Cheshire Educational Masonic Institution.

CHESHIRE EDUCATIONAL MASONIC INSTITUTION .

The annual Court of the Governors of the above Institution was held at Crewe , on the 29 th ult ., present : Uros . John fohn Wood , P . G . S . W . in the chair ; Lord De Tabley , ' R . W . P . G . M . ; Hy . Bulley , Jas . Salmon , Rev . J . L . N . vill lames , C . J . Howard , Ed . Friend , G . VV . Latham , Id G .

Parker , Rev . R . Hodgson , R . Beales , I-I . J . Lloyd , W . _ I . Lightfoot , J . Jackson , jun ., Peter Wadsworth , J . P . Piatt , Hon . Treas ., and J . K . Stevenson , Hon . Sec . The report for the past year was presented and a statement of accounts read , by which it was shown that the income derived from investments was £ ISI 17 s ., and that the funds of the institution , including cash in hand and at

the bankers , amount to £ 4121 Ss . 3 d . Twenty-four children were on the books last year , who cost for education and advancement £ 145 13 s . Sd . ; and the expenses for printing & c . were about £ 40 ; four of the children go off the books for vaiious reasons , but five new candidates

were elected ; and the various sums voted for education for the present year amount in all to £ 179 ios . _ As our readers are no doubt aware , there is no special school for the children , but they are sent to schools in various towns were they reside , and are left under the care and protection of their mothers and guardians , through whom the school fees are paid .

Masonic Ball.

MASONIC BALL .

A grand Masonic soiree and ball was held on Friday , the 31 st ult ., at the Hull Public Rooms , under the auspices of the De La Pole Lodge , No . 1 C 05 . The re-union was well attended by the members of the Craft and their fair friends , and was , in every respect , a gratifying success . The band of the 16 th ( Queen ' s Own ) Lancers played an excellent

and varied selection of music , while Bro . John Nutton and Madame Jonnelier greatly added to the enjoyment of the company by their pleasing vocalisation . During the dancing Bro . Hoivth ably acted as Master of Ceremonies , and the folloiving brethren ably seconded his efforts as Stewards : Bros . II . Preston , P . M ., P . P . G . D . ; J . R . Ansdell , P . M . ; G . Smith , J . W . ; R . Gillett , Chap . ; J .

Robinson , S . D . ; J . B . Mather , J . D . ; C . H . Wright , D . C . ; H . Urewery , Steward ; W . A . Bennett , I . G . ; T . G . Lloyd , G . Lansdale , R . Simpson , R . Fetch , VV . B . Marshall , J . A . Stirling , and J . Chappell . The room | was beautifully decorated with plants and Masonic banners , the whole presenting a picturesque appearance . A bust ol Her

Majesty the Queen was placed on a pedestal in the orchestra , whilst an excellent photograph of the Prince of Wales , in full costume as Grand Alaster , graced the front . The whole arrangements were very successfully carried out by Bros . XV . Gillett , W . M . ; P . C . Whitfield , Hon . Sec ; andC . W . Cheesman , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Secretary of the Entertainment Committee .

Freemasonry In New York.

FREEMASONRY IN NEW YORK .

Our special attraction to the city of New York in February last , was to attend the Grand Reception , given by Palestine Commandery , No . iS , of Knights Templars , on the evening of the 15 th , at the Academy of Music and Nilsson Hall , concerning which we have heretofore spoken . It is necessary for us to condense what we have to say , now

that we have been there , though we could easily extend our notice to several pages . In company with Past Eminent Commanders John Haigh'and Daniel H . Smith , of Massachusetts , we were courteously invited to witness the Practice Drill in the afternoon , which , as well as the Exhibition Drill in the evening , fully sustained the reputation of this body for skill in this particular . As a matter

of course , our chief interest was to be gratified in the display of the evening , to which the skilful use of devices in gaS jets , banners , bunting , plants and flowers , were made to contribute in the most artistic manner . In regard to these we cannot particularize , any more than we would attempt to individualize the forms and features , costumes and fashions of the many brilliant appearing ladies ,

at whom wc looked as amongst the fairest flowers . The arrangement for guests to witness the various evolutions in drill and dance , was admirable , and the view from this point was one of the best . We were glad to observe a party of Sir Knights from Springfield , Massachusetts , and the pleasant way in which they fraternized in

New York , but our genius did not detain us very late , and we cannot say much about the later portion of the entertainment . So far as we could observe , the committees were exceedingly busy , and we did not add to their labonr by unnecessaril y taxing their time ; we presume , however , that the exhibition was a financial success , as much so , as it was socially .

