Organizers Of Charity.

tbe general adoption of tbe p lan . Here , also , there is room for tbe active Organizer of Charity , who may make it his particular duty to urge the members , whenever they are able , to add a little to the " invested " money standing to the credit of the Charity Fund , and thus , in a few years , will a total bo raised which , in case of need , it will be

found very useful to possess . It is not unknown to our readers that there are Lodges in which Charity Funds exist , the accumulations of which have reached , not only hundreds , bnt also thousands ; and when we remember that each of these had a small beginning—perhaps were

commenced with a five guinea vote from the Lodgo—it behoves ns all to set about making a start in our own particular Lodge . There are numerous ways by which these Funds can be augmented , and many ways in which they may be made of use in more extended charity operations than is ,

perhaps , intended at their formation ; but these and their general development can only follow an energetic start . Tbat there is every day a greater call for individual work on behalf of Masonic Charity is becoming more and more apparent , and we hope that our present remarks may induce some few at least to make a start in the work of

organization , without which our Charities would soon show a marked diminution , for it is hardly to be expected that the large totals now raised can be continued , unless tbe circle of operations is further extended , and energetic efforts are made to induce more general support being g iven than is now the case .

Our Scholastic Institutions.

OUR SCHOLASTIC INSTITUTIONS .

THE Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls was held on Saturday last at Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Colonel Creaton ,

Past Grand Treasurer . After tbe minutes of last Quarterly Court had been read and confirmed , Colonel Creaton was unanimously re-elected as Treasurer . The General Committee were also re-elected .

Bro . Robert Grey then rose to propose the following Motion : —

" That in consideration of the valuable services rendered to the Institution by Bro . Charles Hammerton , Honorary rank , with tho privileges attaching thereto , be conferred upon Mrs . Hammerton . " Bro . Grey , in brief bat forcible terms , recapitulated the services Bro . Hammerton had rendered to the Institution .

The proposition was seconded by Bro . Frank Richardson , and received unanimous assent . Scrutineers for examining the Voting Papers were then appointed , and shortly afterwards the poll was declared open , for the Election of

Twenty-Three Girls to the benefits of the Institution . In another page will be found the List of Successful Candidates , we append the names of those who did not succeed . We give also the number of votes credited to each . The lowest candidate on the List of those successsful

polled 1137 votes . Unsuccessful Candidates . No . on List Name Forward Polled Total 16 Searle , Trances Alice 665 441 1106

14 Bromley , Mande Mary 355 673 1028 12 Betts , Edith Ellen 5 997 1002 8 Wheeler , May Amelia 410 481 891 26 Beilby , Jessie Louisa — 843 843 23 Wright , Beatrice Elisabeth — 783 783

25 Hurst , Olive Ann — 714 714 22 Bush , Florence Wilson — 680 680 2 Hutchings , Jane Wheeler 431 199 630 11 Heath , Fanny 141 439 580 21 Eelph , Florence Eleanor — 502 502 4 Godfrey , Mabel Harriet 5 132 137

THE Quarterly Court of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys was held on Monday , at Freemasons ' Tavern , Brother George Plucknett , who later on was unanimously re-elected Treasurer of the Institution ,

occupied the chair . The General Committee were reelected . The following motion , of which notice had been formally given was brought forward by Brother Robert Martin : —

To insert as Section 2 in Law 83 , after the word " thereof "" A Lodge or Masonic Body may , under similar conditions , place a duly qualified Boy in tho Institution , by an annual payment of Fifty Pounds , in lieu of such sum of One Hundred and Seventy-eight Pounds , provided that the Lodge , or Masonic Body , nominating snch Boy , shall

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give such guarantee for the continuous annual payment of Fiftj Ponnds during the time snch Boy shall remain ia the Institution as the General Committee may require . " Brother Martin , as representative of West Lancashire , laid clearly before the Governors and Subscribers the motives which actuated the brethren of his Province in this desire to carry their motion . Considerable discussion

ensued ; an amendment , which , by the way , was accepted by the proposer of the motion , was submitted , but in the end the proposition was negatived by a large majority ; those present inclining to the belief that the proposed charge would have a tendency to make the School more of a proprietary character than was desirable . Brother Godson next proposed that Rule 61 be amended so as to read as follows : —

