Evening star., 1922-05-07
SHR|NERS TO PULL
FOR 1923SESS|ON

Mammoth Drive Will Be
Launched by Almas Tenn
ole Tomorrow.
Annas Temple, Ancient Arabic, Or
Ger Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine. VIII
inaugurate- tomorrow its mammoth
movement to bring to the National
Capital the 1923 session Of the Inn
rerial Council of the Shrine.
The invitation to the Imperial
Council to hold it's forty-ninth ans
nual session here in June of next year
has already been extended by Almas
Temple. a very necessary supporting
step, however, must he pledge by
Almas' representatives at the lmperi-
al Council session In San Francisco
next month. that a guarantee fund OF
at least 100000 has been subscribed.
Shrine officials say they confidently
expect that Washington VIII enter
tain from 10000 to 100000 Visitors
for an entire week in June, .ian5 t..5
They point out that when Portian6'
Ore. entertained the Shrine IN is.o;
the citizens Of that city subscribed
$207,3S0 as a guarantee fund. MOTE
than one hundred thousand Visitors
from outside the state of oregon at
teided the session and the bank clear
ances showed an increase. eSceeuins
three and one half million OF dollars
over those of the corresponding week
of the preceding. year. The expecta.
ton of the Shrine officials here Is
that between $4,000. 900 0nd S!O.ovo,.
600 dollars will be brought and spent
here by the visitors during Shrine
week
plans for the guarantee fund
raising campaign were completed at
a meeting Of the finance committee al
the City Club Friday evening. Leon
ard p. Ste1art illustrious potentate
of Almas Temple. presided; with
Recorder F: Lawrence Mather AK, s,hs h
scriptions already pledged inclnne ane
IS, by Woodward s; I.othrop. $4,000
by Lansburgh & Bro. s3.OOo by >.
,Eann Sons CO.. and $500 by Shriners
at the United States Capitol. All the
business houses Of the District are
every individual member of Almas
Temple. nearly five thousand.
Nay BE Oversubscribed.
1t is expected that the fund will be
oversubscribed by May 20. The rep
resentatives from Almas to the I'M
perial Council session In San FRANCIS
CO will depart from Washington June
The personnel of the finance COM
mittee appointed by Potentate Steu-
art follows: Thomas E. FARRELL. chair
man; Ross P. Andrews. E. 5. bra
shear H. Clifford Bangs. Grant ..
Barnhart. Charles f. Berry, George
F.. Baker. John J. Boobar, c. Fred
Cook. ]. Harry. Cunningham. Harry
F. Cary. Karl Corby, J. Frank camp
bell John Dolph. Archie Douglas.
George E. Emmons. L. whiting
Estes, William w. Everett. W. }.
Eynon: William F. GUIDE; walker G.r, +
Clyde R. Hancock. James C. Hoyie'
Morris Hopkins. George W. Harris,
Joseph r. Harris. W. H. HARRISON
Frank E. johnson. Harry o. Jarboe.
Harry G. Kimball, Arthur A. Lithgow'
Moses H. c. Moses. Joseph H. Milans'
Arthur D. Marks, Frank P. Milburn,
Joseph F. McReynolds. Townley a.
Mckee, Howard X. Norton. II. 8:
Omohundro. Roger O,Donnel. Juiius
/. Peyser, George Pitt, Harry e.
Rand, W.. c. Smallwood. Harry
Stamford. John T. Vivian. R. r: yec-
chiolli, L. E. White and Sidney West.
The first week of what Is styles as
the Jubilee Festival of Opera and
lasco Theater tomorrow night, will be
Peoples National Opera Company of
the shingtonians" lin Victor Her
slIe hsr5s MeaIste. sSmis sesr east Of
rectfon of Rollin Bond. Included IN
the special features will be The
Jenny Linds," the Estelle Murray BAL
let and an augmented orchestra.
Included in the cast are the 1oi-
lowing well known singers: J. Frank
Duggan. Bernard Fitzgerald. Raymond
G. Moore. Jacques Hornier, Edward
A. Hines, Edward A. Perkins, Royal
NJ. Tinker, Juliette Franoey, Else
Jorse. Bessie Means. Mildred de Hunt
telle Murray, Marguerite 6. Maxwell.
Gayle Hunt, Bessie Doolan, Rose
Sakol, Gladys Hunt. Lucille Bannon,
Bertha Wey and Arthur Murray.
To Run All Week.
The opera will run the entire week.
and next Monday will be supplanted
by 'Fire shriners Frolics Of 1872,
Minstrel and Musical Comedy De
Luxe" with l. P. steuart, illustrious
potentate of Almas Temple acting as
interlocutor.
The latter production will be sta ged
HaleId snaef tne Gilies Rfesonar and f William +
Walker of the Joe Bren Production
Company of Chicago, which, for the
past six years, has staged similar
Performances for a great majority
Of Shrine and Elk organizations
both in the United States and Canada
The entnire cast will consist of
local talent. and all of Washington
Shrinedom is waiting anxiously for
what is to be offered.
Gen. Amos A. Fries. comNander OF
the Legion of Honor. the baby unit
Of Almas Temple, and all ex-service
men, are, in a great way, RESPONSE
BILE for the two weeks frolic to begin.
Gen. Fries is most anxious that the
entire unit attend the imperial coun-
Gil session to be held at San Francis
CO next month, and it was after he
had secured permission from Poten-
Draper, adjutant of the legion. to
head a committee of arrangements,
and the big undertaking was started
The entire receipts from both enter
tainments will be donated to a fund
to help defray expenses of those
members of the unit who will go to
the coast.
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