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JYOIII a Photo Sy Fradellc and Tomii ; , Heijciit Street , W . INSTALLATION BANQUET OF THE SAINT MARYLEBONE LODGE , No . 1305 , HELD AT THE "CRITERION , " ' FEBRUARY UTH , 1901 .

Tranquillity Lodge , No . 1 ^ 5 . INSTALLATION OF BRO . LEO FRANKLIN . This old lodge , now in the 114 th year of its age , held its installation meeting at the Frascati Restaurant , on the iSth instant , when a good paper of business was before the brethren . The attendance was very large , both of members and visitors . Bro . J . Gerson , W . M ., presided , and was supported by Bros . Leo Franklin , S . W . ; B . Cohen , I . W .: Harry Tipper , P . M ., P . A . G . P .. Treas . ; David Hills , P . M ., P . Z .,

Sec ; F . Mortimer , S . D . j Maurice Winkel , J . D . ; Eisenmann , P . M ., D . C ; H . M . Rosenfeldt , J . A . Wittans , P . M . ; P . Ornstien , P . M . j S . Barnett , P . M . j I . D . Barnett , P . M . j W . Hinds , P . M . ; J . M . Levy , P . M . ; F . Lazarus , P . M . ; Lewis Levy , P . M . ; Herbert Townsend , Org . ; Gustav Michael , John Lewis , Joseph Cohen , P . M . ; Joel Wacholdey , VV . Bailey , Philip Joseph , W . Barnett , C . D . Hills , B . Benfandy , H . W . Butler , F . Grossbaun , Joseph SuEinan , Horace Barrett , Gus Getlefuger , John Marcus , Ernest Joseph , John Goldston , Maurice J . Hyman ,

Laurence Levy , jun ., Wolfe S . Lyon , Fi S . Kelsey , A . F . Pengelly , J . S . Goldston , J W . Bayley , P . M . ; T . Moore , H . Chang , S . G . Ross , T . A . Alexander , E . Levy , H . Bingham , Albert Muller , Arthur Mayers , B . Fisher , H . Gleitzman , M . Lazarus , Charles D . Jones , Marcus Fisher , S . Herassenberg , M . Nicokney , P . Hochweiss , H . W . Kruszinski , H . Chetham , D . Locke , A . R . James , Isaac Levy , Henry Franks , F . Schuser , S . Davis , J-P . Hyman , J . G . Bass , T . J . Rozalare , Henry Lazarus , J . W . Taylor , S . Boass , lun ., and S . H . Davids . The visitors were Bros . E . Maynard , 1029 ; James W .

Mathews , W . M . 1319 ; S . Mendelson , P . M . 1409 ; J . Lavine , 744 ; Isidore Salmon , Mi J Shirl Mussell , S 6 5 ; Henry Lyons , 1004 ; VV . Hide , VV . M . 1275 ; F . R . W . Hedges , P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . I . G . ; Under-Sheriff T . H . Gardiner , P . G . D . ; C . Robinson , W . M . 1541 ; H . Warren , S . W . 2090 ; J . M . Gro « sbaum , 1474 ; Thomas f . Lanard , 27 S 9 ; Albert Hess , 1507 j S . J . Heilbron , W . M . 1 C 6 S j Walter Clark , J . D . 2579 ; Albert F . London , l . G . 205 ; I . Gundelfinger , P . M . Star of Rand Lodge , . ohanncsburg ; E . D . Richards , W . M . S 34 ; W . 1 . Mason , P . M . 132 S . G . Std . Br . j H . Massey , P . M . and P . Z . Gin and 1028 : S . C . Kaufman , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C . Essex j

J . harles F . Sach , 1541 ; A . Jones , 1017 ; W . Digby Drew , I . P . M . 1017 ; T . G . Hellyer , Edw . Blinkhorn , P . M . 2278 ; S . Sasserath , 1017 ; H . T . Telling , P . M . 2182 ; C Pastorelli , 19 S 7 j I . Myers , 22 C 5 ; Malcolm K . Jonas , S 40 ( S . C . ); B . Phillips , 24 SS ; Joseph L . Lazarus , late 1 S 5 ; J , imes Thomson , P . M . 2319 ; Charles Ellison , I . M . S 71 J Moss Chapman , PM ' . C 19 ; A . Kaufmann . P . M . 17 66 ; J . Franklin , 212 j VV . Clarkson , 2127 : M . Siegenberg , P . M . ; and W . II . Frinton , 357 .

