Evening star., 1922-10-29

HE services at Temple
Heights this afternoon at 4
\ o'clock, under the auspices
OF the Grand Lodge of the
eDistrict, and in charge of Grand Chap
Jain Rev. DIR. John c. Palmer, will
be joint affair in which twenty
three Masonic clubs of the District.
having q membership approximately
pf 1000. will participate. Rev. Harry
ALLEN Tupper will deliver the ad-
dress: the Invocation will be made
by Rev. DR.. Palmer: prayer by Rev.
q. Ellis Williams and the benedic-
1ion by Rev. David Ransom Covell.
The Shrine Glee Club will sing Stain
er's II Am Alpha and Omega. The
Radiant Morn" by woodward, and
ahe Washingtonans will sing, Father.
Keep Us In T'hy Care by Sullivan
Hodges. and "Ye Who Your Sins Con-
fess." America" will be sung by the
audience and also the hymns Abide
With Me" and Rock OF Ages. Miss
BESSIE Means will sing solo and
there will be scriptural reading. The
Eallipolis Grotto Band will give a
concert from $3.50 TO pm.
The committee on education of the
Grand Lodge of the District, i'll CO.
operation with the advisory board of
the Masonic Clubs of the District,
will celebrate the l7Oth anniversary
of George Washington's Masonic
birthday. next Saturday evening,
starting at sis o'clock, in the Gen.
iral High School Auditorium. Admis-
sion will be by card only. procur-
able from the lodge secretaries
Joppa Lodge, No. 80. after special
communication this evening at I
o'clock. will attend Petworth NJ. Z.
Church in a body for special services
and the lodge chaplain. Rev. G. Ellis
Williams, pastor OF the church. Will
preach a sermon. All Masons are in
vited to attend
An event unique in the annals of
Templar Masonry will transpire
cry. No. 4. of Pennsylvania. will Wis
it Washington and present to Co
1unbia Comma andery, No. :. OF this
city the famous Travelling Beau
seant." which was dedicated by the
Grand Priory of Canada, to be sent
on pilgrimage around the world to
each Templar grand juricdiction.
1t was started on Its journey by
Cyrene Preceptory. No. 20. of Toronto.
canada by whom it was committed to
Hugh De Payens Commandery. No.
30. of Buffalo, n. Y. which in turn
delivered it to ST Johns Commandery.
No. 4, Of Hliladelphia, March "A. 1922
The st. Johns Commandery dele
cation 10 TINS CITY Will lHtIuut dpput
100 uniformed knights and their
ladies and "A military band of sixty
pieces. Columbia Commandery VIII re-
~etve the beauseant as the represent
atlve of the Grand Commandery of
the District. Commander j. Walter
Earsner of Columbia Commandery an
nounces that an Ella horate program has
been arranged for the entertainment of
rhe visitors, including a luncheon. sight
seeing trips, etc. and that after
I, ,la,-,
formal banquet will be rendered
the visitors at the Hotel Raleigh.
Takoma Hodea.. will have regu-
Tar Halloween social and party Tues
day evening. to- WHICH the members
and their friends have been invited
Master Sulaimaan David announces
that Albert Pike lodgeroom has been
Tedecorated and that Past Master
Archie u. Engel has prepared enter
1ainment of an unusual character for
the grand visitation to Albert Pike
tomorrow evening.
Lebanon Lodge, No. I, will have its
grand visitation communication in the
Auditorium of Masonic Temple Friday
evening. with an interesting program
afterward.
Columbia Royal Arch Chapter has
accepted an invitation to be the guest
of the Vaughn class Sunday morning.
November 5. at o'clock. at Calvary
Baptist Church.
Washington knights Templar are
TO hold a mass meeting at Conven-
ton Hall the night of November Is.
according to announcement in the
press, in the interest of the new Ma
sonic Temple fund.
Thursday morning the officers. drill
bAr Of
ed knights Of Columbia Commandery.
No. 9, went to Richmond Va. to par
1icipate in the centennial celebration
of the Grand Commandery of Nir-
glnia. scheduled for that and the fol-
lowing day. The grand commander
and officers of the commandery as his
staff went and marched in the parade.
upon invitation of the Grand Com
1nander of Virginia, who asked also
that the drill team give an exhibit
tion drill.
The "welcome home" concert to be
given by John Philip Sousa and his
band has stirred the Masonic activ-
tiles during the week. and the Presi-
dent Theater is likely to bear n dis
tinctly Masonic atmosphere at the
time. Potentate Steusrt of Almas
Temple of the Mystic Shrine has ar
ranged a definite program for his or
SANITATION which promises to be in
teresting.
Almas Temple, In addition to push
ing to a splendid result its efforts in
behalf of the big Shrine convention
in washington next June, is, never
theless, not losing sight of its local
activities and ordinary avocations.
Thursday afternoon the John Philip
Sousa Band concert at the President
Theater will be a gala Shrine occa-
sion, Much Of the Almas program is
withheld as a surprise. but enough
information Is vouchsafed to predict
nIeasant evening for the famous
march king and his friends. If all of
them who are members of the temple
turn out there will be no room for
ANYBODY else, and yet at least three
Masonic bodies are looking forward
ITO the occasion with much anticipa-
ZION. Sousa is an Almas noble and
the audience will know 1t.
November 20, at the President. the
next big ceremonial session will take
place. On this occasion Imperial Po-
tentate James 8 McCandless and his
atafr will be the guests of honor. for
It will be imperial visitation night.
and preparations will be made ac-
cordinRly. Scores of the nobility, in
Guiding many distinguished Shriners,
are expected, and Potentate Steuart
is determined to make the evening
one that will stand out. he says:
December 2 to 16 the big Almas
Temple Shrine carnival will be held
in Convention Hall, all the proceeds
from which will go to the Shrine COM
mfttee entertainment fund for the big
ha OF tra that