Lodge Meetings Next Week.

2134 Wilberforce , Hull 2154 Joshua Nunn , Halstead , 2222 Frederick West , East Molesey 2256 Warner , Chingford 2324 Horwich , Horwich 2339 Mistlev , Manningtree 2414 Wychwood , Burford 2477 Colne , Wyvenhoe 2521 Noel-Money , Weybridge ' 2559 St . Aldhelms , Branksome

Wednesday . Committee Boyal Masonic Benevolent Institution , at 4 . 3 Fidelity , Freemasons ' -hall 15 Kent , Freemasons ' -hall 87 Vitruvian , Southwark 147 Justice , Deptford 548 Wellington , Cannon Street Ho . 820 Lily Richmond , Inns of Ct . Ho . 1228 Beacontree , Guildhall Tavern 1260 John Hervey , Freemasons ' -hall 1538 St . Martin-le-Grand , Holborn 1586 Up . Norwood , Upper Norwood 1766 St . Leonard , Gt . Eastern Hotel 1815 Penae . Anerlev

1900 Montague Guest , Inns of Ct . HI . 1964 Clerkenwell , Holborn Via . H't'l . 2362 Bloomsbury Rifles , Chenies St . 2410 iEsculapius , Cafe Roval 2470 Telegraph Cable , Shi p & Turtle 2528 Lancastrian , Frascati 54 Hope , Rochdale 84 Doyle oi Friendship . CVuerasey 125 Prince Edwin , Hythe 128 Prince lidwin , Bury 146 Antiquity , Bolton 187 Rl . Sussex Hospitality , Bristol 204 Caledonian , Manchester

225 St . Luke , Ipswich 244 Yarborough , Jersey 274 Tranquility , Newchurch 277 Friendship . Oldham 281 Fortitude , Lancaster 288 Harmony , Todmorden 290 Huddersfield , Huddersfield 301 Apollo , Alcester 323 Concord , Stockport 372 Harmony , Budleigh Salterton 387 Airedale , Shipley 483 Sympathy , Gravesend 498 Royal Standard , Dudley

cm iSerJtnampstead , jierJihiimpstead 533 Eaton , Congleton 555 Fidelity , Framlingham 606 Segontium , Caernarvon 654 Peveril of the Peak . New Mills 661 Fawcett , Scaham Harbour 666 Benevolence , Dartmoor 679 St . David , Aberdare 730 Ellesmere , Chcrley - 731 Arboretum , Derby 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton 755 St . Tudno , Llandudno 851 Worthing Friendship , Worthing 854 Albert , Shaw

906 Royal Albert Edward , Bath 946 Strawberry Hill , Twickenham 1005 Zetland , Gloucester 1018 Shakespeare , Bradford 1024 St . Peter , Maldon 1031 Fletcher , Birmingham 1060 Marmion , Tamworth 1064 Borough , Burnley 1088 Royal Edward , Stalybridge 1091 Erme , Ivybridge 1094 Temple , Liverpool 1101 Grey Friars , Reading 1112 Shirley , Southampton * 1125 St . Peter , Tiverton 1135 Concord , Ilfracombe 1140 Ashton , Heaton Moor

1181 Da la Vole , Seaton 1209 Lewises , Ramsgate 1242 Tynewold , Douglas , Isle of Man . 1248 Denison . Scarborough 1331 Aldershot Camp , Aldershot 1342 Walker , Neweasfcle-on-Tyne 1356 Toxteth , Liverpool 1398 Baldwin , Dalton-in-Furness 1400 Curwen , Workington 1403 West Lancashire , Ormskirk 1465 Ockenden , Cuckfield 1503 Sir Francis Burdett , IVk'nh'm 1520 Earl Shrewsbury , Cannock 1529 Duke of Cornwall , St . Columb

l & M . ttossiyn , jJunmow 1544 Mount Edgcumbe , Camborne 1547 Liverpool , Liverpool 1588 Prince Leopold . Stretford 1643 Perseverance , Hebburn-on-Tvne 1645 Colne Valley , Slaithwaite 1692 Hervey , Bromley 1703 Windrush , Witney 1715 A . J . Brogden , G range-o ' -Sands 1734 Trinity , R . tyleigh

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

1798 Zion , Manchester 1808 Suffield , North "Walsham 1848 Ferrum , Middlesborough 1854 Weald of Kent , Tenterden 1855 St . Maurice , Plympton 1868 Unitv , Oldham 1879 Lord " Warkworth , Amble 1932 Whitworth , Spennymoor 1947 Stanford . Hove

