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Art And Health At The Recent Ghent Congress.
trusted iviih their moral health ; a fourth demanded cantonal doctors ; a fifth thought medical instruction diffused among the country people would be enough . All agreed , however , in the need for the organisation , and seemed convinced of its efficacy . The section examined the question , —AVhat improvements have taken place in working men's divellings during the past
year , and in wliat manner can those improvements be propagated ? M . Kayser , after describing the present miserable dwellings of many of the poor , said lie thought it ivas incumbent on the ' Government to modify this state of things by aiding in every way possible those AVIIO sought the solution of the problem , —
HOAV to lodge a workman-suitably , and at a moderate cost . He thought it might possibly stimulate capitalists to action . M . Jacquemyiis considered that kind of encouragement Avould not take effect . AA'hat caused the high price of dwellings Avas . that the proprietor not only saw that his property ivas uncared for by those AVIIO dwelt in it , but that it AA'as also often much
Injured by them ; and to obtain compensation he exacted a high rent . It was , then , the workman himself AA-IIO must have developed in him a sufficient love of order and justice to teach him that payment of his rent AVUS a sacred thing . This end obtained , and proprietors , assured of the safety of their property and that the rent would be paid , Avould become more tractable . He
advised tho plan adopted at Ghent to be everywhere carried out ; viz ., to inspect the dwellings of the workmen . Since these inspections have been in force , the proprietors , seeing that their property Avas kept in . better condition , have constructed neiv houses ; and IIOAV the workman has a much better house , and for the same price he formerly paid for the dilapidated one .
M . Van AVaes did not want Avorking men ' s cities . It ivas , in his opinion , a bad plan . For many reasons workmen ought not to be separated from the other citizens . 31 . Eerevisso proposed , as a remedy to the present state of things , that societies should he established for the advancement of capital to workmen for the construction of Avorking men's
dAvellings . 31 . Favre said he had well studied the example of the Avorking population of Paris and Mulhouse , and he found that , above all , it ivas necessary for the well-being of the Avorkmen that a consensus ho obtained—that is to say , that he accepts and acquiesces . Once engaged in social progress , the workman is brought to an
intimate progression Avith its organisation , Avhich increases his susceptibility to receive impressions from the unfavourable surroundings to Avhich he Avould remain subjected . 31 . Burggraeve spoke very feelingly on the subject , as Ghent still contains many horrible little hovels , Avithout air and light , where epidemics make frightful havoc . What AA'as desirable in Ghent was desirable elseivhere , and he advised demolition en
masss . 31 . Dumont closed the debate by insisting upon ihe necessity of the Avorkiug-men ' s divellings being better ventilated . AA e have pleasure in drawing attention to the circumstance that the Social Science Review gives , in a number devoted to the subject , a' report of all the proceedings during the Aveek .
AVhat the Church party of Ghent think of these philanthropic inquiries is shown by the following announcement in the Lien Public of that city : — " A solemn mass Avill be celebrated in the Church of Saint-. Tacqnes , on the 23 rd and IAVO folloAving days , at seven in the morningas an act of reparation for the blasphemy and impiet
, y ¦ uttered in the sittings of the Congress of Social Science , Avhich lias just been held at Ghent . The holy sacrifice will be offered , in order to appease the Divine anger , and obtain the mercy of God for the inhabitants , so that they may preserve the precious deposit of the Faith !"
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
HOW TO TREAT AN EXPELLED MASON ' S FAIIILY . Lodge No . 73 having expelled a member , propounded to the Grand Lodge of Illinois , the following question : — " Whatrelation does the wife and children of au expelled Mason bear to the fraternity ; or , Avhat are the obligations of tho fraternity to them ? " To which the Committee on Masonic Law and Usage replied : — "The wife and children
of an expelled Mason sustain tbe same relationship to the organised Masonic fraternity that the wife aud children of any other man do , who never was a Mason . Should any good Mason find a woman and her children in distress , ho will be prompted by the charitable impulses of his heart , to relieve them ; to feed them if hungry , to clothe them if naked ; but he will not do it any the sooner because the husband of the woman and the father of the children was an expelled Mason . "—LES MASOXICA .
