A Last Century Silver Wedding.

Bro . W . H . Bailey ( who recently vacated the office of Grand Treasurer ) , of the Lodge of Fellowship , No . 2535 , in 1894 , of which Bro . Bailey was installed Worshipful Master , while Bro . Stephens has rendered it valuable services in ( lie very onerous and responsible office of Secretary . He has also , in connection with Y . W . Bro . Bailey , recently founded the Eyre Lodge , No . 2742 , and were respectively its first Secretary and Treasurer . For his services to Masonry in Bucks ., he has been thrice appointed to office in its Prov . Grand Lodgefirstly in 1892 as P . G . S . ;

, then in the following year as Prov . S . G . D . ; and lastly , in 18 9 6 , as Prov . S . G . Warden , and is now its Charity representative . He has officiated at the consecration of several lodges , including , amongst others , the Concordia , Alfred Newton , Wandle , Thomas-a-Beckelt , Lodge ol" Light , and Muswell Hill , ol" each of which he was elected an honorary member . Add to this , that he has been several times elected to serve as a member ol" the Board of General Purposesand we have before us a career in Craft Masonry

, which has doubtless been equalled , but cannot easily be surpassed . In Royal Arch Masonry , to which he was exalted in the Prince Frederick William Chapter , No . 753 , on the 28 th October , 1885 , he has laboured with equal diligence and success . He was installed M . E . Z . ol" the Belgrave Chapter , No . 749 , in June , 1891 ; ol" the Hornsey Chapter , No . 890 , in April , 1892 ; of his mother Chapter , No . 753 , in April , 1893 . While in 1896 , he took a leading part in founding two chapters , the Fellowship ,

No . 2535 , of which he has been Treasurer since its consecration , and the Studholme Brownrigg , No . 1591 , in both of which he held the office of Treasurer . He was a member of the Grand Chapter Committee in 1895 and 18 9 6 , and was in 1896 appointed Prov . Grand Registrar of Bucks , and a Past Grand Standard Bearer of Supreme Grand Chapter . He is also a founder and Past Master of the Prince Frederick William Mark Lodge , No . 458 , and has doubtless had , or in the future will have , distinction waiting him in other Degrees . But his other important work

has had relation to our Charitable Institutions , of all of which he has constituted himself a Patron , and Mrs . Stephens a Patroness , in addition to which he has served thirteen Stewardships for the Girls' School , eleven for the Boys ' , of whose Board of Management he is one of the London members , and twelve for the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , of which he is a member of the House Committee , and Mrs . Stephens at some twenty Festivals in a like capacitythe latter having established

, a record in that on three occasions ( twice to the Benevolent Fund and once to the Girls' ) , she has taken up lists of between three and four hundred pounds . Lastly , both he and his wife are Life Governors and past Festival Stewards of the Mark Benevolent Fund , while , as regards energetic action in respect of any movement which is calculated to strengthen or promote the interests of ( he Craft , it may be said ol" Bro . Stephens , without flattery , that ) he has ' but few equals and no superiors .

Derby Allcroft Lodge, No. 2168.

Derby Allcroft Lodge , No . 2168 .

A UNIQUE OCCASION ' .

The installation meeting and banquet of the Derby Allcroft Lodge took place on the ioth January , and proved a function of a unique character . W . Bro . Nathan Robinson , P . M ., P . Z ., was installed into the chair of King Solomon in a masterly manner by the very able Secretary of the lodge ,

W . Bro . Robert D . Cummings , P . M ., who also had the pleasure at the festive board of making a presentation on behalf of the lodge to the W . M . in celebration of what one of the brethren characterised as " a double event . " The testimonial , which took the form of an elaborately engraved

silver salver , was inscribed as follows : — " Presented to our Worshipful Bro . Nathan Robinson , P . M ., P . Z ., by the brethren of the Lodge in commemoration of his Golden Wedding and as a mark of our Fraternal regards on the occasion of his installation as Worshipful Master of the Lodge . January ioth , 1901 . "

W . Bro . Cummings , in making the presentation , alluded to the fact that the installation ceremony was postponed from the November meeting in consequence of the W . M . elect having met with a slight accident , but they till rejoiced to see him recovered in health and appointed to the chair on that occasion .

In response , the W . M . said that he should never forget the great honour that the lodge had paid him . Ever since he joined it , many years ago , he had had an eye on the chair and he now proudly lillecl it and he hoped to benefit the lodge during his year of office , that was the fourth chair he

had been elected to . The toast of " The Masonic Charities " was responded to by Bro . J . M . McLeod with such good effect that in addition to the 25 guineas placed upon the list of the W . M . by the lodge , a further sum of over 100 guineas was subscribed at the tables . The lodge is certainly as charitable as it is hospitable .

Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190.

Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 .

IXSTA LLATIOX M KKT 1 XG .

Bro . William Lewis Barrett , who was , on the 5 th January , installed W . M . of the Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 , is one of the best of living flautists , and one of the choicest spirits of modern Bohemia . There are few men indeed more popular in London musical and theatrical circles than "Billy "

Barrett , and his year of office is likely to be a conspicuously successful one . He comes of a good musical stock , his father , Mr . Thomas Barrett , having been a violinist , belonging to a well-known musical family . At an early age Bro . Barrett succeeded Mr . John Radcliffe on tour with an English Opera

BRO . WILLIAM LKWIS HARRKTT , W . M .

Company under W . Meyer Lutz , and on the death of Olaf Svensden in 1888 , he became principal flute in the orchestras of the Philharmonic Society , Bach Choir , Birmingham Festival , Richter ' s and Henschell's Concerts , and elsewhere . At the opening of the Royal College of Music in 1883 , Bro . Barrett

was appointed Professor of the flute , which important position he has held ever since , turning out a number of excellent pupils . A long tour in Canada and the United States about ten years ago with Madame Albani , gained for him many fresh laurels . He has on several occasions played before the

Queen , both at Windsor and Balmoral , and was on each occasion ( lie recipient of Her Majesty ' s personally expressed compliments .

His flute solos at the historic Savage Club Saturday nights are eagerly coveted by his brother Savages . He became a Freemason in the early seventies , being one of the first initiates in the Lodge of Asaph , No . 1319 , and it seems strange that he has only just reached the chair of King Solomon . But for many years his professional duties at Her

Majesty ' s Opera , the Italian Opera , and the Carl Rosa English Opera—what with rehearsals and performances—left him no time for his Masonic duties . He has , however , since been able to fill the various offices of the Savage Club Lodge , from the lowest to the highest , and his election as Worshipful

Master in December last was both unanimous and popular . In addition to the Savage Club and Asaph Lodges , Bro . Barrett is a member of the Earl of Morninglon Lodge , No . 2000 , and is also a Royal Arch Mason and a Mark Master of several years' standing .