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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 27 , 1884 .

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£ \ Vc do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving ol theopinionsexpressedby ourcorrespondents , but we wish in a spirit of fair play to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . ]

THE LATE BRO . A . E . FRADELLE . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The year ' s obituary in this week ' s issue contains too many names well deserving the notice you have given them , but I hope you will enable me in your next paper to brinir forward that of a thorough artist who has latelv Vippn

taken from us , comparatively unnoticed , our late Bro . Albert E . Fradelle , photographer , of Regent-street . He was an early initiate of the Abercorn Lodge , No . 1549 , and

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so thoroughly conscientious in principle that when h business matters failed some four years back he withdrew from his lodge ( after paying all dues ) until better times . His untiring energy and superior talents enabled him to regain his position , and just before his death he told me his determination ( with pardonable pride ) to rejoin his mother lodge , which probably he would have done next year . By his premature death a widow and young family

are unprovided for ; an effort will be made to secure the retum of one ( of twins ) at the next election of Girls . I trust this simple story will be the means of securing a helping hand from some of our benevolent brethren—many of whom , through his beautiful portraits , will long retain records of one who would ( had he lived ) been a creditable ornament of our Craft . —I am , yours fraternally , CHAS . VEAL , P . M ., Sec . 1549 , December 20 th . P . P . G . D . Surrey .

MASONIC EMBLEMS AMONGST SAVAGES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I have been more than amused with the letter of Bro . B . P . Lascelles in your issue of the 15 th ult . He informs us that the Indian ( Tuscarora ) dress presented by that tribe to a lady who attended the Montreal

meeting of the British Association was composed chiefly of red flannel , beads , and scalps . When I inform you that 500 miles west ol where the fierce Tuscaroras pursue the even tenor of their ways , clad in white men ' s clothes , contentedly digging potatoes or gathering their grain with improved self-binding reaping machines , and writing essays on the best method of using

fertilizers on their lands , nearly exhausted from long and continued cultivation , stands the City of Chicago , with a population of considerably over half-a-million of people , you will join with me in smiling at the description of the scalp-adorned dresses of the Tuscaroras , especiall y when we are told that a woman's dress could be trimmed in such a style . One would imagine that scalps were plentiful

about that part of the country , and so they are—millions of them may be found , but not adorning dresses , the custom being , I vouch for . it , to wear scalps where nature intended , on the head . Perhaps , the scalp trimmings Bro . Lascelles inspected were like old lace , handed down in families as heir ( or hair ) looms . Regarding the Masonic emblems he saw in the form of silver ornaments attached to the dress , when we

consider that the "tribe " is hemmed in on every side by thousands—yes , tens of thousands—of regularly made Freemasons of good Canadian and American blood , it is not at all strange that Masonic trinkets would be reproduced by the Tuscaroras . I thoroughly agree with Bro . Lascelles when he says that " Masonic jewels are far from being common articles

of traffic between traders and the red men , in fact , I know they are not , unless by trader he means jeweller ( say Kenning , of London ) , and that the Tuscarora happened to be " made" in a regular Canadian or American lodge , and wanted to fit himself out in good style . I have lived for " many moons" amongst the Crees and Blackfeet of North-west Canada , and never

discovered a brother Mason , unless it was when an Indian in the usual manner before smoking , pointed his pipe at three great-lights , viz ., 'the Sun , Moon , and Master of the lodge , the latter being his own good self , or , in other words , the big boss that employed and instructed his squaws in cutting wood and drawing water . Our good Bro . Lascelles has yet to be brought to light

on the civilized status of the tuscaroras , and as the Freemason is usually so well informed on Masonic matters in Canada , I must not allow your readers to think that Canada is a country where scalps are plentiful for adorning dresses , especially in the eastern districts , which lie to the east of Lake Superior . —Yours fraternally , CHARLES N . BELL . Winnipeg , Manitoba , December 6 th , 1 SS 4 .

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , As I am graduating as Master of a new lodge , and as I hope the brethren of that lodge will continue their favourable opinion of me , and in due course elect me to the chair , I feel great interest in the above question .

