Evening star., 1922-04-16
FRATERNITIES

Of check for $1,000 from woodward
g. Lothrop; others were expected,
and the potentate declared there will
be little doubt that Almas Temple
will be able to present the proper
guarantee fund when the invitation
is given to the Imperial Council at
San Francisco in June. The potentate
is deeply interested in this PROPOSE
tion as a business man, aside from
his Shrine interest, for he believes the
friendship of the big guns OF the
mean much in the capitals fight for
civic justice. The pote was made
] happy by the receipt of the news OF
, his election also to life membership
in Za-Ga-Zig Temple of Des Moines.
Iowa
Imperial Potentate Cults also has
added honors In an invitation to
Potentate Steuart to accompany him
| in his grand visitations to Kismet
Temple of Brooklyn, N. Y: to Mecca
(the mother temple of the Shrine, at
| New York city. and to Salaam Temple
vitations and will escort the imperial
potentate from Newark to Washing
! ton, where he and Mrs. Cults. will be
| guests at the big Shrine dance OF
the year at the New Willard the even
| ing of May 2. preceding the next big
| ceremonial OF alTndS lemple, at the
| Capitol Theater the evening of May
3. with its preceding Shrine parade
| From Washington Potentate Steuart
will accompany the imeprial potentate
| to Chicago, the next step in his itin-
| erary.
| Invitations have been received by
| the potentate for himself and his di-
van. as well as such of the nobility
! as might care to go. to attend cere-
monials of Sudan Temple of New
| Bern, N. c., May IS: Oasis Temple OF
Charlotte, N. c., May 25: KAHN TEN
pie of Roanoke, Va. April 81; Kis-
met Temple of Blooklyn. April 2s
Mecca Temple of New York, April 20
and an invitation to Almas Temple in
its entirety to attend the big fall cere.
monial of Crescent Temple of Tren-
| ton. N. J., which is to be held al
Atlantic City. September 16.
| There is to be an Almas Temple
night at Keith's Theater April 25
when Potentate Steuart hopes to get
| out all the mobiles of Almas that can
come and bring their wives and fam.
| lilies. 1t is not a money-making event
but one of social Importance from a
Shrine standpoint. Not only Almas
Charles X. Bartlett, but the Arab Pa.
| troll and the Almas, Brass Band will
feature in the performance
April 80, at Shrine night at Trinity
Diocesan Church. Rev. David Ran.
som Covelrs topic for discussion will
be The Distinctive Note of the
Shrine" The potentate, with the pa.
troll and all the mobiles of Almas Tenn
pie who can possibly do SO, will marcr
| to the church from the patrol head.
quarters. I'll 18th street northwest
headed by Almas Military Band.
| Last Monday night. Illustrious Po-
| tentate Leonard P. Steuart was high
ly honored by Washington Centennial
| Lodge, of which he was master in
1914. The lodge had Leonard P
Steuart night" with the NJ. NJ. degree
that held the chairs in 1914 and with
Potentate Steuart in the east. Almas
| Iempie turned out en- maSse and the
Almas Glee Club, fifty strong, under
| Director Charles r. Bartlett and &C.
companied by President John J. P
| Mullane. sang in honor Of the occa-
sion. Grand Master C. c. Coombs
Grand Patron Gratz B. Dunkum of the
| order of the Eastern Star. with the
Masters Association and a full force
of the past asters OF the lodge. were
| special guests. Rev. John c. Palmer
| grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge
and president of the Masters Associa-
| ton, presented to Mr.. Steuart resolu-
tions OF tribute passed by the associa-
ton, testifying to his distinguished
service to Masonry in the District and
recalling the fact that in 1914 he was
a member Of the immortal four that
first conceived the idea of the annual
base ball game for the Masonic and
| Eastern Star Home and Of putting the
| nrSt game across successfully. The
! lodge also testified its regard for its
| faithful past master by set of reso-
! lutions saying all sorts of nice things
| in his favor. and Past Master Marx
Kahn. on behalf of Henry Lansburgh
| who is an honorary member of the
lodge. presented Mr.. Steuart with a
Centennial Chapter, Order of the
! Eastern Star. of which Potentate
Steuart was patron last year. served
refreshments in the banquet hall and
| saw that the evening was properly
| closed with dancing. All in all it was
a big night for Potentate and Past
Master Leonard P. Steuart.
Past Potentate L. whiting Estes OF
Almas Temple, who closed the last
I capitular year as high priest OF
Mount Pleasant Royal Arch Chap
ner at the Columbia Country Club
Monday evening by his associate Of
ficers in the chapter. with the un-
| lucky number "13." Mr.. Estes has
| been much in the habit of giving
| dinners himself. but this one put
|
| who were present included William
| NJ. WALES. r. Stone jackson. Sidney
r. Jacobs. Joseph N. Marzolf. Edwin
Z: E. Putnam, George H. Post, Noble D.
! Larner, John G. Hodges, John E. Put
nam. R. L. Golze. Harry B. Plankin-
, Ford. r. H. Voolfolk, A. P. Hastings
| Vernon G. Owen, present high priest
Joseph H. Milans. past grand high
priest. and Roe Fulkerson. who acted
as toastmaster. A feature of the
! decorations was large centerpiece
| ter's number. IL. in red carnations
', Two full hours were devoted to the
dinner and to speechmaking, which
space forbids reporting. But Mr.
Estes was presented with a gold
| card. certifying his life membership
shekel." representing the capitular
penny" which, upon touching a
secret spring. disclosed leaves upon
which were photographed large
picture of Mr.. Estes and of nineteen
past and associate officers of the
quarter of an inch in diameter, but
standing out clearly from it's gold
bed, with the name and title of the
person. 1t is said to be a remarkable
curiosity and the only one Of its kind
in existence. The menu card, unique
and a CORY red. besides mysterious
cabalistic signs and tokens, contained
an excellent portrait of Mr.. Estes.
Mount Horeb Chapter dispensed with
work Tuesday evening and held an
open session, with pleasing entertain
ment. under the direction OF Past High
Priest Charles Hyer. The entertainers
were the st. PauPs English Lutheran
Quartet, whose numbers ELECTED much
applause The quartet consists Of Mrs.
b. H Smart, soprano: Miss Marion Lar
ner, contralto: Herbert F. Aldridge,
tenor and conductor; j. E. s. Kinsella,
baritone, and Mrs. Herbert Aldridge,