Evening star., 1923-09-02

of Grand Chaplain Rev. DR.. John
c. Palmer will be held at Temple
Heights this afternoon at o'clock, with
Rev. Hugh X. Fulton, pastor of Central
Presbyterian Church, as the speaker.
There will be tenor solos by William Fl.
Atherhot.
Joe Leverton and his base ball team
OF Kallipol;s Grotto. pointing with
pride to the cleanup of the Almas
Temple team last June. are going to
give the Shrine another show before
the season ends. Accordingly. game
has been arranged with the crack team
of Boumi Temple. Baltimore. at Ameri-
can League park. Washington. Septem-
ber IL. The red tops from Baltimore
are doomed as world beaters.' Mon,
arch Henry J. Gompers has circulated
tho full roster OF Kallipolis Grotto IN
regard to the matter and full black
top turnout Is expected when the game
Is called, at $3.50. the afternoon OF the
18th
Monarch Gompers is planning fall
ceremonial in October. but says. IT is
too soon to talk about 1t except TO pro-
spective initiates.
The Almas Temple units. according to
the Almas Alibi are to have a circus at
when the Moore Corporation will pro-
vide the entertainment
The Alibi contains an eloquent tribute
by Charles y. Warner to the late Noble
and President Warren G.. Harding, to-
.yether with the address delivered by
President Harding before the Imperial
Council June 5, and Illustrations OF
Almas Temples participation in the big
Shrine parade II also contains long
list of articles, some of them probably
quite valuable, which were lost or FOUND
during Shrine week.
The Gavel Club of Master Masons.
one of the big Masonic organizations of
the District. with handsome head
quarters at 1l3 18th street. northwest.
has started the ball rolling for n mann
moth carnival and funfest at the
Coliseum, over Center Market, off
PENNSYLVANIA avenue at 9th street.
to run two weeks, from October l to
IS. both dates inclusive. One OF the
big features of interest will be the COM
mercial exhibit by manufacturers and
merchants of Washington, in conjunc-
ton with program of varied amuse-
ments and entertainment. with daily
changes, including dancing every night.
Much interest already has been
aroused by the proposed big popularity
contest among the young women. for
which costly and handsome prize will
be given in addition to the natural JOY
that will come to the winner.
President Clyde J. Nichols of the club
has drafted an efficient committee Of
young business men, headed BY Eugene
b. Mcdowell. whom everybody calls
Mack" for short, TO exploit this new
venture, and Mack says he is waiting
until his assets are fully marshaled be-
fore shooting his details.
Labor day tomorrow. with the
speculative as with the operative
mason, is likely to be generally OBJ
h1yf ba Np hndiaS M
District otherwise than with the labor
of the craft. The calendar at the head
of these columns notes where any of
the bodies have advised The Star
that their meetings have been called
off" but have failed to notify either
the grand secretary's office or the
press. Circulars from the various
bodies for the new month also have
been conspicuous by their absence
when the calendar WAS prepared, due,
o: course, to the printer, who is al
ways to blame when the other fellow
slips up.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
will begin its regular meetings next
Tuesday evening, when the big fea-
lures for discussion and settlement
will be those pertaining to the forth
coming reunion of the local Scottish
Rite bodies that opens october and
continues through October IL. when
tle lull QQOLd OI dtBTeeS VIII De pre-
sented ceremonially or instructively.
The class for this reunion, designated
THE Supreme Council Glass" in hon
or of the Supreme Council, which will
hold its biennial session at the House
of the Temple the week of October 10.
it has been announced. will contain
men prominent in official, business
and social life In Washington. Special
efforts are always put forth upon
the Supreme Council classes for this
reason Masons generally striving for
membership in 1t. During Supreme
Council week, the Royal Order of
Scotland also will meet for it's an
nual banquet and the comforting of
its degrees. This is the Masonic link
in this country which connects the
Scottish Rite Masons of the Northern
and the Southern Jurisdictions. Its
annual banquets are usually elaborate
affairs in which the feast of reason
In quite as important-and often more
so, than any other feature.
Whatever may have been the cause,
the bank clearings for Washington
for the month of June this year. it is
reported. showed clear net gain of
approximately sl2.o00,00o, and the
Shrine cnvention during the early
part of June is largely responsible
for this. The alibi that taxes and
government revenues were paid dur
ing the month does not vitiate the
claim, because the same taxes and
revenues were paid in the preceding
year with which the comparison was
made, according to the Shrine statis-
tician.
Anezel Temple. the Shrine organiza-
tion Of the city of Mexico. Is making
preparations for a unique ceremonial
this fall. The candidates for initia-
ton will be taken to the top of the
pyramid of the sun, one OF the ia
nous architectural curiosities. a few
miles outside the City Of Mexico. The
pyramid was built by an ancient race
Of which no other record has been
found. The edifice is a remarkable
and eloquent monument to the genius
of this ancient people:
Special trains will be run from
cities in the United States to carry
Shriners to this most unusual cere-
mony.
In the galaxy of Freemasons-
Washington, Revere, Warren. Ben
janin Franklin, John Paul Jones. John
Marshall-that constellation Of liberty
of the days OF the revolution, none
shines brighter than MARQUIS Marie
Paul Roche de Lafayette. September
6 Is the one hundred and sixty-s sixth
anniversary Of his birth.
without compensation of any kind,
Lafayette served the young republic
and in addition made generous con-
tributions from his private fortune.
He was wounded at the battle OF
Brandywine and returned to France.
This time success attended his efforts
to win the active support of King
Louis XVII In 1880 he returned to
America and remained until the close
Of the revolution. On behalf OF Con-
gress. Benjamin Franklin presented
Lafayette with jeweled sword.