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The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
arrangements , —were permitted to have no voice in the management , — at the last hour , found that neither places nor accommodation were provided for their friends or themselves , and when they complained , were insolently told to do the best they could . Those who could get away , at once
gladly escaped from a scene of confusion which cannot be well described ; others who were not so fortunate , were compelled to stay out the remainder of the entertainment , which must have given them—and their female friends in particular —but a very sorry idea of the character of Freemasonry .
As the stewards were treated , so were the gentlemen of the press . They were sent hither and thither to find places as they could . No sooner had they found a seat with the utmost difficulty as near as possible to the cross table , that they might catch the substance of the speeches , than they were told they could not sit there , —and when they
complained of the treatment they were receiving in their object of making the excellence of the Masonic Girls' School known as widely as possible , —they were coarsely and vulgarly told , that they were not wanted at all ; in fact , one of the gentlemen , the Times reporter , we are informed , was so grossly
insulted by an official , that the only wonder is that he did not instantly leave the ground . It is , however , highly creditable to that gentleman ' s good taste to be able to say , that he imputed such conduct to the ignorance of the person who insulted him , and though he is not a Freemason , he
considered the interests of the Institution as paramount to any feeling of personal annoyance ; for though he , very deservedly , quizzed the proceedings of the day , on account of the admission of ladies , and exposed the confusion of the dejeuner , because it was discreditably arranged , he wrote not a single line or word , which eould be considered injurious to the Institution , or orfensive to the Order .
Enough has been said to show that the whole transaction , from the commencement of the building to its completion , has been a grievous mistake , —a blunder from the foundation to the cope-stone , —showing palpably and clearly , that it is
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Magazine And Review.
arrangements , —were permitted to have no voice in the management , — at the last hour , found that neither places nor accommodation were provided for their friends or themselves , and when they complained , were insolently told to do the best they could . Those who could get away , at once
gladly escaped from a scene of confusion which cannot be well described ; others who were not so fortunate , were compelled to stay out the remainder of the entertainment , which must have given them—and their female friends in particular —but a very sorry idea of the character of Freemasonry .
As the stewards were treated , so were the gentlemen of the press . They were sent hither and thither to find places as they could . No sooner had they found a seat with the utmost difficulty as near as possible to the cross table , that they might catch the substance of the speeches , than they were told they could not sit there , —and when they
complained of the treatment they were receiving in their object of making the excellence of the Masonic Girls' School known as widely as possible , —they were coarsely and vulgarly told , that they were not wanted at all ; in fact , one of the gentlemen , the Times reporter , we are informed , was so grossly
insulted by an official , that the only wonder is that he did not instantly leave the ground . It is , however , highly creditable to that gentleman ' s good taste to be able to say , that he imputed such conduct to the ignorance of the person who insulted him , and though he is not a Freemason , he
considered the interests of the Institution as paramount to any feeling of personal annoyance ; for though he , very deservedly , quizzed the proceedings of the day , on account of the admission of ladies , and exposed the confusion of the dejeuner , because it was discreditably arranged , he wrote not a single line or word , which eould be considered injurious to the Institution , or orfensive to the Order .
Enough has been said to show that the whole transaction , from the commencement of the building to its completion , has been a grievous mistake , —a blunder from the foundation to the cope-stone , —showing palpably and clearly , that it is