The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-02
Shrine Convention
Sidelights

: creased quantities have been
placed by practically all OF the
big distributors.
Soft drink dispensers are
placing additional orders. The
latter declare that while the
weather has been q little cool for
their trade, especially at night,
the demand has become such as
to warrant belief that greater
quantities viii be consumed than
was estimated. Local bottiers, it
10 said, have arranged to put on
increased forces and to operate
on q twenty-four hour schedule.
Nothing but q state fair ever
euualled in appearance the sights
at Union Station Plaza Thou
sands OF visitors have been cir
culating through that section all
day. They come, some OF them
from distant points. Three autos
bearing California license tags
and showing signs OF travel were
noted among the motor cars
gathered at the plaza
Tate r. Hackney, Of 308 LIN
worth place southwest, knows g
piece Of news when he hears 1t.
Like a good reader, he is always
watching out for things Of inter-
est. He was talking to a man in
the Arlington Amphitheater yes
terday and as result offers the
following:
Andrew Tauro, a Canadian tele-
phone operator from Vancouver,
b. c., is one OF the first long dis
lance Shriners to reach Washing
ton. He travelled more than 1000
miles in his automobile, taking
thirty-four days to make the trip.
! He reached the city Wednesday.
On May 4, Tauro joined the
Shrine Caravan in Los Angeles.
He left the Caravan in New Mex
leo on May IL,
Mr.. Tauro is stopping at the
Kearns Hotel, 1912 G street north
west.
I'VE Just came right through
ahead Of the caravan crowd" ex-
planned one OF the drivers. There
a big crowd following us besides
those in the Shrine train. We
got in this morning. Coming
down from Baltimore we found
the reads heavily travelled, all
headed this way.
Where does a fellow get a
copy Of traffic rules?" He was
told to apply at Shrine head
quarters or the District Building.
Come on, BILL" he shouted to
one of the other drivers, ''let's
get fixed up so we won't be con-.
tributing to the fine fund" The
two headed for Shrine head
quarters.
Telegraphic dispatches from
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, advise
that $50 Shriners and wives of
Elriad, Sioux Falls and Helduz
Aberdeen Templers left there last
night for the convention here and
are expected to arrive tomorrow
evening at 1880 o'clock. Elriad
has band and chanters and
YelduZ band and patrol. This
fourth consecutive trip to i'm
perial sessions.
For the benefit of Shrine visitors
the Department of the Interior has
placed on exhibition in the main
corridor of the Interior Depart
ment Building at Eighteenth and
F streets northwest one Of the fin
est collections of National Park
photographs ever assembled. II
includes about sixty pictures rep
resenting Yellowstone, Yosemite,
Glacier, Grand Canyon, Rocky
Mountain, Sequoia, Zion, Mount
Rainier, Crater Lake, Hot Springs,
Mesa Verde and-the two island
parks. Lafayette on Mount Desert
Island, Maine, and Hawaii Ma
tional Park, Island of Hawaii,
Hawaiian Islands. Several Of the
pictures, such as the Bear Ma
donna" and stampede of the But
falo Herd" in Yellowstone Park,
are remarkable camera studies.
The department is open between
9 a. m. and 4:30 p. m, and the
public is cordially invited.