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THEIMPERIALHOTEL, HOLBORN VIADUCT , LONDON , Adjoining the T BBHIKCS of the LONDOK CHATHAM anil DOVSB IUUWAT , but distinct from the Viaduct Hotel . THE BEST FURNISHED AND MOST COMFORTABLE HOTEL IN LONDON . HOT & COLO WATER LAID ON IN ALL BED ROOMS . Tbe appointments throughout so arranged an to ensure domestic comfort . EVERY ACCOMMODATION FOR MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS , public ^ H > rotwrs $ ~ $ ^" tbbwrj JBmhtaste . THB CBtrsADSss LODGE , NO . 1677 , AND PBBSEVKEAHOB LODGE , NO . 1743 , HOLD THEIR MBETINGS \ T THIS ESTABLISHMENT . GOOD COOKING . FINE WINES . MODERATE CHARGES . The Edison Electric Light . TARIFF on APPLICATION to Bro . A . BEGBIE .

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HOLLY BUSH TAVERN , HAMPSTEAD , ( Close to the Fire Station ) . ACCOMMODATION for MASONIC LODGE MEETINGS and BANQUETS ; BALLS and ASSEMBLIES ; PAROCHIAL DINNERS ; RIFLE , CRICKET , and FOOTBALL GATHERINGS , & c . Bail and Bus within easy distance . Tho members of the St . John ' s Lodge iNo . 167 , have held their meetings at this establishment for many years . Full particulars and Tariff on application to 0 . M . FROUD , Proprietor .

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CHISWICK LODGE OP INSTRUCTION , No . SOIS . THE CEREMONY of CONSECRATION will be rehearsed by "W . Bro . JAMES TEBETC , P . Prov . S . G . Warden Norths and Hunts , P . Prov . G . Junior Warden Herts , P . M . 228 , 1278 , 1366 , and Secretary of the Boyal Masonio Benevolent Institntion , at The Chiswick Hall , High Road , Chiswick , on SATURDAY , 21 st JUNK 1884 . Lodge will be opened at 6 * 45 for 7 o'clock precisely . Craft clothing . W . Avium Preceptor , GBOBGB GARDNER Treasurer , A . H . STRONG Secretary . N . B . —Tumham Green Station , S . W . R ., Metropolitan and District Railway , three minutes' walk . Trams from Uxbridge Road Station , Hammersmith , Broadway , and Kew Bridge , pass the Hall .

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Assistance To Orphans Outside The Schools.

ASSISTANCE TO ORPHANS OUTSIDE THE SCHOOLS .

THE CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION . THE best means of providing for a greater number of the children pub forward as candidates for tbe Masonic Schools , is a question which has received a

considerable amount of attention in the past , and is one that is likel y to call for even more in the future . It may fairly be expected that the number of candidates will continue to

increase year by year , as they have hitherto done ; and that unless the committees are enabled periodically to increase the accommodation of the Institutions , or some more stringent regulations are enforced previous to

admission to the roll of those eligible for election , the lists of children awaiting an appeal to the poll will be swollen beyond all reasonable limits ; while , instead of tbe applications being about four or five to the number of the declared

vacancies , we shall have twenty or thirty applying for each scholarshi p offered , and , as a consequence , a far greater number will be sent away unsuccessful , and a far greater number of subscribers will be disappointed and disheartened .

it is a very difficult matter to say what shall be done to remed y this state of affairs , but that a remedy is needed is beyond doubt . We do not think we may expect tbe accommodation of the Schools to be increased so as to

rtf ^ W ** k * k 0 increasing number of applicants , nor that the subscribers will agree to lowering the standard of ^ the Schools , so as to render it possible to give admission to a greater number of pupils without 8

w ?! - 1118 the total am 0 Vint expended on them ; neither do we believe the Institutions will ever pay amounts for the education of children at their own homes ; but we think Mat individual Lod ges and Provinces may adopt this to i ? C 0 UrSe witt a resulfc alike successful and gratifying Z \ ° oncerned - I * is only necessary to refer to what is uei ag donein one of the districts into which England is

