Vol. XVIII. No. 7. JANUARY 19 0 5 MASONIC MAGAZINE PUBLISHED BY THE TRESTLE BOARD CO SAN FRAN Cl SCO, CAL. GOLDEN STATE LIMITED About December 30th, 1904, this great train will start on the first trip of its third successful season .... Running daily from Los Angeles to Chicago via El Paso through Kansas City and the enchanting country covered by the ROCK ISLAND SYSTEM. New Equipment , embracing everything modern and up-to date with exceptionally fine dining service. The Owl from San Francisco will connect with it at Los Angeles. SOUTHERN PACIFIC f "(Trestle Boari 1 CONTENTS FOR JANUARY, 1905 In a Friei-diy Sort 0 W ay Freemasonry ir Prussia 4 4 4i».7 4 .6 A Golden Mile Post 4 7 DJoy CnrpH Tlirnncrh 4 •*.’ 1 / Id,/. Oct \ CU JL 111 ULigil ‘Jin j • 442 C IIP 'IU 11 1C UCaLlULc vi - Addre^v to °,^d TJecrree Alisons 44. firnnnsnprtinn . 444 CliClicC ailu v^ii LUUic^LLiivii • • • The Power of Prayer Afasnnrvs Origin 446 446 r anMnn on \ on rhino' 417 Perfect Ashlars of Masonic Thought Editor’s Corner 44" 450 Master Mason’s Daughter. Banqueting Petty Gambling. The Right of Burial Relief The Master [Mason’s Apron 4.34 The Application of Masonry 4 56 What is a Landmark? 457 Ever There Has Been a Corner-stone 459 Temple of Character 461 The Mission of Masonry y 462 Cheer Up 465 Comfortable Lodge Rooms 434 The York Rite and the Scottish Rite 4b 5 More Care Should be Exercised 467 Prompt Opening 46" California Nuggets 469 Eastern Star Points 470 Chips from the Stone Quarries 471 Book Shelf 474 PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 'iThc trestle Board Company jo 2-104 Second St., San Francisco , Cal. Edited by James ’Wright Anderson and Edmund Mansfield Atkinson. Walter N. Brunt, Business Manager. Subscription Price, $i.oo a Year; Single Copies, io Cents. Entered at the Po*t office at Sac Francisco. California, as second-class matter. Liberal commission to active agents. Correspondence solicited from every locality, jurisdiction and country on subjects pertaining to every Rite and Branch of Masonry. THE TRESTLE BOARD Masonic Calendar. IN EVENING CLOTHES FOR IMMEDIATE USE WE STAND PRE-EMINENT (fV {ijljae. Jvrtlus & ^fja. (fxrl U5U)f |^igl) (^raip (gloth irrs. 132 Ifcrarrtt) ^Irrel, $* n $ rancisro. SflN FRflNGISGO AND ALAMEDA GOUNTIE*. Stated Meeting*. MONDAY i*t ♦Occidental Lodge, No. 22. 1st *Hermann Lodge, No. 127. 1st f King Solomon’s Lodge, No. 260. ist & 3d *San Francisco R. A. Chapter, No. 1. 1st & 3d JGolden Gate Commandery, No. 16. 2d &4th gBeulah Chapter, No. 99, O. E. S. 2d & 4th fff Olive Branch Chapter, No. 169 O. E. S. every ♦♦♦Oakland Scottish Rite Bodies, ist & 3d fffSan Francisco Chapter, No. 196, O. E. S. last ♦♦♦♦Fruitvale Lodge, No. 336. TUESDAY ist *Golden Gate Lodge, No. 30. ist *Oriental Lodge, No. 144. ist **San Francisco Lodge, No. 360, U. D. ist tf Brooklyn Lodge, No. 225. w _. Mission Commandery, K. T. ist & 3d *California Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M. ist & 3d **Starr King Chapter, O. E. S., No. 204. ist ffOakland Commandery, No 11. 2d & 4th jlvy Chapter, No 27, O. E. S. 2d &4th || || Unity Chapter, No. 65, O. E. S. ist & 3d Berkeley Chapter, O. E. S., Berkeley. WEDNESDAY ist *Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 44. ist *Crockett Lodge, No 139. ist *Excelsior Lodge, No. 166. ist ^Mission Lodge, No. 169. ist& 3d ffOakland Chapter, No. 36, R. A. M. ist *California Council, No. 2, R. & S. M. 2d tlslam Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. 2d&4th ggCarita Chapter, No. 115, O. E. S. ist& 3d fKing Solomon’s Chapter, No. 170, O. E. S, THURSDAY ist **Starr King Lodge, 344 ist *California Lodge, No. 1. ist *Fidelity Lodge, No. 120. ist gSouth San Francisco Lodge, No. 212. ist *Doric Lodge, No. 216. ist ^Mission R. A. Chapter, No. 79. ist || jj Alcatraz Lodge, No. 244. 2d ggOak Grove Lodge, No. 215. ist *Yerbn Buena Lodge of Perfection, No. i,S. R. At Call *Yerba Buena Chapter of Rose Croix, No. 1. At Call *Godfrey de St. Omar Council, No. 1. At Call *San Francisco Consistory. No. 1. 5th ffOakland Council, No. 12, R. &>$. M. At Call *Pacific Coast Masonic Veteran Association. 2d & 4th fHarmony Chapter, No, 124, O. E S. 2d & 4th ffOak Leaf Chapter, No. 8, O. E. S. ist & 3d ffOakland Chapter, No. 140, O. E. S. ist & 3d fCalifornia Chapter, No. 183, O. E. S. ist fttPresidio Lodge, No. 354. FRIDAY ist *Pacific Lodge. No. 136. ist *Loge La Parfaite Union, No. 17. ist ffLive Oak Lodge, No. 61. ist IffiDurant Lodge, No. 268. every *California Commandery, No. 1. ist & 3d f Golden Gate Chapter, No. 1, O. E. S. Tst *Loggi Esperanza Italiana, No. 219. 2d & 4th JCrescent Court, No. 3, R. & A. D. SATURDAY IfMission Lodge, No. 169. ist ffOakland Lodge, No. 188. ist ^Berkeley Lodge, No. 363. 