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A Ramble Through Lincoln's Inn.
T An archway , above which is , < - \ 1737 , and a black lion rampant on a shield , leads to tho curious basement of the chapel : the attempt at Gothic work hy one whose taste aud skill were devoted to another style of architecture is a curious study : the general appearance has not a bad effect ; but , on looking into details , the feeling
excited is most unpleasant , tinder the shadow of the groined roof , which is only in part finished with bosses , and massive and 'dwarfed columns , are the tombstones of several persons who have been connected ivith this place : one of these is a mutilated memorial , ou which is , —
" Philhpus Bridall A + 4 th Oct ., 1699 . " There is one of the date 1695 . The last interment seems to have taken place in 1851 . There are some memorials of interest on the staircase leading to the chapeland in the chapel itselfwhich latter ,
notwith-, , standing its imperfections , is worthy of examination : it is open for service every morning , and twice on each Sunday-Old-buildings aro are continued to New-square , where may be noted some vine and fig-trees . The New-square is more modern than the buildings j ust montioned . Hero seems to be the head-quarters of the "Devil ' s Own "
Volunteers . Aboi'e are the royal arms : the lion supports are very hirsute . This carving may have been here at the time of the last great war . The gateivay leading to Carey-street , although an attempt at tho Tudor style , "T . is an example of decayed taste . On one side is AY * D 1697 . "
a black lion rampant on a gold shield . On the other side is the same , with the addition of the initials § 1 . £ > . tc m in old English . In the centre is C . T . S . and at each 1848 . " « rn side N . G-. 0 . The parts surrounding Lincoln ' s-iun are 1818 . "
noticed in Bishop ' s-court , Ohichestor-ronts , Bell-yard , & c . There aro some very old houses and shops near the gate just mentioned : some shops are stuck up against the main building : those , in former days , have probably been book-stalls . After a margin of offices and shops of booksellers and law-stationers , there are , unfortunately , in nearly all directions , masses of squalid dwellings , with
misery and neglect , whicli it is sad to contemplate . It would be Avorth AA'hile for lvealthy members of the bar to dive occasionally into these regions , whei-e good might be done by supporting the schools and other- institutions which are here struggling into existence .
PUZZLED WHICH TO CHOOSE . —A picture , vividly embodying au illustration of this old saying , excited great notice at one of our recent exhibitions ; hut we doubt whether the saying : could he more forcibly made manifest than ivhen visiting the establishments of some of our fashionable London tradespeople , particularly of those where the excellencies of English workmanship unite with the elegancies of Continental taste . At such an
establishment , for example , as that of Messrs . T . A . Simpson and Co ., 154 , Regent-street , where , " ever changing and ever neiv , " the senses are really at first confused at tho multiplicity and novelty of articles displayed to the astonished gaze . In ladies ' dressing-cases , of every choice description of fancy ivood , and ol every variety of ornamental construction ; in French clocks of elegant design and correctness of time ; indeedin every variety
, of jeivellery , the intending purchaser will truly for a time be " puzzled ivhich to choose . " The safest plan in such a case Avould he to indicate the nature of the article required . The probity of the establishment , aud the matured judgment of Messrs . Simpson in consulting the ivishes and tastes of their customers , have invariably tended to ensure an approval of the articles there selected for those " puzzled ivhich to choose . "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
PAST MASTERS CHAIR . "What are the most appropriate and correct carvings and ornaments to put upon a Past Master ' s chair . —M . Sl . LODGE FURNITURE . Can the furniture of a lodge be considered complete without the " chequered border , " and the " square pavement" or floor cloth ?—M . iVL CONSECRATING A BUILDING .
A brother being about to remove to a residence of his own building , a feAv of his brethren ( a dozen say ) are desirous to open a lodge in the house and consecrate the building in a Masonic form , can there be anything objectionable in it , or is any dispensation necessary ?—M . M . —[ The brethren cannot consecrate tho building without it is to devoted to Masonic purposes , and then only under a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or Prov . G . M . l
THE UNION OE GERMAN MASONS . The Union of German Ereemasons , a Masonic historical society , has named ( created ) as corresponding members , the brethren : —Rev . A . P . A . "Woodford , Swillington , Leeds ; Dr . Barthelemes , P . M . of Pythagoras Lodge at Brooklyn ; Steinbrenuer , President of the Latomia Society at New York ; Edwin Bohr , Editor ofthe Triangle , "Williamsburg ; Dr . 0 . Otto , "W . M . ofthe
Lodge Zernbabel , Copenhagen . The Union of German Masons has its annual meetings in August . The President of this society is Dr . End . Seydel , at - Leipsig . —J . G . EINBEI ,. AMERICAS ? GERMAN YEAR BOOKS . Add to your notes on Foreign Masonic periodicals the name of The American German Year Boohs , Edited by Bro . Edward Rohr , the Editor of The Triaiwile —Ex . Ex .
