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Approaching Centenary Fete Of The Masonic Female Orphan School, Dublin.
APPROACHING CENTENARY FETE OF THE MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL , DUBLIN .
It is gratifying to know that our Irish brethren have resolved on celebrating in May of next year the one-hundredth anniversary of the foundation of their Masonic E ' emale Orphan School . Indeed , from the particulars we have received , there is little doubt that the fete or f & tes which it is proposed to hold in
commemoration of this important anniversary will be on the grandest and most imposing scale . The School was founded in 1 792 , enlarged in 1852 , arid established in its new and handsome buildings in 1882 . At the present time it clothes , maintains . and educates 80 girls , the orphan daughters of Irish brethren of almost every rank
and calling , and from every part of Ireland . The training the children receive is of its kind most thorough , and well calculated to enable them , on leaving the School at 16 years of age , to undertake such employments as reputable middle-class girls generally are accustomed to seek . The reports delivered at the
annual Festivals of the Institution in Dublin , and the evidence furnished by the children themselves on those occasions have made this clear , nor is there in all Ireland another fete of a similar kind which is more deservedly attractive for its own sake as well as for the sake of those it is designed to benefit , than that of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Dublin .
As regards the Centenary fetes , we have already said they will be on the grandest and most imposing scale imaginable . They will be held under the patronage of the QUEEN , the Prince . and Princess of WALES , the Duke and Duchess of CONNAUGHT , the Countess of ZETLAND—wife of the present Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—the Duke of ABERCORN . M . W . G . M . Ireland ; the
Archbishop of DUBLIN , Grand Chaplain ; the Prince and Princess EDWARD of SAXE-WEIMAR , the Marquis and Marchioness of HEADFORT , the Marquis and Marchioness of LON - DONDERRY , Viscount and Viscountess POWERSCOURT , the Marquis and Marchioness of HERTFORD , Lord and Lady
ARTHUR HlLL , the Earl and Countess of BANDON , Lord and Lady HARLECH , and many other distinguished personages . They will extend throughout the whole of the week commencing on Monday , the 16 th May , 1892 , and will include abazaar and fancy fair , an open air fete , loan exhibition of pictures and other obj ' ects
of art as well as an art union , an Irish and International athletic and cycling meeting , a grand concert by the Masonic Glee Club , the one-hundredth annual distribution of prizes , and a ballot for Vice-Patronshi p , Vice-Presidentships , and Life Governorships of the School . For the purpose of this grand celebration the whole of
the buildings and grounds of the Royal Dublin Society at Ball ' s Brid ge have been engaged , and in order to make it still more attractive it has been arranged that the Main Hall shall form ' A Seventeenth Century Market-place , " after designs furnished b y Bro . B . McGuinnessR . H . A . while the South Hall will
, , he transformed so as to represent " Old Dublin . " The open-air lete will include " living chess , " " musical whist , " cycling and athletic sports , & c , but the bazaar and fancy fair , if we may jud ge from the strong- list of stalls already arranged for , will
'orm as it were the backbone of the fete . The Grand Master ' s stall ( No . 1 ) will be presided over by the Duchess of ABERCORN , and the Deputy Grand Master ' s stall ( No . 2 ) by Mrs . SHEKLETON . ihe School stall ( No . 3 ) will be stocked by the pupils , past and Present , and there will also be the Antrim ( No . 4 ) , the North
v-onnaught ( No . 5 ) , the Midland Counties ( No . 6 ) , the Meath ( No . 7 ) , the Munster ( No . 8 ) , the North Munster ( No . 9 ) , the ^ outh-Eastern ( No . 10 ) , and the Wicklow and Wexford IjNo . 11 ) stalls , which have for their respective Presidentsj Marquis and Marchioness of HERTFORD , Lord and ~ y HARLECH , Colonel COSBY and Lady GORING , the
; drquls and Marchioness of HEADFORT , the Earl and Countess * BANDON , Sir J AMES and Lady SPAIGHT , Bro . STEPHEN * ° , P . G . M ., and Col . R . J . PRATT SAUNDERS , P . G . M . The ^ ° vincial Grand Lodges of Armagh , South Connaught , Londonrr y and Donegal , Down , and Tyrone and Fermanagh have
Approaching Centenary Fete Of The Masonic Female Orphan School, Dublin.
also promised their co-operation , but their several plans and arrangements are still under consideration . Many also of the most influential private lodges have either arranged to have stalls or have appointed Committees for that purpose , among
them being the Grand Master ' s Lodge , Meridian Lodge , No . XII ., the Abercorn Lodge , No . 27 , University Lodge , No . 33 , Trinity College Lodge , No . 357 , University R . A . Chapter , No . 33 , and University Preceptory H . K . T ., St . Patrick ' s Lodge , No . 50 , Military Lodge , No . 728 , and Dublin Garrison Lodge , No . 730 .
