Installation Meeting Of The Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190.

Installation Meeting of the Savage Club Lodge , No . 2190 .

THE installation meeting of this most successful lodge was held at Freemasons' Hall on Tuesday , the 2 nd of February . In the unavoidable absence of the Worshipful Master , Bro . R . Bowdler Sharp , the installation ceremony was impressively performed by Bro . E . E . Peacock , P . M .

THE "WORSHIPFUL "MASTUB . The newly-installed Master then appointed and invested his officers as follows : —Bros . W . S . Penley , G . Treas ., S . W . ; Crandon D . Gill , J . W . ; Edward E . Peacock , P . M ., Treasurer ; Barnett Holmes

Eugene , P . M ., Secretary ; Kingston , S . D . ; Rob Sauber , J . D . ; W . J . Ebbetts " , P . M ., D . of C . ; Lovett King , Organist ; and P . N . Hasluck , I . G . The lodge was honoured by the presence of a number of distinguished guests , including Bros , the Hon . Sir Thomas T . Bucknill , Prov . Grand Master of Surrey ; Lord Mhlumney ; John Strachan , K . C ., G .

Reg . ; Frederick West , P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M . Surrey ; Charles Belton , P . G . D . ; J . D . Langton , P . D . G . D . C . ; C . F . Matier , P . D . G . D . C . ; J . Lewis Thomas , P . A . G . D . C . ; R . T . Pigott , P . A . G . D . C . ; J . Percy Fitzgerald , P . G . Std . Br . ; and many others .

At the banquet , which was served at the Freemasons ' Tavern , the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were proposed and duly honoured . Bro . the ' Hon . "Sir Thomas T . Bucknill , in replying for ' ' The ^ Gnmcl Officers , " said he had a message to deliver to

them from Earl Amherst , the Pro- Grand Master , and the Right Hon . T . F . Halsey , the Deputy Grand Master , and he need hardly say that it was absolutely true ; it was this , " That they wished to their W . M . a very happy year of office , and they hoped and believed that his year as W . M . would be marked by hard work , good workand popular work , and that he would

, be ably assisted and thoroughly supported by his officers . " That was a very happy evening for him . It was the first time he had had the pleasure of visiting the lodge . The working was excellent , and he had found there many old brethren in Masonry , and they had asked him to wish them all every

good and fraternal wish , trusting that it would not be long before they met again . Bro . E . E . Peacock , the Installing Master , proposed the toast of " The Worshipful Master , " who , in reply , said he was deeply grateful to Bro . Peacock for the graceful way in which

he had proposed the toast , and for the hearty way in which they had received it . He thought there was no position in Masonry more gratifying than the Mastership of a lodge ; he should do his best to keep up the traditions , high repute , and prestige of the lodge , and with such officers as he now

had he did not think he could fail . He should like to say a few words about their dear mother lodge , or perhaps he should say their dear young lady , as she was only eighteen . They were going to wake her up , and he thought , with the

THK "SAVAGK" WIGWAM ( designed by the AVorshipfnl Master ) . assistance of the Grand Treasurer , of whom he was very proud , with the good sense and judgment of their eteemed Treasurer , with an energetic Secretary—and much depended upon him—and with an accomplished staff of officers , he thought they should be able to rouse the lodge to a better

sense of her duties and responsibilities . They knew that "it is not in mortals to command success , but we'll do more , we'll deserve it . "

The toast of "The Allied Lodges , " the Asaph , Gallery , Drury Lane , and Eccentric , was responded to by Bro .

H . L . Bell , the present Master of the Gallery Lodge , and that of " The Visitors" by Bro . H . Lashmore .

Bro . Sir John Somers Vine , in replying on behalf of " The Past Masters , " said his primary