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tance ; while in the other the picture is framed in by the Killiney Head and its kindred hills , the foreground being most charmingly painted with pretty villas and miniaturelooking townships peeping out here and there quaintly and cozily from amid the wealth of foliage which makes so picturesque our coast line . It is not our intention hereto give any very technical description of th « school thus
pleasantly situated . It is sufficient for present purposes to indicate the character of the internal accommodation , and to suggest , and it can only be a suggestion—the care and forethought the tender consideration , and absolutely paternal regard with which everything has been planned for the benefit and happiness of the inmates . The utile and the dulec were never found in more appropriate
companionship . _ The school , it is almost needless to remark , is one exclusively for girls . hounded so far back as 1702 , in a far less worthy temple , the needs of the charity have increased with the growth and extension of Masonry—to such a degree , indeed , that for years past
the necessity of a specially constructed and commodious institution vvas admitted by every member of the Craft . It took time , of course , to develope the project , but proud indeed must every Mason be to see the results of their united beneficent labours . As a building , it is fitly representative of the influence and wealth of the Order . As a
home it symbolizes still more tne charity which is a real virtue , which is the outcome of true anil earnest feeling , and not merely the formal and frigid parade of what is too frequently an offensive patronage . Entering by the main door the visitor finds himself in a very neat square vestibule . Here at the outset he observes first the qualities of solidity and tasteful adornment which he traces afterwards
throughout the building . The floor is done in tessellated mosaic work , the dates 1792 and 1 SS 2 being laid in as the periods respectively of the origin of the school and its transference to the present building . Swinging glass panelled doors lead into the grand hall , which is formed of two long and wide corridors , running at right angles . In the corridor to the right of the entrance are the board-room ,
the reception-room , the matron ' s private apartment , and the dining-room . The first-mentioned is fitted up in the Queen Anne style . It is a large cheery room , as regards space and light , and the upholstering completes what the builder has so well done to render the apartment substantially elegant . The matron's apartment , into which it is scarcely fair with prying eyes to peep .
might bo characterized in brief as a little gem , if there were such a thing as architectual bric-a-brac . With regard to the dining-hall , what can be said ? Only that it leaves nothing undone which could have been done to render it bright and airy and comfortable ; just such a spot as Soyer would have chosen for the appreciation of his best menus , and in which even the appetite of an Epicurus
might have been tempted to indulge . At the end ot this hall is a day lavatory , and further off , descending a few steps , begins the culinary regions . Returning then to the second corridor , which faces the door on entrance , we have to the right the all important schoolroom , Desks and seats are on the most approved plan . A flood of light pours over all , and the ventilation is patent and perfect . The
arrangement is such that the room may be divided by a rolling partition door into two , each preserving the same proportion of hygienic qualities , which altogether render the whole schoolroom quite unique and unsurpassable for the purposes to which it is adapted . The library bounds this corridor . Outside is a spacious playground , in which thechidren may romp and amuse themselves to their hearts' content . A
portion of it had been laid down with granolithic pavement , a Scotch patent which has given muc i satisfaction after trial in Prince's street , Edinburgh . It is almost white , looks , consequently , fresh and clean , while it is double the thickness of asphalt and much firmer under foot . Away beyond this stretches a green sward large enough for the recreation of halfa dozen times the number of children the
school at present contains . The whole is enclosed by a well-built wall , which maintains the strictest privacy in the grounds . It should not be forgotten that also on the ground floor a play-room has been set apart . This will be the kingdom of toys and the empire of rocking horses , while the genius ot gymnasia will share a not unimportant portion of the territory . Bro . John Laurence ,
° t urafton-street , has already contributed to its wealth by sending in a varied assortment of dolls— " et hoc genus omne " —not to speak of a splendid rocking charger , diligent exercise on which will , 11 j doubt , turn out each young lad y in the school a skilled and dashing esquestrienne . We nave now our choice of three ways to visit the upper floors of the building . There is a staircase at each wing , so to s > peak , while the a-rand staircase cuts the building , as it
Were , in two . Taking the latter route , the visitor finds 'nat the plan of the building is in no way altered as he j ^ cends , the arrangements of the right-angled corridor being adhered to as most economical of space , and as Swing a better command to the matron of the entire suite of apartments . Turning to the left , the dormitory first greets the eye , with its double rows of little beds and snowy
