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The Theatres, &C.
lines allotted this gentleman are weak , and in most oases without point . As we have said before , the scenery and stage management is all that could be desired , bnt the plot is terribly weak , and considerable alteration will have to be made . A capable company has been secured , but they have bufc few
opportunities . Mr . Luigi Lablaohe made the most of the part of Don Alvarez da Silva , and at times was most effective . Mr . Leonard Boyne gives us a dashing and vigorous Vyvyan Foster . This gentle , man , however , would do well if he mastered the style he adopted in such pieces as "Sophia" and "Sister Mary . " Of Mr . Harry
Nicholls we have already spoken ; Mr . E . W . Gardiner acted well as the Alcalde ; Mr . A . Beaumont was good as a disguised priest , but Mr . Victor Stevens was too boisterous . Miss Winifred Emery was a most sympathetic Sybil Tilney ; this lady deserves considerable
praise for the way in whioh she attacked the scene in the fourth act . Miss Ada Neilson's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth was excellent , her hasty style and make up thoroughly suits the part . Miss Edith Bruce and Miss Kate James rendered Mr . Nicholls substantial
aid . " The Monk ' s Room , " by John Lart , will be produced at the Globe on Tnesday next . Mr . E . S . Willard will be the Sir Darrell Erne , Mr . Hermann Vezin the Lazinski , Miss Alma Murray the Elinor
Brandon , and they will be supported by Messrs . Forbes Dawson , Stephen Caffrey , Ivan Watson , Edward Rose , A . J . Byde , Edwin Shepherd ; Mesdames Helen Leyfcon , E . H . Brooke , Marion Lea . Mr . W . Sidney will produce the play , while Mr . Bruce Smith will provide new scenery .
A novel sight will be witnessed on Wednesday next , 3 rd Oct . The procession led by the immortal Jack Falstaff through Coventry was commonplace compared with the spectacle whioh will be presented
on Wednesday , by the appearance of two hundred animated sand , wiches parading the streets of London , indicating to the public the fact that upon thafc day the two hundredth performance of that sue cessfal play " Sweet Lavender " will be given afc Terry ' s Theatre .
The dinner at the Criterion , on Wednesday , to Bro . John Maclean , on the occasion of his leaving this country to join Miss Mary Anderson ' s company , shortly returning to
America , was a very successful affair . Sir J . R . Somers Vine , the present Master of the Savage Club Lodge , presided , and over two hundred ladies and gentlemen were present .
" The World of Adventure " is the title of a new serial work , the first part of which will be published by Messrs . Cassell and Co . next month . It will contain a graphic narrative of the brave and daring deeds done in the present day and in past centuries , and will be illustrated with several hundred engravings from original drawings .
In view of the Banyan Bicentenary , Messrs . Cassell and Co . will issue a new and cheaper edition of their illustrated " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress " and " Holy War . " A new Life of Bunyan has been prepared for this popular edition by the Rev . John Brown , D . D ., Minister of Bunyan Meeting , Bedford .
As a contribution to the marriage controversy , Messrs . Dean and Son ( 160 A Fleet Street ) , have in preparation a new ohromo . lithographic book , designed by Lucien Besche , of the " Queen , " entitled "A Girl ' s Anticipation and Realisation of Marriage , " which consists of twenty artistically coloured plates , with appropriate letterpress by C . N . Phillips .
The next volume of Dean and Son ' s series of "Books for Elocutionists" is to be entitled "Speech Studies . " The volume , which is from the pen of Mr . Edwin Drew , is dedicated to Sir Morell Mackenzie .
Gleanings.
GLEANINGS .
