Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1931, Page 54

FRATERNITIES MASONIC. LODGES. ‘Today—La Fayette, No. 10, serv- ices at the Masonic and East- ern Star Home a pm., Rev. William Pierpont offi- clating. ‘Tomorrow—Joppa, No. 35, E. A, Tuesday—Federal, No. 1, social. Acacia, No. 18, E. A. ‘Takoma, No. 20, M. M. Past masters’ night. Samuel Gompers, No. 45, M. M. Friday—School of instruction. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. Tomorrow—Mount Vernon, No. 3, address by A. M. Daniels. | Hiram, No. 10, M. and M. E. M. Tuesday—Potomac, No. 8, P. M. and M. E. M. ‘Woodridge, No. 15, mark. Priday—School of instruction. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES. ‘Tuesday—De Molay, No. 4, grand " visitation, 8 p.m. SCOTTISH RITE. Tuesday—Albert Pike Consistory, thirty-second degree. E grand visitations to the con- | stituent commanderies of Knights Templar in this juris- diction will_close with that to De Molay Commandery, No. 4, | Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Ma- | sonic Temple. | Comdr. Hayes C. Rice of Orient Commandery, No. 5. K. T. has an- nounced an informal visit of members of the commandery this morning at 9:30 o'clock to Congress Street Metho- | dist Church, at Thirty-first and M| streets, where Grand Comdr. Joseph H. | Milans will deliver an address before | the Men's Bible Class. La Fayette Lodge, No. 19, will have charge of the services at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Willlam Pier- pont, pastor of McKendree M. E. Church, officiating. A special program will be prepared for this occasion by the lodge chaplain, Archie W. Davis. Members' familles and friends have been invited to be present. Ara M. Daniels, king of Mount Ver- non Chapter, No. 3, Royal Arch Ma- | sons, will address the chapter tomor- | row evening on “Masonry in Operation, or Applied Masonry.” Past Grand Master Gratz E. Dun- kum was the guest of Samuel Gompers | Lodge, No. 45, at its communication, | and_was nted with a certificate of honorary life membership in the | lodge after he had delivered an inter- esting address on the position, powers and prerogatives of the master of a lodge and of the relation of a Blue Lodge Mason to Masonry in general. Worshipful Master Louis J. Raebach | announced among the interesting lodge events scheduled for May, a visit to| St. John's Lodge in Baltimore May 6, | and a visit to the lodge by Kallipolis Grotto May 12. Past Grand Monarch Edward S. Schmid is insisting that the annual convention of the Supreme Council of the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm is going to be “beyond question, the outstanding event in the history of the Grotto,” and is urging every member of Kallipolis Grotto to attend without fail. A genial correction has been received from Past Monarch Nicholas L. Dennis of St. Fetersburg, Fla, where the convention will be held from June 1 to 4, inclu- sive, stating that the headquarters hotel in that city is known as the Hotel Dennis “with no mention of a saint to it.” From the grand monarch’s formal banquet the evening of June 1 until the award of the final hy in the various contests that are to be held, fl'l:mmwnmg of .Yun: 4, m;chmld s a program of pageantry, sur- prises :mr unusual pleasures is being prepared by the Selama Grotto bu- reau that will be unique in the history of the order, and that Southern hospi- tality will be in evidence as never be- fore. “While the distinguished digni- taries and delegates are engaged in solemn session, the lady visitors will have the time of their lives, and no black-fezzed prophet will ever have a time when he is lonely or in want of land and sea diversion that would be welcome to a pharaoh of the mystic land of the Egyptian Sphinx.” Edwin Murphy, the Selama monarch, who is enfinvenng the local rations, is quite as enthusiastic in way, for he promises the visiting prophets “an unique, unalloyed Utopia of unexpres- sible unction,” which seems to be “go- ing some” in the way of a good time to be had by all. St. Petersburg, by the way, is a city of wonderful hotels and similar accommodations. Monarch C. F. Howell says the prophets of Kallipolis Grotto had the time of their lives at the ceremonial at Arcadia last Monday evening, and that activitiee ahead include an important business session of Kallipolis Grotto Priday evening and a visit by the entire Grotto establishment to Samuel Gompers Lodge, No. 45, on the evening of May 12. Tilustrious Potentate Robert 8. Regar of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine has announced a business meeting of the temple with a short-form initia- tion June 25, as well as a business session at 8 p.m. May 21 with “refresh- ments as a temptation.” Last Wednesday night Grand Comdr. Joseph H. Milans, accompanied by the cther officers of the Grand Command- ery, paid his annual grand, visitation to Wi Comman ‘as! dery, No. 1, and delivered an address on Templarism, paying tribute to Washington Com:- mandery and its long and splendid his- tory, calling attention to the many out- standing Templars who have been members, among them Albert Pike, Benjamin B. French and others. At the conclusion cf the grand visita- tion, the grand commander instalied the newl; ton Commandery: Reuben A. Bogley, commander; Prank M. Roller, gen- eralissimo; Rev. John C. Palmer, cap- tain-general; George Spransy, treas- urer (re-elected): Past Comdr. William | 8. Quinter, recorder (re-elected); Archie L. Straub, senior warden; Ed- ward A. Poynton, junior warden: E. Barrett Knock, standard bearer; Hugh L. Murrell, sword bearer, and John T. Finley, warder. ‘The newly-installed commander vanced the guard