Evening star., 1922-02-12

Rev. David Il. Coyell. rector uhuei
authorization Of the grand master OF
Masons of the District. The service
will be conducted by the rector OF the
church, Rev. David II. Covell, who is
the assistant grand chaplain OF tne
Grand Lodge of the District Merton
L. Ferson, X. c. c. H. dean OF George
washington University Law School.
will be the speaker for the occasion.
A special musical program and otnes
numbers of interest will be featured
in the order of exercises.
East Gate Lodge will have charge
of the services at the Masonic ana
Eastern Star, Home this afternoon at
3 o'clock. The lodge Will have SO
music and a talk by Past Grand Mas
ter James w. Witten.
The illustrious masters of the con-
stituent councils of Royal and Select
Masters, together with the council
officers, will meet Saturday evening
at .:30 o'clock in the Grand Chapter
room at Masonic Temple for the pur.
pose of organizing an Association OF
1llustrious Masters. llluStrious Grand
Master Horace p. Mcintosh will be
present.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
IS in tempest of activity. lllustrious
Potentate Leonard P. Steuart has just
secured the assent of John Poole,
president of the Federal National
Bank, to act as chairman of the
finance committee when has Tor its
Council session to Washington In
June, 1923. and Chairman Poole has
already started the ball rolling which
is hoped to bring to Washington one
Of the greatest and most unique Masonic
gatherings ever held here: Every
temple in North America will be rep
resented with its band. patrol, auNili-
aries and thousands OF ShrinerS who
hold no active office but are always
deeply concerned over the annual
meeting of the Imperial Council OF
North America. The general COR lit
tee for this event is headed by Frank
p. Miiburn. with Harry F. Gary as
vice chairman. and thus far comprises
a membership of 100 mobiles. with an
executive committee of nine. This year
the Imperial Council session will be held
in San Francisco. and it is estimated
that more than 100000 Shriners will
be in attendance. 1t is hoped to bring
even a greater number to Washington
next year because of the special in
ducements the National Capital will
have to offer and which arc possible
in no other city.
March I is the date set for the first
ceremonial session of Almas Temple
since the election and installation of
1llustrious Potentatc Steuart, and
eXtTdOrdlndFy eI1OTIS are -pe1uS put
forth for that occasion. The session
will be held in the Capitol Theater.
the only available assembly hall of
sufficient size to accommodate the
audience. Alnas Temple now num-
bers nearly 5000 mobiles, and Recorder
F. Lawrence Walker is predicting,
from his knowledge of indications.
that when the Imperial Council comes
Almas will rank with the largest. as
it already is one of the most famous
temples of the Shrine.
Potentate Steuart has recently an
nounced the appointment of Jack
Shulman as vice president of the
Arab Patrol. which is headed by
Arthur f. Cooke as president: John T.
Vivian as business manager of the
Almas Temple Band. and William c.
White. director of the government
school of music connected with the
War Department, as the bands new
director.
Almas Temple has launched another
extraordinary omething
quite out of the ordinary and
thoroughly unique for Washington
in the Almas Temple Shrine fair and
exposition at Convention Hall. March
6 to IS. for the benefit of the San
Francisco fund. John J. p. Mullane.
who bears the modest title of man
ager of this exceptional event. states
that Convention Hall Is being gor-
geously decorated with an encircling
and emblems of shrinedom Ia
Bagdad. All the exhibition booths are
being arranged in emblematic form
and decorated accordingly. There will
be music, bands and dancing every
night, with free attractions. special
shows, hair-raising circus acts and
novelties galore and several some
things and then some doing every
minute"
A feature will be the exposition of
and wares of every de-
soription by the business men of
Washington and of every other city
within reach-a sort of merchants,
manufacturers and household exposi-
tion. In other words, Convention Hail.
during the progress of this big
novelty, will be q sort of worlds fair
combined with all the pleasures and
pandemonium of novel entertainment
drawn from all sources. Few, even
of the mobiles themselves, it Is said.
realize the scope and character of the
UNIQUE and mammoth entertainment
that is being planned. John j.. +.
Mullane, 610 Continental Trust build
ing, knows all about 1t and ne says
he is glad to spread widely all ne
knows.
A memorial service was recently
held by the Almas Temple Caravan
Club for Mobiles Jackson, Ernest ana
Knickerbocker Theater disaster. Rev.
David R. Covell conducted the ex.
ercises and the Scottish Rite Quartet
sang. Next Friday the club will hold
it's primaries in anticipation OF ITS
election of president, vice president,
secretary-treasurer and two directors
two weeks later.
Brightwood Chapter. No. 9, for Wed
nesday evening announces the Mark
degree, in charge of the newly elected
king, Alfred w. Foster.
Anacostia Chapter announces the
Mark degree for tomorrow evening,
with NJ w. Kimmerling heading the
line.
FOR the thirtieth degree next Tues
day, in Robert de Bruce Council.
Knights Kadosh, the cast will include
Milton Hopfenmaier and Allen L. Col
ton, both X. C. C. H., in the first
apartment; Frank NJ. Roller, X. c.
C. H., and Allen Bussius. thirty-third
degree. in the second apartment
with Deputy Ellwood p. Morey, thir-
ty-third degree. as supreme judge.
in the third apartment" and Harry
H. Thompson, K. C. c. H., heading the
cast, in the fourth apartment" The
degrees for the winter class will end
February 2s. with the thirty second,
or master of the royal secret. The
degrees for the new spring class will
start March 13 and continue from
week to week until some time in May.
They are available to all Blue Lodge
MasonS..
Denuty Morey. in the latest iesue of