Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Fuller particulars as to place of meeting of the -undermentioned Lodges are given in the Freemasons' Calendar and Pocket Book ( published by Grand Lodge for the benefit of the Charity Fund ) .

Monday . 25 Robert Burns , Freemasons ' -hall 72 Royal Jubilee , Anderton ' s 188 Joppa , Freemasons' Tavern 1319 Asaph , Freemasons ' -hall 1321 Emblematic . Criterion 1924 Wickham , Brockley 2535 FellowshipFrascati

, 2578 National Artillery , Criterion 53 Royal Sussex , Bath 107 Piiilanthropic , Lynn 113 Unanimity , Preston 119 Sun , Sq . & Compass , Whitth ' v : 135 Perpetual Friendship , B ' watei -1 C / 1 TT : — : *— T * T „ 1 . „ G « 1 . 1 154 UnanimityWakefield

, 156 Harmony , Plvm > 199 Peace and Harmony , Dover 251 Loyal , Barnstaple 328 St . John , Torquay 331 Phoenix Ho . & Prudence , Truro 338 Vitruvian , Ross 395 Guy , Leamington 422 Yarborough , Gainsboro '

428 Sincerity , Northwich 431 St . George , N . Shields 441 Three Grand Principles , C'b'dge 482 St . James , Handsworth 529 Semper Fidelis , Worcester 622 St . Outhberga , Wimborne 839 RlGloucestershireGloucester

. , 850 St . Oswald , Ashbourne 928 Friendship , Petersfield 959 Prince of Wales , Ipswich 977 Fowey , Fowey 1045 Stamford , Altrincham 1050 Gundolph , Rochester 1051 Rowley , Lancaster 1071 Zetland , Saltash

irv' 7 ' 7 TTT . 'H-, ™ T > ln „ l-1 «« . 1077 Wilton , Blackley 1180 Forward , Birmingham 1211 Goderich , Leeds 1239 Wentworth , Sheffield 1254 Semper Fidelis , Exeter 1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1399 Marlborough , Woodstock tot jaiuuiMuguaiiioiiiic \ iiaiu

-L ^ ' - , xu ( jwii ^ 1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Carodoc , Swansea 1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2039 Londonderry , Sunderland 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotehele , Calstock

QO / l / 1 A ~ .. A . . . lZ"i «» 4-n « 2240 Arrow , Kington 2497 Carville , Wallsend-on-Tyne 2520 P . of Wales , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2525 Thurston , Coniston 2533 Fitzwilliam , Peterborough 2586 St . Nicholas , Scarborough

Tuesday . 9 Albion , Freemasons' -hall 172 Old Concord , F . M . H . 765 St . James , Southwark 1472 Henley , North Woolwich

1662 Beaconsfield , Walthamstow 2524 Train Bands , Finsbury Barr'ks . 52 Union , Norwich 70 St . John , Plymouth 103 Beauford , Bristol 120 Palladian , Hereford 124 Marquis of Granby , Durham

158 Adam , Sheerness 209 Etonian , Windsor 226 Benevolence , Littleboro ' 252 Harmonic , Dudley 265 Royal Yorkshire , Keighley ^ 15 Royal York , Brighton d- ? 0 Alfred , Oxford 364 Cambrian . Neath

393 Sfc . David , Berwick 421 Loyal of Industry , S'thmolton 457 Loyal Monmouth , Monmouth 493 Royal Lebanon , Gloucester 510 St . Martin , Liskeard

558 Temple , Folkestone 660 Camalodunum , New Malton 673 St . John , Liverpool 734 Londesborough , Bridlington 794 Warden , Sutton Coldfield 304 Carnarvon , Havant

847 Fortesque , Jlomton 948 Sfc . Barnabas , Linslade 960 Bute . Cardiff 974 Pentalpha . Bradford 995 Furness , Ulverston 1002 Skiddaw , Cockermouth

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1072 Aberystwith , Aberystwith 1096 Lord Warden , W ' almer 1134 Newall , Manchester 1197 Nyanza , llminster 1222 Saint Kew , Weston-super-Mare 1244 Marwood , Redcar 1282 Ancholme , Brigg 1336 Square & Compasses , Wrexham

1488 St . Eleth , Almwch 1509 Madoc , Porfcmadoc 1619 Sackville , East Grinstead 1726 Gordon , Bognor 1780 Albert Edward , Southampton 1785 St . Petroc , Padstow 1807 Loyal Wye , Builth J . \ J \ J I JUUJU 1 IIJO , XfUUUU

1908 Cholmondeley , Frodsham 1970 Hadrian , South Shields 2129 Dorothy Vernon , Bakewell 2133 Swan of Avon , Stratford-on-Avn 2260 Ridley , Newcastle-on-Tyne 2290 Fairfield , Fairfield Wednesday .

