The Washington times., 1922-10-05
PANAMA WILL
SEND CROWD To.
SHRINE SESSION
Abou Saad Temple Members
Will Arrive in Chartered
Steamer.


America-Abou Saad Temple, Pan
anna Canal Zone-will send n large
delegation to the annual Shrine ses-
sion in Washington next June. ac-
cording to a letter received today by
EllwoOd p. Morey. chairman o. the
housing and hotel committee OF the
Almas Temple, 1928 Shrine Comnit'
teed.
w. +. Foster, potentate Of the only
temple in the torrid zone, assured
Mr.. Morey that the temple would he
represented by the patrols from both
the Atlantic and Pacific ends oil the
zone and by the Abou Saad Band.
There will be at least seventy-fiVe
Panama Shriners in the uniformed
patrols and the band. A large num-
Der Of mobiles not included in these
uniformed bodies will also come here,
il is indicated, together with mem
bers of their families.
The Abou Saad delegation will be
one of those coming by chartered
steamer, 1t is thought. A number
Of steamers, from ali the large sea
port cities on both. coasts. will lie
in the Washington channel duriuE
the week OF the session and Will
provide living quarters for several
thousand of the visitors.
Finance Drive On.
The $3.50. 1000 drive OF the finance
committee got off to an auspicious
start yesterday, it is announced by
Thomas l.. FARRELL. chairman.
Though the greater part of the day
was spent in mapping out the work
of the S37 subCOmmittees OF the
finance committee, one for each
separate line of business in Wash
ingtOn, number OF interviews
with local business men were held.
These interviews have encouraged
US greatly" Mr.. FARRELL said. Local
business men are showing the most
cordial interest in the project, and l
am sure the drive is going TO be
thorough success"
The work of the important hospi'
tality committee, which will be made
up OF ] 900 members, under Call Me
Henry" I.ansburgh. was explained
today by Rufus Pearson, president OF
the Caravan Club, an Almas Temple
orga nization.
THE hospitality committee Is GO
ing to have a time Of It." said Mr..
Pearson. "Of course they have picked
the uuintessenCc OF Washington df-
liability. amiability. and all that when
they picked Whosis, Henry?-yes,
designate or Apply the Appelation
Henry to Muh" Lansburgh.
He will have | 900 glad hand men.
all rehearsed and trained like he
is to jolly the visitors. They will
all have their other suits on and
shave every day while the folks are
in town.
you see. when you take a man
like Dub Me Hank and add 999
others who act as he does, all Of
'cm just oozing happiness, JOY, and
glad you came stuff well. those
folks never will want to go home.
Just Employ the Name Henry
in Paging Me- ] understand, is in a
quandary over the proper raiment to
drape on himself and his henChmen
in the happy days. He wants him.
self and his slaves to look unique
and vet not like Shykes' he
calls EN-. SO he will meet up soon
with Ross p Andrews. the decora-
tions committee head, to find out the
proper makeup.
Henry, or Bark Henry and III
Come, said the other day when
somebody was worrying about there
not being enough water to bathe all
the crowd next June, said, why
worry. they'll mostly be gone by
Saturday night.
Suggestions for Bathing.
Say, did you hear that one temple
wrote Ellwood Morey asking for 100
rooms -~h 500 baths? No, 1t wasn't
Pittsburgh and l won't tell which
it was. We will put them in the
Y. NJ. G. A. natatorium or the
aquarium at the Fish Commission
house. II these do not do we will
put them on a raft in the Tidal
Basin Morey certainly cannot
furnish a lake with every room. You
see. it is unreasonable to expect an
oasis to be attached to a hotel, like
a bunch Of mistletoe to a tree.
But am getting away from
Henry, or say Henry-that's sur
ficient,' and very few ever get
away from him.
What's this. Does hospitality
committee apply to hospitals" No.
il does not mean that this bunch of
900 hospitality experts are going
to send people to the hospitals--not
at first, anyway. ! asked Henr"
there go agin-'Just Twitter
Henry and he says II only applies
TO any member of the hospitality
committee who lays down on the
job He will send him to the
hospital, he says