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Devonshire case is No . 15 , Alice Katio Beatrice Prout , one of four children left by a brother affiliated to the Sincerity Lodge , No . 189 , of which he became Past Master ; the child now makes her first application .

No . 11 , Lily Martin , is first on tho Kentish list , and comes forward with 1619 votes in hand , that being the largest number polled by an unsuccessful candidate at the last contest , and only 18 short of tho lowest then

successful . She is one of five children dependent on her mother . The father , an initiate of the Roval Military Lodge , No . 1449 , died in 1887 . No . 20 , Alice Winifred Bingham , whose mother has five children wholly , and two partially ,

dependent on her , ia the daughter of a brother of the Weald of Kent Lodge , No . 1854 , and has a brother in the Boys' School . She now makes her first application for admission to the sister Charity . No . 29 , Florence

Charlotte Hemmings , daughter of a brother initiated in the Corinthian Lodge , No . 1208 , is one of four fatherless children , and will no doubt in turn receive the support of her father ' s brother Masons of his Province of Kent . We

hopo the turn of each may not be long in coming round . Cumberland and Westmoreland is represented by No . 10 , Jane Routledge Wilkinson . She is one of four children dependent on the widow of a brother initiated in

the Perseverance Lodge , No . 371 , of which he was I . G . ; she goes to the poll with 125 votes brought forward . No . 18 , Margaret Carter , is one of a family of three who

have lost both parents . Fortunately , they aro all partially provided for , but not to such an extent as to exclude this child from the benefits of the Girls' School . The father

was initiated in the Union Lodge , No . 129 . The other case in which this Province is interested is No . 41 , which will be noticed under the head of West Yorkshire . No . 22 is a case jointly accredited to Cornwall and

Hampshire ; we shall refer to it later on . No . 28 , Leonie Rosamond Lee , is one of six dependent children . Her father , who was initiated in Harmony Lodge , No . 309 , died in 1887 , having continued a member of his Lodge from

his initiation , in 1883 , until that time . No . 30 , Edith Hannah Hopgood , is one of five dependent children left by a brother initiated in the Phcenix Lodge , No . 257 , who

afterwards joined the Prince of Wales , No . 951 , Gloucestershire , of which latter he ultimately became W . M ., and attained the rank of G . D . C . of the Province .

East Lancashire has two candidates ; No . 17 , Geraldine Enid Pennington , is one of three children left by an initiate and Past Master of the Anchor and Hope Lodge ,

No . 37 , and No . 40 , Clara Vyvyan O'Hara , who is one of five left by an initiate of the Waverley Lodge , No . 1322 . Both are first application cases .

West Yorkshire sends No . 36 , Clara Hodgson , one of three children , whose father became a Mason in 1880 , in De Grey and Ripon Lodge , No . 837 , and , as we have already said , shares with Cumberland and Westmoreland

responsibilities in connection with No . 41 , Florence Ellen Barton , who is one of three children dependent on her mother . The father was initiated in Sincerity Lodge ,

No . 1019 , afterwards joined the Whitwell , No . 1390 , and therein rose to the dignity of Past Master . He also received appointment as Grand Chaplain in the Provincial Lodge of Cumberland and Westmoreland .

No . 39 , Mabel Alice Cookes , who has had a sister in the Girls' School , comes from Warwickshire , her father having been initiated in the Shakespeare Lodge , No . 284 , of which he became a Past Master . She is one of three

chidren now dependent on their mother , the father having died in 1883 . No . 42 , Frances Jesse Short , the last case on the list , is accredited jointly to Warwickshire and

Madras , the father having been initiated in the Lodge of Light , No . 468 , and became a joining member of No . 273 ( Universal Charity ) . Both parents aro yet living , and they have seven children dependent on them for support .

