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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekl y News paper , price -id . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , inchiding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , 8 : c . Via Btindisi , Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . fid . 173 . 41 ! . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . Ss . Set . Three , ,, 2 s . 8 d . 35 . 31 ! . 4 s . fid . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , Ihe latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects ami books feir
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and tht return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further inlormation will be supplied 00 application to th ; Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
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IMPORTANT KOTICE . It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especiall y those from the United States of America and India : otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O , ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
'Ihe FBEEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . "Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half , „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... ,. 2100 Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100
Half „ 1 10 o Quarter ,, 100 Per inch 030 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
W . M .-Yes . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Le Monde Mae ; onnique , " " Der Triangel , " " Broad Arrow , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Keystone , " " Bulletin flu Granel Orient de France , " " Hebrew Leader , " " Die New Yorker Bundes Presse , " " Corner Stone ,, ' " Die Bauhiitte , " " The Prize Paper . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . fid . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . DOUGLAS . —On the 12 U 1 inst ., at 9 , Portland-terrace , Southsea , the wife of Captain Gordon Douglas , Il . M . A ., of a daughter . SCHUMACHER . —On the 14 th inst ., at 53 , Porcluslerterrace , Hyde-park , the wife of Mr . Erwin Schumacher , of a son . WIGGETT . —On the 15 th insL , at < -, Earl ' s-court-siiuarc , the wife of Mr . W . M . Wiggett , of a son .
MARRIAGES . PAHTRIDGE—FULLEH . —On the 18 th inst , at St . Mary's Church , Leicester , Samuel Stead Paittidge , of Leicester , Solicitor ( Prov . G . Sec , P . P . S . G . W . Leicester and Rutland ) , to Elizabeth , only surviving daughter of the late James Fuller ( P . M . 1 67 ) , ol Reading .
WEBB—SMITH . —On the 17 th inst ., at St . John's Church , Deptford , S . E ., by the Rev . Canon Money , William Henry , son of Mr . Thomas G . Webb , of Spring field , Byng , New South Wales , to Hlen ( Nellie ) , daughter of Mr . John B . Smith , of Kent Lotlge , Lewisham High-road , S . E .
DEATHS . McDoiiMo . ND . —On the 14 th inst ., at 2 , Wett-cnd-teir . icc , Captain Thomas McDormond , late H . li . l . CS ., formerly of Avranches , Normandy , aged 85 . P 001 . 1 ; . —On the nth inst ., at Staintor .-place , Blackheath , Mr , John Poole , in the 54 th year of his age .
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THEFREEMASON.' SATURDAY , J 21 , 1879 .
The Emperor's Golden Wedding.
THE EMPEROR'S GOLDEN WEDDING .
A . most distinguished brother of our Order , the great Head and Ruler of the Germanic Empire , whose fidelity to Freemasonry many long and eventful years have proved , and whom , therefore , all true Freemasons honour and revere , has lately celebrated his " golden wedding '' amid the
enthusiastic loyalty of all classes in Berlin , and Prussia , and Germany . It is a very remarkable si g ht which the columns of our daily papers and the eloquent words of special correspondents have set before the English public a week or so ago .
After the lapse of fifty years of married life , a very protracted period , the stately old Kaiser and his amiable Empress come , as it were , again upon the scene , surrounded with all the memories and associations which hallow common life and render the world in which we live a scene of
present happiness , an anticipation of future rest for us all , its passing and dying denizens of today . It is indeed a pleasure for us English people to note how that the German Heimath , from which comes our word Home , is as much endeared to the Teutonic as it is to the
Anglo-Saxon mind , as much bound up with ( heir personal and domestic happiness , as much identified with all that constitutes the true grace and strength and glory of nations and of men . We shall all rejoice in England to see the august and chivalrous ruler of a great free people , surrounded by
the princes of Germany and his family circle , amid rejoicing subjects , anil loyal demonstrations of grateful memory and living interest , proclaim as before the world , that in the home life after all , humble and commonplace as it may seem to be , in the discharge of its duties and the
unsensational tenour of its quiet and straightforward path , are to be found the truest hope and prospect of happiness for us all here below , be we who we may , rulers or ruled , princes or people-It is a good old-fashioned , wholesome truth for us all well to digest , in these garish , and unsettled ,
and excitable days , when we are sometimes tempted to oveilook or undervalue it . And thus the English mind , simply practical , turns with great pride and approval to that memorable scene which Berlin has lately witnessed , amid such brilliant representations of heartfelt national rejoicing , and contemplates the good old soldier ,
Mason , Emperor , erect and stately as ever , in a green and serene old age , surrounded b y a loving family , greeted by an admiring people—a representation of old-fashioned virtues , which , amid much that is new and pretentious and grotesque in the highest degree—we may all of us do well to remember , to cherish , and to admire .
