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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . SUMMER HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS . NEWCASTLE RACES , J 23 , 24 , & 25 . FRIDAY , JUNE 19 , Cheap Excursions for 11 days will be run from LONDON to Northallerton , Darlington , NEWCASTLE , Richmond , Durham , Berwick , EDINBURGH , and GLASGOW : and for 5 or n days to STIRLING , Perth , Dundee , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness . & c . EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON until September 06 th , inclusive , to ST . ALBANS and HARPENDEN , from Moo ' rgate-st ., 2 . 15 p . m . •Aldersgate-st ., 2 . 17 ; Farringdon-<* --. ; King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 40 ; Finsbury-park , 2 . 46 . " MONDAY , JUNE 22 nd , for 4 days from LONDON to NEWCASTLE , Northallerton , Richmond , Darlington , and Durham . _ For fares and full particulars , see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations and Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly CirCUS " HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King ' s Cross , June , 1 S 91 .
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VICTORIA STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION , LIMITED . MAGNIFICENT Saloon Steamer , "LORD OF THE ISLES , " fitted with the Electric Light , and capable of dining 200 at one sitting , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , Tilbury , Clacton-on-sea , Harwich , for Ipswich , and back same day , DAILY ( Fridays only excepted ) , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) , at g . 30 a . m .
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THE Favourite and Fast Saloon Steamer , " GLEN ROSA , " or the New Saloon Steamer " MERMAID , " fitted with Awnings and Commodious Saloons lighted by Electricity , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) , at 11 a . m ., DAILY ( Sundays included ) , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , Gravesend , Southend , and Sheerness and back , 1 calling at Greenwich , Blackwall , and South Woolwich . I
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SPECIAL Saloon Steamer , DAILY ( Weather permitting ) , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS and GRAVESEND , from Old Swan Pier , LONDON BRIDGE , nf 1 n m .
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** - ¦ J f THE New and Favourite Saloon Steamer "CARDINAL WOLSEY , " DAILY ( Sundays included ) , for HAMPTON COURT PALACE , Bushey Park , Richmond , Kingston , Surbiton or Teddington , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) at 10 a . m . ¦ Chelsea , 11 a . m . ; Putney Bridge ( District Railway Pier ) , 11 . 15 a . m . ; and Keiv at 12 noon . Returning from Hampton Court at 5 p . m .
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KEW GARDENS . ( Open free to the public weekdays and Sundays . ) STEAMERS to KEW GARDENS , Wandsworth , Putney Bridge ( District Railway ) , Putney , Barnes , Mortlake and Hammersmith , DAILY ( Sundays included ) , every half hour from 10 a . m ., and 11 a . m . on Sundays , from Cadogan Pier , Chelsea .
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DATTERSEA PARK & CHELSEA . STEAMERS •^ from all Piers every 10 minutes .
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QREENWICH PARK . STEAMERS from all *"' Piers every half hour . Extra Steamers when necessary . Refreshments of the Finest Quality on board all the Steamers . ARNOLD E . WILLIAMS , Managing Director . EDGAR SHAND , General Manager and Secretary . OFFICESVictoria House , Laurence Pountney-lane , City , E . C .
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SUMMER BANQUETS . THE CLARENCE ROOMS of THE HOTEL METROPOLE , BRIGHTON , are Specially Adapted for the SUMMER BANQUETS ot Learned Societies , Masonic Lodges , & c . The CLARENCE ROOMS have a Separate Entrance , Ma contain every possible Comfort and Convenience . full particulars on application to ^ MANAGER , Hotel Metropole , Brighton .
To Correspondents
To Correspondents
! '•L . R . —If the Master of a lodge is incapable of discharging the duties of his office , the Senior Warden , or in a iw c ? of the Senior Warden the Junior Warden acts f , fl [ ' summoning the lodge , and only in the event 1 "oth these officers being absent does the Immediate Past thTiM upon mmself tnat duty 5 but in the absence of Th i as ^ the Imm ediate Past Master takes the chair . ne law in respect to this is very clearly laid down in the institutions , Rule 141 .
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SATURDAY , J UNE 13 , 1891 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic notes .