counterpanes . Here , also—and it is the last time it need t > e mentioned , for the system prevails in the fullest amplitude throughout the building—there are light and air in abundance . The room is broad and long , the ceiling lofiy , and vne atmosphere kept carefully pure . At each end sleeps a jlonitress , while the matron ' s apartment and another for a le acher open from the passage just outside . The lavatory Ul
• ? parallel with the dormitory , and entrance is gained to l ' Dy a door at the further end of the sleeping-room . A ong range of marble basins , fitted up with all the most r f ' improvements , runs along the outer wall , and a coresponding range of presses , with spring locks , contains ^ ordinary apparel of the girls , each having a press for . "self . Here it should be mentioned that the girls sleep numbered beds , their basins , their presses , and different
e ceptacles wherein they have anything of daily use to dethar ° r 'ay - ' - ' bear t ,, e ' - e numI « rs . The result is and co " ^ ' ' unknown . There is a place for everyone , mi evci : yon e knows her own place . Between the series of vvit r ° S ^ ° Ijic * but all-sufficient closets , the walls are panelled ( L " '"irrors . 'To prevent any draught sweeping through Hi v Vator y a thick red cloth has been hung from the end 5 opens into the outer there being free
cornr .,,, - passage , is n n "* - ? ' '' rough this ablutionary area . The bath-room jit ,, "' > ited and found to harmonise as regards the qua-ThV ? , nethod of its fixtures with the rest of the building . ] , J ^ ° »> plele one wing of the Doer . In the other have iiio ^ ^ P l a » additional class-iuoiu and looms for sew-Sovc . ' , K > as well as apartments for the matron and rness . The third storey may be dismissed with the
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simple observation that it is an exact facsimile as regards the dormitory and lavatory , and that the other rooms are not yet alloted to any specific purpose , but are available for additional dormitories or class-rooms . One of them , somewhat cut off from the rest of building , seems very suitable for a sick ward if illness of any kind should unfortunately creep into the school . Hitherto the pupils have been exceedingly free from any kind
of disease and disorder , and it is to be hoped that the sanitarium in which they are now located will long preserve for them a like immunity . It has been proposed that it would be well , seeing there is sufficient ground at their disposal , to build an infirmary attached to the building . Should it be deemed wise to follow out the proposal there are ample funds in hands for the purpose , a sum of 3 C 2 S 0 having been subscribed with such an intent as
a memorial to the late Bro . Dr . Speedy . Surmounting the entire building , and standing as it were above the main entrance , is a very graceful tower . Objection vvas at first mede to its erection on the ground that it was an unnecessary expenditure , and that the outlay which it would entail could be much more profitably applied . We think no such objection can now be made . Not alone is the tower a very handsome addition to the building , but it has
been made to serve a most useful and important end . The architect has judiciously and ingeniously contrived to accumulate in it all the water power of the establishment . Built solidly into its recesses is a metal tank , which contains fifty tons of water , from which a main leads to the ground floor . At each landing this main is tapped by a fire hydrant , so that in case of the slightest alarm of lire an instant and powerful flow of water can be directed to anv
part of of the premises . We have now gone in a general way over the building . There are many apartments which we have not touched upon , and many cunning little store rooms which vye have not opened up to our readers . We have simply given in a rough and ready way a rough and ready idea of the internal economy of the building . It would require a far more minute description than we have either time or space to afford to point out how completely the
building Committee " have done all things well . " Their labours and their expenditure have been alike a work of love . Their is no portion of the building which does not attest how much can be affected by generous hands and willing hearts . From the entrance door to the pinnacle of the tower the work is of the best class and highest quality . Everywhere the school has been shorn , so far as practicable , of its "institution" like character , and everywhere
there is a degree of warm home-like comfort and quiet elegance which cannot but be reflected as a refining influence in the mental growth and social habits of the giils . The contractors for the building were Messrs . Matthew Gahan and Son , Harcourt-street , who brought it almost to completion , but it was finished under the special supervision of Mr . William Bolger , the clerk of works , directed by the architects , Messrs . M'Curdy and Mitchell , of
