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Charity Festivals Out Of London.
CHARITY FESTIVALS OUT OF LONDON .
A FEW weeks back the Evening News and Post , in announcing acceptance by the Earl of Lathom of the Chairmanship for next year's Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , said : "It has often
been urged that the Festivals of the Masonic Charities might with advantage be made * moveable festivals , ' not so much in the matter of date , as in that of locality , and the present would seem to afford a grand opportunity for testing the advantages of such a
course . Our contemporary then continues : " Would it be worth while taking the Festival down to the Chairman's county , and celebrating it at , say , Liverpool ? We think it would , although we may , perhaps , be accused of disloyalty in proposing its removal from the Metropolis . "
There does not seem to be any very serious objection to the remarks we have here extracted from the columns of our contemporary ; they are simply put in the form of a suggestion , and as the matter is one which would interest a large section of those who will
support next year ' s Festival , it must be regarded as a fair topic for discussion at the present time , and it would seem to call for more than passing notice at the hands of the Craft . It has already received special attention in one quarter , and we cannot refrain from
expressing our surprise that it should have led our contemporary , the Freemason , to show such ignorance as it displayed last week in regard to the arrangements which will ultimately bo made for the holding of the Festival . The Freemason says : ** We are in a position to
contradict tne statement recently made by an evening contemporary in its Masonic News Column , to the effect that the Executive of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys contemplate holding the next Anniversary Festival somewhere in the . North of England . " After referring to the Festivals held at Brighton ancl the Crystal Palace , our contemporary
concludes : " It strikes us the Executive of the Charity have sufficient on their hands to attend to without going out of their way to increase the additional labour which such a visit would entail on them . At all events , we are able to state that so insane
an idea has never at any time been contemplated by any of the Officers of the Institution . " We might at once ask , who said it had ? Looking at the fatter from another point of view , we imagine the Executive on whose behalf the writer has thus l-iisTied
mfco print will not thank him for the unwarrantable stand he has made , professedly on their behalf . It is a fair illustration of the old story—preserve us from ° ur friends—and we assume it is only in an excess of zeal , or rather jealousy , that the writer in our
contemporary could have been so far led astray as to e ven hint that the Officers of the Institution are afraid *?* undertaking any extra trouble on behalf of * the f estivals of the Charity , should the Stewards , in due course , decide to hold the celebration away from
Charity Festivals Out Of London.
London . We think we know enough of the new Secretary to guarantee on his behalf that no task will be too great for him to undertake to secure the
snecess of the Boys' Festival of 1891 , and we are convinced that if he saw there was any extra subscriptions to be received by going down into the heart oi the Chairman ' s Province he would be the last to shirk the work . But there is another side to the
question , as the Evening News and Post this week points out , —The Executive of the Boys' School are powerless as regards settling the locale of the Festival . That is a matter which is arranged by the Stewards themselves , at one of their early meetings , say six
weeks before the celebration , and if the Stewards settled on Liverpool or any other town the Festival would be held there , irrespective of the private views of the Executive or the Officials of the Institution .
The question thus raised is one which , as we have already remarked , is worthy of more than passing notice . We do not say the holding of the Festival in the heart of the Chairman ' s Province would be sure to result satisfactorily , but there are several who
will agree with us in saying it is a proposal which ought to be considered , provided the Lancashire brethren desire it , and the ultimate gain seems likely to prove of such proportions as to warrant a departure from the customs of the past . There is certainly
nothing " insane about the proposal , notwithstanding the opinion of the Freemason to the contrary , and when , in due course , the question of locality comes to be considered , we should not be at all surprised to
hear that the journey to Lancashire was regarded in a favourable light by a large number of the Stewards , and , it may be , ultimately carried into effect . The Earl of Lathom has expressed the hope that his
Province will support his Chairmanship with at least one hundred Stewards , and where West Lancashire leads , there is certain to be a strong following , from the Eastern division of the county , from Cheshire ,
and , above all , Irom West Yorkshire , tne Provincial Grand Master of which latter county has already urged his brethren to rally round him in support of his friend at the other side of England . What will r V \ f \ rt r \ trttin r \ t n + ui nirt j-I * -v -vu * A « A U AI— A _« ~ — I — C \ Tl * I 1 ijjuG ¦ & msiives i
** . . _ » e IUUI uiaiinjiiu uu aiuuiig jii - ' -II tney had some special feature to work for , in addition to the incentive they already possess in their desire to advance the welfare of the Boys' School , and help its next year ' s Chairman to secure a good return , there is
no knowing what they could do , and we feel London and the South will have to work very hard to get anywhere near them . Surely in such a case the voice of the majority should go for something , and we should ndt be at all surprised to see the Northern Stewards far outnumbering the Southern , while , as regards
amount oi subscriptions , we look forward to a very : close run between the two divisions . As to the additional trouble , that is a myth ; and it is absurd to introduce such a topic into the controversy . There would be a local committee , who would take all the labour of arranging details , and
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Charity Festivals Out Of London.
