Evening star., 1922-11-03
TORONTO SHR|NERS
PLAN VISIT HERE.
Chicago Delegates to 1923
ConcIave Organize Hik-
ers' Club.

The receiving of an application
from Rameses Temple, Toronto, Can
ada. by the Almas 1928 Shrine Com
mittee today makes the 106th to
be received and, including the local
Shrine temple, brings the entire rep
resentation for the Imperial Council
session here next June up to 107.
The Toronto temple plans to send
an official party, including a band
and patrol Of eighty. Additional men,
bers of the nobility will swell the to-
tai to about 300, according to the ex-
pectations of those in charge here
hameses is the third Canadian tenn
pie to signify it's intention of COM
ing to Washington. the others being
Wa-Wa Temple OF Regina. Saskatch-
evan and Khartum of Winnipeg.
.oIne Inc canadian temple. although
membership. Is under the jurisdiction
and control of the Imperial Council
ancient Arabic Order. Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine of North America.
Pullman Car Parking.
some confusion was raised in the
mlnds or some mobiles, due to the an
nouncement OF the Shrine committee
yesterday that 276 Pullman cars had
already been arranged for and would
PARK mere during the session in June.
a statement by Harry Cary, chairman
OF the transportation committee, that
there would be about 1900 cars
parked on the Washington terminal
tracks and approximately 500 In
Shrine Park, the Southern's yards in
Alexandria. made short time ago,
seemed to conflict with the statement
made yesterday.
The explanation is as follows, as
set forth by the Shrine committee to-
DAY: The 276 Pullman cars men
toned yesterday will hold only the
official party of the visiting Shrine
temples asked for to date. The Of
divan. and the uniformed bands and
patrols, whose expenses are paid for
by each temple. They constitute
about 10 per cent of the nobility who
will come. not mentioning the fam
lilies. Therefore. both statements are
consistent at the present time"
Signal honors were paid to Noble
Lieut.. Commander John Philip Sousa,
L. S. n. r., who conducted a concert
last evening at the President Theater.
Several hundred members of Almas
Temple were present in the audience
with their feZzes to welcome their
brother noble of Almas Temple. At
the end of the concert Potentate
Leonard P. Steuart presented the
famed conductor with fez, elabo-
rately decorated.
Plans "Shrlne March"
Sousa. who is now ending his sea-
sons activities in the sconcert line,
will now turn his attention to the
compC sition of THE Shrine March"
to be dedicated to Almas Temple for
the Imperial Council session. The
march will be finished in time to be
sent to each temple in order that it
may be learned by the first of June.
Word comes from Chicago concern
ing very interesting enterprise
being planned by the Medinah Temple
Hiking Club in connection with
Medinah's pilgrimage to the impersial
session next June.
dinah, under the leadership of Robert
J. Daily. Louie Timm. Charles L. Russ
and others. plan to hike from Chi
cago to Washington next spring. leav-
ing Chicago in time to arrive in
Washington the same day that the
official party. consisting of 5000 no
bles, arrives in Pullmans.
me HIKING Club IL made up of Me
dinah members who are lovers of
the great outdoors Every member
of the club is either botanist, ge-
ologist or a devotee Of some nature
apiarian, having made a life study
of the bird migration of the middle
west. For many years the newspa-
pers of Chicago have looked to him
the first robin. Others in the party
are equally expert in other phases
Of nature.
The hikers will leave Chicago about
May Is. Their baggage Will be shipped
by express to this city.