Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Fuller particulars as to place of meeting of the undermentioned Lodges are given in the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge for tlie benefit of the Charity Fund ) .

Monday . 16 Royal Alpha , Metropole 1319 Asaph , Freemasons ' -hall 1321 Emblematic , Criterion 1924 Wickham , Brockley 1996 Priory of Acton , Acton 2535 Fellowship , Frascati 2578 National Artillery , Criterion

113 Unanimity , Preston 119 Sun , Sq . & Compass , WhitehVn 156 Harmony , Plymouth 328 St . John , Torquay 331 Phcenix Ho . & Prudence , Truro 431 St . George , N . Shields 622 St . Cuthberga , Wimborne

850 St . Oswald , Ashbourne 928 Friendship , Petersfield 977 Fowey , Fowey 1045 Stamford . Altrincham 1071 Zetland , Saltash 1077 Wilton , Blackley 1211 Goderich , Leeds

1239 Wentworth , Sheffield 1254 Semper Fidelis , Exeter 1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Carodoc , Swansea 1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotchele , Calstock 2520 P . of Wales , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2586 St . Nicholas , Scarborough

Tuesday . 171 Amity . Ship and Turtle 2524 Train Bands , Finsbury Barr'ks . 70 St . John , Plymouth 103 Beauford , Bristol 124 Marquis of Granby , Durham 158 Adam , Sheerness 252 Harmonic . Dudlev

265 Royal Yorkshire , Keighley 364 Cambrian , Neath 393 St . David , Berwick 421 Loyal of Industry , S'thmoUon 510 St . * Martin , Liskeard 558 Temple , Folkestone 660 Camalodunum , New Malton 734 Londesboroush . Bridlineton

673 St . John , Liverpool 304 Carnarvon , Havant 847 Fortesque , Honiton 960 Bute , Cardiff 974 Pentalpha , Bradford 1002 Skiddaw . Cockermouth

1244 Marwood , Redcar 1310 Harrow , Harrow 1619 Sackville , East Grinstead 1780 Albert Edward , Southampton 1785 St . Petroc , Padstow 2129 Dorothy Vernon , Bakewell 2490 Ampthill , Ampthill ¦

Wednesday . 74 Athol , Birmingham 94 Phcenix , 'Sunderland 137 Amity , Poole

159 Brunswick , East Stonehouse 168 Mariner , Guernsey 282 Bedford , Tavistock 298 Harmony , Rochdale 326 Moira of Honour , Bristol 327 St . John . Wigton

406 N'thern Counties , N ' castls-on-T 417 Faith & Unanimity , Dorchester 429 Royal Navy , Ramsgate 838 Franklin , Boston 970 St . Anne . East Looe

1003 Prince of Wales . Jersey 1013 Royal Victoria , Liverpool 3085 Hartington , Derby 1167 Alnwick , Alnwick 1431 St . Alphege , Solihull

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

1461 Clauseritum , Woolston 1549 Abercorn , Great Stanmore 1660 Arlecdon , Frizzington 1736 St . John , Halifax 1862 Stranton , West Hartlepool 2024 Raymond Thrupp , Hampt'n Ct . 2330 St . Lawrence , Pudsey 2382 Loyal Hay , Hay

Thursday . 10 W ' minster & Keystone , F . M . H . 1288 Finsbury Park , Highbury 1383 Friends in C'ncil , 33 , G'den Sq . 1445 Prince Leopold , Aldgate 1724 Kaisar-i-Hind , Cafe Royal 1790 Old England , Thornton Heath 1950 Southgate , Beale ' s , Holloway 1963 Duke of Albany , Camberwell

24 Newcastle O . T ., Newcastle 110 Loyal C'brian , Merthyr-Tydvil 123 Lennoj , Richmond , Yorks 195 Hengis ; , Pournemouth 219 Prudence , Todmorden 249 Mariner . Livercool

266 Naphtali , Heywood 269 Fidelity , Blackburn 289 Fidelity , Leeds 294 Constitutional , Beverley 300 Minerva , Ashton-under-Lyne i 305 Apollo . Beccles 317 Affability , Manchester 462 Bank Terrace , Accrington

509 Tees , Stockton 531 St . Helen , Hartlepool 637 Portland , Stoke-upon-Trent 703 Clifton , Blackpool 792 Pelham Pillar , Grimsby 856 Restormel , Lostwithiel 913 Pattison , Plumstead

1231 Savile , Elland 1284 Brent , Topsham 1324 Okeover , Ripley 1384 Equity . Widnes 1500 Walpole , Norwich 1513 Friendly , Barnsley

1565 Earl of Chester , Lymm 1829 Burrell . Brighton 1899 Wellesley , Sandhurst 2255 Philbrick . Chingford 2317 Bisley , Woking 2321 Acacia , Bradford 2342 Easterford , Kelvedon 2496 Wirral , Birkenhead

Friday . 2511 St . John at Hackney , Hackney 242 St . George , Doncaster 291 Royal Philanthropic , Highhridge 306 Alfred , Leeds 375 Lambton , Durham 521 Truth . Huddersfield

837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon 936 Adair , Aldeburgh 1230 Barnard , Barnard Castle 1648 Prince of Wales , Bradford 1664 Gosforth , Gosforth 1754 Windsor , Penarth

2433 Minerva , Birkenhead Saturday . 1685 Guelph , Leyton 1686 Paxton , Camberwell

' 'Zotw Mitcnam , . Lower Mitcham 2579 Lewisham , Lewisham 869 Gresham , Chestnut Park 1415 Campbell , Hampton Court 1755 Eldon , Portishead

2006 Tilnury , Purfleet 2105 Cama , Hampton Court * 2147 Grays Valley , St . Mary Cray 2246 Cyclist , Croydon 2326 Wigan , Wigan

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The City Of New York Restaurant.