Gra i r f ° the Board of General Pur P ° ses at heavi (¦ ge n We dnesdayi the 3 rd inst was the C 0 ] le ^ on record , over 880 voting papers being « norn b y the Scrut -neers Notwithstanding this min " nu « iber their report was handed in a few es after te « , or in a little over two and a half hours .
Masonic Notes.
The preparations for the Boys' School Festival , which is now so near at hand , are fast approaching completion , and there is every reason to hope that when the day arrives everything will go off smoothly . Our experience of Brighton in connection with sundry
past anniversaries of this Institution fully justifies this expectation . On the three occasions on which the Festival has been held at this popular seaside resort , the gathering proved very successful—we are not so much referring to the amounts raised as the manner in which
everything was carried out . As a mere excursion to the seaside , the visit to London-super-Mare was most en . joyable , and we dare say that on the 24 th instant , whatever may be the pecuniary result , the meeting itself will leave nothing to be desired .
vF 4 £ -JF Nor from the fact the Board of Stewards already exceeds 750 brethren is there any reason to be despondent about the total of the subscriptions and donations . We must caution our readers against being too sanguine ,
against anticipating the very hig h returns we have heard suggested—returns which are certainly not impossible , but which may be regarded as very improbable . We may look to have a good round sum announced . The Chairman ' s and other large Provinces
are working hard , and the London section of the Board is strong in numbers and will doubtless give a very good account of itself . But we must not expect too much ,
or the figure we hope to hear announced , high though it may be and most creditable to the Stewards , will be disappointing to some of us at all events .
We must remind our readers that the Boys' School Annual Athletic Sports will be held to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon in the grounds of the Institution at Wood Green , and g iven fine weather , which is indispensable to the success of such a meeting , there is certain to
be a large and attractive gathering . Several special prizes are to be awarded , and the boys are in good form for the contests . Although invitations have been
issued to what must , of necessity , be a limited circle , we are able to state that all members of the Craft will be gladly welcomed on presentation of their cards . * * *
The Countess of Lathom has graciously consented to distribute the prizes awarded to the pupils of the Boys' School , at Wood Green , on the 23 rd inst . TP Tr W We have referred elsewhere to the great loss which
the Craft in England has sustained through the death of Bro . the Rev . Thos . Cochrane , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , a death which is all the more to be deplored from its having come upon us unexpectedly . But another distinguished brother has also passed away ,
after a somewhat protracted illness , and to judge from the bulletins which were issued after considerable suffering , but at the ripe age of 76 . We allude , of course , to the death of Bro . Sir John Alexander Macdonald , G . C . B ., Prime Minister of the Dominion of
Canada , and its ablest and most influential statesman for many years past . Our deceased brother was a Past S . G . W . of England , and representative of our Grand Lodge at the Grand Lodge of Canada . He was
therefore a foremost Anglo-Canadian Mason , and as such we must regard his death as involving a great loss to the Masonic community both in the dominion and the United Kingdom .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ W e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The annual sports in connection with this Institution will take place at Wood Green , on Saturday next , the 13 th inst ., commencing at 3 o ' clock p . m .
Tickets of admission have been freely distributed , but as we may unwittingly have omitted some friends of the Institution , I shall be glad if you will make it known that any brother will be admitted and welcomed on producing his card . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,
J . M . McLEOD , Secretary . Office , 6 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C , June nth . VISITORS AT LODGES .
