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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
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considering the plan of acting the role
played by George Ralph. J. II. Ben
rimo. one of the authors, will go to
London to stage the play there.
i.ine of 11 .?* new productions in New
York last week was made by Nazimova
in a dramatization of Robert Hiehen's
novel. "Bella Donna," made by James
Bernard Pagan. In her company arc
Pi nk Gillmore and Charles Bryant.
Ibnry Miller is to produce a new play
i .tiled "Blackbirds," by Harry Junn-s
Smith, author of "Mrs. Bumpstead
I.eigii." In this latter play I.aura Hopes
(V. \v will niak>- her debut as a star under
Mr. Miller's direction.
Klaw & Erlangcr have acquired the
tights to the French comedy. "Primrose."
and will produce it with Elsie Ferguson
as the star. Sallie Fisher will replace
Miss Ferguson in the I.ehar operetta.
"Eva."
? arl- s Prohman has engaged Paul Pot
tei to write a drama in which moving
pictures will be used to illustrate various
s <n?s in India Tiie play has a Kipling
inspiration, as may be judged from its
title, "On tii'' Road to Mandalay."
i .tuiette Taylor is to make her appear
and- ?u New York next month in Hart
h'\ Manners' play, "Peg o' My Heart."
Reeves Smith, '"larenee Ilandyside, Has
saiil Short and Emily Melville will l?c
in her support.
ArnoM Daly will make a production in
New York at speeial matinees of "Mrs.
Christmas Angel," a drama by Laurence |
.\ ^ re, originally intended as the opening
bill of the Little Theater in Philadelphia.
The special performanees will be given
owing to the delay in the completion of
the Philadelphia theater.
The Flonzaley Quartet is to ajxpear in
this city in January.
"Who Is Brown?" by Frank Wy att. is
* vaudeville cotidensation of "Mrs. Tem
pi- "s Telegram."
? ?n?- of tli** December offerings at the
Columbia Theater will be l^aura Hope
Crows in "Blackbirds."
Robert Loraine is booked for the Co
lumbia Theater I>eceml?er 2 in George
Bernard Shaw's "Man and Superman."
Will A. Page, a former Washingtonian.
is :n the city as the business manager of
the De Koven Opera Company.
Hilly I?. Van and the Beaumont Sisters
in the new musical comedy, "A Lucky
Hoodoo." will be an early December at
traction at the Academy.
The country store as inaugurated at
t ? Lyceum Theater f?everal weeks ago
f r t' e tlrst time In this city, is a novelty
opens up after the regular perform
ance .
Nan Engleton. leading vocalist with
?'The Dazzlers" nt the Gavety this week,
has appeared in Washington a number of
times. i :t never before in burlesque.
Maximus. the heavyweight juggler,
studied for ti e imperial ballet when a
V-?y. but the rapid development of his
1 ens caused him to abandon foot work.
The iV:n>nrac Widow" comes to the
' 'olumhia Theater as the Thanksgiving
ut'ract'on instead oi Robert Hilliard in
The Argle Case." which has been tem
P ?rarily postponed.
Wii. ird Robertson, a local favorite with
the Columbia Play ers, rejoined Charlotte
Walker in Baltimore yesterday and is
now playing his original role of Dave in
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine."
<"aballos and Caballos. the upside down,
topsy-turvy, whirlwind dancers with "The
Whirl of Society," are brother and sister,
tne children of M. Cahallos. for years
ballet master at th** Paris Opera House.
Xfter her concert at the Columbia The
ater November :??. Frances Aida will go
direct to New York to begin rehearsals
for the role of Roxane, in Damrosch's
new opera. "Cyrano."'
At the National Theater for the week
of December 'J. Maude Adams, in "Peter
Pan" will bp the offering and the follow
ing week "The Pink Lady," with the
original cast, including Frank Lalor.
Hazel Dawn and Alice Dovey, will be
seen.
Robert Edeson is receiving a sub
stantial royalty from a Chicago pro
ducing firm for "Where the Trail
Divides," and this has inspired him to
write' more plays. He has contracted
to eomplete two of them to be used
over the popular priced circuit.
"Five Frankfurters," produced by the
Shuberts, did not remain on tour very
long. Its brief career came to a tem
porary end at Toledo. Ohio, last Satur
day night. It is understood that the
piece will be revived at some future
time.
Annie Russell opened her season in
New York last week In her own theater
at the head of her own company in a
series of classic productions, begin
ning with "She Stoops to Conquer." The
enterprise, which has a number of
wealthy society backers, has made a
successful debut.