No . ] , Georgina Balch , has had a sister in the Institution , and herself comes forward with 384 votes brought from the October contest . Neither of the parents are living ; there are two children dependent on

friends , one partially provided for . The father was initiated in the Royal Clarence Lodge , No . 976 , Somersetshire . No . 2 , Ruby Rosetta Webster , comes to us from abroad , her father having been a member of Duke of

Sussex Lodge , No . 1080 , and Kent Lodge of East Collingwood , No . 845 , in the District of Victoria . She is one of two children dependent on her mother , and has been so far fortunate as to poll 844 votes towards securing her election . No . 8 , Mabel Elizabeth Bruce , from the Black-

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water Lodge , No . 1977 , Essex , is one of five children left to the charge of her widowed mother . She has 372 votes to her credit . No . 12 , Mary Melita Tink , has had a brother in the Boys' School , and her friends have already

secured 441 votes on her account for the Girls' Institution . There are two children now dependent on the mother , who is the wife of an old member of St . Cuthberga Lodge , No . 622 , Dorsetshire . No . 14 , Florence Helen Crompton ,

is jointly accredited to Cheshire and the Western Division of Lancashire , her father having been initiated in St . John Lodge , No . 104 , and joined Prince Leopold , No . 1588 , and Urmston , No . 1730 . He rose to the rank of P . M . in the

Craft . Four of his children are now dependent on the widow . No . 16 , Ethel Lilian Julia Wells , is one of five children dependent on their mother , the widow of a brother initiated in the Prince of Wales Lodge , No . 959 ,

Suffolk , of which he became S . D . No . 22 , Mary Ponsford Gould , is the case already mentioned as jointly associated with Cornwall and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . The father was admitted a Mason in the Fowey Lodge , No . 977

and became J . W . thereof , while he joined St . Hubert , No . 1373 , and rose to S . D . therein . There are three of his children now dependent on their widowed mother . No . 31 , Hilda Maude Liverd is a Berks and Bucks candidate , and

is one of three children dependent on their mother . The father was initiated in the Windsor Castle Lodge , No . 771 , and became Senior Deacon therein ; he was also a member of the Herschel Lodge , No . 1894 , and became

Junior Warden thereof . No . 34 , Henrietta Jessie Codling , whose father was an initiate and J . D . of the Southwell Lodge , No . 1405 , Nottinghamshire , is one of five children left to the care of a widowed mother ; while No . 35 , Anita

Mary Thorne , is a Cornwall lass , one of three now relying on their mother for maintenance . The father was admitted in the St . Martin ' s Lodge , No . 510 , and rose to the dignity

of Past Master thereof , a rank which we trust will stand his daughter in good stead , now that she comes to need the helD of her father ' s Masonic brethren .

Thus we conclude our review of the several candidates on the list for next month ' s Election . If we have not done as much as the friends of each desire we must crave their

indulgence . We have done the little that lies in our power , and only regret it is not possible for us to render such assistance as would secure the election of one and all

of them at the contest . The spirit is willing , but the flesh is weak . All we can add is our very best wishes and the expression of the hope that those most deserving of aid will be found occupying the eleven places highest on the list after the poll on Saturday , the 14 th proximo .

Present Masonic Needs.

PRESENT MASONIC NEEDS .

PROPERLY to appreciate the purpose of a meeting of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons requires a degree of inspirational ardour seldom vouchsafed to any except those who have become fully imbued with the meaning of the principles we , as a Fraternity , advocate and defend .

To embrace in one thought the many interests which hang upon the deliberations of this body , is not within the possibilities of a moment . It is a reflection for hours , during which the ages must pass in review before the

mind . Those interests are the offspring of principles issuing from the mind of the Supreme Architect of the Universe , and running down to us in channels cut through centuries

of changeful life , but containing the same stream of civilizing purpose , and perfuming with the breath of a changeless benevolence the lives into which it flows , as when it first burst forth in the wisdom of Solomon .

In the midst of social , religious and political revolutions and convulsions , always and everywhere Freemasonry has been recognized as the conservative power which has given a balance to extremes and has formed a bulwark against

ignorance and oppression . Even in the dark ages , when the Church of Rome imprisoned education and learning of all kinds within the gloomy walls of monasteries , the members of our Society stood forth as the champions of liberal

thought and free learning , the promoters of peace among men , on the basis of the brotherhood of the race , the protectors and supporters of destitute widows and orphan

children , and the earnest advocates of those principles of morality which the Bible teaches . I need not recount in a particular manner the history of our Fraternity , or attempt to paint with words of praise the