Evening star., 1922-10-22
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR

With the gathering in Washington
from November IL to 1s, next, of the
seventeenth triennial assembly of the
General Grand Chapter, Order Of the
Eastern Star, the members Of the
order here will have the privilege of
observing at first hand the workings
Of. the supreme body of the order, of
which the 10000 members Of the order
in the District Of Columbia are a part.
and to which approximately 100000
men and women Of the United States
owe allegiance.
Sessions of the assembly will be
held in Convention Hall. which has
been secured by the Grand Chapter
here. the General Grand Chapter
being the guest Of the Grand Chapter
lection of a meeting place was made
by the general grand matron. Mrs.
Ellie Lines Chaplin. Seating accom-
modations will be provided for 1000
people. and the arrangements will be
such as to adapt the large floor space
conveniently for the use Of both
delegates and spectators, with ample
cloakroom facilities and rooms for the
use Of the various committees Of the
General Grand Chapter. The small
assembly room in the building will
cons will be served. The entertain
ment features will be many and
varied.
The General Grand Chapter was or
Eaniasd on November l5 and 1s. 1875,
consisting Of delegates from the
Grand Chapters of New Jersey, IL
linois, Indiana, Missouri and Cali
fornia. Since its organization in
, 1875 the power and authority Of this
h~Ir
cover forty-seven states Of the Union
and Grand Chapters In Alberta, Brit
ish Columbia, Ontario, Saskatchewan
and Porto Rico. The total number of
subordinate chapters in the United
1914 are under authority Of the Cen
eral Grand Chapter. The states Of
New York and New Jersey, comprising
756 subordinate chapters, are not in
cluded in the General Grand Chapter
obedience.
At the triennial session held in
Seattle in 1919 a resolution was pre-
sented favoring the building Of ma
tional temple to house the headquar-
ters of that body as well as its
archives. and 1t was decided to move
secretary to Washington, from where,
it was believed. the work could be
carried on more successfully. The
general grand matron appointed a
committee 10 look aIter the matter OF
national temple. The question Of the
advisabilfty of building the proposed
temple in Washington will be brought
to The attention Of the delegates at
the triennial session here next month.
The. officers Of the General Grand
Chapter for the triennial period end
Ing with the seventeenth triennial as
sembly are: Ellie Lines Chaplin, most
worthy grand matron; Alfred c. Nc
Daniel, most worthy grand patron;
Cora r. Franz, right worthy associate
grand matron: Will Weidner Grow,
right worthy associate grand patron;
Minnie e. Keyes, right worthy grand
secretary: Alcena Lamond. right
Heinrich. right worthy grand con-
ductress: Emma p. Chadwick. right
worthy associate grand conductress:
Harriet !. Burwell. worthy grand
marshal: George J. Kirzenknabe.
worthy grand organist: A. May Raj
ston, worthy grand Adah; Ophelia AL
Ian. worthy grand Ruth: Marie Sum
merfleld, worthy grand Esther: Mabel
Lee Eldridge, worthy grand Martha;
Lotta N. Armistead, worthy grand
Electa: Phyllis II. Burditt, worthy
grand warder: Philip A. ferguson,
worthy grand sentinel.
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