Izetta Jewel, leading woman for the j
Poii Players, has been loaned to Oliver |
Mi; 'Co for the creation of the stellar;
!?>!? in a new play w hich is to be pro- ;
duced in L'?s Ange es .vithln the next I
few days. Miss J-v . ' v. ill -errain on the
I';! ii.tr co six ? r . igbt weeks, but will j
b< r . >!y to ie urn u Washington as j
so ? the sto' k s- jii reopens at the
Avenue playhouse. I
A1 J olson's first employment was to
sin--' in the gallery for A1 Reeves !n the
fiis. ion popular a few years ago when a
voce :n the gallery would repeat the
chorus of a song sung from the sta e.
He received $."? a week for that important
service. His salary now is said to run
well up into the hundreds.
The remarkable success, both financial
:>nd artistic, that has followed "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine." which had
Its premiere here in Washington a year
a^o im attributed not only to the popu
larity of the hook, but more so to the
ela borate, if not mammoth, production
Klaw Ai Krlanger made for Eugene Wal
ters' dramatization of the romantic story
of the Cumberland hills. In Philadelphia,
Boston and Chicago the play had long
runs of seven. eU'ht and ten weeks, to
? apacity houses, and already this season
the play has made return engagements to
ChlcaKO. where it played for three weeks
to a record-breaking business, and to
Philadelphia at the Porr??t Theater.
Completing a tour in which it played
in seventy-eight the principal cities,
the I'nited States Marine Hand returned
to Washington last Sunday afternoon.
The journey covered 11,000 miles and in
cluded eighty-six concerts. The entire
tour was a scries oJ triumphs not only for
tne l"nit?-l States Marine Band and its
bader, Lieut. Santelmann. but for the
voting Washington soprano. Miss M*,ry
S!:er:er, who accompanied the organiza
tion in all its concerts. The hand left
Wa> ngton Monday, September 'Si. open
ing the tour with a concert in the Lyric
Theater. Baltimore, with an audience
estimated at persons. Vrom the
opening night until its t-'nal concert in
Columbus. Ohio, last Saturday night, the
band filled an engagement practically
every night ;uid most of the matinees.
Tin. tour was under the management of
W. L. Radcliffe cf this city.
Le^onds About Dew.
Fri-r.i l.!i- J?>ur..a! >f It'.lgiuus I'wcbology.
In many places dew is looked upon as
tears of the angels and of the souls in
punatorv shed on account of the sins of
nutcan oeings upon earth; and dew is
collected to be use-,1 to cure certain dis
eases, especially those of the eyes, etc.:
freckles, baldness, cramps, open wounds
and cuts, rheumatism, skin diseases,
bums, etc.
The virtues of dew as a beauty wash
are also well tnown One legend tells
how by licking the dew off the plants on
a certain rixpming when all tne birds
drjr.k it one can learn their language.
Another folk belief is that "naked, or
with only their shirts on, the witches, at
the time of the new moon, collect the
dew from the grass with bark sieves: by
this means they deprive of their milk the
cows that have been pastured on the
gran*, and as soon as fheir sieves are
f all of dew they know that their pots at
home are full of milk. The Polish peo
ple of Wongrowitz call the dew on which
the birds are supposed to feed ptasie
mleko, 1. e , "birds' milk."
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FRATERNITIES
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MASONIC.
LODGES.
Nor. 18?Potomac, N<>. 5, F. C.
Benjamin B. French. No. 15.
grand visitation.
Anacostia. No. 21. F. C.
Pentalplia, No. 2.". business.
Mount Pleaunt. No. I'S, 1-'. C
Not. 10?National. No. 12. M. M.
Arminlus. No. CT?. grand visita
tiou.
Myron M. I'arker. No. 27. M. M.
King David. No. 28. M. M.
Nov. 20?Washington Centennial. No. 14,
business.
Osiris. No. 20.
King Solomon. No. 31. special. 3
Tt.rn.. grand visitation.
Nov. 21?Naval. No. 4. K. A.
Hiram. No. 10. memorial serv
ices.
I-a Fayette. No. 10. F. C.
William R. Singleton. No. 30.
business.
Nov. 22?St. .lolm's. No. 11. E. A.
Hope. No. 20. F. C.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
Nov. 19?Li Fayette. No. 5, social session.
Washington Naval. No. 6. mark.
Nov. 20?Columbia. No. 1. P. M. anil M.
E. M.
Nov. 21?Capitol. No. 11. business.
Nov. 22?Eureka. No. 4. six-la 1 session.
K M<; I ITS TEMPLAR Cr IMM ANDERIES.
Nov. JS?Orient, No. 5. business.
Nov. 20? Potomac, No. 3. business.
ROYAL AND SELECT MASTERS.
Nov. 18?Washington Council. No. 1. de
grees.
