The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-25
FORM new LODGE
Media GrOttO Will Be Organized
in Topeka Tonight.
Membership Is Open to Mem
bers of Masonic Bodies.
TO HAVE BAND AND ORCHESTRA
Total of 1O3 Charter Members
in Topeka Order.
Four CeremOniaIs VIII Be Held
Each Year, Is Plan.

Each Year, Is Plan.
Topeka Masons and their families
will have plenty of organized enter
tainment hereafter. A new organiza-
ton, the Media Grotto, membership in
which is contingent on membership in
Masonic bodies. will be organized at a
meeting of the charter members at
1880 o'clock this evening at the Ma
sonic temple. A feature of the Or
ganization will be the providing of en-
tertainment for members and their
families. A band, patrol and orches-
ira viii be organized.
Work in perfectihg the organization
has been going on all summer. The
Media Grotto will be instituted some
time during the week or October by
Anthony +. IitneF of st. Louis, grand
master of ceremonies of the Supreme
Council of the Mystic Order of Yelled
Prophets of the Enchanted Realm.
To Elect Officers Tonight.
The charter members will elect Of
ficers for the following offices to-
night: Monarch, chief justice. master
of ceremonies, secretary, treasurer.
yelled prophet and three trustees. The
anpointive offices are: Orator. grand
chancellor captain of the guard, mar
shat, sentinel, senior steward, junior
steward, class director captain of the
rill~corps, organist, master of revels,
elan and master of properties. show
director, director of imps, band mas
ter and director of orchestra.
The Media Grotto viii conduct its
work under dispensation until next
summer when application for char
ter will be presented before the meet
ing of the supreme council at Cleve-
land.
To Organize Band.
A uniformed band, 1t patrol of
twenty-four to thirty-six men and
chanters will be organized in the near
future. The musical organizations of
the Grotto will be used Tor the enter
tainment OF the various Masonic
bodies
Four ceremonials will be held each
year. Candidates residing in any part
OF kansas may petition for member
ship in the Media Grotte unless they
reside inside of the limits of a city
having an organization of the order.
A cast to conduct the work will also
be selected at tonight's meeting. There
are l03 charter members Charter
members expect the organization to be
one of the largest Masonic organiza-
tons in Topeka.
Order Is Growing Rapidly.
The order is growing very rapidly.
Grottos are now located at Hutchinson
and Kansas City, Kan, and may be
organized at Manhattan, Emporia and
DOuEG 1lIy IN Ine near future.
The Mystic Order of Yelled ProRh-
cts of the Enchanted Realm is no
way connected with Masonry proper,
is rot Masonic order aF3 s no sense |
a Masonic degree but its OBJ |
1ects is to benefit the ie lodge !
and in many things ii eminent |
is guided by Masonic u-.ge. 1t is |
unlike any other fraternal organiza- |
ton,
TIE organization was perfected for |
Wholesome entertainment. Due to the |
SO emnity of Masonic work it is i'm
possible to conduct this entertainment |
in the regular lodges. The order |
brings to Masons larger social pleas
u9H and an element of play.
The first grotto OF the order was
organized September 10, 1889. with |
seventeen charter members, all of |
whom were members of Hamilton |
lodge No. 100. F. & A. NJ. The Supreme |
Council was organized at Hamilton, |
n, Y, June Is, 1890. The total mem |
herHhip OF the order is now 100000. /
The Ggotte teaches that both work |
and play must be judiciously blended !
To- get the best result in life. 1t is said j
to be essentially Masonic in character, |
The Topeka Members.
The charter members of Topeka !
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