Evening star., 1922-10-08


the sermon and good music Is also
promised. These services. II Is an
nounced. will be continued through lhe
current month. eliminating SUNDAY. w.
tober 80. with a special service. which
will combine the Sunday services ot
all the Masonic clubs Of the Distric',
At the convention of the League oi
Masonic Clubs last May the last SUNDAY
was designated as Masonic Sunday ana
ON that day all the Masonic ciuos
throughout the country Will httihsN
observe the occasion.
The grand visitation season will open
tomorrow evening in Joppa Lodge. at
lO7 Upshur street northwest. Inc loose
is building new quarters. which, when
completed, 1t Is said. will compare raw
orably with any similar hail IN 'the
District.
Lebanon Lodge will celebrate It's 1l1th
anniversary this evening with serves
in the First Baptist Church LIeDanoh
Lodge was chartered October 3, lSii.
and claims to be the oldest lodge IN the
District holding its charter from the
Grand Lodge Of the District. Its chap
lain, Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, who also
Is pastor of the church, will ofnclate.
George washington's Masonic birth
day will be celebrated under the auspices
of the Grand Lodge Of the District. as
sisted by the Masonic clubs. in the au.
ditorium of the Central High scnoGi
Saturday, November 4, at O'Clock.
Admission will be by card
The High Priests Association will be
the guest Of Washington Royal Arch
Chapter, No. .. Thursday evening. wnen
a team selected from the association
will present the degree announced IN
served afterward and High Priest Ehr-
Itch has extended a general invitation
to capitular Masons to be present
Through Grand Capt Gen. James T.
Gibbs announcement is made OF the neid
day exercises for knights Templar.
which will be held at Temple Heights.
Saturday, November 4. The command
cries will assemble in full Templar uni
form at the grounds at 9 80 am Com
petitiye drills by the drill teams Of the
several Communicates will begin at 10
am Inspections will take place at
80 pm. and grand review Will be
held at pm, after which the COM
manderies will march in parade to
Masonic Temple. Inspector General Ed
ward p. Hazleton will supervise the
drills and inspection. Past Commander
J.. Whiting Estes has been appointed
officer of the grounds and VIII assign
positions for headquarters for the COM
manderies-
The Hiram Lodge instruction Club
has announced special program LOT
its meeting Wednesday evening at
1:30 o'clock.
Takema Lodge. No. %, will have
its grand visitation Tuesday evening
at O'Clock at the Masonic Hall in
TakOma Park
High Priest James s. Briggs has.
announced that refreshments and a en-
tertainment features will be provid-
ed at both convocations OF Mt Horeo
Chapter during the current month
namely. October. 10 and "a; fhat the
p. NJ. and NJ. E. N. degrees pronaoly
will be presented November "a and
the Royal Arch degree November 2s
The high priest is contemplating the
organization of a chapter choir
Capitol Royal Arch Chapter. after
the more serious degree work Friday
evening, will have an old-fashioned
sauerkraut supper.
Some idea of what the railways Of
the country expect in the way OF
attendance at the Shrine convention
in Washington next June was 1noI.
Gated in the arrangements MADE at
Alexandra. Va, for the accommoda-
tion of $4,000 or more Shriners in
pullman cars at that point. Not
only will sleeping accommodations
be- provided in in noup the parked ss "sbsine spaGe.
Which which is nut to annf Ss knaxn ears wi be Keps
in operation during the full twenty
four hours OF the day. bathhouses
will be provided for the daily aDiu-
tions and barber accommodationsf TOT
trio railway preparations provide for
the TRANSPORTATION of $4,000 9pssen-
gers an hour from the ancient city
lust seven miles away from Washing
in fun blast. This. it is explained
by Harry F. Cary. high ohcial OF
the Southern railway" who Is the
chairman of the Shrine committee on
TRANSPORTATION. is but one OF many
similar items Of provision out OF the
ordinary that Almas Temple is max
ing for the city's guests next June
Except the filling in of the various
committees by their Individual per
sonnel. the organization for handing
the big convention is practically
complete. and, Illustrious Potentate
Steuart states, working like piece
OF. well oiled machinery. DR.. j. T.
Prendergast, president of the Almas
with the direction of the COMMITTEES
on automobile parking. already has
the skeleton work of elaborate plans
for this mammoth item. which 10 con-
sidered by many even more dimcult
Than the duties of the grand marshal
Of the big parades. The aim Of the
various committees. IL Is explained,
has been to. devise ways and means
for the reception and handling OF
the great throngs that win be In
the city the entire week OF June B.
next year. SO as to lessen to the
minimum the discomfort to the per-
manent resident which is always In
evitable at such times. At the same
time, Executive Secretary Standiford
and his army of assistants are max
ing. an appeal to the local civic pride
for assistance from every citizen who
can help in any way to do all that
is possible to protect the good name
It is becoming evident daily that to
properly handle the big convention
very large sums of money are needed.
much more than was originally estf-
mated. because each day indicates
that the crowd that will attend the
unexpected sources. The fact that
Abou, Saad Temple of the Panama
Canal Zone will send its officers and
a drill team Of little less than 100.
together with Its uniformed band, 10
a straw showing the extent Of the in
terest in the Washington session Of
the Imperial Council. So thoroughly
impressed are those of the nobility in
charge of the operations that many of
them are devoting almost exclusively
their time TO the work of the COM
mittee to which they are assign cd
Secretary Standiford has quit ell other
business for year. and although well
is finding the twenty-four hours OF
&he day too few to accomplish what
his busy head is planning in advance.
November 20 another ceremonial ses.