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Expenses Of Freemasonry.
EXPENSES OF FREEMASONRY .
There is a feeling being given general expression to , that Freemasonry cdsts too much . Not that the initial or the normal current expenses are too heavy , but that the unauthorised exactions are becoming somewhat burdensome . In Indiatheactualexpensesare somewhat as follows : Initiation Rupees j . Fellow Craft Degree Rupees 15 , Master Mason ' s Degree Rupees 20 , Apron Rupees 15 , Total Rupees 95 . This scarcely varies all over India .
Then the current expenses are Rupees 3 per mensem subscription , and the two voluntary charges of dinner and the Charity collection . We call these voluntary , but in point of fact they should be regarded as necessary . This comeF , say , to Rupees per mensem in all , and added to the initial outlay , it makes Rupees 179 for the first year ' s expense . This factought to be made clear to every candidate for Freemasonry . Of course , it may be said
a brother need not dine , and he need not give anything to the Charity Fund . In reply to which it may be urged that we want neither unsociable nor uncharitable brethren . Whilst the Fourth Degree is not a part of pure and ancient Freemasonry , a brother who habitually absents himself from the social board loses a great deal of what makes Masonry enjoyable .
Nor do we want poor men in the Order . In determining the qualifications of a candidate , and allowing his name to be put on the summons , the Worship ful Master should make strict inquiry upon this as upon other points . Were this gone into as it ought to be , we should have far fewer Masonic loafers .
There are many , it is well known , who enter the Order with one eye , if not both , on the Masonic Charities , and regard their membership as on a par with their membership of the Oddfellows and Foresters and the like . Many others are known to come in for trade purposes . They fancy they will get preferential dealing , and are heard to complain if they do not .
Now in most of the American G . Lodges there is a proviso with regard to the Charities that when any case is considered it shall be asked whether , at the lime of I is initiation , he was in sufficiently reputable circumstances to warrant such expense being incurred . True , the Worshipful Master asks the brother to declare upon his honour that he is actuated by no unworthy motive , but many would consider that the hope of securing a free education for children and annuities for themselves when worn out was a very worthy motive indeed .
I . et us now come to the extraordinary expenses . At the end of his second year , the newly-made brother , if attentive and appreciative , looks out for an office and gets it , and in many lodges is expected to make a special contribution to the Lodge Charity Fund in honour of the event . Moreover he has become accuttomed by this time to the annual circulation of a sheet of paper asking for subscriptions for the Master ' s and Secretary ' s jewels . As a private member probably he felt he would be if he
censuring his superiors , gave more than a couple of rupees , and possibly he may have escaped altogether . As an officer he does not escapeat all events with any sense of self-respect left ! When he arrives at the chair , he finds , in addition to the installation fee , he is expected to contribute whatever the installation dinner costs over and above the recoveries from brethren dining . This may come , and within our knowledge has , up to 400 Rupees . As he expects a jewel himself at the end of his year of office , he is bound to head the subscription list on behalf of his predecessor with a handsome donation .
This applies , of course , to every subscription got up . He then commences a career in District Grand Lodge and commences at the same time a freth career of " shelling out . " So that on the whole Masonry is by no means an inexpensive business . What shall we say then of the higher Degrees ? VVe see brethren who
we know can barely afford their ordinary lodge fees , not only joining two or even three other lodges , but taking all the expensive " side" Digrees . With every one of these there will be found some earnest and enthusiastic brother who makes it his business to recruit , say , for the Secret Monitor and the Cryptic Degrees , and the Allied Degrees , not to mention the Royal Arch and Mark .
All these mean from 15 Rupees to 50 Rupees entrance fees in each case , expensive clothing and jewels , more dinners , and other incidental expenses . Now things are managed more wisely in lingland . It is well-known that the side Degrees are only open to well-to-do brethren . There is no touting for them , and in this connection it is noteworthy that , in the O . der
ot the secret Monitor , more than half the conclaves on the register are in the Colonies . Whatever may be thought of the Degrees of pure and ancient Freemasonry as to their necessity or advisability , there ca 1 be no question as to the other Degrees . They are luxuries—pure and simple—and—as practised in India at all events—are only excises for social gatherings .