line, as is custor 3 and made appointments to two vacan- cles at the bottom of the line. The guards are: Irving S. Hall, Ben Jen- kins, Loval W. McKee, Horace F. Parsley, Willlam M. Grass and Charles C. Dannaker. Comdr. Bogley announced a dinner and organizaticn meeting for the of- ficers for Wednesday evening, when | plans will be made for the command- ery work for the new Templar year. Grand Tall Cedar John Q. Slye of Capitol Forest, No. 104, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, has announced that the For- est will hold a_ short-form ceremonial and “ladies’ night” in the ball ro°m of the Hotel Raleigh Thursday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Plans have been made for nearly 1,000 persons, as each mem- ber is authorized to invite two Masonic friends and ladies. A class will be in- itiated eariler in the evening, after which a reception to the guests cf the order will be held. Entertainment fea- tures and a dance and cards will com- plete the night's program. The Committee on Arrangements in- | veazie | posite the ball park May 8-9. ected officers of Washing- | business A.|cards and rei ‘The jamin Rush Rhees, Pierce M. Rice, John Q. Slye, Frederick R. Steffens and Hamlin M. Vandervort. EASTERN STAR. Past Matron Elizabeth Brewer, chair- man of the Endowment Committee of Congress Lodge Chapter, gave a card party at her home, in Capital Towers. The Home Board, Dolly George chair- man, was entertained by the matron at her home, 3145 Mount Pleasant street. Past Matron Evelyn Hazen and Past Matron Grace Lankford were assistant hostesses. Bernice Lawrenson, conduc- tress, will entertain the Star Point Club at her home, 1926 Second street north- east, the evening of April 27. The chapter will celebrate its birthday party May 18. repeat the minstrel show May 8 at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. Fedoral Chapter will hold an after- noon card pariy at 2301 Gecrgia avenue April 29. Luncheon at 12:45 o'clock and cards at 1:16 o'clock. The last_meeting of the Star Point Soclety of Bethlehem Chapter was held at the home of Past Matron Ida M. Roberds, with Miss Margaret Brust, Miss Elizabeth Van Fossen and Mrs. Veazle Pearman assisting as hostesses. The next meeting of the society will be held at the home of Past Matron Sadie Majors the evening of May 2. She will be assisted in entertaining by Fast Matrens Carll, Nelson and Talbert. ‘The annual banquet of the Past Ma- trons and Past Patrons' Association of Bethlehem Chapter was held at the Blue Triangle, Twentieth street and Constitution avenue, Monday evening, with the president. Mrs. Irene Darnall, acting as tcastmistress. Addresses were made by Past Grand Matron Lena Stephenson and Past Grand Patron ‘Thomas Landergren. The banquet was followed by the “initiation” of the pres- ent matron and patron, Mrs. Lillie E. Hall and Henry A. Nelson, into the association, the “ceremonies” being in charge of the junior past matron and patron, Mrs. May M. Smith and Thomas Davis, who were assisted by Mrs. Pearman. Mrs. W. W. Deal sang, accompanied by Mrs. Smith. The fol- lowing officers were elected: . Ida M. Roberds, president; J. Carl Darnall, vice president; Louis R. Pearman, secretary, and Carrie L. Kidd, treas Cards and dancing followed. Bethany Chapter will hold its annual rummage sale on Georgia avenue op- ‘The mceting of the chapter May 1 will be known as Endowment Committee night. Following the meeting there will be a program and refreshments. At the last meeting of Fidelity Chap- ter there was initiation. The Auxiliary Home Board met with the chairman, Mrs. Sophie R. Cahill, last Wednesday evening. Plans were made for a lawn party June 19 for the Home Board. At the next meeting of the chapter, May 2, the past matrons and patrons will have charge of the entertainment. At the last meeting of William F. Hunt Chapter the 1931's were enter- tained. Grand Matron Amy Hollander and Grand Patron Ted Lewis were pres- | ent, also a number of 1931's and sev- eral past grand officers. Entertainment was furnished by Fred East and Bill Raymond, assisted bv Miss Kathleen iR«O&l at the plano. Albert Norton and | Mr. Fox also entertained. ‘The degrees will be conferred in East Gate Chapter Friday evening, with | Pzst Matron and Past Patron Castell in the east. The Ways and Means Com- mittee will serve a chicken dinner May 7 from 5:30 to 7 o'clock in East Gate ‘Temple. Good Will Chapter will hold a card party at Northeast Masonic Temple April 28 at 8:30 p.m. Areme Chapter will hold a card party at the Carlton Hotel April 27 from 8:30 to 11 p.m., under auspices of the Temple Commitiee. Past Matron Hyer Hartung, chairman, will be assisted by Matron Seima 8. Klein, Bertha Kost, Mannie Lohrer, Kate Schlosser and all the officers of 1931. Alice Larrimore Schramm, t ma- tron of Temple Chapter, hold a silver tea this afternoon at her home, 5700 Eighth street, for the benefit of the temple fund. Eva C. Putrovsky, matron, announces for the chapter meeting Monday night initiation and entertainment. Mizpah Chapter met April 21. After 8 short business meeting the degrees were conferred. The chapter will have & rummage sale April 30, May 1 and 2 at Twenth-eighth and O streets. The chapter will hold a benefit theater party at the National April 28. At the last meeting of Bethlehem Chapter the degrees were conferred on three candidates. The chapter was lenur!.lined with & program consisting of a short sketch by Miss Berdilla Smith and Mrs. Clara Stiehl and vocal selections by 8 quartet composed of Miss Wilkinson, Mrs. Dement, Mr. Haley and Mr. Totten, and selections with English bells, played by Miss