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^^^^^^^ SATURDAY , J UNE 9 , 1894

Masonic Noets.

Masonic Noets .

It were a sin unpardonable to let pass the opportunity afforded by the retirement of Bro : Thomas Fenn from the Presidency of the Board of General Purposes without expressing our gratitude to him for the valuable services he has rendered in that and other offices , and our admiration for the manner in which he ha .

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performed them . •Bro . Fenn has been so long before the Craft , and has served it with untiring zeal and conspicuous ability in so many different capacities , that it would be difficult to decide in which of them he has most excelled . However , the post of President of the Board of General Purposes is not only one of the

most responsible in Grand Lodge , but it is likewise one in which such a knowledge of our laws and precedents , coupled with tact and discretion , is required as it is given to few to attain . That hc has exhibited this knowledge and these qualities is shown by the regret

with which the news of his retirement has been received , and in expressing to Bro . Fenn our thanks for what he has done , we wish him many years of health and happiness in which he may enjoy the respect and affection of his brother Masons .

* * * His successor—Bro . Loveland-Loveland—is comparatively an untried man . He has , indeed , held a somewhat similar office in the Mark Degree for a short time , and this will , no doubt , render his new duties in

Craft Masonry less unfamiliar than they might otherwise have been . He has , however , done good work in the various branches of Masonry with which he is connected , and we trust that in time he may be able to point to as proud a record as that of the distinguished brother he has just succeeded .

* Present indications are certainly in favour of the approaching Festival at Brighton on Wednesday , the 27 th inst ., in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys proving a great success , and we have little , if any , doubt that , when the proper time arrives , it will

be our privilege to congratulate the Prov . G . Master of West Yorkshire and his Province in particular , as well as the Craft in town and country generally , on a result which will compare satisfactorily with those of the year's Festivals which have been already held . » ? »

In the first place , the Board of Stewards keeps on increasing in numbers , and though numbers are not by any means a safe criterion to go by in estimating the probable results of an anniversary meeting , it is tolerably certain that a big Board will return a big total , even though the average per list may be

somewhat below the usual figure , ln this instance the Board is well on its way towards a strength of 600 , and even with an average of only ^ 30 per list , this means a total which will nearly approach , if it does not equal , that of the Girls' School Festival last month , when the Board was only 450 strong , and the average per list / 40 .

* * * However , it is early yet to be estimating results in detail , when the Board is still incomplete , and almost the only plea we can offer in extenuation is the hope that the Returns may be worthy of the great efforts we know are being made by the Stewards and Secretary

of the Institution . West Yorkshire is exerting itself strenuously to do honour to its new chief , and close on two-fifths of the whole Board will hail from that Province . Quite three-fourths of the other Provinces have sent Stewards , and London , though we have

known it to be stronger at previous ordinary Festivals , furnishes a stout contingent of brethren , of whom but a moderate proportion is Unattached . At all events , what little we have gleaned from a cursory glance at the list of Stewards , is , as we have said , most

encouraging . Well , if it should turn out that the Boy s' School Festival of 18 94 is the most successful of the three events of the year , the Executive officers and friends of the other Charities will be the first to congratulate it . They , as

well as we , know well that , while the claims of all three Institutions are equal , the needs of the Boys' School are , just for the moment , the most pressing . In the matter of permanent income , it is lamentably behind its sister Charities . Its annual expenditure ranges

between £ 12 , 000 and £ 13 , , while its permanent income is less than £ 1200 , It will be a source of satisfaction to the whole English Craft if in this respect the position of the Boys' School is substantially improved by the result of the approaching Anniversary .

It is always an agreeable duty to record the introduction into the Craft of a candidate bearing a name wellknown and honoured in Masonry , and the pleasure is increased when it happens that a father has the good

fortune to initiate his son , as was the case on Saturday last , at the Pegasus Lodge , held at Gravesend , when Bro . C . F . Matier had that pleasant experience . We congratulate both father and son , and trust that the latter will , as time goes on , establish a record that will be worth y of the parental reputation .

