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apron , but there were many samples of E . A . P . and F . C ., while there was a moderate sprinkling of K . T . The K . T . aprons are very small , of the same colour as our own , but of a triangular shape , one angle pointing downwards . The crimson cross is placed in the centre , but
the silver emblem is not in use . The Eose Croix was plentiful in every Lodge , and the scarlet collar , embroidered with gold , had a very good effect . There were several Brethren who had taken the Thirtieth Degree , and they wore a most resplendent collar , heavy with gold , and glittering with sparkling spangles , arranged to represent
the well-known double-headed eagle grasping its two-edged sword , and surrounded with various devices , while the letters C . K . H . were conspicuously embroidered on the centre . I do not give the whole of the words represented by the initials , but any member of that Degree will know what they mean , remembering that they must be
taken to represent the initials of French synonyms of the words . From the Thirtieth Degree and upwards , the Brethren wore simply white watered-silk collars , with the number of the Degree embroidered in frost , and surrounded by rays . I saw but one member of the Thirty-third Degree during the whole of my Masonic experience in Paris .
I insert opposite a copy of one of the circulars of the Jerusalem Ecossaise Lodge , No . 99 , meeting under the Supreme Council . At the top of the original copy there is an engraving of Jerusalem , and immediately beneath it the Square and Compasses , encircled with acacia , bearing in the centre the initials of the Lodge , J . E . A short explanation of the terms and letters used in the circular will .
perhaps , be useful . The letters " A . \ L . \ G . \ D . \ G . \ A . \ D . \ L . \ " are the initials of the words " A la Glorie du Grand Architect de l'Univers , " and correspond to our " I . T . N . O . T . G . A . O . T . IL" The triangular arrangement of the periods separating the letters , signifies Freemasonry . The mark / .-. / signifies a Lodge . T . C . F . correspond to our V . D . B ., being the initials of " Tres Cher Frere . " The circular is signed not
only with the name of the Secretary , but of the "Worshipful Master , or , as he is called , " Le Venerable , " of the two Wardens , or " Surveillants , " and of the Orator , of whose office I shall speak afterwards . The circular appears to me to be a remarkably excellent one , and
well worthy of imitation , as it partakes , in no slight degree , of that perfect arrangement which is so remarkable in Paris . In my next paper on this subject , I shall introduce the Brethren into the walls of the Lodge . ( To he continued . )
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apron , but there were many samples of E . A . P . and F . C ., while there was a moderate sprinkling of K . T . The K . T . aprons are very small , of the same colour as our own , but of a triangular shape , one angle pointing downwards . The crimson cross is placed in the centre , but
the silver emblem is not in use . The Eose Croix was plentiful in every Lodge , and the scarlet collar , embroidered with gold , had a very good effect . There were several Brethren who had taken the Thirtieth Degree , and they wore a most resplendent collar , heavy with gold , and glittering with sparkling spangles , arranged to represent
the well-known double-headed eagle grasping its two-edged sword , and surrounded with various devices , while the letters C . K . H . were conspicuously embroidered on the centre . I do not give the whole of the words represented by the initials , but any member of that Degree will know what they mean , remembering that they must be
taken to represent the initials of French synonyms of the words . From the Thirtieth Degree and upwards , the Brethren wore simply white watered-silk collars , with the number of the Degree embroidered in frost , and surrounded by rays . I saw but one member of the Thirty-third Degree during the whole of my Masonic experience in Paris .
I insert opposite a copy of one of the circulars of the Jerusalem Ecossaise Lodge , No . 99 , meeting under the Supreme Council . At the top of the original copy there is an engraving of Jerusalem , and immediately beneath it the Square and Compasses , encircled with acacia , bearing in the centre the initials of the Lodge , J . E . A short explanation of the terms and letters used in the circular will .
perhaps , be useful . The letters " A . \ L . \ G . \ D . \ G . \ A . \ D . \ L . \ " are the initials of the words " A la Glorie du Grand Architect de l'Univers , " and correspond to our " I . T . N . O . T . G . A . O . T . IL" The triangular arrangement of the periods separating the letters , signifies Freemasonry . The mark / .-. / signifies a Lodge . T . C . F . correspond to our V . D . B ., being the initials of " Tres Cher Frere . " The circular is signed not
only with the name of the Secretary , but of the "Worshipful Master , or , as he is called , " Le Venerable , " of the two Wardens , or " Surveillants , " and of the Orator , of whose office I shall speak afterwards . The circular appears to me to be a remarkably excellent one , and
well worthy of imitation , as it partakes , in no slight degree , of that perfect arrangement which is so remarkable in Paris . In my next paper on this subject , I shall introduce the Brethren into the walls of the Lodge . ( To he continued . )