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impress upon them that , if they expended it properly , they might provide not only for themselves , but their aged friends . He thought they would agree with J ^ ini , that such an Institution was most desirable , and he would suggest that a committee should be formed to assist in carrying out so desirable an object . They would see by the report that they had £ 2 , 000 in hand towards a building fund , and what he would propose was , that they might have another dinner some time after the Girls' Festival , for the special object of collecting subscriptions in
augmentation of that fund ( hear ) . In the lists going round that evening they would find a column for the building fund , and he hoped that they would not overlook it whilst supporting the general objects of the Institution . He might inform them that the receipts for 1854-5 were less than for 1853-4 ; and he would urge them , if they wished to give the children of the Brethren a good education , to strengthen the hands of the committee by liberal subscriptions . The noble Earl concluded by
giving "Prosperity to the Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys . " The toast was responded to with loud cheers . The B . W . D . G . M . next gave the health of the Treasurer , Bro . Bond Cabbell , who he regretted was prevented attending that evening by illness . Bro . John Herve y , G . S . D ., responded on behalf of Bro . Cabbell , and handed in the treasurer ' s cheque for £ 10 10 s .
The other Masonic Charities in connection with the name of Bro . Crew , the Secretary to the Girls' School , was next drunk with all the honours . Bro . Ckew returned thanks , expressed the gratification he felt at all times in supporting the charities to the best of his ability , and reminded the Brethren that the festival in aid of the Girls' School would take place on the 16 th May , when he trusted there would be a numerous assembly of the Brethren and their ladies . " The Committee of the Institution " was next given , and responded to by Bro . Hervey .
Bro . Thiselton , the Secretary , then read a list of subscriptions , which amounted to £ 860 lis . Amongst the principal donations we observed , the Queen £ 10 10 s . ; the G . M . the Earl of Zetland , £ 10 10 s . ; the D . G . M . the Earl of Yarborough , £ 10 10 s ., & c , & c . . The health of the Stewards having been drunk , and acknowledged by the Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox , that of " The Ladies , with thanks for their attendance , " was duly honoured . . . .
The D . G . M . again called attention to the propriety of forming a committee to get up a second festival in aid of the Building Fund , promising if the committee would communicate with him , he would obtain the consent of the G . M . to its being held , and head the list of subscriptions with a donation of £ 50 . The Chairman and G . Officers then quitted the hall , and Brethren having ladies in the gallery were left to cool their heels or heat their heads in the hall for half an hour , until , by the absurd regulations of the Secretary and the Stewards , for the * latter have little more to do than follow precedents brought forward by the former , they are allowed to join their wives and daughters in the modern black
hole , —the glee-room . We entered , but were soon glad to quit , the temperature being far above boiling heat , and none but persons with cast-iron constitutions can be expected to bear it , or , doing so , to escape catching a cold and inflammation on their road home . If the Stewards have not sufficient moral courage to do away with the glee-room , the ladies of the profession ought to have sufficient firmness to stand upon their dignity , and , like Miss Pyne , decline to sing at the Freemasons' festivals at all , rather than enter it . The Stewards are changed yearly , and therefore few ladies present , one year , assemble the next , or they would not enter the glee-room . Indeed , as it is , large numbers never get beyond the anteroom , where they wait , with ill-disguised anxiety , to be joined by their friends .
The musical arrangements were excellent . Bro . Lawler , who undertook them , being well supported by Miss Birch , Miss Poole , Miss Clara Henderson , and Bros . Alien and Donald King . Bro . Jolly presided at the pianoforte .
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impress upon them that , if they expended it properly , they might provide not only for themselves , but their aged friends . He thought they would agree with J ^ ini , that such an Institution was most desirable , and he would suggest that a committee should be formed to assist in carrying out so desirable an object . They would see by the report that they had £ 2 , 000 in hand towards a building fund , and what he would propose was , that they might have another dinner some time after the Girls' Festival , for the special object of collecting subscriptions in
augmentation of that fund ( hear ) . In the lists going round that evening they would find a column for the building fund , and he hoped that they would not overlook it whilst supporting the general objects of the Institution . He might inform them that the receipts for 1854-5 were less than for 1853-4 ; and he would urge them , if they wished to give the children of the Brethren a good education , to strengthen the hands of the committee by liberal subscriptions . The noble Earl concluded by
giving "Prosperity to the Boyal Masonic Institution for Boys . " The toast was responded to with loud cheers . The B . W . D . G . M . next gave the health of the Treasurer , Bro . Bond Cabbell , who he regretted was prevented attending that evening by illness . Bro . John Herve y , G . S . D ., responded on behalf of Bro . Cabbell , and handed in the treasurer ' s cheque for £ 10 10 s .
The other Masonic Charities in connection with the name of Bro . Crew , the Secretary to the Girls' School , was next drunk with all the honours . Bro . Ckew returned thanks , expressed the gratification he felt at all times in supporting the charities to the best of his ability , and reminded the Brethren that the festival in aid of the Girls' School would take place on the 16 th May , when he trusted there would be a numerous assembly of the Brethren and their ladies . " The Committee of the Institution " was next given , and responded to by Bro . Hervey .
Bro . Thiselton , the Secretary , then read a list of subscriptions , which amounted to £ 860 lis . Amongst the principal donations we observed , the Queen £ 10 10 s . ; the G . M . the Earl of Zetland , £ 10 10 s . ; the D . G . M . the Earl of Yarborough , £ 10 10 s ., & c , & c . . The health of the Stewards having been drunk , and acknowledged by the Bev . Bro . J . E . Cox , that of " The Ladies , with thanks for their attendance , " was duly honoured . . . .
The D . G . M . again called attention to the propriety of forming a committee to get up a second festival in aid of the Building Fund , promising if the committee would communicate with him , he would obtain the consent of the G . M . to its being held , and head the list of subscriptions with a donation of £ 50 . The Chairman and G . Officers then quitted the hall , and Brethren having ladies in the gallery were left to cool their heels or heat their heads in the hall for half an hour , until , by the absurd regulations of the Secretary and the Stewards , for the * latter have little more to do than follow precedents brought forward by the former , they are allowed to join their wives and daughters in the modern black
hole , —the glee-room . We entered , but were soon glad to quit , the temperature being far above boiling heat , and none but persons with cast-iron constitutions can be expected to bear it , or , doing so , to escape catching a cold and inflammation on their road home . If the Stewards have not sufficient moral courage to do away with the glee-room , the ladies of the profession ought to have sufficient firmness to stand upon their dignity , and , like Miss Pyne , decline to sing at the Freemasons' festivals at all , rather than enter it . The Stewards are changed yearly , and therefore few ladies present , one year , assemble the next , or they would not enter the glee-room . Indeed , as it is , large numbers never get beyond the anteroom , where they wait , with ill-disguised anxiety , to be joined by their friends .
The musical arrangements were excellent . Bro . Lawler , who undertook them , being well supported by Miss Birch , Miss Poole , Miss Clara Henderson , and Bros . Alien and Donald King . Bro . Jolly presided at the pianoforte .
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