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The Irish Masonic Female Orphan School.
has forwarded to us from Dublin . It appears that this much needed educational charity is JiaPP'l y flourishing , and is largely and liberally supported by our benevolent Craft in Ireland , jf some few subscribers have fallen off , there is still a goodly array of names , and as the
Institution is enjoying the same kind patronage from gro . the Duke of Abercorn , the present worthy and distinguished G . M ., as it did from its old friend and warrn-hearted patron , the late G . M ., the Duke of Leinster , we have no doubt that any slight retrogression in members'
subscriptions will soon be made up , as time passes on . The balance-sheet is a very prosperous one . The whole income , & c , amounted to £ 3162 4 s . $ d ., which is made up of the following items . Balance from last year , ^ 74 / 4 s . 8 d . ; annual subscriptions , £ 93 1 ios . oil . ; life donations ,
individual and official , . £ , 505 ; donations from lodges and chapters , £ 107 16 s . od . ; small donations , £ 15 15 s . ; nett receipts of annual meeting , , £ 305 6 s . 2 d . ; collections at Governors ' banquets , . £ 2 1 os . od . ; Grants fiom Grand Lodge , £ 16 9 i . s . 6 d . j dividends and interest ,
^ 85 8 us . 7 d . ; in all , ^ 3162 4 s . f , d . The expenditure is as follows : —Provisions , i £ 6 io ijs . od . j washing and repairs , £ , 306 ns . od ; coals and gas , & c , £ 90 17 s . od . 5 salaries and wages and commissions , £$ 03 13 s . 8 d . ; furniture and house repairs , s £ \ o 2 ns . nd . ;
headnurse , £ ^' 34 13 s iod . ; postage and advertising , £ 5 9 s . 8 d . ; printing , books , music , & c , s £ ito is . < 5 d . ; rent and insurance , £ 3 $ 16 s . 8 d . ; apprentice fees and expenses , £ ' 41 16 s . 4 d . ; outfits for pupils leaving , £ 19 ns . iod . ; incidental expenses , £ 42 9 s . 3 d . ; purchase of twenty
Masonic Hall shares , £ 1 00 ; balance , mil $ 8 5 s . 1 id . A question is , however , now coming before the subscribers , like a similar one which has come in times before onr own great Metropolitan Orphanages , namely . the question of enlargement , and tho building of suitable premises . We have
no doubt in our minds , that in this as in all other matters , the simplest way and the straig htest course , are the best . It is impossible in this age of i-nproved educational arrangements to carry on efficiently the great work of useful and moral
instruction , in the rooms and with the means what might have done half-a-century ago , but are now no longer up to the mark . We must bear in mind that the whole apparatus and system of scholastic administration have received a
wonderful impetus , and have undergone a complete transformation since the beginning of this century , and notably within the last 40 years at the least . The houses which were rented "faute ties mieux , " only 50 years ago , for schools , were not originally adapted for the work of education ,
and are at the best but makeshifts and temporary structures . It is therefore with much pleasure that we learn that this most important question , most important for the intellectual , moral , and sanitary condition of the children , is now before the governors , and we hope that it
will be solved ere long in a way which will appeal to the best sympathies of Irish , and we will add of linglish , Freemasons for sympathy and support . The school , we learn , is in a very good position , in respect of the acquirements and progress of the orphans , and does every credit to the managers , and the Irish brotherhood .
We thank Bro . Neilson for forwarding us the report , and beg to offer our fraternal and hearty good wishes , for the present welfare and 'lie future prosperity of this valuable and much needed institution , which though across the Channel must commend itself to the heartfelt good-wilj of every English Freemason .
