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The City Of Adjectives.
THE CITY OF ADJECTIVES .
It seems as if all the adjectives in the English , and some other languages , would be called into service to describe the city of Chicago , as it is now . The Windy City , the White City , the Fair City , the Exposition City , the W ' nmlerful City , the Marvellous City , the International City , the Extortionate City , the Congress City , the City of Assemblages , Meetings , Music , Slv . uvs , the City of Crowds , the Dear City—thus will all the adjectives be exhausted to designate Chicago .
If these words , used with a noun , to express or qualify Chicago , orsomellniig attributed to it , or to limit or define it , or to specify or describe Chicago as distinct from some other city , then Chicago may be called the adjective city . The gathering of people to see , what is called in popular parlance , "The World ' s Fair , " is , like all other excitements , often greater in anticipation than in realisation .
All sorts of expedients have been adopted to gather the people . Probably every scientific , every sociological , every moral , industrial , artistic , ismatic , and schismatic theory or notion , is each clothed in the garb to attract the curious . No wonder then that many people will go to Chicago to see " The World ' s Fair . "
Those veracious chroniclers who indite impressions or paint expectations are overworked in the line of correspondence . Women's meetings , the proceedings of which are so much like men's conventions , the rush to get seats , the oratory , the contentions , debates , and resolutions , odd as they are , make attractive reading . In these meetings the " previous question " is not in order .
There is such a plethora of association , assemblages , speeches , music , fault-finding , criticisms , that it is difficult to imagine what is not to be seen and heard at this "Fair City . " The " hotel keepers" and the "back drivers " have not yet had a meeting of their respective vocational congresses . Wait a while , till these meetings take place . Any woman who can get to the adjective city will find something to charm her active desire
to see the curiosities . What is to be the outcome of all this looking , and seeing , and hearing , is yet to be determined . The adjective city is just now excited by the contention between the " moral " and the " curious " people . " Open " or " shut" is the great subject for discussion and debate at meetings and gatherings . " Side shows " arc in favour of one side , the outside , while the " inside " fear pecuniary losses .
'Ihe adjective city has wonderfully diverse attractiveness . This may all lie very well for those who have time and money to spare to " go and sec . " But it is a very serious question if any real substantial benefit will result to the great interests of the people , the State , or this century . The excitement which surrounds this gathering of the visitors is likely to create an unsettling of that sober-mindedness of the young and old of this generation .
the Americans are staid , reflecting , and conservative citizens . The influence of all this unrest , the love of mere curiosity , the indulgence in the excitements of the " World's Fair , " the money getting and the money losing , the costs , the expenses , the greed , the gain , the extortion , by whatever name these features of this Fair may be known , arc causes , that like all causes , must have their effect .
Then , too , in these meetings of all sorts and for all purposes and all classes of objects it is not probable that solid instruction can be obtained uy their proceedings which will augment the total of human knowledge , prosperity , or happiness . The atmosphere of such varied excitements is not the best to induce the healthful growth of solid knowledge . So much mav be said , and so little
may be of real worth , that the final result of all this is yet problematical , fhese suggestions have been occasioned by the report that a " Masonic Congress" is to meet in this adjective city . A Masonic Congress it is called , Most likel y this is a mistake . It is sincerely to be hoped it is . That the C'drn , conservative , unimpressionable , ancient , and honourable Fraternity ° l h rcemasons should be carried away with the contagious excitement . 1 ^? USGS so many meetings of so many profane organisations should have iiic citcct
ot arousing the Masonic Fraternity is sorrowful . What could 'i . ivc induced the Freemasons to gather , for what , and now , at Chicago is ; i " enigma . The Craft cannot be represented by any such meeting . If it is a voluntary meeting of Masons even then it is unfortunate . *\ hat g 00 ( j can reslut ; s not uluJcrstood . The evil or mischief , if any , will ij e known by and by . So the Freemasons are adjuncts in manufacturing notoriety for this adjective citv .
. 'he Temple of Solomon is not there on exhibition . The principles *'"' ch Masonry teaches and asserts have ' no tyled home there . The silence ji'id secrecy and obedience which stand eternal in the portals of Masonry , i | je the dove from the ark , are ever looking for a place of rest and repose , 'he adjective city has no such place . —Keystone .
