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Glasgow Masonics.
the " many twinkling feet , " lias obtained for the Order a warmer place in their estimation , tlinn the natural jealousy at their unavoidable exclusion from its privileges , was likely to permit . They were sensibly struck with the effect of the fraternal tie , in overcoming at once the ceremonious stiffness of first introduction , and imparting to a public , and , in some measure , promiscuous assembly , all the freedom and cordiality of a private party . We have no doubt that a meeting of this kindonce or
, twice a year , would be highly relished , now that the ice has been so successfully broken : for , as in the case of the decapitated saint , " Ce nest que le premier pas qui coute " After labour , refreshment is both natural ancl necessary , and it has accordingly long been a custom , highly honoured in its observance , to round off the Masonic labours of the year with a festival . These are proverbial for their hearty and joyous character , and never was that
reputation more fully sustained , than on the occasion of the festival of the Lodge St . Mark , which was held in St . Mary ' s Hall on the evening of the 25 th April , the feast day of their titular saint . St . Mary ' s Hall is a portion of St . Mary ' s Buildings , the propertyof Bro . Black , recently fitted up with great splendour as a fashionable assembly room . Its situation is favourable , not being far distant , and in the best direction from , the Royal Exchange , where our '' merchants most do congregate , " and being
provided with roomy and conveniently disposed subordinate apartments , is exceedingly well adapted for Masonic purposes , to which , on St . Mark ' s Day , it was for the first time most successfully applied . The walls are adorned with six huge mirrors , one at each end , over the handsome marble chimney pieces , the other four , also disposed in pairs , opposite to each other , on the large piers between the windows , the light being principally admitted from above . The effect of the mirrorsso laced
, p , in multiplying ancl extending the hall in every direction , until the eye loses itself in tlie long perspective of endless vistas , was very grand , and when the real and the unreal chambers were filled with the Craftsmen and their numberless cidola , in sober Masonic costume , and picturesque badge and insignia of office , the coup d ' oeil was in the hi ghest degree
imposing . From the distinguished position to which this loclge has again attained , the annual festival was looked forward to with the expectation of something unusually grand ; and although high-wrought anticipations are , too frequently , only the herald of more bitter disappointment , the result on this occasion was very different , the most sanguine anticipations of enjoyment being more than realized . The music , under the veteran experience of Bro . Andrew Thomsonone of the oldest living members
, of the lodge , and worthy sire to the popular calisthenist of the royal princes , was , as it always is under his management , excellent . An unexpected gratification was also afforded by the presence of Bro . Julian Adams , a most welcome guest , who delighted the lodge with a magnificent voluntary .
Guided by former experience , and making , as it was thought , ample allowance for the increasing reputation and prosperity of the lodge under whose auspices the festival was held , the accommodation provided was expected to have been more than sufficient . But although every square foot of the commodious hall was made available , it proved barely sufficient , and but from , as it turned out , a fortunate accident , which prevented the attendance of the prosperous and well conducted Greenock St John ' s Lodge , anil several other intended visitors , there would have UCPU an
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Glasgow Masonics.
the " many twinkling feet , " lias obtained for the Order a warmer place in their estimation , tlinn the natural jealousy at their unavoidable exclusion from its privileges , was likely to permit . They were sensibly struck with the effect of the fraternal tie , in overcoming at once the ceremonious stiffness of first introduction , and imparting to a public , and , in some measure , promiscuous assembly , all the freedom and cordiality of a private party . We have no doubt that a meeting of this kindonce or
, twice a year , would be highly relished , now that the ice has been so successfully broken : for , as in the case of the decapitated saint , " Ce nest que le premier pas qui coute " After labour , refreshment is both natural ancl necessary , and it has accordingly long been a custom , highly honoured in its observance , to round off the Masonic labours of the year with a festival . These are proverbial for their hearty and joyous character , and never was that
reputation more fully sustained , than on the occasion of the festival of the Lodge St . Mark , which was held in St . Mary ' s Hall on the evening of the 25 th April , the feast day of their titular saint . St . Mary ' s Hall is a portion of St . Mary ' s Buildings , the propertyof Bro . Black , recently fitted up with great splendour as a fashionable assembly room . Its situation is favourable , not being far distant , and in the best direction from , the Royal Exchange , where our '' merchants most do congregate , " and being
provided with roomy and conveniently disposed subordinate apartments , is exceedingly well adapted for Masonic purposes , to which , on St . Mark ' s Day , it was for the first time most successfully applied . The walls are adorned with six huge mirrors , one at each end , over the handsome marble chimney pieces , the other four , also disposed in pairs , opposite to each other , on the large piers between the windows , the light being principally admitted from above . The effect of the mirrorsso laced
, p , in multiplying ancl extending the hall in every direction , until the eye loses itself in tlie long perspective of endless vistas , was very grand , and when the real and the unreal chambers were filled with the Craftsmen and their numberless cidola , in sober Masonic costume , and picturesque badge and insignia of office , the coup d ' oeil was in the hi ghest degree
imposing . From the distinguished position to which this loclge has again attained , the annual festival was looked forward to with the expectation of something unusually grand ; and although high-wrought anticipations are , too frequently , only the herald of more bitter disappointment , the result on this occasion was very different , the most sanguine anticipations of enjoyment being more than realized . The music , under the veteran experience of Bro . Andrew Thomsonone of the oldest living members
, of the lodge , and worthy sire to the popular calisthenist of the royal princes , was , as it always is under his management , excellent . An unexpected gratification was also afforded by the presence of Bro . Julian Adams , a most welcome guest , who delighted the lodge with a magnificent voluntary .
Guided by former experience , and making , as it was thought , ample allowance for the increasing reputation and prosperity of the lodge under whose auspices the festival was held , the accommodation provided was expected to have been more than sufficient . But although every square foot of the commodious hall was made available , it proved barely sufficient , and but from , as it turned out , a fortunate accident , which prevented the attendance of the prosperous and well conducted Greenock St John ' s Lodge , anil several other intended visitors , there would have UCPU an