CHARITY FESTIVALS OUT OF LONDON .
A FEW weeks back the Evening News and Post , in announcing acceptance by the Earl of Lathom of the Chairmanship for next year's Festival of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys , said : "It has often
been urged that the Festivals of the Masonic Charities might with advantage be made * moveable festivals , ' not so much in the matter of date , as in that of locality , and the present would seem to afford a grand opportunity for testing the advantages of such a
course . Our contemporary then continues : " Would it be worth while taking the Festival down to the Chairman's county , and celebrating it at , say , Liverpool ? We think it would , although we may , perhaps , be accused of disloyalty in proposing its removal from the Metropolis . "
There does not seem to be any very serious objection to the remarks we have here extracted from the columns of our contemporary ; they are simply put in the form of a suggestion , and as the matter is one which would interest a large section of those who will
support next year ' s Festival , it must be regarded as a fair topic for discussion at the present time , and it would seem to call for more than passing notice at the hands of the Craft . It has already received special attention in one quarter , and we cannot refrain from
expressing our surprise that it should have led our contemporary , the Freemason , to show such ignorance as it displayed last week in regard to the arrangements which will ultimately bo made for the holding of the Festival . The Freemason says : ** We are in a position to
contradict tne statement recently made by an evening contemporary in its Masonic News Column , to the effect that the Executive of the Eoyal Masonic Institution for Boys contemplate holding the next Anniversary Festival somewhere in the . North of England . " After referring to the Festivals held at Brighton ancl the Crystal Palace , our contemporary
concludes : " It strikes us the Executive of the Charity have sufficient on their hands to attend to without going out of their way to increase the additional labour which such a visit would entail on them . At all events , we are able to state that so insane
an idea has never at any time been contemplated by any of the Officers of the Institution . " We might at once ask , who said it had ? Looking at the fatter from another point of view , we imagine the Executive on whose behalf the writer has thus l-iisTied
mfco print will not thank him for the unwarrantable stand he has made , professedly on their behalf . It is a fair illustration of the old story—preserve us from ° ur friends—and we assume it is only in an excess of zeal , or rather jealousy , that the writer in our
contemporary could have been so far led astray as to e ven hint that the Officers of the Institution are afraid *?* undertaking any extra trouble on behalf of * the f estivals of the Charity , should the Stewards , in due course , decide to hold the celebration away from
Charity Festivals Out Of London.
London . We think we know enough of the new Secretary to guarantee on his behalf that no task will be too great for him to undertake to secure the
snecess of the Boys' Festival of 1891 , and we are convinced that if he saw there was any extra subscriptions to be received by going down into the heart oi the Chairman ' s Province he would be the last to shirk the work . But there is another side to the
question , as the Evening News and Post this week points out , —The Executive of the Boys' School are powerless as regards settling the locale of the Festival . That is a matter which is arranged by the Stewards themselves , at one of their early meetings , say six
weeks before the celebration , and if the Stewards settled on Liverpool or any other town the Festival would be held there , irrespective of the private views of the Executive or the Officials of the Institution .
The question thus raised is one which , as we have already remarked , is worthy of more than passing notice . We do not say the holding of the Festival in the heart of the Chairman ' s Province would be sure to result satisfactorily , but there are several who
will agree with us in saying it is a proposal which ought to be considered , provided the Lancashire brethren desire it , and the ultimate gain seems likely to prove of such proportions as to warrant a departure from the customs of the past . There is certainly
nothing " insane about the proposal , notwithstanding the opinion of the Freemason to the contrary , and when , in due course , the question of locality comes to be considered , we should not be at all surprised to
hear that the journey to Lancashire was regarded in a favourable light by a large number of the Stewards , and , it may be , ultimately carried into effect . The Earl of Lathom has expressed the hope that his
Province will support his Chairmanship with at least one hundred Stewards , and where West Lancashire leads , there is certain to be a strong following , from the Eastern division of the county , from Cheshire ,
and , above all , Irom West Yorkshire , tne Provincial Grand Master of which latter county has already urged his brethren to rally round him in support of his friend at the other side of England . What will r V \ f \ rt r \ trttin r \ t n + ui nirt j-I * -v -vu * A « A U AI— A _« ~ — I — C \ Tl * I 1 ijjuG ¦ & msiives i
** . . _ » e IUUI uiaiinjiiu uu aiuuiig jii - ' -II tney had some special feature to work for , in addition to the incentive they already possess in their desire to advance the welfare of the Boys' School , and help its next year ' s Chairman to secure a good return , there is
no knowing what they could do , and we feel London and the South will have to work very hard to get anywhere near them . Surely in such a case the voice of the majority should go for something , and we should ndt be at all surprised to see the Northern Stewards far outnumbering the Southern , while , as regards
amount oi subscriptions , we look forward to a very : close run between the two divisions . As to the additional trouble , that is a myth ; and it is absurd to introduce such a topic into the controversy . There would be a local committee , who would take all the labour of arranging details , and