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year of office , and , as the festive season was approaching , might he have a right merry Christmas . Bro . W . Weschd , W . M ., on rising to respond , was received with acclimation . He said that was a happy moment for him to stand before them as Master of the Mozirt Lodge , in which he was initiated 10 years ago with Bros . Macfarlane , P . M ., and L . R . Dicksee , S . W ., and they had remained friend ; ever since . It was somewhat diffi : ult to work the ceremony of initiation immediately after being installed , and he felt he had not done it justice , but if the members were satisfied with his small e ff orts he was gratified He had the welfare of the lodge at heart , and his great wish was to further the interests of the lodge in every way , which would be his great and only object .

The W . M . gave " The Visitors , " to which Bro . Id . James responded . He slid th it the W . M . had set a good example by being brief in his remarks and he would hive to be the same . That was his first visit and he should go awiy with a very h lppy recollection of the excellent working and the kind manner the visitors had been received and entertained .

Bro . H . King and Bro . TI . Daintry also responded in appropriate terms , complimenting the W . M . upon his great honour of being at the head of such a splendid musical lodge . In giving "The Installing Master , Bro . Howlett , I . P . M ., " the W . M . stated that he had a very important and pleasing duty to perform , it being to present to Bro . Howlett a Past Mister ' s jewel . All who cime in contact with Bro . Howlett were struck with his extreme modesty , he was a good fellow and a splendid Mison , and as VV . M . no one could be better , and they all appreciated his great services to the lodge , which would never be forgotten , and if he could only follow well in his footsteps he ( the W . M . ) would be a proud man .

Bro . C . H . Howlett , I . P . M ., on rising to respond , had a hearty welcome . In thanking the W . M . for his graceful words , he said that he was indeed pleased to hear that his small efforts had given them satisfaction and it had made him a happy man ; he tendered his best thanks to his officers for their great assistance . The jewel he hid received that evening he should ever honour , and it would always remind him—might he say—of his very happy year of office as Master of the Mozirt Lodge . In submitting the toast of " The Initiates , " the W . M . stated thit he thought they would both be good Masons , but he was certain they would be an acqu isition to the lodge because of their great vocal abilities .

Bro . L . V . Cockell responded , thanking the W . M . for the kind way he had referred to the initiates , and he hoped to do what was expected of a good Mason . Bro . Harry Marriott also responded . The hour being late , the VV . M . gave as one toast " The Past Misters , Masonic Charities , Treasurer and Secretary , and Working Officers , " coupling with it the names

of Bros . Fredk . Flood , P . M ., Sec ; Lamigeon , Treas . ; and L . R . Dicksee , S . W . Bro . Flood responded in two words—Thank you , as also did Bro . Lamigeon , P . M . Bro . Dicksee , S . W ., said that he and his colleagues would do their very utmost to support the W . M ., and their earnest wish was that he would have a splendid year of office . Bro . Wills , in a neat speech , responded on behalf of " The Charities . "

In giving "The Musical Brethren , " the W . M . thanked them for their excellent services that evening , and for what they had done in the pist , and he joined with the toast the name of Bro . Augustus Toop . Bro . A . Toop responded , observing that the musical brethren were only too pleased to do what they could to make the evenings of the lodge enjoyable . The Tyler's toast ended a most successful and enjoyable gathering . In a lodge of which the members are so closely connected with the musical profession , it was expected that an excellent entertainment would be provided , and in this

respect the brethren were not disappointed . The following well-known artistes contributed : Bros . W . H . Shiner , Harry Marriott , L . V . Cockell , and Mr . F . H . Gouldknown as " The Troubadour Glee Singers "—Bro . Trefelyn David , who gave a new song — "At Rest , " composed by Bro . St . Quentin — which will undoubtedly be a great success ; and Bro . J . J . Kern . Bro . Augustus Toop was an able accompanyist . The W . M ., Bro . Wesche , was born in Colombo , Ceylon , and was educated at King ' s College School , London . He did not begin to study for his professional cireer as a musician until he was 19 , when for many years he studied with Mr . Oscar Beringer ,