1958 Sfc . George . Portsea 2156 Arthur Sullivan , Manchester 2183 Royal Hampton Ct ., H & mptn Ct 2259 St . Nicholas , Thorne 2284 Smyth , Grimsby 2294 Wavertree , Wavertree 2389 Avondale , Middlewich 2423 Sfc . Mark , Connah Quay 2483 Hadrian , Westham 2504 Earl of Warwick . Buckh ' rst Hill 2540 Ember , East Molesev 2583 Sfc . Thomas , Tibshelf

Thursday . 206 Friendship , Ship and Turtle 238 Pilgrim , Freemasons ' -hall 860 Dalhousie , Anderton ' s 879 Southwark , Southwark 1076 Capper , Guildhall Tavern 1471 Islington , Highbury 1558 Duke of Connaught , C'mb ' rwell 1599 Skelmersdale , Ship and Turtle 1708 Plucknet , North Finchley 1791 Creaton , Freemasons ' -hall 1804 Coborn , Bow 1820 Sir Thomas White , Cafe Royal 1987 Strand , Piccadilly 2047 Beckenham . Beckenham 2090 Hammersmith , Hammersmith

35 Medina , Cowes 50 Knights of Malta , Hinckley 97 Palatine , Sunderland 112 St . George , Exeter 130 Royal Gloucester , South'mpfcoo 132 Unity , Eingwood * 191 St . John , Bury 215 Commerce , Haslingden 216 Harmonic , Liverpool 324 Moira , Stalybridge 333 Royal Preston , Preston 344 Faith , Ra & cliSe 369 Limestone Rock , Clitheroe

381 Harmony & Industry , Darwen 437 Science , Wincanton 442 St . Peter , Peterboro ' 477 Mersey , Birkenhead 487 Portsmouth , Portsmouth 546 Etruscan . Longton 561 Zetland , Gnisborough 586 Elias De Derham , Salisbury 588 St . Botolph , Sleaford 625 Devonshire , Glossop 725 Stoneleigh , Coventry

732 Royal Brunswick , Brighton 739 Temperance , Birmingham 784 Wellington . Deal 816 Royd , Litfleboro ' 945 Abbey , Abingdon 971 Trafalgar , Batley 973 Royal Somerset , Frome 991 Tyne , Wallsend 1035 Prince of Wales , Liverpool 1055 Derbv . Manchester

1061 Triumph , Lancaster 1098 St . George , Tredegar 1099 Huyshe . Stoke , Devonport 1143 Eoyal Denbigh , Denbigh 1144 Milton , Ashton-under-Lyne 1145 Equality , Accrington 1147 St . David . Manchester 1182 Duke of Edinburgh , Liverpool 1204 Royd , Malvern 1213 Brfdgewater , Eccles 1273 Sfc . Michael . Sittingbourne 1387 Chorlton . Chorlton-cum-Hardy

1416 Falcon , Thirsk 1429 Alb'tEdw'dPr . of Wales , N ' p't . 1457 Bagshaw , Loughton 1495 Arkwright . Matlock Bath 1514 Thornhill , Huddersfield 1515 Bertie , Oxford 1583 Corbet , Towyn 1637 Hospitalitv . Waverfoot 1750 Coleridge . ' Clevedon 1863 Priory . Tynemouth 1911 De la Pre , Northampton

1915 Graystone . Whitstable 1992 Tennant . Cardiff 2016 Shaldon , Alton 2038 Portcullis , Langporfc 2109 Prince Edward , Heaton Moor 2132 Escerton , Seacombe 2217 Windermere , Windermere 2218 Rickmansworth . Rickmansw ' rth 2227 White Horse . Westburv 2234 Onslow . Guildford 2285 Eden , Workington

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

2311 Saint Alkmund , Whitchurch 2343 Sir William Harpur , Bedford 2420 Fd . de Rothschild , Waddesdon 2428 Gracedieu , Coalville 2449 Duke of York , Manchester 2468 St . John , Douglas , Isle of Man 2529 Abbey , Whalley 2568 Deleval , Newcastle-on-Tyne

Friday . 1962 London Rifle Brigade , And't ' n ' s . 2157 St . Mark ' s College , H'lbornRest 2346 Warrant Officers , F'masons ' -hall 152 Virtue , Manchester 155 Perseverance , Liverpool 271 Royal Clarence , Brighton 347 Noah Ark . Tinton

