Evening star., 1922-05-28
HE Grand Lodge OF the Dis
trict Friday evening will de-
liver its charter to and con-


stitute in due form the new
Joseph H Milans Lodge, No. 50, in
Myron NJ. Parker lodgeroom, In North
east Masonic remple, Sth and F
streets northeast. No program or
other Information, however. has been
furnished for publication.
Masonry in tho District Of columbia
seems to have organised itself, with
all it's auxiliaries. into one mammoth
committee to make a great success of
the Masonic and Eastern Star base
ball game, which will be staged Tues
day afternoon, at American League
Park, for the benefit Of the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home. Almas Temple
of the Mystic Shrine and Kallipolis
Grotto of the Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets will furn1 1sh the base ball
actors for this monster benent, and
the Shrine and the Grotto will lead
the others in furnishing other incl
dental amusement for the occasion, in
cluding music and fun, to attract a
capacity crowd. The one big char
and the members of the Order
of the Eastern Star combine annually
is the annual base ball game. Year
by year the revenues from this game
have grown in amount, until this year
the Masters Association. which has
is hoping for and predicting almost
unbelievable results. No effort is be-
ing spared to attain them. The gates
will open Tuesday at 1880 and the
Rev. DR.. John c. Palmer, master of
Benjamin B. French Lodge, is an
nouneing another ''red-letter night"
will be presented by an official line
composed entirely of ministers of the
gospel.
Lodge will have the Masters Associa-
tion for the evening of June 5.
Echoes of the spring class of 1922
have scarcely died away before the
announcement that the number of ap-
plications being received for the
Scottish Rite degrees will necessitate
another reunion, beginning June rs
and ending July l. during which PEE
riod the degrees from the fourth to
presented. The class which has Just
completed it's course fell q little short
of 200, and the announcement that
another Is forming of such proper
tions as to necessitate exceptional
treatment is regarded as indicating
the degree of success which is meet
ing the special campaign that has
been instituted looking mainly to the
erection Of a new cathedral.
Pentalpha Lodge is looking for
ward to talk on Masonry by a dis
tinguished speaker at it's communfca-
ton the evening of June S, when the
F. c. degree will be presented.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine
will have a short-fo ceremonial At
the Scottish Rite Cathedral Thursday
: evening that Illustrious Potentate
Leonard P. Steuart has decided. to
prolong little more than usual to
rise to the opportunities Of the en-
vironment. This win probably be the
last ceremonial before the start of the
potentate and the very big Washing
ton party Of Shriners for the Impe-
rial Council session at San Francisco,
which occurs June l3. "A and 15.
Washington will send a delegation
numbering considerably more than
200 across the continent to convince
the Imperial Council, if 1t needs con-
vineins. that the interest in the ses-
sion for 1923 in Washington is not
perfunctory, but genuine and enthu-
siastic. Past Potentate Harry Standi-
ford. who has taken charge Of the
committee canvassing the business
slightest doubt that the amount
asked for will be overaubscribed.
The chance of bringing the great
host to Washington that will attend
the 1923 session, when the imperial
potentate will have to travel all the
way from Honolulu. is too big q
business opportunity to be over
looked. Cities much smaller in size
and population than Washington have
subscribed as high az 100000 fer an
been willing and anxious to go back
for another. 1t Is not sentiment, he
says, which Is the potential force in
such matters, but cold-blooded busi-
ness sense.
Illustrious Potentate Steuart and
his divan with dozen invited guests
went to High Point, N. c., during the
week 70 attend ceremonial session
held there by Oasis Temple of Char
1ette. The Almas potentate. 1t Is said,
scored a knockout with that I'm
spired charge, that ShPiners will talk
about but will not condescend to ex-
plain to the uninitiated.
:, The San Francisco delegation will
leave Washington Saturday evening
about 8 o'clock, taking the route via
st. Louis, Denver and Salt Lake City
to the coast. Stop-offs will be made
At each of those cities and also at
Los Angeles and number OF points
in. California, including Del Monte
and Santa Cruz, SO as to time their
arrival in San Francisco June IL. the
day before the Imperial Council holds
its opening meeting. Heading the
Washington party, OF course, will be
Potentate Steuart, Past Potentate
Henry Lansburgh, Recorder F. Law
renee Walker and Capt. C. E. E. Father,
Almas Temples imperial representa-