The October Magazines.

The October Magazines .

Chambers ' s Journal has the continuation of "The Love Affairs of Julius Standen" and some capital complete tales . Of the articles the most interesting are those on " The Last Links with Scott , " " Personal Experiences of a Revolution in the Colombian Republic , " " Dangers of the Drug and Chemical Trade , " " How to Get Recruits Cheaply , " and Louis Becke ' s " Mountain Eels of the North-Western Pacific . "

The Ladies' Magazine has in fiction , besides the continuation of the "Cat ' s-Paw , " the complete tales " Lady Aldine and Sir Hugh , " " Miss Stilts ' , " " Waitin ' , " "Celia ' s Maiden Aunt , " and " An Episode , " besides storyettes . The most interesting of the articles are " Statues to Women , " " Women on the Links , " and " The Well-dressed Woman . "

Macmillan ' s Magazine opens with a further instalment of the serial " Princess Puck , " followed by the second part of " Down the Danube in a Canadian Canoe , " and the third part of " The Land of the Poppy . " There are excellent papers on Pro-Boer Idealism , Parliament and the Party System , and a study of Shakespeare ' s King John .

Pearson ' s Magazine , besides further chapters of H . G . Wells' " Sea-Lady , " and the fourth of Max Pemberton's stories of the Lady Zoe , has several interesting complete tales , a nd many beautiful illustrations . The most interesting of the remaining articles are those on " Why are we Righthanded ? " " Anglo-Saxon Sovereigns of the W orld , " and " The Deer . "

The Royal Magazine opens with an illustrated article , entitled " From the Stalls . " The most notable of the stories this month are " The Mysterious Death in Percy Street , " "The Shortest War on Record , " "The Doctor ' s Pel Python , " and " The Steeplejack . " There are very interesting articles on " Workers in Mosaic " and " His Majesty ' s Unwilling Guests , " and an amusing paper on " Lady Smokers . "

The Smart Sot opens with an amusing storyelte entitled " The Career of Mrs . Osborne , " which narrates the adventures of two young American ladies in London under Ihe fictitious chaperonage of Mrs . Osborne . "The Household God ? , " "The Comedy of a Ruined Gentleman , " "The Blick S-van , " and "Sonnets to a Lover , " are among the best of the remaining contributions .

The Strand Magazine opens with the continuation of Conan Doyle ' s " Hound of the Baskervilles , " and has also a further instalment of " At Sunvvick Port" and several complete tales . The most interesting of the other articles are " Is I he Law too Dear ? " "The Lost Land of Engl ind , " showing the remarkable waste caused by the sea on thc western coasts , and " An Hour with a Bird-Doctor . "

Temple Bar opens with the continuation of G . R . CrockeU ' s "Ihe Firebrand , ' and has also a miscellany of complete talcs , of which special mention may be made of " Villa Farro . " The papers on " An American Professor in Literary England , " " Mystic Music , " " Notes in a Brittany Convent , " and " The Millenary of Allred , " will well repay perusal .

Tho Wido World Magazine opens with the continuation of Conan Do ) le ' s account of the Boer War , and there is also the first of a series uf papers on a cycle ride in Central Africa . 'The descent ol the supposed " bottomless pit" in Derbyshire is described , and Dreyfus continues the terrible story of his persecution . There are also talcs of travel and adventure in all parts of the world .

Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

T ' T . c Quarterly Court cf Subscribers to the Royal Masonic Institution for Gills was IK lei on Thursday , at Freemasons' Hall , Great ( Juecn-street , W . C , when , in liie abscrce of Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , P . G . W ., Trcasum—wl'o sei . t a leiier of apology for not being in attendance , magisterial duties at ihe Guilc'hall keeping him away—the chair was occupied by Bro . Henry Smiih , P . G . D ., P . Dep . Prov . G . M . West Yorkshire . Among thc brtihnn who suppoitid him

werc—Bits . Major Wccdall , P . G . Treas . ; Frank Richaidson , J . H . Matthews , A . C . Spaull , Ge-trge Evue ' . t , I' . G . Tieas \ ; C . D . Chetlham , G . D . ; C . E . Keyser . P . G . D . j Mi . jor Heibeit Gieen , A . VV . Lurtt , Robeit Wylie , Dep . Prov . G . M . W . Lar . es . ; W . Gucc ' acre-, 11 . A . Tobias , J . S . Cumberland , | . Page , Charles

Hanimeiion , W . Lake , F . R . Spaull , R . C . Else , E . M . Monty , J . II . Whadcoat , W . Russell , Piov . G . Treas . Kent j Capt . A . R . Ror . alllson , James Newton , E . Lares . ; Limes VVIilaker Burgess , F . fowler Teller ( Patron ) , Charles Lee , Warwickshire ; Osrar Philipe , C . H . Webb , Under-Shtrilf J . D . Langton , Fredk , P . Wiight , F . B . Westlake , and Major Oliver Papworth .

After icadirg and coi ( irmalion of the minutes of meeting , July nth , Bro . Hedges announced that the Earl cf Lathom , Prov . G . AL oi West Larcashiie , P . G . W ., would preside at the next annual festival of the Institution , and he also reported the receipt of a letter from Bro . Sir Dighton Probjii to the effect that his Majesty the King and her Majesty Ouceo-Alexandra , had graciously consented to become respectively Chief Patron and Chief Patroness of the Institution .

Bro . HiiiiUEs also read a letter from D r . Orwin , thanking the Institution for his election as Honorary Throat and Ear Physician to the Institution , and assuring thc subscribers lhat his professional services would be readily given . The withdrawal of Doris Marguerite R . F . Oldlield ( No . i , }) from the list of car . didalis ( or I ' etlicn , the liavirg t een admitted into the Institution lindtr the " Fail Amherst" presentation , was reported .

Alter the summaries tf minu ' . es cf the General Cominitlee mueling-s for thc last three tronlhs had been lead for infoim . it ion , Scrutineers for the election of id girls into the Institution , out of a list of 25 candidates , were cf cit p , :. nd ihe election piocceded . The fcllowing ate the unsuccessful candidates :

Name , Voles . Name . Volts . Kiik , lenc Mynitte 3050 Hodgkinson , Clance Lilliir ? ... 1040 Dirglcy , Violet Ka ' e 154 . J Powell , Helen Solhern ... ... Si 1 Adiines , 11 elma Elhel 1370 Payne , Dorothy 331 Mel k , Irer . c Evelyn 1075 Fdwaid ; , Mary Coslett -10

The list of tuccestful c ; ndid ; . tes will Le four . d in our atly fusumci . t column ' . ? -- IT WAS ai nourcd at the Baplist Union Autumnal Assembly , at Edint / ir ;;/ , 011 the loth irttant , lilt ihe Twentieth Century Fund had leached £ iS 5 , eoo . To liiing tp the cm . tint lo Ihe icijuiicd quarter of a million , a ladies' million shil in ; fioil was stalled , iubicriplions weie promised by the delegates present .

Presentation To Bro. Henry Smith, P.G.D.

PRESENTATION TO BRO . HENRY SMITH , P . G . D .

At the meeting of thc Charity Committee of the Masons of West Yorkshire , whicii was held last Saturday , at the Provincial Grand Lodge Offices at Leeds , occasion was taken to present Bro . Henry Smith , P . G . D ., Past Prov . G . Sec , and Past Deputy Prov . G . Master , with a beautifully illuminated address in large octavo , bound as a book in a blue elver ,

congratulating him on the completion of his Soth year of age , he entering on his Sist year that day . The address was as follows : Offices of Provincial Grand Lodge , 2 , Park Place , Leeds , Dear Brother Smith , 5 th October , 1901 .