Leinster-street . Its total cost vvas £ 12 , 000 , the fittings and furnishing , the laying out of the grounds , and other expenses amounting to £ 2500 more . To meet this outlay the brethrenaccumulated by subscriptions , donations , & e , the sum of £ 12 , 953 , which was augmented b y £ 6601 7 s . yd ., the net proceeds of the late bazaar held with such extraordinary success in the Exhibition Palace . The aggregate total not only freed the school from debt , but allowed a
sufficient surplus to be funded to pay the annual rent and taxes of the establishment for ever , and to at once increase the number of pupils to forty-three . The building will accommodate seventy children ; and , whereas it takes £ 37 per head to maintain forty , the greater number , seventy , could be maintained for £ 30 a head , the establishment charges being the same . A cogent argument this , surely , for a still further appeal to the
liberality of the Order . It should have been stated before , but it is not yet too late , that towards the play-room of the school there was a contribution given of eighty guineas—a memorial by the Masonic province of Meath to their late Grand Master , Bro . Wm . Fetherston , H . ; while the Masonic province of North Munster ( Limerick ) subscribed forty pounds towards the same object , as a memorial to the late Bro . George
Dartnell , Secretary of one of the Limerick lodges . The staff of the Institution consists of Mrs . Neale , the matron , a lady who has now been for one year in charge of the pupils , to their very great advantage ; Miss Triggs , who has just been appointed from a position as assistant at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at Battersea , to the more responsible post of Head Governess here ; Miss Dick and Miss Anderson , with the assistance of
Miss Jackson and Mrs . Harte for music and singing , the latter lady being a former pupil . The curriculum includes , besides the ordinary English branches , French , German , drawing , needlework , & c . It may be interesting to know that the young inmates take part in the entire household work , except that or a mere menial character , being taught to make beds , cook , and attend to their own individual requirements . The school is under the management
of a number of special Committees , although the general body of Governors meet once a month all the year round , August and September alone excepted . The Committees are education , finance , apprentice , ladies , and building . To the latter almost the entire burden of carrying out this large undertaking has devolved , and the members of that Committee themselves would only think it proper to give the meed of praise which is due to its most active ard untiring members , Bros . Lord Justice Fitzgibbon , C . Capel
Macnamara , LL . D , Hon . See , and Thomas Fitzgerald , C . E . As already stated , the school opens with a pupilage of 43 , but there is one vacancy , which Shakespeare Lodge , 143 , Dublin , is entitled to fill , in return for a very handsome donation of £ Goo . Surely the provincial brethren will now join more heartily with their brethren in Dublin in the endeavour to provide funds , so as to enable the speedy utilization of the school to its fullest capacity . Such should be the hope and aim of all good Masons . —Dublin Express .
Recognition Of Masonic Services.
RECOGNITION OF MASONIC SERVICES .
On the conclusion of the ordinary lodge business of the Burrell Lodge , No . 1 S 29 , held at the George Hotel , Shoreham , on Thursday the 7 U 1 inst ., the brethren gave a coiuplimentaiy banquet to the retiring W . M . of the lodge , Bro . Thomas Packham , P . M . 31 j , in recognition ol the manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office during a year of considerable trial , and of their high
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esteem for his worth , both as a man and a Mason . The banquet , which was excellently served by Bro Host Gates , was presided over by the W . M . elect , Bro . J . Harrison , supported by his officers , viz ., Bros . Bridges , J . W . ; T . Hardy , S . D . ; R . B . Higham , J . D . ; H . Cheal , Sec . ; H . Smith , Org . ; A . R . Brown , D . of C . ; Rev . J . Rose Johnson , Chap . ; and T . Holloway , l . G . The other brethren of the lodge present included Bros . R . G . Webb .
J . Parnell , VV . T . Giles , E . New . VV . Eraser , VV . Gill , A . J . Carpenter , J . Hughes , VV . Bodle , J . VV . Holloway , G . Courtney , H . Packham , J . Hughes , F . Hart , J . Parsons , P . Fieldus , W . Home , ( initiate ) , and others . There were also several visitors present , including Bros . J . Curtis , P . M . 315 and 1797 ; E . Broadbridge , VV . M . 1 G 3 G ; Wiseman , P . M . 1734 and 1 G 0 ; Capt . Rivers , P . M . GS ; G . ] .
Packham , S ; Anderson , 315 ; H . Thacker , 315 ; Wm . Smithers , 1 G 3 G ; Leleu , 1 S 21 ; Buckvvell , 1797 ; H . Anscombe , 1 S 21 ; G . Cole , 16 3 G ; J . Ridge , 315 ; Burrows , iSGJ ; Balwinkle , 1421 ; FrapeiSii ; and others .. " The Health of the Guest of the Lodge " was admirably proposed b y the W . M . elect , and responded to by Bro . Packham in that truly independent and manly manner
which has helped to win for him the affectionate esteem and regard of all with whom he has ben brought into contact . A most enjoyable evening vvas passed bv all present . Thanks are due to the proprietor of the Swiss Gardens , who , through the manager , Mr . Moss , liberally extended the right of free admission to the Gardens in the interval between the lodge and banquet to all the brethren .