2d ggAlameda Chapter, No. 70, R. A. M. every Masonic Board of Relief, Emma Spreckels Bldg. , 927 Market St., Room 604. last *Past Masters’ Association. 2d & 4th ^Mission Chapter, No. 155, O. E- S. ist & 3d X Aloha Chapter, O. E. S., No. 2c 6. * Masonic Temple, Corner Post and Montgomery Sts' f Franklin Hall, Fillmore, bet. Sutter and Bush Sts. % Golden Gate Commandery Hall, 629 Sutter St. \ Masonic Hall, Railroad Ave., South San Francisco. || B’nai B’rith Hall. 121 Eddy St. *|f Masonic Hall, 2668 Mission St., bet. 22d and 23d Sts. ff Masonic Temple, 12th & Washington Sts., Oakland, jj E. 14th St., East Oakland. Illj Peralta St. near 7th St., West Oakland. $ Masonic Temple, Park St., Alameda. iHl Masonic Hall. Berkeley Station. ♦♦♦Scottish Rite Cathedral, 14th & Webster Sts., Oakland fff 223 Sutter St. ♦♦Devisadero Hall, 317 Devisadero St. ♦♦♦♦East 14th St. and Fruitvale ave., Fruitvale. tUOcUvia and Union Streets. ^Trestle 13oari> Vol. XVIII JANUARY, J 905 No. 7 ’*\\ hen a man ain’t got a cent, and he's feeling kind o’ blue And the clouds hang dark an’ heavy an’ won't let the sunshine through, It's a great thing. O my brethren, fer a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly sort o' way ! "It makes a man feel curious; it makes the tear drops start. Air you feel a sort o’ flutter in the region of the heart ; You can't look up and meet his eyes, you don't know what to say. When his hand is on your shoulder in a friendly sort o’ way. "Oh, the world's a curious compound, with its honey and its gall. With its care and bitter crosses; but a good world after all. An’ a good God must have made it — least-ways, that's what I say, When a hand rests on my shoulder in a friendly sort o’ way.’’ 434 THE TRESTLE BOARD FREEMASONRY IN PRUSSIA BY BRO. GILBERT PATTED BROWN. F ALL the countries in Europe Freemasonry was never intro- duced into any one under more favorable circumstances than it was introduced into Prussia by Frederick H, sur- named the Great. It was at a time when priestcraft was much in dis- favor to the better thinking people of that nation. Frederick the Great had been made a member of the Craft in “Absolm Lodge / 5 in Germany. In Prussia he or- ganized a Lodge at the Castle of Rlieins- berg, in one of the choicest rooms. Fie there presided and worked the three de- grees upon many of the leading men of his times. In Charlottenburg, he pre- sided over “The First Lodge . 55 It was also called “The Lodge of the King, our Grand Master . 55 On September 13 (of that 3 - ear), 1740, he resigned, when a new Lodge was established in Berlin. It was called “The Three Globes , 55 its leading members were those made Masons at the hands of Frederick. This Lodge existed four years only, when it reorganized under the title “Royal Grand Mother Lodge of the Three Globes . 55 During those four years Lodges had been chartered at Halle, Frankfort, Minminger and Breslau. The King was elected Grand Master of the new Grand Lodge, thus we see the Ma- sonic institution firmly established in Prussia. He continued as Grand Master during the “Seven Years 5 War . 55 In 1747 the wise King appointed the Duke of HoL stein-Beck, Vice Grand Master, the ritual was then somewhat changed, also were the statutes revised. For a few years the Craft made but little gain, yet its prestige remained high. About 1755 a new Lodge, “La Petite Concorde , 55 was chartered in Berlin. Eminent men were there made Masons. In 1760 a Lodge called “The Three Dover 55 was founded in Berlin, by several French prisoners of war. This brought sorrow to the Craft. The French Ma- son iy did not suit the brethren of origi- nal Lodges there, and then came the sor- rowful hour of Prussian Freemasomy. In 1765 the eminent gentleman, Zinnendrof, became the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge. His reign was unsuccessful as Grand Master, and in 1770 he instituted at Berlin still another Grand Lodge, which he called “The Grand 'National Lodge of Germany . 55 For this act he obtained royal permission, and most important of all was that he had been granted a con- stitution from the Grand Lodge of Eng- land. Then came a new light into Free- masonry in that country. The next im- portant move was to bring Masonic har- mony in the Craft. This was not an easy matter. The French rite had made a sen- sation in Berlin and other great cities in Masonic circles. In 1772, however, there came a mild understanding in fraternal relations. The matter was partly settled by a change in the name of the Grand Lodge, calling it “National Grand Mother Lodge for the Prussian States . 