Thomas, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Hall. The matron announces & “pep” meeting for Tuesday night. Gavel Chapter met April 21 for a | short business meeting. The Endow- | ment Committee will meet at the home of Mrs. Thelma Johns, 1325 Queen street northeast, April 27. The meeting {May 5 will be assoclate matrons and patrons’ night. | The meeting of Jose | . ph H. Milans { Lodge Chapter Thursday evening has | been designated as charter members’ | night. At the last meeting Right Wor- | thy Grand Trustee Mrs. Smalley was | present. The present and past officers elebrated the birthday of Matron Miss Roberts at the home of Past Matron Cross and presented her with flat sil- ver. The Willing Workers will have a card party April 29 at 714 Ninth street | northesst. The meeting May 21 will | be the fifth birthday anniversary of the | chapter. Moatren Ardell Payne and Patron Fred | Schickler of Brightwood Chapter will be | at home, 1211 Hamilton street, today from 6 to 10 pm. The Past Matrons and Patrons’ Association will meet April 27 at the home of Past Matron Bate- man, 1478 Harvard street, at 8 pm. ‘The Temple Committee will hold a Lhen';r party April 29 at the Naticnal T, ‘Treaty Oak Chapter met on Temple Heights Monday. Twenty-seven of the charter members were special guests. | An entertalnment of moving pictures | was given and refreshments served. The | meeting echeduled for May 4 is called | | off on acccunt of the Grand Chapter ! scssicn. At the meeting of Lebanon Chapter Tuesday evening degrees will be con- ferred. A theater y will be held | May 25 at the Nat ‘Theater. The chapter will visit Arlington Chapter in Baltimore May 5. Busses will leave the | Masonic Temple at 6 p.m. At the meeting of Brookland Chapter last Wednesday Evelyn Mills was in- | stalled as Martha. This meeting was the chapter’s 1931 associate matrons’ and patrons’ night and the represent- ative number of the other chapters’ as- sociate matrons and petrons present | were welcomed by Brookland Chapter’s Associate Matron Hiscock and Associate Patron Kellar. The distinguished guest of the evening was Past Grand Matron | Raines of the Grand Chapter of Ten- nessee. The chapter's Past Matrons’ Associa- tion will have a card party at the home of Past Matron Wright April 28. Mirlam Chapter will have a short April 37, followed by ‘Board Commit- members at_the Star Home Ma) Auxiliary Home ummmm THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 26, 1931—PART FOUR. le at 1:30 pm. with cards. All mem- bers who desire to notify Associate Matron Eileen H. trom or Con- ductress Annie I. Hartline for trans- portation. The Auxiliary Home Board Committee announces a card party June 1 at Corby's bakery. Junior Past Matron Helen M. Rowen, chairman of the Endowment Commit- tee, anncunces that the benefit theater party to be held April 20 has been post- poned until May 13. At the last meeting of La Fayette Lodge Chapter the line officers, mem- bers and friends of La Fayette Lodge of Masons were the special guests. As- sociate Matron Margaret E. Smith pre- sided. J. Robert Lee, master of the lodge, made the responses, and C. Van Wyck Mott, senior warden of the lodge, spoke and presented flowers to the ma- tron. Past Grand Patron Dulin and a past master of the lcdge was present. The program, in charge of Mrs. Mary Ella Hambly, consisted of a reading by Miss Elizabeth Sampson, accordion solo by Miss Rosali= Allen and vocal solo {by Mrs. Irma Embrey, accompanied at | the piano by Mrs. Jewell Downs. Martha Chapter was_entertained at its Inst meeting by tie Job's Daughters, under the direction of Mrs. Hoover. The program consisted of the following: Sketch, with the Misses Zelda Newman, Edna Newman, Margaret Bennett and Christine Thachara participating; read- ing, Miss Logan; solo, Miss Arelia Bir- mingham; sketch. with_the Misses Hazel Kefauver, Emma Bell, Harriett Schmidt, participating. Several candi- dates will be initiated at the meeting May 1. Washington Centennial Chapter was entertained at its last meeting by Miss Jean Alber and Miss Kitty Bee Chat- tell, with songs and dances. After the meeting_ the officers and members joined Bethany Chapter as guests to help celebrate its twelfth birthday an- niversary. At the meeting of the chapter May 1 the degrees will be conferred, after which there will be a_May party under the direction of Mrs. Ruth Morgan, ODD FELLOWS. ‘The 112th anniversary of the birth of Odd Fellowship in this country oc- curs today. The order in this jurisdic- tion will celebrate with appropriate exercises in d_Fellows’ Temple to- morrow night. Grand Warden Morris L. Dreeben, chairman of the committee in charge, states that all preparations for the occasion have been completed. ‘The program will begin at 8:15 o'clock. Canton Washington, Patriarchs Mili- tant, under command of Capt. John Schaefer, and the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the canton will act as escort to the grand officers of the Grand Lodge, the Grand Encampment and the Rebekah Assembly in entering the auditorium at 8:15 o'clock. The address of the evening will be made by Past Grand Master and Grand Representative H. Dorsey Etchinson of Frederick, Md. ‘The Line Officers’ Association will be the guests of Excelsior Lodge Tuesday evening. The Line Officers’ Assoclation of Maryland has been invited. Grand Master Willlam H. McCon- nell has accepted an invitation from Rev. R. Y. Nicholson, pastor of the Methodist-Presbyterian Church, Rhode Island avenue and First street, to attend services the evening of May 10. The grand master has appointed the grand chaplain, Brother George B. Johnston, t> officlate for the Grand