike in his
long career. He also proved that he
is somewhat of an orator as well as
base ball comedian and "trusty.'
Past Grand Monarch +. s. Schmid.
in company with Grand Venerable
Prophet +. w. Libbey, Monarch c. =.
Boss. Chief Justice NJ. w. Pickering.
Past Monarch Charles A. Stevens and
Prophets w. s. Mcdonald and Mat
thew @. Chaser went TO Norfolk. Va,
Saturday of last week and instituted
Baya Grotto. the latest addition to
the grotto realm. &. w. T.. Treadwelf
of YcdZ Grotto. Baltimore. is sponsor
for the new grotto. After being in
stituted. the following officers were
elected: Monarch. Maurice J. Green
wood; chief justice. George n. Owens:
master of ceremonies, Claude A. Grif-
fifth: treasurer. Logan d. VeaZey; sec
retary Fred a. King: marshal. L.
Stubbs; captain Of the guard, w. l..
Petty: sentinels. =. Marino and w.
H. Holland. The Washington proph-
cts were royalty entertained. The
party returned via Newport News,
where Chief Justice Pickering de-
tected man picking the pocket of
Past Grand Monarch Schmid. The
offender is now In The tolls Of the
law.
Charles NJ. Keefer has been desig-
mated chairman of hotel reservations
in connection with the annual con-
vcution of the Supreme Council at
Atlantic City commencing June IS.