No brother has any right to indulge himself in them until he has ascertained tint it can be done without detriment to himself or his connections . There is no reason why a Masonic dinner should cost Rupees 3 . V or Rupees 4 . It is well-known that even this does not cover the total cost , the balance coming out of lodge funds . Why should a man who is content with simple fare at home rei * lire the most expensive of everything when he comes to lod ge ? And when economy has to be practised somewhere—it is practised at the expense of the Lodge Charity Fund . We contend there is something wrong somewhere . Masonry should not be a perpetuall y increasing monetary tax . —Im / ian Masonic Review .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JABEZ HOGG . Bro . Jabez Hogg , the distinguished consulting ophthalmic surgeon , and the popular writer on the microscope , died suddenly 01 Sunday at his residence , 102 , Palace Gardens-terrace , Kensington , at the age of 82 . The youngest son of the late Mr . John Hogg , of the Royal Dockyard , Chatham , he was born at Chithim on Good Friday , April 4 th , 1817 , and was for som » timaa schoolfellow of the late
Charles Dickens at a small school carried on in Clover-lane by Mr . Giles , a young Baptist minister , whose place of worship , Providence Chapel , was next door to the house in St . Mary ' s-place , Chatham , where the Dickens family resided , for John Dickens , Charles ' s father , was also at this time employed in Chatham Dockyard . From this preparatory school he passed to Rochester Grammar School , and leaving there at the age of 15 was soon after apprenticed to a medical
practitioner . The succeeding five years he passed in this employ , and studying medicine at the Hunterian School he entered as a student at Charing-cross Hospital , and in 1850 received his diploma as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons . Applying himself more especially to the study of the eye under all its aspects , he became a specialist in that subject , and for 45 years—from 1850 to 1895—practised as an ophthalmic surgeon . He was for 25 years
consulting surgeon to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital , and also served in a similar position the Hospital for Women and Children and the Royal Masonic Institutions , he being well-known in Masonry , in which he always took a deep interest , which obtained for him , in 1867 , from the Earl of Zetland , the dignity of a Grand Officer of Grand Lodge . Bro . Hogg , before devoting himself to ophthalmology , before , indeed , he had entered as a hospital student , had
devoted himself to literary work , writing for some of the magazines , and preparing for publication a Manual on the Art of Photography , then in its early infancy . He was twice married , his first wife being daughter of the late Captain Davis , of the Indian Navy , and his second , whom he married in 1859 , the youngest daughter of the late Captain James Read , aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Hastings when Governor-General of India . The funeral is appointed to take place to-day ( Friday ) , at Kensal Green Cemetery , at a quarter past 2 .
BRO . J . T . NEWBOLD . The death took place at Bury , very suddenly , on the 25 th inst ., of Bro . Joseph Taylor Newbold , of the Springs , Bury . The deceased was a man of independent means , and occupied a prominent position amongst the public
men of Bury . He was a Justice of the Peace for the barough and a Freemason , and held high offices both in Bury and the Province of East Lancashire . A peculiarly sad circumstance of Bro . Newbold ' s death is that his brother lies dangerously ill at Bury , and that he had spent the greater part of Monday night in watching at his bedside .
A CHEQUE FOR £ 1000 as a domtion to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund has been received from Mr . J . B . Robinson . This is the second contribution of £ 1000 received this week , and the support thus given may be taken as indicative of sympathy with the laudable objects of the fund and approval of the practical methods adopted to attain them .
SIR HERMANN WEIIER , Dr . Hillier , Mr . Malcolm Morris , and Mr . Rube have been appointed by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as the representatives of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis at the Berlin Congress , which will last from May 24 to 28 , under the presidency of the Duke of Ratisbon .
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE been concluded by which the great bazaar in aid of the Charing-cross Hospital—to take place on June 21 st and 22 nd—will be held at the Albert Hall . In order to obtain as much floor space as possible for the erection of 30 or more stalls which will be the main feature of this big fancy fair , it has been decided to board the whole of the arena of the hall up to the level of the first tier of the private boxes .
AT ST . MARY ' S CHURCHYARD , Mortimer , Berks , the remains of the late Sir John Mowbray were interred , on the 27 th instant , in the presence of a large number of his Parliamentary colleagues . A memorial service was held in St . Margaret ' s , Westminster . The funeral of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton took place in Brompton Cemetery . The Queen sent a bay-leaf wreath , and was represented by Major-Gei . eral Sir Iohn McNeill . •J
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Expenses Of Freemasonry.
EXPENSES OF FREEMASONRY .
There is a feeling being given general expression to , that Freemasonry cdsts too much . Not that the initial or the normal current expenses are too heavy , but that the unauthorised exactions are becoming somewhat burdensome . In Indiatheactualexpensesare somewhat as follows : Initiation Rupees j . Fellow Craft Degree Rupees 15 , Master Mason ' s Degree Rupees 20 , Apron Rupees 15 , Total Rupees 95 . This scarcely varies all over India .
