Evening star., 1924-09-21
y ODAY will be celebrated as
Scottish Rite day" at the
open-air religious services on
Temple Heights this after

Open-alr rellg louS services OIL
- Temple Heights this after
noon at o'clock, under tn
direction of Rev. DR.. John c. Palmer
grand champlain.
Rev. DR.. Joseph F. Sizoo, pastor o
the New York Avenue Presbyterial
Church will deliver the address TIL,
music is under the direction of j
Walter Humphrey and will be fur
nished by the Scottish Rite Choir
composed of William s. Atherholt
Homer S. Pope, Karl Kerr and ]. wal
ter, Humphrey, with Harry G. Kim
ball as accompanist Miss Aurelii
birmingham. member of Job!
Daughters, will sing solo.
The opening prayer will be Offered
by the chaplain of Robert de Bruce
Chapter, Order of the De Molay.
All members of the Ancient and Ac.
cepted Scottish Rite and their fam.
lilies; Cathedral Chapter. No. IA. anc
Loyalty Chapter. No. 81, Order of the
Eastern Star; the Order of Job.
Daughters, and Robert de Bruce Chap.
ter, Order of the De Molay. have beer
especially invited to attend this serv
ice. All members of the Masonic fra
ternity and of the Order of the East,
ern Star as well as the public. will
be welcome.
The Masters Association of 1922
has practically completed the pro.
gram for the services September 2S
next Sunday, when the President ano
Mrs. Coolidge are expected The ad
dress will be delivered by Rev Ze-
Barney T. Phillips. the new rector OF
Epiphany Church. The music will be
under the direction of ]. Walter Hum
phrey. and will be furnished by the
Glee Club of Almas. Temple, Mobiles
of the Mystic Shrine. and by the choir
of st. Paurs Lutheran Church. COM
posed of Mrs. B. F. mart, Miss Marian
Larner. Irving NJ. Tuller and J. Wal
ter Humphrey
1t is expected that one of the larg-
est gatherings of Masons ever assem-
bled in the District for religious serv-
ice will be present, as over twenty
Two thousand invitations have been
issued. y loud speaker will be in
stalled a large number of the clergy
OF the city who are Masohs, and of
officials in public life, will have seats
on the platform, acceptances having
already been received from many. 4
sufficient number OF ushers will be
provided by a detail of six men from
each of the forty lodges of the city.
in order that proper accommodation
shall be provided for the large at
tendance.
In his September circular. High
Priest Orville l.. Ballard announces
an open meeting of Mount Horeb
Royal Arch Chapter, No. :. for Tues
day evening, September %. No fur
ther details have been received for
publication.
Statutory assemblies Of both Robert
de Bruce Council of kadosh and
Albert Pike Consistory NJ. r. s., are
announced for Tuesday evening, when,
doubtless, in both bodies, the chief
topic of consideration will be the Fall
reunion, which opens in Mithras Lodge
OF Perfection Tuesday evening. OCto-
Der :, with the fourth and fifth de-
grees of the Rite. There are special
reasons, it is explained. why the class
for this reunion should be one of the
largest of the year, and all members
of local bodies have been enjoined to
invite the attention of eligibles to the
reunion and to the dates for the sew
eral degrees, which were stated in
The Stars fraternal columns last
Sunday
All the bodies of the Scottish Rite
in Washington are showing special
interest in the services to be held this
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Temple
Heights. in celebration of Scottish
Rite day Capt. Frank Koch, 33d
degree, will direct the Albert Pike
Camp Guard. which will perform the
service of ushers on the occasion.
special appeal to the members of the
Rite in connection with this service
was contained in the September issue
of the Cathedral Calendar. with testi-
monials in connection herewith from
Rev. DR. Abram Simon. rabbi of the
Washington Hebrew Congregation; !;
Rev David r. CovelI. X. {. c. H, who
is now stationed in San Francisco;
Rev. Hugh r. Stevenson. pastor OF
Bethany Baptist Church; Rev. DR..
Stanley Durkee and others. Especial
stress is laid uponethe fact that the
services on Temple Heights are not
denominational, although purely re-
ligious.
The Scottish Rite bodies were well
represented in the Defense day pa
rads as members of the 18th Division
headquarters company ana attacned
troops, with Lieut.. Col. c. Fred Cook,
32d degree, in command. and Lieut.. Col.
Stirling Kerr, 33d degree, the general
secretary, second in command.
The attention of members of the
Rite has been called to the fact that
the Supreme Council for the Southern
Jurisdiction will meet this year In
Charleston. S. c., the see of the or
der" opening September, "a. A notaoie
event will be the holding of an after
noon session of the Supreme Council
Friday, September 6, in the birthplace
of the Supreme Council, at Broad and
Church streets, in Charleston. In
vestiture of the rank of X Z. Z. IL
will take place in the Scottish Kite
Cathedral Thursday evening, and the
thirty-third degree will be conferred
the following evening.
The Gavel Clubs team will assist in
the M NJ degree in Acacia Lodge, NO
1s at Masonic Temple Tuesday eve
ming.
Thursday evening, at the clubrooms,
71e 18th street northwest, a card
marty will be given for the beneht or
this team, which has participated IN
the decree work in many Of the local
lodges
Maurice l.. Brewton will head the
officiaI line in the degree work IN
potomac Royal Arch Chapter. NO. g.
tuesday evening, when refreshments
will he served at the close OF the
mee ting.
Monarch Samuel F. Shreve an
nounces that the Fall ceremonial OF
KaIlipolis Grotto will be held at the
Mutual Theater on October 29. The
ceremonial will be short-form FOL-
lowed by the regular show. OF the
theater. The meeting will be called