Evening star., 1922-12-17

Arch Chapters of the District
have been announced as fol-
lows: To Columbia, No. /. jan
81: Mount Vernon, No. 8, January %;
Eureka, No. 4. January 26; La Fay
cite, No. 5. January 16; Washington
Naval. No. 6. January "a: Mount Ho-
reb, No. Z. January %; Potomac, No.
(Masonic Hall, Georgetown). January
8; Brightwood. No. 3 (Masonic Tenn
pie. BrightwoodD. January IT: Hiram,
No. 10 (s22 goth street northwest),
January 8: Capitol. No. IL (Masonic
Hall, sth street northeast. January
IS: Anacostia, No. IL (Masonic Hall.
Anacostia), January 20; Mount Pleas
ant. No. 13 Oath and Kenyon streets
northwesD, January IL, and William
r. Singleton. No. "A (4511 Wisconsin
avenue), January II. Except where
noted otherwise, the grand visitations
will be made to Masonic Temple. 18th
street and New York avenue north
west.
will be held at the Masonic and East
ern Star Home under the auspices of
Potomac Lodge, No. 5.
Washington Council, Royal and Sc
lect Masters. will make an evening of
it tomorrow night with its election OF
officers. degree work and social
hour with refreshments after.
Kallipolfs Grotto. Mystic Order of
Yelled Prophets of the Enchanted
Realm. will nominate its officers We'd
ND
will have its "kiddies' Christmas en-
tertainment" The election of officers
will take place January IS.
Lodges scheduled to meet Wednes-
day. will have no meeting this week
due to the meeting of the Grand
Lodge Wednesday evening.
Orient Commandery. knights Tenn
plar. will do special honor to the men,
ing. when the Order of the Temple
will be presented for some of their
friends. The band will play during
the exening. The commander has ex-
tended a general invitation to all
knights Templar to come.
In Albert Pike Consistory. NJ r. s..
Tuesday evening. the large class that
has been constantly growing, will
complete its pilgrimage with the
thirty-second degree. Master of the
Royal Secret" Rev. DR.. John c:
for the degree and the camp guard
will be in evidence under the COM
mand of Frank E. Koch. X. c. C.. H.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection also will
hold a statutory assembly in connec-
ton with the drive for membership
that is being made in the Scottish
Rite bodies.
Chairman W. P Jacobs has an
nounced January Is as the date of
the next dance of the Kallipolis
Grotto Band and Drill Corps.
Winners of the popularity contests
at the Shrine indoor circus and
Arabian fete, which drew to a close
last evening with a tremendous burst
of enthusiasm will be star guests
of the Almas Arab Patrol at its dance
in the New Willard ballroom We'd
nesday evening. Each will be the
proud possessor of a diamond ring
as testimony of her popularity. Spe-
cial efforts are being put forth by
tional. in view of the near approach
of the Christmas holidays.
Potentate Balm of Zurah Temple of
Minneapolis. Minn.. was a visitor at
Shrine headquarters during the week.
500 crippled poor children on the
waiting list for entry to the new
Shrine hospital which will be fin
ished in that city January Is. He
also stated that Zurah Temple pro-
poses to travel to Washington next
ing car" so that the young folks
may not lose their favorite pastime
en- route.
committee, William Mehn. chairman,
and William E. Miller. vice chair
man. last Tuesday evening completed
their arrangements for the distribu-
ton of comfort cheer anu happi-
ness at Christmas time. The baskets
23, and the committee Is still asking
for the names and addresses of
worthy persons to receive them, that
no one may be overlooked.
The committee is composed of
Messrs Mehn and Miller, E. Richard
1iasch. secretary: Rev. D. r. Covell.
v. NJ 'Fookes, w. b. Hardy. H. H.
Burroughs. S. w. Tebbs. Joseph r
Harris, Charles Some, George H.
william D. Skeen. A. Haas, j.. F.
Ligon, H. w. Taylor, c. E. E. F1ather.
A. J. Jones, Elmo Spr1ngman. A. j.
Leister, S. B Ginsberg. H. w. Scher-
ger and >. w. WeIsnelmer.
The Petworth Masonic Club will
elect officers tomorrow evening at
Joppa Lodge Hall Refreshments will
be served.
Harry Standiford, executive secre-
tary for the Almas Temple Shrine
Committee for 1923, believes that a
good steward should keep the master
informed, not after the damage has
been done, but in time to correct slips
and make everybody happy. He has
this to say, in part, of the work thus
far done by him and the Shrine COM
mittee that is preparing for the COM
ing of the Imperial Council Of the
Shrine next June:
Fine, splendidly appointed rooms
for headquarters have been turned
over to the committee by William
MONTGOMERY, on behalf Of the Acacia
Mutual Life Insurance Company (for-
merly the Masonic MutuaD: several
mobiles have loaned or donated office
furniture and fixtures
More than SILT, 900 has been actually
pledged to the entertainment fund: q
trained force Of the committee will
start a final drive for collections next
month.
washington is months ahead Of the
city which, by general concession,
staged the most successful imperial
session in the history of Shrinedom.
Already 116 temples have applied
for accommodations; this is twenty
two moro than ever attended an Inn
perial Council session in bodies. Ell
wood P. Morey, chairman of the hotel