To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My experience as a visitor has been entirely confined to country lodges , but I have always observed , although frequently almost an entire stranger to the brethren , the hearty welcome with which I and other
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visitors have been received , and the marked attention shown to visitors at refreshment . This I will assume is the usual welcome accorded to visitors generall y both in London and country lodges . Now it happened that very recently a prominent member of one or more London lodges , with all his honours ( in the form of
a redundancy of Masonic jewels ) thick upon him , having business in Yorkshire , had the opportunity of visiting two or three lodges in that county , and at refreshment took the opportunity when acknowledging the toast of " The Visitors " of contrasting the custom as regards visitors
prevailing in town and country lodges . The brother referred to stated that he was delighted at having been informed that he was the guest not of any one brother in the lodge but of the lodge itself . The supper , consisting of fish and joints , was frugal , but all that need be desired , whereas our visitor went on to state that
the banquets at even the regular or ordinary meetings of many of the lodges in London were usually costly , often ranging from half a guinea to a guinea each , and what is more to the point that I desire to call attention to is that a visitor was received as the guest of the brother who had invited him , and who was responsible
to his lodge for the cost of the visitor ' s entertainment , and , moreover , that many Freemasons were often deterred from visiting a London lodge at the invitation of a brother simply from the fact that he knew that the acceptance of such an invitation would cost his friend the banquet fee ( which I have seen from the by-laws of
some London lodges ranges from ios . to a guinea each meeting ) , because it might possibly not be in the power of the invited brother to return the compliment , and notwithstanding that he would have been delighted to have visited the lodge and seen its working , the invitation had for the reasons stated to be declined . Our visitor
concluded his remarks by wishing that the system of refreshment as practised in the country lodges could be adopted more generally in London , where many of the lodges partook more of the character of high-class clubs , so that only rich brethren could be members . My object in writing to the Freemason is to ascertain the
views of ' other brethren , through your columns , with regard to the entertainment of visiting brethren in lodges . Freemasons' lodges are proverbial for the generous welcome and hospitality usually accorded to visitors amongst them , but I venture to think that the visitors cannot
fail to be more at their ease when they know they are actually the guests of the lodge than when the cost of their entertainment is being paid by the brother at whose invitation they are present . No doubt there is much to be said on the other side . —Yours truly and fraternally , WEST YORKSHIRE .
PROV . S . G . W . OR PROV . G . S . W . ? To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In the provinces , where Provincial Grand Officers are more numerous than in the Metropolis , the coveted capital letters are often seen on lodge summonses and communications . The question , therefore ,
frequently arises whether a brother who is , or has served the office of Prov . Grand Warden—Senior or Junior , as the case may be—should be styled P . S . G . W . or P . G . S . W . ? The former , I think , is correct , for , to begin with , he is a Grand Warden , while the Senior or Junior is simply the distinguishing title
between him and his brother Warden . The Grand Secretary , I observe , always puts it so , but for all that it is often put the other , and , in my opinion , the wrong way . Will any expert brother who can give an authority either way kindly do so ?—Yours fraternally , A . H ., No . 39 . June Sth .
HOLIDAY HOMES . To the Editor of the "Freemason , " Sir , As among the thousands of subscribers and helpers of the Ragged School Union ( founded in 1844 ) are many Freemasons , I trust the Craft will still further increase our obligations to it by supporting
our Holiday Homes Fund . The object is a fortnight ' s holiday in the country for the poor children attending our 200 schools and missions . The number who received the holiday last year was upwards of 4000 . It is always health-giving , not seldom life-saving , in its effects , and we desire to give it to a largely increased
number of children sorely needing it . Our wants are personal offerings of money , collections in lodges , clubs , hotels , and among families and friends . The loss of 1000 shillings means that we must deny the holiday to 100 children , so that those of your readers
who have many calls upon them will , if only able to send a trifle , do us considerable good . —Yours obediently , H JOHN KIRK , Secretary . Holiday Homes Fund , Ragged School Union , Exeter Hall , Strand , London , W . C .
The Duke of Connaught as Ranger of Epping Forest , visited Higham Park on Saturday last for the purpose of dedicating to the use of thepublicforevertheplotof ground covering about 40 acres recently acquired by the Corporation of London as Conservators of the Forest . Bro . Lord Mayor Savory , the Epping Forest Committee , and the Corporation officials were present . The ceremony having
been carried out amid much enthusiasm , the company afterwards lunched at the Royal Forest Hotel , Chingford , the chair being accepted by Bro . the Lord Mayor , while among those present were Sheriff Farmer , Bros . Sheriff Augustus Harris , Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Deputy Rose-Innes , H . H . Crawford , City Solicitor , and many others .