Lodge and plans are being laid to make this & banner attended service. Many members of this furisdiction went to Baltimore, Md,, to attend the annual session Tuesday of the Mary- land Grand Lodge, heid in Baltimore. Grand Master McConnell, accompanied by his delegation, was received by the Maryland brethren and introduced to the grand master, Abram C. Joseph, and the Grand Lodge of Maryland by Past Grand Master H. Dorsey Etchin- son and Grand Secretary J. Edward Kroh of the Sovereign Grand Lodge. It is expected a delegation will be assembled for the coming trip to Roanoke, Va., on May 25, when the Grand Lodge of Virginia will be in annual session in that city. Grand Master McConnell will attend the ses- sion and arrangements will be made to take care of a party to accompany the grand master on this occasion. Plans are being made for a fraternal visit to some lodge in Virginia the latter part of May, and the office of the grand secretary advises all mem- bers to join the party and make known to this office of their intentions. Rebekah Lodges. Victory Rebekah Lodge of Fredericks- , Va., will pay a fraternal visit to Brightwood lodge next Tuesday evening. The lodge will give & dance May 12. Mount Pleasant Rebekah e will have a “hit and miss” dinner to pre- cede its meeting May 6. Telephone Mrs. Margaret Thompson or Mrs. Eliza- beth Ward for particulars. Mount Pleasant Subordinate Lodge has in- vited Mount Pleasant Rebekah to be its guest the evening of May 19. Ruth Lodge initiated three mem- bers April 20, Alexander L. Hjoitsberg, Sarah Ann Cavenaugh, and Thomas P. Royston. An entertainment will be planned in the near future with Mrs. Chamberlain in charge, assisted by Mrs. Rouzee and Mrs. Ellen Velhmeyer. JUNIOR ORDER UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS. ‘The last visitation of the State Coun- cil officers for this season was to Lib- erty Bell Council. Councilor Parr pre- sided. State Councilor Frank C. Man- gum and the State officers later took charge. State Conductor C. H. Hid and Junior Past Councilor L. C. Risler were appointed a committee to meet with the State Council in a special meeting soon to make plans to enter- tain the Girls' Glee Club and the Boys’ Band from Tiffin, Ohio, who will visit Washington in June and give a concert for the public. Secretary John Prender announced Benning Council had won the award for the largest percentage of attendance by a small margin over | Eagle Council. Woodrow Wilson, Wash- ington and Burnett Councils were run- ners-up. The following program was presented: Solo, Mrs. Ethel Burroughs, State councilor of the Dsughters of America, accompanied at the plano by Mrs. Mohler; Treading, Mrs. Hoops; | Southern spirituals, Rev. Turkington, pastor of First Methodist Protestant Church; tap dancing, the Colin twins; Hawailan seleciions and tap dancing, Alyce Cady; acrobatic dancing, the Co- lin twins; blackface sketch, Mrs. Hoops | and Miss Waldron | Arrangements have been made for | the excursion to the Lexington, N. C., | orphanage of the Junior Order on May 30. Junior Past State Councilor Ed- ward G. Beck is in charge of the Wash- ington delegation. Special trains will leave Union Station at 11:45 p.m., May 29. After a day with the wards of the members, the delegation will stop over in Lynchburg, Va, where they will be guests of that city and have supper there, arriving in Washington early Sunday morning. Andrew Jackson Council will hold & dance May 9 in the Pythian Temple. E. J. Ross Council met, with Coun- cilor Lossman presiding. The speakers of the evening were Councilor Lossman, Deputy C. H. Hild, Past Councilors Ferber, Winner and Swift and State Vice Councilor T. F. Jones. Anacostia Council was presided over by Vice Councilor J. C. Eastburn. The next intiation will be May 4, at which time Benning Council will present a class of candidates for their council. Speakers were State Inside Sentinel D. E. Hale of Tennessee, Past Coun- cilors Samuel Hubacker, E. D. Kauff- man and Willlam Mitchell; Recording Secretary E. R. Thomas, Financial Sec- retary James Frye and Conductor R. H. Littleton. Reno Council met, with Councilor Peacock presiding. The speakers were Councilor Peacock, J. W. Thompson, E. T. Shoemaker, Financial Secretary Karl O. Lehman and Junior Past Councilor Arthur B. Cross. Morgan Read Council met, with Coun- cilor A, 8. Bovey in charge. National e aq ry W. M. e, vl ll:l:'hv of Andrew Jackson Council, State Councilor Frank C' Mangum and Allan C. Witherite of Li| Bell Coun- cilor and L. R. %Mcoun of E. J. Ross State In- side Bentinel B. B. Pitts State Eleven ‘member- Councilor O. T. Harlow candidates weve received ship. State Councilor Manj t- ed each new member with an emblem- atic lapel button. The next initiation will be May 15. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. ‘HE annual memorial and communion mass under the auspices of the ‘Washington Chapter, Knights of lumbus will be held at St. Matthew's Church, Rhode Island avenue and Con- necticut avenue northwest, this morning at 8 o'clock. Archbishop Michael J. ! Curley will be the celebrant of the mass. Breakfast will be served at the May- flower Hotel and the speaker will Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P., and the toastmaster, W. G. Feely, State deputy. Nearly 300 members, guests and friends were present last Thursday at the thirty-second anniversary dinner- dance of Spalding Council, Knights of Columbus, at the Hay-Adams House. Leo A. Rover, United States district attorney, was the guest speaker. Others who made remarks were M. J. Mc- Auliffe, chairman; F. P. Sheehy, the first grand knight; T. J. Quirk, the present grand