Bro . Fredk . Cowen , and the late Mr . Berthold Tours . Though beginning lite , he was quickly appointed organist and choirmaster of the—at that time—well-known Lock Chapel , where he stayed seven years , following that by six years at St . Thomas ' s , Westbourne Grove , and that by St . Stephens' , South Hampstead , which he has held to the present date . Though a brilliant organ player , who has given recitals all over London , Bro . Wesche ' s chief successes have been in the field of composition , when his suite in F for full orchestra was awarded the prize offered by the Westminster Orchestral Society , the adjudicators being Sir Alexander Mackenzie , Dr . Hubert Parry , and Sir Frederick

Bridge , and his ballade , "The Legend of Excalibur , " also for a very large orchestra , was performed at the Crystal Palace under the baton of Bro . Augustus Manns . Bro . Wesche has also published a large number of songs and pianoforte pieces ; he is an Associate of the Philharmonic Society , Professor of Pianoforte at the Royal Normal College for the Blind , besides other teaching engagements , which keep him busy from Sunday morning to Saturday afternoon . Nevertheless he finds time to be a devoted and enthusiastic Mason , and to do work at entomology , especially the miscropic part of that interesting subject .

Mark Masonry.

Mark Masonry .

Savage Club Lodge , No . 469 . 1 The December meeting of this Mark lodge was held on Wednesday evening at Mark Masons' Hall , when there were present Bros . Walter H . Id . Jessop , F . R . C . S ., W . M . ; Henry S . Wellcome , S . W . ; Dr . R . Bowdler Sharpe , J . W . ; Herbert Wright , M . O . ; Walter J . Ebbetts , P . M ., Sec . ; Carl von Buch , S . D . ; Lionel F . Cowing , J . D . ; Corn wallis H . Smith , D . C ; W . H . Hooper , I . G . ; VV . J . Fisher , I . P . M . ; Charles II . Green , Henry D . Mosenthal , and Edward J . Mills , Tyler . Visitors : Bros . Dr . W . H . Kempster , P . G . S . B . ; Harold Burke , I . P . M . 45 + ; Charles H .

Piesse , W . M . 13 ; Raymond Tucker , 400 ; H . Thomson Lyon , 476 ; W . C Cleave , Arthur Escott Young , S . W . 454 ; II . Massey , P . M . 22 ; R . Loveland-Loveland , Pres . Committee of General Purposes ; R . Clay Sudlow , 13 ; R . Newton Crane , Bon Accord , T . I . ; and C F . Matier , G . S . At the request of the W . M ., Bro . VV . J . Fisher , P . M ., advanced Bro . Imre Kiralfy to the Mark Degree , and the work of Bro . Fisher and the ollicers of the lodge was admirably performed . This over , Bro . iVV alter Eobetts , P . M . and Secretary , installed as W . M . for the year , Bro . Henry S . Wellcome , J . W ., and W . M . elect , afterwards

Bro . Walter H . H . Jessop was invested with the collar of I . P . M . The list of brethren to serve the different offices of the lodge was as follows : Bros . Dr . R . Bowdler Sharpe , S . W . ; Herbert Wright , J . W . ; Harry Nicholls , M . O . ; Dr . Anthony Nutt , S . O . ; Dr . Pliineas Abraham , J . O . ; Walter J . Ebbetts , P . M ., Treas . ; Carl von Buch , Reg . of Marks ; W . J . Fisher , P . M ., Sec ; Lionel Cowing , S . D . ; Cornwallis Smith , J . D . ; VV . II . Hooper , D . C ; L . W . Harris , I . G . ; Henry de Mosenthil , Steward ; and E . J . Mills , Tyler . A Past Master ' s jewel wis presented td Bro . Jessop , I . P . M . A choice banquet followed the working of the lodge .

Bro . U . Loveland Loveland responded to the toast of " The Grand Ollicers , " and , in the course of his remarks , said the Grand Ollicers wished the Savage Club Lodge God-speed ; it had begun well , and he was sure it would continue to keep the high place it had made for itself in the Degree . He congratulated the lodge on having so good a Master , and he congratulated tiro . Wellcome on being the Mister of so good a ledge . If when his year was over , and he was placed on the shelf with the Past Masters ,

any new Master required assistance , Bro . Wellcome would come forward and help him . Bro . Jessop , I . P . M ., in pioposing " The Health of the W . M ., " took up the name of the VV . M . — "Wellcome "—and said it was a word well known in England and in America ; one could not go into a village in that country without finding it . Bro . Wellcome was so well known to all that no words could increase the admiration and good will Ihe brethien had lor him .

