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Presentation To Bro. S. H. Parkhouse, P.M. 1642, &C.
PRESENTATION TO BRO . S . H . PARKHOUSE , P . M . 1642 , & c .
WEDNESDAY , tho 29 th ultimo , may b » reckoned as essentially a rod-letter day in the history of tbo worthy brother whose name heads this notice . In tho first placo it was his Jnbileo day , and , what must have been of far greator consideration to him , it was made the occasion by his many friends and admirers of recognising in a substantial and taugible form thoir admiration of
his business qualifications and their esteem and regard tor his many qualities as a man and a citizen . As the circular which was placed in our hands succinctly puts it , the occasion of Brother Parkhonse attaining his Jubilee was taken advantage of by several of hia friends to " recognise in some fitting manner the fraternal good feeling , the absolute good fellowship and the constant readiness to
help any who may be in need of assistance of any kind , whioh form some of the chief characteristics of our Brother's heart and life . " Bro . Parkhouse is personally known to a large proportion of onr readers , bnt to those who do not boast his acquaintance we may say that he was initiated into Freemasonry in the year 1869 , that he is a Founder and Past Master of the Earl of Carnarvou Lodge , No . 1612 ,
and also a Founder and past First Principal of the Chapter attached to that Lodge , in both of whioh he is always ready to take npon himself tbe work of any absent member , in addition to his own . He is" a Life Governor , and has served tho offioe of Steward to eaoh of our Charitable Institutions . Besides taking a great interest in the different Elections to the Institutions , he is a wonderful organiser in
the matter of voting , taking care that no votes shall be thrown away , and is nearly always successful in getting his candidates elected with the smallest possible expenditure of votes . For the past twenty , five years he has occupied himself more or less in paroohial affairs j for many years he was Secretary to the Local Ratepayers' Association , and for fifteen years ( until the end of 1887 ) he acted as
honorary secretary to the Notting Hill Philanthropic Sooiety , and while holding this position paid unremitting attention to every oase of distress brought to his notice , and granted prompt and efficient relief in all deserving cases . With these facts to start upon , ib is nob surprising bhat a strong working Committee was readily established , and Hon . Treasurers
were soon found in the persons of Bros . D . P . Cama Past Grand Treasurer and J . P . Bartle , while Bros . W . J . Mnrlis P . M . and Dr . Ernest Pooook P . M . readily volunteered their services as Hon . Secretaries . With such a working staff , and , we may add , so popular a cause to work for , success was practically assured . Consequently we , with some 70 or 80 other guests , assembled on the evening of
Wednesday last , at the Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , where the first " function " was to partake of a most enjoyable supper , abundantly supplied by Mrs . Linscott . Bro . J . Bartle presided , and was supported by Bros . Holmes and R . C . Green , who filled the Vice Presidents ' chairs . In consequence of an important meeting that many of the guests were oompelled to attend , it was a late hour before the
proceedings commenced , but when once the table was cleared no time was lost . After the Loyal toast , whioh was done full honour to , Mr . Nelson Watts rose to propose the toast of the evening , —the health of their guest , Mr . Samuel H . Parkhonse . Iu pithy , but graceful language , Mr . Watts recounted the many virtues of his friend—the friend , he might , say , of all present . He outlined
the advance made by the district iu which they were located darinw the 30 years Bro . Parkhonse had been a resident in it , and drew attention to many acta of usefulness their guest had interested himself in , to the general advantage of one and all who knew him . Brother Parkhouse was invariably to be depended on ; when he put his band to the plough there was no going back , and his efforts invariably
resulted satisfactorily . So appreciative wero his friends of these grand qualities , that they had determined to signalize the occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday by making him a presentation . He would now ask their worthy Chairman to formally hand over their gifts . Bro . " Bartle now rose and presented Brother Parkhouse with a haudsome gold watch , suitably inscribed and
emblazoned with his monogram . A second gift was an elegantly illuminated address , whioh recounts the principal incidents of the gathering , and is embellished with the names of the several subscri . bers to the Fund . A third item in the presentation series was a substantial purse , with the paper representation of the useful little sum of £ 150 , which the chairman asked Brother Parkhouse to accept
on account , " as up to date the Committee had not been able to " complete" their self-imposed task of collecting . Bro . Bartle conoluded his remarks by wishing Bro . Parkhonso continued health , and that he might long live to enjoy the company of his beloved wife and ohildren . By mutual arrangement , tho speeches were necessarily kept within a small compass , but Brother Samnel
H . Parkhonse acknowledged the great kindness of his friends , and their hearty appreciation of what little he had beon enabled by their assistance to achieve . When he camo into this district , thirty years back , he was a young man and a stranger ; but ho had made many good friends , who perhaps overlooked his failings—all men havo thoir failings . He had attained his 50 th birthday , and many had callod on
him in the course of the afternoon to congratulate him on the event . His heart was too fnll to allow him adequately to express his thanks , but he trusted the will would be taken for the dead . Several other toasts followed . Bro . Jubal Webb proposed the health of the Chairman . The services of tho Hon . Secretaries were fnlly recognized ; but in consequence of the lateness of tbo hour we were oompelled to leave in order to catch " the last train . "
During the evening several letters , regretting inability to be present , were announced as having been received ; in addition , two sympathetic communications were read , the first from Bro . D . P . Cama ( P . G . Treasnrer ) and the second from Bro . F . C . Fry .