On behalf of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , and of the 4339 Masons under its banner , we desire to offer our most cordial and fraternal greetings on this your eightieth birthday . VVe are deeply sensible of , and shall always remember , the great services you have rendered to the Craft in this Province , both as Prov . G . Secretary and as Deputy Prov . Grand Master .

We wish you every good wish , and ive sincerely hope that you will for many years be spared to the brethren . We are , dear Brother Smith , Yours sincerely and fraternally , W . L . J ACKSON , R . W . Prov . G . Master .

RICHD . WILSON . W . Dep . Prov . G . M . J TWEEDALE , Prov . G . Registrar . HERBERT G . E . GREEN , Prov . G . Sec . To VV . Bro . Henry Smith , Past Grand Deacon , Past D . P . G . M ., & c .

Craft Masonry.

Craft Masonry .

Streatham Lodge , No . 2729 . INSTALLATION OF BRO . HENRY DANIEL BLAKE . PRESENTATION TO BRO . SHERII-E BROOKS MARSHALL , GRAND TREASURER . 'Ihe installation meeting ot the above lodge , of which Bro . Sheriff MarshaM was the first VV . M ., was held on the 3 rd inst ., at the Public Hall , Strea ' . ham . There was a large attendance of brethren , both members of the lodge and visitors , and special interest attached to the proceedings in view of the presentation made to Bro . Marshall

as a mark of his colleagues' esteem . The lodge was presided over bv Bro . Arthur Johnson , VV . M ., and the brethren present included Bro ; . H . D . Blake . S . VV . ; C . C . Wakefisld , P . M . ; the Rev . A . Sargent , Chap . ; J . H . Champness , Treas . ; S . D . Coates , C . C , Sec ; J . Morrish , S . D . ; II . S . Lee , D . C . ; A . E . Reed , O .-g . ; G . Siggs , jun ., LG . ; C . VV . Ware , Stwd . ; G . Siggs , J . Calvert Coates , C . J . C . Venning , C . C ; E . G . Ilarmer , and J . H . Liie , C . C . The visitors included Bro . Under-sheriff Langton , D . G . D . C

Following the adoption of the accounts , Bro . C . C . Wakefield , I . P . M ., proposed , and Bro . 11 . Holloway , J . W ., seconded , the following motion : "VVe , Ihe Master , ofliceis , and brethren of the Streatham Lodge , warmly congratulate Very Worshi jful Brother Horace Brooks Marshall on his election to the high and influential pisition of Grand Treasurer , and to the ancient aid honourable ollice of Sheriff of the City of London , and we feivently trust that increasing honours may attend him , and that he may have health and prosperity in rich abundance . " The motion was cariej unanimously . Bro . Arthur Johnson , VV . M ., afterwards installed Bro . Henry Daniel

Blake Worshipful Master for the ensuing year . Bro . Arthur Johnson was invested as the I . P . M . The other brethren invested a ; officers were Bros . II . Ilollo . vay , S . VV . ; J . Morrish , J . VV . ; | . II . Champness , P . M ., Treas . ; F . Coates , Sec . ; S . D . dates , C . C , S . D . ; A . P . Hedges , J . D . ; G . Siggs , jun ., I . G . ; H . S . Lee , D . C . ; the Rev . A . Sargent , Chap . ; A . E . Reed , O .-g . ; C VV . Ware and J . VV . F . Fold , Stwds . ; and G . Ro . ve , P . M ., Tyler . Alter the closing of the lodge , the brethren adjourned to a banquet , subsequently honouring the customary toasts .

Bro . Undcr-Sheriff Langton responded to the toast of " The Grind Officers . " In giving the toast of "The W . M ., " Bro . Sheriff Marshall declared that all who knew Bro . Blake intimately would agree that he would rell : ct credit on the lodge , do his work perfectly , and enjoy a successful year of o'lice . Bio . II . D . Blake , VV . M ., acknowledged the toast , and then propose ! " The llei ' th of ( he I . P . M ., Bro . Johnson , ' presenting him with a valuable jewel ol a Past Master , and testifying to the able way in which he had carried out his work . Bro . Johnson responded .