The Seat Of War In Egypt.
THE SEAT OF WAR IN EGYPT .
In a recent ietter to the Times , Miss Amelia B . Edwards gives some interesting particulars of the valley in which our forces are engaged in fighting their way from Ismaflia to Zagazig . The fresh-water canal , she remarks , follows the course , and in some places flows in the actual bed of a canal constructed by Seti I ., the second Pharaoh of the
nineteenth dynasty . This canal started , as does the present one , from the marsh-lands about Babastis ( the Zagazig of to-day ) , and was continued , in Seti ' s lifetime , as far as the sheet of water known to us as Lake Timseh . At his death , it was continued probably as far as the Red Sea , by his son andsuccessor , Rameses II . This valley formed part of the Land of Goshen . She goes on to say , that ,
according to the majority of Egyptologists , it vvas under this same Rameses 11 . the Egyptians oppressed the children of Israel , and it is their opinion that the Mound of Mashkuta , or Mahuta , on which our feeble battery vvas placed in one of the earlier engagements with Arabi ' s troops , marks the site of the city of " Raamses , " in rebuilding which the Jews were "compelled to make bricks wilh stubble of their
ovyn gathering . 1 hese bricks , moulded of sun-dried clay , mixed with chopped straw , and stamped , some with the cartouche of Rameses IL , and some with the cartouche of his successor , Menephtah , the Pharaoh of the Exodus , areto be found in any number in and about the mound . " Two neighbouring mounds are claimed as the site of
Pitliom , the other "treasure-city" of the Bible . One is Tel-el-Kebir , where the Egyptians were entrenched , and the other Tel-Abu-Sooley-. Vlan , lying somewhere south of the mouth of the valley in the direction of Belbei's . Tel-el-Mashkuta is a few hundred yards from the station marked " Rameses " in the maps .
Overrated.
OVERRATED .
As a general rule , people , individually and collectively , are either overrated or underrated , and this is unavoidable , since no one but himself can know his own inwardness , or peer beneath to the heart and soul . Men get credit for being good or bad , according to the impression conveyed by observation or impulsive thought . The lover and
sweetheart think each other " perfectly lovely , " till the honeymoon shows that we are all human beings , subject to its frailities and peculiarities . A business man enjoys a good reputation , both as a man and . a Christian , until the delusion is suddenly swept away by the announcement that he is a fugitive forger and deeply-dyed rascal . The country is full of such instances .
As Masonry includes within its pale individuals drawn from every walk in life , it is not to be expected that our Institution shall be exempt from the dross , notwithstanding the sifting process that excludes the notoriously unworthy . No philosopher of ancient or modern day has ever been able to fathom this mystery . It is beyond human ken . But like the inventive geniuswhose discoveries push
for-, ward the progressive spirit , so can each one who is so minded , determine that we shall judge each other fairly , and neither underrate modest worth nor overrate mistaken faults . The true Mason will understand this , and if all Masons would practice it , the millenium will draw nearer to each soul whose vows are indelibly marked on the memory . —Keystone .
BiHLioGK . U'iiY . —The bibliograph y of Freemamasonry is a much larger subject than even Freemasons themselves seem to suppose . T'hory may be said practically to have led the way in his " Acta Latomorum , " but very little vvas done in the matter until Kloss , in I SJJ issued his famous "Bibliographic" etc ., at Frankfort . That deserves
inyaiuaDie worn the highest praise , and he may be fairly termed the "facile princeps" of bibliographers , and his work the great authority on Masonic bibliography In England we have nothing of the kind published in America one or two contributions have appeared , meritorious , but only contributions . We must not omit to notice Bro . Carson's publication . Kloss gives us a list of about 6000 volumes
. His laborious work must always remain the standard work on the subject . CATEXAUIAN ARCH .- —This expression is taken from the word " catenaria , " a catenary , which is the curve which a rope or chain forms by its own weight when hanging freely between two points of suspension . This curve has been called a catenarian curve , and this inverted is the technical arch of the
same name . Noorthouck adds that it is a known truth that a semicular arch will not sustain its own weight , the crown crushing out the sides ; it depends therelore , on abutments for support . But the catenarian arch , if truly constructed , will : 4 and independent of anv collateral did . I he Cateuai iau arch is alluded to , as companions will remember , in the R . A . ceremonial . -Kennhf ' s Cyclopccdia of Freemasonry . *
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tance ; while in the other the picture is framed in by the Killiney Head and its kindred hills , the foreground being most charmingly painted with pretty villas and miniaturelooking townships peeping out here and there quaintly and cozily from amid the wealth of foliage which makes so picturesque our coast line . It is not our intention hereto give any very technical description of th « school thus
