The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 8, 1902, Page 12

THE SUNDAY CALL. VER the hot sands—they are com- caravans. The oasls ncisco will have to ex- 1d them all. They are ng by the thousands, crossing ery other oasis and us. Arabic Order of Nobles of is en route. San Fran- of its pllgrimage. The nuxn er 40 at a low guess. f desert have to be crossed. The rounted upon the best camels these camels being fully h every modern convenience. people use them they are -cars; but they are camels long, dusty, weary journey they to reach us. We are many all the other oases of the s. It is a dry journey. But e weary snd dry Nobles reach they will find the refreshing seck. The Mystic Shrin- ve failed to find a spring end of their journeys. They be ehriners if they did. And the s of Jslam would be very much stself if it couldn’t live up to past records. weeks past this temple, which counts hundreds of Northern Californis pames upon its list, has been making elaborate preparations to receive the pil- grims. The headgquarters on Markét street bas been in one continuous buzz. Com- nit ave been keeping Wp a constant Nobles who have charge of the and the junketings and the been raising small cyclones. locks liks s woman's cltbh tion day. The Caravans are to arrive on the Sth. #th gnd 10th. They will come from every IRBEAICHT PhoTo CHANTER AL KORAN oF ‘AcrRArENTO w § BRownN JMTPERIAL TrReasurReR PITTSBYRGHN CHAL A.BENE New yorn ¢y vIcT PTECCH TENPLE, zrizie C SHAFFER TMPERI AL PoTENTATE. PHILROELPHIN - (f‘ CUTTTTT T LT Some of the best known Nobles in this caravan are William Daily Rawlins, George W. Miller and James McGee. Ismalia Temple is sending out another relay from Western New York State, and Buffalo’s Mayor, Erastus Knight, is one of these. Charles W. Cushman, past grand master, Is another. Damascus Temple represents another section of New York State and George F. Loder of Roch- ester is a representative from it. The New England States are sending in big numbers. Aleppo Temple In Massa- chusetts is sending Caleb Saunders for one. One of the Imperial Council comes from Boston and another from Hartford. From the South we shall see George L. Street of Richmond's temple of Acca. William J. Cunningham of Baltimore— Boumi Temple—is another representative. Forest Adair of Jaarab Temple, Atlanta, is still another. Walter 'S. Lydell will be here from North Carolina. From Medinah Temple of Chicago J. W, Swatek is coming. Charles F. Beck of Moslem Temple in Detroit, Frank O. Evans of Za Ga Zig in Des Moines, H. A. Myers of Zurah Temple in Minneapolt: ¥. E. Turner of Ararat Temple in Kan- sas City and E. F. Allen, a past imperial potentate, belonging to the same temple, are others of the Middle West. Other HENRY & ArINn TMPERIAL. DELUT POTENTRTE Orrana cirection except the west. Wh is & stretch of hot sands toerbee":e:i"s? may be counted upon that there Is a band of Nobles crossing, all bound for here. Not only are the Nobles themselves com. ing, but their ladies with them, ang they lv:lll be a merry crowd as soon as they ';:::hlken the dust of travel from their The hotels are making re: discovering bedroorns xwmacgy. n?:‘y" k:ar? thought were only storerooms and linen closets before, and which they now fing are ample accommodation for the bellbo or the landlady. They are finding doub!i r:on;! w’?}a‘n they thought they had only single. ey are swellin, ATkl 8 Visibly before On the 10th the hotels will arms. The official progrmmonl‘:::e;hebl; Islam Temple distinctly says that on Monday, June 9, the visiting Nobles, tired and travel-stained, will be shown to their hotels and permitted to rest. The meaning of that rest i for the week ahead.” For it will be a week—a week for. In fact, the Nobles of the A‘:cl‘:‘r’:: Arable Order live for it from one year's end to the other. You have to be a Noble yourself to fully understand why. The temples that the visitors are com- ing from are the temples of all Arabia. Their names are written In the ancient book. From Mecca Temple of New York City there is a tremendous caravan, They are already weil on thelr way to us. , “Get ready ROWELL TMPERIAE. TRE A CER Baofron pust 1mperial potentates from the same region are John H. Attwood of Kansas, W. B. Melish of Ohio, and from farther north Lou B. Winsor of Michigan. One of the big Nobles from the capital city is Frank Raymond. J. Harry Carson is cnn}lng from Denver, Sam MecDowell from :nlt‘L.tkP. John Geiger from Cedar Rapids, Willam E. Joseph from Colum- bus_JOh!uA Some big Pennsylvania men are J. L. Rake of Rajah Temple Red ding and A. V. es Sytia Temple, Piugsbux‘g. Holmes of Syria Temple, Some of the best known Shri of the coast outside of S4n Francisco a ‘(Lut.n: grreggelrl nfi Sa%ramen:o, Irvin W. Pratt rtland and F ines b of By Ted Hines of Los An On Tuesday, June 10, the great we - . , the gre: ek will begin. I8 will begin in a stald and business-like way, according to the same principle that makes a little boy eat crust of his ple firs He wants to ha it over and done with. At ten o'clock on that opening morning the Imperial Council will meet. The im- perhl' Council consists of Nobles from a baker’s dozen of cities and therefore it can't meet very often. The supposition is, therefore, that it has a great deal to