Evening star., 1922-09-08
.K|WAN|S TO GREET
VISITING SHR|NERS
May Hold "0pen House, for
Delegates to Imperial
Council Session.

a suggestion Ln1I tne lOCA1 ha~~ ~HAs
Club hold open house for visiting
Shriners during the 1928 imperial
council session Of the Mystic Shrine
was referred to the board Of directors
for consideration at a meeting OF
the organization in the Hotel WASH
inSton yesterday afternoon.
In bringing the matter before the
club Charles F. Roberts. president.
mentioned the immense throng that
Is expected to be In Washington next
June. and read a letter from Leonard
p. Steuart. illustrious potentAte OF
Almas Temple. in which that official
quoted statistics received from F. o.
Hatch, secretary Of the recent San
Francisco convention Of the Shrine.
in which it was shown that the
banks Of that city enjoyed 4 $4,000
900 increase in clearings during the
stay of the mobiles on the coast.
1t is expected that the Kiwanis
Club will secure a suite OF rooms for
be taken on the suggestion at the
next meeting.
To Discuss Bylaws.
President Roberts announced that
the meeting OF September 2S would
be devoted entirely to discussion Of
new bylaws of the club. He also ap-
pealed for the clubs cooperation In
the forthcoming convention OF the
Capital District of kiwanis, which
will be held here in October. Dele
gates to the convention will be cho-
sen next Thursday.
The appeal for funds by the Amer
lean Society for the Control Of Can
Ger. which holds cancer week" in
Washington this fall. was referred
and Max Fisher spoke in favor Of the
club subscribing to the fund.
Mr.. Mays pointed out the need of
the campaign to educate the public
to the seriousness of the disease,
and pointed to the benefits derived
from similar movement for the
eradication of tuberculosis.
NJ: E. Weaver Of Georgetown. Va:
c. Powell Grady OF Duluth, Mimi:
Robert c. Poskaye of Albany. N. Y.
| and Morris Wolf of Tampa. Fla. were
the out-of-town guests present.
Civitan Activities.
Plans for the ladies night" enter
| tainment to be held October 12 were
discussed IN detail at a meeting of the
yesterday afternoon.
Rudolph Jose presided and called on
Charles Crane. chairman of the enter
tainment committee, for 4 report on
| the, progress made with the program
| to be presented. Mr.. Crane enumerated
the features and said the entertain
! ment would be one Of the most pre-
tentious ever attempted by the organi-
zation.
The club voted to visit the civitan
which time a special golf match be-
tween the two organizations will be
played: Chester H. Warrington. cap
tain Of the team to represent Washing
ton reported his players in "tip-top
A report Of the Civitan fresh air
| camp, which closed last Saturday, was
read and approved by the club.
1t was further voted to hold next
night, instead Of midday.
Cosmopolitan Club Meets, =;
A resolution indorsing the ssti-
mates :of the District Commissioners
for the -iiscal year 1924. more espec-
| tally with reference to the items Of
schools and streets. and urging that
there be no decrease In those items.
| was unanimously adopted by the
the Racquet Club yesterday after
noon.
Various members of the club
urged that, Washington being the
capital of the nation. there should be
shown more consideration in muni-
cipal improvements. A copy of the
resolutions will be sent Cosmopoli-
tan clubs throughout the country,
| urging their members to speak to
their congressional representatives. to
support the movement.
An executive meeting of the club
will be held tonight, when the ques-
tion of attendance At meetings will
be discussed. Tho regular noeAtfn "a
the Franklin Square Hotel, starting
next Thursday, according to action
taken yesterday
Prizes were given C. H. Hites
Charles Reuff, DR.. A. J. Carrico, Neal
Walcott, Jack Merkling and William
Galliher. Michael Hester presided.