pleasantly situated . It is sufficient for present purposes to indicate the character of the internal accommodation , and to suggest , and it can only be a suggestion—the care and forethought the tender consideration , and absolutely paternal regard with which everything has been planned for the benefit and happiness of the inmates . The utile and the dulec were never found in more appropriate
companionship . _ The school , it is almost needless to remark , is one exclusively for girls . hounded so far back as 1702 , in a far less worthy temple , the needs of the charity have increased with the growth and extension of Masonry—to such a degree , indeed , that for years past
the necessity of a specially constructed and commodious institution vvas admitted by every member of the Craft . It took time , of course , to develope the project , but proud indeed must every Mason be to see the results of their united beneficent labours . As a building , it is fitly representative of the influence and wealth of the Order . As a
home it symbolizes still more tne charity which is a real virtue , which is the outcome of true anil earnest feeling , and not merely the formal and frigid parade of what is too frequently an offensive patronage . Entering by the main door the visitor finds himself in a very neat square vestibule . Here at the outset he observes first the qualities of solidity and tasteful adornment which he traces afterwards
throughout the building . The floor is done in tessellated mosaic work , the dates 1792 and 1 SS 2 being laid in as the periods respectively of the origin of the school and its transference to the present building . Swinging glass panelled doors lead into the grand hall , which is formed of two long and wide corridors , running at right angles . In the corridor to the right of the entrance are the board-room ,
the reception-room , the matron ' s private apartment , and the dining-room . The first-mentioned is fitted up in the Queen Anne style . It is a large cheery room , as regards space and light , and the upholstering completes what the builder has so well done to render the apartment substantially elegant . The matron's apartment , into which it is scarcely fair with prying eyes to peep .
might bo characterized in brief as a little gem , if there were such a thing as architectual bric-a-brac . With regard to the dining-hall , what can be said ? Only that it leaves nothing undone which could have been done to render it bright and airy and comfortable ; just such a spot as Soyer would have chosen for the appreciation of his best menus , and in which even the appetite of an Epicurus
might have been tempted to indulge . At the end ot this hall is a day lavatory , and further off , descending a few steps , begins the culinary regions . Returning then to the second corridor , which faces the door on entrance , we have to the right the all important schoolroom , Desks and seats are on the most approved plan . A flood of light pours over all , and the ventilation is patent and perfect . The
arrangement is such that the room may be divided by a rolling partition door into two , each preserving the same proportion of hygienic qualities , which altogether render the whole schoolroom quite unique and unsurpassable for the purposes to which it is adapted . The library bounds this corridor . Outside is a spacious playground , in which thechidren may romp and amuse themselves to their hearts' content . A
portion of it had been laid down with granolithic pavement , a Scotch patent which has given muc i satisfaction after trial in Prince's street , Edinburgh . It is almost white , looks , consequently , fresh and clean , while it is double the thickness of asphalt and much firmer under foot . Away beyond this stretches a green sward large enough for the recreation of halfa dozen times the number of children the
school at present contains . The whole is enclosed by a well-built wall , which maintains the strictest privacy in the grounds . It should not be forgotten that also on the ground floor a play-room has been set apart . This will be the kingdom of toys and the empire of rocking horses , while the genius ot gymnasia will share a not unimportant portion of the territory . Bro . John Laurence ,
° t urafton-street , has already contributed to its wealth by sending in a varied assortment of dolls— " et hoc genus omne " —not to speak of a splendid rocking charger , diligent exercise on which will , 11 j doubt , turn out each young lad y in the school a skilled and dashing esquestrienne . We nave now our choice of three ways to visit the upper floors of the building . There is a staircase at each wing , so to s > peak , while the a-rand staircase cuts the building , as it
Were , in two . Taking the latter route , the visitor finds 'nat the plan of the building is in no way altered as he j ^ cends , the arrangements of the right-angled corridor being adhered to as most economical of space , and as Swing a better command to the matron of the entire suite of apartments . Turning to the left , the dormitory first greets the eye , with its double rows of little beds and snowy