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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . SUMMER HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS . NEWCASTLE RACES , J 23 , 24 , & 25 . FRIDAY , JUNE 19 , Cheap Excursions for 11 days will be run from LONDON to Northallerton , Darlington , NEWCASTLE , Richmond , Durham , Berwick , EDINBURGH , and GLASGOW : and for 5 or n days to STIRLING , Perth , Dundee , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness . & c . EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON until September 06 th , inclusive , to ST . ALBANS and HARPENDEN , from Moo ' rgate-st ., 2 . 15 p . m . •Aldersgate-st ., 2 . 17 ; Farringdon-<* --. ; King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , 2 . 40 ; Finsbury-park , 2 . 46 . " MONDAY , JUNE 22 nd , for 4 days from LONDON to NEWCASTLE , Northallerton , Richmond , Darlington , and Durham . _ For fares and full particulars , see bills , to be obtained at Company ' s Stations and Town Parcels Receiving Offices , and of Swan and Leach , 3 , Charing Cross , and 32 , Piccadilly CirCUS " HENRY OAKLEY , General Manager . King ' s Cross , June , 1 S 91 .
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VICTORIA STEAMBOAT ASSOCIATION , LIMITED . MAGNIFICENT Saloon Steamer , "LORD OF THE ISLES , " fitted with the Electric Light , and capable of dining 200 at one sitting , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , Tilbury , Clacton-on-sea , Harwich , for Ipswich , and back same day , DAILY ( Fridays only excepted ) , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) , at g . 30 a . m .
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THE Favourite and Fast Saloon Steamer , " GLEN ROSA , " or the New Saloon Steamer " MERMAID , " fitted with Awnings and Commodious Saloons lighted by Electricity , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) , at 11 a . m ., DAILY ( Sundays included ) , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS , Gravesend , Southend , and Sheerness and back , 1 calling at Greenwich , Blackwall , and South Woolwich . I
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SPECIAL Saloon Steamer , DAILY ( Weather permitting ) , to ROSHERVILLE GARDENS and GRAVESEND , from Old Swan Pier , LONDON BRIDGE , nf 1 n m .
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** - ¦ J f THE New and Favourite Saloon Steamer "CARDINAL WOLSEY , " DAILY ( Sundays included ) , for HAMPTON COURT PALACE , Bushey Park , Richmond , Kingston , Surbiton or Teddington , from LONDON BRIDGE ( Old Swan Pier ) at 10 a . m . ¦ Chelsea , 11 a . m . ; Putney Bridge ( District Railway Pier ) , 11 . 15 a . m . ; and Keiv at 12 noon . Returning from Hampton Court at 5 p . m .
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KEW GARDENS . ( Open free to the public weekdays and Sundays . ) STEAMERS to KEW GARDENS , Wandsworth , Putney Bridge ( District Railway ) , Putney , Barnes , Mortlake and Hammersmith , DAILY ( Sundays included ) , every half hour from 10 a . m ., and 11 a . m . on Sundays , from Cadogan Pier , Chelsea .
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DATTERSEA PARK & CHELSEA . STEAMERS •^ from all Piers every 10 minutes .
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QREENWICH PARK . STEAMERS from all *"' Piers every half hour . Extra Steamers when necessary . Refreshments of the Finest Quality on board all the Steamers . ARNOLD E . WILLIAMS , Managing Director . EDGAR SHAND , General Manager and Secretary . OFFICESVictoria House , Laurence Pountney-lane , City , E . C .
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SUMMER BANQUETS . THE CLARENCE ROOMS of THE HOTEL METROPOLE , BRIGHTON , are Specially Adapted for the SUMMER BANQUETS ot Learned Societies , Masonic Lodges , & c . The CLARENCE ROOMS have a Separate Entrance , Ma contain every possible Comfort and Convenience . full particulars on application to ^ MANAGER , Hotel Metropole , Brighton .
To Correspondents
To Correspondents
! '•L . R . —If the Master of a lodge is incapable of discharging the duties of his office , the Senior Warden , or in a iw c ? of the Senior Warden the Junior Warden acts f , fl [ ' summoning the lodge , and only in the event 1 "oth these officers being absent does the Immediate Past thTiM upon mmself tnat duty 5 but in the absence of Th i as ^ the Imm ediate Past Master takes the chair . ne law in respect to this is very clearly laid down in the institutions , Rule 141 .
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SATURDAY , J UNE 13 , 1891 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic notes .