The Installation Pic
THE INSTALLATION PIC
. With reference to our remaiks in last week ' s "Tipression respecting the above named picture , ¦ "id the advertisement in connection with it on j'w last page , viz ., " The Royal Masonic Instal'ation Gallery Company , " we are requested to
s | ate that the Company would be glad to receive lle names , Masonic rank , and addresses , of inendiiig subscribers , in order that the circular ' 'hch w ;|| t „ . . ad y in the course of a few days 0 r circulation may be forwarded to them . The '"' ess of the Company is 213 , Regent-street ,
The Installation Pic
W ., London . We most heartily commend the undertaking to our friends , and hope it will receive from the Craft that liberal encouragement which it certainly deserves .
Masonic Punctuality.
MASONIC PUNCTUALITY .
It is said that " Parsons " are the most unpunctual of men ; we are a little inclined to believe that Freemasons run them very close . After a somewhat long apprenticeship to Freemasonry , we hardly ever remember a meeting or a gathering which began at the time specified in
the programme . We remember once , indeed , an old W . M . who used to say , " As the clock strikes , I open my lodge , " and he was as good as his word , and it is , perhaps , that trained in that sound old school , we retain a great admiration for punctuality . We do not know anything
else under the sun which so tries the temper , or affects the day ' s proceedings , as want of punctuality . And what makes the matter worse , some of our good brethren glory in heir unpunctuality . With them , three means four , four means five , and so on . In vain , punctual and precipitate ,
you have reached the"trysting place . " In vain have you , believing in the punctuality of others , been punctual yourself , and hurried away from duties and claims elsewhere , from the domestic hearth , from your own dear , dear wife . You said , " Freemasons are punctual , I am , my dear ,
always punctual , and punctual will I be . " And so you haste away . Unfortunate brother , those whom you greet in the " tiring room " have no sympathy for you , not a bit . You have put them out . Your punctuality shames their unpunctuality , and you are confidingly and all but
reprovingly told , that " three means four , and that the brethren are not particular about half-an-hour or so . " Pleasant information for you , who have donned your Masonic gear , and , like the hereof old , are ready for the "fray . " Half-an-hour passes , an hour vanishes , an hour-and-a-half
shortly disappears , and you who have been patiently waiting all this time , see at last , when hope was all but gone , that tlie real time for work was nearly an hour and three-quarters after the appointed hour . Everything is put out . The work begins late , and ends late , and you
lind when you reach your home Eden , that you have miscalculated your advent by nearly two hours , and that you have to deal with a somewhat suspicious , and certainly irate sister . Such is a very common condition of affairs . Can nothing be done to teach our good brethren the
great advantage of punctuality ? There ate some people and brethren who are always unpunctual , and whom nothing will ev _ r render punctual . Whatever the time you appoint , they will be always late , and always have the same unmeaning excuse , " I did not know it was so late , "
or " I did not think that you were so punctual . " We once had a friend who , though indifferent to work , was particular about the refreshment hour . He was naturall y the most unpunctual of men , but , somehow or the other , always managed to tumble in for that important
ceremony , that final degree . One day we were late at work , and later still was the witching hour of release and " refrigerium . " Great was his indignation . " Never did see such tinpunctualityi such unpunctual people ; bless my heart anil soul , three-quarters of an hour late ! The supper
will be cold . " Such is human nature , we fear , selfish ti > the bottom . He could not understand punctuality in work as conducive to tho benefit of others , but he could realize personally tho trial of unpunctuality in refreshment to himself . Now , we think that this little anecdote may
point for us all the moral , unpunctuality is after all only selfishness personified . It will greatly add to the comfort of our brethren , and conduce to the success of our work , if we will be punctual , but it interferes with our own individual convenience in some way or other , aud so
we are indifferent to the claim upon us . More than one most pleasant meeting has been utterl y spoiled by unpunctuality , and we cannot impress coo often on all our readers , that there is , after all , no Masonic excellence so great or so praiseworthy for many reasons , as that of Masonic punctuality .
St. Swithin.
ST . SWITHIN .
