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To The Editor.
and general liberality , partaking of that character , which at " Lloyds " is knoivn as A . 1 ., has issued a command to his officers to attend in full evening dress ; and further , there is also a recommendation to the other Brethren to appear in similar costume ; and here lies the difficulty . I was made at Nottingham , by a Mason , dear good soul , who took much pride in my weaving , and some time was the object of peculiar attention to a Brother of the Order in London . I most gracefully
completed his dress as a continuation of that now neglected article , the " breeches ; " ivith what complacency would he extend his leg , his right one was his especial care , the calf had a symmetrical dimension , and ( the knee-band neatly buckled ) gradually tapered to a well turned ankle , the instep displayed in a shoe short in the quarter , and surmounted with silken strings , of proper cut and size . Often was I delighted with that pat of exulting pride with which he would gratify his oivn feelings
, and remind me of my silken importance . Ah , Mr . Editor , these were the days , the silken days of my happy bondage , which yielded to the usurpation of the pantaloon , and I was reduced , not to the half-pay , but to the mere quarterage of my former value . Still I was of consequence , and at any rate I shared the dignity with my-fortunate rival ; the calf ,
the admired calf , still was my competitor for admiration . But mark the change , with grief I state it , that innovation in the dress department of your excellent Order—pardon my liberty—but I remember my weaving , and could some tale unfold ; but I respect the secret of him who made me . The dreaded trowsers , sometimes tight , sometimes loose , anon of a dangling form , gracelessly concealing calf , ankle , and instep in a bag-like enclosure , and making no distinction among the
lords of the creation . These trowsers became tyrants ; and what think ye , Mr . Editor , absolutely ordered " boots" to take precedence of our race—what boots it to complain when such things are—hence came AVellington boots , high-lows , dress boots , and , St . Crispin forgive me , opera boots , which latter are most abominable IMPOSTORS , for they , with a shamelessness unknown to all preceding rogues , appear like a shoe and a stocking , and yet are neither . Hence " UICB lachrymce , " and my
appeal to you . Pray answer my request , whether these vile impostors , opera boots , with the tyrant trowsers , or the graceful breeches , silk stockings , and shoes , are evening dress ? May your decision favour my hopes—what a relief it will give to my desponding heart ! Yours , . ivith respect , A MASONIC SILK STOCKING . P . S . Oh , Mr . Editor , I have great dread that you have a pair of opera boots—it cannot he—surely you have not discarded us—how I sigh !
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have to inform you that the meetings of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ivill in future be held on every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the Fitzroy Coffee-house , Charlotte-street , Rathbone Place , instead of the Blue Posts , as heretofore , and ivill thank you to make the same known to the Brethren through the medium of your valuable publication . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , Uth March , 1836 . S . B . WILSON , Sec .
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To The Editor.
and general liberality , partaking of that character , which at " Lloyds " is knoivn as A . 1 ., has issued a command to his officers to attend in full evening dress ; and further , there is also a recommendation to the other Brethren to appear in similar costume ; and here lies the difficulty . I was made at Nottingham , by a Mason , dear good soul , who took much pride in my weaving , and some time was the object of peculiar attention to a Brother of the Order in London . I most gracefully
completed his dress as a continuation of that now neglected article , the " breeches ; " ivith what complacency would he extend his leg , his right one was his especial care , the calf had a symmetrical dimension , and ( the knee-band neatly buckled ) gradually tapered to a well turned ankle , the instep displayed in a shoe short in the quarter , and surmounted with silken strings , of proper cut and size . Often was I delighted with that pat of exulting pride with which he would gratify his oivn feelings
, and remind me of my silken importance . Ah , Mr . Editor , these were the days , the silken days of my happy bondage , which yielded to the usurpation of the pantaloon , and I was reduced , not to the half-pay , but to the mere quarterage of my former value . Still I was of consequence , and at any rate I shared the dignity with my-fortunate rival ; the calf ,
the admired calf , still was my competitor for admiration . But mark the change , with grief I state it , that innovation in the dress department of your excellent Order—pardon my liberty—but I remember my weaving , and could some tale unfold ; but I respect the secret of him who made me . The dreaded trowsers , sometimes tight , sometimes loose , anon of a dangling form , gracelessly concealing calf , ankle , and instep in a bag-like enclosure , and making no distinction among the
lords of the creation . These trowsers became tyrants ; and what think ye , Mr . Editor , absolutely ordered " boots" to take precedence of our race—what boots it to complain when such things are—hence came AVellington boots , high-lows , dress boots , and , St . Crispin forgive me , opera boots , which latter are most abominable IMPOSTORS , for they , with a shamelessness unknown to all preceding rogues , appear like a shoe and a stocking , and yet are neither . Hence " UICB lachrymce , " and my
appeal to you . Pray answer my request , whether these vile impostors , opera boots , with the tyrant trowsers , or the graceful breeches , silk stockings , and shoes , are evening dress ? May your decision favour my hopes—what a relief it will give to my desponding heart ! Yours , . ivith respect , A MASONIC SILK STOCKING . P . S . Oh , Mr . Editor , I have great dread that you have a pair of opera boots—it cannot he—surely you have not discarded us—how I sigh !
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —I have to inform you that the meetings of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement ivill in future be held on every Friday evening , at seven o ' clock , at the Fitzroy Coffee-house , Charlotte-street , Rathbone Place , instead of the Blue Posts , as heretofore , and ivill thank you to make the same known to the Brethren through the medium of your valuable publication . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally , Uth March , 1836 . S . B . WILSON , Sec .