Evening star., 1922-01-15
FRATERNITIES

asylum. Masonic Temple. The annual
meeting will be held in the banquet
hall Of Masonic Temple at 1880 pm.
January 26, when the election will
| occur.
Tomorrow evening the January
dance of the Grotto Band and Drill
Corps will be given at the New Will
promised.
| Arrangements are nearly completed
Tor the trip 10 st. Petersburg. Fla,
| Where Past Monarch Charles ID. Shack
eiford and his team will stage the first
rltuaiistic ceremony for the new
grotto at that place. Past Grand Mon
arch Edward S. Schmid and Past Mon
arch Charles A. Stevens probably will
90 with the party. The latter and
matter in charge and can furnish in
| formation to those desiring il.
| Grand Secretary Sidney ID. Smith
ana Mrs. Smith stopped over in Wash
Florida to their home at Hamilton,
n. Y.
Almas Temple is to have "A big in
door fair and carnival at Convention
Hall for its San Francisco fund. which
concerns the Arab Patrol and its
units, as well as the Almas Glee Club.
1t will run from March to js. inclu-
| sive, and John J. +. Mullane, 6l0 Con-
tinental Trust building. is general
l
provision will be made for exhibits Of
all kinds for merchants and manufac-
| turers, not only of Washington, but
all over the country; for games.
| shows, circus acts and dancing. II is
to be the biggest thing Of its kind
| ever promoted under Shrine auspices
| in Washington, and its details Will
| startle the general public. Mr.. Null
| lane thinks. when it is possible to give
! them in their entirety. 1t has been
! since there Shrine
! fair in Washington. and those who
| take interest in sucn things will evil
| IDENTIFY have much to think about
| Alalas Glee Club is to give a two
| day joint concert with the Ruhinstein
Club. Washington's famous musical
| organization, the latter part OF Febru-
AIRY. in Masonic Temple Auditorium.
also for the San Francisco fund.
The Red Cross is scheduled for
Orient Commandery tomorrow even
ing.
The commandery will attend a re-
ligious service at Metropolitan Pres
| byterian Church. 4th and = streets
| southeast. this evening. An invita-
tion has been extended to all fraters
| to assemble in the Asylum at
| O'Clock and accompany the COM
mandery TO church. Orients Band
| will serve as escort. January 30. at
| a special conclave. the Order of Malta
in full form will be presented.
| At the meeting of Almas Temple at
| patrol headquarters. I'll 18th street,
| Thursday evening. Potentate Leonard
! p. Steuart announced several lmpor-
tant appointments. including that OF
| Arthur +. Cook, as president OF the
| Arab Patrol; George II. Whiting as
| captain of the patrol. with the right
! to designate the lieutenants and other
officers; Virgil NJ. Fookes. as director
| of the floor team; A. J. Leister. as
secretary; Isaac B. Field, assistant
| secretary: W. w. Georges, treasurer.
| and former Capt. Ed Dutton as an
honorary active member of the patrol.
| Further appointments We're an
nounced by the potentate yesterday.
| as follows: w. D. Skeen, as captain
of the guard: Rev. d. r. Covell, as
chaplain; W. I. Jacoby. as director OF
the drum corps; White. new leader
Schmidt, director of the Oriental
! Band: Charles r. Bartlett. musical
| director of Almas Glee Club: John j.
| P. Mullane. president of Almas Glee
| Club organization; Myer Goldman.
! conductor of the Almas Orchestra.
| with entire control of that body. and
| Gen. Amos A. Fries, as commander of
Almas Legion of Honor. William
| Mehn has been reappointed chairman
of the welfare committee; George NJ
| Fisher. chairman of the glad hand
| committee; Rufus w. Pearson chair
| man of the committe on charges
| Sanger, chairman. and Nathan We'll.
! vice chairman. with Fred Hahn,
| NJ. Ballauf and a. r. Narela. mem
bers of the committee tnancrs
/ and accounts; Judge J. W. Whittier
| chairman of the committe on juris
! prudence. and w. II. Plummer. chair
| man of the banquet committee. wit
/ DR.. William p. Wood chairman am
DR.. Harry w. Jaeger as vice chail-
man of the medical staff.
Potentate Steuart stated that th.
referendum vote on the proposed new
mosque would close next Sunday. Jan
uary Is. and he was unable to say
what attitude Almas Temple would
assume toward the erection of what
has been called 1.-The universal Mason
ic temple" in Washington until tn.
result was learned. He has received
a cordial letter from Imperial Potem-
tate Earnest A. Cults expressing the
desire to again visit Almas Temple n
the near future and that a ceremo-
nial session VIII be staged the latter
part of February or the early part OF
March in the hope of having him AT
that time. Otherwise. ii is expected.
with a degree of certainty. that the
imperial potentate will be present al
the next spring session.
The potentate was guest OF honor
at the eighty-seventh anniversary
celebration of Washington Command
cry, No. 1, knights Templar, last
evening.
\ The next dance of the Arab Patrol
Will be given Wednesday evening.
February s, in the salon des nations
at the Hotel Washington.
La Fayette Lodge, No. 10. has the
F. c. degree scheduled for Thurs
day evening.
Benjamin B. French Lodge. No. l..
is preparing for big special TUESDAY.
January "a. starting at pm. with
the NJ. NJ. degree. After the first sec
| ton. dinner will be served. in the
banquet hall and work will be resum-
ed at .:30.
Orient Comma ndery. No. :. knights
Templar announces the order of the
temple for tomorrow evening, when
Capt. Gen. John p Rappolt will act
as sovereign master. A special con-
clave will be held January 80 for the
order of Malta in full form, its first
rendition in this form in the District
for many years.
The Ionic Club of Master Masons in
the Treasury Department will hold its
first meeting for the new year Satur-
day evening. January IS. in the small
! ballroom of the Arcade. l4th street
and Park road northwest. A large
number of applications for member
ship will be acted upon.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
Ruth Chapter, No. /. will have
short bushes session tomorrow even
ing. followed by a dance At a special
| meeting Tuesday evening the degrees
! wara couferred on "A class of twenty