Nov. 21?Admilraro Council. No. 2. degrees.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Nov. 19?Mithras Lodge of Perfection,
business.
EASTKRN STAR CHAPTERS.
Nov. 18?Ruth. No. 1.
Nov. HI? Mizpah, No. 8.
i Nov. 20?A re me. No. 10.
Nov. 21?Esther. No. 0.
N"V. 22?'l'akoma. No. 12; Cathedral. No.
14.
MISCELLANEOCS.
, Nov. IS- Almas Temple. Mystic Shrine,
ceremonial session.
Three grand visitations, as shown by
the calendar at the head of this column,
md the memorial exercises to be held by
Hiram Lodge, No. 10, Thursday evening,
>n the part of the blue lodges; social ses
sions by 1-a Fayette, No. and Eureka.
No. 4, Monday and Thursday evenings,
respectively, on the part of the Royal
Arch chapters, and the ceremonial ses
sion of Almas Temple. Ancient Arabic
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
tomorrow evening, constitute the unusual
events of interest to Masons this week.
The remaining bodies, or nearly all of
them, are scheduled for degree exempli
fication or business sessions
Hiram Lodge, Xo. 10, has prepared an
elaborate and impressive program for its
annual memorial exercises Thursday
evening. Sixteen deaths have occurred
in the lodge sin.-e its last general me
morial services, and the roll bears the
names of Milton L. Fisher, who died
June 1011; Joseph A. Durnbaugh, June
14; John W. Thomas. August 2ti; William
D. Ritni-r, October 11; Charles D. Nich
ols. October 17: JeTrev Barton. November
!>; Albert George White, January 1. 1U12
Claudius B. Jewell, January 14; Daniel
Johnson, sr.. January 17; Charles A. Er
ney, February 1; Past .Master James Wil
liam Wrenn, May 0; Gideon A. Thomas,
July 12; George W. Salter, August 10;
Past Master William Brown Stokes, Au
gust 30; John F. Wild. November 4. and
Charles Wk Lederer. November 8. Senior
Warden A. B. Douglas has charge of the
arrangements, which contemplate a gen
eral oration by a speaker not yet chosen;
special music by Harry M. Forker and
Past Master Harry G. Kimball, organist
of the lodge, and the reflection of por
traits of deceased members on a screen
by steropticon. as far as they can -be ob
tained. There will also be scriptural
reading and prayer.
The religious exercises at the Masonic ;
and Eastern Star Home next Sunday,
November 24, will be held under the aus
pices of Hiram I^orlge. No. 10, and be
conducted by the lodge chaplain. Rev. J.
Harvey Dunham, pastor of the Western
Presbyterian Church.
On invitation of Worshipful Master
Robert Meyer of National Lodge. No. 12,
the M. M. degree will be exemplified at
its special communication November 29,
by the officers and degree staff of Hiram
Lodge, No. 10. The grand visitation to
National Lodge will occur the same even
ing.
Features of the grand visitation to the
New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 0, Thursday
evening were an address by Gen. S. S. Bur
dette. solos by Nathaniel S. Wright and
William Clabaugh, an instrumental trio
composed of Sol Minster, violinist; M.
Wolfsteiner, cellist, and Raphael Koester.
pianist, and organ recital by Mr. Koester.
and beautiful llag and floral decorations,
which were provided by the committee
under the direction of Senior Warden
Thomas Keely. Past Master \\ illiam Mc
Nelr had charge of the program.
The program for the memorial services
in Columbia Lodge Friday evening in
cluded quartet selections, an address by
Rev. W. J. D. Thomas, and the following
tributes: Luther F. Speer, to Alexander
F. McMillan; Lemuel Fugitt, to William
Winans; Grand High Priest Jacobus S.
Jones of tiie Grand Royal Arch Chapter,
to Philip Scherr. a.nd Frank B. Curtis, to
James W. Welborn.
Instead of the R. A. degree, which it
was expected to exemplify at the con
vocation of La Fayette Royal Arch Chap
ter, No. 5, Tuesday evening, a lecture on
the building and dedication of King Solo
mon's Temple with block model illustra
tions will be given about 8:30 o'clock, by
W. H. H. Smith at the close of tne chap
ter. to which the members will be per
mitted to bring the women of their fam
ilies.
Grand Lecturer Thomas H. Young an
nounces a school of instruction in lodge
room No. 2, New Masonic Temple,
Wednesday evening, November 27. and
urges the officers and members of the
several lodges of the District to be pres
ent, as he will take up certain work with
the view of correcting errors which have
crept in from time to time. All master
Masons are invited to be present.
