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Article THE GIRLS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL. ← Page 2 of 2 Article AGED MASONS' ASYLUM. Page 1 of 2 →
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The Girls' School Festival.
Festival , but we have since heard that a select committee met on Thursday the 24 th ult . to inquire relative to the general affairs of the institution , when from the -evidence produced an opinion was at once formed that a great reform is required , not only in the food of the children and the general system upon which the school is provisioned , but also in the mode of providing for the clothing and other nesessaries . This we have given
merely in outline , but we intend hereafter to refer in the " Mirror" more fully to the subject , and especially to the balance sheet , to which numerous correspondents have called our attention .
Aged Masons' Asylum.
AGED MASONS' ASYLUM .
THE special subscription for relieving this Institution from debt has not yet closed , not more than one hundred out of nine hundred Lodge ' s , acting under the warrant of the Grand Lodge of England—600 or 700 of winch are held in this country— -having as yet responded to the appeal made to them for assistance . Many others , however , we are aware have voted sums of money to the fund , which we earnestly entreat them to forward , as
early as possible to the Committee , who , we can assure the brethren , well appreciate the value of the proverb , of a bird in hand being worth two in the bush . To those Lodges which have not yet subscribed , we would observe , that they must not imagine the work is done when the 360 ? . asked for in the special appeal is obtained . " No ! There will yet remain much for them to accomiilish—that of placing the various funds in a proper
condition . A reference to our report of the proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Benevolent Institution , will prove the accuracy of our present assertion—and it certainly was not without feelings of grief , that we read in the Committee ' s Eeport , that they were only enabled to recommend the election of two male annuitants this year , notwithstanding four had died since the last annual meeting , owing to the falling off in annual subscriptions and donations—and that too , notwithstanding a very extended list of candidates shows us how much remains to Tae done before we can
refer with pride—as we trust we shall some day be enabled to do—to the fact that no aged Mason , being worthy , ever asks for the annuity in vain . The Widows fund appears in a somewhat better positioft than the Male , but each want increased assistance , and the subscribers to the Asylum fund should be careful to remember , that any excess beyond the 360 ? . above named , will be applied for the general benefit of the Institution—and that
therefore the larger a Lodge or individual brother can make it ' s or his subscription , the more acceptable it will be to the Committee , and the more advantageous to the Institution . Some brethren have appeared to suppose that because the Grand Secretary , in his letter referred to what 11 . from each lodge would do , that that was all that was desired , or it was necessary to subscribe . Not so . The Grand Secretary stated 11 . from each Lodge
wouldliquidate the debt on the Asylum , but he also said , " should any surplus arise , it will be appropriated to the Annuit y fund for Aged Masons . " The brethren appear somewhat apathetic in supporting the Benevolent In-
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The Girls' School Festival.
Festival , but we have since heard that a select committee met on Thursday the 24 th ult . to inquire relative to the general affairs of the institution , when from the -evidence produced an opinion was at once formed that a great reform is required , not only in the food of the children and the general system upon which the school is provisioned , but also in the mode of providing for the clothing and other nesessaries . This we have given
merely in outline , but we intend hereafter to refer in the " Mirror" more fully to the subject , and especially to the balance sheet , to which numerous correspondents have called our attention .
Aged Masons' Asylum.
AGED MASONS' ASYLUM .
THE special subscription for relieving this Institution from debt has not yet closed , not more than one hundred out of nine hundred Lodge ' s , acting under the warrant of the Grand Lodge of England—600 or 700 of winch are held in this country— -having as yet responded to the appeal made to them for assistance . Many others , however , we are aware have voted sums of money to the fund , which we earnestly entreat them to forward , as
early as possible to the Committee , who , we can assure the brethren , well appreciate the value of the proverb , of a bird in hand being worth two in the bush . To those Lodges which have not yet subscribed , we would observe , that they must not imagine the work is done when the 360 ? . asked for in the special appeal is obtained . " No ! There will yet remain much for them to accomiilish—that of placing the various funds in a proper
condition . A reference to our report of the proceedings at the Annual Meeting of the Royal Benevolent Institution , will prove the accuracy of our present assertion—and it certainly was not without feelings of grief , that we read in the Committee ' s Eeport , that they were only enabled to recommend the election of two male annuitants this year , notwithstanding four had died since the last annual meeting , owing to the falling off in annual subscriptions and donations—and that too , notwithstanding a very extended list of candidates shows us how much remains to Tae done before we can
refer with pride—as we trust we shall some day be enabled to do—to the fact that no aged Mason , being worthy , ever asks for the annuity in vain . The Widows fund appears in a somewhat better positioft than the Male , but each want increased assistance , and the subscribers to the Asylum fund should be careful to remember , that any excess beyond the 360 ? . above named , will be applied for the general benefit of the Institution—and that
therefore the larger a Lodge or individual brother can make it ' s or his subscription , the more acceptable it will be to the Committee , and the more advantageous to the Institution . Some brethren have appeared to suppose that because the Grand Secretary , in his letter referred to what 11 . from each lodge would do , that that was all that was desired , or it was necessary to subscribe . Not so . The Grand Secretary stated 11 . from each Lodge
wouldliquidate the debt on the Asylum , but he also said , " should any surplus arise , it will be appropriated to the Annuit y fund for Aged Masons . " The brethren appear somewhat apathetic in supporting the Benevolent In-