VOUCHING . —To Masons , this is a word of great importance , Craftsmen cannot be too careful in regard to it , in these days of im . posters and frauds who are posing as Masons . What is lawful information , and how far is a brother to exercise his right to assist a brother in gaining admission to a Lodge ? Our answer is , he should
know from personal identification that the party vouched for is a Freemason , and this is the conclusion of the whole matter . What is known by " personal identification ? " says the Craftsman . Our reply to this question is , if I sat in a Lodge wifch a brother , I can vouch for him without hesitation . If a brother , with whom I have
sat in a Lodge brings a stranger to me and vouches for him , I may or may not vouch for the latter . I am aware that it is generally accepted that one Mason can introduce a stranger to another and vouch for him as a Craftsman , but I demur at its being obligatory upon the brother so informed to accept such information , and I
believe ifc would be more advantageous to the Fraternity if " lawful information " was limited to knowledge gained by sitting in a Lodge with a brother . One thing should be borne in mind by our brethren
never vouch for a man unless you identify him at the time yon perform the said service , and finally , never examine a stranger for the purpose of vouching for him unless you are requested to do so by the Master of your Lodge . —New Zealand Mail .
THE PRINCIPLES OF MASONRY . —For centuries had Freemasonry existed ere modern political controversies were ever heard of , and when the topics which now agitate society were not known , bufc all were united in brotherhood and affection . I know the institution to foe founded ou the great principles of charity , philanthropy , and brotherly love .
Gleanings.
Too TRUE . —After all it does not make a difference how one puts things . If one begins at forty or fifty to say thafc he is past his prime , that henceforth he cannot hope to work as he has done , thafc he has touched the decline and must suffer constantly diminishing powers so long as he lives—that is one way of patting things whioh
will probably result in the very consequences he is deploring . But if he congratulates himself upon the fact of having attained to some measure of wisdom , o . patting a vealy immaturity behind him , and got ready to live wisely and in a chastened spirit the remnant of the years left to him—that is another way of patting ifc ,
which will result in some of the best , most endnring work of his life . If one deplores often the lost yesterdays and their opportunities , and feels that so much being gone what is left may as well go with it , it cannot be as well with him as if , knowing that the
coming to-morrows will all bring their opportunities , he holds himself ready to garner them up into a busy and fruitful life . Everything except fche eternal , providential and adjustment depends upon the attitude we assume toward the things around us , or , as might be said , the subjective aspect of things . —Light .
WARNING TO ACTIVE WORKING LODGES . — We are pleased to notice so many Lodges working actively at the present time . The announcement made iu this paper from week to week , especially since the spring of the present year , must have attracted the attention of our readers to the fact that the apathy , whioh had until
recently hung over the Craft , is being rapidly dispersed . In almost all fche Lodges there is work , and many have more than can be done in the regnlar time , so that it is necessary to call " specials . " Witb this renewal of activity it will be judicious for members to be cautious as to the material introduced into the Temple . Committees '
of investigation should perform their duty carefully and fearlessly , so that all flaws may be found before the material is worked up » By the experience of the past it is nofc always a sign of strength for a long roll of workmen to exist in any Lodge . Unless
they be good and faithful they become an element of weakness ; for in the hour of trial they are nofc fco be found . Be cautious in proposing members , and careful bo see thafc they are worthy and well qualified to be admitted into the great Fraternity . —Sunday Times .
Pedestal , in architecture is the lowest part ; of a column , fche base of the shaft . In Freemasonry fche word is applied to the desks of the W . M . and the two Wardens , which are all supposed to represent the
pedestal of the columns of Wisdom , Strength and Beauty—or the three columns , the Ionic , the Doric , and the Corinthian . Sometimes ,, as a " part" is taken for the whole , the word is applied to the columns ; of the two Wardens . —Freemason's Repository .
The Covington ( Ky . ) Star says : — " A certain married lady in our town sat up until twelve o'clock one night last week waiting for her husband to come home from his Lodge . At last , weary and worn oub with her long waiting , she went to her sleeping-room to retire ,
and there found the missing husband , sound asleep . Instead of going to the Lodge he had gone to his room and had never left the house . Such are the troubles some poor married women have to contend with in this life .
CANNOT BE RECKONED . —Masonio deeds of benefit cannot ba reckoned—they are never counted , the left hand heeds nofc whafc the right hand doeth . They are unproolaimed , unseen ; like the healing oil poured into the wound , its flow is not visible ; thafc ifc has flowedi is not seen by fche eye until ifc has filled to tbe full the wound of the '
afflicted . This is the real majesty of that mystic tie , so charming to the initiated , as it throws its perpetual halo of religions light and radiant beauty around those immutable emblems fixed by the foun . ders of our faith in beaming lustre in our Temples , to animate the
young , to cheer the aged Brothers , to quicken the sluggish , to temper the enthusiastic , bufc above all to keep for ever bright and untiring ; remembrance of those Divine precepts which are at once the life , tho light , the jewels and glory of Freemasonry .
