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TELEGRAPHICADDRESSES(Inland). for the Freemason Printing Works—FREEMASON , LONDON . oy jewels , Clothing , Banners , and Furniture—KENNING , LONDON .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

The following lodge reports stand over : —Mount Moriah , 34 , Lebanon , 1326 , Shanklin , 1 SS 4 , Regent's Park , 2202 . BOOKS . & c , RECEIVED . "Sunday Times" ( New York ) , " New York Dispatch , " " Die ¦

liauhutte , "Jewish Chronicle , Keystone , Sunday limes ( London ) , "Piano , Organ , and Music Trades Journal , " "Court Circular , " " Hull and East Yorkshire Times , " " Lancaster Daily Examiner , " "Masonic Journal" ( Melbourne ) , "Illustrated Naval and Military Magazine , " and " La Chaine d'Union . "

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^^^•^^^^^^^ v ^ ' v ^ l ^^^ SSS ^^^ Si SATURDAY , JUNE 4 , 1887 .

Original Correspondence.

Original Correspondence .

[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of the opinions expressed by ourcorrespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discQssion . 1 ——

THE ALBERT HALL FESTIVAL . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother ^ I regret to observe a wide-spread and increasing apprehension among the provincial brethren in various parts of the country , that the approaching ceremony at Albert Hall , on June 13 th , will be of the baldest , briefest , and most perfunctory character ; and this apprehension is naturally coupled with a sense of disappointment in the minds of those who have remitted their guineas and applied

for tickets in the expectation that the ceremony would be one of a more imposing and impressive character than anything that has been witnessed since the installation ot H . R . H . our Grand Master . To us provincials , to many of whom the cost of the ticket bears but a small proportion to the total expense of the journey , and the inconvenience of one or two days ' absence from business , such a disappointment of our expectations would be additionally severe , and it is much to be hoped that those who are engaged in elaborating the programme of that day ' s proceedings will take an early

opportunity of dispelling these—as 1 hope and trust—unfounded apprehensions . —I remain , dear Sir , yours fraternally , May 30 th . PROVINCIAL . [ We have reason to believe that the proceedings will be of a very interesting character , and we have little fear that our provincial brethren will experience any such disappointment as our correspondent anticipates . —ED . F . M . l

THE JUBILEE JEWEL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , We have already been officially informed that a commemorative jewel is to be issued , which all Masons who are subscribing members of some English lodge on 20 th June , 18 S 7 , will be entitled to wear . May I suggest that

all Masons who have forwarded their guineas and applied for tickets for the Festival at the Albert Hall on June 13 th should be entitled to add a special clasp to this jewel ? The concession would be a small one , and the memento would be rendered additionally interesting . I remain , dear Sir , yours fraternally , W . SILVER HALL , P . M ., May 30 th . Prov . G . A . Sec . Derbyshire .

THE YEAR OF LIGHT . To the Editor ofthe "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I think Bro . Hughan can satisfy Bro . Stevens as to the correct A . L ., for , unless I am mistaken , the first Book of Constitutions gives the date A . L . as well as the date A . D . I believe it supports your reviewer , but have not a copy . Perhaps Bro . Hughan will kindly say ?—Yours fraternally , May 28 th . LEX SCRIPTA .

ST . ANN'S ELECTION-AN APPEAL . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Can any of your readers kindly send me a few votes for a very deserving case at the approaching St . Ann ' s election ?—Fraternally yours , A . F . A . VVOODFORD . 6 , Liston-road , Grafton-square , Clapham , S . W . June 2 nd .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