541 De Loraine , Newcastle-on-Tyne 993 Alexandra , Levenshuhne 1108 Royal Wharfedale , Otley 1311 Zetland , Leeds 1330 St . Peter , Market Harborough

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

1357 Cope , Sale 1389 Fenwick , Sunderland 1644 Alma Mater , Birmingham 1773 Albert Victor , Pendleton 1794 De Vere , Nottingham 2063 St . Osyth Priory , Cl ' ct ' n-on-Sua 2231 Talbot , Stretford 2380 Beneventa , Daventry 2447 Palatine , Manchester

Saturday . 1139 South Norwood , S . Norwood P . 1185 Lewis , Wood Green 1364 Earl of Zetland , Guildhall Tav . 1641 Crichton , Camberwell 1732 King ' s Cross , Anderton ' s 811 Yarborough , Brighton

1871 Gostling Murray , Hounslow 1897 Citadel , Harrow Station 2035 Beaumont , Kirkburton 2458 Eton , Eton ij 548 Herga , Harrow

Entertainment Notes.

ENTERTAINMENT NOTES .

Garnck . —Although "La Perichole" cannot be considered one of the best of Offenbach ' s hundred and odd comic operas , still that talented master never composed anything that was not bright and effervescing like the foam of his native champagne , and it was a happy thought of Bro . H . T . Brickwell to revive the opera , if only to show tho present generation the difference between a strictly opera comique and the more modern musical comedy .

The plot of " La Perichole " naturally loses some of its liveliness by translation to the English stage , hut enough is left to make a very agreeable entertainment , while the delightful strains of the purely Offenbachian music tickle the ear with delicious sensations . No one is better fitted for the role of the heroine than Miss Florence St . John , who enters into the spirit of the part with much verve and no little pathos . Mr . Richard Clarke admirably sings

the songs allotted to the jealous Piquillo , and Mr . John Le Hay is altogether excellent as the amorous Don Andres . There is not much of the Spanish dignity about Mr . Fred Kaye , whose performance of the wily Don Pedro causes roars of laughter ; and Messrs . W . Howard and A . G . Poulton , together with Miss Emmie Owen and several other charming ladies ,

materially contribute to the general effect . The opera is splendidly staged , both the sceuery and costumes being thoroughly appropriate , while the excellent orchestra conducted by Mr . Ernest Ford is as perfect as possible . The crowded state of the theatre sufficiently demonstrates that the piece has caught on , though Bro . Brickwell ' s prospective arrangements must soon curtail the run of the opera .

Parkhurst . —Mr . Edward Lockwood ' s clever company in that most charming musical production of modern time , " La Poupee , " by Ordonneau and Sturgess , music by Audran , appears afc this Theatre next week . " La Poupee" contains every element necessary to a complete success ^ in a

high degree of perfection—bright , tuneiul music , racy dialogue , magnificent dresses , lovely scenery , and , above all , a novel , ingenious and interesting plofc . Madame Adelina Patbi expresses her very favourable opinion in the following letter : — London , 10 th September 1897 .

DEAR MB . L EVILLY , I can quite understand the success of "La Poupee , " in fact I think it is one of the most charming comic operas I have ever heard , Believe me , Yours very truly , Adelina Patti Nicolini .

C . P . Levilly , Esq . Prince of Wales Theatre , London , W . C .

Our Lodge ceremonial work so readily lends itself to division and sub-division , says " The Mallet , " ia " Glasgow Evening News , " that it is matter for surprise that so few take advantage of this means of creating au increased interest in the conferring of the various degrees . The monotony in which degree ceremonies are frequently performed makes it a tiring

ordeal to listen to the same voice droning in the ear through a sitting of three-quarters of aa hour . We cannot ail be elocutionary experts , but Worshipful Masters , by a little exercise , can create an interest among die Officers in the Lodge over which they preside , and get them to take their own part in the ceremony , and not only relieve themselves of vocal effort , but

give au additional attraction to the work of the Lodge . At the second degree ceremony in the St . Mungo Lodge , JNO . 27 , last Thursday , the W . M . iiro . Eoberc Speirs was complimented by Past Masters who were present in allowing the other Officers to take their respective parts , The offices in many of the Lodges in Glasgow will suffer change daring the next three months , and

to those who are new to the chair 1 would appeal , in the interest of their respective Lodges , to divide the ceremonial work among the other Officers as much ^ as possible . Give every Officer his part , and let every Officer perfect himself in ic . With everyone ' s interest ) aroused there will be no more work slovenly done , no more dull Lodges during ceremonies .