Then the current expenses are Rupees 3 per mensem subscription , and the two voluntary charges of dinner and the Charity collection . We call these voluntary , but in point of fact they should be regarded as necessary . This comeF , say , to Rupees per mensem in all , and added to the initial outlay , it makes Rupees 179 for the first year ' s expense . This factought to be made clear to every candidate for Freemasonry . Of course , it may be said
a brother need not dine , and he need not give anything to the Charity Fund . In reply to which it may be urged that we want neither unsociable nor uncharitable brethren . Whilst the Fourth Degree is not a part of pure and ancient Freemasonry , a brother who habitually absents himself from the social board loses a great deal of what makes Masonry enjoyable .
Nor do we want poor men in the Order . In determining the qualifications of a candidate , and allowing his name to be put on the summons , the Worship ful Master should make strict inquiry upon this as upon other points . Were this gone into as it ought to be , we should have far fewer Masonic loafers .
There are many , it is well known , who enter the Order with one eye , if not both , on the Masonic Charities , and regard their membership as on a par with their membership of the Oddfellows and Foresters and the like . Many others are known to come in for trade purposes . They fancy they will get preferential dealing , and are heard to complain if they do not .
Now in most of the American G . Lodges there is a proviso with regard to the Charities that when any case is considered it shall be asked whether , at the lime of I is initiation , he was in sufficiently reputable circumstances to warrant such expense being incurred . True , the Worshipful Master asks the brother to declare upon his honour that he is actuated by no unworthy motive , but many would consider that the hope of securing a free education for children and annuities for themselves when worn out was a very worthy motive indeed .
I . et us now come to the extraordinary expenses . At the end of his second year , the newly-made brother , if attentive and appreciative , looks out for an office and gets it , and in many lodges is expected to make a special contribution to the Lodge Charity Fund in honour of the event . Moreover he has become accuttomed by this time to the annual circulation of a sheet of paper asking for subscriptions for the Master ' s and Secretary ' s jewels . As a private member probably he felt he would be if he
censuring his superiors , gave more than a couple of rupees , and possibly he may have escaped altogether . As an officer he does not escapeat all events with any sense of self-respect left ! When he arrives at the chair , he finds , in addition to the installation fee , he is expected to contribute whatever the installation dinner costs over and above the recoveries from brethren dining . This may come , and within our knowledge has , up to 400 Rupees . As he expects a jewel himself at the end of his year of office , he is bound to head the subscription list on behalf of his predecessor with a handsome donation .
This applies , of course , to every subscription got up . He then commences a career in District Grand Lodge and commences at the same time a freth career of " shelling out . " So that on the whole Masonry is by no means an inexpensive business . What shall we say then of the higher Degrees ? VVe see brethren who
we know can barely afford their ordinary lodge fees , not only joining two or even three other lodges , but taking all the expensive " side" Digrees . With every one of these there will be found some earnest and enthusiastic brother who makes it his business to recruit , say , for the Secret Monitor and the Cryptic Degrees , and the Allied Degrees , not to mention the Royal Arch and Mark .
All these mean from 15 Rupees to 50 Rupees entrance fees in each case , expensive clothing and jewels , more dinners , and other incidental expenses . Now things are managed more wisely in lingland . It is well-known that the side Degrees are only open to well-to-do brethren . There is no touting for them , and in this connection it is noteworthy that , in the O . der
ot the secret Monitor , more than half the conclaves on the register are in the Colonies . Whatever may be thought of the Degrees of pure and ancient Freemasonry as to their necessity or advisability , there ca 1 be no question as to the other Degrees . They are luxuries—pure and simple—and—as practised in India at all events—are only excises for social gatherings .
No brother has any right to indulge himself in them until he has ascertained tint it can be done without detriment to himself or his connections . There is no reason why a Masonic dinner should cost Rupees 3 . V or Rupees 4 . It is well-known that even this does not cover the total cost , the balance coming out of lodge funds . Why should a man who is content with simple fare at home rei * lire the most expensive of everything when he comes to lod ge ? And when economy has to be practised somewhere—it is practised at the expense of the Lodge Charity Fund . We contend there is something wrong somewhere . Masonry should not be a perpetuall y increasing monetary tax . —Im / ian Masonic Review .
Obituary.
Obituary .
