Bro. W. E. Bush, F.C.S., F.S.S.

Bro . W . E . BUSH , F . C . S ., F . S . S .

Bro . WILLIAM ERNEST BUSH , President of the Chemical Section , and representative Member for England on the Supreme Jury of the Brussels Exhibition of 1888 , is the eldest son of Mr . William John Bush , and

partner in the firm of W . J . Bush & Co ., the eminent manufacturing chemists , of Artillery Lane , Bishopsgate , and Ash Grove Works , Hackney . Bro . W . E . BUSH is a young man of twenty-eight , having been

born in 1860 . He was educated at a private school ( Thanet College , Margate ) , and Brussels , subsequently pursuing the study of chemistry in Germany and London . He has already acquired a hig h public

reputation for his practical knowledge of that science , especially of odoriferous principles and ethereal substances . Bro . BUSH is a Fellow of the Chemical and Statistical

Societies , and a member of the Society of Chemical industry and the Society of Arts . He was appointed by Lord Granville as British Juror for Chemicals at the Antwerp

Bro. W. E. Bush, F.C.S., F.S.S.

Exhibition of 1885 , and his services as President of the Chemical Section of the late Brussels Exhibition were the subject of special mention in a recent issue of the Times , in an article referring to that exhibition . The successful house of which he is

a member , was founded nearl y half-a-century ago , and is reputed to be the oldest English essence distillery , holding also a hi gh position in the manufacture of a great variety of pharmaceutical preparations and perfumery .

Messrs . W . J . Bush & Co . have taken no less than eleven gold medals and highest awards at various great exhibitions—viz ., London , 1862 : Paris , 1867 ; Vienna , 1873 ; Paris , 1878 ; Sydney , 1879 ; Melbourne , 1880 ;

New Zealand , 1882 ; Amsterdam , 1883 ; Calcutta , 1884 ; Medical and Sanitary Exhibition , 1881 , & c . Our portrait is from a photograph by W . & D . Downey . Bro . BUSH is a member of the Salters '

Company , and has also been recognised b y having the rank of Chevalier of the Order of Leopold conferred on him b y his Majesty the King of the Belgians . He is also a member of the Alliance Lodge , No . 1827 .

Freemasonry In Turkey.

FREEMASONRY IN TURKEY .

THE ORIENTAL LODGE , No . 6 S 7 ( E . C)—On the night of St . John the Evangelist , Bro . Frewen , S . W ., was duly installed in the chair of K . S . by the out-going Master , Bro . j . U . Streater . A numerous Board of Past Masters of the Leinster , Oriental , and Bulwer Lodges were present at the ceremony , which was most impressively performed by Bro . Streater , who had the able assistance of Bro . Vinicombe Bey , D . C .

THELEINSTERL ODGE , No . 166 ( I . C)—This lodge is held in Haskieu , on the Golden Horn , in a Temple built by the Scotch Freemasons in those palmy days when Shanks Bey ( a Scotchman ) was chief of the engineering department of the Turkish Admiralty , and when Sir Henry Elliot ( H . B . M . Ambassador ) , and the late Sir Philip Francis ( H . B . M . Consul-General ) , used to preside over grand tea-meetings

of 600 Britishers in the Haskieu Institute . The colony has been so thinned out since then that the Leinster Lodge can hardly carry on its work . It is , however , gallantly assisted by the mother lodge . Althongh it is nearly threequarters of an hour's walk from Galata to Haskieu , and that over one of the roughest and most dangerous roads that a civilised being can imagine , several P . M . ' s of the

Oriental Lodge , on installation night , took their lanterns and walked to Haskieu and back ; the "light caique , " sung by Byron , being too dangerous on such a stormy night . This is noteworthy as showing the solidarity of Masonic lodges in Turkey . Bro . Jennings was replaced by Bro . MacGill , P . M ., the Installing Master being Bro . Dunn .

THE BULWER LODGE , No . 891 ( E . C . )—At thelast regular meeting of this lodge Bro . Adolphe Hoffman , S . W ., was installed in the chair of K . S . in place of Bro . Woods Pasha , W . M ., who had occupied the post for the past three years . The Installing Master was Bro . Streater , of No . 6 S 7 . Bro . Otto Dingier , P . M ., who had come expressly from Germany by the Orient Express to be present at the annual meeting , was presented with a Past Master's jewel , which

had been previously voted to him by the lodge as a token of esteem for his services . In the subsequent proceedings Bro . Hanly called attention to the remarkable fact that the five Past Masters belonging to the Bulwer Lodge , who rose in response to a toast in their honour , represented as many nationalities , namely : English , Irish , German , Danish , and Norwegian . This gives a notion of the cosmopolitan character of British Freemasonry in Turkey .