Gra i r f ° the Board of General Pur P ° ses at heavi (¦ ge n We dnesdayi the 3 rd inst was the C 0 ] le ^ on record , over 880 voting papers being « norn b y the Scrut -neers Notwithstanding this min " nu « iber their report was handed in a few es after te « , or in a little over two and a half hours .
Masonic Notes.
The preparations for the Boys' School Festival , which is now so near at hand , are fast approaching completion , and there is every reason to hope that when the day arrives everything will go off smoothly . Our experience of Brighton in connection with sundry
past anniversaries of this Institution fully justifies this expectation . On the three occasions on which the Festival has been held at this popular seaside resort , the gathering proved very successful—we are not so much referring to the amounts raised as the manner in which
everything was carried out . As a mere excursion to the seaside , the visit to London-super-Mare was most en . joyable , and we dare say that on the 24 th instant , whatever may be the pecuniary result , the meeting itself will leave nothing to be desired .
vF 4 £ -JF Nor from the fact the Board of Stewards already exceeds 750 brethren is there any reason to be despondent about the total of the subscriptions and donations . We must caution our readers against being too sanguine ,
against anticipating the very hig h returns we have heard suggested—returns which are certainly not impossible , but which may be regarded as very improbable . We may look to have a good round sum announced . The Chairman ' s and other large Provinces
are working hard , and the London section of the Board is strong in numbers and will doubtless give a very good account of itself . But we must not expect too much ,
or the figure we hope to hear announced , high though it may be and most creditable to the Stewards , will be disappointing to some of us at all events .
We must remind our readers that the Boys' School Annual Athletic Sports will be held to-morrow ( Saturday ) afternoon in the grounds of the Institution at Wood Green , and g iven fine weather , which is indispensable to the success of such a meeting , there is certain to
be a large and attractive gathering . Several special prizes are to be awarded , and the boys are in good form for the contests . Although invitations have been
issued to what must , of necessity , be a limited circle , we are able to state that all members of the Craft will be gladly welcomed on presentation of their cards . * * *
The Countess of Lathom has graciously consented to distribute the prizes awarded to the pupils of the Boys' School , at Wood Green , on the 23 rd inst . TP Tr W We have referred elsewhere to the great loss which
the Craft in England has sustained through the death of Bro . the Rev . Thos . Cochrane , M . A ., Past Grand Chaplain , a death which is all the more to be deplored from its having come upon us unexpectedly . But another distinguished brother has also passed away ,
after a somewhat protracted illness , and to judge from the bulletins which were issued after considerable suffering , but at the ripe age of 76 . We allude , of course , to the death of Bro . Sir John Alexander Macdonald , G . C . B ., Prime Minister of the Dominion of
Canada , and its ablest and most influential statesman for many years past . Our deceased brother was a Past S . G . W . of England , and representative of our Grand Lodge at the Grand Lodge of Canada . He was
therefore a foremost Anglo-Canadian Mason , and as such we must regard his death as involving a great loss to the Masonic community both in the dominion and the United Kingdom .
Correspondence.
Correspondence .
[ W e do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ] ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The annual sports in connection with this Institution will take place at Wood Green , on Saturday next , the 13 th inst ., commencing at 3 o ' clock p . m .
Tickets of admission have been freely distributed , but as we may unwittingly have omitted some friends of the Institution , I shall be glad if you will make it known that any brother will be admitted and welcomed on producing his card . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,
J . M . McLEOD , Secretary . Office , 6 , Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen-street , W . C , June nth . VISITORS AT LODGES .
