Lodge Summonses.

Lodge Summonses .

AMONG the many objects of antiquarian interest cherished by the Masonic student we think a more prominent place might well be given to the lodge summons . Many still in use date from a very early period in the history

of the Craft , and would more than repay the trouble of reproducing . Much ingenuity and artistic skill have been expended on these more or less prosaic documents , and although in many cases the designs are crude and simple .

there is generally a seriousness of treatment which evidences a desire on the part of the designer to put his best into the work . We give below a reproduction of a somewhat elaborate American production which possesses no claim to antiquity

but which the Lodge of Fidelity , " S . o . 28 c ) , Leeds , prints in conjunction with its own more venerable design on the lodge summons . The interpretation of the symbolism we will leave our readers to work out .

The magnificent ball given recently at Easton Lodge by the Earl and Countess of Warwick , in honour of the coming of age of Lady Marjorie Brooke , and of the return home of Lord Brooke from South Africa , is an event which will not have been without its interest to Masons , whose congratulations to their R . W . Deputy Grand Master on the two-fold event will be heart-felt and sincere .

The Betterment of London Association deserves the cordial support of those desiring a better—that is to say , a quieter , cleaner and safer—London . Its President , Bro . Sir William B . Richmond , R . A ., is certainly the right man for such a movement , and with Bro . T . Bowden Green for Hon . Secretary and Editor , the Association promises to be a most useful institution .