Washington CentenniaL Lodge, No. 14,
F. A. A. M., will hold its stated commu
nication Wednesday night. A number of
important matters will be discussed, and
a large attendance is expected. A "real
treat" is promised those who come.
William P. Chroniger, sentinel of La
Payette Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch Ma
sons. has returned from h's old home,
Pittsburgh, Pa., where he went two
weeks ago to cast his ballot and visit
relatives and friends.
Washington Council, Vio. 1, Royal and
Select Master Masons, will confer the
council degree on a large class Monday
night.
Grand Secretary Arvine VV. Johnston
announces that the grand visitation to
Mount Pleasant IiOdge, No. 33. will take
place Tuesday evening. November 2t>, in
stead of Monday evening, November 25,
as originally announced. The special
communication Tuesday evening. Novem
ber 20, will be held in the ballroom of the
Arcade building at 14th street and Park
road. In addition to a musical program
of merit, an audress is promised by Sen
ator Moses E. Clapp of Minnesota and
an illustrated travelogue entitled "The
Wonders of the Great American Desert,"
by C. J. Blanchard of the reclamation
service. The F. C. degree will be exem
plified in Mount Pleasant I?dge tomor
row evening.
Statistics furnished by Secretary H. B.
Cramer show that the lodge started two
years ago with sixty charter members. It
now has ninety-two members, with oth
ers "on the way." "All we need to grow
bigger," adds Mr. Cramer, "is a good
hall, and there is none on Columbia
Heights."
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine has
issued its call to the faithful for a carar
van tomorrow evening which will carry a
band of captives of the desert over the
circuit of the Kaabah to the Holy City
of Mecca. Imperial Potentate William J.
Cunningham, it is announced, has come
on his camel from the oasis of Baltimore
to attend the ceremonial and will be a
conspicuous feature in something besides
the honored guest roll. Recorder Harri
son Dingman, Inspired with the spirit of
the prophet, has tipped his stylus with
the brilliancy of the diamond to describe
in letters of gold the grand things await
ing the elect.
Salt and dates are mentioned in con
nection with the menu. but. he says,
that is Arabic for gastronomic joy and
#renial jocularity. "Some vaudeville" Is
also mentioned in letters of indelible Ink
that burn like the setting glory of a
summer sun when subjected to the heat
of curiosity, and, with it all, is tendered
for contemplation thoughts that make
the world brighter and better and the
heart of the fez-topped Mason to sing
with gladness. Sharp at 7 o'clock the
caravan will begin preparations for its
flight, the last of the year, and within
the hour the sands of the desert will
tremble beneath the hoofs of the depart
ing camels. The absence of the light of
the sun has been anticipated, it is an
nounced, and the brightness of day will
be surpassed by the efforts of Noble
Christian P. Gliem, chief electrical engi
neer of the Capitol, and Noble Chris C.
Yeabower, whose fame illuminates the
annals of Almas Temple.
De Molay Mounted Commandery. No. 4,
Knights Templar, expects to confer the
order of the temple at its conclave No
vember 26.
Following its grand visitation tomorrow
evening, Benjamin B. French Ix>dge,
No. 15, expects to exemplify the F. C.
degree. Senior Deacon Arthur W. David
son presiding.
The New Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9. will
hold Its last stated communication of
November the evening of Thanksgiving
day for business and social intercourse.
The lodge, after listening to Past Grand
Master L,urtin R. Ginn, at its last com
munication unanimously adopted by a
rising vote a resolution pledging hearty
sympathy for the cause of the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home, and pledging $?">
per capita, payable when the contract for
the work is awarded and demand is made
for the niotiey. The last lodge circular
states: "Pome of the brethren, however,
feel that this calculation of per capita
leaves too narrow a margin upon which
to work, and that a greater sum will he
needed to place the enlarged home prop
erly on its feet. They therefore propose, i
in addition to what the lodge contributes,1
to make voluntary individual subscrip
tions."
Temple Ixdgc, No. ;>2. had a large turn
out Thursday evening to witness a
prominent officer 'of the I'nited States
Army receive a part of the light of
Freemasonry. Grand Master Ben \V.
Murch granted a dispensation for the oc
casion.
These arc the days when modest wor
shipful masters are retrospecting and re
peating many of the remarks made by
them when the honors were freshly
thrust upon them. There is a rustle of
autumn leaves in the air. and new noses
are sniffing expectantly for the cold
fresh air of December, when the "has
beens" will hold their big reunion. Elec
tions will be in order beginning with the
first stated communications in December.