To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , My experience as a visitor has been entirely confined to country lodges , but I have always observed , although frequently almost an entire stranger to the brethren , the hearty welcome with which I and other
Correspondence.
visitors have been received , and the marked attention shown to visitors at refreshment . This I will assume is the usual welcome accorded to visitors generall y both in London and country lodges . Now it happened that very recently a prominent member of one or more London lodges , with all his honours ( in the form of
a redundancy of Masonic jewels ) thick upon him , having business in Yorkshire , had the opportunity of visiting two or three lodges in that county , and at refreshment took the opportunity when acknowledging the toast of " The Visitors " of contrasting the custom as regards visitors
prevailing in town and country lodges . The brother referred to stated that he was delighted at having been informed that he was the guest not of any one brother in the lodge but of the lodge itself . The supper , consisting of fish and joints , was frugal , but all that need be desired , whereas our visitor went on to state that
the banquets at even the regular or ordinary meetings of many of the lodges in London were usually costly , often ranging from half a guinea to a guinea each , and what is more to the point that I desire to call attention to is that a visitor was received as the guest of the brother who had invited him , and who was responsible
to his lodge for the cost of the visitor ' s entertainment , and , moreover , that many Freemasons were often deterred from visiting a London lodge at the invitation of a brother simply from the fact that he knew that the acceptance of such an invitation would cost his friend the banquet fee ( which I have seen from the by-laws of
some London lodges ranges from ios . to a guinea each meeting ) , because it might possibly not be in the power of the invited brother to return the compliment , and notwithstanding that he would have been delighted to have visited the lodge and seen its working , the invitation had for the reasons stated to be declined . Our visitor
concluded his remarks by wishing that the system of refreshment as practised in the country lodges could be adopted more generally in London , where many of the lodges partook more of the character of high-class clubs , so that only rich brethren could be members . My object in writing to the Freemason is to ascertain the
views of ' other brethren , through your columns , with regard to the entertainment of visiting brethren in lodges . Freemasons' lodges are proverbial for the generous welcome and hospitality usually accorded to visitors amongst them , but I venture to think that the visitors cannot
fail to be more at their ease when they know they are actually the guests of the lodge than when the cost of their entertainment is being paid by the brother at whose invitation they are present . No doubt there is much to be said on the other side . —Yours truly and fraternally , WEST YORKSHIRE .
PROV . S . G . W . OR PROV . G . S . W . ? To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In the provinces , where Provincial Grand Officers are more numerous than in the Metropolis , the coveted capital letters are often seen on lodge summonses and communications . The question , therefore ,
frequently arises whether a brother who is , or has served the office of Prov . Grand Warden—Senior or Junior , as the case may be—should be styled P . S . G . W . or P . G . S . W . ? The former , I think , is correct , for , to begin with , he is a Grand Warden , while the Senior or Junior is simply the distinguishing title
between him and his brother Warden . The Grand Secretary , I observe , always puts it so , but for all that it is often put the other , and , in my opinion , the wrong way . Will any expert brother who can give an authority either way kindly do so ?—Yours fraternally , A . H ., No . 39 . June Sth .
HOLIDAY HOMES . To the Editor of the "Freemason , " Sir , As among the thousands of subscribers and helpers of the Ragged School Union ( founded in 1844 ) are many Freemasons , I trust the Craft will still further increase our obligations to it by supporting
our Holiday Homes Fund . The object is a fortnight ' s holiday in the country for the poor children attending our 200 schools and missions . The number who received the holiday last year was upwards of 4000 . It is always health-giving , not seldom life-saving , in its effects , and we desire to give it to a largely increased
number of children sorely needing it . Our wants are personal offerings of money , collections in lodges , clubs , hotels , and among families and friends . The loss of 1000 shillings means that we must deny the holiday to 100 children , so that those of your readers
who have many calls upon them will , if only able to send a trifle , do us considerable good . —Yours obediently , H JOHN KIRK , Secretary . Holiday Homes Fund , Ragged School Union , Exeter Hall , Strand , London , W . C .
The Duke of Connaught as Ranger of Epping Forest , visited Higham Park on Saturday last for the purpose of dedicating to the use of thepublicforevertheplotof ground covering about 40 acres recently acquired by the Corporation of London as Conservators of the Forest . Bro . Lord Mayor Savory , the Epping Forest Committee , and the Corporation officials were present . The ceremony having
been carried out amid much enthusiasm , the company afterwards lunched at the Royal Forest Hotel , Chingford , the chair being accepted by Bro . the Lord Mayor , while among those present were Sheriff Farmer , Bros . Sheriff Augustus Harris , Alderman Sir J . Whittaker Ellis , Bart ., M . P ., Deputy Rose-Innes , H . H . Crawford , City Solicitor , and many others .