MASONIC BAPTISM . A feAv numbers back an enquiry was made as to where a Masonic Baptism could be seen . This was answered as not to be likely without going abroad . I had preserved a cutting from an American paper , but could not lay my hand on it until now , in ivhich the ceremony is described . Perhaps it may interest the brother who enquired about it latelyand in that hope I forAvardit for
, . insertion . —Ex . Ex . " A Loveteau is the son of a Mason . This name is generally disfigured ; it is sometimes as Lofton , Loivetou , Lovetou , and Lovesou , because the etymology of it is very ancient and has been lost . The initiated , in the mysteries of Isis , carried , even in public , a mask of the form of the head of a sort of a hyenaor that of
, a gilded wolf ; therefore , the initiated ivas frequently called a wolf . Tho lion of an initiated ivas qualified a young wolf or Loveteau . Macrobiis tells us on this subject , that the ancients found a comformity between the wolf and the sun , which the inititated represented in tho ceremonial of his reception . " In feet , " says he , " at the approach of the wolf the flock is
dispersed ; so the constellations , which are a flock of stars , disappear before the light of the sun . " It is the habit of many Lodges , that when the wife of a Mason is about to be delivered of a child , a Doctor ( Mason ) visits her ; enquires after her health in the name ofthe Lodge , offers her his medical assistance , and even pecuniary help if he thinks she may need it . Klne days after her delivery , the WM .., tho S . and J . Wardens , pay her a visit , and congratulate her upon
this happy event . If the newly bom is a boy , the Lodge is called for his adoption . The lodge is then adorned with green branches and bowers , censers conveniently disposed , ancl incense burned . The Loveteau , with his nurse , are brought , before the opening of the lodges , iu an adjoining room . The lodge is opened , and the S . and J . Wardens , natural godfathers of the child , go out at the head of a committee to meet him . The chairman of the committee addresses a speech to the nursein
, which he recommends to her , not only to watch with care over the child ' s health , but even to cultivate his young intelligence , and never to speak to him but of sense and truth . Here the Loveteau is separated from the nurse , and placed by the father upon a cushion . He is then brought into the Lodge by the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Ramble Through Lincoln's Inn.
T An archway , above which is , < - \ 1737 , and a black lion rampant on a shield , leads to tho curious basement of the chapel : the attempt at Gothic work hy one whose taste aud skill were devoted to another style of architecture is a curious study : the general appearance has not a bad effect ; but , on looking into details , the feeling
excited is most unpleasant , tinder the shadow of the groined roof , which is only in part finished with bosses , and massive and 'dwarfed columns , are the tombstones of several persons who have been connected ivith this place : one of these is a mutilated memorial , ou which is , —
" Philhpus Bridall A + 4 th Oct ., 1699 . " There is one of the date 1695 . The last interment seems to have taken place in 1851 . There are some memorials of interest on the staircase leading to the chapeland in the chapel itselfwhich latter ,
notwith-, , standing its imperfections , is worthy of examination : it is open for service every morning , and twice on each Sunday-Old-buildings aro are continued to New-square , where may be noted some vine and fig-trees . The New-square is more modern than the buildings j ust montioned . Hero seems to be the head-quarters of the "Devil ' s Own "
Volunteers . Aboi'e are the royal arms : the lion supports are very hirsute . This carving may have been here at the time of the last great war . The gateivay leading to Carey-street , although an attempt at tho Tudor style , "T . is an example of decayed taste . On one side is AY * D 1697 . "
a black lion rampant on a gold shield . On the other side is the same , with the addition of the initials § 1 . £ > . tc m in old English . In the centre is C . T . S . and at each 1848 . " « rn side N . G-. 0 . The parts surrounding Lincoln ' s-iun are 1818 . "
noticed in Bishop ' s-court , Ohichestor-ronts , Bell-yard , & c . There aro some very old houses and shops near the gate just mentioned : some shops are stuck up against the main building : those , in former days , have probably been book-stalls . After a margin of offices and shops of booksellers and law-stationers , there are , unfortunately , in nearly all directions , masses of squalid dwellings , with
misery and neglect , whicli it is sad to contemplate . It would be Avorth AA'hile for lvealthy members of the bar to dive occasionally into these regions , whei-e good might be done by supporting the schools and other- institutions which are here struggling into existence .