counterpanes . Here , also—and it is the last time it need t > e mentioned , for the system prevails in the fullest amplitude throughout the building—there are light and air in abundance . The room is broad and long , the ceiling lofiy , and vne atmosphere kept carefully pure . At each end sleeps a jlonitress , while the matron ' s apartment and another for a le acher open from the passage just outside . The lavatory Ul
• ? parallel with the dormitory , and entrance is gained to l ' Dy a door at the further end of the sleeping-room . A ong range of marble basins , fitted up with all the most r f ' improvements , runs along the outer wall , and a coresponding range of presses , with spring locks , contains ^ ordinary apparel of the girls , each having a press for . "self . Here it should be mentioned that the girls sleep numbered beds , their basins , their presses , and different
e ceptacles wherein they have anything of daily use to dethar ° r 'ay - ' - ' bear t ,, e ' - e numI « rs . The result is and co " ^ ' ' unknown . There is a place for everyone , mi evci : yon e knows her own place . Between the series of vvit r ° S ^ ° Ijic * but all-sufficient closets , the walls are panelled ( L " '"irrors . 'To prevent any draught sweeping through Hi v Vator y a thick red cloth has been hung from the end 5 opens into the outer there being free
cornr .,,, - passage , is n n "* - ? ' '' rough this ablutionary area . The bath-room jit ,, "' > ited and found to harmonise as regards the qua-ThV ? , nethod of its fixtures with the rest of the building . ] , J ^ ° »> plele one wing of the Doer . In the other have iiio ^ ^ P l a » additional class-iuoiu and looms for sew-Sovc . ' , K > as well as apartments for the matron and rness . The third storey may be dismissed with the
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simple observation that it is an exact facsimile as regards the dormitory and lavatory , and that the other rooms are not yet alloted to any specific purpose , but are available for additional dormitories or class-rooms . One of them , somewhat cut off from the rest of building , seems very suitable for a sick ward if illness of any kind should unfortunately creep into the school . Hitherto the pupils have been exceedingly free from any kind
of disease and disorder , and it is to be hoped that the sanitarium in which they are now located will long preserve for them a like immunity . It has been proposed that it would be well , seeing there is sufficient ground at their disposal , to build an infirmary attached to the building . Should it be deemed wise to follow out the proposal there are ample funds in hands for the purpose , a sum of 3 C 2 S 0 having been subscribed with such an intent as
a memorial to the late Bro . Dr . Speedy . Surmounting the entire building , and standing as it were above the main entrance , is a very graceful tower . Objection vvas at first mede to its erection on the ground that it was an unnecessary expenditure , and that the outlay which it would entail could be much more profitably applied . We think no such objection can now be made . Not alone is the tower a very handsome addition to the building , but it has
been made to serve a most useful and important end . The architect has judiciously and ingeniously contrived to accumulate in it all the water power of the establishment . Built solidly into its recesses is a metal tank , which contains fifty tons of water , from which a main leads to the ground floor . At each landing this main is tapped by a fire hydrant , so that in case of the slightest alarm of lire an instant and powerful flow of water can be directed to anv
part of of the premises . We have now gone in a general way over the building . There are many apartments which we have not touched upon , and many cunning little store rooms which vye have not opened up to our readers . We have simply given in a rough and ready way a rough and ready idea of the internal economy of the building . It would require a far more minute description than we have either time or space to afford to point out how completely the
building Committee " have done all things well . " Their labours and their expenditure have been alike a work of love . Their is no portion of the building which does not attest how much can be affected by generous hands and willing hearts . From the entrance door to the pinnacle of the tower the work is of the best class and highest quality . Everywhere the school has been shorn , so far as practicable , of its "institution" like character , and everywhere
there is a degree of warm home-like comfort and quiet elegance which cannot but be reflected as a refining influence in the mental growth and social habits of the giils . The contractors for the building were Messrs . Matthew Gahan and Son , Harcourt-street , who brought it almost to completion , but it was finished under the special supervision of Mr . William Bolger , the clerk of works , directed by the architects , Messrs . M'Curdy and Mitchell , of
Leinster-street . Its total cost vvas £ 12 , 000 , the fittings and furnishing , the laying out of the grounds , and other expenses amounting to £ 2500 more . To meet this outlay the brethrenaccumulated by subscriptions , donations , & e , the sum of £ 12 , 953 , which was augmented b y £ 6601 7 s . yd ., the net proceeds of the late bazaar held with such extraordinary success in the Exhibition Palace . The aggregate total not only freed the school from debt , but allowed a
