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We are pleased to give publicity to the following statement of accounts , to 31 st August 1896 , of the Citadel Lodge of Instruction Masonic Charities Association , which , it will be seen , has done a considerable amount of good for the Institutions during the eleven months of its existence , and gives every promise of like results in the future : Entrance Fees and Subscriptions received - £ 206 15 0

Printing Books , Circulars for formation of Association , & c , Stationery , Postage , & c . - £ 4 5 7 26 Life Subseriberships in R . M . B . I . for Aged Freemasons - 136 10 0 9 Life Subseriberships in R . M . I . Boys - 47 5 1 ditto ditto Girls - 5 5 0 Balance in hand - - 13 9 5 £ 206 15 0

Woman And Masonry.

WOMAN AND MASONRY .

IT is too much of a fashion in some jurisdictions for women to assert a claim to Masonic recognition . We are one of those Freemasons that believe in the ancient customs , usages and landmarks of the Fraternity . We believe , also , that they are " established " by the continued adherence to them since they were canonised by the fathers as indestructible . When ,

therefore , plausible and persistent effort is made to evade these established regulations , it is a source of peril to the very foundations on which Freemasonry was built up , and which we have received , under the solemn obligation to maintain , support , and abide by them . This woman sufferance is one of these perils . There is an organisation known as the "Eastern

Star . " It is very well for women to unite in associations within the strict limits of their relation to the social organisation in which they live . As to that we have nothing to say . But when this association , or any such association adopts those features of Masonry that are to it especial and particular , and then ask to use the Lodge room of Masons , which they

expect will be freely afforded , it is time for our Craft to put an end , finally and conclusively , to this sort of combination . It weakens Masonry . It is oontrary to the very spirit of its organisation . A free man is the only constituency that Masonry ordains , or can directly or indirectly recognise . To make a sort of partnership with those who never can be Freemasons , by

tolerating their pretentions , when coaxed and coddled , to be a secret society with which Masonry ought to fraternise , is testing Masonic courage to do right , and it would seem in some cases almost succeeding in overturning Masonic common sense . — Richard Vaux , of Penn ., in " Canadian Craftsman . "

Masonic Homes In Aberdeen.

MASONIC HOMES IN ABERDEEN .

PREPAEATIONS are being hastened forward for a grand Masonic bazaar , whioh is to be held on the 8 th , 9 th and 10 th of this month , in the Music Hall , Aberdeen , with a view of wiping out the remaining debt on the Masonic property in the city . Prior to the year 1849—as inns a statement in the forthcoming " Bazaar Book" —the Lodges forming the Aberdeen City

Province had no common meeting place , but oertain of them , such as Aberdeen , St . Machar , St . Nicholas , St . James , and St . George , had at various times erected or purchased suitable halls for their own special use . By that year , however , these separate meeting-places had been disposed of by the respective Lodges , and they then met in premises temporarily rented . This

system had serious drawbacks , and , in 1849 , several of the Lodges joined together and rented the premises , now numbered 115 Union Street , which were fitted up as a Masonic Hall . After a period of sixteen years it was found that the requirements of the Lodges had outgrown the accommodation , and , in 1865 , they removed to the hall , presently numbered 41 Queen Street

which had been originally built in 1776 by St . Machlar Lodge as their meeting-place . These premises were recognised as the headquarters of Masonry in Aberdeen until the present Masonio Hall Buildings were erected in 1872 , by the Aberdeen Masonic Hall Company , Limited . In 1876 , a lease was entered into for nineteen years , under which the Company let the various

Masonic rooms to a Committee of Management , representative of the Lodges , and this arrangement continued to exist till the expiry of the lease in 1895 . The Masonic Hall Company at the end of this period found themselves in financial difficulties , and by the consequent winding-up of the Company the buildings came into the market for sale . No united action had been taken

by the Lodges to secure the property , and it was taken out by private enterprise , but was subsequently offered to the Province at the purchase prioe This offer was gladly accepted , and after considerable trouble and expense the buildings were put into a state worthy of Masonry and the Aberdeen City Province . Handsome contributions were made by the various Lodges , the

Provincial Grand Master , and others , towards the furnishings and liquidation of the cost , but notwithstanding this the sum of -82 , 000 still remains a debt on the property , and forms a burden seriously affecting the efficiency of the Province . The present effort and appeal to the Masonic body and thoir

friends is made with a view to the extinction of this heavy debt , and the appeal is made in the confident assurance that the response will be liberal . The consequent relief effected thereby would enable the funds of the respective Lodges to be more fully applied to their proper Masonic objects—benevolence and oharity . — " Aberdeen Free Press . "

Entertainment Notes.