KallippHs Grotto. No. 15, Mystic Order
of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted
Realm, is figuratively standing on tip
toe awaiting the evening of November
27, when it will give its "ladies' night"
in the auditorium of Odd Fellows' Hall,
7th street northwest. Preparations have
been going on actively under the direc
tion of Castleman P. Boss, chairman of
the special committee appointed for the
event. Monarch Raymond B. Dickey,
too, has his eyes on the plans and prom
ises something unusual to the friends
of the prophets, who will be the guests
of the Grotto that evening.
The annual vis-itation of the officers of
the Grand Jvodpe to Takoma Lodge, No.
29, occurred Tuesday evening, in the
presence of a large gathering of pasi
masters, members of Takoma Lodge and
visiting Masons. Features cf the even
ing were the addresses of Grand Master
Ben W. Murch and Past Grand Master
Lurtin R. Ginn. Grand Master Murch
complimented the lodge on the excellent
showing made during the past year, when
fourteen new members were added to the
roll of the lodge. He referred to the ex
cellent work done by the line officers and
expressed wishes for a prosperous future.
Past Gi-and Master Ginn spoke on the
Masonic and Eastern Star Home, which
is located just south of Takoma Park,
and urged the members to do what they
could to assist this most worthy cause.
At the conclusion of his address Past
Master Wilmer G. Piatt of Takoma Lodge
offered a resolution, which was adopted,
providing for a sum equal to \>er mem
ber to be donated in carrying on the work
at the home. A musical program was
rendered during the evening
Echoes of the preparations being made
for the annual meeting at Dallas, Tex.,
of the Imperial Council of the Mystic
Shrine in May are reaching Washing
ton. Already it is said the sum of
$55,000 has been raised as the result
of five days' subscription campaign by
the chamber, of commerce. This fund
is to be increased to $100,000. Dallas
entertained the Shriners in 1898, and
the enjoyable time then had is bein?
recalled by the older members of Al
mas Temple who went there. Imperial
Potentate William J. Cunningham, who,
with Imperial Recorder B. W. Rowell of
Boston, Imperial Treasurer W. S. Brown
of Pittsburgh and Past Imperial Po
tentate Lou B. Winsor of Reed City,
Mich., recently visited Dallas in con
nection with the forthcoming meeting, is
reported as saying:
"I am fully convinced that the com
ing imperial council meeting of the
Shrine will be in attendance and in
entertainment features the greatest in
history, and that the benefits to accrue
to the order of the Shrine and to Dallas
and the southwest will be the greatest
ever secured through a gathering of
the kind "
Past Potentate J. K. Farnsworth of
Hclla Temple, is chairman of the pa
rade roinmittee. lie is enthusiastic
over the outlook at this early date for
what promises to be tile largest and
most spectacular assemblage of pa
trols. bands and other big parade fea
tures in the history of shrinedont. Ar
rangements have been made for a big
military encampment at the state fair
of Texas grounds, where there will be
regulation army tents sufficient to ac
commodate 5,000 members of patrols
and bands.
Columbia Commandery, No. 2, Knights
Templar, decided at its conclave Friday
evening to celebrate its fiftieth anniversa
ry January l.'J next at the New Willard
Hotel. While the committees for the
event have not yet been appointed. Com
mander Frank R. Underwood said it
seemed to be the general wish that the
form of celebration would consist of a
J literary and musical prbgram, dancing
and a buffet luncheon. It will be a sub
scription affair among the members of
the commandery and already between 300
and 400 have signified their intention to
participate.
; The election to fill the vacancy caused
j by the death of Senior Warden Frank M.
Clssel resulted as follows: Louis H.
| Meyers, senor warden: B. F. Larcombe.
! junior warden; C. E. Foster, standard
bearer; James F. McCarthy, sword bear
j er. Past Grand Commander Bennett A.
' Allen was re-elected incorporator of the
Masonic Hall Association.
In the abscnce ot Dr. Frank E. Gibson,
the generalissimo of the commandery,
who is in Denver making arrangements
for the triennial conclave to be held there
next year, the Order of Malta was con
ferred by Past Commander John A.
Moyer.
With a line composed of business men !
who have not forgotten how National !
Lodge No. 12, will exemplify the M. M. I
degree Tuesday evening. The following
is the cast for the occasion; Mark E.
Finley, past master of Hiram Lodge,
No. 1<>, as worshipful master; E. S.
Wolfe, senior warden of Harmony Lodge,
No. 17, as senior warden; Thomas H.
Young, grand lecturer, junior warden;
W. T. Galliher. past master of La Fa
yette Lodge, No. IS*, senior deacon; H. E.
Bittinger. past master of Benjamin B.
French Lodge. No. 13, junior deacon;
John H. R. Wright, past master of La
Fayette Lodge, No. 19, senior steward,
and Frank E. Ghiselli, National Lodge,
No. 11!. junior steward.