AMERICAN EXTRACTS . I send you some more of the cuttings as promised . — Ex . Ex . Unpardonable Prejudice . There is more rank prejudice against Masonry and Masons yet extant than the superficial reader will observe . As an evidence of thisin a recent publication styled
, " The American Biographical Dictionary , by AVilliam Alden , D . D ., Sd ed ., 1862 , " under tbe bead , of William Morgan , the following most astounding evidences , of a prejudice as unchristian as it is unhistorical , appear : — " The writer of this article published the following article a quarter of a century ago : — - ' Whether the institution of Masonry—with its false pretensions to
antiquity , its mummeries , its ridiculous secrets , its horrible oaths and shocking blasphemies , all exposed to full light and red with the blood of its victim— -can yet sustain itself in this land of laAV , and of morals , and of Christianity , assailed by 230 neivspapers , established for the special purpose of overthrowing the institution , and with ten thousands of intelligent , patriotic , and indignant men
frowning upon it , remains to be seen . In tbe result the institution has disappeared ; but recent attempts have been made to revive it . ' " JSTOW , if theEev . W . Alden , D . D ., supposes thatabody of 200 , 000 members is going to suffer such falsehoods as these to pass doivn to history unquestioned , he is quite in error ; nor need bis publishers wonder that no man .
Avho desires a correct work of this sort , will purchase "The American Biographical Dictionary , by William Alden , D . D ., " while such a specimen of unadulterated prejudice and misstatement forms a part of it .
Masonic Purchase of Mount Vernon . Tho liichmond Dispatch supplies us with tbe following interesting information : — "We understand that one or more of the Masonic lodges of this city have originated a plan for the purchase of Mount Vernon , which , if taken bold of in earnest by the ' brothers of the mystic tie ' throughout the Union , cannot fail of success . The plan
proposed is to get subordinate lodges to contribute one dollar for each member . The price asked for the Mount Yernon estate is 200 , 000 dollars , and tbe Masonic statistics shoAv that the Order numbers three hundred thousand ; so that , if all the lodges in tbe Union accede to tbe proposition—and tho probability is that they willthe purchase of Mount Vernon may be looked upon as a
fixed fact . But the suggestion , as given out , does not stop here . " When the land which contains the last mortal remains of the immortal Washington is possessed by tbe Masons , they propose to present it to the State of Virginia , only reserving to their Order the right to meet around the tomb of their deceased brother once every year , to celebrate his imperishable deeds and to keep alive bis great name . We have strong faith in the pa-
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Art And Health At The Recent Ghent Congress.
trusted iviih their moral health ; a fourth demanded cantonal doctors ; a fifth thought medical instruction diffused among the country people would be enough . All agreed , however , in the need for the organisation , and seemed convinced of its efficacy . The section examined the question , —AVhat improvements have taken place in working men's divellings during the past
year , and in wliat manner can those improvements be propagated ? M . Kayser , after describing the present miserable dwellings of many of the poor , said lie thought it ivas incumbent on the ' Government to modify this state of things by aiding in every way possible those AVIIO sought the solution of the problem , —
HOAV to lodge a workman-suitably , and at a moderate cost . He thought it might possibly stimulate capitalists to action . M . Jacquemyiis considered that kind of encouragement Avould not take effect . AA'hat caused the high price of dwellings Avas . that the proprietor not only saw that his property ivas uncared for by those AVIIO dwelt in it , but that it AA'as also often much
Injured by them ; and to obtain compensation he exacted a high rent . It was , then , the workman himself AA-IIO must have developed in him a sufficient love of order and justice to teach him that payment of his rent AVUS a sacred thing . This end obtained , and proprietors , assured of the safety of their property and that the rent would be paid , Avould become more tractable . He
advised tho plan adopted at Ghent to be everywhere carried out ; viz ., to inspect the dwellings of the workmen . Since these inspections have been in force , the proprietors , seeing that their property Avas kept in . better condition , have constructed neiv houses ; and IIOAV the workman has a much better house , and for the same price he formerly paid for the dilapidated one .
M . Van AVaes did not want Avorking men ' s cities . It ivas , in his opinion , a bad plan . For many reasons workmen ought not to be separated from the other citizens . 31 . Eerevisso proposed , as a remedy to the present state of things , that societies should he established for the advancement of capital to workmen for the construction of Avorking men's
dAvellings . 31 . Favre said he had well studied the example of the Avorking population of Paris and Mulhouse , and he found that , above all , it ivas necessary for the well-being of the Avorkmen that a consensus ho obtained—that is to say , that he accepts and acquiesces . Once engaged in social progress , the workman is brought to an
intimate progression Avith its organisation , Avhich increases his susceptibility to receive impressions from the unfavourable surroundings to Avhich he Avould remain subjected . 31 . Burggraeve spoke very feelingly on the subject , as Ghent still contains many horrible little hovels , Avithout air and light , where epidemics make frightful havoc . What AA'as desirable in Ghent was desirable elseivhere , and he advised demolition en
masss . 31 . Dumont closed the debate by insisting upon ihe necessity of the Avorkiug-men ' s divellings being better ventilated . AA e have pleasure in drawing attention to the circumstance that the Social Science Review gives , in a number devoted to the subject , a' report of all the proceedings during the Aveek .
