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The Charities.
holders of the Spencerean pass-books , and to impress upon them the serious inconvenience and loss which were apparent in their delay . [_ We have received several letters from Brethren , announcing the pleasing information that several Lodges have come to the determination to support the recommendation of Grand Lodge , ancl requesting that we should give publicity to such letters ; hut havingheard that many notices of motion are pending , and that some resolutions are awaiting
confirmation , we reserve this pleasing duty until we shall be enabled to make the record more powerful by additional force . Meantime , we strenuously recommend the cause to the warm hearted ancl the generous , and solicit information from every quarter , that we may place the same before our readers in the next Number . It is most gratifying to state , that at the present moment , and before the late Stewards are called upon to nominate their successors , the list of Stewards for June amounts to twenty . The Lodges at the Cape of Good Hope have remitted twenty pounds . ED . ]
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS . ( Extracted from the printed accounts , the profits to be applied in aid of the Asylum funds . ) " NEW STRAND THEATRE . —By permission ofthe Most Honourable the Lord Chamberlain , Amateur performance . The use of the Theatre having been most liberally and gratuitously offered by Brother
Hammond , the entertainments of this evening , January 17 th , 1838 , will commence with a Burletta , founded on a celebrated comedy , in five acts , hy John O'Keefe . An Address , written for the occasion , will be delivered by a Brother of the Craft . In the course of the evening there will be Singing by Brethren who have offered their services for the occasion . After which , a Burletta , founded on a popular Farcetta . The Band will consist of Members of the Craft , who have kindly offered their services .
To conclude with a Burletta founded upon Some Lovers' Quarrels . " The entertainments of this evening , it will be understood , are founded upon O'Keefe ' s comedy of ' Wild Oats , ' the interlude of 'Lovers ' Quarrels , ' and the farce of ' Where shall I dine . ' And the Brethren Amateurs trust that the subjects they have selected will serve to make a few hours pass pleasantly among their friends , while at the same time that pleasure is mingled with the happier arid noble feeling of promoting
an object of "Benevolence and Charity '—the key-stones of the Mystic Art . "' Wild Oats , ' with all its frolic , can point the moral . In poor Rover is found a character whose illusion has inspired him with the secret means of overcoming difficulties thatwould overwhelm a common mind : —living in a world of his own , he considers himself a privileged man , —ancl it is pleasing to find that his eccentricities tend to promote what is good—his
penury hath a charm to warm the heart and instruct the mind . The spirit of philanthropy which is diffused throughout the comedy is of the happiest cast , —and the honest simplicity which accompanies it , renders the wit more pungent by contrast—and the quaintness of Ephraim becomes endurable .
" The Lady Amaranth is a type of that class who are assembled on this occasion , —whose gentle bosoms , however yearning towards the man ' Rover , ' will warm in the ' Mason s cause , ' and prove that woman , in all her loveliness , is never so beautiful as when her smiles are in approbation of a generous sentiment .
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The Charities.
holders of the Spencerean pass-books , and to impress upon them the serious inconvenience and loss which were apparent in their delay . [_ We have received several letters from Brethren , announcing the pleasing information that several Lodges have come to the determination to support the recommendation of Grand Lodge , ancl requesting that we should give publicity to such letters ; hut havingheard that many notices of motion are pending , and that some resolutions are awaiting
confirmation , we reserve this pleasing duty until we shall be enabled to make the record more powerful by additional force . Meantime , we strenuously recommend the cause to the warm hearted ancl the generous , and solicit information from every quarter , that we may place the same before our readers in the next Number . It is most gratifying to state , that at the present moment , and before the late Stewards are called upon to nominate their successors , the list of Stewards for June amounts to twenty . The Lodges at the Cape of Good Hope have remitted twenty pounds . ED . ]
DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENTS . ( Extracted from the printed accounts , the profits to be applied in aid of the Asylum funds . ) " NEW STRAND THEATRE . —By permission ofthe Most Honourable the Lord Chamberlain , Amateur performance . The use of the Theatre having been most liberally and gratuitously offered by Brother
Hammond , the entertainments of this evening , January 17 th , 1838 , will commence with a Burletta , founded on a celebrated comedy , in five acts , hy John O'Keefe . An Address , written for the occasion , will be delivered by a Brother of the Craft . In the course of the evening there will be Singing by Brethren who have offered their services for the occasion . After which , a Burletta , founded on a popular Farcetta . The Band will consist of Members of the Craft , who have kindly offered their services .
To conclude with a Burletta founded upon Some Lovers' Quarrels . " The entertainments of this evening , it will be understood , are founded upon O'Keefe ' s comedy of ' Wild Oats , ' the interlude of 'Lovers ' Quarrels , ' and the farce of ' Where shall I dine . ' And the Brethren Amateurs trust that the subjects they have selected will serve to make a few hours pass pleasantly among their friends , while at the same time that pleasure is mingled with the happier arid noble feeling of promoting
an object of "Benevolence and Charity '—the key-stones of the Mystic Art . "' Wild Oats , ' with all its frolic , can point the moral . In poor Rover is found a character whose illusion has inspired him with the secret means of overcoming difficulties thatwould overwhelm a common mind : —living in a world of his own , he considers himself a privileged man , —ancl it is pleasing to find that his eccentricities tend to promote what is good—his
penury hath a charm to warm the heart and instruct the mind . The spirit of philanthropy which is diffused throughout the comedy is of the happiest cast , —and the honest simplicity which accompanies it , renders the wit more pungent by contrast—and the quaintness of Ephraim becomes endurable .
" The Lady Amaranth is a type of that class who are assembled on this occasion , —whose gentle bosoms , however yearning towards the man ' Rover , ' will warm in the ' Mason s cause , ' and prove that woman , in all her loveliness , is never so beautiful as when her smiles are in approbation of a generous sentiment .