Good Works.
GOOD WORKS .
Tlie Consecration of the " Sir 1 homas "White Lodge , No . J 82 c , " on the 6 th inst ., while it was most striking , and most interesting to Freemasons from various points of view , suggests to us the theme for a few remarks we are wishful to make to our readers . In the first place let us
congratulate all concerned in the Consecration of the Sir Thomas White Lodge on the complete and most gratify ing success which has so fitly marked the foundation of this young but important lodge . We are glad to learn in the next place that it is a " special lodge , " as , though
some object to this view of lodge-life , we have long felt that is the only practical answer to a growing evil amongst us , hasty and indiscriminate admission of members . But , in the thud place , we are-much pleased to note what a valuable commentary the proceedings oiler on the
invaluable , and we will add unequalled , labours of our esteemed Grand Secretary , Bro . John Hervey . Those of us who remember olden days and other Secretaries , and with all the respect due to good old Bro . White , and Bro . Gray Clarke , will , we think , feel how won-
Good Works.
drous is the change which has " come o ' er " the " spirit of our" Masonic "dream , " in these last few years especially . Official work of every kind has increased very nearly a hundredfold within the last decade especially , but for a few years the labour of consecrations has become
markedly very great , and fallen heavil y on our worthy Grand Secretary . No doubt there is a reason for this . In the first place he is personally most valued and liked , and looked up to , and we will add , loved in the Craft . In the next case he is himself a consummate Ritualist , a
read y speaker , and a most sound teacher ; and his words , leplete with common sense and dignity , always convey information and carry weight for all who have the pleasure to hear them . His speeches on the last occasion were full of interest as well as animation , and were
marked b y his own pleasing characteristics of friendship and fraternal feeling , good sense and wise caution , which , as we have already remarked may always be traced in his official or general utterances . And we feel strongly that the thanks of our Fraternity are justly due to one who so
zealousl y and satisfactorily discharges his hi gh duties in the " spirit" as in the "letter , " whose words may be read by all alike in attention and reverence , with the deepest benefit to themselves , and who lends to his important functions as Consecrating Officer , a perfect knowledge of
the Ritual , as well as that great urbanity and tact , and " savoir faire , " which are so important in a Grand Secretary . Many of our readers have known Bro . Hervey long and well , and need not be reminded by us , how that the qualities of his " head " ate equalled by those of his " heart , "
and feel for him , as all do feel who are acquainted with him , the warmth of friends , and the sympathy of Masons . It has struck us , on reading over the proceedings of the Consecration of the Sir Thomas White Lodge , that some of us perhaps hardly realize , though wo see it clearly
before our eyes , all that we owe to the zeal and labours of Bro . Hervey , in the present wonderful advance of Masonry , and we have , therefore , thought it well to record in this humble weekly paper of ours our honest sense of ceaseless " good work" right admirabl y performed fcr Masonry and for Masons .
Personality In Masonic Writing.
PERSONALITY IN MASONIC WRITING .
