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^onalptasonixInsfiiutianfardVrrls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : 11 . 11 . HIGHNESS THE PUINCK OF WALKS , K . 6 ., & c , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER KOYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OV WALES . Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 211 Higb Holborn . 1413 Girls have been educated , Clothed and Maintained within its walls . 242 Girls are now receiving its benefits . ENTIREl / X * SUPPORTED BY V « "MLVrA « Y COS'TSiini'TIO'yS . THE NINETY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , ViYDEIi THE PBKSIDKITCV OF General J . S ; BHOWNRIGG , C . i * ,, P . G . W . Provincial Grand Has tor Surrey , Will tako place on WEDNESDAY , 19 th MAY 1 R 86 . The names of Brethren willing to servo as Stewards are earnestly solicited . F . R , W . HKDGES , Secretary . OFFICE—5 . FKEKJIASOIVS' HAIL , GUT ? AT Qumc y STREET , LOXDOW , W . C .
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l apllIiTsa!iit|iT^fitutbiTfoItojjs, WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . " ^ Grand Patron : HER MAJESTY THE Q UEEN . President : His KOYAL HIGHNESS THE PIUNCE OF WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Vice Presidents ( Ex-Ollioio ) : The Kiurbt Hon . THE EARL OP CARNARVON , M . W . Pro G . M . The Right Hon . THE EARL or LATHO . M , R . W . Dep . G . M . Treasurer •, GEORGE PLUCKNETT , " Esq ., V . P .., P . G . D . Sinkers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK , Limited ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 21-1 Hi gh Holborn . 1694 Boys have received the baneftts of the Institution since its foundation in 1798 . 230 Boys are now-being ; Educated , Clothed nnd Maintained . Tlie Preparatory School . Unilrlinjr-s will be opened in January 1 SS 6 , in anticipation of whifh Fifteen additional ' Hoys wero elected iu October 1 S 15 , mnkin " tho total number 230 . Further increase will depend on the amount of future support . INVESTED FUNDS , £ 17 , 000 . THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL ( UXBEK DISTIXTrl ' ISIIED l'ltESIDmrcr ) WILL TAKE PLACE IN" JUNE 1886 . The services of Brethren willing to act as Stewards are urgently needed . ( L'OaTRIBirTEOXS KAKSTKSiriiX SOLICITED . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Std . ) , V . Pat ., Secretary . OFFICE—0 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .
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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Graud Patron aud President -. II . E . H . TUE PRIA - CJE OF WALES , K . G ., & o ., M . W . G . M . Treasurer : Major J . W . WOODAT . L . J . P ., Grand Treasurer . Banker . " ! : LONDOX AND Wr . STMXswiiBAXK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 214 High Holborn . Upwards of 1077 Annnitmits havo received tho bemiits of the Institution since its foundation in IS-12 . 1 !* <> Men and 206 Widows are Annuitants at the present time . AMOUNT PAID AltfJ \ TJAI , "LY IN ANNUITIES , £ 13 , 804 . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held on WEDNESDAY , 2-tth l- 'EBRC , AltY 1 S 8 G , Ua'DEK THE I'HESIUKXCr OP The Most Honourable the MAKQUTS OP HEETEOSD , It . W . Senior Grand Warden . Vunds arc urgently needed for the 130 Candidates scckiuy election . lircthren are earnestly solicited to accept tlio Stewardship upon this occasion , and to forward their names to JAMES TKRKY ( P . Prov . (' . S . W . Norths an ¦ •" ! Hunts ) , Secretary . , ( JiiicL—X Vrcemasens' Hull , London , W . C . i
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Masons Whom We Have Met.
MASONS WHOM WE HAVE MET .