Too Much Masonry.
TOO MUCH MASONRY .
If there were more ni ghts in the week , or more days in the month , or we could stretch the years a little , a man might be able to attend to all of his 1 'cs as a Mason , and find a little time to make the acquaintance of his '" "i ly , or attend , to bis daily avocations . But the calendar will not admit of
etching , and the days are only 24 hours long , and the weeks have only ^ days in them . The months have a fifth day or two , which it would ' . '" would be given up to some pleasant duty other than Masonic work , but ¦ -is sure as there comes a fifth Monday or Saturday , they are seized upon i he " Trowel Club , " "Square Club , " or some other organisation for a ' ^ et of some kind . These fift h days are boons to the " outside "
ortrani' ° " s , for they can be utilised without " interfering" with lodge—or at e , lbl hardl y ever . Tl * . " is an age of organisations . Everything is organised , and a man is not organised , would make a drawing card for a Bowery dime museum .
Too Much Masonry.
Every man you meet is an officer in something . Just to satisfy yourself that this is an age of societies , take the directory of any city and see how many "Lodges" there are in it ; "Councils , " "Chapters , " " Commanderies , " " Circles , " " Castles , ' " Assemblies , ice , & c ., on and on until the mind is taxed to even read the list .
Of course Masonry forms a part of this ever-increasing catalogue . Men owe a duty to society , and society has a right to demand a portion of their time . Masonry has its obligations , both binding and extensive , and a man who enters the Fraternity ought to discharge his duty , but he ought not to undertake more than he can do . Masonry is good , but Masonry will not buy clothes or food , and that man who neglects his business to attend to Masonry is not a good Mason .
Look at what a " thoroughly initiated " Mason has to do , and then see if he does not need a longer lease of life to fulfil all his obligations . The lodge , which is the foundation of ihe whole superstructure , meets twice a month . That makes two nights in the month . The chapter meets usually once a month , sometimes twice . The Council assembles at least once a month . The Commandery has its nights . The Lodge of Perfection must do its perfecting one night of each month at least . The Council of
Princes is entitled to one night . The chapter of Rose Croix must not be neglected . The Consistory demands a rendezvous one night during each moon . The Shrine attracts for one evening , and the Eastern Star proudly sets up its claim to a little 12 days in the year . To ihe duty of attending the stated meetings of these various bodies may be added specials , rehearsals , Committee meetings , friendly and fraternal visitations , until a man is bewildered to know what to do in order to accept the " pressing invitations" he is continually receiving to visit " our lodge . "
The fact is wc have too much Masonry for an ordinary mortal . As we have said , a man who belongs to all the bodies and attempts to discharge his duty to them all , will have his hands full . It is no wonder the fair sex , who are left at home , grumble at the demands the lodge makes upon the time of husbands , fathers , and brothers . These bodies are all right , and each
fills an important place , but there is loo much meeting . We suppose a man can belong to the whole list from Entered Apprentice to Thirty-third , and attend to one or two , and partially discharge his duty , but it is too much to expect him to be active in all , but we arc all so desirous of seeing everything done right that wc imagine the bodies are going to the eternal bowwows unless we have a directing hand in them .
There is a sufficient number in the whole fraternity to divide up the duties . But one man should not attempt , or is it Masonic for him to desire to , monopolize all the offices . I low would it look for the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge to be Grand High Priest , Grand Master of the Grand Council , Grand Commander of Knights Templar , and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite , all at the same time ' . ' Would not some
of the irons be badly burned ' . ' Would he have time for anything but Masonic official duties ? This is true of the subordinate bodies , both in official position and in membership . The man who is attracted to the " higher" Degrees may make himself useful there , but he ought not to attempt to get down to the " lower" Degrees and ruin the whole thing . It is too much for him .
Let us discharge our Masonic duties faithfully , and be content to do what we can do , and not mar the beauty of what we can ' t do , and thereby lose our own pleasure and destroy that of others . —New York Dispatch .
One Feature Of Masonic Charity.
ONE FEATURE OF MASONIC CHARITY .
