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[[images - three black and white photographs of Prince Hall Shriners marching in parades]]

side represents the Strait of Gibraltar and the Agean Sea.

The five-pointed star also represents Jesus Christ and the human family, connected with all parts of intelligence and science and it also represents the five wounds inflicted on Jesus, the saious in the Christian world.

A fez, the simple purple tasseled hat with the embroidered name and number of the temple on it, can cost a wearer more than $80 each though most of them are somewhat cheaper. The name and number on fez are hand-embroidered, often with pearlescent, gem-like glass beads called aurora borealis stones, imported from Austria and Czechoslovakia and the fez may be made of imported velour.

Prince Hall Shriners and Daughters also wear several other types of colorful regalia, including robes. The Imperial Potentate's robe, which will be worn by Noble John W. Edghill, the imperial potentate of the Prince Hall Shrine Order, can cost anywhere from $4,000 down to a mere $1,000.

Women members of the ladies auxiliary, dress in white, from the tips of their white pumps to the top of their tiaras or fezes.

Youth groups, whose uniforms are not bounded by stringent regulations of the order, may be seen in many outfits, from their quasi-military berets to their silk ascots.

The official shrine colors, red, gold and green, will be dominant throughout the week-long convention. Also to be seen often will be the white suits, worn by male members with their red fez, considered the official "uniform" of the Prince Hall Shrine order. During the parade, many of the Nobles will be seen wearing turbans, pantaloons and holding scimitars. A 21-man patrol marching down the streets of the city of brotherly love could have paid nearly $4,000 to outfit his marching unit.

Many of the Shriners seen during the convention may be wearing gold chains or "collars" around their necks. They are past or present illustrious potentates of their temples or they may be appointed imperial council officers.

Oriental costumes, to include long robes, flashy headdress, and other regalia worn by natives in the desert, along with colorful short vest over gaily colored shirt and baggy pants, typical of the dress worn by citizens in parts of the Middle East, will also be on display.

So, for the entire week of August 18-24, in the streets of the city of brotherly love, some 55,000 Prince Hall Shriners, Daughters of Isis, their families and friends, will travel the streets of this great city, moving in and out of places, spending some $2,000,000 or more in a 10-day period, and having themselves the time of their life. They will come from large temples and courts in Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Philadelphia, Richmond, Washington, D.C., and overseas in Germany and Canada. Others will come from smaller temples and courts in Somerville, Tenn., Tunica, Miss., Palatka, Fla., Harlan Heights, West Virginia, and Andros Island in the Great Bahamas. 

To those in Philadelphia and throughout the state of Pennsylvania who will be lucky enough to witness the parades and other programs sponsored by the Black Shriners, Edghill promises something exciting and delightful for all each day of the week-long convention.