No . VIT . TN" the whole oateo-ory of personages to whom wo are « lad to address a hearty " Hail ! fellow , well met ! "
there is none more cordially welcome than he who pays us a visit nt this season of tho year . From time immemorial he has been a p-uest iu every household , scattering brightness ancl happiness all around him wherever he goes . Ere these lines are read , perhaps ho may have gathered np the
folds of his royal robe , aud departed , for though he "comes but once a year , " his stay is as brief as his hospitality is lavish and impartial . When ho rears in our hedgerows the sturdy heralds of his approach their magic meaning fills the inmost hearts of children , awakens the recollections
of manhood , and carries solace to the minds of the aged . In no family circle , " be it ever so humble , " is our silverhaired and bearded old Brother not hailed with deep and earnest welcome . In the homes of the rich , where the lap of luxury is always full , he heaps up additional plenty to
the brim , until it overflows ; he carries , maybe , a passing ray of contentment and forgetfnlness of worry into the hearts of thoso who are be = * efc with the cares and perplexities ot everyday business life ; aud to the poor especially his menial smiles are as but tho harbingers of the " good
time , " which seems so long a-coming . Let him cross the threshold amongst the frost and snow , as in the " oldfashioned " clays , which seem to have almost died out of our remembrance , or with the hem of his garments draggling in the wet and mud , there is no difference in the old fellow ' s
intentions of announcing " p-. ace on earth , goodwill to men" He holds Grand " Lodge in every sphere , ancl bids his Junior Warden raise his column and do his duty . In stately form he presides at a myriad banquet tables , shecldin « - his benign influence over every assemblage , for
while ' •lie's feasting all the rich , * •Ho ne ' er forgets the poor . " What a flutter of interesting excitement when our Brother ' s advent is near ! The shops and the markeis blossom into
a p lethora of p lenitude ; even the costers' stalls in our side streets aro transmogrified instanter into forests of blood-red berries mingled with the more delicate white—emblems of festivity , fan and frolic such ns are witnessed at no other •-t rt . t fl 1 _ jI ... _ 1 . * T ^ I .. ^ ... + 1 ^ nl » 11 , ~ i •. 1 r » 4- / -VT 1 how the children flock home for
period of the year . See the holidays , in anticipation of his arrival ; hear how the joy-bells peal forth to welcome his brief presence ; note how the h '»* hfs glisten in every window and glint upon the holly nnd the mistletoe that darkle on the walls . Friends come
trooping in to join in our congratulations upon the recurring event , and houses arc filled with hearty noise , turning alf their tidiness into a terrible chaos and confusion . Good-fellowship is the order of the day , at home and abroad , as thou gh the spirit of universal brotherhood was
moving over ordinarily darksome waters . The little folks close their tiny fingers with glee and happiness ^ over the coins which arc given them by onr gonial Visitor , to be dropped into their money boxes . But there is no greed in
that joy ; to them that money is but an innocent instrument by which the portals of a ' toy shop may be thrown back before them ns with au "Goon sesame ! " Visions of
puddings and mince-pies , enkea " and fruit , rise up before thomas they carefully p in the longest stockings they can find to tlio foot of the bed , to see in tho morning what treasures Santa Glaus will have deposited in them . To
the youth in his teens the anticipation of p leasant parties , ( Ac dressm » - up and dancing , is scarcely less delectable ;
while games and the never-tiring Pantomime are objects ° of the most seriously agreeable contemplation . Nor is the presence of our annual Visiting Brother one whit the less interesting to ' ' - children of
] aro-or m-owth , " for at any rate between the 3 < Jvc of YnleticbHo ° the close of the " seasonable" period of festivity , there i . : i continuous round of heariy good -wishes passing
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^onalptasonixInsfiiutianfardVrrls, ST . JOHN'S HILL , BATTERSEA RISE , S . W . Chief Patroness : HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN . Grand Patron and President : 11 . 11 . HIGHNESS THE PUINCK OF WALKS , K . 6 ., & c , M . W . G . M . Grand Patroness : HER KOYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OV WALES . Bankers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 211 Higb Holborn . 1413 Girls have been educated , Clothed and Maintained within its walls . 242 Girls are now receiving its benefits . ENTIREl / X * SUPPORTED BY V « "MLVrA « Y COS'TSiini'TIO'yS . THE NINETY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL , ViYDEIi THE PBKSIDKITCV OF General J . S ; BHOWNRIGG , C . i * ,, P . G . W . Provincial Grand Has tor Surrey , Will tako place on WEDNESDAY , 19 th MAY 1 R 86 . The names of Brethren willing to servo as Stewards are earnestly solicited . F . R , W . HKDGES , Secretary . OFFICE—5 . FKEKJIASOIVS' HAIL , GUT ? AT Qumc y STREET , LOXDOW , W . C .
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l apllIiTsa!iit|iT^fitutbiTfoItojjs, WOOD GREEN , LONDON , N . " ^ Grand Patron : HER MAJESTY THE Q UEEN . President : His KOYAL HIGHNESS THE PIUNCE OF WALKS , K . G ., M . W . G . M . Vice Presidents ( Ex-Ollioio ) : The Kiurbt Hon . THE EARL OP CARNARVON , M . W . Pro G . M . The Right Hon . THE EARL or LATHO . M , R . W . Dep . G . M . Treasurer •, GEORGE PLUCKNETT , " Esq ., V . P .., P . G . D . Sinkers : LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK , Limited ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 21-1 Hi gh Holborn . 1694 Boys have received the baneftts of the Institution since its foundation in 1798 . 230 Boys are now-being ; Educated , Clothed nnd Maintained . Tlie Preparatory School . Unilrlinjr-s will be opened in January 1 SS 6 , in anticipation of whifh Fifteen additional ' Hoys wero elected iu October 1 S 15 , mnkin " tho total number 230 . Further increase will depend on the amount of future support . INVESTED FUNDS , £ 17 , 000 . THE EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL ( UXBEK DISTIXTrl ' ISIIED l'ltESIDmrcr ) WILL TAKE PLACE IN" JUNE 1886 . The services of Brethren willing to act as Stewards are urgently needed . ( L'OaTRIBirTEOXS KAKSTKSiriiX SOLICITED . FREDERICK BINCKES ( P . G . Std . ) , V . Pat ., Secretary . OFFICE—0 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . C .