729 ] AN OLD-WORLD FREEMASON . I am sorry I do not agree with my esteemed friend and Bro . Whytehead in his interpretation of the word " zona , " nor can 1 suppose that he would have attempted to find such a meaning for it , but that Cadeby is described as a " Mason . " As to the letters B et J , if these are interpreted to mean certain pillars , they may as well , on the same principle , mean something else . My reading of the word

zona is girdle , the girdles of Howard IV . were commonly of leather , two to six inches wide , and when worn by the nobility were decorated with jewels and silk , the latter being also very expensive . ( I do not allude to the sword belt , or the belt of knighthood , which were worn in addition . ) The ordinary costume of citizens also required a girdle , and it was an important part of a man ' s attire , inasmuch as it indicated his rank in society . Owing to the extravagance

with which this article of dress was decorated with coloured silk by those who could ill afford the expense , sumptuary laws were passed prohibiting their being so decorated , unless worn by persons of a specified rank , or ( specially ) by the liverymen of the various Crafts , who Chaucer says were" Yclothed in a Iyyere Of a solempne and grete frarernite . " In the " Canterbury Tales " Chaucer describes the sergeantat-law as wearing- a eirdle of silkbarred or strioed with

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different colours , while the haberdasher , carpenter , weaver , dyer , and tapestry worker had their girdles ornamented with silver . By a statute of Henry IV . ( 1406 ) the liverymen were especially permitted to wear silver and coloured silk girdles . Piers , the Ploughman , is very severe on the extravagance in girdles , and laments the

" Chaunge of clothyng every daye , With golden gyrdles grete and small . " Girdles were worn just over the hips . The reason why such a variety would be possessed by one individual is simply this—that they were intended to go with differently coloured tunics or cloaks . A modern lady ' s dress " requires very little more material than the men then used , so that

they had to be just as particular in matching accessories . Cadeby might have been an employer of Masons , and possibly member of a Guild ; he would have required his girdles all the same . I am surprised that , to account for several "aprons , " Bro . Whytehead suggests degrees . He has , in fact , already claimed John Cadeby as a brother , and " jnvested " him with " the distinguishing badges " of

six degrees . He writes—";/ we interpret zona to mean apron , " but concludes ( with what I wish had been omitted ) ' ¦'' you see Bro . Cadeby wore his Craft apron most . It had seen most service . " I believe that farther we go back , the nearer we come to Masons' aprons innocent of decoration of any kind , and that on a Mason ' s apron no such letters as B et J would be put before 1700 . J . RAMSDEN RILEY .

Reports Of Masonic Meetings.

REPORTS OF MASONIC MEETINGS .

Craft Jlasonrg , FAITH LODGE ( No . 141 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held at Anderton's Hotel , Fleet-street , on the 24 th ult . Among those present were Bros . G . Coop , W . M . j Steng , S . D . ; Wetzlar , J . D . j Langdale , W . S . j Carter , P . M ., Treas . j W . Stuart , P . M ., Sec ; Charles Dairy , P . M . j and others .

Bro . Ryan was passed to the Second Degree . By the consent of his W . M ,, a brother of a local lodge was raised to the Third Degree . The ballot having been taken on behalf of Mr . Arthur Jones , he was duly initiated into Craft mysteries . The W . M . is to be congratulated on the manner in which he performed the three arduous

ceremonies . The lodge having been closed , the brethren adjourned to refreshment , at which they were subsequently joined by Bros . Walls , Smith , and others . The W . M . gave a few toasts , the remainder of the evening being commendably devoted to conviviality .

HAMPTON COURT—The Crescent Lodge ( No . 7 S 8 ) . —A meeting of this lodge was held at the Mitre Hotel on the 24 th ult ., when there were present Bros . T . H . Nott , W . M . j J . E . Lawrence , S . W . j J . J . Robinson , J . W . j J . M . Stedwell , P . M ., Treas . ; S . Larcomb , P . M ., Secj E . C . Mulvey , S . D . j J . M . Smith , J . D . j W . Eaton , I . G . j G . Harrison , Tyler ; G . Cordwell ,

P . M . j F . McDougall , P . M . ; R . J . B . Beeton , P . M . ; J . A . Allison , P . M . ; and F . Lane , P . M . Visitors : Bros . R . H . Thrupp , D . P . G . M . Middx . ; J . F . H . Woodward , P . G . Sec . Middx . ; F . Binckes , Sec . of the Boys ' School ; Hughes , P . M . 179 ; Beard , P . M . 946 ; Francis , P . M . 34 ; Galb , P . M . 002 ; Poupart , 9 ; Dunn ,