The great object of all this display is " to raise a Capital Fund , the interest of which will be applied to help deserving pupils during the two or three critical years after they leave the School to qualify themselves for callings and situations
which will enable them to secure independence . " This , we are told , is " the first object of the Centenary Fund , but power will be reserved to complete the infirmary , to build a drill hall and day room , and to carry out some other needful improvements in
the School' ; and in order to ensure the success of the project foreign and Colonial lodges on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , as well as all friends of the Irish Masonic Charities , are earnestly invited to lend their co-operation , so that the principal
and secondary objects which the Committee have in view may be carried out successfully . For ourselves , we shall be only too pleased to render any service in our power , and we feel confident our numerous English and Scotch readers will not
only wish God-speed to the proposed Centenary of their Irish brethren of this important Charity , but will readily do anything in their power to ensure its success . We will add that the General Centenary Committee , consisting of
the Grand Officers and members of the School Committees , meets at the Masonic Schools Office , 16 , Molesworth-street , Dublin , every Thursday at 4 . 30 p . m ., that the Hon . Treasurers are Bros . J . CREED MEREDITH , J . G . D ., and ANDREW THOMPSON ,
Sec . Lodge XXV . ; and the Hon . Secretaries Bros . GEORGE DRURY , Sec . Lodge IV ., and W . G . HUBAND , Sec . Lodge XII ., G . I . G . Those , therefore , who may be desirous of obtaining
further information than we have been able to give should address their communications to the last mentioned brethren , who will show them every courtesy .
Consecration Of The Exmoor Lodge, No. 2390, At Minehead.
CONSECRATION OF THE EXMOOR LODGE , No . 2390 , AT MINEHEAD .
During the past few years Masonry in West Somerset has made considerable progress , and the ancient lodge , Unanimity and Sincerity , No . 261 , at Taunton , has for some time held the proud position of being the largest in the province . Some nine years ago the plethora of members was relieved by the establishment of a daughter lodge at Wellington , Fidelity and Sincerity , No . 1966 , and numerous brethren in and around Taunton had joined other lodges in the vicinity . But still it has for several years been felt that other outlets for Masonic energy were needed ,
and last year a movement was set on foot for the establishment of a lodge at Minehead . This project took form about the time of the death of the late Prov . G . M ., Lord Carnarvon , and this circumstance led to a delay in the issuing of the charter by the Grand Lodge until early in the present year . Steps were taken for the consecration of the lodge by the new Prov . G . M ., Lord Dungarvan , at as early a period after his assumption of the duties as could be arranged , and the ceremony was fixed for Tuesday , the 26 th ult .
The lodge , which is No . 2390 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England , is very appropriately named the Exmoor , and the charter names the following brethren as founders : Bros . F . T . Elworthy , P . M . 261 and 1966 , P . P . S . G . W . ; F . May , 261 , P . P . G . D . ; G . Saunders , P . M . 261 , P . J . G . W . ; R . Hole , 261 ; Rev . H . S . Hume , 261 ; H . Cox , 201 ; A . Hammett , 261 ; F . W . Roberts , 261 ' ; G . H . Kite , 261 ; E . Clatworthy , 261 ; E . Goodman , 261 ; H . Read , 261 ; and J . S . Haddon , 261 , P . M . 1966 .
The proceedings commenced with a short public service at St . Andrew ' s Church . Bro . the Rev . J . A . Lloyd , Past Grand Chaplain of England , Past Prov . Grand Chaplain of Somerset , had undertaken to give the address , but the Bishop ' s visitation oeing fixed for Tuesday he was unable to do so , his place being worthily' taken by Bro . the Rev . H . S . Hume , vicar of Staple Fitzpaine , J . W . of the Taunton Lodge . The rev . brother took for his text the words " The greatest of these is Charity . " I . Corinthians , xiii ., 13 th verse .
He said that among the various features which were characteristic of the present day there stood out prominently this one—that they lived in an age of confederacies . On every side , for almost every purpose , they saw men binding themselves together in organisations for the purpose of self protection and class defence , for objects of certain good , and also , he feared , for objects that were not good—for objects of avowed evil . Men , in one word , organised , and out of that tendency of the day , one truth , he thought , had arisen with great vividness and clearness , namely , that if confederacies were needed for
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Approaching Centenary Fete Of The Masonic Female Orphan School, Dublin.
