Evening star., 1925-04-12

Mr.. Dicus to act as lodge captain.
| Trinity Lodge, No. Al, has designat-
ed tomorrow evening as United Ma
| sonic Temple night" and will hell
start the ball rolling in Grand Mas
| ter Fulkerson's pretentious campaign
| for the new temple.
The ladies' auxiliary of the Gave
| Club announces a card party for
! Tuesday evening, starting at S:3C
| o'clock, in the Gavel Club rooms, II!
| Thirteenth street northwest.
Washington Chapter, No. 2, Royal
Arch Masons, will give an Easter card
party and dance at the City Club on
| Tuesday, commencing at s o'clock, for
! the benefit of the recently built and
| dedicated Royal Arch Hall at Masonic
and Eastern Star Home. Through the
courtesy of the City Club the ballroom
will be appropriately decorated for the
| OCCASION.
A feature of the entertainment will
be an exhibition drill by the team of 60
members of the Jobs Daughters in full
| uniform. This team attracts wide atten-
tion wherever 1t appears. The affair will
be informal. and tickets of admission to
the ballroom will be available at the
entrance on the evening of the dance
Music will be furnished by a six-piece
orchestra.
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, X t.
has elected the following officers: EN-
inent commander, Harry d. Tryon; gen
eralissimo, Andrew N. Ross: captain
general, j. Harry Phillips: treasurer,
James A West (re-elected) recorder
Charles e. Baldwin (re-elected) prelate.
Mason Il. Lawton (re-elected) trustee,
Walter II. Klopfer. The appointiye Of
ticers will be announced at the concIaye
next Friday, when the officers will be in
stalled by Right Eminent Grand Com
mander William A. Miller
Maurice L. Brewton, high priest of
Potomac Chapter, announces that de-
grees will be conferred at the con-
vocation Tuesday, with Howard c.
McClintock and Charles w. Sherier,
respectively, heading the official line.
Refreshments will be served at the
close.
Grover E. Payne, commander of
Potomac Commandery, No. 3, knights
Templar, announces that the grand
commander. William f. Miller, ac-
companied by the other officers of
the Grand Commandery, will pay the
commandery it's annual grand visf-
tation Wednesday evening at s
o'clock, after which the new officers will
be installed by Past Grand Com
mander Lem Towers, assisted by
Grand Inspector General Edward P.
Hazelton.
Monarch l. Whiting Estes an
nounces May IL as the date of the
Spring ceremonial of Kallipolis
Grotto and the New National Thea
ter as the place. Nearly 100 candi-
dates are already enrolled, it is re-
ported, and each day adds new ones
Full details are to be announced later
as to the nature of the ceremonial
The full ritualistic ceremony Will be
rendered, and Past Monarch Charles
D. Shackelford will head the cast. The
'jollification" features will be handled
by Past Monarch Samuel F. Shreve
and corps of assistants. There will
be an afternoon session OF the Grotto
for the transaction of the necessary
routine business, and the ceremonial
proper will start promptly at
o'clock.
Monarch Estes announces a change
of date for the April good fellowship
night to April % instead of April 13,
and splendid program, including
speakers of note and musical num-
bers. All Prophets and their Master
Mason friends are invited.
The next Grotto dance will be held
at the New Willard Hotel Thursday
evening. AS this will be the last
dance of the season the committee
is endeavoring to make 1t the best
Music will be furnished by Happy
Walkers Golden Pheasant" Orches-
ira, Charles M Dunn's Orchestra and
Steve Wright.
The ceremonial of Yedz Grotto
which was to have been held April
II and which many members of Kali
lipolis Grotto had expected to attend
has been postponed until a time in
May not yet determined.
Monarch Estes, Chief Justice Stephen
II. Takes and Past Monarch Charles
D. Shackelford attended a ceremonial
of Samis Grotto. Richmond, Va. last
week.
Thursday Al-Time Grotto of Atlantic
City will broadcast from station WPG,
29S.8 meters, at 10 pm, a program of
instrumental and vocal music, together
with important announcements re-
garding the Supreme Council conven-
tion to be held there June %, "a and
20. They promise to send handsome
souvenirs to all Prophets who send
them kilograms that night regarding c
their program.
Almas Temples ceremonial Satur-
day, May 2. at the Washington Audi
torium, is to be one of the greatest
ever staged in the annals of Almas
Temple. Directors of the uniformed
units have been charged to carry out
plans with that thought in view. The
class has been officially designated
the "W. Freeland Kendrick class"
and, according to Illustrious Potentate
Henry Lansburgh, the entire ritual
istic work for this occasion will be
conducted by w. Freeland Kendrick,
mayor Of Philadelphia, past imperial
potentate of North America and for
IA years potentate of Lu Lu Temple.
A class of 800 novices is expected
and many features of a surprising and
entertaining nature are promised by
Director ]. Fred Huber All petit
tions must be in the hands of the
recorder by Saturday, April 25.
The first ladies day" luncheon
meeting of Almas Caravan Club was
held in the ballroom of the May
flower Hotel last Friday. Approx
mately 800 Shriners and their lady
1r1endS were IN attendance- John j
P. Mullane presided and Potentate
Lansburgh welcomed the guests. The
guest of honor and principal speaker
was Noble NJ. o. Eldridge, District
traffic commissioner, who set forth
his proposed plans and ways to meet
and handle present traffic situations
in the city. Other speakers included
Past Potentate William F. GUIDE and
John 7. McGilvery, past potentate OF
rslan Temple, San Francisco. The
program comprised solos and duets
by Fred East and William Raymond
and popular songs by Mrs. Kitty