Installation Meeting Of The Crystal Palace Lodge, No. 742.

Westmore 217 , II . Banbory 217 , H . P . Speedy 13 S 1 , J . Welton P . M . 209 , F . Frampton P . M . 87 , G . L . Watkin 737 , J . C . Pratt 957 , J . W . Burgess P . M . 1325 , 1261 , J . Terry P . P . J . G . AV . Herts , W . Morgan jun . 1385 , T . Potter late 712 , AV . Osmond 134 , S . Guest 131 , II . Guest 134 , H . Osborne 1351 , H . Brinsmcad 209 , C . Higgins 657 , W . J . Worthington 569 .

Lodge Suppers.

LODGE SUPPERS .

rpHREE times a day the world is happy ~ at breakfast , dinner and - * - supper—the only exceptions being in tho cases of those persons who have nothing to eat . It may not consist with onr idea of tho intellectual and spiritual dignity of man , to derive his most frequent and pronounced happiness from tho gratification of his appetite , but it consists with facts as they exist , and havo always

existed . Eating ancl drinking , somehow or other , fill a man with happiness , wifch good humour , and also not infrequently with good sense . After breakfast ho is ready for bnsiness , after dinner for bnsiness or pleasure , and after supper for pleasure and sleep . Freemasonry , with its sagacious practical character , takes a man as it finds him , and finding him to bo in a largo sense a feeding animal ,

it provides for filling him with good things material , as well as good things moral and intellectual—in other words , iu accordance with tho traditions and usages of the Craft , tho banquet or supper has over been considered an integral part of Masonry . Tho wisdom of this provision is apparent , for it grows out of tho nature of man . There is nothing merely fanciful or theoretical in Masonry—its pur .

poses are all practical . It aims to mould its members into a true brotherhood , and to snpply to each tho moans to gratify his moral , intellectual and physical wants . The Holy Bible is the fountain-head of its morality , tho sciences and arts the son ; cos of its intellectual teachings , and tho banquet-table the seat of its pleasures , physical and mental . And Freemasonry has never been conspicuously

prosporous , gathering together tho largo body of its membership at regular meetings , except when Labor and Refreshment wero statedly combined . Ifc is a great mistake to omit the supper or collation from the regular proceedings of a Lodgo : it does not pay to omit it . Neither work , nor a lecture , nor even a Grand Visitation , will attract like a banquet . It may bo hnmiliating in some respects to mako the

statement , bufc ifc is true . Men lovo to eat and drink , and to chat over it and enjoy good fellowship , and make now acquaintances . While in the Lodge they are reqnired to bo distressingly orderly , bnt in the banquet-hall thoy may talk at will , laugh until they grow fat , sing a song or make a speech , and all in tho intervals of tickling their palates with toothsome solids and inspiring liquids . If the

reader has nofc discovered it before , wo inform him now , that we aro pronouncedly in favour of tho supper or banquet in Masonry , and for the sime reason thafc we aro in favour of supper at homoiu the circle of the family , —it attracts all" around the mahogany , " and unites all into a loving throng . We do not know whether King David , when he made the

declaration : " Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity , " had iu his mind ' s eye a host of brethren whoso minds and hearts formed , as it were , oue great unit , and the contents of whose stomachs were precisely tho same , because they had filled thorn from the same bonnteotis table ; but wc do know that disagreement at a Table-Lodge is impossible . When tho stomach is full of

good things , tho head is empty of all bickerings , and especially when sentiment , jest and general good-fellowship accompany and follow the liquids and solids . If a serious difference of opinion shonld over arise in a Lodgo , let it bo ordered to lie on the table—the suppcr . table —for sure are Ave that it will never bo taken up from there . At a banquet no ono wishes to taste of thafc dish . While there , every

brother realizes thafc grand saying of our traditional G . Master , King Solomon : " Ho brought me to the banquetting-honso , and his banner over me was love . " When the brethren aro enjoying a Lodge snpper they are in the Craft's bauquetting-house , the very atmosphere of which is an atmosphere of love . We breathe it with every breath , and it fills us with good thoughts , good feelings , a < d good humor .

One of the widest known traditions of antiquity , handed down to ns in mythology , is the story of a certain banquet of tho Gods in Olympia . There was a Royal Marriage in heaven , and all the deities were invited to the nuptials , except Discordia . Enraged at this slight , she who was the friend of Mars , tho god of war , ancl tho Sister of Death , and who had been dismissed by Jupiter from heaven because

of her continually fomenting quarrels in tho supernal householdthis Discordia , at the banquet of tho gods consequent upon tho marriage , threw a golden apple among tho guests , bearing the inscription , " to bo given to the fairest . " Thereupon Juno , Venns and Minerva each claimed the apple for herself . Jupiter ordered tho three

goddesses to Monnt Ida , to snbmit thoir claims to the judgment of Paris —who decided in favonr of Venus . Tho Trojan war followed , in tho human world , when Venns naturally took the sido of Paris , and her rivals , Juno ancl Minerva , that of his opponents , and thns did gods on both sides fight with men , and hence the ruin of Troy , and tho infinite misfortunes of tho Greeks . But all this occurred in an imn

ginary world , among imaginary beings . In tho real world with which we have to do , no apple of discord ever appears at our banquets . Another of tho legends of Olympia , tells of a feature of the banquet of the gods that is no less unknown upon earth , ancl especially in Freemasonry . It horribly relates , that Tantalus , preparing to feast the gods , had boiled tho i . iauglcd body of his son . The frightful

banquet had begun , when tLo crime was detected , and tho goddess of Fate drew from the caukhsn tho revivified body of Pelops . One shoulder only was missing —Ceres had unfortunately swallowed it ! but tho place of the absent limb was ingeniously supplied by an artificial one of ivory ; And ' . ? antalns was hurled to his merited doom in

lartarns . Now , FreeinasDUS do not prey upon each other in any manner—we have heard of ' roast missionary , " but never of roast Freemason . Backbiting is ; orbidden in Masonry ! Brethren , let us ri ghtly c itiraate and wisely use tho banquet , for jt belongs to Masonry aa tn . ly as our daily ineala do to tho regime

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of our families . There are in ifc fcho elements of sociability , conviviality and fraternity , and in its absence there is nothing else that can take its place . Thero is no bettor antidoto to non-affiliation , no surer source of attraction to tho entire membership of a Lodge , and no greater pacifier and harmonizor iu tho Masonic world , than a Lodga Supper!—Keystone .

