The George Street "Model." *

valuable advantages placed within the power of the " model lodger . " Nor is it only in the kitchen that such an advantage is to be enjoyed ; the reading-room being alike cheered , on the otherwise cheerless day , with its bright and abundant coal fire . A store of coke , too , is equally available as the coal , ancl has its cellar beyond the safe-room , but in a wholly distinct compartment , one ivhich branches off the lodger ' s laundry ; for here , notwithstanding a laundry may seem an altogether unusual

accommodation to he placed at the service of men ; this is done in this George-street house , and is > vell appreciated . The conveniences afforded in this way consist of two square wooden wash-tubs , having an unlimited supply of water running in pipes along the top back parts ; ancl thus if the washerman resolutely bares his arms ancl bends his shoulders to the work , he need neither be without clean shirtstockingsdrawersnor pocket-handkerchief

, , , for change or use on the Sunday , nor at any other time he may wish to make an improved appearance , there being nothing to hinder in so doing , even to the starching- and ironing of his shirt fronts , as some small saucepan or other is easy to be had for the starchmixing , and an "iron" quite as ready to heat , and clothe " smoothing " with .

Ihe inmate , too , of this " model" had at one time , as the talk of the place makes known , an opportunity of not only washing his linen , but of washing his person " all over , " from head to toe ; but nothing of this is attainable at present . Yet it did not pay ; ancl if you ask why , the answers received are nought but a series of suppositions—though , doubtlessly , the true supposition is not of difficult attainment , the cheap baths in Endell Street , just close by , being quite capable of winning away favour from this

dismally posited single bath of the " model , " which could only be made use of at certain times , ancl perhaps by no more than two or three bathers , and thus to the great waste of coal in getting the fire up ancl the necessary quantity of water heated . Still , the purpose was undeniably good , ancl should have every due recognition ; nor ought we to expect Lord Shaftesbury and his Mentis , along with Mr . Roberts , the contriver of this

Georgestreet building , could have forseen the upgrowth of the fine redfronted Endell-street pile , which , a few years subsequently to the finish of this , the first model lodging-house , was in another way to be a " model , " wherein men ancl women might cleanse away their various skin impurities by hundreds in a clay ; and where , likewise , under the same roof , the poor wife , whose home is in the back room , tho tediously reached garret , or the damp cellar , may

scrub , rinse , and wring away the thickened foulnesses of their longworn garments , and so feel the intense satisfaction of experiencing a thorough sweetness of body clothing . But will the reader overlook the dalliance of the reflective order—one not easy to be broken ftom where there is an earnest feeling on a subject of the present character ? If he or she do , whatever may be the particular description of reader to whom

such request may seem to be made , a repayment will soon be experienced by opening out a few of the other secrets ( for , to many , such statements must really come as secrets ) of the habitudes of the humble artizan , the low-salaried clerk , actual labourers , small , very small annuitants , as perhaps worthily become so through their own past exertions ancl wise forbearances , —till all is told which remains to be told of the place wherein these and many other varieties of the " lower order" of the single man endeavours to find , and to a certain extent so finds , a home .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .

THE OLDEST LODGE MINUTE BOOK . Eesuming the summary of the above MS , from page 86 , we find that the members ivere someAvhat early in their habits , for it ivas ordered that , on St . John Baptist ' s day next ensuing ( 172-5 ) , the society AA'as to "meet at eight o ' clock in the forenoon " to elect a president , & o . There were also to be four persons engagedbGeminianito

, y , assist iu tho musical performances . An entertainment and proper clothing Avas to be 2 Jrepared , and the society was to go up the water iu barges , " if tbe Aveather should be proper for that purpose . " On St . John ' s day , the neiv president acknowled ged hai'ing been paid over to him a balance of £ 13 18 s . 2 d . Visitors on the 8 th of July , 1725 , from the lodge at the Queen ' s Headin Hollis StreetNorth Stainer

, , , Master of the- said lodge . From the Star and Garter , in Covent Garden , 22 nd of July , John Eevis , Senior Warden , and Edwin Ward , Junior Warden . Also from the Queen ' s Head lodge , in Hollis Street , Peter Eeffer , as well Junior Warden of the lodge at Tom ' s Coffee House , Clare Market .