Through the courtesy of Past Master
: William T. Hastings, who is hiph priest
of Columbia Royal Arcii Chapter, No.
I 1. the famous "Traveling Triangle," now
'on its way to the various grand jurisdic
tions of Royal Arch Masonry, will be on
! exhibition in National Lodge Tuesday
; evening.
Mithras Lodge of Perfection, of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, wil!
exemplify the fourth, fifth and sixth de
grees Tuesday evening at the Scottish
Rite Cathedral, 3d and E streets north
west.
Osiris Lodge. No. 26, will exemplify the
M. M. degree at its communication Wed
nesday evening.
Eastern Star Notes.
Worthy Matron Genevieve R. Haley of
Areme Chapter, No. 10, announces that
at the meeting of the chapter Wednes
day evening a play will be given by a
number of the members. It will be **A
Trial by Jury," and will compose the
entire program. It promises to be very
entertaining and amusing. All members
of the fraternity are invited.
The annual grand visitation to Ruth
"The Hands That Rile the World" ,# By Nell Brinkley;
U. . ?_?-? ? ?
Copyright. 1U12, by th? St?r Publishing Ootnpany.
Cynical Old Bachelors, Who Have Been Teased by Love and a Lady, Turn the Old Saying About When They Use It and Make It Read: "The Hands That
Rile the World."
Chapter, No. I, will take place tomorrow
evening at the Bright wood Hall. An in
teresting program is promised and mem
bers of the order are invited to attend.
An impressive recital of the Eastern
Star poem by Elizabeth l.'awwm of
Cathedral Chapter, No. 14: a reading by
Margaret ?'arll and refreshments were
features at the meeting of Bethlehem
Chapter. No. 7. Tuesday evening. There
was a large attendance.
ODD FELLOWS.
St "BO It LUXATE MJDGF.S.
Nov. IS?Covenant. No. 13, and llarnnny, !
No. I* (iipcrlil mn-tlngt. d?urree.
Hcaeon. No. 13. visitation. I'nion.
No. II, and I.angdon, No. 2tt.
business.
Nov. 19?Golden Uule, No. 21 tnt ?? p.m.>. i
d>'srr?*p. GRAND ItAI.I.V at New
Willard Hotel for all 1 wl?es.
Nov. 20-- Eastern, No. 7: Harmon v. No. 9; i
Friendship. No. 12. ami Federal ,
City, No. 20. bii*ine*K.
Nov. 21? ColumMa. No. IO; Kxcflrior. No. :
17. and Salem. No. 22. I>u*lnes?.
Nov. 22?fVntraJ, No. 1; Metropolis. No.
16, and PhoeuIx^No. 2s, l>:;slnrfS. ^
ENCAMPMENTS.
Nov. 20? Mount Nebo. o. C. degree.
REBEKAH LODGES.
Nov. IS?Naomi, No. 1, degree.
Nov. 20- Ruth. No. L and Mart.ia Wash- ,
inston. No. 3. degree.
Nor. 22?Dorcas, No. 4. degree.
PATRIARCHS MILITANT.
Nov. 22?Canton Washington. No. 1. df
j srve rehearsal iiud social.
Everything is ready for the grand rally
of Odd Fellows of the grand jurisdiction
of the District of Columbia, Maryland and
Virginia, which will take place in the
large banquet room of the New WUlard
Hotel Tuesday evening, beginning at ~:'V)
o'clock. Probably 2.10 candidates will be
presented in the das* for initiation, which
will begin at s o'clock, after the speakers
have finished their addresses. At that
hour, according to the program. Federal
City Lodge, No. 20, will begin to confer
the first degree: ten minutes later Grand
Master Groom's lodge, Towson, No. 7!?, of
I Towson, Md.. will begin to confer the
| second degree, and ttn minutes later Co
lumbia Lodge, No. 10, of the District,
will begin to confer the third degree.
There will be no refreshments served, ac
cording to the announcement of Grand
Secretary Clapp, as the exercises will
probably extend to midnight, if not be
yond.
General admission to the exercises will be
at the F street entrance to the hotel, but
the members of the degree team, the can
didates and those who will take part in
the exercises in an official capacity will
reach the banquet room by the Pennsyl
vania avenue entrances and elevators. In
addition to expected addresses by Grand
Masters Gerberich, Groom ar.d SouthaU,
Sovereign. Grand Secretary John B.
Goodwin. Senator Fletcher of Florida,
Senator-elect Norris of Nebraska, Repre
sentative Carlin of Virginia, and possi
bly Judge Raker of California, there will
be orchestral music. Grand Chaplain E.
