Evening star., 1922-12-17

Association of the District and has
assurance that every room possible
will be placed at the disposal of the
test of Washington's public spirit and
hospitality will come when the hotels,
apartment houses and boarding houses
/ have been filled to capacity. Ihe
doors of private homes must tnen
worked out by which every available
room will be registered and filled.
Hotel assignments will be deferred
until full data is received from the
equitable distribution of space. TINS
will occur early in January.
Two cabinet officers and other hign
| government officials have accepted
membership on the .ar entertainments n1niend
States marshal for the District.
chairman. Plans perfected contem.
plate a great tableau at the east
front of the Capitol showing the
progress of civilization from the ear
America Triumphant" The Washing
ton harbor. with it's two channels, one
| leading to Georgetown, the other TO
| Washington, will be illuminated ana
a great fleet of motor boats ana
yachts will be placed at the disposal
of our guests. There is also to be
| great rodeo or wild west display
with a judiciously selected Indian VII
lage. as an educational lesson. Emil
nent artists will appear at evening
| entertainments; great American
opera by an American composer, sung
by all Americans under the direction
of John Philip Sousa, will be great
| feature.
! A switchboard is to be established at
| the central telephone office, with trained
employees to handle exclusively all
Shrine messages, enabling all inqulrers
| to get in direct contact with the head
quarters of the various temples and also
to give them accurate information con-
corning parades, banQuets and other
forms Of entertainment.
Postal stations will be established at
all Shrine centers for the dispatch and
the delivery of mail.
There will be grandstands along the
| entire march of the parade.
| The entire city will. be uniformly. dec
GRATED in accordance with plans pre-
pared by the special committee desig-
mated for that purpose.
| Public safety and order will be ade-
quately cared for, the District Commits
sioners having asked a special appro-
: priation for the purpose.
| Additional side tracks will be con-
struc.ed between here and Alexandria
to accommodate sleeping cars. San
Francisco broke the record with ninety
| nine: 300 having been asked OF WASH
ington.
pledged for the visitors, and the city
will be divided into zones where the
| cars will be stationed.
| Approximately 10000 private cars will
be brought to Washington by the visitors
and Doc Prendergast is certain salts
factory parking accommodations can be
provided for them.
! The boys of the Order of De Molay
| have been invited to act as guides to
visiting tourists and it is expected there
| will be 500 of them ready and eager to
| serve.
| Brig. Gen. Amos A. Fries, L. S. A, is
production of one of the greatest
pageants ever staged. which will carry
historical story particularly applica-
BILE to the nations capital.
Mr.. Standifords report includes a
host of other matters. vital in them
selves yet with less of public interest.
| 1t shows. says those who know. that
| Almas Temples splendid organization
| for the great Shrine convention is do
ing things and doing them as they should
| be done.
| Illustrious Potentate Leonard p Steu-
| art has announced that the annual cleo
| ton of Almas Temple of the Mystic
| Shrine will be held at the City Club
| Thursday of this week, from 10 am. to
6 pm.
| Potentate Charles S. McNulty has ad-
| vised the Almas potentate of his unani-
nous election to honorary membership
in KAHN Temple, of Roanoke, Va, at
a recent special meeting of that temple.
| Watch night service will be held in
I the mansion at Temple Heights on
Sunday. December 81, 1922. commenc-
| ing at IL o'clock pm. The doors of the
mansion will be open at 10 pm. The
brethern are cordially invited to
| bring their families and attend this
| service. Music will be provided.
| Religious services at Masonic and
| Eastern Star Home this afternoon
will be under the auspices of Naval
| Lodge. No. 4. Rev. Edward Hayes
| will officiate Special music will be
provided by Naval Lodge Choir.