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Article SHOULD LADIES BE BANISHED FROM OUR RECREATION BANQUETS ? ← Page 4 of 4 Article ST. GEORGE FOR MERRY ENGLAND. Page 1 of 3 →
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Should Ladies Be Banished From Our Recreation Banquets ?
come they seem to lighten up the surroundings Avith their own special attributes of friendship , warm-heartedness , and . grace . * They are so easily satisfied , so soon contented , so amusingly curious , and so truly confiding , that for them Masonic mysteries , of Avhich they knoAv
nothing , Avill have a g-reat attraction , and Masonic meetings and enforced absences will cease to be the " bugbear " they are to many a Avaiting Avife , to many a doubting female mind . For there is great " bonhommie " in all good lodges Avhich Avill be realized by the ladies , just as it affects the brethren . In all good lodges we say , where the
real principles of Freemasonry are " afloat , " there is no envy , no pettiness , no jealousy , no unkindness visible . All is harmony , right feeling , thoughtful consideration ; all are brethren , all are friends , sincere and fast , amid the dark hours , the stormy seasons , the roug-li battle of life .
And hence it comes to pass , as it has come to pass before , that once open the portals of our Masonic Temple and admit our dear female associates , only to the " Court of the Gentiles , " they Avill become Avarm , honest , and faithful friends , instead of beings inclined to quiz and undervalue Freemasonry , and they will at last really begin to believe that there is something in that tiresomely mysterious society after all .
We trust that our readers have kindly and j : > atiently followed us through these someAvhat heavy lucubrations of ours , and will agree Avith us that there is really no possible reason Avhy the ladies should any longer be banished from the Recreation Banquets of our English Freemasonry .
St. George For Merry England.
ST . GEORGE FOR MERRY ENGLAND .
BY AV . M . BRAITHAVAITE . " OT . GEORGE for merry England , " Avas , doubtless , often repeated ^ as our soldiers dashed madly through the serried ranks of their enemies , and closed in bloody conflict round their emblazoned
standard . That " saint , " about whom so much is said and so little is knoAvn , presents a very brave spectacle as he proudly triumphs over his prostrate foe , the dragon . We are proud of our patron saint ,
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Should Ladies Be Banished From Our Recreation Banquets ?
come they seem to lighten up the surroundings Avith their own special attributes of friendship , warm-heartedness , and . grace . * They are so easily satisfied , so soon contented , so amusingly curious , and so truly confiding , that for them Masonic mysteries , of Avhich they knoAv
nothing , Avill have a g-reat attraction , and Masonic meetings and enforced absences will cease to be the " bugbear " they are to many a Avaiting Avife , to many a doubting female mind . For there is great " bonhommie " in all good lodges Avhich Avill be realized by the ladies , just as it affects the brethren . In all good lodges we say , where the
real principles of Freemasonry are " afloat , " there is no envy , no pettiness , no jealousy , no unkindness visible . All is harmony , right feeling , thoughtful consideration ; all are brethren , all are friends , sincere and fast , amid the dark hours , the stormy seasons , the roug-li battle of life .
And hence it comes to pass , as it has come to pass before , that once open the portals of our Masonic Temple and admit our dear female associates , only to the " Court of the Gentiles , " they Avill become Avarm , honest , and faithful friends , instead of beings inclined to quiz and undervalue Freemasonry , and they will at last really begin to believe that there is something in that tiresomely mysterious society after all .
We trust that our readers have kindly and j : > atiently followed us through these someAvhat heavy lucubrations of ours , and will agree Avith us that there is really no possible reason Avhy the ladies should any longer be banished from the Recreation Banquets of our English Freemasonry .
St. George For Merry England.
ST . GEORGE FOR MERRY ENGLAND .
BY AV . M . BRAITHAVAITE . " OT . GEORGE for merry England , " Avas , doubtless , often repeated ^ as our soldiers dashed madly through the serried ranks of their enemies , and closed in bloody conflict round their emblazoned
standard . That " saint , " about whom so much is said and so little is knoAvn , presents a very brave spectacle as he proudly triumphs over his prostrate foe , the dragon . We are proud of our patron saint ,