C. Grumley of the District Grand Lodge
will pronounce the invocation. It is ex- |
pected that seventeen District lodges, ten
Maryland lodges and ten Virginia lodgt-s
will be represented by candidates for the
degrees, and that there will be a general
attendance of probably more than 2.0 0
Odd Fellows from the several Iurisdic
tions. Odd Fellows connected with out
j side jurisidicticns temporarily sojourning
in the District have been asked to apply
j to Grand Secretary Clapp at Odd Fel
lows Hall, 7th street northwest, for ad
mission cards. The ially will probably
be the biggest event in Odd Fellowsh'p
that ever occurred in the District of Co
lumbia.
Columbia Lodge, No. 10, the lodge that
will confer the third degree at the rally
at the New Willard Hotel Tuesday even
ing. held a very enthusiastic session last
Thursday evening. The Initiatory degree
was conferred upon twelve candidates for '
degree work at the rally, and many mem
bers of the lodge who have not been in !
attendance for months were present and
indicated their intention of attending the
rally. Owing to illness in his family. De
cree Director Past Grand T. Edward
Fowler, was absent, and the degree work
was in charge of Past Grand Charles
Shackelford. This lodge will have fifteen
candidates for degree work ^thls Tuesday
evening. Three applications* for member
ship were received.
Grand Secretary William E. Clapp states ,
that from the present outlook the pro
posed b g rally of the Rebekah lodges ot
Odd Fellowship, which is scheduled to ,
take place December 12 in Odd Fellows'
Hall, 7th street northwest, will equal the
rally of the three grand Jurisdictions at
the New Willard Tuesday evening. All
the Rebekah lodges, he says, are show- '
ing the deepest interest in the event, and j
each individual member is putting forth
enthusiastic efforts to make it a success.
App ications for the degrees are be'ng re- '
ceived in goodly numbers and the class ;
for initiation, he estimates, will be fully
as large if not larcer than the big odd
Fellows' class, which it is estimated wiil !
contain approximately ?10 candidates for ;
the degrees. The sessions of the general i
rally .committee, appointed at the sug
gestion of Grand Master Gerberich, have
been well attended and much enthusiasm
has been shown.
Esther Rebekah Dodge. No. gave the
first of its monthly series of assembly
dances Tuesday evening. There was a
good attendance, and all seemed to have
a good time. The next dance will be
held in the' auditorium of Odd Fellows'
Hall, Wednesday evening. December 11.
Next Wednesday evening Canton Wash
ington, No. 1, will hold the second of Its
series of assembly dances, and all who
desire invitations can procure them from
any of the members or from the super
intendent of the hall. This is the third
year of the canton assembly dances.
Esther Rebekah Lodge, in regular ses
sion Monday evening, approved the re
[>ort of the committee on Rebekah rally.
There was an unusually large attend
ance. and the Rebekah degree was con
fer red upon three candidates.
Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.
F. D. Tillman and Mr. and Mrs. B. M.
Snyder of Esther Rebekah Lodge, No.
20. of Hyattsville, Md., and John Kynock
of Ella Diel Rebekah Lodge, No. 2tt4, of
Columbus. Ohio. Applications were re
ceived from two candidates. The lodge
decided that all candidates accepted from
the present time will be held for the
degree work to be conferred at the rally
In Odd Fellows' Hall auditorium De
cember 12 by the Rebekah Assembly
degree staff of Maryland.
Grand Master* George Gerberich, ac
companied by the grand officers, paid
Harmony Lodge. No. !?. its annual visit |
Wednesday evening. The officers exam-.
inetl in the unwritten work were re-1
ported as making a very creditable show-|
ing. The reports of the grand secretary
and acting grand treasurer showed that
the lodge has Increased In membership
since January 1 and that Its finances ar?
quite patlsfactory. At the close of tho
visitation Secretary R D. Dunn read a
report covering the lodgo history from
its Institution to the present time. Many
interesting facts were shown by the re
port. one of them being that at the pres
ent time there are on tie tolls twenty
who have been members of the lodge
forty or more years. Financial Secre
tary George 8. Stewart. F\ G.. and Treas
urer Marcus Richardson. P. G., have both
held.office as such for twenty-three con
secutive years, with honor to the lodge
! and themselves. Grand Master Gerl**
| rich was presented by Past Grand Mas
ter Thomas J. Gates, on behalf of llar
moni' Ix>dge, with a handsome silk um
brella. At the close of the lodge re
freshments were served in the supper
room. The attendance of the lodge on
roll call showed fifty-seven present and
j twenty reported by letter.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Capital Ix>dge. Xo. 24. Knights of
Pythias, conferred the rank of knight
on a cla*6 of esquires at its regular con
vention Tuesday night. Past Chancellor
Dony presided during the degree. He
was assisted by Past Grand Chancellor
James \V. Carter, Past Chancellors Skid
more. Viedt and Hyde, and James S
McCarthy. Edward Wilson. James \V.
