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Show Patriotic Tableau Marks Autumn Shrine Ceremonial & & ' & i ; Class of Twenty -Two Novices Received and Initiated I tit ' i I A DVANCSD DEGREE MASONS who yesterday completed a long and arduons journey over Sahara"s burning sands. Top row, left to right Alex- j ancicr Pitserins, Thomas E. D. Eitchie, Ezra Kahn Baer, Walter E. Ware, J. Morgan Johnson, Harry Coombs, Kenneth E. Bogart, William Orris j M?.ulbey, Edgar Averill Brickcr, Charles William McElderry. Second row Nelson Johnson Carlson, Joseph Sonic, John Edward Eyan, Martin Christensen, j j Dr. James Green, Armand Louis Labbc, Norman Atkinson. Bottom row George Raymond Corey, Kobert M. Withorspoon, George Lorenzo Jensen, Ralph l Stewart McConnelL A. Schonfeld. j . i "if.-1 " ::- ' : ;i.vxfc!;W--;(Jci-.v':.:,-': ' ' - " " i'." ' i J X ' . - - .... ;, Appearance of Imperial Potentate of America Adds to Importance. PATRIOTISM iuid loyalty to country that lead men Lo go deep into the recesses thai, contain their hoardings, hoard-ings, be they great or meaner, were Hie prevailing notes dominating dom-inating yesterday's 'fall ceremonial of the Order of the Mystic Shrine. Song, speech and tableau, sounding and presenting pre-senting patriotic tocsins, were ubiquitous irom the fall of Lhe opening gavel to the close of the convention. The autumnal Shrine period of pastim-inp: pastim-inp: was marked hy many rare addresses upon the topic of the European cataclysm, cata-clysm, nnd throughout a choir of rare ability resaled the three-hundred strong gathered in the spacious Masonic auditorium. audi-torium. The addresses were given by men of oratorica.1 ability, both from home and outside circles, but the outstanding feature of the event was a tableau presenter! pre-senter! on the auditorium stage, which, hy living representation, bespoke the needs of the country in the present moment mo-ment of stress. It was extraneous from the usual program of Shrine ceremonials, but was most apropos and struck home. The tableau r-'erved as a. sort of interlude inter-lude bot've.en seel ions of the Initiatory work. U was presented on the rostrum of the audi lori um. the background being formed by a Large booth draped about with national colors and representing a fourth Liberty loan bond sales station. The explanatory address was made by P. O. Kiehmond, president of the Com mercial club, who. urged all Masons to subscribe to the limit of their ability to the fourth call of the nation for funds with which to carry on the war successfully. success-fully. I'ncle Sam .appeared in the capacity ca-pacity of salesman of the 'bonds, his customers cus-tomers rcpresenLing capital and worker, as well as all classes alike. Twenty-two novices weie received and initiated, a part of the initiatory' ritual being exemplified during the afternoon, lie rio.'-ing ceremonies following dinner, which was served shortly after 6 o'clock. The a ppc-.rance of lhe imperial polen-iale polen-iale of the Shi-ine.rs of America. rjlia.s .1. Jaco'ny of Indianapolis., Ind.. lent, a considerable con-siderable degree of importance to the ceremonial. Following the dinner, the distinguished gue.st addressed the novice cia.ss and attending Shriners upon Masonry Ma-sonry In general a.nd the Shrine, in par-tieufar. par-tieufar. He explained that 'he had made live trip to Utah, and on each occasion had visited Salt Lake. He spoke of the western m;iii as the epitome, of good citizenship and Christian manhood. The entire addrevs rang with patriotic appeal, arid aL the conclusion he predicted that, though the war has "drenched the world in blood, it will prove Lhe leveler of mankind." man-kind." As spokesman for lhe class of novices. Cc'orge It. Corey answered the imperial piiicnlale. and was followed by the Re . I-'.lmer I C,c; hcn of the l-'irst Congregational Congrega-tional church. The prelate, after a brief introduction of lhe message, be curried, paid a brilliant tribute to heroic "Belgium and declare-! I ha! 1 bp world would, in I-,ier veirs reoa v :hal country witll A-erylliinr for ''ll 11 ,1!,d ,0f l- in "lls f-'t'"uK-gle lb- n'fo declared that fiKrnwiy V-c-m prepa'-olion 'or this war with the dnfeat of Spain and France as early as 1ST0. Announcement was mad- at lhe end of the meeting that on. Monday night nexl at 11-13 P- ni.. members 01 Kl Kalan temple will gather at the Masonic temple to' form for the Liberty loan parade. Even- member of the order will be re-(iiiirod re-(iiiirod to appear In lhe full panoply of the order. , , .. . , H R Msrmiliau. grand master o. T. Masons, acted as toastmnster at yster-day's yster-day's mceiing. The imneral potentate leaves todav for Reno, Nev. |