sufficient surplus to be funded to pay the annual rent and taxes of the establishment for ever , and to at once increase the number of pupils to forty-three . The building will accommodate seventy children ; and , whereas it takes £ 37 per head to maintain forty , the greater number , seventy , could be maintained for £ 30 a head , the establishment charges being the same . A cogent argument this , surely , for a still further appeal to the
liberality of the Order . It should have been stated before , but it is not yet too late , that towards the play-room of the school there was a contribution given of eighty guineas—a memorial by the Masonic province of Meath to their late Grand Master , Bro . Wm . Fetherston , H . ; while the Masonic province of North Munster ( Limerick ) subscribed forty pounds towards the same object , as a memorial to the late Bro . George
Dartnell , Secretary of one of the Limerick lodges . The staff of the Institution consists of Mrs . Neale , the matron , a lady who has now been for one year in charge of the pupils , to their very great advantage ; Miss Triggs , who has just been appointed from a position as assistant at the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls at Battersea , to the more responsible post of Head Governess here ; Miss Dick and Miss Anderson , with the assistance of
Miss Jackson and Mrs . Harte for music and singing , the latter lady being a former pupil . The curriculum includes , besides the ordinary English branches , French , German , drawing , needlework , & c . It may be interesting to know that the young inmates take part in the entire household work , except that or a mere menial character , being taught to make beds , cook , and attend to their own individual requirements . The school is under the management
of a number of special Committees , although the general body of Governors meet once a month all the year round , August and September alone excepted . The Committees are education , finance , apprentice , ladies , and building . To the latter almost the entire burden of carrying out this large undertaking has devolved , and the members of that Committee themselves would only think it proper to give the meed of praise which is due to its most active ard untiring members , Bros . Lord Justice Fitzgibbon , C . Capel
Macnamara , LL . D , Hon . See , and Thomas Fitzgerald , C . E . As already stated , the school opens with a pupilage of 43 , but there is one vacancy , which Shakespeare Lodge , 143 , Dublin , is entitled to fill , in return for a very handsome donation of £ Goo . Surely the provincial brethren will now join more heartily with their brethren in Dublin in the endeavour to provide funds , so as to enable the speedy utilization of the school to its fullest capacity . Such should be the hope and aim of all good Masons . —Dublin Express .
Recognition Of Masonic Services.
RECOGNITION OF MASONIC SERVICES .
On the conclusion of the ordinary lodge business of the Burrell Lodge , No . 1 S 29 , held at the George Hotel , Shoreham , on Thursday the 7 U 1 inst ., the brethren gave a coiuplimentaiy banquet to the retiring W . M . of the lodge , Bro . Thomas Packham , P . M . 31 j , in recognition ol the manner in which he had discharged the duties of his office during a year of considerable trial , and of their high
Recognition Of Masonic Services.
esteem for his worth , both as a man and a Mason . The banquet , which was excellently served by Bro Host Gates , was presided over by the W . M . elect , Bro . J . Harrison , supported by his officers , viz ., Bros . Bridges , J . W . ; T . Hardy , S . D . ; R . B . Higham , J . D . ; H . Cheal , Sec . ; H . Smith , Org . ; A . R . Brown , D . of C . ; Rev . J . Rose Johnson , Chap . ; and T . Holloway , l . G . The other brethren of the lodge present included Bros . R . G . Webb .
J . Parnell , VV . T . Giles , E . New . VV . Eraser , VV . Gill , A . J . Carpenter , J . Hughes , VV . Bodle , J . VV . Holloway , G . Courtney , H . Packham , J . Hughes , F . Hart , J . Parsons , P . Fieldus , W . Home , ( initiate ) , and others . There were also several visitors present , including Bros . J . Curtis , P . M . 315 and 1797 ; E . Broadbridge , VV . M . 1 G 3 G ; Wiseman , P . M . 1734 and 1 G 0 ; Capt . Rivers , P . M . GS ; G . ] .
Packham , S ; Anderson , 315 ; H . Thacker , 315 ; Wm . Smithers , 1 G 3 G ; Leleu , 1 S 21 ; Buckvvell , 1797 ; H . Anscombe , 1 S 21 ; G . Cole , 16 3 G ; J . Ridge , 315 ; Burrows , iSGJ ; Balwinkle , 1421 ; FrapeiSii ; and others .. " The Health of the Guest of the Lodge " was admirably proposed b y the W . M . elect , and responded to by Bro . Packham in that truly independent and manly manner
which has helped to win for him the affectionate esteem and regard of all with whom he has ben brought into contact . A most enjoyable evening vvas passed bv all present . Thanks are due to the proprietor of the Swiss Gardens , who , through the manager , Mr . Moss , liberally extended the right of free admission to the Gardens in the interval between the lodge and banquet to all the brethren .
