The Daughters Of The Graft.

immense total is secured on behalf of an Institution , ten or a dozen other Festivals are to be seriously affected . We started these observations with a feeling of doubt as to what is likely to be the result of the coming

Festival . The gloom is not wholly dispelled , it is true , but we are of opinion there are many Brethren around us who still retain a fond love for the Daughters of the Craft , and will do something on their behalf during the few

weeks that will elapse before the celebration occurs . The success of the Boys Centenary Festival is already assured ; surely its most enthusiastic supporters cannot be so greedy as to desire yet further success at the price of another ,

and an equally deserving Institution ; and we even urge a few of those who are working so prominently on behalf of the Boys to stay their hands for a brief period , on behalf of the Sister Institution , if such a course is absolutely

necessary in order to secure enough money to allow of its good work being continued without entrenching on funds that have been put aside in order to provide something tangible in the form of permanent income .

The liberality of the Craft is proverbial , and no doubt the return of amounts contributed for charitable purposes during the current year will stand out most satisfactorily , when it appears in its complete form ; let us work ,

therefore , in such a way as to produce no dark spot upon what will doubtless be a very bright picture . The dark spot will be very prominent , however , if it is found that the Girls School is crippled for a time , for want of funds , no

matter how good the results may prove in the other quarter we have referred to , and hence it is we have taken the opportunity of raising our voice at the present moment , and now add our appeal to those being made by

the Stewards of the year , on behalf of the Daughters of the Craft . May the Institution which cares for many of them reap such a harvest at the coming Festival

as shall enable the good work to be continued , without excessive trouble and anxiety to those who take a prominent interest in the present and the future of this most deserving Masonic Charity fund .

Isle Of Man.

ISLE OF MAN .

HpHE annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of X the Isle of Man was held at the Masonic Hall , Douglas , on Tuesday , 22 nd ult . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . J . A . Brown

P . M . P . Z . presided , in the absence , through illness , of the Provincial Grand Master Sir John Goldie-Taubman , and there was a large attendance , every Lodge in the Island being adequately represented .

It was expected that his Excellency the Governor , Lord Henniker Past Senior Grand Warden of England and Provincial Grand Master of Suffolk would have attended , and an address was to have been presented to him from Manx Freemasons as a body , congratulating him upon his

appointment to the high office in the Island he now holds . Unfortunately , however , illness detained his Excellency in London , and he wired to that effect to the Deputy Provincial Grand Master , regretting , as did the Brethren , that he could not be present .

The reports , which were laid before the Provincial Grand Lodge , showed that there were 274 Freemasons on the Island , a slight increase over the previous year , and that there is to the credit of the Benevolent Fund the handsome sum of - £ 458 iqs 4 d .

As Bro . T . H . Nesbitt Provincial Grand Secretary P . M . P . Z . Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master is leaving the Island for London , he was presented by the Deputy

Provincial Grand Master , on behalf of the Provincial Lodge , with a large marble clock , in token of the undoubtedly great service he has rendered to the cause of Freemasonry in the Island , and elsewhere .

Isle Of Man.

The Deputy Provincial Grand Master invested the new Officers , as follow : — Bros . Henry Brearley - - - Senior Warden Walter J . Brown - - - - Junior Warden Bev . B . B . Baron - - - . 1 _ . , . Bev . E . B . Savage - - - - / Chaplains

G . C . Heron .... Treasurer G . H . Quayle .... Begistrar F . C . Poulter - - - - Secretary John Craine .... Senior Deacon Thomas Whiteside - - - Junior Deacon 0 . T . 0 . Callow .... Superintendent of Works Dr . McQuarrie .... Director of Ceremonies

W . J . Kelly .... Assistant Director of Cers . L . B . Corkill .... Sword Bearer Drfotf ° - - - - } Sfcandard Bearers F . W . Watson .... Assistant Secretary W . H . Dowson .... Organist E . Burgess - - - - - Pursuivant

John J . Green .... Assistant Pursuivant Bowling - - - - - 1 Bev . A . S . Newton - - - - , ' Dalrymple Maitland - - - > Stewards Edward Anderson - - - I E . Bowland - - - - ) James Gorry . ... Tyler .

The first temperance—or as we prefer to describe it , teetotal—Lodge in Scotland was Consecrated on Friday , 25 th ult ., at the Masonic Chambers , Glasgow , under the title of the Progress , No . 873 ( S . C . ) . In these days when class Lodges are so much in evidence , there is little of the feeling

against their formation as was expressed—and rightly so , we think—against such Lodges in years gone by . If almost every class and section of society is to be allowed to create an " exclusive " Lodge , where all should be "free , " there is no reason why our teetotal friends should be debarred from

doing the same ; rather let us encourage the idea , if it is likely to heighten the tone of Freemasonry in our midst—and there are very many Brethren among us who urge that it must of necessity do so , as a counterblast to what many regard as the excessive conviviality of the Craft .

The " Gardener ' s Chronicle " endorses the appeal being made on behalf of the widow of the late Dr . W . R . Woodman Past Grand Sword Bearer England , " a respected member of the Nursery trade in Exeter , " and doubts not his widow will be given cordial support by its readers who

happen to be Masonic nurserymen or gardeners . Dr . Woodman had a long and distinguished record as a member of the Craft , but unfortunately his widow found herself absolutely penniless at his decease . This is a case where

class or even business Freemasonry might well be brought to the front , and we hope those specially appealed to may be able to do something on behalf of the widow of their old trade companion and Brother Mason .

The Prosperity Lodge , No . 65 , London , recently made a presentation to their esteemed Treasurer Bro . John Roberts —who has filled the office for many years past—of a set of Provincial clothing and a jewel of office , he having been appointed by the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe a Past Provincial

Senior Grand Warden of Cornwall , in commemoration of Her Majesty ' s Jubilee . Bro . Professor Shuttleworth , as representing the Cornish Lodge , in London , also presented

him with a collar jewel appropriately inscribed . Bro . John Roberts was a founder of the Cornish Lodge , and has been for a great many years a generous supporter of the Masonic charities .

At the Mason ' s Arms , Hey wood , on Thursday , 3 rd ult ., Bro . W . Cockerill W . M ., on behalf of the Brethren of the Napthali Lodge , presented an illuminated address and a Past Master ' s jewel to Bro . John Kay , on his retirement

from the town . Bro . Kay ' s connection with the Lodge has extended over a period of twenty-five years , during the course of which he has held the important offices of P . M ., Treasurer , & c , and the presentation was made as a mark of the high esteem in which he is held .

We are desired to ask if any Lady or Gentleman can assist a Brother Mason ' s Widow , in great distress through ill health ; a good Needlewoman . Any information will be given by Mrs . Woolaston ( 48 Wightman Road , Harringay , London , N . ) , who has known the widow some years .