We said in our last that we should recur to the subject this week , and we , therefore , feel bound to fulfil our promise . The aqueous Saint , good man , and worthy Freemason as he was , has so far made out his legend to have a sprinkling of truth in it . It has rained regularly since the
1 jth , despite intervals of fine weather , at some portion of the twenty-four hours . When will the rain stop ? It is said that the old nurseryrefrain , " Rain , rain , go to Spain , " is a relic of the sentiments engendered in English minds ,
old and young , by the memories of the Spanish Armada ; but at any rate during the last week , many will probably have wished the rain either in Spain , or in cooler regions , or in some better land . We have this one consolation . Our able
contemporary , the Guardian , ever abounding in ecclesiastical lore , gives us a calculation , taken from the Times , it seems , of fourteen years ago , by which it is clear that the legend is not reliable . The Guardian also informs us that Hone , in his " every day book , " points out that dry weather
followed a wet St . Swithin in 1807 and 1808 . We ask our readers carefully to peruse the following statement , and we trust that the prospect before them will be much brightened by this array of statistical and indubitable facts : — " It appears that St . Swithin ' s Day was wet in 1841 ,
and there were 23 rainy days up to the 24 th August ; 1845 , 26 rainy days j 1851 , 13 rainy days ; 1853 , r 8 rainy days ; 1854 , 16 rainy days ; and in 185 G , 14 rainy days . In 1842 and following years St . Swithin ' s Day was dry , and the result was—in i 842 , 12 rainy days : 1843 ,
22 rainy days ; 1844 , 20 rainy days ; 1846 , 21 rainy days ; 18 47 , 7 rainy days ; 18 4 8 , 31 rainy days : 1 849 , 20 rainy days ; 185 c , 17 rainy days ; 1852 , 19 rainy days ; 1855 , 18 rainy days ; 1857 , 14 rainy days ; 1858 , 14 rainy days ; 1859 , 13 rainy days ; and in i 860 , 29 rainy days . These
figures show the superstition to be founded on a fallacy , as the average of twenty years proves rain to have fallen upon the largest number of days when St . Swithin ' s Day was dry . " There is hope , then , for all classes amongst us , and , perhaps , another week we shall be able to announce that the weather has entirely taken up ,
without , let us trust , much injury to the hay , and none to the corn . If complaints have already arisen , let us hope that they are , in truth , a little premature , and something symptomatic of the excusable nervousness of our admirable rural population , as we believe that a few days of continued line weather will put our agricultural friends into the best of spirits again .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of the opinions expressed hy our correspondents , hut we wish , in . 1 spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—( ret discussion . —ten . ] "SOUTH LONDON , " " P . M ., & c , " BRO . HUGHAN , AND "TEMPKKANCE . " To Ihe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Our worthy Bro . Hughan is the very last Mason with whom 1 should have thought it possible that I could havceven the semblance of a difference , and 1 think , if you will grant me a little space , that even that semblance will soon disappear . The gist of my former letter was this : —that " temperance" is one of the vital principles of
Freemasonrythat inasmuch as "temperance" includes the restraint not only of our lives and actions , but also of our wishes to control the liberty of action of others , iu freemasonry , " tcetotalism " ( as usually understood ) has and ought to have no place ; that perfect freedom of thought and action being thus secured , a " total abstainer" need not find any bar to enjoyment in any lodge .
But , whilst laying down this as a principle , 1 by no means said that the management of every lodge was immaculate—to my sorrow f acknowledge the contrary , and , were it wise or fitting to do so here , 1 could name instances of men who would be good and useful Masons were they nol deterred from joining the only lodge practicable lo them by the very abuse to which Bro . Hughan so
fitly draws attention . In conclusion 1 may say , that so deeply do I feel the evil that Bro . Hughan deplores , as well as the necessity of its removal , that I will gladly go heart and soul with him in any measures by which his good object may be attained ,
and now offer him any small assistance that may be in my power at any time that he may call for it . I remain , with grateful greetings , Dear Sir and Brother , Faithfully and fraternally yours , WM . Tiums , P . M . 285 , P . P . G . C , Somerset , & c .
