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GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY . SUMMER HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS from LONDON ( MARYLEBONE , near Baker Street and Edgware Road ) : On Friday , 28 th September ( for 16 days ) . To Ireland ( via Liverpool ) See Pamphlet . 7-45 p . m . for Northallerton , Darlington , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , Oban , Fort William ( for 4 , 10 or 16 days ) . Every Friday during September , at 10-30 p . m . for Douglas ( for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days ) . Every Saturday during September ( for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days ) . 80 a . m . for Biidlington , Filey , Scarboro ' , Whitby , Bobin Hood ' s Bay , Saltburn , Redcar , Tynemouth , Whitley Bay , Cullercoats , and Douglas . 10-0 a . m . for Liverpool , Southport , Blackpool , St . Anne ' s , Lytham . 12-0 noon for Grimsby , New Glee , Cleetborpes , Chester ( Northgate ) . On Saturday , 29 th September ( for 3 , 6 or 8 days ) . 8-0 a . m . for Bridlington , Filey , Middlesboro ' , Newcastle , Scarboro' , and York . 10-0 a . m . for Knntsford , Northwich , St . Helens , Southport , Widnes , Wigan . 11-20 a . m . for Barnsley , Bradford , Dewsbury , Halifax , Huddersfield , Liverpool , Manchester , Nottingham ( Victoria ) , Sheffield ( Victoria ) , Wakefield . 12-0 noon for Oleethorpes , Doncaster , Gainsboro ' , Grimsby , Hull , Betford , Worksop . 5-40 p . m . for Chesterfield , Heath , Kirkby and Pinxton , Pilsley , Tibshelf Town . 6-0 p . m . for Oulworth , Finmere , Helmdon , Woodford and Hinton . 7-45 p . m . for Brackley , Leicester , Loughboro' , Lutterworth , Bugby ( Central ) . WEEK-ENDS IN THE COUNTRY . Every Saturday ( for Half-day and 2 or 3 days ) at 12-8 noon and 6-0 p . m ., very * Sunday ( for 1 or 2 days ) at 9-30 a . m ., and every Monday ( for 1 day ) at 8-15 a . m . for Calvert , Finmere , Brackley , Helmdon , Culwortu , Woodford and Hinton , Charwelton and Willoughby . For full particulars see bills , which can be " obtained at any of the Company ' s Eeceiving Offices , or Marylebone Station , and from Messrs . Dean and Dawson , 55 Charing Cross , Trafalgar Square , London . Manchester . WILLIAM P 0 LL 1 TT , General Manager .

The Theatres, &C.

The Theatres , & c .

Avenue . —8 , His Wife ' s Picture . 8-45 , A Message from Mars . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Criterion . —8-30 , Lady Huntworth ' s Experiment . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Daly ' s . —8-15 , San Toy . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Drury Lane . —7 ' 30 , The Price of Peace . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday .

Duke of York ' s . —Wednesday , 26 th September , The Lackey ' s Carnival , Gaiety . —8-15 , The Messenger Boy . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrick . —Thursday , 27 th September , The Wedding Guest . Globe . —830 , Colonel Cromwell . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Gt . Queen Street . —8 . 15 , A Boer Meisje . 9 , The Private Secretary Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 .

Hay market . —8 . 30 , Sweet Nell of Old Drury . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Her Majesty ' s . —8 , Julius C ; esar . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Lyric—8 , Florodora . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Prince of Wales . —8-30 , English Nell . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 .

St . James ' s . —8-30 , A debt of Honour . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Savoy . —8-15 , The Outpost . 8-45 , The Pirates of Penzance . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Shaftesbury . —8-15 , The Casino Girl . Matinee , Wednesday , 2-30 . Strand . —8-15 , Punctured . 9 , In the Soup . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Vaudeville . — 815 , The Yellow Peril . 9 , Self and Lady . Matineo ,

Wednes-• day , 3 . Alexandra . —Next week , 8 , With Flying Colours . Opera House , Crouch End . —Next week , 8 , Florodora . Surrey . —Next week , 745 , Under the Eed Cross . Standard . —Next week , 7-45 , Auguste Van Biene . Alhambra . —8 , Variety Entertainment , Soldiers of the Queen , & c Aquarium . —Varied performances , daily .

