Festival Of The Royal Masonic Instituton For Girls.

Festival of the Royal Masonic Instituton for Girls .

The 113 th Anniversary Festival of the Koyal Masonic Institution for Girls was held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , Sth May , and proved a great success , the efforts of 68 9 Stewards resulting in a subscription list amounting to

. £ 26 , 510 17 s . 3 d ., an amount exceeding that of any previous year , with the exception of the Centenary Celebration in 1888 . This is altogether satisfactory , as indicating what may reasonably be expected in future years under normal

con-COUXTKSS AMHERST . —( PI 10 / 0 Dirl-intoii . f- Poller , Point Street ,

dtions . We congratulate the Board of Stewards and the Management Committee , the more so in view of the fact that no undue pressure has been brought to bear on the Craft , and the handsome sum realised has been the result of quiet and unobtrusive efforts of both the Stewards and the

Executive , who have worked so assiduously during the year in the best interests of the Institution .

An important movement is on foot among Welsh Masons residing in London to form themselves into a lodge where they will be able to meet for cementing early friendships , and offer a welcome to brethren from the old country .

Qualilication for membership is comprehensive and elastic —Welsh birth , Welsh parentage on either side , prolonged residence in Wales , or any signal service rendered to the Pincipality , Monmouthshire being counted as Wales . We wish them every success . Anv Welsh Mason in London wishing to become a founder should communicate without

delay with the energetic organising Secretary , Bro . D . H . freharne , WharnclilTe Villa , New Southgate , X .

We understand that two lodges , viz ., the Transvaal , No . 1747 , at Pretoria , and the Goldliekls , No . 2478 , at Johannesburg , have been enabled to resume working . It is to be hoped that this gratifying intelligence may be followed

b y more of a similar nature , and that a general resuscitation of the lodges in the Transvaal may take place ere long . The South African Masonic Relief Fund is , we see , still being kept open , so that any lodges which may wish to make a second contribution , or any which have not alread y contributed , may be able to do so .

The M . W . Pro Grand Muster , Earl Amherst , was the Chairman on this occasion , and the Province of Kent was naturally on its mettle to show the Craft at large the high estimation in which it holds its Provincial Grand Master . The magnificent total of the Kent lists speaks volumes on

that point , the sum of . £ 6 , 275 3 - 6 d . having come from "the garden of England . " This , we think , must be a record amount from a province , as the grand total is a record amount for the Institution . Prize da ) -at the Institution is alwavs a delightful function ,

and on this occasion the presence of the Countess Amherst , who had kindly consented to present the prizes , lent a charm to the proceedings which greatly enhanced the pleasure of all present . Many of the pupils had distinguished themselves , passing in honours the senior Cambridge examination .

In a charming speech , Countess Amherst advised the winners to go on and succeed again , not only in the School , but to make up their minds to win success outside . Those who had not obtained prizes were not to despair , for all were not equally gifted , and very often the girl who stood

low in the list had worked as hard as those above her , and it was a fact that the prizes of life fell not always to the most brilliant , but to the most persevering . If they had thought yet of what they would make of life , she would remind them that it should have length , breadth , and height ,

and the former she regarded as just the common homely life of woman , which consisted of doing a number of small things well . Among the noble qualities of Queen Victoria , whose loss they so deeply mourned , her virtues as wife and mother were ever conspicuous ; and , so far as her exalted position permitted , she not onl y attended to , but thoroughly

enjoyed her domestic duties . Homeliness might be an oldfashioned recipe , but it was a real good one to make a nation strong and successful . The breadth should lie in a wide sympathy for their fellows , and in such an Institution the idea of the brotherhood of man was constantly before them ,

to teach them to be tender hearted and kindly disposed , while for height they should look above . With some thoughtful words to the older girls on the " white pages " of life's unfolded book before them , her ladyship concluded amid hearty cheers .

Vanity Fair is responsible for the announcement that Bro . F . G . Ivey , P . D . G . D . of C , P . A . G . S ., P . M . Keystone Mark Lodge , No . 3 , P . G . S ., P . P . S . G . D . Middx ., will be nominated

at the December meeting of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons as Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year .

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