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GO SSIP ABOUT FREEMASONRY ; its History and Traditions . A Paper read by Bro . S . VAILTSITTINIS , P . M . and Z . No . 9 , to the Brethren "I the Albion Lodge of Instruction , 2 nd Novombcr 188 « . "ee by post from W . VV . JIOKGAJT , Belvidere Works , Horrnes Hill , Pontonvilo .
The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
Hay market . —after a most successful country tour Mr . H . Beerbohm Tree recently returned to his own Theatre , whioh he re-opened with Mr . Sydney Grundy ' s play " A Village Priest . " Aa ia generally known tho idea for this was suggested by the Frenoh play " Le Secret do la Terreuse , " but whether it were desirable to introduce such a theme to an English andience , it is not our present
intention to discuss . The merits of the play have already been fnlly considered elsewhere . It , however , remains for ns to compliment the manager and hia able company on their excellent all-round performance . Nothing finer than Mr . Tree ' s rendering of the Abbe Dubois can readily be conceived ; his acting is always good , and in this case the sacristy scene is one long to be remembered . Mr . Fred .
Terry is earnest as Armnnd , while that sterling aotor Mr . James Fernandez makes a splendid Jean Torquenie . Mra . Tree is admirably suited as Marguerite , Miss RoseNorreys gains the sympathy of all aa Jeanne Torquenie ; Miss Rose Leolercq portrays the troubles of the Coratesae in good style ; while Mrs . Gaston Murray is a charming Madame D'Arcay . * 'A Village Priest" ia preceded by a capital
representation of Mr . W . S . Gilberts "Comedy and Tragedy , in which Miss Julia Neilson gives a splendid rendering of the part of Clarice . In accordance with the policy already announced , Mr . Tree starts hia Monday evening productions on the 3 rd November , when an original comedy , entitled "Beau Austin , " by Messrs . W . E .
Henley and Robert Lewis Stevenson , will be produced . We may mention that it is intended either to produce new pieces or to present favourite works of tbe Haymarket repertoire each Monday evening dnring the winter , but tbe run of the ordinary programme will be continued during the other days of the week .
Shaftesbury . —A special matinee performance of Mr . Charles Hanuan ' s new play , " Monsieur Moulon , " was given here on Taea . day last . Notwithstanding the fact that the ladies and gentlemen engaged worked with a vast amount of energy and perseverance , the piece most be pronounced a dismal failure . We could not see a redeeming feature , so far as the third and fourth acta were concerned . We confess we saw very little of the first two .
Wreaths At Funerals.
WREATHS AT FUNERALS .
To the Editor of the "Nottingham Daily Guardian . SIR , —Looking over my file of your newspaper I find it is getting a custom of the Nottingham Freemasons to use the usual wreath at interments . To the uninitiated this can be no surprise . Now , our unexampled formulas provide a single sprig of any evergreen as the
fittest emblem of our own mortality , whilst we offer a respectful memento to departed worth . Trusting this will awaken a desire to desist from so un-Masonio a custom , and cause the Fraternity at Nottingham to return to the primitive method of their ancient brethren . I am , Sir , & o . P . M ., 30 ° .
Norton a ' Hub MS . is said by those who are best able to judge to be merely an accurate duplicate of the " Stanley MS . " Some one had better make a note of this and carefully preserve it , for according to rnle what Jacob erects to-day he will to-morrow tear down with as muoh earnestness as he raised it . He has lately undertaken to count
how many times a certain letter appears in an old manuscript . Let him count how many times he uses the one letter " I " and the worda " my " and " mine " in his late article to the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Wo think he would be surprised at the smallness of the " I" and tho immensity of the world . —Keystone .