Charity is a many-featured virtue , and in all its forms is lovely and of good report . Masons are , thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe , by no means alone in taking it up as a distinguishing portion of life's work . And yet , without any disparagement of the efforts of other institutions and individuals , it is possible , with pardonable pride , to discover some special points of excellence in our Masonic methods of bringing relief to bear upon
the great mass of human misery . Not the least of these is the fact , not olten reflected upon , that our Charity in general is expended on just that class of the unhappy that is least touched by other agencies , and which , nevertheless , needs help more sorely than any others . Masonry , for the most part , takes under its protecting wing the bitterest of all poverty , that of the sufferer who has known better days . And , without the slightest
idea of minimising the misery of the ordinary poverty-stricken one , surely wc are at liberty to say that bitter though the bite of the wolf at the door is at all times , it is doubly so when pinching the man or the woman whose previous training has been altogether the worse for facing the frowns of adverse fortune . The coarsely brought up labourer , for instance , hard though his lot may be , suffers little even if he knows not where to turn
or a mia I , as compared with the anguish of the delicately nurtured lady to whom a reversal of fortune implies being cast adrift on a sea of shame and sorrow that means grief unspeakable . In the one case the daily life has been such that a little more depression is only a shade deeper in poverty , but in the other it means utter and entire helplessness , the sting of which is all the sharper because of the persistent
efforts which are made to suffer in silence . As a distinguished divine said lately to a deputation of London's unemployed , " There is often an aching heart under a black coat . " It is exactly these aching hearts that Masonry steps forward to soothe . From the very fact of those who have a claim upon us having been members of the Craft , it follows that they must , at some time or other , have been in the enjoyment of the comforts , if not of the superlluitics , of life . Amidst these they were trained , and it is not their
fault that their training is all insufficient when the ship has sailed upon the breakers of life . Probably a pound is spent with more certainty of doing real good when bestowed upon such as these than if sent to relieve the misery of the teeming thousands of the proletariat . Not that any of our Craft would neglect the multitude if he has wealth at his command , bin still wc may be pardoned for a little pardonable pride when we relied that that the stream of Masonic Charity goes to water dry places almost untouched by other . agencies . — South African Freemason .
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The City Of Adjectives.
THE CITY OF ADJECTIVES .
It seems as if all the adjectives in the English , and some other languages , would be called into service to describe the city of Chicago , as it is now . The Windy City , the White City , the Fair City , the Exposition City , the W ' nmlerful City , the Marvellous City , the International City , the Extortionate City , the Congress City , the City of Assemblages , Meetings , Music , Slv . uvs , the City of Crowds , the Dear City—thus will all the adjectives be exhausted to designate Chicago .
If these words , used with a noun , to express or qualify Chicago , orsomellniig attributed to it , or to limit or define it , or to specify or describe Chicago as distinct from some other city , then Chicago may be called the adjective city . The gathering of people to see , what is called in popular parlance , "The World ' s Fair , " is , like all other excitements , often greater in anticipation than in realisation .
All sorts of expedients have been adopted to gather the people . Probably every scientific , every sociological , every moral , industrial , artistic , ismatic , and schismatic theory or notion , is each clothed in the garb to attract the curious . No wonder then that many people will go to Chicago to see " The World ' s Fair . "
Those veracious chroniclers who indite impressions or paint expectations are overworked in the line of correspondence . Women's meetings , the proceedings of which are so much like men's conventions , the rush to get seats , the oratory , the contentions , debates , and resolutions , odd as they are , make attractive reading . In these meetings the " previous question " is not in order .
There is such a plethora of association , assemblages , speeches , music , fault-finding , criticisms , that it is difficult to imagine what is not to be seen and heard at this "Fair City . " The " hotel keepers" and the "back drivers " have not yet had a meeting of their respective vocational congresses . Wait a while , till these meetings take place . Any woman who can get to the adjective city will find something to charm her active desire
to see the curiosities . What is to be the outcome of all this looking , and seeing , and hearing , is yet to be determined . The adjective city is just now excited by the contention between the " moral " and the " curious " people . " Open " or " shut" is the great subject for discussion and debate at meetings and gatherings . " Side shows " arc in favour of one side , the outside , while the " inside " fear pecuniary losses .