It has often occurred to us , and perhaps to many others of our readers , to ask this question , but for which we have as yet obtained no answer , " why is it that when Freemasons get into print they inevitably become bitter and personal , most un-Masonic , and often not a little vulgar ? " In
the " press , " as a general rule , it has been held , that the " moment a man rushes into print he makes an ass of himself , " and hardly a day passes over our heads but we see in our numerous un-Masonic journals egregious proofs of the reality and far extending truth of this
proposition . Indeed , it is perhaps not too much to say that as a general rule it is safer not to write than to write to the " papers . " " Heat " whispers " write , " " caution" suggests " think it over cooll y for twenty-four hours , " and then the benevolentand healing " morrow , " benevolent and
healing how often to us all , in the petty and greater affairs of life , closes the discussion with , "better not write at all . " That " burning , " or " clever , ' or " scathing " letter as the case may be , does not appear , and yet what has the world or society lost ? Nothing ! Nay , have they not gained
rather a great deal ? We think , very respectfully 1 yes ! And yet , some good brother may say , " but some controversies are needful , some correspondence is useful , for discussion is beneficial , we have , thank God , in England liberty of ' prophecy ing , ' and liberty of ' conscience ,
and why not use it ? ' Yes , and it is just because we are not insensible to those great and hardwon blessings , because we feel that if we are to have a Masonic paper , there must bc full , free , and fair discussion , within , of course , certain
limits of safety , and moderation , and loyalty f ° us all alike , that the Freemason has from the first given week by week so much ' space to " correspondence . " Perhaps , as we look back to day , we mig ht think that some letters had better have been omitted , some ought never to have been
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To Our Readers.
TO OUR READERS .
The FREEMASON is a Weekl y News paper , price -id . It is published every Friday morning , and contains the most important , interesting , and useful information , relating to Freemasonry in every degree . Subscription , inchiding postage : United America , India , India , China , & c .
Kingdom , the Continent , 8 : c . Via Btindisi , Twelvemonths ios . 6 d . 12 s . fid . 173 . 41 ! . Six „ 5 s . 3 d . 6 s . 6 d . Ss . Set . Three , ,, 2 s . 8 d . 35 . 31 ! . 4 s . fid . Subscriptions may be paid for in stamps , but Post Office Orders or Cheques are preferred , the former payable to
GEORGE KENNING , CHIEF OFFICE , LONDON , Ihe latter crossed London Joint Stock Bank . Advertisements and other business communications should be addressed to the Publisher . Communications on literary subjects ami books feir
review are to be forwarded to the Editor . Anonymous correspondence will be wholly disregarded , and tht return of rejected MSS . cannot be guaranteed . Further inlormation will be supplied 00 application to th ; Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
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IMPORTANT KOTICE . It is very necessary for our readers to advise us of all money orders they remit , more especiall y those from the United States of America and India : otherwise we cannot tell where to credit them . Several P . O . O , ' s are now in hand , but having received no advice we cannot credit them .
To Advertisers.
TO ADVERTISERS .
'Ihe FBEEMASON has a large circulation in all parts of the Globe , its advantages as an advertising medium can therefore scarcely be overrated . ADVERTISEMENTS to ensure insertion in current -week ' s issue should reach the Office , 198 , Fleet-street , by 12 o'clock on "Wednesdays . SCALE OF CHARGES FOR
ADVERTISEMENTS . "Whole of back page ... ... ... £ 12 12 o Half , „ ... ... ... ... 6 10 o inside pages ... ... ... ... 7 7 ° Half of ditto 400 Quarter ditto ... ... ... ,. 2100 Whole column ... ... ... ... ... 2100
Half „ 1 10 o Quarter ,, 100 Per inch 030 These prices are for single insertions . A liberal reduction is made for a series of 13 , 26 , and 32 insertions . Further particulars may be obtained of the Publisher , 198 , Fleet-street , London .
Answers To Correspondents.
Answers to Correspondents .
W . M .-Yes . BOOKS , & c , RECEIVED . " Le Monde Mae ; onnique , " " Der Triangel , " " Broad Arrow , " " Freemasons' Repository , " " Keystone , " " Bulletin flu Granel Orient de France , " " Hebrew Leader , " " Die New Yorker Bundes Presse , " " Corner Stone ,, ' " Die Bauhiitte , " " The Prize Paper . "
Births, Marriages, And Deaths.
Births , Marriages , and Deaths .
