Evening star., 1922-10-22
SHRINE BARBECUE
ATTRACTS 1900
Three Hundred Autos in
Caravan That Winds Its
Way to Sligo.

Every noble of Almas Temple and
many visiting mobiles were present
yesterday afternoon at the Shrine
barbecue on the Noyes farm. Sligo.
Md. And did they care to come?
Well. when old Sol cast his dying
glow upon the wide estate his rays
shone upon more than 1000 feEzes,
and each feZ was on top Of smiling
Shriner. And at the same time each
of the 1000 was thanking inwardly
Potentate Leonard P. Steuart, who
originated the barbecue idea to dis
pei any temporary woes or ailments
of Almas men.
Members of the Shrine began ar
riving at the. farm at noon. and
blown by "ofricer" Jenkins they were
still streaming In. The real parade.
however. started on the Ellipse at
1870 o'clock, and as the caravan
wended its way up 18th street into
Georgia avenue fully 900 automobiles
was headed by Potentate Steuart. his
official divan and Almas Band and
patrol arrayed in their flashing COL
ors of the orient. tout ensemble In a
large truck.
"Howdy, Noble" Everywhere.
For an hour or so following the ar
rival of the first big detachment a
sort Of "get-together" meeting was
held. II was ''Howdy, NOBLE" every
where. In a few minutes everybody
seemed to know everybody else. in
Band started up. and for q short Pc
riod was the center of attraction.
Finally Roy L. Eeuhouser. acting as
marshal of ceremonies. succeeded in
getting all the mobiles into a forma-
ton. after which he led them across
been taken by a small army of pho
tographers and motion picture men
chairs we're obtained. and inside of a
large angle maneuvers were given by
some of Fort Myers finest.
First came Troop 2. Sd Cavalry. fire
Patterson. Several good stunts were
shown, and as climax the men
forced their horses to make a jump
through hoops of fire. An artillery
drill by Battery F. I'd Field Artillery.
eame nes oS X,te1 eircnr the eid
in open and close formations the bat
terry went into action. and the explo-
sions of the blank three-pound shells
echoed and re-echoed. A short time
previous to the Fort Myer exhibition
Boiling Field sent two airplanes over.
dives while onlv q short distance
above the crowd.
shriners Take Part in Games.
The attention of the Shriners was
called to q few field games in which
the mobiles themselves took an active
and Glee Club entertained. while the
patrol gave an exhibition Of fancy
The field games were under the
direction Of Or. J. T: Pendergrast. as
Temple: The judges. who had dif-
ficulty in persuadinE the crowds that
the races were not ties, were Charles
D. Shackelford. Milton Brown and M.
l. Hart Alfred Knowlton proved
posao tss star sack 'hss ans BY n1ns the
easily outdistancing his opponents
in all events. c. D. Burrows won the
free-for.all race, Capt Luberman tho
fat-men's race and George Davis the
thtn%ens nnnna6 MS race; ss,., while G. Bqrroys
nail-driving contest Team A. after
considerable effort, pulled team B
across the line in the tug of war.
Members of each team felt them
selves In poor condition. and rejected
names. hiding themselves Immediate
ly following the event, in tho lines
of spectatora
Prince Nelson Performs.
The crowd watched Prince Nelson.
who walked q tight-rope across
Niagara Falls portray his skill on
a wire thirty feet above ground. He
was followed by Jimmy" Anderson.
who scared aloft in q huge balloon
and. after doing many stunts on q
trapeZe, parachuted to earth.
When chow call was sounded the
mobiles hastened to the feast prepared
for them by Noble Andrew Loff1er
and his assistants Included in the
chow was the o.pound steer.
which had been roasting since the
night before. Last, but not least, the
ill-famed camel's milk was brought
forward. Potentate Steuart broke
the seals around the two barrels and
each noble was handed q sip Of the
cherished delicacy. The milk Of the
camel was reported as being sent
from a noble by the name Of jenkins.
who owns q camel ranch In southern
California, and has written to tho
Shrine committee here asking
whether he should bring his herd up
here for the Imperial Council session
After all the food was disposed
Of. several boxing and wrestling
matches were held. Fernard Kirceh.
man, 'Pinkey' Gardner, zeke"..
Smith, Jack" Kaufman "Sesman