knight, and each of the charter members present, there now being 23 living of the original 67. State Deputy Fealy, who was absent from the city, was represented by District Deputy Fred S. Martin, who also spoke. Thomas J. Trodden presided as toastmaster and professional talent entertained. ‘The annivers: celebration ~was sponsored by the M. J. McAuliffe, chairman; E. V. Carr, H. W. Cord, T. F. Carlin, C. H. Fugitt, H. A. Marsden, R. J. Werner, B. F. Hamill, H. R. Statham, D. A. Fannin R. D. Conklin, F. J. Malloy, T. K. Gt laher, J. H. Zabell, C. J. San Filipo, Henry Hughes, F. P. Creamer, sr.; T. J. Trodden, F. 8. Martin, F. J. Creamer, jr.; R. J. O'Neill, J. F. Brady, T. J. Quirk, J. H. Walsh, J. M. Tabler, J. W. McCormick, J. C. Happmann, J. J. O'Brien, L. A. Gage, J. B. Kennedy, O'Donnell. About 30 members of Spalding Council will receive the third degree of the order this afternoon with a large class from other councils. Spalding Council will meet again ‘Thursday, May 7. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Progressive Council was called to or- der by Mrs. Marie Brahler, when final plans were made for a card party April 27 at 8:30 p.m. at the Northeast Motor Co. in Bladensburg road northeast. Mrs. Clara Lamphier presided at the last meeting of Barbara Frietchie Coun- cil, when one application for member- ship was received. Those addressing the assembly were Pearl Huddlesey, Madeline Behlon of Kenmore Council and Deputy Mrs. Ethel -Campbell of Loyalty Council. Miss Viola Mallonee presided at the last meeting of Unity Council, when six candidates were initiated and one application for membership was re- ceived. Final plans were made for & bingo party May 6. The last meeting of Mizpah Council was called to order by Mrs. Mary Cock- rell, State Inside Sentinel Mrs. Ella Stone, assisted by Mrs. Dondldson and Mrs. Mary Hoffman, served refresh- ments in the banquet hall. The last meeting of Anacostia Coun- cil was called to order by Vice Coun- cilor Mrs, Pearl Torney, when Chair- man Mrs. Mary James reported prog- ress on the carnival to be held in June. Mrs. Ethel Miles of Mayflower Council and Mrs. Annie Anderson of Old Glory Council addressed the meeting. May 6 will be social night, and those haviing birthdays in January through June will be_honored. ‘The meeting of Kenilworth Council was called to order by Mrs. Mary Jen- nings, when the ritualistic ceremony of draping the charter in memory of the death of Mrs. Laura Kraft was per- formed. Martha Dandridge Council met last ‘Tuesday, when Mr. and Mrs. Padgett were received by transfer and final ar- rangements were made for a bingo party April 28, Mrs. Jeanette Taylor presided at the last meeting of Kenmore Council, when new officers’ jewels were presented to the council by Mrs. Renna Corry as a gift through the courtesy of the Semm Fidelis Club. Addresses were delive! by Drill Mistress Mrs. Clara Rock and Mrs. Rose Myles, who spoke on_the ar- rangements for a rummage sale to be held May 15 and 16. Pidelity Council convened Tuesday with Mrs. Ida Ray Lewis in the chair, when the council performed the ritu- alistic oeremony of draping the charter for Thomason Council, Cabin John, Md. National Deputy Mrs. Mary Ferguson d members of Golden Rule Council addressed the assembly. Old Glory Council on April 20 had a program as follows: Quartet, Mrs. Co- plu;o i dresses, Mrs. Carrie Cole, Mrs. Kate Wright, State treasursr: Mrs. Mildred Rock and Miss Ovillia Ridgway. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. ‘Woodmen of the World will be con- verging tomorrow from three Statcs. The biennial convention of the head camp of this jurisdiction, comprising the District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia, will open its sessions Tuesday morning at the Raleigh Hotel. All day Monday the visiting delegates and their families will be sightseeing. Tours of the city and Arlington will be made tomorrow morn- ing, and in the afternoon Mount Vernon and Alexandria are to be included in the itinerary. Visiting degree teams will compete for valuable prizes in the ball room of the hotel at night. The Ladies of the Woodmen Circle, holding convention here at the same time, are to join in all the social fea- tures with the Woodmen. Formal opsning of the conventions Tuesday at 9:15 am. is to be greeted by President Has King of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce. William A. Fraser, president of the Woodmen of the World, and Dora Alexander Tal- ley, national secretary of the Woodmen Circle, will respond. A program of en- tertainment has been arranged for this occasion by Soverelgn Eugene Rossi. The delegates are to meet President Hoover at the White House shortly after noon. Separate business councils of the two societies are scheduled to begin at 2 o'clock.” Trere is to be a tanquet at 6 o'clock and a dance from 9 o'clock to 1 am. Wednesday is to be filled by business meetings, with elec- tions in the last session. William G. Stott of Washington holds the office of head consul of the juris- diction: L. D. Snider of Fairmont, W. Va., head adviser; T. A. Mynes of Hunt- ington, W. Va., head clerk. John C. McConnell is chairman of the local committee in charge of the arrangements; secretary, Willlam A. Riley; treasurer, W. J. Kerns; transpor- tation, Joseph Meynell; reception, W. T. Polen; finance, Willlam Schoenber- ger; attendance, H. W. Tippett; uni- form rank, Willilam Helgesen; degree competition, Thurston G. Brown; ba quet, George M. Green; accommod: tions, Thomas J. McGee; pennants, J. L. Pumphrey. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA. Capt. Roy W. Heft, a member of the staff of Col. C. P. Clauser, command- ing the Foresters’ Department of the Modern Woodmen of America for the Eastern Zone, was present at the meet- ing of Central Camp, Tuesday evening. He announced the annual encampment of the uniformed rank in the East Zone will be held in Potomac Park during the period July 3 to July 6, in- clusive. ~Arrangements are being made for a large attendance of drill teams and their friends and competitive drills of various kinds will be held during the time the teams are in camp. Chief Forester Harrison F. Shaw and First Sergt. Harry E. Hinton r~present Cen- | tral Camp in connection with the drill team of this camp. A committee con- sisting of Marc Cohen, George A. Casey and A. Paul Hines was named by the consul to arrange for the class adoption in honor of t Consul John W. Suf which is to be held in I. O. O. F. This the Entertainment Committee, com- posed of Morton Felker, William N. . | Young; F. H. Huneke and D. J. | m: follow during the week. ‘Temple on the evening of 5. committee, in nunjuncflmm;lml Locknane, 8. W. Dorsey and Henry P. Clark, jr., was instructed to invite the Foresters team of Wi banquet hall at the close of the eve- Columbia Camp initiated 18 candi- dates at its last meetiag) the degree team of Washington Camp filling the various stations and also giving an exhibition drill after the ceremonies were concluded. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. Byracusians Lodge received the appli- cation of Harry W. Eberhart by trans- fer from Greensburg Lodge of Greens- burg, Pa. The esquire rank was con- ferred on G. W. Bruffy. The knight rank will be conferred by Syracusians Lodge degree team next Friday. Her- man Washk of Donora Lodge, Donora, Pa.; Grand Chancellor Wealthall, Grand Master at Arms Schwartz, Grand Lec- turer Berryman, Grand Vice Chancellor Newcomb, Past Chancellor Negosta and Past Chancellor Kahlert spoke. Amaranth Lodge, after a short busi- ness meeting, held a reception in honor of Grand Chancellor Wealthall. A pro- gram was given, as follows: Plano solo, Mrs. Wilkerson; violin solo, Master Max Kobre; Judge Hardesty delivered an ad- dress; piano solo, Ella Lee Embrev; vo- cal solo, Mrs. Gilbert Dell Sales; ac- cordion and piano solo, Miss Ida Clarke, and an address by Grand Chancellor Wealthall. A bouquet of roses was pre- ollowing committee: | sented to Mrs. Herman A. Weall L Washington Company, Uniform Rank, held a public installation at its last meeting. Col. Keefer of Westminster, Md, Lieut. Bowers, Sergt. Sibour and 10 aldes were the installing officers. Officers installed were: Captain, E. 8. lieutenants, Arthur R. New- comb and Julian Latham; sergeant- treasurer, George E. Haisley; sergeant- recorder, L. B. Thornton, and quarter- master-sergeant, Theodore Swanson. Rathbone Temple, Pythian Sisters, met, with Past Chief Mrs. Alice Kirby presiding. The degree team initiated Miss Clements. Grand Chancellor Wealthall addressed the lodge. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Initiation was held Tuesday evening. The desree work was in charge of Miss ary C. Boland, grand regent, and Miss Frances McDermott, grand regent of Court Kavanaugh, Alexandria, Va., assisted by the officers of both courts. The progrm was: Tap dancing, Miss Prancis Crory and Miss Loretta Dris- coll; reading, Miss Elizabeth Colli- flower; humorous sketch, Miss Eliza- beth Floegel and Miss Gertrude O'Donohue; song by the juniors and choruses in which all present joined. Awards of merit were presented to Miss Mary Ahern, Mrs. Katherine J. Knicely, Miss Mary Rich, Miss Josephine Soucup, Miss Ethyl Sweet and Miss Margaret Mooney. In appreciation for their ef- forts in assisting Court 212 Miss Mary E. Oliphant and Miss Anne Doyle were appropriately decorated. Mrs. Kathe- rine Jeffries Knicely of the local degree team and Miss Nugent, vice regent of Court Kavanaugh, received bouquets of roses, being the first wedding anniver- sary of the former, and the latter a prospective bride. A card party will be given by Troops 3 and 5 of the Juniors for the benefit of their vacation fund tomorrow evening at the C. D. A. Home. An invitation has been received from the State Court of Maryland for the cgnvenfien banquet at the Cadoa May The class in apologetics of the Con- verts’ League will hold a meeting Thursday evening. Rev. Joseph Malloy will be in charge, with Miss Florence Minter, chairman, presiding. Miss Bess Calnan and Miss Kitty Ruppert have returned from Atlantic City, where they made arrangements for the accommodation of the C. D. A. during the national convention. ‘WOMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION. Bflflihtwl?(m d.l:‘“hwl:‘nl; hold a soclal meeting Monday eve at the Mc- Farland High School. i Columbia Review will meet Tuesday evening at the club house and elect its delegate and alternate to the District of Columbia convention to be held in May. ‘The Union Guard Team and all offi- cers of the great review to be held in connection with the coming convention will meet for rehearsal Wednesday eve- ning at the club house. ‘Washington Review Will meet Friday evening at the club house. Delegates and alternates elected so far to the State convention are as fol- lows: Brightwood Review, delegate, Mrs. Lillie Lambath; alternate, Mrs. Virginia Metcalf; Washington Review, delegate, Mrs. Mary Killeen; alternate, Mrs. Aiverda Moyer; Victory Review, delegate, Mrs. Estelle Phelps; alternate, Mrs. Ada Byrne. Other elections will Victory Review will hold a card at Corby's Bakery tomorrow at 1 o'clock. Five hundred and bridge to be played. THE PROTECTED HOME CIRCLE. Dee Cee Circle met Tuesday night, with Mrs. Naomi