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As becomes the Masonic representative of the Quaker State , the Keystone of Philadelphia is not usually given to hysterics , and soberly plods its weekly round in the most exemplary manner ; but it sometimes gets a fright , this time over what it is pleased to consider a violation of the Regulations as to

publishing the esoteric work of the Craft . Well , we are old enough to remember a time when a number of dear , good old Masons thought it a Masonic offence to publish anything Masonic at all , either in the form of a newspaper or a printed work even so harmless as a

lodge history . We are as fully alive to the necessity of preserving inviolate the essentials of what are known as Masonic secrets as our good friend the Keystone , and we think the two papers which are bracketed with ourselves in the Keystone ' s Index expurgatoriits are no less alive to their responsibilities .

* * * Curiously enough , the article which our contemporary fastens on in support of its theory with regard to ourselves is an extract from one of its American contemporaries which found its way into our columns , and was duly acknowledged by us . We leave to the

American Tyler , in which the harmless effusion lirst appeared , the task of soothing the terror of its nearer neighbour , and in the meantime we shall try as best we can to live down the scorn of our contemporary . We have the advantage of our good friends the Mallet and the Indian Masonic Review , in that our offence is definitely pointed out , but they are also

accused of writing " all sorts of stuff in order to have something to print . " We venture to think that during the quarter of a century of our existence we have successfully endeavoured to pursue our course without wounding the susceptibilities of our readers , whatever we may have done in the case of our hypercritical contemporary .

To Correspondents.

To Correspondents .

We regret to be obliged to hold over several communications until next week , amongst others the report of the Prov . G . Chapter of West Yorkshire , Ladies' Night of the Camden Lodge , & c .

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ABERGAVENNY . Philanthropic Lodge ( No . S 18 ) . — The regular lodge meeting held at the Freemasons' Hall , on the iSth April , was attended by a very large number of brethren and was a most pleasant and successful gathering , the special feature of the evening being the presentation to several of the old , tried , and highly esteemed brethren of frit A l . 4 l . aitUTA aA ... nlM »» _ J A 1 « L 1 _? . L — I _ - ** 1 . _ 1 . 1 1 _ £ — !?__ niu aiuauic io late

. jcwcm auu Liurning ucionging me uro . Crawshay Bailey . _ After the formal opening of the lodge and the confirmation of the minutes , Bros . Freeman , Blennerhassett , and Mullin were passed to the Second Degree by Bro . W . R . Elmes , P . M ., D . C , who performed the ceremony in a very impressive and efficient manner . The Commmittee for General Purposes , to whom the subject of Bro . Crawshay

Bailey ' s jewels had been referred for consideration then submitted their report , of which the following is an extract : ' ¦ ' The Secretary , Bro . I . T . Williams , stated he was authorised by Bro . J . Berry Walford to inform the Committee that the Masonic clothing and jewels which belonged to the late Bro . Crawshay Bailey had through the kindness and generosity of Mrs . Gordon Canning in conjunction

with Mrs . Curre been given to the lodge , and it was the wish of those ladies that the articles should be bestowed upon such members of the lodge as were considered worthy to receive them . The brethren whose names appear below were unanimously selected as the recipients , having in various ways rendered important services to the Order and being regarded as true and loyal Masons , who had been

closely connected with the lodge for many years and had spared no time or trouble in promoting its success . " I ' pon the proposition of Bro . T . H . Tomkins , P . M ., seconded by Bro . Hy . Pryor , I . G ., the report of the Committee was adopted in open lodge . Bro . Henry C . Evans , W . M ., then moved a most cordial vote of thanks to Mrs . Gordon Canning and Mrs . Curre for the very handsome gift

and referred in eulogistic terms to the generous and kindly thought of the donors in placing in the hands of the lodge such splendid mementos of our distinguished and much beloved Bro . Crawshay Bailey . The vote was very warmly supported by miny of the Past Masters and carried with acclamation . Bro . J . Berry Walford , in response to an invitation from the lodge , kindly attended and made the

presentations . Bro . Walford , in the course of an eloquent speech , which was well received , said it had been his privilege to represent the Bailey family for many years and on various occasions , but he could honestly say that he had never experienced greater pleasure than in being permitted to represent them that evening , and he appreciated the compliment the lodge had paid him by inviting him there . It was the expressed desire of Mrs . Gordon Canning , with

tbe full concurrence and approval of her sister , Mrs . Curre , that the clothing and jewels should be worn by members of the lodge with which their late beloved father had been associated for so many years , and where his memory was still cherished with so much affection . He hoped that those who had been so deservedly chosen to receive these jewels , which were so precious in the eyes of all Masons , would remember that they originally belonged to a member of this lod ge who had left behind him a name much honoured