The ceremonies in the symbolic degrees are always wifcnsssed with interest if they are conducted with ability and decorum which is in . harmony wifch the dignity of our ancient and honourable Fraternity .. Nothing so mars our ceremonial as buffoonery aud illiteracy , they are born of ignorance and are inseparable in their inspiration . The besfc
officers we have seen are those who are intelligent and act themselves , and never try to ape another . Nothing so distresses a sensitive member who knows what " good work " is , as to hear an officer / roar and rant , and display his illiteracy , a thing that should never
occur in a Masonic body . A pompous ignorant man is a very poor ¦ piece of material out of which to make an officer . Our Brethren ' should respect intelligent novitiates , if they fail to do so to well-read members .
HONESTY IN MASONS . —G . Master Zeigler says , —In my judgment the time has come for thia Grand Lodge to declare , in unmistakable terms , how far a Mason may aot in confidence with a brother Mason , and still be within the bonds of propriety ; how far he may betray the confidence of a brother , and still be considered honest and doing
right under the section of the law referred to , and how near he may be to the line of dishonesty without snapping the chord of honour and duty to a brother . We have too much of this kind of sharp practice ; a wilful disregard of our commercial obligations , which some are pleased to term sharp business practice . I tell yon my '
brethren , there is no business in this way of doing . True business ; ia and must be conducted by the strictest rules of integrity , and without a strict ; observance of these rules business is a failure . I tell you we have too much of this , and Masonry must protect itself and say to its votaries : " You must lead an honest and upright ; life , deal
honourably with all men , and nofc permit them to go about fco ensnare the unwary , betray their confidence aud defraud them of their lawful due . " We cannot afford to let the world point the finger of scorn afc our members and say , " Thafc fellow is a Masou , and he has ; defrauded and cheated me , and the law of his Institution upholds him in it . "
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The Theatres, &C.
lines allotted this gentleman are weak , and in most oases without point . As we have said before , the scenery and stage management is all that could be desired , bnt the plot is terribly weak , and considerable alteration will have to be made . A capable company has been secured , but they have bufc few
opportunities . Mr . Luigi Lablaohe made the most of the part of Don Alvarez da Silva , and at times was most effective . Mr . Leonard Boyne gives us a dashing and vigorous Vyvyan Foster . This gentle , man , however , would do well if he mastered the style he adopted in such pieces as "Sophia" and "Sister Mary . " Of Mr . Harry
Nicholls we have already spoken ; Mr . E . W . Gardiner acted well as the Alcalde ; Mr . A . Beaumont was good as a disguised priest , but Mr . Victor Stevens was too boisterous . Miss Winifred Emery was a most sympathetic Sybil Tilney ; this lady deserves considerable
praise for the way in whioh she attacked the scene in the fourth act . Miss Ada Neilson's portrayal of Queen Elizabeth was excellent , her hasty style and make up thoroughly suits the part . Miss Edith Bruce and Miss Kate James rendered Mr . Nicholls substantial
aid . " The Monk ' s Room , " by John Lart , will be produced at the Globe on Tnesday next . Mr . E . S . Willard will be the Sir Darrell Erne , Mr . Hermann Vezin the Lazinski , Miss Alma Murray the Elinor
Brandon , and they will be supported by Messrs . Forbes Dawson , Stephen Caffrey , Ivan Watson , Edward Rose , A . J . Byde , Edwin Shepherd ; Mesdames Helen Leyfcon , E . H . Brooke , Marion Lea . Mr . W . Sidney will produce the play , while Mr . Bruce Smith will provide new scenery .
A novel sight will be witnessed on Wednesday next , 3 rd Oct . The procession led by the immortal Jack Falstaff through Coventry was commonplace compared with the spectacle whioh will be presented
on Wednesday , by the appearance of two hundred animated sand , wiches parading the streets of London , indicating to the public the fact that upon thafc day the two hundredth performance of that sue cessfal play " Sweet Lavender " will be given afc Terry ' s Theatre .