I agree with our Bro . Budden in every respect , and that a majority of regular attendants of a lodge having carried a vote , would also carry the confirmation of that vote , and that it is only under exceptional circumstances , and when sure of very great support , that a brother would raise any objection to a confirmation . But to put an end to the doubt which seems to exist on

the present wording of the phrase , The minutes were read and confirmed , " would it not put an end to all difficulty if the W . M . Jirst asked if the minutes were " approved as correctly entered , " and , secondly , if it was the pleasure of the members that they should be confirmed ? This would

take but very little time , would make matters perfectly clear , and give but very little trouble to the Secretary . Instead of having to record " the minutes were read and confirmed , " & c , he would only have to write " the minutes were read , approved as correctly entered , and confirmed . " —Yours truly and fraternally ,

A SENIOR WARDEN . P . S . —The confirmation question may be put every time , or onl y on such occasions as are required by the Book of Constitutions or the bye-laws of thc lodge .

MASONIC MENDICITY . To the Editor of " The Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you permit me to suggest'that no distressed brother should be relieved except by the Almoner of a lodge ? The plan I adopt on receiving an application for relief is to take the signature of the so-called brother in a book , indexed alphabetically , and also the name and

number of his lodge . To this I add that all can be gathered of his history , occupation , & c , with the date and amount given , if any . It is not at all unusual to discover the applicant has more than one name , but a trip is invariably made either by name or number of his lodge , which enables the Almoner to turn over the pages of his book , and compare the handwriting , much to the discomfiture of the impostor . On reading the letter of Bro . Palmer , of No . 73 , in your issue of the 13 th inst ., I turned to my book , and found the name John Bell ( 444 ) , Lodge of Union , Starcross , Devon , who

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paid me visits in November , 1 S 74 , and August , 1 S 75 , on the last occasion being , of course , refused relief , and he has not since troubled tne . It is therefore evident lhat this John Bell is one of those . travelling mendicants who attempt to divert Masonic Charity in supporting them in a life of idleness and , too often , vice , and the only way to spoil their game is for every brother to whom they make applications

to refer them to the lodge Almoner , who will , no doubt , be able to produce such evidence and records as will drive these gentlemen , who disgrace our Craft , to get some occupation to enable them to earn an honest livelihood . —I am , Sir , yours faithfully and fraternally , Ii . L . SHEPHERD , P . M ., P . Z . 945 , G . J . D . ( Mark ) , & c , Almoner forCraft , Arch , Mark , & c . Abingdon , December igth .

To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In your edition of the 13 th inst . 1 see the name of John Bell , of Lodge No . 444 , Slarcross , brought forward . He has been round the Midlands , to my personal knowledge , since 1 S 75 , and I have every reason to believe previous also to that date . Many mendicant impostors rely on a change

of Almoners yearly in the country lodge , and so get relief from year to year because they possess a certificate . Since 1 S 75 I have kept a list of all who come here , and , if you think it of use , wilt be glad to send you a " black list "that is , one of every man who has called more than once , and the number which each has given . —I remain , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally ,

WILLIAM HAMMOND . P . P . G . Supt . of Works Warwick , P . M . and Almoner , No . 432 . December 16 th . ¦

DEFRAUDING FREEMASONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , " At the Bridlington police court , on Saturday , the 13 th inst ., Wm . Henry Hall , alias Charles Johnson , an engine-driver , was charged on remand with obtaining by false pretences about 16 s . from thc Almoner of the Londesborough Masonic Lodge , No . 734 , and others , on

the and inst . On that day prisoner went to the Masonic Hal ! and represented to the brethren present that he had been robbed of his money and clothing at Scarborough , and a subscription was raised for him . It was afterwards ascertained that his statement was untrue . At the request of Bro . Supt . Winterbottom , P . M . 734 , the charge was

reduced to one of unlawfully going about collecting alms , and prisoner was committed to prison for two months . " Prisoner had similarly imposed upon brethren of the Sykes Lodge , No . 1040 , Driffield , and the Constitutional Lodge , No . 294 , Beverley . In the latter case he obtained 25 s . in a very short time . —Yours faithfully and fraternally , Dec . 19 th , 1 SS 4 . GEO . S . HIGHMOOR .