The Seat Of War In Egypt.
THE SEAT OF WAR IN EGYPT .
In a recent ietter to the Times , Miss Amelia B . Edwards gives some interesting particulars of the valley in which our forces are engaged in fighting their way from Ismaflia to Zagazig . The fresh-water canal , she remarks , follows the course , and in some places flows in the actual bed of a canal constructed by Seti I ., the second Pharaoh of the
nineteenth dynasty . This canal started , as does the present one , from the marsh-lands about Babastis ( the Zagazig of to-day ) , and was continued , in Seti ' s lifetime , as far as the sheet of water known to us as Lake Timseh . At his death , it was continued probably as far as the Red Sea , by his son andsuccessor , Rameses II . This valley formed part of the Land of Goshen . She goes on to say , that ,
according to the majority of Egyptologists , it vvas under this same Rameses 11 . the Egyptians oppressed the children of Israel , and it is their opinion that the Mound of Mashkuta , or Mahuta , on which our feeble battery vvas placed in one of the earlier engagements with Arabi ' s troops , marks the site of the city of " Raamses , " in rebuilding which the Jews were "compelled to make bricks wilh stubble of their
ovyn gathering . 1 hese bricks , moulded of sun-dried clay , mixed with chopped straw , and stamped , some with the cartouche of Rameses IL , and some with the cartouche of his successor , Menephtah , the Pharaoh of the Exodus , areto be found in any number in and about the mound . " Two neighbouring mounds are claimed as the site of
Pitliom , the other "treasure-city" of the Bible . One is Tel-el-Kebir , where the Egyptians were entrenched , and the other Tel-Abu-Sooley-. Vlan , lying somewhere south of the mouth of the valley in the direction of Belbei's . Tel-el-Mashkuta is a few hundred yards from the station marked " Rameses " in the maps .
Overrated.
OVERRATED .
As a general rule , people , individually and collectively , are either overrated or underrated , and this is unavoidable , since no one but himself can know his own inwardness , or peer beneath to the heart and soul . Men get credit for being good or bad , according to the impression conveyed by observation or impulsive thought . The lover and
sweetheart think each other " perfectly lovely , " till the honeymoon shows that we are all human beings , subject to its frailities and peculiarities . A business man enjoys a good reputation , both as a man and . a Christian , until the delusion is suddenly swept away by the announcement that he is a fugitive forger and deeply-dyed rascal . The country is full of such instances .
As Masonry includes within its pale individuals drawn from every walk in life , it is not to be expected that our Institution shall be exempt from the dross , notwithstanding the sifting process that excludes the notoriously unworthy . No philosopher of ancient or modern day has ever been able to fathom this mystery . It is beyond human ken . But like the inventive geniuswhose discoveries push
for-, ward the progressive spirit , so can each one who is so minded , determine that we shall judge each other fairly , and neither underrate modest worth nor overrate mistaken faults . The true Mason will understand this , and if all Masons would practice it , the millenium will draw nearer to each soul whose vows are indelibly marked on the memory . —Keystone .
BiHLioGK . U'iiY . —The bibliograph y of Freemamasonry is a much larger subject than even Freemasons themselves seem to suppose . T'hory may be said practically to have led the way in his " Acta Latomorum , " but very little vvas done in the matter until Kloss , in I SJJ issued his famous "Bibliographic" etc ., at Frankfort . That deserves
inyaiuaDie worn the highest praise , and he may be fairly termed the "facile princeps" of bibliographers , and his work the great authority on Masonic bibliography In England we have nothing of the kind published in America one or two contributions have appeared , meritorious , but only contributions . We must not omit to notice Bro . Carson's publication . Kloss gives us a list of about 6000 volumes
. His laborious work must always remain the standard work on the subject . CATEXAUIAN ARCH .- —This expression is taken from the word " catenaria , " a catenary , which is the curve which a rope or chain forms by its own weight when hanging freely between two points of suspension . This curve has been called a catenarian curve , and this inverted is the technical arch of the
same name . Noorthouck adds that it is a known truth that a semicular arch will not sustain its own weight , the crown crushing out the sides ; it depends therelore , on abutments for support . But the catenarian arch , if truly constructed , will : 4 and independent of anv collateral did . I he Cateuai iau arch is alluded to , as companions will remember , in the R . A . ceremonial . -Kennhf ' s Cyclopccdia of Freemasonry . *