[ The charge is 2 s . fid . for announcements not exceeding Four Lines under this heading . ]
BIRTHS . DOUGLAS . —On the 12 U 1 inst ., at 9 , Portland-terrace , Southsea , the wife of Captain Gordon Douglas , Il . M . A ., of a daughter . SCHUMACHER . —On the 14 th inst ., at 53 , Porcluslerterrace , Hyde-park , the wife of Mr . Erwin Schumacher , of a son . WIGGETT . —On the 15 th insL , at < -, Earl ' s-court-siiuarc , the wife of Mr . W . M . Wiggett , of a son .
MARRIAGES . PAHTRIDGE—FULLEH . —On the 18 th inst , at St . Mary's Church , Leicester , Samuel Stead Paittidge , of Leicester , Solicitor ( Prov . G . Sec , P . P . S . G . W . Leicester and Rutland ) , to Elizabeth , only surviving daughter of the late James Fuller ( P . M . 1 67 ) , ol Reading .
WEBB—SMITH . —On the 17 th inst ., at St . John's Church , Deptford , S . E ., by the Rev . Canon Money , William Henry , son of Mr . Thomas G . Webb , of Spring field , Byng , New South Wales , to Hlen ( Nellie ) , daughter of Mr . John B . Smith , of Kent Lotlge , Lewisham High-road , S . E .
DEATHS . McDoiiMo . ND . —On the 14 th inst ., at 2 , Wett-cnd-teir . icc , Captain Thomas McDormond , late H . li . l . CS ., formerly of Avranches , Normandy , aged 85 . P 001 . 1 ; . —On the nth inst ., at Staintor .-place , Blackheath , Mr , John Poole , in the 54 th year of his age .
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THEFREEMASON.' SATURDAY , J 21 , 1879 .
The Emperor's Golden Wedding.
THE EMPEROR'S GOLDEN WEDDING .
A . most distinguished brother of our Order , the great Head and Ruler of the Germanic Empire , whose fidelity to Freemasonry many long and eventful years have proved , and whom , therefore , all true Freemasons honour and revere , has lately celebrated his " golden wedding '' amid the
enthusiastic loyalty of all classes in Berlin , and Prussia , and Germany . It is a very remarkable si g ht which the columns of our daily papers and the eloquent words of special correspondents have set before the English public a week or so ago .
After the lapse of fifty years of married life , a very protracted period , the stately old Kaiser and his amiable Empress come , as it were , again upon the scene , surrounded with all the memories and associations which hallow common life and render the world in which we live a scene of
present happiness , an anticipation of future rest for us all , its passing and dying denizens of today . It is indeed a pleasure for us English people to note how that the German Heimath , from which comes our word Home , is as much endeared to the Teutonic as it is to the
Anglo-Saxon mind , as much bound up with ( heir personal and domestic happiness , as much identified with all that constitutes the true grace and strength and glory of nations and of men . We shall all rejoice in England to see the august and chivalrous ruler of a great free people , surrounded by
the princes of Germany and his family circle , amid rejoicing subjects , anil loyal demonstrations of grateful memory and living interest , proclaim as before the world , that in the home life after all , humble and commonplace as it may seem to be , in the discharge of its duties and the
unsensational tenour of its quiet and straightforward path , are to be found the truest hope and prospect of happiness for us all here below , be we who we may , rulers or ruled , princes or people-It is a good old-fashioned , wholesome truth for us all well to digest , in these garish , and unsettled ,
and excitable days , when we are sometimes tempted to oveilook or undervalue it . And thus the English mind , simply practical , turns with great pride and approval to that memorable scene which Berlin has lately witnessed , amid such brilliant representations of heartfelt national rejoicing , and contemplates the good old soldier ,
Mason , Emperor , erect and stately as ever , in a green and serene old age , surrounded b y a loving family , greeted by an admiring people—a representation of old-fashioned virtues , which , amid much that is new and pretentious and grotesque in the highest degree—we may all of us do well to remember , to cherish , and to admire .
Good Works.
GOOD WORKS .