Empire . — 8 , Variety Entertainment . Sea-side , War Pictures , & o . Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also . Palace . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & c . Saturday , 2 also . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Tivoli . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . A Galaxy of Stars . Saturday ' 2-15 also .

Agricultural Hall . —Saturday , 8 , Mohawk and Moore and Burgess Minstrels . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskolyne's entertainment . London Hippodrome . —2 and 8 , Varied attractions . Siberia , Saudow , & c . St . Jamess Hall . —8 ( except Saturday ) , Mohawk and Moore and Burgess Minstrels . Matinee , Monday , Wednesday , and Saturday , 3 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Cafe Chantant . The Lumini scriptor . Wireless Telegraphy , & c . Thursday and Saturday , Fireworks , & c .

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H ^^^^ W ^^ a tifcjG ^ .-J'UVW ^ jS ^^ SATUEDAY , 22 ND SBPTEMBEE 1900 .

Board Of Benevolence.

BOARD OF BENEVOLENCE .

THE monthly meeting- of the Board of Benevolence was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall , London . Bro . J . H . Matthews President , Bro . D . D . Mercer Senior Vice-President , and Bro . Henry Garrod

Junior-Vice-President occupied their respective chairs . Bro . W . Lake Assistant Grand Secretary , Bro . G . S . Recknell and Bro . Inglis represented the Grand . Secretary ' s office . The attendance of Brethren was not large .

After confirming recommendations to the amount of £ 70 made at the August meeting , for the Grand Master to approve , the Brethren proceeded to deal with sixteen new cases which were on the paper , and in the course of an hour and a half's sitting voted £ 360 to thirteen of them , dismissing two , and

deferring one . Grand Lodge was recommended to approve of £ 75 in one case , and £ 50 in a second . Two grants of ^ 40 each , and one of ^ 30 were referred to the Grand Master for his sanction , and five grants of £ 20 each , two oi £ 10 each , and one of £ 5 were made before , the Brethren separated .

Resignation Of The G. Sec. Of Scotland.

RESIGNATION OF THE G . SEC . OF SCOTLAND .

WE regret to learn that the health of Bro . D . Murray Lyon Grand Secretary of Scotland , which has been far from satisfactory for some time past , shows so little sign of improvement that he has been compelled to place his resignation in the hands of his Grand Master . Bro . Lyon has discharged the important duties of his high Office for many years past with

the most satisfactory results so far as Scottish Freemasonry is concerned . In fact it may truly be said that to his untiring efforts may be attributed much of the great improvement that

has taken place in the Order there in recent years . It will be a very difficult task to find a worthy successor to so distinguished a Craftsman . We trust Bro . Lyon will live for many years to enjoy well merited retirement and rest from official cares .

The Mystery Of The Masons.

THE MYSTERY OF THE MASONS .

OUR contemporary , the " Daily Express , " has started a series of articles under this heading , in which , it is promised , the origin of Freemasonry and its symbols is to be discussed . We do not think it necessary to do more than quote the first article to convince our readers that Mr . Allen

Upward , the author of the series , is hardly likely to shine as a writer on Freemasonry . It seems almost impossible that a daily paper , in the great metropolis of London , should have no member of its staff able to give an opinion on the technicalities of Freemasonry sufficiently weighty to prevent

the publication of such nonsense as appears in our contemporary . The author admits " not being a Mason , " and that as a consequence he " of course is not in a position to speak definitely , " and we can but ask if it is not absurd to give him space in a popular newspaper to write on a subject of which

he is wholly ignorant ? We confess we cannot understand the management of the paper making known their stupidity and lack of journalistic ability in so public a manner . Fancy their entrusting their Sporting department to a man who boasted of being wholly ignorant of racing and race horses ? yet it

would be no more absurd than entrusting a series of articles on our Craft to a man who confesses his ignorance of the practical side of the subject , and apparently has to rely on obsolete encyclopaedias and text books for his matter . The first of the promised series of articles is as follows :

THE fascinating subject of Freemasonry has been , strangely neglected by the scientific historian . To the man in the street—indeed , to many " Free and Accepted Masons ' '—the Craft is no more than a friendly society , which happens to be encumbered with some unmeaning and rather