In the Masonic Journal , of Portland , Maine , September 1890 ' appears an article signed J . H . D ., headed " Who Was the Founder of Daly Constituted Freemasonry in America ? " which is remarkable as bearing evidence that the writer haa either lost control of hia temper or else desires that his ipse dixit should be taken for a fact . There is no use of any one losing his temper over this subject . There is
no law compelling a man to agree with what yon say . Every man has a right to believe what he pleases and it is not the way to change that opinion or belief by abuse or the nse of words full of rancour or ill humour . People in this section of the country cannot be terrorised nor can the opinions and beliefs and their confidence-in-belief be shaken by the written opinion of J . H . D . We have no desire to discuss this question of " Who Was the Founder , & c , " in this way ,
but wo can judgo of the reliableness of tho article b y this paragraph " We notice that Bro . MacCalla is in Europe , and we do think the foregoing article wonld nob have been published in the Keystone if ho had been at home . " We would say that the artiole referred to by J . H . D ., and which ho wonld lead the readers of the Masonic Journal tobelievo as having appeared in the Keystone within the past few weeks was , in fact , published in the Keystone of 28 th July 1888 , over two years ago .
"THE PROBABLE FOUNDATION OF FREEMASONRY . " —To the general reader scarcely less than to the antiqnary , bnt more than all to Freemasons , a lecture by Bro . W . Charles Langley , of Stockton-on-Teas , just published by Simpkin , Marshall , Hamilton , Kent and Co ., Ld ., » London , will prove highly interesting reading . It is entitled , "A lecture on the Great Pyramid in Egypt , suggesting an intimate relationship with the probable foundation of Freemasonry . "
Mr . Langley sets himself the task of accounting for the real origin of " the Craft " by reason of the founding of the Great Pyramid , and after a rough perusal of the lecture we are constrained to admit that its propositions are plausible , tho manner in which they ore put is able , and the impression left on the mind is decidedly favourable to Mr . Langley ' s idea . The lecture is published at a shilling , and we commend it heartily to our Masonic friends . — Chester Chronicle .
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Presentation To Bro. S. H. Parkhouse, P.M. 1642, &C.
PRESENTATION TO BRO . S . H . PARKHOUSE , P . M . 1642 , & c .
WEDNESDAY , tho 29 th ultimo , may b » reckoned as essentially a rod-letter day in the history of tbo worthy brother whose name heads this notice . In tho first placo it was his Jnbileo day , and , what must have been of far greator consideration to him , it was made the occasion by his many friends and admirers of recognising in a substantial and taugible form thoir admiration of
his business qualifications and their esteem and regard tor his many qualities as a man and a citizen . As the circular which was placed in our hands succinctly puts it , the occasion of Brother Parkhonse attaining his Jubilee was taken advantage of by several of hia friends to " recognise in some fitting manner the fraternal good feeling , the absolute good fellowship and the constant readiness to
help any who may be in need of assistance of any kind , whioh form some of the chief characteristics of our Brother's heart and life . " Bro . Parkhouse is personally known to a large proportion of onr readers , bnt to those who do not boast his acquaintance we may say that he was initiated into Freemasonry in the year 1869 , that he is a Founder and Past Master of the Earl of Carnarvou Lodge , No . 1612 ,
and also a Founder and past First Principal of the Chapter attached to that Lodge , in both of whioh he is always ready to take npon himself tbe work of any absent member , in addition to his own . He is" a Life Governor , and has served tho offioe of Steward to eaoh of our Charitable Institutions . Besides taking a great interest in the different Elections to the Institutions , he is a wonderful organiser in
the matter of voting , taking care that no votes shall be thrown away , and is nearly always successful in getting his candidates elected with the smallest possible expenditure of votes . For the past twenty , five years he has occupied himself more or less in paroohial affairs j for many years he was Secretary to the Local Ratepayers' Association , and for fifteen years ( until the end of 1887 ) he acted as
honorary secretary to the Notting Hill Philanthropic Sooiety , and while holding this position paid unremitting attention to every oase of distress brought to his notice , and granted prompt and efficient relief in all deserving cases . With these facts to start upon , ib is nob surprising bhat a strong working Committee was readily established , and Hon . Treasurers