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The Irish Masonic Female Orphan School.
has forwarded to us from Dublin . It appears that this much needed educational charity is JiaPP'l y flourishing , and is largely and liberally supported by our benevolent Craft in Ireland , jf some few subscribers have fallen off , there is still a goodly array of names , and as the
Institution is enjoying the same kind patronage from gro . the Duke of Abercorn , the present worthy and distinguished G . M ., as it did from its old friend and warrn-hearted patron , the late G . M ., the Duke of Leinster , we have no doubt that any slight retrogression in members'
subscriptions will soon be made up , as time passes on . The balance-sheet is a very prosperous one . The whole income , & c , amounted to £ 3162 4 s . $ d ., which is made up of the following items . Balance from last year , ^ 74 / 4 s . 8 d . ; annual subscriptions , £ 93 1 ios . oil . ; life donations ,
individual and official , . £ , 505 ; donations from lodges and chapters , £ 107 16 s . od . ; small donations , £ 15 15 s . ; nett receipts of annual meeting , , £ 305 6 s . 2 d . ; collections at Governors ' banquets , . £ 2 1 os . od . ; Grants fiom Grand Lodge , £ 16 9 i . s . 6 d . j dividends and interest ,
^ 85 8 us . 7 d . ; in all , ^ 3162 4 s . f , d . The expenditure is as follows : —Provisions , i £ 6 io ijs . od . j washing and repairs , £ , 306 ns . od ; coals and gas , & c , £ 90 17 s . od . 5 salaries and wages and commissions , £$ 03 13 s . 8 d . ; furniture and house repairs , s £ \ o 2 ns . nd . ;
headnurse , £ ^' 34 13 s iod . ; postage and advertising , £ 5 9 s . 8 d . ; printing , books , music , & c , s £ ito is . < 5 d . ; rent and insurance , £ 3 $ 16 s . 8 d . ; apprentice fees and expenses , £ ' 41 16 s . 4 d . ; outfits for pupils leaving , £ 19 ns . iod . ; incidental expenses , £ 42 9 s . 3 d . ; purchase of twenty
Masonic Hall shares , £ 1 00 ; balance , mil $ 8 5 s . 1 id . A question is , however , now coming before the subscribers , like a similar one which has come in times before onr own great Metropolitan Orphanages , namely . the question of enlargement , and tho building of suitable premises . We have
no doubt in our minds , that in this as in all other matters , the simplest way and the straig htest course , are the best . It is impossible in this age of i-nproved educational arrangements to carry on efficiently the great work of useful and moral
instruction , in the rooms and with the means what might have done half-a-century ago , but are now no longer up to the mark . We must bear in mind that the whole apparatus and system of scholastic administration have received a
wonderful impetus , and have undergone a complete transformation since the beginning of this century , and notably within the last 40 years at the least . The houses which were rented "faute ties mieux , " only 50 years ago , for schools , were not originally adapted for the work of education ,
and are at the best but makeshifts and temporary structures . It is therefore with much pleasure that we learn that this most important question , most important for the intellectual , moral , and sanitary condition of the children , is now before the governors , and we hope that it
will be solved ere long in a way which will appeal to the best sympathies of Irish , and we will add of linglish , Freemasons for sympathy and support . The school , we learn , is in a very good position , in respect of the acquirements and progress of the orphans , and does every credit to the managers , and the Irish brotherhood .
We thank Bro . Neilson for forwarding us the report , and beg to offer our fraternal and hearty good wishes , for the present welfare and 'lie future prosperity of this valuable and much needed institution , which though across the Channel must commend itself to the heartfelt good-wilj of every English Freemason .
The Installation Pic
THE INSTALLATION PIC
. With reference to our remaiks in last week ' s "Tipression respecting the above named picture , ¦ "id the advertisement in connection with it on j'w last page , viz ., " The Royal Masonic Instal'ation Gallery Company , " we are requested to
s | ate that the Company would be glad to receive lle names , Masonic rank , and addresses , of inendiiig subscribers , in order that the circular ' 'hch w ;|| t „ . . ad y in the course of a few days 0 r circulation may be forwarded to them . The '"' ess of the Company is 213 , Regent-street ,
The Installation Pic
W ., London . We most heartily commend the undertaking to our friends , and hope it will receive from the Craft that liberal encouragement which it certainly deserves .