APPROACHING CENTENARY FETE OF THE MASONIC FEMALE ORPHAN SCHOOL , DUBLIN .
It is gratifying to know that our Irish brethren have resolved on celebrating in May of next year the one-hundredth anniversary of the foundation of their Masonic E ' emale Orphan School . Indeed , from the particulars we have received , there is little doubt that the fete or f & tes which it is proposed to hold in
commemoration of this important anniversary will be on the grandest and most imposing scale . The School was founded in 1 792 , enlarged in 1852 , arid established in its new and handsome buildings in 1882 . At the present time it clothes , maintains . and educates 80 girls , the orphan daughters of Irish brethren of almost every rank
and calling , and from every part of Ireland . The training the children receive is of its kind most thorough , and well calculated to enable them , on leaving the School at 16 years of age , to undertake such employments as reputable middle-class girls generally are accustomed to seek . The reports delivered at the
annual Festivals of the Institution in Dublin , and the evidence furnished by the children themselves on those occasions have made this clear , nor is there in all Ireland another fete of a similar kind which is more deservedly attractive for its own sake as well as for the sake of those it is designed to benefit , than that of the Masonic Female Orphan School of Dublin .
As regards the Centenary fetes , we have already said they will be on the grandest and most imposing scale imaginable . They will be held under the patronage of the QUEEN , the Prince . and Princess of WALES , the Duke and Duchess of CONNAUGHT , the Countess of ZETLAND—wife of the present Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—the Duke of ABERCORN . M . W . G . M . Ireland ; the
Archbishop of DUBLIN , Grand Chaplain ; the Prince and Princess EDWARD of SAXE-WEIMAR , the Marquis and Marchioness of HEADFORT , the Marquis and Marchioness of LON - DONDERRY , Viscount and Viscountess POWERSCOURT , the Marquis and Marchioness of HERTFORD , Lord and Lady
ARTHUR HlLL , the Earl and Countess of BANDON , Lord and Lady HARLECH , and many other distinguished personages . They will extend throughout the whole of the week commencing on Monday , the 16 th May , 1892 , and will include abazaar and fancy fair , an open air fete , loan exhibition of pictures and other obj ' ects
of art as well as an art union , an Irish and International athletic and cycling meeting , a grand concert by the Masonic Glee Club , the one-hundredth annual distribution of prizes , and a ballot for Vice-Patronshi p , Vice-Presidentships , and Life Governorships of the School . For the purpose of this grand celebration the whole of
the buildings and grounds of the Royal Dublin Society at Ball ' s Brid ge have been engaged , and in order to make it still more attractive it has been arranged that the Main Hall shall form ' A Seventeenth Century Market-place , " after designs furnished b y Bro . B . McGuinnessR . H . A . while the South Hall will
, , he transformed so as to represent " Old Dublin . " The open-air lete will include " living chess , " " musical whist , " cycling and athletic sports , & c , but the bazaar and fancy fair , if we may jud ge from the strong- list of stalls already arranged for , will
'orm as it were the backbone of the fete . The Grand Master ' s stall ( No . 1 ) will be presided over by the Duchess of ABERCORN , and the Deputy Grand Master ' s stall ( No . 2 ) by Mrs . SHEKLETON . ihe School stall ( No . 3 ) will be stocked by the pupils , past and Present , and there will also be the Antrim ( No . 4 ) , the North
v-onnaught ( No . 5 ) , the Midland Counties ( No . 6 ) , the Meath ( No . 7 ) , the Munster ( No . 8 ) , the North Munster ( No . 9 ) , the ^ outh-Eastern ( No . 10 ) , and the Wicklow and Wexford IjNo . 11 ) stalls , which have for their respective Presidentsj Marquis and Marchioness of HERTFORD , Lord and ~ y HARLECH , Colonel COSBY and Lady GORING , the
; drquls and Marchioness of HEADFORT , the Earl and Countess * BANDON , Sir J AMES and Lady SPAIGHT , Bro . STEPHEN * ° , P . G . M ., and Col . R . J . PRATT SAUNDERS , P . G . M . The ^ ° vincial Grand Lodges of Armagh , South Connaught , Londonrr y and Donegal , Down , and Tyrone and Fermanagh have
Approaching Centenary Fete Of The Masonic Female Orphan School, Dublin.
also promised their co-operation , but their several plans and arrangements are still under consideration . Many also of the most influential private lodges have either arranged to have stalls or have appointed Committees for that purpose , among
them being the Grand Master ' s Lodge , Meridian Lodge , No . XII ., the Abercorn Lodge , No . 27 , University Lodge , No . 33 , Trinity College Lodge , No . 357 , University R . A . Chapter , No . 33 , and University Preceptory H . K . T ., St . Patrick ' s Lodge , No . 50 , Military Lodge , No . 728 , and Dublin Garrison Lodge , No . 730 .