1298 Royal Standard , Highbury 1306 St . John , Guildhall Tavern 1687 Rothesay , Frascati 2032 Richmond , Richmond 74 Athol , Birmingham 94 Phoenix , Sunderland

137 Amity , Poole 159 Brunswick , East Stonehouse 164 Perseverance , Sidmouth 168 Mariner , Guernsey 279 St . John , Leicester 282 Bedford , Tavistock 287 Unanimity , Stockport 298 Harmony , Rochdale 326 Moira of HonourBristol

, 327 St . John , Wigton 406 N'theru Counties , N ' castls-on-T . 417 Faith & Unanimity , Dorchester 429 Royal Navy , Ramsgate 471 Silurian , Newport , Mon . 678 Earl Ellesmere , Farnworth 929 Waveney , Bungay

970 St . Anne , East Looe 992 St . Thomas , Manchester 1003 Prince of Wales , Jersey 1004 Athole , Douglas , Isle of Man 1010 Kingston , Hull 1013 Royal Victoria , Liverpool 1085 HartingtonDerby

, J vw ~ . wU r ) vu .., ^^^ . KfJ 1167 Alnwick , Alnwick 1205 . Methem , E . Stonehouse 1206 Cinque Ports , Sandwich 1274 Earl Durham , Chester-le-Street 1333 Athelstan , Atherstone 1335 Lindsey , Wigan

1354 Marquis of Lome , Leigh 1431 St . Alphege , Solihull 1461 Clausen ' tum , Woolston 1478 Lougleat , Warminster 1532 Bective , Carlisle 1620 Marlborough , Liverpool

1660 Arlecdon , Frizzington 1736 St . John , Halifax 1862 Stranton , West Hartlepool 2193 Queen Jubilee , Nelson 2200 Pantiles , Tunbridge Wells 2224 Fairfield , Long Eaton 2334 Jersey , Bicester 2368 Alan

, Alderley Edge 2382 Loyal Hay , Hay 2391 Orde-Powlett , Middlesborough 2453 Duke of York , Cardiff 2464 Longsight , Longsight 2495 Goodacre , Bootle 2556 Glyn Ebbw , Ebbw Vale 2560 Earl of Lathom , Bury

Thursday . 538 La Tolerance , Freemasons ' -hall 820 Lily Richmond , Inns of Ct . Ho . 1288 Finsbury Park , Highbury

1383 Friends in C'ncil , 33 , G'den Sq . 1445 Prince Leopold , Aldgate 1790 Old England , Thornton Heath 1950 Southgate , Beale ' s , Holloway 1963 Duke of Albany , Camberwell 2291 West Ham Abbey , Stratford

24 Newcastle O . T ., Newcastle 31 United Industrious , Canterbury 38 Union , Chi . chester 41 Royal Cumberland , Bath 110 Loyal O'brian , Merthyr-Tydvil 114 British Union , Ipswich

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195 Hengis 1 ; , Pournemouth 219 Prudence , Todmorden 249 Mariner , Liverpool 254 Trinity , Coventry 266 Naphtali , Heywood 269 Fidelity , Blackburn 289 Fidelity , Leeds

294 Constitutional , Beverley 295 Combermere Union , Macclesfield 300 Minerva , Ashton-under-Lyne 305 Apollo , Beccles 309 Harmony , Fareham 317 Affability , Manchester 360 Pomfret , Northampton

362 Doric , Grantham 419 St . Peter , Wolverhampton 446 Benevolent , Wells 462 Bank Terrace , Acerington 509 Tees , Stockton 531 Sfc . Helen , Hartlepool 539 St . Matthew , Walsall — — . „ .. „ .. , ,. „_* , _ ..

633 Yarborough , Manchester 637 Portland , Stoke-upon-Trent 703 Clifton , Blackpool 792 Pelham Pillar , Grimsby 856 Restormel , Lostwithiel 913 Pattison , Plumstead 976 Royal Clarence , Bruton 1019 . Ipr ' nopi nf W nloo Ttm-xr

1231 Snvile , Elland 1284 Brent , Topsham 1304 Olive Union , Horncastle 1324 Okeover , Ripley 1379 Marquess of Ripon , Darlington 1384 Equity , Widnes 1473 Bootle . Bootle 1500 Walpole , Norwich 1504 Red Rose of Lanc ' ster , Padih un

1513 Friendly , Barnsley 1557 Albert Edward , Hexham 1565 Earl of Chester . Lymm 1639 Watling St ., Stony Stratford 1770 Vale of White Horse , Faringdon 1829 Burrell . Brighton

1874 Lechmere VTnt ' r , Balsall H'th 1899 Wellesley , Sandhurst 2043 Kendrick , Reading 2169 Osborne , East Cowes

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2321 Acacia , Bradford 2342 Easterford , Kelvedon 2350 Corinthian , Hindley 2386 Clarence , Chester 2496 Wirral , Birkenhead Friday .

