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Article GRAND LODGE AND FESTIVAL. ← Page 3 of 3
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Grand Lodge And Festival.
course ,: the more there are present , the greater the loss to be shared amongst the Grand Stewards , though the total expenses are now generally limited to £ 15 each , whilst formerly , it cost £ 20 or £ 25 , and even in some instances as much as £ 40 . It was to limit these
expenses that the Grand Stewards are reported to have done their best to prevent the sale of tickets , thereby defeating the very object for which they were appointed . The whole system under which Grand Stewards are appointed requires revisal ; and we trust that the exhibition of the present year will at no distant day lead to that result . Of the proceedings at the Grand Festival itself we
shall say but little . We were not honoured with an invitation , because it was objected at the Board of Stewards that one of the Brethren connected with the management of the Magazine occasionally spoke in opposition at Grand Lodge , and there is little of interest to be found in pure complimentary speeches . We regretted to find , however that notwithstanding the limited number of Brethren present , it was
deemed -necessary to protect that abomination of abominations , the glee ^ -room , from the incursions of the Brethren wishing to meet the ladies at the close of the entertainment . Are Freemasons possessed of so little gentlemanly feeling that they are not to be controlled on an occasion of doing honour to the Grand Master without the
aid of policemen's truncheons ? If so , we may indeed blush for the Craft—for though we are aware that even in the best society it is usual to have police outside the doors to keep the way clear for the company , it is not usual to place them at the drawing-room door ; nor would the Odd Fellows , the Foresters , or any society of working
men think themselves otherwise than disgraced if they could not keep order at their festive meetings without the aid of policemen ,, We have often advocated the abolition of the entertainment in the glee-room ; and aft ^ r the experience of the success which attended
the Boys' Festival without it we had hoped we should never agam hear of the absurdity of having musical entertainments in a room so small as to require policemen to prevent its being unduly invaded . True brotherly love must indeed exist in the hearts of those who cannot meet once a year and keep order amongst themselves without the aid of policemen—an adjunct to public dinners peculiar to
Freemasonry . The St . Ann ' s Society , the Governesses' Institution , and the thousand and one other institutions of the metropolis , can successfully hold festivals and invite ladies to take part in them j but Freemasons alone require the aid of policemen to protect their lady visitors against the anticipated rudeness of the sterner members of the company .
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Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Lodge And Festival.
course ,: the more there are present , the greater the loss to be shared amongst the Grand Stewards , though the total expenses are now generally limited to £ 15 each , whilst formerly , it cost £ 20 or £ 25 , and even in some instances as much as £ 40 . It was to limit these
expenses that the Grand Stewards are reported to have done their best to prevent the sale of tickets , thereby defeating the very object for which they were appointed . The whole system under which Grand Stewards are appointed requires revisal ; and we trust that the exhibition of the present year will at no distant day lead to that result . Of the proceedings at the Grand Festival itself we
shall say but little . We were not honoured with an invitation , because it was objected at the Board of Stewards that one of the Brethren connected with the management of the Magazine occasionally spoke in opposition at Grand Lodge , and there is little of interest to be found in pure complimentary speeches . We regretted to find , however that notwithstanding the limited number of Brethren present , it was
deemed -necessary to protect that abomination of abominations , the glee ^ -room , from the incursions of the Brethren wishing to meet the ladies at the close of the entertainment . Are Freemasons possessed of so little gentlemanly feeling that they are not to be controlled on an occasion of doing honour to the Grand Master without the
aid of policemen's truncheons ? If so , we may indeed blush for the Craft—for though we are aware that even in the best society it is usual to have police outside the doors to keep the way clear for the company , it is not usual to place them at the drawing-room door ; nor would the Odd Fellows , the Foresters , or any society of working
men think themselves otherwise than disgraced if they could not keep order at their festive meetings without the aid of policemen ,, We have often advocated the abolition of the entertainment in the glee-room ; and aft ^ r the experience of the success which attended
the Boys' Festival without it we had hoped we should never agam hear of the absurdity of having musical entertainments in a room so small as to require policemen to prevent its being unduly invaded . True brotherly love must indeed exist in the hearts of those who cannot meet once a year and keep order amongst themselves without the aid of policemen—an adjunct to public dinners peculiar to
Freemasonry . The St . Ann ' s Society , the Governesses' Institution , and the thousand and one other institutions of the metropolis , can successfully hold festivals and invite ladies to take part in them j but Freemasons alone require the aid of policemen to protect their lady visitors against the anticipated rudeness of the sterner members of the company .
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