Outside Show.

OUTSIDE SHOW .

ri ' l HE Ancient Charges and Eegulations to which every - * - Master , previous to his installation into the Chair of a Lodge , has to give bis assent , contains a clause prohibiting public processions of Masons clothed with the Badges of the

Order , without tbe special License of the Grand Master or his Deputy ; and we believe a very strict enforcement of this regulation was rendered necessary many years back , on account of scandals which followed some public displays in the form

of Masonic processions in the streets of London and elsewhere , although it seems to us that such public appearances are of themselves sufficiently outside the scope of Freemasonry to render them as undesirable as they are usually unnecessary .

It is well known that many of our Provincial Masonic rulers are becoming more and more opposed to these public appearances of Brethren , clothed in the Badges of the Order , as they learn from experience that little or nothing that is

beneficial results from such displays , and for this reason it is now a matter of far > greater ,. difficulty than was hitherto the case to obtain a dispensation for an outside exhibition . "Whereas a very few years back Masonic funerals were a matter

of frequent occurrence in the country districts , it is well known , in inany Provinces that it is next to useless to make application for a dispensation allowing Brethren to appear at a graveside wearing the insignia of the Craft , and the same may

also be said iu regard to Masonic balls or other entertainments , which , until recently , were usually regarded as harmless exhibitions , but which are outside the scope of Freemasonry , and undesirable in the best interests of the Craft .

The latest craze in this direction takes the form of Masonic Church Services , or , if we are to take the usual term employed on similiar occasions by other Societies , we should say Church Parades ; and we may at once remark we view

with great disfavour the growing tendency to make these Church Services exhibitions of vanity on the part of members of the Order , and , in some cases , we fear , mere questions of profit on the part of outsiders , who seek the aid of members of

the Masonic Brotherhood , with their bright displays of clothing , jewels , and banners , merely to attract inquisitive sightseers , and secure a rich return in the form of a handsome offertory . . We suggest it is now time these displays of Masonry in

public places of worship—which seem to have become very numerous as a part of the Jubilation fever—should be discouraged . Our churches should not need such vain

exhibitions of , fancy clothing . and jewels , and Freemasonry should be above the cheap notoriety lo be gained by public displays of its regalia .

The Boys Festival.

THE BOYS FESTIVAL .

TTlLSEWHEBE in this issue we give a full list of the - ¦ — "I Stewards of the recent Festival , and the amounts announced from each . The following additions have been received since the celebration :

The Boys Festival.

- " * r- " I ,---- - r ^ M ^^^^^^^^^^ J ^^^^^^ aBB ^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^ . ^ ^^^ hB ^ fc ^^ M LONDON . 58 Thos . G . Tanner ... ... Addition of 5 5 0 ( making £ 117 12 s Od ) 235 John M . Courage ... ... List of 31 10 0 1383 E . Flower , M . P . ... ... „ 78 15 0 1602 G . F . Wheeler ... ... „ 42 0 0 Unatt . Percy S . Smith ... ... „ 10 10 0

NEW STEWARDS . Unatt . AEland A . Hooper ... ... — John Larkin ... ... 5 5 0 AMrs . Osborne ... ...

—PEOVINCIAL . Berkshire G . S . Spaokman ( 1770 ) List of 16 16 0 Dorsetshire AC . W . Freeman ( Unatt . ) — Lane . ( W . D . ) W . Baxter ( 1561 ) ... Addition of 3 12 0 ( making £ 57 15 s Od ) Middlesex W . B . Benjafield ( 1579 ) Addition of 7 7 0

( making £ 63 0 s Od ) Sussex J . Trill ( Unatt . ) ... List of 10 10 0 Worcesters . A . A . Brockatt , M . D . ( 1204 ) Addition of 2 2 0 ( making £ 26 5 s Od ) „ Herbert Manley ... Addition of 15 15 0 ( making £ 42 0 s Od )

Kent.

KENT .

THE Provincial Grand Chapter will be held on Friday next * 16 th inst ., at the Masonic Hall , Brewer Street , Maidstone , when the present and past Provincial Grand Officers " Principals and past First Principals of the several Chapters in the Province are summoned to attend , and all other Companions are invited to be present . The Chapter will be opened by the

Eight Hon . Earl Amherst Grand Superintendent , at half-past three o ' clock precisely . The banquet will take place at the Town Hall , and Companions intending to be present are requested to signify the same to Comp . Felix Kite , Albion Place , Maidstone , as early as possible .

Cheshire Charity.

CHESHIRE CHARITY .

A MEETING of the Committee of Benevolence of the Province of Cheshire was held at the North Western Hotel , Crewe , on the 30 th ult ., Bro . John Clayton presiding . The Chairman reported that , in accordance with the recommendation of the * Committee , the strength of the Province had been used in securing the election of one of their boys—a lad named

Travis , of Hope Lodge , to the Masonic Institution for Boys . He appealed to them to support the Boys Festival next year , at which the Prince of Wales ( who was Earl of Chester ) would preside . He hoped the Province would be well represented on that occasion .

Bro . T . Simpson proposed " that a jewel be designed and approved , co be worn as an emblem of office by the Charity Eepresentatives . " The Provincial Grand Secretary said he had written to the

Grand Secretary , and had asked his advice in this matter , and he had replied that the Worshipful Master would be guilty of an irregularity in permitting any jewel to be worn in the Lodge other than that pertaining to the various Officers , as laid down in Eule 29 . Bro . Simpson withdrew the motion .

On the motion of the Eev . Chetwynd Atkinson , seconded by Bro . Henry Jackson , and supported by Colonel Dean , a resolution was unanimously adopted congratulating the chairman , Bro . Clayton , on having received Grand Lodge honours . Bro . Armstrong said that Bro . Clayton had well and faithfully

served the Province of Cheshire for thirty years . He had been P . M . for twenty-one years , for eight years he had been Charity Steward , and for three years Deputy-Chairman and Chairman of the Committee of Benevolence . The chairman suitably replied .