" All Candidates for admission to the Institution ( excepting those who before the passing of this Resolution have been placed on the list of accepted Candidates ) shall , before admission , be required to pass an examination , or be certified by a competent person as having passed an examination , as follows : —If the Candidate be under the aee of nine

years at tho time of admission , the examination shall be in the First Standard of the Government Education Department ; if he be between the ages of nine and ten , he must pass in the Second Standard ; and if over the age often years , then he must pass an examination equal to the Third Standard of the same . "

Here , again , some considerable amount of time was spent in discussion ; the result , however , was that Brother Godson carried his point . Brother Raynham Stuart ' s Notice of Motion , based on tbe House and Building Committee ' s Report , as follows : —

" That this Court do authorise the purchase of the Four Freehold Houses , being Nos . 1 to 4 Lindum Villas , Wood Green , with the Freehold Land attached thereto , being in all upwards of an acre , for the purpose of the Kew Preparatory School , at a price not exceeding £ 3 , 200 ; " That a Spacious Hall , available for Divine Service , and for the General Purposes of the Institution , be erected as a separate Building , on the

land ( the property of the Institution ) situate on the west side of the present building , at a cost not exceeding JE 3 . ; " That the plans and suggestions submitted by the Consulting Surveyor , Bro . Robert Berridge , for the accommodation of Fifty Additional boys in the New Buildings for the Preparatory School , be approved and adopted by this Court , on an estimated outlay of £ 6 , 000 . " " That it be referred to the House and Building Committee to give effect to these Resolutions . "

Received unanimous assent . The formal appointment of Scrutineers was then made , and the Election of Twent ythree Boys as Pupils of the Institution was proceeded with . We refer those interested to our Advertisement Column for the List of Successful Candidates , but we give below the number of votes polled b y those who did not succeed on this occasion .

Unsuccessful Candidates . No . on List Name Forward Polled Total 34 Besley , James Campbell 161 1509 1670 18 Seagrave , James Pnllen 649 549 1199 9 Beaumont , Beginald 390 698 1088 33 Cooper , Charles Bernard 242 828 1070 25 Gishford , William Taylor 147 850 997 26 Barber , Christopher W . G . 77 793 870

47 Matthews , Richard Cephas — 853 853 29 Gore , James Ambrose 86 610 696 36 Sbarland , William F . 219 325 544 50 Harvey , Lewis John T . — 505 505 3 Gale , Horace 402 16 418 42 Dawson , Stanley Claude — 349 349

1 Cammings , Charles Brown 110 209 319 53 Knight Samuel William — 311 311 22 Hildred , Benjamin Meeds 167 116 283 38 Gloster , Harry Peroy O . ( withdrawn ) 245 8 253 28 Allan , John Sinclair B . 5 239 244 31 Warner , Arthur 157 67 224

46 Perkins , Frank — 202 202 52 Heinke , John Leathart — 183 183 30 Bailey John Augustus M . 81 74 155 14 Longman , Frederick W . 37 58 95 43 Moore , Arthur — 37 37 19 Graves , Harry Eobert 25 — 25 16 Green , James Murray 16 5 21

45 Mushens , Alfred Thompson — 10 10 12 Mitchell , Beginald A . L . 8—8 51 Manning , Frank Kingsley — 4 4 24 Crutchett , Albert Edmund 12 3 20 Davis . Frederick Teilo 2 —2

The proceedings , both on Saturday and Monday , closed with the customary votes of thanks to the Chairman and Scrutineers . The lowest successful candidate on the Boys' List polled 1760 votes .

HoitowArs OnroiEHT A 2 » D Puis will he found the best friend to persons afflicted with ulcerations , bad legs , sores , abscesses , fistulas , and other painful and complicated complaints . Printed and very plain directions for the application of tho Ointment are wrapped round each pot . Holloway ' s alterative Pills should be taken throughout the progress of the cure , to maintain the blood in Btatc

a of perfect purity , and to prevent the health of the whole body bein ^ jeopardised by the local ailments ; bad legs , old age ' s great grievances , are thus readily cured , without confining the patient to bod , or withdrawing from him or her the nutritious diet and generous support so imperatively demanded , when weakening diseases attack advanced years or constitntions evincing premature decrepitude .