The dinner at the Criterion , on Wednesday , to Bro . John Maclean , on the occasion of his leaving this country to join Miss Mary Anderson ' s company , shortly returning to
America , was a very successful affair . Sir J . R . Somers Vine , the present Master of the Savage Club Lodge , presided , and over two hundred ladies and gentlemen were present .
" The World of Adventure " is the title of a new serial work , the first part of which will be published by Messrs . Cassell and Co . next month . It will contain a graphic narrative of the brave and daring deeds done in the present day and in past centuries , and will be illustrated with several hundred engravings from original drawings .
In view of the Banyan Bicentenary , Messrs . Cassell and Co . will issue a new and cheaper edition of their illustrated " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress " and " Holy War . " A new Life of Bunyan has been prepared for this popular edition by the Rev . John Brown , D . D ., Minister of Bunyan Meeting , Bedford .
As a contribution to the marriage controversy , Messrs . Dean and Son ( 160 A Fleet Street ) , have in preparation a new ohromo . lithographic book , designed by Lucien Besche , of the " Queen , " entitled "A Girl ' s Anticipation and Realisation of Marriage , " which consists of twenty artistically coloured plates , with appropriate letterpress by C . N . Phillips .
The next volume of Dean and Son ' s series of "Books for Elocutionists" is to be entitled "Speech Studies . " The volume , which is from the pen of Mr . Edwin Drew , is dedicated to Sir Morell Mackenzie .
Gleanings.
GLEANINGS .
VOUCHING . —To Masons , this is a word of great importance , Craftsmen cannot be too careful in regard to it , in these days of im . posters and frauds who are posing as Masons . What is lawful information , and how far is a brother to exercise his right to assist a brother in gaining admission to a Lodge ? Our answer is , he should
know from personal identification that the party vouched for is a Freemason , and this is the conclusion of the whole matter . What is known by " personal identification ? " says the Craftsman . Our reply to this question is , if I sat in a Lodge wifch a brother , I can vouch for him without hesitation . If a brother , with whom I have
sat in a Lodge brings a stranger to me and vouches for him , I may or may not vouch for the latter . I am aware that it is generally accepted that one Mason can introduce a stranger to another and vouch for him as a Craftsman , but I demur at its being obligatory upon the brother so informed to accept such information , and I
believe ifc would be more advantageous to the Fraternity if " lawful information " was limited to knowledge gained by sitting in a Lodge with a brother . One thing should be borne in mind by our brethren
never vouch for a man unless you identify him at the time yon perform the said service , and finally , never examine a stranger for the purpose of vouching for him unless you are requested to do so by the Master of your Lodge . —New Zealand Mail .
THE PRINCIPLES OF MASONRY . —For centuries had Freemasonry existed ere modern political controversies were ever heard of , and when the topics which now agitate society were not known , bufc all were united in brotherhood and affection . I know the institution to foe founded ou the great principles of charity , philanthropy , and brotherly love .
Gleanings.
Too TRUE . —After all it does not make a difference how one puts things . If one begins at forty or fifty to say thafc he is past his prime , that henceforth he cannot hope to work as he has done , thafc he has touched the decline and must suffer constantly diminishing powers so long as he lives—that is one way of patting things whioh
will probably result in the very consequences he is deploring . But if he congratulates himself upon the fact of having attained to some measure of wisdom , o . patting a vealy immaturity behind him , and got ready to live wisely and in a chastened spirit the remnant of the years left to him—that is another way of patting ifc ,
which will result in some of the best , most endnring work of his life . If one deplores often the lost yesterdays and their opportunities , and feels that so much being gone what is left may as well go with it , it cannot be as well with him as if , knowing that the
coming to-morrows will all bring their opportunities , he holds himself ready to garner them up into a busy and fruitful life . Everything except fche eternal , providential and adjustment depends upon the attitude we assume toward the things around us , or , as might be said , the subjective aspect of things . —Light .