BRO . JABEZ HOGG . Bro . Jabez Hogg , the distinguished consulting ophthalmic surgeon , and the popular writer on the microscope , died suddenly 01 Sunday at his residence , 102 , Palace Gardens-terrace , Kensington , at the age of 82 . The youngest son of the late Mr . John Hogg , of the Royal Dockyard , Chatham , he was born at Chithim on Good Friday , April 4 th , 1817 , and was for som » timaa schoolfellow of the late
Charles Dickens at a small school carried on in Clover-lane by Mr . Giles , a young Baptist minister , whose place of worship , Providence Chapel , was next door to the house in St . Mary ' s-place , Chatham , where the Dickens family resided , for John Dickens , Charles ' s father , was also at this time employed in Chatham Dockyard . From this preparatory school he passed to Rochester Grammar School , and leaving there at the age of 15 was soon after apprenticed to a medical
practitioner . The succeeding five years he passed in this employ , and studying medicine at the Hunterian School he entered as a student at Charing-cross Hospital , and in 1850 received his diploma as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons . Applying himself more especially to the study of the eye under all its aspects , he became a specialist in that subject , and for 45 years—from 1850 to 1895—practised as an ophthalmic surgeon . He was for 25 years
consulting surgeon to the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital , and also served in a similar position the Hospital for Women and Children and the Royal Masonic Institutions , he being well-known in Masonry , in which he always took a deep interest , which obtained for him , in 1867 , from the Earl of Zetland , the dignity of a Grand Officer of Grand Lodge . Bro . Hogg , before devoting himself to ophthalmology , before , indeed , he had entered as a hospital student , had
devoted himself to literary work , writing for some of the magazines , and preparing for publication a Manual on the Art of Photography , then in its early infancy . He was twice married , his first wife being daughter of the late Captain Davis , of the Indian Navy , and his second , whom he married in 1859 , the youngest daughter of the late Captain James Read , aide-de-camp to the Marquis of Hastings when Governor-General of India . The funeral is appointed to take place to-day ( Friday ) , at Kensal Green Cemetery , at a quarter past 2 .
BRO . J . T . NEWBOLD . The death took place at Bury , very suddenly , on the 25 th inst ., of Bro . Joseph Taylor Newbold , of the Springs , Bury . The deceased was a man of independent means , and occupied a prominent position amongst the public
men of Bury . He was a Justice of the Peace for the barough and a Freemason , and held high offices both in Bury and the Province of East Lancashire . A peculiarly sad circumstance of Bro . Newbold ' s death is that his brother lies dangerously ill at Bury , and that he had spent the greater part of Monday night in watching at his bedside .
A CHEQUE FOR £ 1000 as a domtion to H . R . H . the Prince of Wales' Hospital Fund has been received from Mr . J . B . Robinson . This is the second contribution of £ 1000 received this week , and the support thus given may be taken as indicative of sympathy with the laudable objects of the fund and approval of the practical methods adopted to attain them .
SIR HERMANN WEIIER , Dr . Hillier , Mr . Malcolm Morris , and Mr . Rube have been appointed by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales as the representatives of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption and other forms of Tuberculosis at the Berlin Congress , which will last from May 24 to 28 , under the presidency of the Duke of Ratisbon .
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE been concluded by which the great bazaar in aid of the Charing-cross Hospital—to take place on June 21 st and 22 nd—will be held at the Albert Hall . In order to obtain as much floor space as possible for the erection of 30 or more stalls which will be the main feature of this big fancy fair , it has been decided to board the whole of the arena of the hall up to the level of the first tier of the private boxes .
AT ST . MARY ' S CHURCHYARD , Mortimer , Berks , the remains of the late Sir John Mowbray were interred , on the 27 th instant , in the presence of a large number of his Parliamentary colleagues . A memorial service was held in St . Margaret ' s , Westminster . The funeral of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton took place in Brompton Cemetery . The Queen sent a bay-leaf wreath , and was represented by Major-Gei . eral Sir Iohn McNeill . •J
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SMOKERS SHOULD USE CALVERT'S DENTOPHEHOLENE. A DELICIOUS ANTISEPTIC LIQUID DENTIFRICE . A fow drops in a wineglass of water makes a dolioious wash , for sweetening tho breath and leaving a pleasant taste and refreshing coolness in tlio mouth . Editor of Health saya : —" Most effectual for strengthening tho gums in caso of tenderness and ridding tho mouth of tho aroma of tobacco . " Is . Od . and 2 s . 6 d . Bottles , at Chemists , & c , or Post Freo for Value . Illustrated Pamphlet of Calvert ' s Carbolic Preparations sont post free on application . F . C . CALVERT & CO ., Manchester .
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^WJ*JRwri*KA.T*NcSfcOo.,LTD., 73 to 77 , COW CROSS ST ., LONDON , E . G ., and 918 , HIGH ROAD , TOTTENHAM , ManufacturersofHighClassCigars. ^^^^oK^O^^^^Pricesfrom^^^S^KIo^P^k ^^^mm^mMmM^m^3/3to30/per100^^^^^^^hS^^S^ SAMPLES AND PRICE LIST SENT ON APPLICATION ,