Swan, president, pre- siding. Business of importance con- cernthg the Supreme Convention here June 15, 16 and 17 was transacted, and the chairman of the Convention Com- mittee, E. Guy Donaldson, held a com- mittee meeting after the regular meet- ing closed. Congressional Circle will meet tomor- row night at the Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. Mrs. Carrie Batson, pres- ident of the circle, will preside. A :;:mmmee meeting is also called for this ime. Gardenia Circle will meet April 28, at 8 p.m, at the Phoenix Club, 7 Fourth street northeast. Mrs. Ida La Dayne, president, will preside. Members are re- Guested to be present to practice for the degree team for the Supreme Con- vention. C. W. Barton, supreme representative, is in charge of the work Fere and is expecting quite a large representa- tion at the Supreme Convention, which will be held at the Willard Hotel June 15, 16 and 17. 'THE MACCABEES. At & meeting of the officers of Na- tional Tent, with Assistant Supreme Comdr. T. R. Kelly of Detroit and Great Comdr. W. O. Hayes of Baltimore in attendance, plans were inaugurated for the formation of an Officers’ Official Family Club. The membership drive for 1,000 new members will start imme- diately under the supervision of District [ MYSTERIOUS WAYE B8y Percival Christopher Wren, Author of “ ‘Beau Geste” (Copyright by Prederick A. Stokes Go.) CHAPTER XXXIL LIVING DEATH. HAVE no complaint _to make of my treatment in San Paolo Jail, and had I been the murderous thug that I was supposed to be, I should have got nothing more than I de- served. It was probably a mercy in strange fiflu that my head was badly damaged. ither the kick, the blow from the club or the bullet had affected my mind. Obviously, during the weeks and months that had elapsed between the nlfiht of my arrest and the day of my full awakening to life and to reality, I must have eaten and drunk, lain down and risen up, slept and awakened, an- swered questions after a fashion, and, 1n some sort, conducted myself as a sane and sufficiently normal human being. therwise I should have found my- self in the State Criminal Lunatic Asylum instead of the penitentiary. But I have no clear and coherent recollection of either of the two trials that I underwent, nor of my life in the local jail before I was finally sentenced and committed to the S8an Pedro prison —for life. I remember sending a despairin message to “‘uncle,” telling him that would make him rich for life if he would use his powerful political influ- ence to help me to get off, or to help me to escape if I were sentenced. . . . I had arrived at San Paolo station in a dream train and thence driven in a dream stage, dilapidated, rickety and filthy; and of the journey I remem- ber little—until finally the guard con- ducted me into the prison. And now registered. seitched, bathed, clothed and shorn, I A given the book of the rules, which were many. The rules consisted mainly of coun- sels of perfection, exhortations to the Memorial in Alexandris, Va., and on May 16 will have majority services. B. P. 0. ELKS. Exalted Ruler John Moriarty has ap- pointed Maj. C. Eugene Edwards to command the drill team. Maj. Edwards was also made chairman of the flag day exercises, which will be held June 14. next initiation will take place May 13, in the lodge room. ‘The Thursday and Saturday night charity dances will close May 7 and will be resumed in the Fall. ‘The board of governors of the boys’ band appointed Georgs C. Wathen, sr., manager of the band. ROYAL ARCANUM. Grand Regent Drown paid nis first visit, as gmnd regent, to Municipal Council, Monday night. Oriental Council was entertained show. District of Columbia Council, Loyal Ladies, held a card party after its meeting Monday night. The last meeting of the Boosters’ Club was held Wednesday evening, with District Council. New officers are: President J. M. Pitts; vice president, R. J. Jacobs; secretary, Mark G. Horn, and sergeant at arms, L. B. D'Orsay. ‘Tuesday night with a motion picture | meekest obedience and prohibition of smuggling tobacco, , sugar and other contraband into the prison and to taking the utmost care of all State property. ‘The next thing I remember was being taken by a guard down a long, dark, though whitewashed, corridor and being shown into a kind of reception room for incoming convicts. ‘This room, or huge cell, was, as I afterward learned, known for some inexplicable reason, as the Fort. It was |a place that I was to see again under more dramatic circumstances. Here I was glad to sit down upon a bench, for, in additien to the pain in | my head, I felt extremely ill, an iliness mental nad spiritual in origin, that had come upon me as I traversed that dark | corridor, smelt the authentic prison smell and heard the dreadful prison sounds. These latter, I afterward discovered E.roceeded from the cells of men who ’?’h gone mad in prison. ese men were not yet nuine lunatics and candidates !o\! the.ecflml- classes—those who, on the one hand, were creatures of weaker fiber who had broken down under the inevitable cruelty of the system; and, on the other hand, incorrigible breakers of the law who had gone mad under the punisn- sn'exxe‘fnet: they had brought upon ther- room I wondered how long it would b2 :.:;or:‘ I n{:{ned them in N‘II!