902 ; Cooper , P . M . 1769 ; Erhardt , S . W . 1670 ; Dettmer , 1602 ; and Lacoste , 2060 . The lodge having been opened , and the minutes of the previous meeting read and confirmed , Bro . J . E . Lawrence , S . W ., was installed into the chair of K . S . by Bro . J . A . Allison in his usual able and impressive manner . Bro . W . Eaton was then initiated , and the lodge was closed .

SUNDERLAND . —Williamson Lodge ( No . 949 ) . —The installation meeting of the above lodge was held at the usual meeting place—St . Stephen's Schoolroom , Monkwearmouth—on Monday , the 16 th ult ., when there was a very large attendance ot Prov . Grand Officers , Past Masters , and brethren . The lodge was opened indue form by the W . M ., Bro . R . Shadforth , P . M ., P . S . G . D .,

with Bros . Fred . Maddison , P . M . 13 S 9 , S . W . ; George Washington Bain , J . W . ; J . G . Kirtley , P . M ., Treas . ; G . Porteous , P . M ., P . P . G . O ., D . C . ; John Barlow , Sec . ; and others . There were also among those present Bros . W . Liddell , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D . ; A . T . Munro , P . M ., P . P . G .

S . B . ; G . B . Hall , P . M . ; Alfred Gray , P . M . ; R . W . Halfnight , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; J . Eggleston , jun ., P . M . 949 ; T . G . Garrick , I . P . M . ; W . Dawson , W . M . ; J . Scarborough , S . W . j J . Potts , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D . ; T . Henderson , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B . ; and W . Sharpe , P . M ., of 94 ; H . J . Turnbull , P . M . 80 , P . P . G . P . ; R . Singleton ,

W . M . j T . M . Watson , P . M ., P . J . G . D . ; J . J . Clay , P . M ., P . G . D . C ; J . C . Moor , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D . ; and Taylorson Sharp , PM ., of 97 ; Rev . R . Heart Yeld , W . M . 13 S 9 , P . P . G . C ; John Deans , W . M . 2039 ; R . Candlish , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D ,, and J . Ayre , P . M ., P . P . G . S . B ., of 661 ; F . S . Cowper , Sec . 2039 ; Davies , Blake , Bowey , Hunter , Baker , and Brady Swain , Tyler , of 949 .

After the minutes had been confirmed , and the ballot taken for new candidates , and these were initiated , the W . M . elect , Bro . F . Maddison , P . M ., was presented by Bro . George Porteous , P . P . G . O ., to the Installing Master , Bro . Wm . Liddell , P . M ., P . P . S . G . D ., by whom Bro . Maddison was duly installed in the chair of the W . M ., and was afterwards proclaimed and saluted , according to

ancient custom . The newly-installed W . M . having invested Bro . Shadforth , P . M ., as I . P . M ., the following were aftewards appointed and invested as the officers for the year : Bros . George Washington Bain , S . W . ; Francis Marshall Bowey , J . W . ; J . G . Kirtley , P . M ., P . P . J . G . D ., Treas . ( re-elected ); John Barlow , Sec . ( re-appointed ); Baker , S . D . ; Hunter , J . D . ; G . Porteous , P . M ., D . C . ;

McAllum , Org . ; Kemiqius Blake , I . G . ; George Hudson , Marshall , and Turner , Stewards ; and Brady Swain , Tyler . Bro . Shadforth , P . M ., afterwards presented an elegant and valuable snuff-box , with a suitably engraved inscription , to the lodge , which was acknowledged by the W . M . on behalf of the lodge . A telegram had been received from the P . G . Master , Bro . Sir Hedworth Williamson , Bart ., conveying his congratulations . A gold Past Master ' s jewel was pre-