'Ihe adjective city has wonderfully diverse attractiveness . This may all lie very well for those who have time and money to spare to " go and sec . " But it is a very serious question if any real substantial benefit will result to the great interests of the people , the State , or this century . The excitement which surrounds this gathering of the visitors is likely to create an unsettling of that sober-mindedness of the young and old of this generation .
the Americans are staid , reflecting , and conservative citizens . The influence of all this unrest , the love of mere curiosity , the indulgence in the excitements of the " World's Fair , " the money getting and the money losing , the costs , the expenses , the greed , the gain , the extortion , by whatever name these features of this Fair may be known , arc causes , that like all causes , must have their effect .
Then , too , in these meetings of all sorts and for all purposes and all classes of objects it is not probable that solid instruction can be obtained uy their proceedings which will augment the total of human knowledge , prosperity , or happiness . The atmosphere of such varied excitements is not the best to induce the healthful growth of solid knowledge . So much mav be said , and so little
may be of real worth , that the final result of all this is yet problematical , fhese suggestions have been occasioned by the report that a " Masonic Congress" is to meet in this adjective city . A Masonic Congress it is called , Most likel y this is a mistake . It is sincerely to be hoped it is . That the C'drn , conservative , unimpressionable , ancient , and honourable Fraternity ° l h rcemasons should be carried away with the contagious excitement . 1 ^? USGS so many meetings of so many profane organisations should have iiic citcct
ot arousing the Masonic Fraternity is sorrowful . What could 'i . ivc induced the Freemasons to gather , for what , and now , at Chicago is ; i " enigma . The Craft cannot be represented by any such meeting . If it is a voluntary meeting of Masons even then it is unfortunate . *\ hat g 00 ( j can reslut ; s not uluJcrstood . The evil or mischief , if any , will ij e known by and by . So the Freemasons are adjuncts in manufacturing notoriety for this adjective citv .
. 'he Temple of Solomon is not there on exhibition . The principles *'"' ch Masonry teaches and asserts have ' no tyled home there . The silence ji'id secrecy and obedience which stand eternal in the portals of Masonry , i | je the dove from the ark , are ever looking for a place of rest and repose , 'he adjective city has no such place . —Keystone .
Too Much Masonry.
TOO MUCH MASONRY .
If there were more ni ghts in the week , or more days in the month , or we could stretch the years a little , a man might be able to attend to all of his 1 'cs as a Mason , and find a little time to make the acquaintance of his '" "i ly , or attend , to bis daily avocations . But the calendar will not admit of
etching , and the days are only 24 hours long , and the weeks have only ^ days in them . The months have a fifth day or two , which it would ' . '" would be given up to some pleasant duty other than Masonic work , but ¦ -is sure as there comes a fifth Monday or Saturday , they are seized upon i he " Trowel Club , " "Square Club , " or some other organisation for a ' ^ et of some kind . These fift h days are boons to the " outside "
ortrani' ° " s , for they can be utilised without " interfering" with lodge—or at e , lbl hardl y ever . Tl * . " is an age of organisations . Everything is organised , and a man is not organised , would make a drawing card for a Bowery dime museum .
Too Much Masonry.
Every man you meet is an officer in something . Just to satisfy yourself that this is an age of societies , take the directory of any city and see how many "Lodges" there are in it ; "Councils , " "Chapters , " " Commanderies , " " Circles , " " Castles , ' " Assemblies , ice , & c ., on and on until the mind is taxed to even read the list .
Of course Masonry forms a part of this ever-increasing catalogue . Men owe a duty to society , and society has a right to demand a portion of their time . Masonry has its obligations , both binding and extensive , and a man who enters the Fraternity ought to discharge his duty , but he ought not to undertake more than he can do . Masonry is good , but Masonry will not buy clothes or food , and that man who neglects his business to attend to Masonry is not a good Mason .