Carter, jr.. and Capt. Fred M. Pelzman
! of the Uniform Rank.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
!
? Potomac Council held its regular nieet
! insr Monday evening. Grand Knight
i.ichard A. Curt in. presiding, ar.d a large
attendance of members present. As this
was the first meeting of the c ouncil since
the installation of officers for the new
year, business affairs took up the atten
tion of the members, and a long session
was held.
At the meeting of Washington Council,
held last Tuesday evening, the grand
knight. Dr. Joseph A. Mudd, announced
the personnel of the various council com
initteess for the ensuing year.
The ways and means committee is con
templating holding a klrmess during the
month of January next, and already ar
rangements are being made for the affair.
The committee is to be augmented by an
auxiliary committee of twenty members
from each of the councils, and it is ex
pected that with the earnest co-operation
of the officers of all the councils, which
is assured, the kirmess will be one of the
most successful affairs held in the his
tory of the local jurisdiction.
Grand Knight Charles W. Darr presid
ed at an Interesting and enthusiastic
meeting of Keane Council Thursday even
ing. A large number of applications have
recently beer* made for membership in
this council.
Carroll Council will hold its regular
meeting next Tuesday at the hall, and
an entertaining program has been pre
pared by the lecturer of the council.
The meeting of Spalding Council next
I Thursday evening will he in the nature
of a Thanksgiving reunion, with :i nuin
I ber of unique and interesting features
of a program, which is now in prepara
tion under the direction of the grand
j knight. Francis J. P. Cleary an.l the
! lecturer. James Meegan. An exemplitiea
i tion of the first degree will be held under
1 the direction of the new council officers.
Not the Leaven.
From tbc Bo.stnn Transcript.
The impression that the unrest in I!: it
ish Ind'.a, of which we heard so much a
year or two ago. and of which w ? h.-ar
I comparatively little today, was the out
come of a wide diffusion of English
learning and literature among its people,
will scarcely stand t'~e test of the exami
nation of the progress of education
among the 313,000,000 people included in
the census "of the Indian empire. The
British authorities are now studying the
immense mass of detail which the cen
sus enumerators have turned In, and
they find that, speaking for India gen
erally. only 5S0 per ten thousand of its
inhabitants can read or write In their
vernaculars. It has also ascertained that
t' e aggregate of the, number of person*
literate or learning English in 10O1 was
1,070,387. This means an increase from
sixty-eight to nlnety-flve males, and front
seven to ten females per ten thousand
of the population since 1901. Among
these nearly 1.7UO.OOO English literates
must be Included the European and Eu
rasian. Of nearly 4,0u>,uu0 Christian1,
however, only 38T?,nO'> can read or write
English. The Hindus, who make th">
most trouble, have the largest number of
English literates of any of the many
races of India. Even among them, how
ever, the proportion of those knowing
English is so small as to raise doubt.i
concerning the effect of English intellec
tual training en their politics. Only
about four-tenths of 1 per cent of tho
Brahmanlc Hindus can be said to havo
a knowledge of English, the ratio being
as 1.000,000 to 217.000,000. The Mussul
mans present even a smaller ratio, for
of their nearly 07,?<K>,<*>> only about 1SO.
000 have what can be called, even in
the most liberal sense, a knowledge of
English. A little leaven will leaven a
lump, but the English-speaking inhabi
tants of India seem too few to be a suffi
cient leaven for the long-continued agi
tation against British rule.
Tobacco Manners.
From the Atlantic
Good manners seem to me a good deal
to seek among present-day youth, bat I
suppose they have been always fairly
scarce, and the more appreciated for
their scarcity. Tobacco manners are un
commonly free and bad In this genera
tlon; more bo, I think, than they were i.i
mine. Since cigarettes came in. espe
cially, youth seem to feel licenced t-.
smoke them in all places and company
And the boys are prone to too much
of attitude, and lounge and loll appalling
ly In company, and I see them in parlor*
with their legs crossed in such a fas!i!o i
that their feet might almost as well to
in the ladles' laps.
Have a care for these matters of de
portment. Be strict with yourself ant
your postures. Keep your legs and feet
where they belong; they were not meant
for parlor ornaments. Show respect for
people! Lord bless me! the things I se.?
done by males with a claim to be gentle
men; tobacco smoke puffed in women's
faces; men who ought to know better
smoking as they drive out with ladles;
men who put their feet on the table and
expect you to talk over them! Show re
spect for people: for all kinds of people.
Including yourself, for self-respect is at
the bottom of all good manners.
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