90 St . John , Albion 554 Yarborough , Fenchurch Street 2076 Quator Coronati , F'masons ' -h . 2488 Eccentric , Criterion 2511 St . John at Hackney , Hackney 242 St . George , Doncaster 7 ( 1 £ A 1 t- ~ nJ T nft ^ n uocuii

tJUU ^ 1 . 1 X 1 CU , 375 Lambton , Durham 521 Truth , Huddersfield 574 Loy . Berkshire Hope , Newbnrj 601 St . John , Wellington , Salop 709 Invicta of Ashford , Ashford . 751 Eastnor , Ledbury 837 and

De Grey Ripon , Ripon 936 Adair , Aldeburgh 1009 Shakspere , Manchester 1230 Barnard , Barnard Castle 1375 Architect , Ohorlton-cum-Hardy 1405 Southwell , Nottingham 1458 Truth , Manchester 1561 Morecambe , Morecambe

1648 Prince of Wales , Bradford 1664 Gosforth , Gosforth 1725 Douglas , Maidstone 1754 Windsor , Penarth 1838 Tudor Rifle V'nt'rs ., WVh ' ptpn 1993 Wolseley , Manchester 2433 Minerva , Birkenhead 2491 White Rose of York . Sheffield 2569 St . Trillo , Colwyn Bay

Saturday . 1572 Carnarvon , Albion 2182 Sterndale Bennett , Camberwell 1388 Canynges , Bristol 1550 Prudence , Plymouth

2077 Epping , Chingford 2323 Bushey Hall , Bushey 2493 Vale of Eden , Appleby 2499 North Kent , Bexley Heath

Quality, Not Quantity.

QUALITY , NOT QUANTITY .

BEOTHEE WILLIAM S . WELLS Senior Grand Warden , who came a long way to attend the constituting of Westgate Lodge , No . 335 , struck a very resonant note when he warned Lodges and members of the Craft against the evil of building up large Lodges just for the sake of having the biggest number .

Quality , not quantity should be the watchword of every Mason for the selection of material for the upbuilding of our Masonic edifice . The " Missouri Freemason " says on much the same lines : " The man who is always on the look-out for a ' good time ' may be tolerated in a community where it is fashionable to make

life a ' rough and rugged journey , ' by climbingits highest mountains , wading through its slimiest mires and walking on the very edge of its most dangerous precipices , but he has no place in Masonry , and , to one who weighs all his pleasures with the scale which is balanced with aches , and on which the weights are pains and

sorrows , he is a useless member of society to whom ifc would have been a blessing if he had never been born . " It may be right for men to exist simply as animals , but why a being who has been endowed with intelligence greater than is possessed by a monkey should be more careless in providing for the future than is a skunk ,

is certainly difficult to understand . ' A good time ' as defined by an ignorant man , is usually a strange mixture of intemperance and nonsense , something that may be called disgusting without doing violence to the meaning usually given to the word . The man who is so low in the human scale as to be unable to have ' a good

time ' without taxiug the capacity of his stomach , is several degrees below the Masonic standard , but as such a man cannot be held accountable for his lack of intellect , being simply a thoughtless animal wandering through labyrinths of error , in an atmosphere laden with sensuality , he may innocently knock at a

door which if entered would usher him into the very darkness of light , a light so brilliant as to be painful to his uncultivated vision . Much better for such men to remain without the pale of Masonry , but as they may be entirely innocent of any disposition to do wrong , it is the duty of Masons to decline their petitions .

This can be done in a manner that will not only protect the Fraternity , but the applicant , who may be really worthy of consideration at the hands of Masons , and not deserving of humiliation unless there is connected with it a valuable lesson . It does not follow that because a man is a little short of good sense

afc twenty-five that he may nofc be a model at forty . Give the young man a chance to learn , but clo nofc let him waste expensive material in foolish experimenting . Masonry has passed the experimental stage and needs no improvement at the hands of men who have more stomach than brains . 'A good time' in