The great object of all this display is " to raise a Capital Fund , the interest of which will be applied to help deserving pupils during the two or three critical years after they leave the School to qualify themselves for callings and situations
which will enable them to secure independence . " This , we are told , is " the first object of the Centenary Fund , but power will be reserved to complete the infirmary , to build a drill hall and day room , and to carry out some other needful improvements in
the School' ; and in order to ensure the success of the project foreign and Colonial lodges on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Ireland , as well as all friends of the Irish Masonic Charities , are earnestly invited to lend their co-operation , so that the principal
and secondary objects which the Committee have in view may be carried out successfully . For ourselves , we shall be only too pleased to render any service in our power , and we feel confident our numerous English and Scotch readers will not
only wish God-speed to the proposed Centenary of their Irish brethren of this important Charity , but will readily do anything in their power to ensure its success . We will add that the General Centenary Committee , consisting of
the Grand Officers and members of the School Committees , meets at the Masonic Schools Office , 16 , Molesworth-street , Dublin , every Thursday at 4 . 30 p . m ., that the Hon . Treasurers are Bros . J . CREED MEREDITH , J . G . D ., and ANDREW THOMPSON ,
Sec . Lodge XXV . ; and the Hon . Secretaries Bros . GEORGE DRURY , Sec . Lodge IV ., and W . G . HUBAND , Sec . Lodge XII ., G . I . G . Those , therefore , who may be desirous of obtaining
further information than we have been able to give should address their communications to the last mentioned brethren , who will show them every courtesy .
Consecration Of The Exmoor Lodge, No. 2390, At Minehead.
CONSECRATION OF THE EXMOOR LODGE , No . 2390 , AT MINEHEAD .
During the past few years Masonry in West Somerset has made considerable progress , and the ancient lodge , Unanimity and Sincerity , No . 261 , at Taunton , has for some time held the proud position of being the largest in the province . Some nine years ago the plethora of members was relieved by the establishment of a daughter lodge at Wellington , Fidelity and Sincerity , No . 1966 , and numerous brethren in and around Taunton had joined other lodges in the vicinity . But still it has for several years been felt that other outlets for Masonic energy were needed ,
and last year a movement was set on foot for the establishment of a lodge at Minehead . This project took form about the time of the death of the late Prov . G . M ., Lord Carnarvon , and this circumstance led to a delay in the issuing of the charter by the Grand Lodge until early in the present year . Steps were taken for the consecration of the lodge by the new Prov . G . M ., Lord Dungarvan , at as early a period after his assumption of the duties as could be arranged , and the ceremony was fixed for Tuesday , the 26 th ult .
The lodge , which is No . 2390 on the roll of the Grand Lodge of England , is very appropriately named the Exmoor , and the charter names the following brethren as founders : Bros . F . T . Elworthy , P . M . 261 and 1966 , P . P . S . G . W . ; F . May , 261 , P . P . G . D . ; G . Saunders , P . M . 261 , P . J . G . W . ; R . Hole , 261 ; Rev . H . S . Hume , 261 ; H . Cox , 201 ; A . Hammett , 261 ; F . W . Roberts , 261 ' ; G . H . Kite , 261 ; E . Clatworthy , 261 ; E . Goodman , 261 ; H . Read , 261 ; and J . S . Haddon , 261 , P . M . 1966 .
The proceedings commenced with a short public service at St . Andrew ' s Church . Bro . the Rev . J . A . Lloyd , Past Grand Chaplain of England , Past Prov . Grand Chaplain of Somerset , had undertaken to give the address , but the Bishop ' s visitation oeing fixed for Tuesday he was unable to do so , his place being worthily' taken by Bro . the Rev . H . S . Hume , vicar of Staple Fitzpaine , J . W . of the Taunton Lodge . The rev . brother took for his text the words " The greatest of these is Charity . " I . Corinthians , xiii ., 13 th verse .
He said that among the various features which were characteristic of the present day there stood out prominently this one—that they lived in an age of confederacies . On every side , for almost every purpose , they saw men binding themselves together in organisations for the purpose of self protection and class defence , for objects of certain good , and also , he feared , for objects that were not good—for objects of avowed evil . Men , in one word , organised , and out of that tendency of the day , one truth , he thought , had arisen with great vividness and clearness , namely , that if confederacies were needed for