THE GRAND TREASURERSHIP . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , The Local Committee of Past Masters , formed for the purpose of assisting W . Bio . Woodall in his candidature for the Grand Treasurership , having remarked that the

notices of his Masonic career in the Freemason , although in the main correct , are incomplete , and are , to a certain extent , disconnected , respectfully ask the favour of the insertion of the enclosed brief history of that distinguished and amiable brother ' s Masonic and civic life in the next edition of your valuable journal . —Yours fraternally , H . J . MORTON , P . M ., P . P . G . D . C , Chairman .

W . F R 9 OKE , M . D ., P . M ., P . P . G . J . W ., Dep . Chairman . G . D 1 PPIE , P . M . ( Town Clerk ) , Dep . Chairman . S . MIDDLETON , P . M ., Hon . Sec . Masonic Club , St . Nicholas Cliff , Scarborough . Bro . John Woodall Woodall , late Major Yorkshire Regiment Art . Mil ., and a member of the well-known banking firm which bears his name—one of the oldest private banks

in Yorkshire—was initiated in the Hope Lodge , No . 202 , Bradford , West Yorkshire , February iSth , 1 S 5 C ; he was appointed S . W . of thc Old Globe Lodge , No . 200 ( then 236 ) , Scarborough , in the Province of North and East Yorkshire , in 1857 ; in 1 SG 0 was installed W . M . of the same lodge , in 1 S 61 was appointed P . G . J . W . by the then P . G . M ., the late Earl of Zetland , also M . W . Grand Master of England , and the year following he was promoted to the

office of P . G . S . W . He was exalted to Royal Arch in the Old Globe Chapter , No . 200 , in March 12 th , 1859 , was M . E . Z . of the same chapter in iSOS , 1 S 78-79 , and M . E . Z . of the Dcnison Chapter , No . 124 S , in 1 S 73 . He was elected Treasurer of the Old Globe Lodge in 1 S 64 , to which office he has been continuously re-elected up to the present time . He took a prominent part in the formation of the "Charities Association " for the Province of North and East

Yorkshire , and is at the present moment Charity Representative of that province , and also Prov . Grand Treasurer of the Prov . Grand Chapter of North and East Yorkshire . He was one of the founders of the Denison Lodge , No . 1248 , Scarborough , in 1 S 6 S , has remained a subscribing member up to the present date , and is , in fact , now acting W . M ., in consequence of the removal to a foreign country of the W . M . of that lodge . He was also a founder , in 187 S , of

the Leopold Lodge , No . 1760 , Scarborough , the members holding the valuable assistance he then afforded them in such high estimation , that they elected him , in conjunction with H . R . H . the late Duke of Albany , to an honorary membership . He is also a subscribing member of the Westminster and Keystone Lodge , No . 10 , having joined in 1 S 72 , of the Apollo University Lodge , Oxford , and has served the office of Steward to the various Masonic

Charitable Institutions on eight different occasions , of each of which he is also a Vice-President . As a Mark Master Mason , he was advanced in the Minerva Lodge of M . M . M ., No . 12 , Hull , in 1 S 66 ; in the following year he was elected first S . W . of the Star-in-the-East Lodgeof M . M . M ., No . 95 , Scarborough , of which he was a founder ; in 1 S 67 was elected and installed W . M . of the same lodge ; was appointed G . M . O . of Grand Mark Lodge in 1 S 69 , and in 1 SS 1

he had the honour of being selected as the first P . G . M . M . M . of the newly-constituted Province of North and East Yorkshire , in which province the brethren have such a high estimation of his abilities , that they have just re-elected him to the same honourable position . In this capacity he presided at the Annual Festival of the Mark Benevolent Fund in July , 1 SS 4 . As a Templar , Bro . Woodall is P . E . C . of the Geoffrey de Bouillon Preceptory , Scarborough , No . 91 , Past Grand Standard Bearer ( Beauceant ) of the