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Our Architectural Chaptee.
' ¦ ' " . ¦ '" ' ¦ ¦' . "¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ I " _ __ . ' ' . ' .- '¦ . - ¦ ¦¦¦' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . to 4 he ground , although many eminent and respectable Brethren may be ready to contribute the greater part of the funds . Hence a resolution to keep up Freemasons Tavern will be accepted as an argument by those unwilling to contribute to a new hall , or caring little about Craft objects . It will likewise discourage many leading
men in the metropohs and the provinces , who will find themselves deprived of all prospect of haying a central temple of adequate extent and dignity , and of the opportunity of employing then ; own premises for their personal enjoyment and relaxation . The only hope they have is in the floating scheme of having a new temple and library built at no distant day .
On the other hand , a favourable decision will result not only in the immediate realization of the proposition , but in the impulse it will give to architectural exertion ; because there will be a strong feeling in the great cities of the provinces not to be outdone by the metropolis , but to have Masonic halls of a class and character not hitherto known there ; so that the Masonic hall , instead of being known as an inferior concert hall or lecture room , may be endowed with a library
and reading room , worthy of the intellectual claims of the institution , and with suitable lecture rooms , in which the members may hear the sentiments of men * of ability among themselves , and among the Brethren at large . So from the larger towns the influence will extend to the smaller , and the Masonic hall become a temple of morality and science , regarded by its members with greater affection , and by strangers with higher respect .
We regret to hear that some of our observations of last week have been read as casting a reflection on the respected Bros . Shrewsbury and Elkington , the lessees of the tavern , who have , from the commencement of their tenancy , done as much as men could do to raise the character of the tavern , and contribute to the comforts of the Brethren , as well as of their other customers . If we complained that the tavern was neither satisfactory to the Craft or to strangers
it was because the tavern is not so well adapted in many respects for the class of business to which it naturally looks for support , as the lessors , even as proprietors of a tavern property , might make it by the introduction of modern appliances , a . nd a general rearrangement
of the rooms , many of which are at present little more than useless . Neither have we a right to complain of the tavern keepers for endeavouring to accommodate every class of customers as tar as possible- — even if some of the Lodges do suffer for want of sufficient space—so lorn ? as we endeavour to exact from them the utmost shilling of rent
which it is supposed they are ' capable of paying from their business . As commercial men , they would not be doing justice to themselves , were they to refuse other and more important companies , to enable them to give greater accommodation to smaller parties , even though they be members of the Craft . The fault , in the want of better accommodation—as witness the disgraceful crowding of the glee room Ola the pecasipn of our Masonic festivals , upon which we have ammacb
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Our Architectural Chaptee.
' ¦ ' " . ¦ '" ' ¦ ¦' . "¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ I " _ __ . ' ' . ' .- '¦ . - ¦ ¦¦¦' . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . to 4 he ground , although many eminent and respectable Brethren may be ready to contribute the greater part of the funds . Hence a resolution to keep up Freemasons Tavern will be accepted as an argument by those unwilling to contribute to a new hall , or caring little about Craft objects . It will likewise discourage many leading
men in the metropohs and the provinces , who will find themselves deprived of all prospect of haying a central temple of adequate extent and dignity , and of the opportunity of employing then ; own premises for their personal enjoyment and relaxation . The only hope they have is in the floating scheme of having a new temple and library built at no distant day .
On the other hand , a favourable decision will result not only in the immediate realization of the proposition , but in the impulse it will give to architectural exertion ; because there will be a strong feeling in the great cities of the provinces not to be outdone by the metropolis , but to have Masonic halls of a class and character not hitherto known there ; so that the Masonic hall , instead of being known as an inferior concert hall or lecture room , may be endowed with a library
and reading room , worthy of the intellectual claims of the institution , and with suitable lecture rooms , in which the members may hear the sentiments of men * of ability among themselves , and among the Brethren at large . So from the larger towns the influence will extend to the smaller , and the Masonic hall become a temple of morality and science , regarded by its members with greater affection , and by strangers with higher respect .
We regret to hear that some of our observations of last week have been read as casting a reflection on the respected Bros . Shrewsbury and Elkington , the lessees of the tavern , who have , from the commencement of their tenancy , done as much as men could do to raise the character of the tavern , and contribute to the comforts of the Brethren , as well as of their other customers . If we complained that the tavern was neither satisfactory to the Craft or to strangers
it was because the tavern is not so well adapted in many respects for the class of business to which it naturally looks for support , as the lessors , even as proprietors of a tavern property , might make it by the introduction of modern appliances , a . nd a general rearrangement
of the rooms , many of which are at present little more than useless . Neither have we a right to complain of the tavern keepers for endeavouring to accommodate every class of customers as tar as possible- — even if some of the Lodges do suffer for want of sufficient space—so lorn ? as we endeavour to exact from them the utmost shilling of rent
which it is supposed they are ' capable of paying from their business . As commercial men , they would not be doing justice to themselves , were they to refuse other and more important companies , to enable them to give greater accommodation to smaller parties , even though they be members of the Craft . The fault , in the want of better accommodation—as witness the disgraceful crowding of the glee room Ola the pecasipn of our Masonic festivals , upon which we have ammacb