Tlie Consecration of the " Sir 1 homas "White Lodge , No . J 82 c , " on the 6 th inst ., while it was most striking , and most interesting to Freemasons from various points of view , suggests to us the theme for a few remarks we are wishful to make to our readers . In the first place let us
congratulate all concerned in the Consecration of the Sir Thomas White Lodge on the complete and most gratify ing success which has so fitly marked the foundation of this young but important lodge . We are glad to learn in the next place that it is a " special lodge , " as , though
some object to this view of lodge-life , we have long felt that is the only practical answer to a growing evil amongst us , hasty and indiscriminate admission of members . But , in the thud place , we are-much pleased to note what a valuable commentary the proceedings oiler on the
invaluable , and we will add unequalled , labours of our esteemed Grand Secretary , Bro . John Hervey . Those of us who remember olden days and other Secretaries , and with all the respect due to good old Bro . White , and Bro . Gray Clarke , will , we think , feel how won-
Good Works.
drous is the change which has " come o ' er " the " spirit of our" Masonic "dream , " in these last few years especially . Official work of every kind has increased very nearly a hundredfold within the last decade especially , but for a few years the labour of consecrations has become
markedly very great , and fallen heavil y on our worthy Grand Secretary . No doubt there is a reason for this . In the first place he is personally most valued and liked , and looked up to , and we will add , loved in the Craft . In the next case he is himself a consummate Ritualist , a
read y speaker , and a most sound teacher ; and his words , leplete with common sense and dignity , always convey information and carry weight for all who have the pleasure to hear them . His speeches on the last occasion were full of interest as well as animation , and were
marked b y his own pleasing characteristics of friendship and fraternal feeling , good sense and wise caution , which , as we have already remarked may always be traced in his official or general utterances . And we feel strongly that the thanks of our Fraternity are justly due to one who so
zealousl y and satisfactorily discharges his hi gh duties in the " spirit" as in the "letter , " whose words may be read by all alike in attention and reverence , with the deepest benefit to themselves , and who lends to his important functions as Consecrating Officer , a perfect knowledge of
the Ritual , as well as that great urbanity and tact , and " savoir faire , " which are so important in a Grand Secretary . Many of our readers have known Bro . Hervey long and well , and need not be reminded by us , how that the qualities of his " head " ate equalled by those of his " heart , "
and feel for him , as all do feel who are acquainted with him , the warmth of friends , and the sympathy of Masons . It has struck us , on reading over the proceedings of the Consecration of the Sir Thomas White Lodge , that some of us perhaps hardly realize , though wo see it clearly
before our eyes , all that we owe to the zeal and labours of Bro . Hervey , in the present wonderful advance of Masonry , and we have , therefore , thought it well to record in this humble weekly paper of ours our honest sense of ceaseless " good work" right admirabl y performed fcr Masonry and for Masons .
Personality In Masonic Writing.
PERSONALITY IN MASONIC WRITING .
It has often occurred to us , and perhaps to many others of our readers , to ask this question , but for which we have as yet obtained no answer , " why is it that when Freemasons get into print they inevitably become bitter and personal , most un-Masonic , and often not a little vulgar ? " In
the " press , " as a general rule , it has been held , that the " moment a man rushes into print he makes an ass of himself , " and hardly a day passes over our heads but we see in our numerous un-Masonic journals egregious proofs of the reality and far extending truth of this
proposition . Indeed , it is perhaps not too much to say that as a general rule it is safer not to write than to write to the " papers . " " Heat " whispers " write , " " caution" suggests " think it over cooll y for twenty-four hours , " and then the benevolentand healing " morrow , " benevolent and
healing how often to us all , in the petty and greater affairs of life , closes the discussion with , "better not write at all . " That " burning , " or " clever , ' or " scathing " letter as the case may be , does not appear , and yet what has the world or society lost ? Nothing ! Nay , have they not gained
rather a great deal ? We think , very respectfully 1 yes ! And yet , some good brother may say , " but some controversies are needful , some correspondence is useful , for discussion is beneficial , we have , thank God , in England liberty of ' prophecy ing , ' and liberty of ' conscience ,
and why not use it ? ' Yes , and it is just because we are not insensible to those great and hardwon blessings , because we feel that if we are to have a Masonic paper , there must bc full , free , and fair discussion , within , of course , certain
limits of safety , and moderation , and loyalty f ° us all alike , that the Freemason has from the first given week by week so much ' space to " correspondence . " Perhaps , as we look back to day , we mig ht think that some letters had better have been omitted , some ought never to have been