Bro . II . S . Wellcome , W . M ., replying , said he would not say anything to spoil the very kind and generous expressions which had fallen from liro . Jessop . He expressed his best thanks to the brethren for the kind greeting with which the brethren had received him as their Master , and he would endeavour to serve them with all his heart ardtothe best of his strength during his year of office . Delightful evenings he had had in English Masonry and among English men . He felt himself as an American

Mark Masonry.

among Englishmen . From the moment he put his foot in London he felt among his own kin and his own people , and to his brother " savages " he was particularly indebted . He really spent his youth among savages—among the wild Sioux ; he had learned some gentle works and found many things to delight him and to draw him more closely to the land of his forefathers . He delighted in those Misonic meetings , because they should more and more draw men together ; no differences should ever divide them . He felt proud of filling the chair of the Savage Club Lodge , and he would devote to it his best efforts .

Bro . Walter Ebbetts , P . M . and Treasurer , responded to the toast of " The Installing Master , " but objected to it being given as it did not appear on the toist list . His name ought to have come among the P . Ms . The W . M . had hinted that it wis a privilege to be installed by him ; but bethought the privilege wis entirely on his side . What greater kindness could you do a man than ask him to instal an old friend and brother in the chair of his lodge , especially when you knew he was esteemed and loved by every brother who was acquainted with him ? He ( Bro . Ebbetts ) considered it a greit honour

and privilege to install Bro . Wellcome . The day before he was Bro . Wellcome ' s visitor at the consecration of the Anglo-American Chapter , which was one of the most successful Masonic meetings that had ever taken place . That diy he had had the privilege of installing an American as Master of an English lodge , and he esteemed it a great hono ur to do so . He had installed Irish , and also Scotch Masters , but it was a great privilege to instal a cousin . He was too happy on all occasions to mike a year successful ; he should do so this year , and not only successful , but happy and pleasant to everyone .

Bro . H . S . Wellcome , W . M ,, in giving the toast of " Bro . Imre Kiralfy , " who hid been advanced , said they must have new blood in Masonry , and they had introduced it that evening . The brethren all knew Bro . Kiralfy ' s work , and that he was a natural Mason . Most of them had seen those wonderful structures he had resurrected , and the things he had produced on canvass . Bro . Imre Kiralfy , said , in reply , he liked the word " advance , " because it meint we did better . He was very much impressed with the ceremony he had been the subject

of , and when he slid " impressed , " he meant impressed in his position as a P . M . of the Empress Lodge . It was a great deal for an initiate to say he was impressed when he took his Degrees , and also when he went into the Arch ; but for a Past Master , who had seen so much , it was a greater thing for him to sly he was impressed ; the whole ceretmony was so eloquently and beautifully rendered by Bro . Fisher , it impressed him more han anything else he had seen in Masonry . The W . M . said something about new blood ; he hoped that the new blood he had taken would give him new strength in Masonry .

Bro . R . Newton Crane , responding to the toast of "The Visitors , " said he was glad to be a vi sitor of the Savage Club Mark Lodge . He was himself a " Savage " and , therefore , did not feel like a fish out of water when he was in the Savage Club Lodge , although not a fish in wat er , not being a member . As a " Savage "" he felt he had been sporting about in shallo w water , and looked upon the members of the lodge as privileged to go into the deep . All that evening a new nursery riddle founded on the old one " when is a door not a door ? " had been running in his h . ad , " when is a Savage not a Savage ? " and the answer he made was " when he is not a member of

the Savage Club Lodge . " ( Laughter . ) He was one who had recently learned ti nuke his mark , but he was in a certain sense a very young Mason , and his Degrees had been taken in England . But he remembered in his own country seeing for many years a symbol of Masonry which excited his curiosity more thin anything else , and thit wis the keystone which was worn as an ornament by people in everyday life , and not as a lodge ornament . He thought it over , and wondered if every Mison wore a keystone of that kind until he became associated with it as a symbol of the Craft . He was standing on the banks of the Mississippi , when the last crowning work was to be done to the huge

bridge which united the State of St . Louis on the west with the State of Illinois on the cast . There certainly was a hitch in the performance , and he did not understand why . There was this explanation . It was a very warm midsummer day , and the tubes of steel of which the bridge was built , through lying in the broiling sun , had increased their dimensions , until at last the keystone tube to be inserted would not lit , and they were delayed while the keystone tube was refrigerated by artifical means and brought back to proper dimensions- It was then lifted to the keystone vacancy , and it became the connecting link between two great States . A friend stood at his side , and he looked at the keystone badge his friend bore . His friend said to him : " You are not a Mason ,