PUZZLED WHICH TO CHOOSE . —A picture , vividly embodying au illustration of this old saying , excited great notice at one of our recent exhibitions ; hut we doubt whether the saying : could he more forcibly made manifest than ivhen visiting the establishments of some of our fashionable London tradespeople , particularly of those where the excellencies of English workmanship unite with the elegancies of Continental taste . At such an
establishment , for example , as that of Messrs . T . A . Simpson and Co ., 154 , Regent-street , where , " ever changing and ever neiv , " the senses are really at first confused at tho multiplicity and novelty of articles displayed to the astonished gaze . In ladies ' dressing-cases , of every choice description of fancy ivood , and ol every variety of ornamental construction ; in French clocks of elegant design and correctness of time ; indeedin every variety
, of jeivellery , the intending purchaser will truly for a time be " puzzled ivhich to choose . " The safest plan in such a case Avould he to indicate the nature of the article required . The probity of the establishment , aud the matured judgment of Messrs . Simpson in consulting the ivishes and tastes of their customers , have invariably tended to ensure an approval of the articles there selected for those " puzzled ivhich to choose . "
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
PAST MASTERS CHAIR . "What are the most appropriate and correct carvings and ornaments to put upon a Past Master ' s chair . —M . Sl . LODGE FURNITURE . Can the furniture of a lodge be considered complete without the " chequered border , " and the " square pavement" or floor cloth ?—M . iVL CONSECRATING A BUILDING .
A brother being about to remove to a residence of his own building , a feAv of his brethren ( a dozen say ) are desirous to open a lodge in the house and consecrate the building in a Masonic form , can there be anything objectionable in it , or is any dispensation necessary ?—M . M . —[ The brethren cannot consecrate tho building without it is to devoted to Masonic purposes , and then only under a dispensation from the M . W . G . M . or Prov . G . M . l
THE UNION OE GERMAN MASONS . The Union of German Ereemasons , a Masonic historical society , has named ( created ) as corresponding members , the brethren : —Rev . A . P . A . "Woodford , Swillington , Leeds ; Dr . Barthelemes , P . M . of Pythagoras Lodge at Brooklyn ; Steinbrenuer , President of the Latomia Society at New York ; Edwin Bohr , Editor ofthe Triangle , "Williamsburg ; Dr . 0 . Otto , "W . M . ofthe
Lodge Zernbabel , Copenhagen . The Union of German Masons has its annual meetings in August . The President of this society is Dr . End . Seydel , at - Leipsig . —J . G . EINBEI ,. AMERICAS ? GERMAN YEAR BOOKS . Add to your notes on Foreign Masonic periodicals the name of The American German Year Boohs , Edited by Bro . Edward Rohr , the Editor of The Triaiwile —Ex . Ex .
MASONIC BAPTISM . A feAv numbers back an enquiry was made as to where a Masonic Baptism could be seen . This was answered as not to be likely without going abroad . I had preserved a cutting from an American paper , but could not lay my hand on it until now , in ivhich the ceremony is described . Perhaps it may interest the brother who enquired about it latelyand in that hope I forAvardit for
, . insertion . —Ex . Ex . " A Loveteau is the son of a Mason . This name is generally disfigured ; it is sometimes as Lofton , Loivetou , Lovetou , and Lovesou , because the etymology of it is very ancient and has been lost . The initiated , in the mysteries of Isis , carried , even in public , a mask of the form of the head of a sort of a hyenaor that of
, a gilded wolf ; therefore , the initiated ivas frequently called a wolf . Tho lion of an initiated ivas qualified a young wolf or Loveteau . Macrobiis tells us on this subject , that the ancients found a comformity between the wolf and the sun , which the inititated represented in tho ceremonial of his reception . " In feet , " says he , " at the approach of the wolf the flock is
dispersed ; so the constellations , which are a flock of stars , disappear before the light of the sun . " It is the habit of many Lodges , that when the wife of a Mason is about to be delivered of a child , a Doctor ( Mason ) visits her ; enquires after her health in the name ofthe Lodge , offers her his medical assistance , and even pecuniary help if he thinks she may need it . Klne days after her delivery , the WM .., tho S . and J . Wardens , pay her a visit , and congratulate her upon
this happy event . If the newly bom is a boy , the Lodge is called for his adoption . The lodge is then adorned with green branches and bowers , censers conveniently disposed , ancl incense burned . The Loveteau , with his nurse , are brought , before the opening of the lodges , iu an adjoining room . The lodge is opened , and the S . and J . Wardens , natural godfathers of the child , go out at the head of a committee to meet him . The chairman of the committee addresses a speech to the nursein
, which he recommends to her , not only to watch with care over the child ' s health , but even to cultivate his young intelligence , and never to speak to him but of sense and truth . Here the Loveteau is separated from the nurse , and placed by the father upon a cushion . He is then brought into the Lodge by the