During our recent short trip to the city of New York , we had the pleasure of meeting a few of the brethren " whose well-known fame hath spread both far and wide for deeds of" Masonic and knightly courtesy . Our interview with Bro . Albert P . Moriarty , Assistant Gr . Sec . Gen . of thc Supreme Council , N . J ., confirms the opinion that he is the right man for the place , and every one who has ever heard

of Bro . John VV . Simons , must also know that somehow or other , he has learned the secret of perpetual youth . We found him busily engaged in editorial work for the Dispatch , but he at once volunteered to escort us to the ollice of Bro . Charles T . McClenachan , and together we mutually entertained each other . As a matter of course , we settled the status of all dissenters from the true plan of

Masonry , and voted ourselves contented . We regret , that owing to a series of delays , and the rain , we could not accompany Bro . McClenachan on Thursday evening , on a visit to witness the old work , in one of the lodges , performed by veteran workmen . Our visit was made more pleasant by meeting our old friend , a former Grand Lecturer of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts , Dr . Seranus Bowen , now practising his profession in New York . We

also had an agreeable interview with Brother Albert G . Goodall IX ., Chief Magus of the Rosicrucian Society in this State , but our stay was too limited , and we shall try again at greater length . Among those to whom we are grateful for many acts of kindness , is Bro . G . K . Lansing , Manager of the Astor House , where we were made to feel the comforts not only of an hotel , but of a home . —The Liberal Freemason .

Grand Lodge Of Pennsylvania.

GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA .

The regular Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania was held in Corinthian Hall , Masonic Temple , Philadelphia , on the ist ult ., R . W . Grand Master , Bro . the Hon . Samuel B . Dick , presiding . A very large number of District Deputy Grand Masters , and members from all parts of the jurisdiction were present , besides many visitors , completely filling the Corinthian

Hall . The proceedings throughout were interesting and harmonious . The Committees on Finance , Landmarks , Appeals , Masonic Temple , & c , rendered their reports , all of wliich proved that the Fraternity in this jurisdiction is in a highly prosperous condition . A memorial on the Masonic life and services of the late

Past Grand Master , Bro . Alfred K . Potter , was read by Past Grand Master , Bro . Samuel C . Perkins , and ordered to be entered upon the minutes . The GRAND MASTER announced that the various subcommittees haying charge of the arrangements for the Sesqui Centennial celebration of the Granel Lodge of Pennsylvania , on St . John the Baptist's day , June 24 th , 1 SS 2 ,

were actively at work , and that as soon as the details were duly arranged , the Grand Secretary will officially inform the lodges thereof . The Grand Master gave a brief outline of the celebration as follows : The Craft will form at eight o'clock on the morning of June 24 th , on Broad-street , south of the Public Buildings . The brethren will be marshalled in line as lodges , the junior lodge being on the right

of the line , under the Grand Marshalship of Major-General Bro . the Hon . John F . Hartranft . All participating will wear white lambskin aprons , which the sub-committee on aprons are prepared to furnish at fifty cents , each . Officers of lodges and Past Masters will wear , in addition , their jewels , suspended from the left lappel of their coats . Masonic dress will be strictly observed . The procession will

move , at nine o clock precisely , up Broad-street to Columbiaavenue , and then countermarch . Meantime , at nine o'clock , the R . W . Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania will open , in Corinthian Hall , Masonic Temple , and an address of welcome will be delivered to the distinguished visiting brethren , guests of the Grand Lodge , followed by other brief addresses from brethren yet to be named , on the growth of

the Grand Lodge , the growth of subordinate lodges , and the Grand Masters of Pennsylvania . The Grand Lodge will then close , and when the left of the line of procession reaches the Masonic Temple , the Grand Officers and their guests will join the procession . When the head of the line reaches Broad and Arch-street , en the return , the line will open order , the Grand Ofiicers and their guests proceed to

the front , when the procession will continue on to the Academy of Music , where the main ceremonies of theday will take place . These will include three Masonic orations by brethren of this jurisdiction , yet to be named , the addresses to be interspersed with music . The grand banquet will take place in the evening . It is a fact known to the brethren that the Craft dedicate

their Masonic temples to Freemasonry , Virtue and Science , and Universal Benevolence . This last is no unmeaning phrase , as was proved at this communication of the Right Worshipful Lodge of Pennsylvania , when the sum of 300 dollars was appropriated out of the funds of the Grand

Lodge for the relief of the Jewish refugees from Russia , lately arrived in this city , and the like sum of 300 dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the late fire and explosion at Chester , Pa . This Quarterly Communication was one of great interest , and enjoyed by the very large number of brethren who were privileged to participate . —Keystone .

Punctuality.

PUNCTUALITY .

