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Grand Lodge.
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The first Quarterly Go the appointment of the new Grand Of ^ em h ^ and determined'application to b ^
to tbe passioiis r stranger . The minutes having been read , Bro . Henderson moved the non-confirmation of the resolution which prohibited any but Masons dining at the Masonic festivals , on the ground that it limited the Stewards in their choice of musical talent for the amusement of
the Brethren . "W " e do not feel disposed further to argue the question , nor show the fallacy of the argument , now that the question is decided , though that decision is against our own convictions . At all events , we shall feel bound by our obligations and . the Book of Constitutions , which states , " You shall be cautious in your words
and carriage , that the most penetrating stranger shall not be able to discover or find out what is not proper to be intimated ; aixd sometimes you shall divert a discourse , and manage it prudently for the honour of the worshipful \ Fraterriiby . " As one argument against excluding professional men not Brethren of the Craft
from our Masonic dinners , it was stated that , at the recent festival of the GHrls' School , Bro . Signor Bottesini gave his valuable services gratuitously , which he would have been unable to do had
the law excluded his aecompanyist , who was not a Mason . As a practical answer to this , we need only say that within a week Bro . Bottesini appeared at a private Lodge , bringing with him an aecompanyist who wore the badge of a Mason .
This question being disposed of , the election of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board wa , s proceeded with ; the result never TOL . III . 3 X
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Grand Lodge.
\ S % ^
The first Quarterly Go the appointment of the new Grand Of ^ em h ^ and determined'application to b ^
to tbe passioiis r stranger . The minutes having been read , Bro . Henderson moved the non-confirmation of the resolution which prohibited any but Masons dining at the Masonic festivals , on the ground that it limited the Stewards in their choice of musical talent for the amusement of
the Brethren . "W " e do not feel disposed further to argue the question , nor show the fallacy of the argument , now that the question is decided , though that decision is against our own convictions . At all events , we shall feel bound by our obligations and . the Book of Constitutions , which states , " You shall be cautious in your words
and carriage , that the most penetrating stranger shall not be able to discover or find out what is not proper to be intimated ; aixd sometimes you shall divert a discourse , and manage it prudently for the honour of the worshipful \ Fraterriiby . " As one argument against excluding professional men not Brethren of the Craft
from our Masonic dinners , it was stated that , at the recent festival of the GHrls' School , Bro . Signor Bottesini gave his valuable services gratuitously , which he would have been unable to do had
the law excluded his aecompanyist , who was not a Mason . As a practical answer to this , we need only say that within a week Bro . Bottesini appeared at a private Lodge , bringing with him an aecompanyist who wore the badge of a Mason .
This question being disposed of , the election of the Board of General Purposes and the Colonial Board wa , s proceeded with ; the result never TOL . III . 3 X