Ihe W . M . next gave the toast of " Ihe Lord Mayor , the Sheriff ; , and thc C 01-poratbn of the City of London , " saying that the Streatham Lodge felt very highly honoured at the election of Bro . Marshall , firstly as the Grand Treasurer , and then as one of the Sheriffs . Ihe latter ollice he looked upon as a stepping stone to higher pisition , and still continued and further usefulness . The Sheriff was the o iginal lounder of the Streatham Lodge , its lirst Master , and its father . He ( the W . M . ) now

asked him to accept two souvenirs as a token of the brethren ' s regard . O . ie vvas a silver rose-bowl , witb an address expressing the breth . en's esteem lor Bro . Marshall and his family ; and the other was an album with an address . It was hoped that every brother would contribute his photograph , so that in the album the Sheriff vvould lind an embodiment of the Streatham Lodge as now constituted . With the gifts the brethren expressed the hope lhat the recipient would live long , and , with Mrs . Alarshall and his family , appreciate the honour the lodge desired to confer on him .

On the cover of the album was the following inscription : " Presented to V . W . llor . ee Brooks Marshall , M . A ., J . P ., Sheriff of the City of London , and Grand Treasurer of Ihe United Grand Lodge of England , by the Streatham Lodge , No . 2 j : ' j , October 3 rd , iyoi . " The insciiption on the bowl was : "Presented to V . W . Bro . Horace Brooks Marshall , M . A ., J . P ., by the Master , Ollicers , and Brethren of tin Streatham Lodge , No . - 212 I ) , to commemorate bis election to the high and honourable offices of Masonic

Giand treasurer of England , and Sheriff of the City ot London . October 3 rd , igoi . " Bro . Sheriff Marshall , in acknowledging thc presentation , said that during his comparatively short life he had been placed on one or two occasions in a soms . vhat embarrassing position , bjt he did not think that ever in his life he felt in the same degree the embarrassment which he felt that night . Hecame before the brethren without prepai ing a speech , and he anticipated responding to fie toast of "The Lord Mayor , the Sheriffs , and the Corporation of the City of London " simply . Before going

further he would try to perforin that duty . He did not think i : unfitting that the Oast should be honoured in a Masonic lodge , inasmuch as civic and Masonic lite halbjen v : ry much allied , especially of late years . Many members of ths Corporation wire M isons . The Lord Mayor held very high ofiice in Grand Lodge , and both his Sheriffs and the U . ider-Sheriffs weie Masons as well . The Lord Mayor elect , too , was a Mason . It was his good foitune to be the thitd Sheriff of the City of London to occupy the position of G . Treasurer of England in the Craft and in the Royal Arch , too . ( Cneers . ) The VV . M-

had left-rred to him as the father of the lodge . He had been so described so often , that , young as he was , he anticipated very shortly being called " daddy . " ( Laughter . ) IL ' assured the brethren that he very greatly appreciated the exceedingly high honour whicii had been conferred upon him by thc presentation , and he could not thank the brethren sulliciently for the tnagnilicent piec ; of plite . It would b ; prizs . l by hs ; rt ani his family , and be icgarded by them vvith affe : tion . The address th .- VV . M . had re . vJ

was too kind and too Haltering . lie could assure the brethren that , to the bjst of h " power , he should always lave the interests of the Streatham Lodge at heart . He wJ » proud to have been the founder of the lodge , and he cmgratula ' . e . l the VV . M . tin the splendid woik ol the evening . Throughout his life it would be his aim to do his vvirk in Masonry as well as in civic life , and to uphold the highest , the best , ami thelpu reSt principles of the Masonic Order . ( Cheers . ) Other toasts followed .