Masonic Punctuality.
MASONIC PUNCTUALITY .
It is said that " Parsons " are the most unpunctual of men ; we are a little inclined to believe that Freemasons run them very close . After a somewhat long apprenticeship to Freemasonry , we hardly ever remember a meeting or a gathering which began at the time specified in
the programme . We remember once , indeed , an old W . M . who used to say , " As the clock strikes , I open my lodge , " and he was as good as his word , and it is , perhaps , that trained in that sound old school , we retain a great admiration for punctuality . We do not know anything
else under the sun which so tries the temper , or affects the day ' s proceedings , as want of punctuality . And what makes the matter worse , some of our good brethren glory in heir unpunctuality . With them , three means four , four means five , and so on . In vain , punctual and precipitate ,
you have reached the"trysting place . " In vain have you , believing in the punctuality of others , been punctual yourself , and hurried away from duties and claims elsewhere , from the domestic hearth , from your own dear , dear wife . You said , " Freemasons are punctual , I am , my dear ,
always punctual , and punctual will I be . " And so you haste away . Unfortunate brother , those whom you greet in the " tiring room " have no sympathy for you , not a bit . You have put them out . Your punctuality shames their unpunctuality , and you are confidingly and all but
reprovingly told , that " three means four , and that the brethren are not particular about half-an-hour or so . " Pleasant information for you , who have donned your Masonic gear , and , like the hereof old , are ready for the "fray . " Half-an-hour passes , an hour vanishes , an hour-and-a-half
shortly disappears , and you who have been patiently waiting all this time , see at last , when hope was all but gone , that tlie real time for work was nearly an hour and three-quarters after the appointed hour . Everything is put out . The work begins late , and ends late , and you
lind when you reach your home Eden , that you have miscalculated your advent by nearly two hours , and that you have to deal with a somewhat suspicious , and certainly irate sister . Such is a very common condition of affairs . Can nothing be done to teach our good brethren the
great advantage of punctuality ? There ate some people and brethren who are always unpunctual , and whom nothing will ev _ r render punctual . Whatever the time you appoint , they will be always late , and always have the same unmeaning excuse , " I did not know it was so late , "
or " I did not think that you were so punctual . " We once had a friend who , though indifferent to work , was particular about the refreshment hour . He was naturall y the most unpunctual of men , but , somehow or the other , always managed to tumble in for that important
ceremony , that final degree . One day we were late at work , and later still was the witching hour of release and " refrigerium . " Great was his indignation . " Never did see such tinpunctualityi such unpunctual people ; bless my heart anil soul , three-quarters of an hour late ! The supper
will be cold . " Such is human nature , we fear , selfish ti > the bottom . He could not understand punctuality in work as conducive to tho benefit of others , but he could realize personally tho trial of unpunctuality in refreshment to himself . Now , we think that this little anecdote may
point for us all the moral , unpunctuality is after all only selfishness personified . It will greatly add to the comfort of our brethren , and conduce to the success of our work , if we will be punctual , but it interferes with our own individual convenience in some way or other , aud so
we are indifferent to the claim upon us . More than one most pleasant meeting has been utterl y spoiled by unpunctuality , and we cannot impress coo often on all our readers , that there is , after all , no Masonic excellence so great or so praiseworthy for many reasons , as that of Masonic punctuality .
St. Swithin.
ST . SWITHIN .