Crane ; if you were you would see the importance of that ; it is the crowning work of the thing , and some day you miy be impressed with it . " He was not then , but he was now , and he felt that as that emblem—the keystone—referred to him in those days of darkness as a symbol of darkness , he had felt more at home in Mark lodges than in Craft lodges ; it was the one binding connecting link which took in all forms . He was glad to receive the hospitality of that lodge , to which he wis delighted to come ; they had made him feel at home in the sanctum sinctoruin of Siviges . Bro . H . S . Wellcome , VV . M ., proposed " The Past Masters , " which was responded toby Bro . Jessop , I . P . M .

Bro . W . J . Fisher , P . M ., Secretary , responded to the toast of "The Treasurer and Secretary . " Bro . Dr . Bowdler Sharpe , S . W ., responding to the toast of "The Officers , " said he and the VV . M . and other officers had been associated in other branches of Misonry He felt great affection for the W . M ., and he felt sure his year of office would be successful . The officers would certainly endeavour to mike it so—to make it worthy of the Savage Club Lodge . The Tyler ' s toast brought the proceedings of a charming evening to a close .

Cryptic Masonry.

Cryptic Masonry .

Grand Masters Council , No . 1 . A meeting of this council was held at the Mark Masons' Hall , Great Qaeen-street , on the 26 th ult ., when there were present among others Bros . H . J . Lardner , P . G . M ., P . T . I . M ., as T . I . M ., in the unavoidable absence of Bro . J . J . Pakes ; VV . A . Scurrah , P . T . I . M . ; George Graveley , P . T . l . M .. Treas . ; Major T . C . Walls , Recorder ; th : Rev . C . Wright , P . G . Chap . ; 11 . P . Hiy , C of VV . ; J . J . Thomis . G . Briggs , B . Stewart , H . Higgins , W . H . Toye , Baron de Ferrieres , P . T . I . M . ; ElwinStorr , P . T . I . M . ; George Powell , P . T . I . M . ; W . A . Graveley , J . Kowc , and W . M . Stiles .

The minutes of the last meeting were read an 1 confirmed . The ballot was taken on behalf of Bro . Moore , P . M ., and he wis duly admitted to the Degree of M . E . M ., R . M ., S . M ., and S . E . M ., by the acting T . l . M . A vote of thanks wis pissed to Bro . Laidner for his services . The resignations of Bros . 3 yford and Horsemin were received with regret . Apologies for non-attendance were received from Bros , ] . J . Pakes , T . l . M . ; A . McDowall , P . T . I . M . ; R . Loveland-Loveland , J . P ., Q . C , P . T . l . M . ; Rev . Dr . Lemon , Rev . R . C . Fillingham , M . A . ; G . Gregory , R . Leversidge , and others .

The council was closed in the Degree of Select Mister , and the breth ren adjourned to the Holborn Restaurant where the banquet was held . Bro . W . A . Scurrah , LP . T . M ., ably presided . Upon the removal of the cloth , the usuil toisis received full justi ::, the president's remarks being terse but pertinent .

THE CANCER HOSPITAL ( IREI : ) , FUI . HAM-KOAD , S . W . —We desire to draw the attention of our readers to the claims of this valuable special hospital on their support , Founded in lSji , its work has gone on increasing year by yeir . During last year there were 839 new in-patients and 1516 new out-pitients , whilst some 13 . 7 S 5 visits of new and old out-patients were mide during the same period . The all-important feature in connection with this Institution is that it is absolutely free to poor persons suffering from cancerous disease—no letters of recommendation being required , the disease itself being a sufficient qualification for admission or treatment . There are also a number of

beds provided for the use of patients who may remain for life . 'The average length of time which beds have been occupied by patients is necessaiily longer than at hospitals which have not to deal with such a terrible and chronic disease as cancer . It is nati onal in its scope , as patients arc received not from London only , but from all puts of Great Biitain as well as from the Colonics . Unfortunately , the continuilly increasing nunber of patients treated each year involve a large expenditure , to meet which the Hospital has to rely upon the generosity of the public . The Secretary , Mr . VV . H . Hughes , will be glad to receive contributions , and we would strongly urge those b : nevolent personj who may be disposed to help in this good work to send their do . ntions to him ,