THE ITALIA RISORTA . —This lodge is in close communion with the English lodges , so much so that Bro . Geraci , who for some loyears pasthas ruled the Italia Risorta , has been made an honorary member of the two sister lodges , Oriental and Bulwer . The Italia Risorta is highly esteemed _ for the charitable work it does in Constantinople , and its annual

Charity ball has for many years past been encouraged by a donation of £ Tioo ( say £ 90 ) from H . I . M . the Sultan . The Persian Ambassador , H . E . Mohsin Khan , is the perennial patron of this ball , the proceeds of which contribute largely to succour the poor of Constantinople , where there is not even the sad resource of disabled humanitythe workhouse .

There are lodges in Constantinople under the French Constitution , but for well-known reasons they are not frequented by English Freemasons , and , as a matter of fact , they do not manifest their existence .

A Noble Example Of The Decorator's Art.

A NOBLE EXAMPLE OF THE DECORATOR'S ART .

A very distinguished company assembled on Wednesday , the 2 nd ult ., in the Masonic Temple , pursuant to invitation of Mr . William J . Kelly , to assist by their presence in the ceremonies of the opening of the Egyptian Hall . A year ago there was formed The Art Association of the Masonic

Temple , the object of which was and is to appropriately decorate that noble edifice . The first work which the association entered upon , and which it was permitted to do by the liberality of Mr . Kelly—who contributed several thousand dollars to secure its accomplishment as a fraternal memorial to his Masonic brother , Mr . Thomas R .

A Noble Example Of The Decorator's Art.

Patton—was to decorate the spacious Egyptian Hall . A detailed description of this imposing apartment will be found in another part of the Ledger , ani hence it is only necessary to say of it here that , initssplendourof design and beauty of execution , it once more proves that painting is as truly the handmaiden of architecture as the architect or artist is the servant of civilisation . It is wholly fit that art should go hand in hand with the magnificent torm , the noble

proportions , the massive walls , the spacious halls of this splendid Temple , for , as it is there employed , it is an educator of the mind , refining , elevating it . To so use it is not to waste money , but to use it with large wisdom . There are many things better than money , among them being that broad creed of Masonry which teaches faith in God and love for man ; education and art—art for art ' s sake , for the sake of that beauty which imparts to common things , as wood and iron and stone , ennobled forms , splendour of

design , magnificence ] of colour—all which ,, with their refining influence , appeal to the minds and souls of men . The artist who designed and executed this fine decorative work was Mr . George Herzog . —Philadelphia Public Ledger .

China.

China .

DISTRICT GRAND LODGE OP HONG KONG AND SOUTH CHINA . The annual meeting oE the above District Grand Lodge was held at the Masonic Hall , Hong Kong , on the 21 st December . Bro . S . J . Govver , D . D . G . M ., occupied the chair , when the following officers were appointed : Bro . P . Jordan Dist . S . G . W . „ C . VV . Duggan Dist . J . G . W . „ J . B . Ost ... Dist . G . Chap . „ D . Gillies Dist . G . Treas . „ F . W . Heuermann ... ... Dist . G . Reg . „ James Christie ... ... Dist . P . 8 . of G . P . „ A . O'D . Gourdin Dist . G . Sec . „ G . P . Jordan Dist . S . G . D . „ F . W . White Dist . J . G . D . „ A . Denison ... ... ... Dist . G . S . of W . „ A . D . Death Dist . G . D . C . „ Joseph Phillips Dist . A . G . D . C . „ C E . Reynolds Dist . G . Swd . Br . „ H . L . Stringer ... ... Dist . G . Org . „ G . J . W . King Dist . G . Purst . „ W . Christy Dist . A . G . Purst . „ J- B . Ost 1 „ L . A . Byworth ... ... I „ J . B . Scott I „ R . P . Dipple f-Dist . G . Stwds . „ W . Baker „ H . J . Scott „ B . N . Jenkins „ J . B . Grimble ' Dist . G . Tyler . Bros . G . C . Cox and F . E . G . Georg were elected Unofficial Members Board of General Purposes .