Room And Window Gardening.

ROOM AND WINDOW GARDENING .

WHATEVER may bo the taste , or want of taste , among people of tho present day in general matters , thero can be no question that tho floral decoration of rooms and windows has reached a great pitch of perfection . Tho wealth } ' classes can indulge their tastes in this direction—if it so bo they have any—without the slightest hesitation . They can place about tho rooms the choicest ; and most costly exotics which money can procure . They can havo a conservatory

bnilt , and their windows fit tad with expensive ferneries , and Covent Garden ortho nearest ; florist will snpply a variety of rare plants proper to each succeeding season . People of moderate means can also make their habitations lively and resplendent wifch colour , » nly they must carefnlly reckon tho cost beforehand . Still ifc need nofc prove an extravagant taste if they go the right way to work ; while

even in tho poorest neighbourhoods wo shall find tho familiar scarlefc of tho geranium , or a pot or two of the sweet-scented mignonette , or musk , or even a move liberal display of the better-known flowers . In somo people , of course , this taste for house gardening comes naturally , but others need advice in the selection of plants . Among thoso who are professionally competent to offer advice , wo know of

none who aro moro competent than Messrs . Dick Radclyffe and Co ., of 128 and 129 High Holborn . We have frequently had opportunities of judging of their taste aud ability in floriculture and floral decoration . Wo havo visited many a Lodge on state occasions when tho banquet room has borne the aspect almost ; of a magnificent conservatory . Thus their now circnlar on AVindow Gardening , with a

copy of which we have recently been favoured , in no way surprises us . It was in the order of things that tho designs it contains should exhibit the rarest forms of taste , and that thoy should be sufficiently varied in character to suit ; people of all classes , from the most opulent down to thoso ablo to afford only a modest dwelling . But all our readers may not have enjoyed the same opportunities thafc wo havo .

It may have been their misfortune nofc to havo attended Lodges which had been transformed momentarily into a kind of paradise under tho guiding gonitis of Ridclyfl ' o ancl Co ., and it is these people whom wo advise to go and judge for themselves what that eminent firm of florists aro capable of doing in the way of floral decorations . To those who havo money and to spare wo need not trouble

ourselves to offer any suggestion as to tho character and extent of their purchases . Indeed , it would be au impertinence on our part if wo ever dreamt of doing so . But to those who aro obliged to think before they purchase , and who may bo under the erroneous impression that window gardening is an expensive hobby , we say—if you would seo for yourselves how pretty the exterior of a house niav bo

made by a few flowers—creepers , or in pots—take a turn , as wo once happened to do , in somo of the streets about Barnsbnry and other less pretentious neighbourhoods , and you will see that by tho judicious outlay of a few shillings the dulness of common bricks or compo may be relieved , and especially during tho next four or five

months , where even in this country we look to have occasional glimpses of sunshine ; and when you have seen ancl certified the truth of this- , by the best of all mediums , yonr own eyesight , then go ancl tako Messrs . Dick Radclyffe and Co . into your counsel , and we mako bold to say yon will be delighted .

Speak Well Of Each Other.

SPEAK WELL OF EACH OTHER .

Bv J . J . REYNOLDS . IT is just as well to say a good word for your neighbour when you can as to be continually showing np his faults . Much more can bo gained by an occasional word of kindness than by a cold statement of facts . If your neighbour is not exactly what yon think ho should bo , you should remember that he , too , has opinions which aro as likely to bear weight as yours ; that yon have faults as well as he , and

that all our faults deserve some consideration , even from our enemies . Do unto others as yon wonld have others do unto you is a good thing to bear in mind . If your neighbour is fond of some amusement which you think is not up to your ideas of strict decorum , so long as it docs nofc interfere with you individually , yon shonld respect ifc as being a pleasnro to him ancl harmless to yon . This habit of gossiping about

what this one has done , or is going to do , is not in conformity with uood breeding or peace . The gossipcr is a person to be shunned , as being dangerous ; should be looked upon as one who to-day acts as our friend , and to-morrow our enemy . Before yon give your confidence to any person you should know who that person is . It has been said that the wise man hears , bufc never repeats . Would thafc

we were all wise in that respect . There would then JO less bickering and less quarrelling among friends . But wc are not all wise . It is not in nature to bo so , and I suppose nature is the best judge of tho matter ; but nevertheless it would be pleasant if we could all live amicably together and love one another , or in other words , "love our neighbours as ourselves . " AVe have often read of the beauties and

glories of nr ture , but surely there could bo nothing more beautiful or glorious tha i to sec love , harmony , and good will among ourselves . Instead of s ' mwing npthe faults of others let ns strive to model our lives so that wc may be the example which our faulty friends might copy . Let I s try to so condnct ourselves that our lives may be the

beacon-light of happiness to those who follow ns , and when our timo comes , that ve may rest ourselves quietly , ancl depart / with tho com . foiling thoi ght that we did our best , and therefore deserve the good wishes of all right-minded persons . —Masonic . Nevjsyaper ( New York ) ,