Masons Of The Year.

place on record once more a reminder of the brilliant services this gentleman rendered to the Boys' Institution , during a long tenure of office .

MR . J . C . PARKINSON . MR . J . C . PARKINSON , whose latest exploit in the ranks of journalism has been to join his life-long friend , Edmund Yates , in the management of the lVorld , wa . s early in life on the staff of the Dail y JVezus and left his position in the Civil Service after

twenty years " completely thrown away , " as he has since admitted , to act as special correspondent of that journal at the opening of the Suez Canal . Thence he went to Calcutta , and has since , at various periods of his career , travelled all over the globe . Mr . Parkinson , or " J . C . P ., " as some of his friends

style him , was at one time Deputy P . G . M . of Middlesex , is a Vice-Patron of all the institutions , and a Past Grand Officer of England . He married , some years ago , a daughter of Sir George Elliot , the Provincial Grand Master of the Eastern Division of South Wales . He has a charming flat in Victoria

Street , in the same building as George Augustus Sala reside in . He possesses a fine physique , has a handsome face , the most charming manner imaginable , is a bit of a wit , and has letters in his possession from the immortal Dickens , who addressed him as " Dear Parkinson . " J . C . P . has seen his

best days in Masonry , but he occasionally comes into evidence when some big affair is on , and had the somewhat unique honour of installing the Lord Mayor into the chair of the Drury Lane Lodge at the Mansion House last year .

LIEUT .-COL . EDIS . MR . ROBERT WILLIAM EDIS was born in iS 39 , at Huntingdon , and received his early education at the local Grammar School , afterwards finishing at the Brewers' Company School at Aldenham . When Mr . Edis was seventeen years of age he

came to London , and after serving his articles to a well-known firm of architects , entered the office of the late Mr . Salvin , leaving it when he was twenty-two years old to start in practice on his own account . Early in his professional life Robert Edis became a member of the Architectural Association , of which he

was eventually elected President for two successive years . In 1862 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects , and in 1862 became a Fellow of that august body . Mr . Edis was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians in 1870 , and early in his career went on a tour through

France , Italy , and Germany , sketching most of the important architectural work . In 1882 Robert Edis crossed to America to advise the authorities of Kansas State in the laying out of a new city ; he made a survey on the spot , and drew up a scheme for a town of about 2 , 000 houses , actually designing most of the

principal buildings himself . Among his most notable works are the additions to the library of the Inner Temple ; the Boscombe Spa Hotel , near Bournemouth ; the Badminton Club , Piccadilly ; the Constitutional and Junior Constitutional Clubs , almost his finest pieces of work ; the ball room and additions to Sandringham for H . R . H . the Prince of Wales ,

and many other important buildings . Mr . Edis has spent a large amount of his time in pleading for the artistic treatment of English homes , and has made a long study of furniture and interior decoration . In 1 S 80 he was invited to lecture before the Society of Arts on " The Decoration

and Furniture of Town Houses , " which lectures have since been illusti-ated and published . The Council of the Inter * national Health Exhibition also chose Mr . Robert Edis as the most competent authority to write their handbook on " Healthy Furniture . " Mr . Edis is a living illustration of the

old adage of " Sana mens , & c , " for , with all his artistic , decorative , sanitary , and such like talents , he is a keen sportsman and volunteer . He joined the Artists' corps on its formation in 1859 , and is now the colonel of the regiment .

Lieut .-Colonel Edis was aide-de-camp to Lord Bury in the French and German War under the General Convention , and witnessed the closing scenes of the Commune in Paris ; then , on his return to England , as the result of his observations , he wrote a masterly paper on " Fireproof Materials , " which was read before the Royal Institute of British Architects . About

the favourite work of Lieut .-Colonel Edis is the new headquarters of the Artists' , where , as the commanding officer , he is as esteemed by his men as he is jealous of the proud position of his regiment . He was initiated in the Westminster Keystone Lodge , and became its Master in 1 S 74 . He is a P . M . of the Carnarvon Mark Lodge , and was appointed Grand Superintendent of Works in iSSS .

MR . EDWARD TERRY . MR . EDWARD TERRY , the popular founder of Terry ' s Theatre in the Strand , was initiated into Freemasonry in the

Royal Union Lodge ( 382 ) at Uxbridge , in which he passed the chair . He was the first actor W . M . of the Asaph Lodge , which is the representative Lodge of the musical and dramatic - professions , and is a Past First Principal of the Asaph Chapter . He has passed the chair of the St . Albans' Lodge ( 29 ) , and was

one of the original members of the Savage Club Lodge , in which he followed Henry Irving in the post of Treasurer . He was appointed a Grand Steward in 1885-86 , and has been three years a member of the Board of General Purposes ; he is a Vice-President of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls , and

Life Governor of the two other Masonic Institutions ; he has also served the office of Steward eight times . From this , in one mighty bound , he sprang into the position of Grand Treasurer of Grand Lodge for the year 1889-90 , to which he was elected by a large majority , defeating Mr . George Everitt , his opponent

on the occasion . Mr . Edward Terry is a member of the Actors ' Benevolent Fund , and was presented with the only ticket granted to his Lodge for admission into the Albert Hall when H . R . H . the Grand Master was raised to that sublime position He was one of the representative actors invited to the Abbey

when the Thanksgiving Service was lield at Her Majesty ' s Jubilee , and was selected to deliver a lecture at the Cardiff Church Congress last year upon " Popular Amusements in

Relation to Christian Life . " Mr . Edward Terry will be best remembered by the present generation of playgoers by his unrivalled successes in the Gaiety burlesque company under the management of the late ( Bro . ) John Henderson . Since the breaking up of that extraordinary quartette—Messrs . Terry and Royce , and Mesdames Farren and Vaughan—Edward Terry

has turned his peculiar dramatic powers into quite an original groove of farcical comedy , and inaugurated his first success at his own theatre in Pinero ' s beautiful play of Sweet Lavender which terminated last month a phenomenal run , and brought the actor and author a good roundfortune . Edward Terry is an

experienced traveller in many lands . He has gone through Western Europe , Lapland , Poland , and parts of Russia ; has landed more than one salmon from the fjords of Norway , and has sent home all sorts of souvenirs of his wanderings to decorate the rooms of his charming house at Barnes . During his year of Grand

Ireasurership , Edward 1 erry , with his wife and daughter , went for a tour through India , with special permission from the Grand Master to assert his rank during his travels . At Bombay \ vz was introduced to Lodge Cyrus , which is composed of Hindus , Mahomedans , and Parsees , and was made an honorary member of the Lodge . At the Scottish Lodge , in Bombay , he was

specially entertained by the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Harold King , since deceased , and received , with his wife and daughter , the honour of a command from Government House to dine with the Duke and Duchess of Connaught . The Grand Treasurer received the utmost courtesy from the Maharajahs of

the different provinces through which he travelled ; they placed their carriages , elephants , and servants at his disposal , invited him to their palaces , and paid him all the respect due to his professional and Masonic position . He witnessed all the native customs of the Empire , from a Parsee funeral at the Towers of Silence , where the bodies are devoured by vultures , and the