From the lodge at the Fountain , in the Strand , Johu Hooke , a Master , and John Chettle , a Master . At a meeting , on July 22 nd , 1725 , it was resolved to have a painted frontispiece for the minute book under notice . That a collection of the best vocal and instrumental music he written out for

their use , and paid for out of the funds . At the same time , John Ellam entreated to he admitted a member . The members afterwards put their names doAvn as subscribing sixteen pounds for the use of the society . Out of this money several bills were paid , amongst Avhich Avere Bro . Fisher , of £ 4 8 s . id ., for proper furniture to a pedestal ; and the President Avas re-imbursed £ -1 8 s . 6 d . for his outlay for

candlesticks . August 5 th , 1725— " Upon the reading of Mr . John Ellam ' s petition that he be made a Freemason in order to be admitted a member of this worshipful and hig hly esteemed society , " it was ordered that ho should attend : he did so , " and Avas made a Mason . ' ' A petition from Anne Baily Avas presented on the 5 th of August , 1725 , praying for charity ; it AA'as ordered " That it lye on the table , " and

that Bro . Patrick Wilson , Avho presented it , attend that day month . Visitors on that date : From the lodge at the Crown , at Acton , Sam . Baldwyn , Jun . Warden ; from the Star and Carter , in Covent Garden , George Putland , Mr . ; from the late lodge at the Globe , in Queen Street , Richard Mason ; from the lodge at the Rose ancl CroAvn , in Westminster , John Rodburn , S . W . Wm . Phillips , J . W . and

Wm . Freeman ; from the lodge at the Red Lion , in Brewer Street , Cassar Collys , Master . Aug . 19 , 1725 : Visitors from the lodge at the Greyhound Tai'ern , in Fleet Street , James Parmentier from the Queen ' s Head , iu Great Queen ' s-Street , Robert Ward ; and from the King ' s Head , in Pall Mall , Thos . Flower . Sept . 2 , 1725 -. Visitors , George Payne , J . G . Warden ; Ja . Latouche , Master of the Red Lion ,

Tottenham , and Warden , Senr ., of the French Lodge , and Edward Dewsall , a Master . —Another subscription of thirty pounds ivas ordered , Sept . 16 , 172-5 : Visitors , John Boyce ; from the Rummer , in Henrietta Street , Covent Garden ,

Samuel Adey , E . Bedford , Francis Galpine , Nathaniel Galpine , and Thomas Fisher , did attend , and were made Freemasons . Bro . North Stainer Avas paid £ 2 for painting the frontispice before mentioned . Sept . 30 , 1725 , Anne Baily Avas ordered to be paid "flveteen " shillings accordingto her petition . TAventy-seven shillings Avas paid to James Brotherton for the Book of Constitutions of Freemasons ,

and others . Visitors , fi om the lodge at the Ship , behind the Exchange , Ashton Bertles ; from the lodge at the Queen ' s Head , in Great Queen Street , Robt . Ward ; aud from the Queen ' s Head , in Hollis Street , Peter Reffer ,. Thos . Gilbert , and Thos . Fisher . Oct . 14 , 1825 : Visitors , from the lodge at Lubeek ' s Head , in Maiden Lane , Jaiaes Cunningham ; from the Rose and CI-OAVU , AVestminster ,.

William Phillips , Thomas Day , and John Rodburn ; from the lodge at the Queen ' s Head , in Great Queen Street , Henry Prude ; from the lodge at the Temple of Solomon ,. Isaac Thuret .- —It was also resolved that the visiting fee should be , after that meeting , five shillings per night . They Avere inclined to patronize the arts pretty bountifully , for the next entry is " That a picture of the President , Censors ,

and Directors be painted on one largo canvass , the expense not to exceed £ 300 , to be paid for out of the public treasury of this societ j ' . Ordered , that Bro . Parmentier do perform the same . " Mr . Johu Moore ivas paid , on the same date , five guineas for ivriting and engrossing the Fundamental Constitutions and Orders of tho Society . Thomas Barton attended , and Avas made a Freemason . Enough has

been given for the present number , but I shall continue the precis I am making until I havo extracted the Avhole of the matter , Avhich may be interesting to the brethren . — MAITIIEAV COOKE .

THE SWISS GB . AXD LODGES . What is the difference , if any , between tho two Grand Loclges of Switzerland , and why are there two ? The one is called the National Grand Lodge Alpina , and meets at Basle ; the other is the Grand Lodge of Switzerland , ancl meets at Lausanne . —A Pitov . G . SEC . THE ASCIEXT AXD ACCEPTED BITE . What is the derivation of the Ancient and Accepted Rite , and in what does it differ from the Scotch Rite P- —P .