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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION AGED FREEMASONS AND WIDOWS OF FREEMASONS , CROYDON . Graud Patron aud President -. II . E . H . TUE PRIA - CJE OF WALES , K . G ., & o ., M . W . G . M . Treasurer : Major J . W . WOODAT . L . J . P ., Grand Treasurer . Banker . " ! : LONDOX AND Wr . STMXswiiBAXK ( Bloomsbury Branch ) , 214 High Holborn . Upwards of 1077 Annnitmits havo received tho bemiits of the Institution since its foundation in IS-12 . 1 !* <> Men and 206 Widows are Annuitants at the present time . AMOUNT PAID AltfJ \ TJAI , "LY IN ANNUITIES , £ 13 , 804 . THE ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL Will be held on WEDNESDAY , 2-tth l- 'EBRC , AltY 1 S 8 G , Ua'DEK THE I'HESIUKXCr OP The Most Honourable the MAKQUTS OP HEETEOSD , It . W . Senior Grand Warden . Vunds arc urgently needed for the 130 Candidates scckiuy election . lircthren are earnestly solicited to accept tlio Stewardship upon this occasion , and to forward their names to JAMES TKRKY ( P . Prov . (' . S . W . Norths an ¦ •" ! Hunts ) , Secretary . , ( JiiicL—X Vrcemasens' Hull , London , W . C . i
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Masons Whom We Have Met.
MASONS WHOM WE HAVE MET .
No . VIT . TN" the whole oateo-ory of personages to whom wo are « lad to address a hearty " Hail ! fellow , well met ! "
there is none more cordially welcome than he who pays us a visit nt this season of tho year . From time immemorial he has been a p-uest iu every household , scattering brightness ancl happiness all around him wherever he goes . Ere these lines are read , perhaps ho may have gathered np the
folds of his royal robe , aud departed , for though he "comes but once a year , " his stay is as brief as his hospitality is lavish and impartial . When ho rears in our hedgerows the sturdy heralds of his approach their magic meaning fills the inmost hearts of children , awakens the recollections
of manhood , and carries solace to the minds of the aged . In no family circle , " be it ever so humble , " is our silverhaired and bearded old Brother not hailed with deep and earnest welcome . In the homes of the rich , where the lap of luxury is always full , he heaps up additional plenty to
the brim , until it overflows ; he carries , maybe , a passing ray of contentment and forgetfnlness of worry into the hearts of thoso who are be = * efc with the cares and perplexities ot everyday business life ; aud to the poor especially his menial smiles are as but tho harbingers of the " good
time , " which seems so long a-coming . Let him cross the threshold amongst the frost and snow , as in the " oldfashioned " clays , which seem to have almost died out of our remembrance , or with the hem of his garments draggling in the wet and mud , there is no difference in the old fellow ' s
intentions of announcing " p-. ace on earth , goodwill to men" He holds Grand " Lodge in every sphere , ancl bids his Junior Warden raise his column and do his duty . In stately form he presides at a myriad banquet tables , shecldin « - his benign influence over every assemblage , for
while ' •lie's feasting all the rich , * •Ho ne ' er forgets the poor . " What a flutter of interesting excitement when our Brother ' s advent is near ! The shops and the markeis blossom into
a p lethora of p lenitude ; even the costers' stalls in our side streets aro transmogrified instanter into forests of blood-red berries mingled with the more delicate white—emblems of festivity , fan and frolic such ns are witnessed at no other •-t rt . t fl 1 _ jI ... _ 1 . * T ^ I .. ^ ... + 1 ^ nl » 11 , ~ i •. 1 r » 4- / -VT 1 how the children flock home for
period of the year . See the holidays , in anticipation of his arrival ; hear how the joy-bells peal forth to welcome his brief presence ; note how the h '»* hfs glisten in every window and glint upon the holly nnd the mistletoe that darkle on the walls . Friends come
trooping in to join in our congratulations upon the recurring event , and houses arc filled with hearty noise , turning alf their tidiness into a terrible chaos and confusion . Good-fellowship is the order of the day , at home and abroad , as thou gh the spirit of universal brotherhood was
moving over ordinarily darksome waters . The little folks close their tiny fingers with glee and happiness ^ over the coins which arc given them by onr gonial Visitor , to be dropped into their money boxes . But there is no greed in
that joy ; to them that money is but an innocent instrument by which the portals of a ' toy shop may be thrown back before them ns with au "Goon sesame ! " Visions of
puddings and mince-pies , enkea " and fruit , rise up before thomas they carefully p in the longest stockings they can find to tlio foot of the bed , to see in tho morning what treasures Santa Glaus will have deposited in them . To
the youth in his teens the anticipation of p leasant parties , ( Ac dressm » - up and dancing , is scarcely less delectable ;
while games and the never-tiring Pantomime are objects ° of the most seriously agreeable contemplation . Nor is the presence of our annual Visiting Brother one whit the less interesting to ' ' - children of
] aro-or m-owth , " for at any rate between the 3 < Jvc of YnleticbHo ° the close of the " seasonable" period of festivity , there i . : i continuous round of heariy good -wishes passing