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divided to discover what may be attempted in others , and to show how the brethren of one Province support a local Charity in addition to nobly doing their duty towards the central ones to prove how all may take a farther part in this grand work of Freemasonry—the provision for the

fatherless . We can scarcely do better than look to Cheshire for a pattern , and to the brethren of that district for an example in this respect . We have before us the Twenty-first Annual Report of the Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution , and from it we

learn that twenty-five children are being educated at the expense of this Charity , not from donations and subscriptions received during the year , but from the amounts received as interest on invested monies ; and not only does this interest pay for the education of these twenty-five

children , amounting in the aggregate to £ 182 4 a 3 d , bat it is also charged with the working expenses of the Charity for the year , which , during the past twelve months have amounted to £ 38 Os 2 d . It is true that last year ' s interest was barely sufficient to meet these two claims , bat the

deficiency , amounting to £ 23 17 s lOd , is very small when we consider the amonnt of relief afforded , and that no part of the current year ' s donations have been appropriated in providing it , bnt merely the interest on invested monies . The actual amount received during the year from

subscriptions , donations , and fees , was £ 306 13 s 6 d , which , together with £ 5 subscription from the R . W . Prov . G . M . Lord De Tabley , £ 2 subscription from Lady De Tabley , and the interest already referred to , amounting to £ 196 6 s 7 d ,

constitutes the total receipts of the twelve months . The Institution has funds in hand amounting to £ 4 , 631 2 s Id , of which £ 4 , 345 6 s 3 d is invested , the balance being iu the North and South Wales Bank and in the

hands of the Treasurer . The Report refers to the fact that the Institution has now gained its majority , according to the reckoning of human life , namely , twenty-one years , and also states that the work has progressed during the past twelvemonths •without any let or hindrance . Four of

tbe children were to go off the books , by reason of their age , and there were five candidates for the vacancies thus created . In concluding the Report for the year , the Committee state that no special exertion has been made , either by Lodges or individuals , in getting up Dramatic

Performances , Concerts , or Lectures , to add to the funds , and they regret there is still a want of interest and support shown by many Lodges in the Province . They think it is incumbent on every Worshipful Master to bring the

claims of the Institution prominently before his Lodge , and having made himself well acquainted with its working , to urge on all the members the importance of supporting it , both with purse and influence .

The brief outline we have here given of "what is being done in Cheshire reflects the greatest credit on the brethren of that distiict , and , as we have said , is well worthy of imitation in other parts of the country . The Cheshire Charity has now been in existence tweuty-one years , and is

able to educate twenty-five children , and pay its working expenses out of the interest received on its invested funds . The amount available for investment has been increased during the past year by some £ 300 , so that , at the rate of interest received by the Cheshire Charity , two or three

more children may be immediately taken on to the funds , so far as payment for their education is concerned , and that too without disturbing the capital sum , or touohing the subscriptions or donations which may reasonably be expected to come in in the future . It is not

necessary for us to point to the benefits of such a fund as is here described . Cheshire , like other Masonic Provinces , has more claims made on its benevolence than the Central Institutions can provide relief for , and so , rather than send the unsuccessful away empty , the

Province undertakes their education at their own homes , and thus gives the proverbial half loaf rather than no bread . When it is considered at how small a cost this is being done it almost seems surprising the system should not be copied , indeed , that it should not become universal . We

feel sure the Cheshire Committee would be pleased to give advice as to the way to make a start , and we hope they may be called upon to do so at an early date . The relief that could be given , by an extension of the system , to the

candidates who are unsuccessful at the central elections would be of the greatest service to them , and would prevent the oft-repeated taunt that Freemasons do nob provide for even a moiety of those they themselves describe as really deserving .