were soon found in the persons of Bros . D . P . Cama Past Grand Treasurer and J . P . Bartle , while Bros . W . J . Mnrlis P . M . and Dr . Ernest Pooook P . M . readily volunteered their services as Hon . Secretaries . With such a working staff , and , we may add , so popular a cause to work for , success was practically assured . Consequently we , with some 70 or 80 other guests , assembled on the evening of
Wednesday last , at the Ladbroke Hall , Notting Hill , where the first " function " was to partake of a most enjoyable supper , abundantly supplied by Mrs . Linscott . Bro . J . Bartle presided , and was supported by Bros . Holmes and R . C . Green , who filled the Vice Presidents ' chairs . In consequence of an important meeting that many of the guests were oompelled to attend , it was a late hour before the
proceedings commenced , but when once the table was cleared no time was lost . After the Loyal toast , whioh was done full honour to , Mr . Nelson Watts rose to propose the toast of the evening , —the health of their guest , Mr . Samuel H . Parkhonse . Iu pithy , but graceful language , Mr . Watts recounted the many virtues of his friend—the friend , he might , say , of all present . He outlined
the advance made by the district iu which they were located darinw the 30 years Bro . Parkhonse had been a resident in it , and drew attention to many acta of usefulness their guest had interested himself in , to the general advantage of one and all who knew him . Brother Parkhouse was invariably to be depended on ; when he put his band to the plough there was no going back , and his efforts invariably
resulted satisfactorily . So appreciative wero his friends of these grand qualities , that they had determined to signalize the occasion of his Fiftieth Birthday by making him a presentation . He would now ask their worthy Chairman to formally hand over their gifts . Bro . " Bartle now rose and presented Brother Parkhouse with a haudsome gold watch , suitably inscribed and
emblazoned with his monogram . A second gift was an elegantly illuminated address , whioh recounts the principal incidents of the gathering , and is embellished with the names of the several subscri . bers to the Fund . A third item in the presentation series was a substantial purse , with the paper representation of the useful little sum of £ 150 , which the chairman asked Brother Parkhouse to accept
on account , " as up to date the Committee had not been able to " complete" their self-imposed task of collecting . Bro . Bartle conoluded his remarks by wishing Bro . Parkhonso continued health , and that he might long live to enjoy the company of his beloved wife and ohildren . By mutual arrangement , tho speeches were necessarily kept within a small compass , but Brother Samnel
H . Parkhonse acknowledged the great kindness of his friends , and their hearty appreciation of what little he had beon enabled by their assistance to achieve . When he camo into this district , thirty years back , he was a young man and a stranger ; but ho had made many good friends , who perhaps overlooked his failings—all men havo thoir failings . He had attained his 50 th birthday , and many had callod on
him in the course of the afternoon to congratulate him on the event . His heart was too fnll to allow him adequately to express his thanks , but he trusted the will would be taken for the dead . Several other toasts followed . Bro . Jubal Webb proposed the health of the Chairman . The services of tho Hon . Secretaries were fnlly recognized ; but in consequence of the lateness of tbo hour we were oompelled to leave in order to catch " the last train . "
During the evening several letters , regretting inability to be present , were announced as having been received ; in addition , two sympathetic communications were read , the first from Bro . D . P . Cama ( P . G . Treasnrer ) and the second from Bro . F . C . Fry .
Ad01103
GO SSIP ABOUT FREEMASONRY ; its History and Traditions . A Paper read by Bro . S . VAILTSITTINIS , P . M . and Z . No . 9 , to the Brethren "I the Albion Lodge of Instruction , 2 nd Novombcr 188 « . "ee by post from W . VV . JIOKGAJT , Belvidere Works , Horrnes Hill , Pontonvilo .
The Theatres, &C.
THE THEATRES , & c .
Hay market . —after a most successful country tour Mr . H . Beerbohm Tree recently returned to his own Theatre , whioh he re-opened with Mr . Sydney Grundy ' s play " A Village Priest . " Aa ia generally known tho idea for this was suggested by the Frenoh play " Le Secret do la Terreuse , " but whether it were desirable to introduce such a theme to an English andience , it is not our present
intention to discuss . The merits of the play have already been fnlly considered elsewhere . It , however , remains for ns to compliment the manager and hia able company on their excellent all-round performance . Nothing finer than Mr . Tree ' s rendering of the Abbe Dubois can readily be conceived ; his acting is always good , and in this case the sacristy scene is one long to be remembered . Mr . Fred .