VICTORIA LODGE , No . 1026 . At the last meeting of the above lodge Bro . E . C . Ray , P . M ., was installed as W . M . for the ensuing year , and afterwards invested his officers as follows : Bros . Rev . J . B . Ost , S . W . ; L . K . Davis , J . W . ; P . Bazonjee , Treas . ; A . O'D . Gourdin . P . M ., Sec ; H . Sheppard , S . D . ; S . J . Danby , J . D . : F . Grimble , D . C . ; S . S . Benjamin , I . G . ; and J . K . Grimble , Tyler . Bro . S . J . Govver , D . D . G . M ., was the Installing Officer , and was assisted by the Grand Lodge Officers .

PERSEVERANCE LODGE , No . 1165 . At the last meeting of the above lodge Bro . G . P . Jordan was installed as W . M . for the ensuingyear by Bro . S . J . Gower , D . D . G . M ., assisted by Grand Lodge Officers . Bro . Jordan afterwards invested bis officers as follows : Bros . R . P . Dipple , S . W . ; P . Brewitt , J . W . j G . Hearn , S . D . ; R . Marwick , jun ,, J . D . ; R . W . R . Burder . Sec . ; A . Shelton Hooper , Treas . ; G . L . Tomlin , I . G . ; J . Collinson , D . C ; C . D . Wilkinson , Stwd . ; G . P . Lammert , Org . ; and J . R . Grimble , Tyler . After the lodge was closed , "The Health of the Newly-Installed Master " and a number of other toasts were drunk .

Willing's Selected Theatrical Programme.

WILLING'S SELECTED THEATRICAL PROGRAMME .

DRURY LANE THEATRE . Twice Daily , at 1 . 30 and 7 . 30 , THE BABES IN THE WOOD . COVENT GARDEN THEATRE . Twice Daily , at 2 and 7 . 30 , HENGLER ' S GRAND CIRQUE .

ADELPHI THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 , THE SILVER FALLS ; at 7 . 15 , FARCE . GAIETY THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 30 , FAUST UP TO DATE ; at 7 . 30 , FIRST MATE . VAUDEVILLE THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 50 , THAT DOCTOR CUPID ; at 7 . 50 , THE POET .

OPERA COM 1 QUE THEATRE . Every Afternoon , at 3 . THE REAL LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY . . Every Evening , at 8 . 30 , TARES ; at 7 . 45 , COOL AS A CUCUMBER . GLOBE THEATRE . Every Afternoon , at 2 . 30 , ALICE IN WONDERLAND .

COURT THEATRE . Every Evening , at 9 , MAMMA ; at 8 , Cox AND BOX . COMEDY THEATRE . Every Evening , at 9 , UNCLES . AUNTS ; at 8 , FENNEL .

TOOLE'S THEATRE . Every Evening , at 7 . 30 , THE DON ; at 7 . 45 , DEAF AS A POST . SAVOY THEATRE . Every Evening , at S . 15 , THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD ; at 7 . 20 , MRS . J ARRAMIE ' S GENIE .

AVENUE THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 15 , NADGY , ; at 7 . 30 , QUITS .

PRINCE OF WALES'S THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 15 , PAUL J ONES ; at 7 . 30 , J SMITH . TERRY'S THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 30 , SWEET LAVENDER .

LYRIC THEATRE . Every evening , atS . 15 , DOROTHY ; at 7 . 30 , WARRANTED BURGLAR PROOF . ROYALTY THEATRE . Every Evening , at 8 . 15 , FRENCH PLAYS . GRAND THEATRE . Every Evening , at 7 , 30 , SWEET CINDERELLA .

SURREY THEATRE . Every Evening , at 7 . 30 , THE FORTY THIEVES . SANGER'S AMPHITHEATRE . Twice Daily , at 2 and 7 . 30 , ROBINSON CRUSOE . ROYAL AQUARIUM . Open 12 ( noon ); close 11 . 30 . p . m . Constant Round of Amusement .

ALHAMBRA . Every Evening , at 7 . 30 , Variety Entertainment . Two Grand Ballets , & c . EMPIRE . Every Evening , at 7 . 30 , Variety Entertainment Grand Ballet , DIANA , & C .

LONDON PAVILION . Every Evening , Grand Variety Entertainment . CANTERBURY THEATRE OF VARIETIES . Every Evening , at 7 . 30 , Variety Entertainment , Humourous Sketches , & c

SUN MUSIC HALL . Every Evening . Variety Entertainment , Comic Sketch , & c . MADAME TUSSAUD & SONS' EXHIBITION . Open 10 a . m . till 10 p . m . Portrait Models of Past and Present Celebrities .

NIAGARA IN LONDON . Open Daily , from 10 till 10 . Colossal Picture of the Great Falls .