We said in our last that we should recur to the subject this week , and we , therefore , feel bound to fulfil our promise . The aqueous Saint , good man , and worthy Freemason as he was , has so far made out his legend to have a sprinkling of truth in it . It has rained regularly since the
1 jth , despite intervals of fine weather , at some portion of the twenty-four hours . When will the rain stop ? It is said that the old nurseryrefrain , " Rain , rain , go to Spain , " is a relic of the sentiments engendered in English minds ,
old and young , by the memories of the Spanish Armada ; but at any rate during the last week , many will probably have wished the rain either in Spain , or in cooler regions , or in some better land . We have this one consolation . Our able
contemporary , the Guardian , ever abounding in ecclesiastical lore , gives us a calculation , taken from the Times , it seems , of fourteen years ago , by which it is clear that the legend is not reliable . The Guardian also informs us that Hone , in his " every day book , " points out that dry weather
followed a wet St . Swithin in 1807 and 1808 . We ask our readers carefully to peruse the following statement , and we trust that the prospect before them will be much brightened by this array of statistical and indubitable facts : — " It appears that St . Swithin ' s Day was wet in 1841 ,
and there were 23 rainy days up to the 24 th August ; 1845 , 26 rainy days j 1851 , 13 rainy days ; 1853 , r 8 rainy days ; 1854 , 16 rainy days ; and in 185 G , 14 rainy days . In 1842 and following years St . Swithin ' s Day was dry , and the result was—in i 842 , 12 rainy days : 1843 ,
22 rainy days ; 1844 , 20 rainy days ; 1846 , 21 rainy days ; 18 47 , 7 rainy days ; 18 4 8 , 31 rainy days : 1 849 , 20 rainy days ; 185 c , 17 rainy days ; 1852 , 19 rainy days ; 1855 , 18 rainy days ; 1857 , 14 rainy days ; 1858 , 14 rainy days ; 1859 , 13 rainy days ; and in i 860 , 29 rainy days . These
figures show the superstition to be founded on a fallacy , as the average of twenty years proves rain to have fallen upon the largest number of days when St . Swithin ' s Day was dry . " There is hope , then , for all classes amongst us , and , perhaps , another week we shall be able to announce that the weather has entirely taken up ,
without , let us trust , much injury to the hay , and none to the corn . If complaints have already arisen , let us hope that they are , in truth , a little premature , and something symptomatic of the excusable nervousness of our admirable rural population , as we believe that a few days of continued line weather will put our agricultural friends into the best of spirits again .
Original Correspondence.
Original Correspondence .
[ Wc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even as approving of the opinions expressed hy our correspondents , hut we wish , in . 1 spirit of fair play to all , to permit—within certain necessary limits—( ret discussion . —ten . ] "SOUTH LONDON , " " P . M ., & c , " BRO . HUGHAN , AND "TEMPKKANCE . " To Ihe Editor ofthe Freemason . Dear Sir and Brother , —
Our worthy Bro . Hughan is the very last Mason with whom 1 should have thought it possible that I could havceven the semblance of a difference , and 1 think , if you will grant me a little space , that even that semblance will soon disappear . The gist of my former letter was this : —that " temperance" is one of the vital principles of
Freemasonrythat inasmuch as "temperance" includes the restraint not only of our lives and actions , but also of our wishes to control the liberty of action of others , iu freemasonry , " tcetotalism " ( as usually understood ) has and ought to have no place ; that perfect freedom of thought and action being thus secured , a " total abstainer" need not find any bar to enjoyment in any lodge .
But , whilst laying down this as a principle , 1 by no means said that the management of every lodge was immaculate—to my sorrow f acknowledge the contrary , and , were it wise or fitting to do so here , 1 could name instances of men who would be good and useful Masons were they nol deterred from joining the only lodge practicable lo them by the very abuse to which Bro . Hughan so
fitly draws attention . In conclusion 1 may say , that so deeply do I feel the evil that Bro . Hughan deplores , as well as the necessity of its removal , that I will gladly go heart and soul with him in any measures by which his good object may be attained ,
and now offer him any small assistance that may be in my power at any time that he may call for it . I remain , with grateful greetings , Dear Sir and Brother , Faithfully and fraternally yours , WM . Tiums , P . M . 285 , P . P . G . C , Somerset , & c .