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Lodge is acknowledged by the United Grand Lodge of Canada and the title accompanying it is , bv courtesy , admitted . If , however , that brother affiliates with a lodge in this jurisdiction he lorleits the right to the courtesy accorded to . him as a visitor and can only be acknowledged as a Past Master , a rank that receives recognition everywhere ,

until by election or otherwise he reaches official rank in Grand Lodge . Manitoba is , we understand , one of the few , if . not the only Grand Lodge , where an affiliated Past Master must qualify for office in Grand Lodge by again passing through the chair of a lodge in that jurisdiction . The question of rank under the Grand Lodge of Canada is

determined by the Constitution , section T , y , which reads : — - " The privileges of Masonic rank under this Grand Lodge shall be restricted to those who have obtained rank under this jurisdiction . "

© © < e > It will be remembered that a similar question arose some time since in connection with a brother who had occupied the position of Deputy Grand Master in one of our Colonies , and although he was an English Mason and still a

concontributing member to a lodge in this country , he was by -courtesy accorded his Colonial Grand Lodge rank until he received an appointment as a Grand Officer of the Grand Lodge of England , when it was ruled that he could onl y claim to sit in Grand Lodge and wear the badge of a subordinate office to which he had been appointed .

o © © Freemasonry , it is said , is to form the subject of another play by Herr Rudolf Lothar , the author of " The Harlequin King , " so successfully produced at the Imperial Theatre . It will deal with Freemasonry in its Continental form , whatever

that may be . Are You a Mason ? " attained some popularity a few years since in London , and Freemasons can afford to join with the public in a laugh which a clever piece is certain to raise , albeit at the expense of ( he Universal Craft . The Grand Lodge of Scotland has chartered the thousandth

Lodge on its roll . The meetings arc to be held at Port Elizabeth . The lodge has been formed mostl y of Scottish Freemasons , although Masons of other Constitutions have already been drawn to it .

"It is woith while to call particular attention to the celebration , on January 6 th , of the two hundredth anniversary ol the birth of our distinguished brother , Benjamin Franklin 'the most useful American . ' As Americans , " says the Tyler-I \ cyslone , " we shall join in doing honour to the memory of this marvellous man . As Masons we ought also

to unite in paying tribute to him . v ' . n was a "father of American Masonry . " Some Masonic bodies have arranged to give the clay appropriate recognition We regret that the movement has not been more universal . Masons are justified in taking greatest pride in the fact that such a man

was not onl y a member of but actively interested in the Masonic fraternity , and when all America is shouting the praises of Franklin , recalling his wonderful achievements and glorif ying him as au ideal American citizen , surely we ought to join in the general acclamation and take active and leading part in the homage paid one of our most

distinguished brothers . Nothing could be better or more appropriate than that we as Masons should hold up as an example to young Masons and young Americans the life of

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this great and useful citizen , a man whose hie no Mason , old or young , need deem it wasted time to study as model for his own . In times like these , when commercialism is our religion and the dollar our god , a man could say : " If 1 can be the means of communicating anything valuable to the world , I do not always think of gaining , nor even

of saving , by mv business , " appears more as demi-gocl than human and deserves to have his life principles taught in every possible manner . Here , then , is something practical for Masonry to do for its young novitiates ; here is an actual reality , a living ideal to hold before them , a model for the good citizens we must make if we are to be the patriots we are taught to be . " © © ©

\\ e are accustomed to apply the term " Masonic tramps '' to those vagrant individuals who scour the country , seeking to separate the unwary brother from his hard-earned lucre bv posing as distressed worthy Master Masons . But the appelalion may well be fastened to the ever-hungry type of brother whose lodge room is the banquet hall and whose proficiency

is confined to the " degree of the Knife and Fork . " Masonic labour he abhors but in refreshment is his great delight— a true "knight of the road . "—Tvlcr-Kevstone .

* «• ¦ © V . W . Bro . the Rev . H . W . Turner , P . G . Chap , and Grand Superintendent of Surrey , will occupy the chair at the Annual Festival of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement to be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday evening , February 23 rd .

The work will , as usual , be allotted to brethren whose proficiency has been proved , and a perfect rendering of the ceremonies is assured . There is no more esteemed and popular brother than the chairman , and his presidency will maintain the continuity of Masonic worthies who have for so many successive years lent their powerful influence in

support of this College of Masonry . © © © With Masonic honours the Lord Mayor , who will be accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and the Sheriffs , will lay

the foundation-stone of the new church of St . Philip the Apostle at South Tottenham on Saturday , February to , at three o ' clock .

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