Terry is earnest as Armnnd , while that sterling aotor Mr . James Fernandez makes a splendid Jean Torquenie . Mra . Tree is admirably suited as Marguerite , Miss RoseNorreys gains the sympathy of all aa Jeanne Torquenie ; Miss Rose Leolercq portrays the troubles of the Coratesae in good style ; while Mrs . Gaston Murray is a charming Madame D'Arcay . * 'A Village Priest" ia preceded by a capital
representation of Mr . W . S . Gilberts "Comedy and Tragedy , in which Miss Julia Neilson gives a splendid rendering of the part of Clarice . In accordance with the policy already announced , Mr . Tree starts hia Monday evening productions on the 3 rd November , when an original comedy , entitled "Beau Austin , " by Messrs . W . E .
Henley and Robert Lewis Stevenson , will be produced . We may mention that it is intended either to produce new pieces or to present favourite works of tbe Haymarket repertoire each Monday evening dnring the winter , but tbe run of the ordinary programme will be continued during the other days of the week .
Shaftesbury . —A special matinee performance of Mr . Charles Hanuan ' s new play , " Monsieur Moulon , " was given here on Taea . day last . Notwithstanding the fact that the ladies and gentlemen engaged worked with a vast amount of energy and perseverance , the piece most be pronounced a dismal failure . We could not see a redeeming feature , so far as the third and fourth acta were concerned . We confess we saw very little of the first two .
Wreaths At Funerals.
WREATHS AT FUNERALS .
To the Editor of the "Nottingham Daily Guardian . SIR , —Looking over my file of your newspaper I find it is getting a custom of the Nottingham Freemasons to use the usual wreath at interments . To the uninitiated this can be no surprise . Now , our unexampled formulas provide a single sprig of any evergreen as the
fittest emblem of our own mortality , whilst we offer a respectful memento to departed worth . Trusting this will awaken a desire to desist from so un-Masonio a custom , and cause the Fraternity at Nottingham to return to the primitive method of their ancient brethren . I am , Sir , & o . P . M ., 30 ° .
Norton a ' Hub MS . is said by those who are best able to judge to be merely an accurate duplicate of the " Stanley MS . " Some one had better make a note of this and carefully preserve it , for according to rnle what Jacob erects to-day he will to-morrow tear down with as muoh earnestness as he raised it . He has lately undertaken to count
how many times a certain letter appears in an old manuscript . Let him count how many times he uses the one letter " I " and the worda " my " and " mine " in his late article to the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE . Wo think he would be surprised at the smallness of the " I" and tho immensity of the world . —Keystone .
In the Masonic Journal , of Portland , Maine , September 1890 ' appears an article signed J . H . D ., headed " Who Was the Founder of Daly Constituted Freemasonry in America ? " which is remarkable as bearing evidence that the writer haa either lost control of hia temper or else desires that his ipse dixit should be taken for a fact . There is no use of any one losing his temper over this subject . There is
no law compelling a man to agree with what yon say . Every man has a right to believe what he pleases and it is not the way to change that opinion or belief by abuse or the nse of words full of rancour or ill humour . People in this section of the country cannot be terrorised nor can the opinions and beliefs and their confidence-in-belief be shaken by the written opinion of J . H . D . We have no desire to discuss this question of " Who Was the Founder , & c , " in this way ,
but wo can judgo of the reliableness of tho article b y this paragraph " We notice that Bro . MacCalla is in Europe , and we do think the foregoing article wonld nob have been published in the Keystone if ho had been at home . " We would say that the artiole referred to by J . H . D ., and which ho wonld lead the readers of the Masonic Journal tobelievo as having appeared in the Keystone within the past few weeks was , in fact , published in the Keystone of 28 th July 1888 , over two years ago .
"THE PROBABLE FOUNDATION OF FREEMASONRY . " —To the general reader scarcely less than to the antiqnary , bnt more than all to Freemasons , a lecture by Bro . W . Charles Langley , of Stockton-on-Teas , just published by Simpkin , Marshall , Hamilton , Kent and Co ., Ld ., » London , will prove highly interesting reading . It is entitled , "A lecture on the Great Pyramid in Egypt , suggesting an intimate relationship with the probable foundation of Freemasonry . "
Mr . Langley sets himself the task of accounting for the real origin of " the Craft " by reason of the founding of the Great Pyramid , and after a rough perusal of the lecture we are constrained to admit that its propositions are plausible , tho manner in which they ore put is able , and the impression left on the mind is decidedly favourable to Mr . Langley ' s idea . The lecture is published at a shilling , and we commend it heartily to our Masonic friends . — Chester Chronicle .