Look at what a " thoroughly initiated " Mason has to do , and then see if he does not need a longer lease of life to fulfil all his obligations . The lodge , which is the foundation of ihe whole superstructure , meets twice a month . That makes two nights in the month . The chapter meets usually once a month , sometimes twice . The Council assembles at least once a month . The Commandery has its nights . The Lodge of Perfection must do its perfecting one night of each month at least . The Council of
Princes is entitled to one night . The chapter of Rose Croix must not be neglected . The Consistory demands a rendezvous one night during each moon . The Shrine attracts for one evening , and the Eastern Star proudly sets up its claim to a little 12 days in the year . To ihe duty of attending the stated meetings of these various bodies may be added specials , rehearsals , Committee meetings , friendly and fraternal visitations , until a man is bewildered to know what to do in order to accept the " pressing invitations" he is continually receiving to visit " our lodge . "
The fact is wc have too much Masonry for an ordinary mortal . As we have said , a man who belongs to all the bodies and attempts to discharge his duty to them all , will have his hands full . It is no wonder the fair sex , who are left at home , grumble at the demands the lodge makes upon the time of husbands , fathers , and brothers . These bodies are all right , and each
fills an important place , but there is loo much meeting . We suppose a man can belong to the whole list from Entered Apprentice to Thirty-third , and attend to one or two , and partially discharge his duty , but it is too much to expect him to be active in all , but we arc all so desirous of seeing everything done right that wc imagine the bodies are going to the eternal bowwows unless we have a directing hand in them .
There is a sufficient number in the whole fraternity to divide up the duties . But one man should not attempt , or is it Masonic for him to desire to , monopolize all the offices . I low would it look for the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge to be Grand High Priest , Grand Master of the Grand Council , Grand Commander of Knights Templar , and Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite , all at the same time ' . ' Would not some
of the irons be badly burned ' . ' Would he have time for anything but Masonic official duties ? This is true of the subordinate bodies , both in official position and in membership . The man who is attracted to the " higher" Degrees may make himself useful there , but he ought not to attempt to get down to the " lower" Degrees and ruin the whole thing . It is too much for him .
Let us discharge our Masonic duties faithfully , and be content to do what we can do , and not mar the beauty of what we can ' t do , and thereby lose our own pleasure and destroy that of others . —New York Dispatch .
One Feature Of Masonic Charity.
ONE FEATURE OF MASONIC CHARITY .
Charity is a many-featured virtue , and in all its forms is lovely and of good report . Masons are , thanks to the Great Architect of the Universe , by no means alone in taking it up as a distinguishing portion of life's work . And yet , without any disparagement of the efforts of other institutions and individuals , it is possible , with pardonable pride , to discover some special points of excellence in our Masonic methods of bringing relief to bear upon
the great mass of human misery . Not the least of these is the fact , not olten reflected upon , that our Charity in general is expended on just that class of the unhappy that is least touched by other agencies , and which , nevertheless , needs help more sorely than any others . Masonry , for the most part , takes under its protecting wing the bitterest of all poverty , that of the sufferer who has known better days . And , without the slightest
idea of minimising the misery of the ordinary poverty-stricken one , surely wc are at liberty to say that bitter though the bite of the wolf at the door is at all times , it is doubly so when pinching the man or the woman whose previous training has been altogether the worse for facing the frowns of adverse fortune . The coarsely brought up labourer , for instance , hard though his lot may be , suffers little even if he knows not where to turn
or a mia I , as compared with the anguish of the delicately nurtured lady to whom a reversal of fortune implies being cast adrift on a sea of shame and sorrow that means grief unspeakable . In the one case the daily life has been such that a little more depression is only a shade deeper in poverty , but in the other it means utter and entire helplessness , the sting of which is all the sharper because of the persistent
efforts which are made to suffer in silence . As a distinguished divine said lately to a deputation of London's unemployed , " There is often an aching heart under a black coat . " It is exactly these aching hearts that Masonry steps forward to soothe . From the very fact of those who have a claim upon us having been members of the Craft , it follows that they must , at some time or other , have been in the enjoyment of the comforts , if not of the superlluitics , of life . Amidst these they were trained , and it is not their
fault that their training is all insufficient when the ship has sailed upon the breakers of life . Probably a pound is spent with more certainty of doing real good when bestowed upon such as these than if sent to relieve the misery of the teeming thousands of the proletariat . Not that any of our Craft would neglect the multitude if he has wealth at his command , bin still wc may be pardoned for a little pardonable pride when we relied that that the stream of Masonic Charity goes to water dry places almost untouched by other . agencies . — South African Freemason .