Evening star., 1925-01-04

Tuesday-Mithras Lodge Of Perfection.
statutory assembly.
T HIS afternoon. at o'clock. the
Royal Arch Hall at the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home
viii be formally opened, the
ceremony being performed
under the auspices of the High
Priests Association of 1924. with
Rolin Painter. president of the asso-
citation, presiding. Addresses will be
made by Grand High Priest Simon
Bube. Past Grand High Priest Roe
Fulkerson and Past Grand Master
Lurtin r. CHM. Music will be fur
nished by quartet and Rev. DR.. John
9. Palmer will pronounce the bene-
diction. The fraternity and their
ladies are invited TO attend.
New lodges on the Masonic horizon
are Brightwood Lodge, No. 43. Henr.
Stein. master, which was chartered by
the Grand Lodge December l., and
which Will meet in Brightwood Tenn
pie the second and fourth Wednes-
days of the month, and Theodore
Roosevelt, L. D, f. Claude Babcock,
master, for which a dispensation was
issued and which will meet the first
and third Wednesdays at Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue.
Stansbury Lodge announces a dance
at the City Club the evening of Janu-
ary 80.
TIE new s2,OOO.OOO mosque of Mecca
Temple was dedicated in New York
last Monday, with Illustrious Poten-
tate Harry F. Cary in the line of
parade representing Almas Temple
and Esten A. Fletcher acting as i'm
perial potentate for the occasion.
Los Angeles also is to be repre-
sented with a 100000 mosque for
Al Malaikah Temple, which will con-
tain a theater seating 1000 and a
stage 100 feet wide and 20 feet deep,
which will seat 1000 persons.
Senator Charles S Deneen of
Illinois is grand orator of the Grand
Lodge of Masons of Illinois.
Representative John T. Ketcham of
Michigan will make an address and
there will be special music at a social
meeting of Pentalpha Lodge, No. %,
tomorrow night.
Almas Temple Legion of Honor last
Monday night selected the following
officers: Capt Joseph Fl. Minis com
mander; u. A. Dollarhide. lieutenant
commander; J. O. johnson, adjutant:
Maj. Emil Walter, quartermaster;
executive committee, X. r. Adams
Harry c. Werlich, George Bakersmith
Several hundred members of Almas
Temple and their ladies welcomed the
New Year at a reception and dance In
the ballroom of the New Willard
Hotel last Thursday afternoon. Fol
lowing the informal reception by the
diVan officers the room was turned
over to the dancers for the remainder
of the afternoon
Saturdsv, january IL is set apart
for the third of the seasons dances
sponsored by AImas Temple Patrol.
William +. Holmes. chairman of the
dance committee. announces that il
will be held i'm the ballroom of the
New Willard Hotel and that the San
gamo Band will furnish the music.
The annual kiddies' Christmas en-
tertainment Of Kallipolis Grotto was
held at Pythan Temple on Monday
afternoon. Past Monarch John H
Shreye was chairman and he with
Monarch Samuel +. Shreve and Chief
Justice l.. Whiting Estes, received
the prophets. their wives and chill
dren, and promptly at o'clock the
entertainment commenced. 1t was
sufficiently diversified to appeal to
the tastes of the little ones, from the
child in arms to those of 2 years
the age limit A Christmas tree
blazed prettily in one corner of the
room and on the opposite side of the
hall the Kallipolis Band played at in
terYals throughout the afternoon. The
opening NUMBER was "Almajo," the
man of magic and mystery, who kept
the youngsters in an uproar for
nearly an hour. I've pupils of the
Smithson- Hodgson School of Dancing
won hearty applause for their contri-
button to the program. All numbers
were graceful and the costumes beau
tiful. AS a climax old Santa Claus
himself dashed upon the stage and
the children gave him noisy vel
come. Each child was presented with
box of candy.
The next Cirotto dance will. be held
at the New Willard Hotel on jan
uary Is.
The annual election of Grotto Off
GERS will he held a Grotto headquar-
ters January 90. the candidates, with
no opposition, being: For monarch,
L. Whiting Estes; for chief justice,
Stephen H. Takes; for master of GER
emonies, Arthur Fl. Poynton; for
treasurer, Joseph Fl. Curran: for sec
retary, E. w. Libbey, P. NJ; for SEN
tinel, Alex. Schmid, and for trustee,
Peter Latterncr.
President George H Whiting of
the Fellowship Club of the Bureau
of Engraving and Print ting announces
that at the January meeting the
newly elected officers will be installed.
An entertainment with refreshments
will be the feature. The president
has added another committee to the
roster to be known as the Greet
ers,' composed of past presidents of
the club. The referendum to decide
the advisability of holding a BAN
quet in February has progressed far
enough it is said, to warrant the
The Washington Railroad Square
Club celebrated &C. B. Stauffer
night" Saturday evening in honor of
its chaplain, the pastor of the Ninth
Street Christian Church. Light was
the subject of Mr. Stauffer's sermon.
The annual election of officers re-
suited in the selection of o. X.
Shepherd president, A. Rawley
Doome, first vice president; A. w.
Brewer. second vice president; David
Hardesty, marshal; Roy Blanford and
w. F.. Hayes, inner and outer senti-
nels: James o. lotion, secretary; A.
Frank Kregelow, treasurer; Bernard
+. Tolson and ID. NJ. Fisher, executive
board: o. X. Shepherd and F. S. Rat
cliffe, delegates. and George B.
MergeIl and O. w. Riley alternates' to
the national convention.
Representative Thomas Hall from
North Dakota and past grand master
of that State gave a talk on Western
Masonry and com plimented the club