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evening , and hospitality can hardly be said to be satisfied under such circumstances . The Prov . G . Officer , who has come up to London to attend a charity festival and visits a metropolitan lodge is very apt to go back with a sorry impression of London manners . Americancolonialand foreign brethren

, , are treated after the same summary fashion described by a London Mason . Yours fraternally , ONE OE THE PEOVINCIAES .

A Suggestion.

A SUGGESTION .

TO THE EDITOE OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIREOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —J . W . makes a suggestion , and a very good suggestion indeed ; which is that the girls in our school be trained in the embroidery of Masonic aprons . It is one which should not be allowed to die out .

In the first place , brethren are severely taxed for aprons and paraphernalia . In the next , instruction of our girls in Masonic embroidery would enable them to execute other embroidery , as ecclesiastical . & c , from which some of them in after life would obtain employment .

It is a legitimate employment for the girls to make Masonic aprons , < fec , at the school , and some would obtain occasional earnings on leaving school by doing work for Masonic Patrons . Yours fraternally , G . M .

Scotch Masons.

SCOTCH MASONS .

TO THE EDITOE OB THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIEEOB . Dear Sir and Brother , —I do not understand D . P . G . M . to object at all to the admission of respectable men iu any station of life , but it is an old landmark of Masonry , observed in all countries of the worldand even now everywhereexcept in Scotland

, , , that a candidate shall be in reputable circumstances , so as to be sufficiently master of his own condition and conduct . It requires no arguing to show that men in a state of practical pauperism cannot be admitted , for , as they cannot relieve the distresses of others , so they ought not to claim relief from their brethren .

Serving brethren come under a separate and distinct category . There is no objection to brethren in distress being relieved , but the contrary ; but there is every objection to the admission of brethren for the purpose of being relieved . I have known this done under some circumstances

. During the Portuguese exile iu 1830 there were many of these gentlemen initiated and adopted by French lodges for the express purpose of giving them a monthly stipend in supplement of the small government allowance . Yours fraternally , ANOTHEE D . P . G . M .

Red Cross Of Constantine.

RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE .

TO THE EDITOB OE THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROB . Dear Sir and Brother , —Your readers must have been interested in the concluding portion of the history of the Red Cross of Constantine by Sir Knight Little , which appeared to be drawn up from authentic documents in his possession . It is to be hoped he

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will not be restrained from accomplishing his task . The history he has given up to 1813 is very clear , and with the rare advantage in such histories of being taken from authorities . The parts most important to your readers are , however , as it may be said , slurred over ; namely ,

those after May , 1865 . There appears to be nothing in the history that is secret , and nothing that Sir Knight Little need be ashamed of . The facts , I deduce , are these .- that a number of gentlemen of high standing were concerned in an institution calling itself the Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine , that they attended very assiduously for some years , and that at last the institution died out . It was then started afresh .

Of the first part Sir Knight Little has given us a very good account ; but I see very little of Masonic reference . It rather looks like one of the many assemblages of gentlemen of the era enrolled under the like knightly designation . H . R . H . the Duke of Sussex cannot have considered himself as infringing

the constitutions or prescriptions of Masonry . About 1865 or 1866 , it is stated , " the laws and rituals were revised . " What is wanted to he known is the history of the changes then made . Sir Knight Little would render a good service by publishing the ritual , laws , and records as revised . This would clear

up many doubts . I knew , as many did , the I . L . Goldsmid of the 19 th July , 1813 . He died a few years ago as Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid , Bart ., Baron de Goldsmid and Palmeira . He was a very strict and conscientious Bro . and member of the Great Synagogue to the day

of his death , and could not consequently have participated in ceremonies such as have been lately described in your pages . He was also little disposed to participate in Masonic ceremonies . He was in great intimacy with some of the persona named down , to the day of their deaths .

Will Sir Knight Little enlighten us on this ? Yours fraternally , M . M .

Another "Scotch" Royal Charter.

ANOTHER "SCOTCH" ROYAL CHARTER .

TO THE EDITOE OE THE EKEEMASONS' MAGAZINE ASD MASONIC MIBEOE . Dear Sir and Brother , —Scotland for ever , hurra We have got another Royal Charter ; so one cheer more—Hurrah !! hooray !!! ( Positive , hurra ! eomparative , hurrah !! superlative , hooray . ' !!) I feel better after that ; aud , my overcharged

feelings being somewhat relieved , I can therefore proceed with the more solemnity to write about such an important matters . We have our Malcolm and David Eoyal Charters , and , to complete the trio , the Prov . Grand Committee of the Glasgow Province tells us ( as per report

of their meeting at page 298 of the Magazine ) that the Grand Master Mason of Scotland has got a " prerogative , " confirmed by "Royal Charter , " entitling him to lay the foundation stones of all public buildings in Scotland . Do tell us something more about it . When was it

granted ? and what king or queen was so kind as to do it ? I have been running over the long list of our " crowned heads" from"Fergus , tho first of our kings , I suppose . "