-HOHIE Al- g corridor of madmen’ "" c';:led. en’s cells ater, more convicts were brought to this room, men, boys, Nmouu:nd a Chinese. With them came a guard who seated himself and gazed at nothing. We sat about, suppressing yawns fidgeting, half-dead of ennui, anxicty, misery and boredom. For hours we sat, For nightless days and weeks and months and years we seemed to sit in a cowed silence broken only by the buzz- ing of a fly, until I broke down and screamed my soul out, until in ic-ter- Tor, staring around me and at the guard, I found that my screams were silent. And here I lapsed back into the state of semi-coma in which I had been since my head was injured, and remembered very little more until, one day, I real- | ized that it was I, Johi. Dacre Waye Xllndefliur Bt."Cer. who was sitting 2 prison cell reading a Bible, and hadvju.st read the words: “ Vengeance is mine, I g saith the Lord.” shE byl_’rule and paced my cell, 8 feet by 4 Vengeance. I was Vengeance. “ ‘Vengeance is mine,’ saith the Lord."” Very well, then, I was_the Lord’s Vengeance, God's own. Dedicated to | vengeance. | “‘Vengeance is mine,’ saith the Lord. ‘T will repay.’” I was His instrument of vengeance, through whom He would repay. And who, in all this world, a fitter instru- ment? The Lord and I would work together, I helping Him, He helping me. ; 'But Heaven helps those who X | themselves, and I must fight, tooth and | nail, against inertia and acceptance of | my fate, lest I begin the descent of the nal asylum, but consisted largely of tWo | cruel face whispered to me f | | As I sat in that 1ll-lit, cold and dir:y | | tion for the hope that is sald eternal in the human breast. b S, TR y an 3 few things worth havlnl',“ B It was not long after return clarity of mind that I n:e‘t’nd s nn: sage by the und-rground or “grape- “Guard ) Moroff finks. This cryptic information filled with joy, for it meant that a ra whom I will call Murphy was habit of “obliging” prisoners for sideration, and might be expee consider propositions—ranging introduction of tobacco, ci and weapons—to the smi ters, carrying of infor assisting attempts at escape. ' To r;mke{l.he fullest use of the serv- ces of such a man, 1 sli;;’tg! :}e&twn. T ual urphy were in the habit of taking risks for , he sh r tainly take them onum‘g lcewn?‘ N One day a big husky fellow with s rom the corner of a scaree-opening lip: “Ol'm Guard Murphy. Look Boible tonight,” lnut{pnlymd on. e When alone in my cell at 6:30 o'clock ihat evening, it was with almost trem- bling fingers that I took the book from its shelf and searched fit. Near the middle I found s tissue- paper message obviously from “Uncle,” of whom more anon, telling me that when Guard Murphy came and said one word to me, that word would be the name of the place where a high. motor car was, and always would be, T e 5wk, pia set work, planned and plotted, night and day, sent letters to Ungle and received answers. wu‘h Gl“‘l‘;dtuw"y I had brief and occasional—but pregnant—speech. (:nemd:y I deg’t:e!ld‘ m.‘l !“l'u ready, and that ve wor fortune to th? A St 1d I felt that I should succeed. ‘Was I not Vengeance? God's Venge- ance. His own appointed instrument. “T will repay.” I, perhaps naturally in such ctreum- stances, lost sight of the fact that I was a self-appointed instrument, and, rv):x‘l;t qmn‘ltx;g wYXe‘:“um is mine,” o another man and God disroses. . . . P I am not the only man who has es- caped an American prison, but I am probably the only convict who has ever been in whole and sole control of one—and had it absolutely at his mercy and disposal. For that is exactly what MT.!. and, as a matter of actual fact, it was amazingly easy and simple. Money talks—but Waye, his bald "cpan tomortow: Bae. G0 Sotie gameness and hones —————— iece of rock from the summit Majuba Hill, Natal, is England to be made in stone for the grave of the late Lance Corpl. J. J. Farmer, V. C., a survivor of the historic Majuba engagement. AMELIA EARHART says: “I LIKE NEW THINGS AND MODERN METHbDS —THAT’S WHY I BOUGHT AN AIR-COOLED FRANKLIN” Amelia Earhart—with her new autogiro and her new Franklin—both air-cooled Amelia Earhart—wor] atrix and holder of important air speed Manager John F. Kennedy. The mem- bership campaign will also include Mar- tha Washington Hive. At the meeting of National Tent, May 6, a large class of candidates will be ini- tiated. ~ District Manager Kennedy is anxious to meet personally all the mem- bers of both tent and hive, and he will endeavor to call on them within the next few weeks. JOB'S DAUGHTERS' NEWS. At the last meeting 13 girls were ini- tiated. At the next meeting the choir will present a minstrel show under the direction of Mrs. Sally Wilson. On May 8 the daughters will present their work in the George Washington Masonic Just the Place for Club & Fraternity DANCES fdrege 2 records for women — was the first woman to fly the Atlantic—and to solo an autogiro. Recently, after purchasing a Franklin, she wrote to Mr. Franklin: “Just as ‘giros may point the improvement in airplane design—just r-cooled motors have almost replaced water-cooled engines in commercial aircraft, so air-cooling in automobiles is proving superior to complicated liquid power plants. "The smooth action of the Franklin AIR-COOLED. d’s greatest avi- in flight is very pleasant. Even after a long drive I feel no fatigue. It handles beautifully and surely. The response of the air-cooled airplane- type engine is always gratifying.” way to needsd methods with Amelia Earhart’s enthusiasm for Franklin is typical of everyone who drives the car. Franklin is not only a " man’s car because of its mechanical superiority —it is also a woman’s car because of its easy handling and smart styling. During the next few weeks women particularly are invited to ses and drive the new De Luxe Franklin —to understand by actual experience how Miss Earhart feels about her new De Luxe Franklin, FRANKLIN DISTRIBUTORS FRANKLIN MOTOR CARS CALLAN.MOTORS INCORPO! SALES AND S| 1529 M St. N.W. North 2604