Amongst the little things that do great harm to our Fraternity is " want of punctuality . " We could all name lodges in which the Worshipful Master generally made his appearance in great haste , breathless , excited , from half to three-quarters of an hour late . What is the result ? The officers and brethren noticing the habits of their Master soon fall into similar ways , and the brethren being

summoned at seven seldom put in an appearance till after eight . The hour is then late , business has to be rushed through " helter-skelter , " the " work 'j is abbreviated as much as possible , and those attending , instead of enjoying a social , pleasant evening , find all haste and confusion , whilst the candidate is disgusted at the evident hurry there is made to put him through . And thus the beauty of our ceremonies is marred , and the impressiveness of the ritual

destroyed , because the Worshipful Master is regardless of time , and will not be punctual in his place in the lodge . How annoyed we have seen visiting brethren and felt ourselves at waiting in a cold ante-room forty or fifty minutes before anybody but the Tyler made his appearance . It is thorough misery , and very seldom will a visitor return to a lodge in which he has been so treated . Now when it is so easy to be " on time , " and when the effect is so pernicious ,

no brother has the right to keep others waiting , and thus delay the business and work ot the lodge . Besides it i . not right to keep the lodge open till the " we sma' hours " of the morning appear , or even late at night . Men that work'during the day and have to rise with the dawn , like to retire to their slumbers early ; but what is more important , the fair sex do not like their husbands and brothers to be " out till all hours at the lodge , " and brethren , when they

nnd they cannot get home early , are apt to drop off in their attendance . Thus the want of punctuality drives many from us ; many a good and enthusiastic brother is thus lost . Let such a Mason first make up his mind he will go every second night , and then once a month—after a little while it is every two months , and finally , wearying of the negligence and unseemly haste in business and work caused by this want of punctuality on part of ofiicers and brethren , he

loses all interest in the thing , and either asks for his dimit or allows himself to be suspended for non-payment of dues . The habit of punctuality is one that should be cultivated by every person , but it should be especially so by the Freemason . In olden times lodges were in the habit , it is said , of fining members who came late , and it would not be much out of the way if the plan were adopted in some lodges at

the present time that we could name . We have seen the brethren waiting till past nine for their Worshipful Master , and then have to send for him . There is no surer or speedier way of " running down " a lodge than this . It is both discourteous and ungentlemanly for any brother to thus keep a number of others waiting . Would he be late if the President of thc United States had notified him that hc desired

Punctuality.

him to wait upon him at a certain hour ? Oh , no ! But , yet , he has thc impudence to allow a number of gentlemen to "suck their thumbs" at the lodge-room for an hour or so , while hc , perchance in his slippers and dressing-gown , is puffing away at his cigar at home . All business men that have ever succeeded in life have bcen men of the most precise and punctual habits .

Punctuality is as necessary in Masonry as it is in business , and no brother will succeed in life or in Masonry who is negligent regarding it . The want of it is the sure forerunner of slovenly and careless habits , and tends to produce a callousness with regard to the wishes of others that is sure to denote the selfish man . No Freemason can be selfish ; it is contrary to the very spirit of our Institution . No selfish man can ever understand the key-note of

Freemasonry , viz . : Chanty , and consequently every brother , the moment he notes within himself any characteristics growing upon him that has a tendency to selfishness he should strive to correct it as _ quickly as possible . It is the little things in life that conjointly form and create our characters . The following couplet exactly expresses our thoughts upon this subject : " Little drops of water , little grains of sand ,

Make the mighty ocean and the beauteous land . " Yes , it is the little grains of sand and the little drops of water that prove the turning point in our life ' s career , in our life ' s history . The want of punctuality may appear a very "weeny little thing . " "Ten minutes late , what difference ? " "It is the first time I have kept them waiting , and Bro . Smith , the Senior Warden , is always late . I'll just read this speech of Guiteau's before I go ; " and thus

the brother stills his conscience , and then in a hurry hc hastens off , half dressed , and , on arriving at the lodge , finds himself an hour behind time , and that two or three of the brethren have left . He determined then and there to correct the fault , but next lodge night it is very snowy , cold and bleak , and . the fire is tempting , and he determines to take one more cup of coffee before ' leavinsr , and then the

evening paper conies in and he must take a glance at that , and but it is the same thing over again , and by-andby this becomes a habit with him , and afetr a time the brethren notice it ; they come late , and the lodge , instead of closing before ten ( as lodges should , do ) is frequently not through with its preliminary business by that , hour . Late hours destroy the harmony of the lodge ;

goodnatured , middle-aged gentlemen begin to grumble ; hardworking artisans who have to rise with the sun , express an opinion that " they don't care about being out half the night ; " busy clerks and accountants find it breaks upon their routine habits—a blow has been struck at the Fraternity by a Master of the ludge , and all through a reckless and . wanton selfishness that is perfectly

inexcusable ; tor there is no excuse in the generality of cases for want of punctuality . Let brethren , therefore , cultivate punctuality in all the affairs of everyday life . Every man ' s time , if he likes to occupy it , is worth something , and the loss of time is oftimes a pecuniary and a mental intellectual loss

consequently every brother should so arrange his time that he would be able to keep his engagements . Itis all habit , and it is as easy for a man to be punctual and prompt on time as it is to be unpunctual and an hour or two late . Remember the want of punctuality is a small and sneaking species of selfishness . —Hro . Ramsav in the " Masonic Review . "

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