THE CITY OF NEW YORK RESTAURANT .

rpHE beautifying and embellishment of the hostelries of London goes on I apace . Each house as it is rebuilt surpasses its predecessor in comfort , elegance , and luxury , and the up-to-date Restaurant of the day , in its wealth of artistic decoration suggests the boudoir and the drawing-room . Certainly nothing has yet been seen equal to thc City of New York Restaurant , in Hand Court , Holborn , lately opened by Messrs . Porter Brothers , a firm which has a very big reputation in the development within recent years of

the licensed house . The credit for designing this lordly palace of refreshment rests with Messrs . Walter and Edwin Porter , who have worked throughout in collaboration with Mr . Horace Wakley . Bros . Walter and Edwin Porter , in letting their artistic instincts run riot in the decorations , never overlooked the practical and business side of the question . Art with them has tended to brightness and cheerfulness , and their beautiful interiors have proved a real attraction to the many who enjoy pleasant and tasteful

surroundings . The idea of the scheme of decoration which has been carried out so successfully in the City of New York Restaurant came to them when the brothers were proprietors of the Adelphi Hotel , just off the Strand . Here they had a wide and pleasant experience of American visitors , and they were struck by the guests' high enjoyment of English traditions , and at the same time their deep appreciation of any display on this side of familiar American emblems .

The house demolished to make room for the " City of New York " was known some years since as the Hotel de la Cloche ; before then nothing definitively is known . But our business is rather with tho present than the past , and the new Restaurant the public are invited to patronise claims attention . Roughly it may be described as having three bars facing the court , a large hall running the entire width at the back , and the manager ' s and serving rooms in the centre . The last deserves a special word , as showing

the completeness of the arrangements born of the wide experience of the proprietors as public caterers . The room , while completely hidden from view , commands every department of the house . It communicates directly with all three bars and with the Baronial Grill HaU ; the lifts from the kitchens , which are at the top of the house , run immediately' outside , and a circular iron staircase leads to the cellars . It is in every sense of the word the hub of the little world it controls ; even the switch hoard for the electric lighting being directly under control of Bro . Rex Wetherall .

The centre bar is devoted to the general public , that on the right is a handsome saloon bar leading into the Restaurant , and that on the left is the luxurious Louis XIV . saloon , approached through a hall which is the main entrance through the Marble Tea Hall into the Grill Hall . The woodwork throughout the building is old oak , and in the saloon bar the scene of decoration is carried out with exceedingly handsome French lincrusta . In the Louis XIV . saloon the bar is a fairy dream of harmonious

artistic colour . The counter of polished onyx is supported by a beautiful design of the Angel of Peace and Goodwill holding the flags . of England and America over the Lion and the Eagle , carried out in majolica ware . The back of the bar is domed by golden minarets , which cover the shelves , carrying cut decanters of curious design and a wealth of delicate glass ware . The room is pannelled throughout with cut mirrors , azure damask silk , and carton pierre , and the floor is covered with a scarlet carpet . It is furnished

with onyx-topped tables and handsome arm chairs , cushioned and backed with red leather , the backs having the flags of the two countries emblazoned in gold . These chairs , by the way , have been specially made to the registered design of Bro . Edwin Porter , and are the acme of comfort . The electric light is hidden in cut glass flower-baskets of an exceedingly chaste pattern . The marble tea and coffee hall , which adjoins the saloon , has a delightfully cool and handsome appearance .

Under a miniature replica of the statue of Liberty lies the way to the baronial grill hall . This has received at the hands of Messrs . Porter Brothers a generous breadth of treatment , with the happiest result . It is in truth a great baronial hall , such as can be found iu English mansions to the present day , but modernised and brought , with infinite care for detail , up to the requirements of the present day dining place . Everything that luxury and

comfort can suggest has been provided , but yet the artistic unities have been faithfully preserved . It is certainly not too much to say that this hall is surpassed by none in London in beauty and charm of appearance . It is admirably suited in every way as a restaurant , and at the same time an ideal place for a public banquet . It is also hound to be in great request for concerts .

On the floor below is to be found a most spacious buhard-room , with four tables , two for billiards , one for pool , and one an American table . This " room is paved with red tiles , is of a good height , and eminently airy , roomy , and comfortable . It fittingly completes the attractions of London ' s latest and most perfect saloon restaurant . The City of New York in its inception and erection is a happy mixture of English and American ideas to gain the best decorative effect . The perfection of such a magnificent house of refreshment is an accomplishment of which Messrs . Porter Brothers may

well be proud . The high ideas they had m view have been carried out quite regardless of any considerations of expense , but the money that has been lavished on the Gity of New York has all been expended to good purpose . The place is a charming realisation of an artistic conception of what a saloon can be made to represent . The Electric Orchestrion , in itself an attraction to tho establishment , was supplied by tho famous firm of Imhof and Mukle ( makers to Her Majesty the Queen and the Eoyal Family ) , 110 New Oxford Street , London .

The circus band next door fco the Freemasons' Hall , Melbourne , has been a nuisance and also cause of occasional amusement . Recently , we understand , a leading Lodge had made most complete arrangements for the initiation of a candidate . The choir had been in practice for weeks , and everything was

made shipshape . On the appointed evening , however , for some reason or other , the leading man , the Organist , was unable to put in an appearance , and the distress was naturally great . The candidate was present and the ceremony had to be proceeded with . Jdst when entering the Lodge fche circus band struck up " Oh ! Whv did I leave my little back-room . "— ' * Masonry . "

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