WARNING TO ACTIVE WORKING LODGES . — We are pleased to notice so many Lodges working actively at the present time . The announcement made iu this paper from week to week , especially since the spring of the present year , must have attracted the attention of our readers to the fact that the apathy , whioh had until
recently hung over the Craft , is being rapidly dispersed . In almost all fche Lodges there is work , and many have more than can be done in the regnlar time , so that it is necessary to call " specials . " Witb this renewal of activity it will be judicious for members to be cautious as to the material introduced into the Temple . Committees '
of investigation should perform their duty carefully and fearlessly , so that all flaws may be found before the material is worked up » By the experience of the past it is nofc always a sign of strength for a long roll of workmen to exist in any Lodge . Unless
they be good and faithful they become an element of weakness ; for in the hour of trial they are nofc fco be found . Be cautious in proposing members , and careful bo see thafc they are worthy and well qualified to be admitted into the great Fraternity . —Sunday Times .
Pedestal , in architecture is the lowest part ; of a column , fche base of the shaft . In Freemasonry fche word is applied to the desks of the W . M . and the two Wardens , which are all supposed to represent the
pedestal of the columns of Wisdom , Strength and Beauty—or the three columns , the Ionic , the Doric , and the Corinthian . Sometimes ,, as a " part" is taken for the whole , the word is applied to the columns ; of the two Wardens . —Freemason's Repository .
The Covington ( Ky . ) Star says : — " A certain married lady in our town sat up until twelve o'clock one night last week waiting for her husband to come home from his Lodge . At last , weary and worn oub with her long waiting , she went to her sleeping-room to retire ,
and there found the missing husband , sound asleep . Instead of going to the Lodge he had gone to his room and had never left the house . Such are the troubles some poor married women have to contend with in this life .
CANNOT BE RECKONED . —Masonio deeds of benefit cannot ba reckoned—they are never counted , the left hand heeds nofc whafc the right hand doeth . They are unproolaimed , unseen ; like the healing oil poured into the wound , its flow is not visible ; thafc ifc has flowedi is not seen by fche eye until ifc has filled to tbe full the wound of the '
afflicted . This is the real majesty of that mystic tie , so charming to the initiated , as it throws its perpetual halo of religions light and radiant beauty around those immutable emblems fixed by the foun . ders of our faith in beaming lustre in our Temples , to animate the
young , to cheer the aged Brothers , to quicken the sluggish , to temper the enthusiastic , bufc above all to keep for ever bright and untiring ; remembrance of those Divine precepts which are at once the life , tho light , the jewels and glory of Freemasonry .
The ceremonies in the symbolic degrees are always wifcnsssed with interest if they are conducted with ability and decorum which is in . harmony wifch the dignity of our ancient and honourable Fraternity .. Nothing so mars our ceremonial as buffoonery aud illiteracy , they are born of ignorance and are inseparable in their inspiration . The besfc
officers we have seen are those who are intelligent and act themselves , and never try to ape another . Nothing so distresses a sensitive member who knows what " good work " is , as to hear an officer / roar and rant , and display his illiteracy , a thing that should never
occur in a Masonic body . A pompous ignorant man is a very poor ¦ piece of material out of which to make an officer . Our Brethren ' should respect intelligent novitiates , if they fail to do so to well-read members .
HONESTY IN MASONS . —G . Master Zeigler says , —In my judgment the time has come for thia Grand Lodge to declare , in unmistakable terms , how far a Mason may aot in confidence with a brother Mason , and still be within the bonds of propriety ; how far he may betray the confidence of a brother , and still be considered honest and doing
right under the section of the law referred to , and how near he may be to the line of dishonesty without snapping the chord of honour and duty to a brother . We have too much of this kind of sharp practice ; a wilful disregard of our commercial obligations , which some are pleased to term sharp business practice . I tell yon my '
brethren , there is no business in this way of doing . True business ; ia and must be conducted by the strictest rules of integrity , and without a strict ; observance of these rules business is a failure . I tell you we have too much of this , and Masonry must protect itself and say to its votaries : " You must lead an honest and upright ; life , deal
honourably with all men , and nofc permit them to go about fco ensnare the unwary , betray their confidence aud defraud them of their lawful due . " We cannot afford to let the world point the finger of scorn afc our members and say , " Thafc fellow is a Masou , and he has ; defrauded and cheated me , and the law of his Institution upholds him in it . "