Evening star., 1922-02-19

the commercial element. and, it is
said, there are but a few reserva-
tions unreserved, the others having
gone OF like hot cakes.
Auditorium. a big Shrine feature
will be the joint concert of the
Almas Glee Club, under the direction
of Charles r. Bartlett. and the Ru-
binstein Club of Washington, under
the direction of Carl Robson. with
, the chief soloist and assisting artist.
The Shrine dance scheduled for
March IL at the Hotel Washington
has been transferred to Convention
Hall and will be an added feature
of the big fair and carniyal:
companied by his private secretary.
Noble Henry Stein. and his two ex-
perts, Virgil NJ. Fookes and Fred Ha-
Der, went to Richmond early last
week to attend the ceremonial ses-
i sion of Acca Temple and. incidental
| on Almas in Koran texts and illu-
| limitations. The imperial potentate
Ernest A. Cults. came to Washing
| ton with them and was entertained
appropriately. He was on his way
to Wheeling. w. Va. and vista
ton tour as far as Memphis. During
| his stay here he conferred with Rep
| resentative Clifford Ireland and
, Lieutenant Grand Commander Charles
| E. Rosenbaum of the. Scottish Rite.
i The birthday tes.montal to Past
Potentate Henry Lansburgh. which
| had to be postponed from February
9 on account of the KnickerbockeI
Theater calamity, will take place. al
i the Wardman Park Hotel Friday OF
! this week. 1t will be probably a
most unusual affair.
Albert Pike Lodge, No. 36, will
) have charge of the services at the
| Masonic and Eastern Star Home next
! Sunday afternoon. when it's chaplain
Rev. j. ]. Dimon, will officiate. Ma
than WE'LL will head the line in the
degree in the lodge tomorrow even.
| ing and Past Master Archie D. Engel
| will serve a New England lunch.
Grand High Priest Delos w. Thaye,
paid a visit to Washington Roya
Arch Chapter at its last convocatlon
Charles H. Aldridge. king of the
chapter. will head the line in the
degree Thursday evening.
The High Priests Association fol
| 1922 has been organized with l..
Whiting Estes as president, Gran
, Barnhart as vice president, and u
+. Stringfellow as secretary-treas'
| urer. Some time this month the or
! ganization will give a dinner at th'
1
priests of 1922.
! The journey of the winter class o
the Scottish Rite is nearing its close
! Tuesday evening the thirty-f1rst de
gree will be presented in Albert PIKE
| Consstory. NJ. r. S., with distln
guished cast. headed by Robert A
Daniel. thirty third degree. March /;
the journey of the spring class vii
| start and continue week by week un
| til some time in May. General Secre
| tary Stirling Kerr says his nose Il
details. which give promise of anothe
fine class for the Rite.
| Following the degrees in Washing
| ton Council, Royal and Select Masters
| tomorrow evening social session
will be held with refreshments.
/ Entertainment having become al
| important feature in current Masonic
bodies, Frances Hunter, 314 Mary
land avenue northeast, and n:
| Kimmell. 10 E street southeast, nav
organized a minstrel. and entertain
ment troupe and club for the pres
entation of small plays and are in
viting Masons of talent'iR this line t
make them a call. Noble kimmell /
a member of st. Johns Lodi ge. Noun
Vernon Chapter. Washington Com
mandery. the Scottish Rite. Alma
| Temple and other Masonic organiza
| tions. also of st. Johns Lodge Chap
ter of the Eastern Star. Mr.. Kim
NELL is member of Columbia Lodg
of Odd Fellows:
! The Gavel Club has issued invita-
tions for the installation of its of
ficers at the Raleigh Hotel Wednes
day evening. March l. At the lunch
con tomorrow at noon at the Cit,
4 m, l,or 20 ha arfc ",
ed with a demonstration of the tele
phone service of the city by the tele
phone company authorities. The an
nuai election of the club will b
held Thursday evening of this week
the date having been changed by tn
Washington birthday holiday. A bill
vaudeville program is to be present
ed installation night, when there will
be dancing also.
| The Grotto Band will play at th
| an-Masonic memorial service at
! O'Clock this evening at Trinity Churcl
in honor of George Washington. Th
/ Grotto received a special invitation t.
attend. and Monarch NJ. w. Pickering
| has requested large attendance.
The following Sunday. February 2e
; has been designated as Grotto nigh
at the church of Prophet Rev. Hugl
T. Stevenson. 1st street and Rhod.
Island avenue northwest. Monarcl
| Pickering has also requested that th
prophets and their families atten,
! this meeting.
/ some time in March. Monarch Pick
ering is endeavoring to secure a the
ater or suitable hall in which t.
stage it.
Past Grand Monarch E. s. schmid
who .accompanIeq the Washingto,
! institute selama Grotto. is now fl
Miami arranging for the institution o
a Grotto at that place. Grand Monarcl
| Charles E.. Wardwell has gone t.
Tampa on a similar mission. Plan
are also under way for a Grotto il
the state Of Florida is recent Grott'
convert. the degree being conferred
upon him by Grand Monarch Ward
| we'll.
! Past Monarch Charles A. Steven
has returned from st. Petersburg ant
brings glowing accounts Of the new
Grotto and the hospitality Of the st
Petersburg prophets. On the retur,
trip the Washington delegation spen
several hours in Atlanta. where the.
| were entertained by members of.Ara
rat Grotto.
Band and Drill Corps will be held a
the New willard Hotel Wednesda,
evening. Valuable prizes will b.
awarded for colonial and fancy cos
tunes. Special features will add t,
the gayety of the evening. Prophe
Louis A. Brown will sing the words t
several Of the dances and the Croft,
Band and Orchestra will alternate il
providing music. Many out-of-towl
grottoes will be represented. Dancin,
will start at 8 o'clock and continue
until midnight.
The Woman's Auxiliary to th
Craftsman Club rendered a reception