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES .

Shaftesbury . —The new edition of " The Little Genius , " together with the engagement of Miss Florence St . John and the popularity of " La Goulue " Moulin Eouge Quadrille has caught on so strongly here that Mr . Brickwell , the manager for Mr . Love , is now advertising that seats may be booked three months in advance .

Parkhurst . —A new musical comedy was produced here last week , under the title of " En-Eoute " that should become popular among those who love bright and tuneful music , combined with life and aotivity on the part of the performers . The comedy is written by Cecil Maxwell , and the music composed by Ernest Bucalossi , the lyrics being by Walter Parke , and additional numbers by Eoland Carse and P . Bucalossi . The first act introduces us to the deck of the S . S . " Planet , " which is " en route " from India , with the

usual mixed company of passengers , several of whom while away the tedium of the voyage by flirtations of a mild or serious character . Thus we have Colonel Gurryman , of the Bengal Busters ( Mr . Herbert Shelley ) , vigorously beseiged by a bold American damsel , admirably pourtrayed by Miss Stella May , who adds to her other attractions an ability for dancing which alone should secure her success . Mr . John T . Smithe—lately in tbe " Egg line "—and Mrs . Smithe , represented by Mr . A . E . Chapman and Miss Minnie Clifford respectively , supply the comic element , being supported in that direction by

Mr . Sam Wilkinson as Pat Cafferty and Miss Ada Lee as Lizzie . Other characters are well sustained by Messrs . Eichard Temple jun ., J . Willes Irwin , E . Webster Lawson , E . Ernest Boyd , Eeginald Clayton , and Walter Gibbens , with Mesdames Evie Green , Emilie Wade , Margot Frewin , Hilda Henley , Geraldine Nelson and Alice Ancliffe . The second act takes place at an Hotel close to the Bay of Naples , and here we have many of the characters in carnival dress , which provides the means of displaying the many pretty costumes that are provided . The piece was admirably mounted , and was heartily received throughout , several enoores being demanded .

The Theatres, &C.

The Theatres , & c .

Drury Lane . —8 , The Duchess of Coolgardie . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Lyceum . —8 , Cymbeline . Strand . —8 * 10 , Dream Faces . 9 , Teddy ' s wives . St . James ' s . —On Tuesday , 20 th October , The Prisoner of Zehda . G lobe . —8 , The Muff of the Regiment . 9 , Charley ' s Aunt . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Prince of Wales ' s . —The White Silk Dress .

Gaiety . —8 * 15 , My Girl . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Adelphi . —8 , Boys Together . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Avenue . —8 * 15 , Monte Carlo . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Shaftesbury . —8 , The Little Genius . 10 * 30 , La Goulue . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Duke of York ' s . —8 , The Gay Parisienne . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Lyric . —8 * 15 , The Sign of the Cross . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2 * 30 .

Savoy . —7 * 30 , Weather or No . 8 * 30 , The Mikado . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Comedy . —8 , A White Stocking . 8 * 50 , Mr . Martin . Criterion . —8 , The Backslider . 8 * 20 , Outward Bound . 8 * 45 , A Blind Marriage . Matinee , 2 * 30 . ( Last day . ) On Tuesday , Rosemary . Terry ' s . —8 * 20 , The Man in the Street . 9 , My Artful Valet . ( Last day ) . Opera Comique . —8 , Newmarket . Matinee , Wednesday , 2 . Gar rick . —8 , Lord Tom Noddy . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 .

Daly ' s . —8 * 15 , The Geisha ; A story of a Tea House . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 30 . Vaudeville . —8 * 15 , Papa ' s wife . 9 , A night out . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Princess ' s . —8 , Two little Vagabonds . Matinee , Saturday , 2 * 15 . Parkhurst . —Popular companies and newest pieces , changed weekly . Alhambra . —7 * 45 , Variety Entertainment . 8 * 15 , Irish Ballet Divertissement . 10 , Rip Van Winkle . 9 * 30 , The Animatographe . Empire . —7 * 40 , Variety Entertainment . New Ballet Divertissement , La

Danse . Cinematographe . Second edition of Faust . Palace . —8 * 0 , Variety Entertainment , Tableaux Vivants , & c . Royal . —7 * 30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2 * 30 . Oxford . —7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne's entertainment .

Olympia . —Grand Pleasure Gardens . Variety Concerts , & c . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Varieties , & c . Royal Aquarium . —Open at 10 ; close at 11 * 30 , Constant Amusement , Tivoli . — 7 * 30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2 * 30 also . Mohawk Minstrels . —( Agricultural Hall . )—Daily . Madame Tussaud's ( Baker Street ) . —Open daily

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