AVhat the Church party of Ghent think of these philanthropic inquiries is shown by the following announcement in the Lien Public of that city : — " A solemn mass Avill be celebrated in the Church of Saint-. Tacqnes , on the 23 rd and IAVO folloAving days , at seven in the morningas an act of reparation for the blasphemy and impiet
, y ¦ uttered in the sittings of the Congress of Social Science , Avhich lias just been held at Ghent . The holy sacrifice will be offered , in order to appease the Divine anger , and obtain the mercy of God for the inhabitants , so that they may preserve the precious deposit of the Faith !"
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
HOW TO TREAT AN EXPELLED MASON ' S FAIIILY . Lodge No . 73 having expelled a member , propounded to the Grand Lodge of Illinois , the following question : — " Whatrelation does the wife and children of au expelled Mason bear to the fraternity ; or , Avhat are the obligations of tho fraternity to them ? " To which the Committee on Masonic Law and Usage replied : — "The wife and children
of an expelled Mason sustain tbe same relationship to the organised Masonic fraternity that the wife aud children of any other man do , who never was a Mason . Should any good Mason find a woman and her children in distress , ho will be prompted by the charitable impulses of his heart , to relieve them ; to feed them if hungry , to clothe them if naked ; but he will not do it any the sooner because the husband of the woman and the father of the children was an expelled Mason . "—LES MASOXICA .
AMERICAN EXTRACTS . I send you some more of the cuttings as promised . — Ex . Ex . Unpardonable Prejudice . There is more rank prejudice against Masonry and Masons yet extant than the superficial reader will observe . As an evidence of thisin a recent publication styled
, " The American Biographical Dictionary , by AVilliam Alden , D . D ., Sd ed ., 1862 , " under tbe bead , of William Morgan , the following most astounding evidences , of a prejudice as unchristian as it is unhistorical , appear : — " The writer of this article published the following article a quarter of a century ago : — - ' Whether the institution of Masonry—with its false pretensions to
antiquity , its mummeries , its ridiculous secrets , its horrible oaths and shocking blasphemies , all exposed to full light and red with the blood of its victim— -can yet sustain itself in this land of laAV , and of morals , and of Christianity , assailed by 230 neivspapers , established for the special purpose of overthrowing the institution , and with ten thousands of intelligent , patriotic , and indignant men
frowning upon it , remains to be seen . In tbe result the institution has disappeared ; but recent attempts have been made to revive it . ' " JSTOW , if theEev . W . Alden , D . D ., supposes thatabody of 200 , 000 members is going to suffer such falsehoods as these to pass doivn to history unquestioned , he is quite in error ; nor need bis publishers wonder that no man .
Avho desires a correct work of this sort , will purchase "The American Biographical Dictionary , by William Alden , D . D ., " while such a specimen of unadulterated prejudice and misstatement forms a part of it .
Masonic Purchase of Mount Vernon . Tho liichmond Dispatch supplies us with tbe following interesting information : — "We understand that one or more of the Masonic lodges of this city have originated a plan for the purchase of Mount Vernon , which , if taken bold of in earnest by the ' brothers of the mystic tie ' throughout the Union , cannot fail of success . The plan
proposed is to get subordinate lodges to contribute one dollar for each member . The price asked for the Mount Yernon estate is 200 , 000 dollars , and tbe Masonic statistics shoAv that the Order numbers three hundred thousand ; so that , if all the lodges in tbe Union accede to tbe proposition—and tho probability is that they willthe purchase of Mount Vernon may be looked upon as a
fixed fact . But the suggestion , as given out , does not stop here . " When the land which contains the last mortal remains of the immortal Washington is possessed by tbe Masons , they propose to present it to the State of Virginia , only reserving to their Order the right to meet around the tomb of their deceased brother once every year , to celebrate his imperishable deeds and to keep alive bis great name . We have strong faith in the pa-