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A Century Of Freemasonry.
Freemasonry , deep in the hearts of the Brethren . The Fraternity had now struggled through its first years of existence as a widespread plan , as far as modern times were concerned : it had been persecuted , it had bent before the storm , and it was gradually , like the reed in the fable , rising up again into an erect position .
How it fared in after years , when protecting , and no longer protected , we hope to tell in the next number .
How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
HOW ALFRED TIPTOP WON THE PRIZE POEM
A MISCHIEA ' friend of ours once observed , that he never knew a man who had not been in love Avith an " Ellen" at some time in his life . We are not going to question the truth of this vehement piece of young lady statistics , but we are going to say something about a young gentleman Avho fell in love lvith a young lady bearing a totally different name .
Leila Derwent was the prettiest and nicest young lady in the whole world . This is a very bold thing to say ; but it must be remembered that we are not giving OBI OAVU opinion , but the opinion Avhich somebody else formed of the pretty little woman who noAV sits at the foot of the table , nurses a baby or so occasionally , and takes the right arm of the " somebody" about whom we are talking .
If you had knoAvn Derwent Lodge , Surrey , you would have said that it was just the sort of casket in which such a little jewel as Leila ought to have been kept . It was not very large , and yet you could certainly have performed that zoological feat ( so strangely contrary to the principles advocated by humane societies ) , of sAvinging any number of cats round the
drawingroom , Avhile ( as Leila well knew by experience ) , a very pretty quadrille , and just the least suspicion of a waltz , might have been managed , without driving half the company into the cloak-room or the pantry ; or condemning them to oyster patties and abuse of things in general , on the staircase . It was veiy snug and pretty , and yet modem . You were never alarmed about the salt being turned into a solution of muriate of soda by the damp , nor was the predominance of black-beetles in the kitchen
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Century Of Freemasonry.
Freemasonry , deep in the hearts of the Brethren . The Fraternity had now struggled through its first years of existence as a widespread plan , as far as modern times were concerned : it had been persecuted , it had bent before the storm , and it was gradually , like the reed in the fable , rising up again into an erect position .
How it fared in after years , when protecting , and no longer protected , we hope to tell in the next number .
How Alfred Tiptop Won The Prize Poem
HOW ALFRED TIPTOP WON THE PRIZE POEM
A MISCHIEA ' friend of ours once observed , that he never knew a man who had not been in love Avith an " Ellen" at some time in his life . We are not going to question the truth of this vehement piece of young lady statistics , but we are going to say something about a young gentleman Avho fell in love lvith a young lady bearing a totally different name .
Leila Derwent was the prettiest and nicest young lady in the whole world . This is a very bold thing to say ; but it must be remembered that we are not giving OBI OAVU opinion , but the opinion Avhich somebody else formed of the pretty little woman who noAV sits at the foot of the table , nurses a baby or so occasionally , and takes the right arm of the " somebody" about whom we are talking .
If you had knoAvn Derwent Lodge , Surrey , you would have said that it was just the sort of casket in which such a little jewel as Leila ought to have been kept . It was not very large , and yet you could certainly have performed that zoological feat ( so strangely contrary to the principles advocated by humane societies ) , of sAvinging any number of cats round the
drawingroom , Avhile ( as Leila well knew by experience ) , a very pretty quadrille , and just the least suspicion of a waltz , might have been managed , without driving half the company into the cloak-room or the pantry ; or condemning them to oyster patties and abuse of things in general , on the staircase . It was veiy snug and pretty , and yet modem . You were never alarmed about the salt being turned into a solution of muriate of soda by the damp , nor was the predominance of black-beetles in the kitchen