At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool , who was also present , said he came there with the greatest possible pleasure , and esteemed it a great privilege . He was honoured Masonically by the R . W . Grand Master of that province installing him as Master of his own lodge for this year , and he had had the further distinction conferred upon him of being appointed

Provincial Grand Warden during the present year . He felt it his duty to follow Lord Lalhoni ' s example in taking an interest in that undertaking . The whole face of the country was covered with evidences of the good work that had been done in the past , and was being done to-day

through the instrumentality of Freemasonry . < ¦> < 2 » -S > The multiplication of degrees and orders in the United States has been the subject of some adverse criticism on the part of the retiring Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of

Washington . He expresses a belief that there is a healthier Craft Masonry in the " country lodges " than in the lodges of the great cities , where Masonic energy is so often broken np into numerous branches . He says : —Even in our large towns , where there are altogether too many organic divisions

of Masonry , the Craft lodges are nourishing . They would be far stronger , in many essential respects , if they were not subjected to a steady drain in the direction of the concordant

orders which take the Craft lodges as their foundation and starting point . Symbolic Masonry is greatly weakened by this blood-letting process . Where chapters , councils , commanderies , lodges of per ^ ction , consistories and mystic shriners abound , the Craft ' odge is bled at every pore . No sooner has an intelligent and promising brother received the degree

of Master Mason than he is set upon by the zealous members of these concordant orders and lured away from his lodge , before he has acquired even the most rudimentary knowledge of Masonry ; and the probability is strong that he will live and die in almost total ignorance of the history , symbolism ,

mission and philosophy of this ancient and noble institution from which he was prematurely torn bv misguided zeal , by the superficial appearance of greater gentility , and bv more sonorous titles and garnish uniform . The Craft lodge is thus used as a training school for the various offshoots of Masonry .

This diversion and cleavage went so far that in large numbers throughout the United States the devotees of these offshoots surrendered their Craft lodge membership ; and the evil became so glaring that a few years ago the general grand encampment of Knights Templar of the United Stales adopted

a by-law under which all who have lost their membership in either Craft lodge or Royal Arch chapter cease ipso facto to be members of the commanderv . ¦ a ¦<•» * A handsome bust of the late Bro . Cecil Rhodes , which has

been executed in marble at the request of the City Corporation , has reached the Guildhall . It will be placed in a prominent position in the lobby , which contains the busts of other distinguished Englishmen . «¦ & « » Canadian Masons are arranging to celebrate , in 1 905 the

, semi-centennial of the establishment of the Grand Lodge in the Dominion . They are beginning to raise a sum of . * ? 100 , 000 , which will serve as the basis of a fund to be opened in 1 905 to provide annuities for ai ' llicted members of the different lodges .

MI / SICAL PKOGRAM . MKS . —Secretaries of lodges arc often in a quandary with regard to tlie musical programmes to be provided as a necessary adjunct to their banquets . An otherwise pleasant evening has too often been spoilt b y the poor qualit y of the post-prandial musical fare . In order to ensure a satisfactory programmeSecretaries should place

, themselves in the hands of Messrs . A . W . Gamage , Ltd ., of Holborn , who provide everything in the way of entertainments at moderate charges and of the highest excellence . The entertainment department is under the management of Bro . F . T . Stuck ! , and the fact that one of the directors

of the firm , Bro . J . S . Parker ( of Sincerity Lodge , No . 174 ) , has special charge of the department is a sufficient guarantee of its efficiency .

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