Unattached Brethren.

there are others . Some are compulsorily unattached , they have possibly been excluded , or perhaps the vicissitudes of the ballot-box have been too much for them . These brethren must be dismissed with the bare mention of their existence . Public opinion , whether expressed at the ballot-box or in a vote under Article 210 , has the knack of being right in the

great majority of cases , and the brother who is thus perforce left out of the ranks probably has no one but himself to thank for it . There is yet one other class who must be alluded to . These profess that they have been driven out of Freemasonry

by what they term the " inconsistencies " of their brethren . Thus the brother who has been sold up by another brother who happens to be a member of the same lodge retires , lamenting not his own insolvency , but the " inconsistency " of his creditor . The serious brother cannot get on with the

Hippant brother , and the brother who fasts with the one who enjoys his dinner and so on . Does it never occur to these Pharisaic brethren that by withdrawing they leave the Order to be entirely dominated by those whom they term ribald and gluttonous and wine bibbers ? Would they not be much more usefully employed in trying to set a good example and

thus levelling up their lodge ? These brethren , however , will have to be left where they are , along with many similar , until they get into a different frame of mind . They only constitute a small minority . The greater number of those whom we have lost are those whom we ought never to have

allowed to drift away , and who ought to be induced to come back to the fold . Whilst we may not pursue an active search for initiates , and any " touting " is in the highest degree tin-Masonic , there can be no possible objection , on the contrary it would be both Masonic and praiseworthy to do all we know to reduce the numbers of the unattached .

At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar.

At the Sign of the Perfect Ashlar .

M . W . Bro . John Ross Robertson , whose frequent visits to London have made his name and presence so familiar to English brethren , is well known as the proprietor of The Toronto Evening Telegram , whose palatial offices are a prominent feature in that city . At the disastrous lire which

took place early in the year , and which devastated such a large area of the business quarter , thanks to the heroic efforts of the staff , The Telegram building was preserved intact and stood unscathed after its baptism of Jire , its sturdy three-foot walls being a successful barrier to the conllagration .

Bro . Robertson thus tells the story of lighting the llames in a little booklet , which also contains illustrations of the havoc made among the neighbouring buildings—" The buildings on the opposite side of the street were destroyed by the ( lames early in the night ' s history , and the building

just south of The Te ] cgiain ] soon followed . The llames , after shivering the plate-glass from top to bottom of The Telegram building , poked their heads in at the open windows looking for something combustible . They found nothing but cold marble , bronze , and plate-glass , and the sturdy corps of

Telegram employees lighting in dead earnest with their own lire equipment . In spite of the scorching , lung-parching heat , these noble fellows stuck it out , hour after hour , on top of the building and on every lloor . The ) ' were eagerly watched by the crowds in the streets , and their efforts were

encouraged by hearty cheering . After the worst was over , buckets of hot coffee and baskets of sandwiches were passed around , and then , the crew refreshed , went back to

thenposts , and kept the hose working until the lire had died away , and all danger was passed . The proprietor ' s gratitude was expressed by a substantial cash bonus to each of the fire-fighters . " © <¦ » < s > The Province of Essex has sustained a great loss by the

sudden death of the much respected Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green , M . A . Appointed so recently as 1002 to succeed the present Provincial Grand Master as Deputy Grand Master , Bro . Egerton Green had entered on his duties with an ardour that gave promise of much usefulness in the province , and his tragically sudden death has called forth universal sorrow and regret .

Wjrrinsltn . THK I . ATK HHO . CI . AUDK K . KGEKTOX GUKEX . Bro . Claude Egerton Green , who was one of the compensation officers appointed for the Essex Manoeuvres , was

watching an engagement between the forces of General French and General Wynne near St . Osyth Creek , when he suddenly fell from his bicycle . Assistance was at once rendered , but life was extinct , and all that could be done was to place the body in a military ambulance waggon and

convey it to Colchester . News of the mournful event was at once conveyed to Colchester by the Earl of Warwick , who was in a motor car , and the borough ( lag was halfmasted , whilst the Mayor cancelled all public engagements .

«& & v & The late Bro . Claude E . Egerton Green was the son of Mr . Henry Green , of King ' s Ford , and was born at Lexdcn on the 31 st May , 1863 . He was educated at Eton , and afterwards studied under Dr . Jowett at Balliol College ,

Oxford , where he obtained the B . A . degree in 1886 , and the M . A . three years later . He then entered the Inner Temple , but relinquished the law for the banking business of Messrs . Round , Green and Co ., of which his father was a member , and with which he has been ever since connected .

< 2 > < ff .- O It will be remembered that on the occasion of the annual Provincial Grand Lodge meeting at Colchester in July last , Bro . Egerton Green initiated his Worship the Mayor of Colchester , Bro . Councillor E . H . Barritt , in the presence of

several hundreds of Masons from all parts of the province . Subsequently the banquet took place in his grounds , and a garden party followed . Visitors to Colchester on that occasion carried away with them very pleasant impressions of the excellent manner in which the Deputy Provincial