After the minules had been confirmed , the I . P . M ., Bro . P . Ornstien , passed Bros . J- Lewis and J . Wacholder to the Second Degree . Bro . j . Eisenmann , P . M ., initiated Mr . Benjamin Moss Benjamin into Masonry , and then the W . M . installed Bro . Leo Franklin , S . W . and W . M . elect , as W . M . of the lodge for the year ensuinsr , and tha new VV . M . having been presented to the Installing Master by Bro . J . Eisenmann , £ -M ., D . C , Bro . Gerson wis invested as I . P . M . The other brethren invested were Bros . B . Cohen , S . W . j M . Winkel , J . W . j Harry Tipper , P . M ., P . A . G . D . of C , Ireas . j David Hills , P . M ., P . Z ., Sec . j A . Rosenfeld , S . D . ; J . Mortimer , J . D . j iM

H . . Kruszinski , I . G . ; J . Eisenmann , P . M ., P . Z ., D . C ; Marcus Fisher , A . D . C . ; J . A . Witthaus , P . M ., Ernest Joseph , G . Michael , and W . Bailey , Stewards j and J . "awlcs , Tyler . A Past Master ' s jewel was presented to Bro . Gerson , P . M ., accompanied by some very complimentary remarks as to his working of the / ceremonies , and the geniality with which he had presided at the banquets of the lodge , and Bro . Gerson Jn h acknowle < lged the compliment , the lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to banquet , after having passed a vote of condolence on the death of the Queen , to be recorded on the minutes .

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The menu was a choice specimen of printing and selection . It Was arranged and printed by Bro . David Hills , the Secretary . A portrait of the King wa s a frontispiece . There were only two Shakespearian quotations—one for the late Grand Master and one for the Past Masters . The lodge being a Jewish lodge , all the quotations to the toasts were taken from the Old Testament . A musical entertainment accompanied the toasts , the executants being Madame Nettie Carpenter , Mr . Harrison Brockbank , Mr . Mark Hyam , Miss Nellie Beare , Mr . Dennis Drewand Bro . Charies Ellison .

, Bro . L . Franklin , W . M ., in proposing the first toast— " His Most Gracious Majesty , Kin g Edward VII . " —said he felt in rising a great deal of impressiveness , as the toast that had usually been given in its place for so many years would no longer be given . The Victorian era had ended ; it had suddenly passed from us like a dream . The spirit ot the new era had already begun to display itself , for " the fierce light that beats on the Throne" had revealed to the whole world a worthy successor . In the King we had a ruler who had only recently , when opening Parliament , pledged himself to follow in the footsteps of his revered mother . We all hailed with joy that declaration .

It was a happy augury for a bright and useful career , and a security for the happiness of this mighty Empire , which would make its influence felt throughout the whole world . There was no need for him to say more in favour of the King than that he had already taken great interest in good works which were going on j he was the friend cf suffering humanity j exercised himself much in the question of the better housing of the poor , and aided all Charitable institutions without any favour to race or religion .

He took a great part in hospital encouragement , and all these acts of his endeared him to all his subjects . The brethren as Freemasons were proud that he had been for over a quarter of a century at the head of the Craft , and , although reasons of State had induced him to relinquish the Grand Mastership of the Order , he had become Protector . He looked upon the fact of the King of England being Protector of English Freemasons as an epoch in the annals of Freemasonry .

Bros . VV . J . Mason , G . Std . Br ., and T . H . Gardiner , P . A . G . D . C , replied to the toast of " The Grand Officers . " Bro . Gerson , I . P . M ., proposed "The W . M ., " whom all the brethren knew . The Lodge of Tranquillity had a Master who would do all honour to his high office . He was as well up in the whole of the ceremonies as any Master who had gone before Wm j and his sense of duty and his zeal were unsurpassed . Bro . Leo Franklin , W . M ., in reply , said the brethren had conferred upon him the most honourable position that any brother could attain to in a lodge , and he felt very

grateful to them for it . The honour and dignity of that lodge would be safe in his keeping . It was his intention to follow in the footsteps of the Past Masters of that lodge , and maintain those traditions they had so worthily established . ln asking the brethren ' s assistance in making the lodge a success , he was only asking what he knew he should getj but he felt the responsibility of his position both in the lodge and at the festivities j in the lodge by doing the work according to the high standard which the brethren had a right to expect from their W . M . j and at the festive table by presiding at its head with that dignity which had been the charm of his predecessors . His endeavour

would be to preside to the best of his ability . He believed there was nothing- more for the relief from toil than the brotherly love exhibited at their meetings , assistance given by noble actions , the aid of the distressed , created during an hour at the social board . He trusted he might answer the brethren's expectations , and he would do all he could during his yearot office to perform his duties to the lodge . Bro . L . Franklin , W . M ., in proposing " The Initiate , " was sure that Bro .

Benjamin was a brother who would not only reflect honour on the lodge but on the Craft as well . He called Bro . Benjamin ' s attention to the sacred literature , thousands of years old , which taught them to look to the life beyond , and instructed them in their duties to God , to their neighbour , and to themselves . The grand principles of the Masonic Order—Brotherly Love , Relief , and Truth were addressed to men as men j they dealt with every element of our being through all ages of man ' s history . Aa