55 The Lodges, “The Three Globes 55 and “Royal York of Friendship 55 still remained partly independent. Had there been perfect har- mony from the first established Lodge by Frederick the Craft would have been still more powerful than it was in shaping the destinies of the great German Empire. In 1798 there was issued a royal edict against all Masonic and secret meetings of any kind being held in that country. There, had harmony prevailed, not only would the teaching of the Craft have been heeded, but more beneficial would have been the result. Thus may the Masonic institution throughout the entire world take a lesson from early Freemasonry in Prussia, and may the day never come when the Brotherhood on this side of the Atlantic shall have to pass through sucli troublous times. 0*0*0*0*0^0*-0*<^* <>♦<>♦<> ♦O^O^O+O ♦<>♦<>♦ O ♦<>♦<> ♦O^O^O^O^O^ljp THE TRESTLE BOARD 435 THE INSTALLING MASTER By E. G. Crisp, Past Master. Would you be Installing Master Of a lodge of old Freemasons? Would you do the ceremony Of installing a new Master? Then make up your mind for study — For the study of the tenets. And the charges of the Order. Learn by rote from out the text book, And repeat it often daily, Till your memory is perfect — Till you have acquired precision. Then conduct the ceremony As the Master of all others. Take in hand the evening’s meaning; Master be in giving orders ; Weigh well every word you utter — Every word and every accent. Let the words convey a meaning; Yes, a meaning to each Mason : And let every word you’re saying Sound both clearly and distinctly, So that each and every brother May hear and be interested. Like the brook, flow on forever; Be not guilty of a falter; Own not to a single stammer ; To your memory whisper “fail not;” Let your intellect have courage ; Bear in mind it is your duty. Speak with force and with precision. Words well weighed with much wisdom. Words that carry much of wisdom — Words the author has intended Should strike home unto the heavens. Be the man to bear the burden Of illustrious old masters. Let the mantle of Past Masters Fall not on unworthy shoulders ; But do you act your part so that Craftship loses not its lustre — Loses none of its old greatness. Loses not its light and lustre Whilst it rests upon your shoulders. Feel you have the inspiration Of the many great old masters Who have trod the path before you. Recognize it is your duty To preserve their faith and prestige — To preserve their living greatness. See you place no taint or tarnish On their living fame and grandeur. See that pure and quite unsullied You. as an Installing Master, Pass the mantle of the great ones Who have trod the path before you — Who with grace and reputation Have in many by-gone ages Borne their part within the lodges.. — Illinois Freemason. 0^0 ♦ O ♦ 0*0* ♦<>♦<>♦<> ♦<>♦<>♦<>•♦<>♦<>♦ <>♦<>♦<>♦<>♦>}< 436 THE TRESTLE BOARD THE STEPS T IS not correct that we should enter the lodge walk- ing as we walk in the street, stumbling at each step over the cobble-stones in the road- way or the imperfections of the footpath. The steps of the Mason must be firm, equal, straight, well-calculated. Firm, so that a slip in the path of vice may not make us roll to the bottom of public contempt; equal, so as not to walk too fast nor remain un- stripped in the conquest of the ground where we are to set up the ensign of legi- timate progress; straight, so as not to de- viate one point from the ideal; well-cal- culated, to the end of not compromising ourselves prematurely, nor arriving late when stimulus, propaganda, or effort is re- quired. The Mason cannot retread the road, nor be detained in his progressive march. When he has had more years of study, he will be able to take a step to the right and another to the left, to return to the straight line — demonstrating thus that he has a desire to return to the path of honor and enough moral strength to re- form all the vacillations of the spirit. When he has reached plentitude of Ma- sonic knowledge, he will take two steps more, contracting himself, jumping, lift- ing his feet over the obstacles which ap- peared insuperable, without tripping over the stones in the way, without falling on account of the effort realized, without plac- ing his soul in the abyss, resting it where he premediately desires, on firm ground and in the sure path of perfection. The Mason never runs and is at no time sta- tionary. He goes forward, with his body erect, decided will, and his look fixed on the East of Wisdom, where the knowledge of truth resides. He there turns his head when a solicitation calls him; but never turns his back on truth. He attends to the appeal of valor and strength; has a complacent look for beauty and pleasure, but nothing more than a look. His de- cision is fixed, his tenacious desire tends to the triumph of justice — to the absolute imperiousness of reason. Thus he re- mains at the end of his triumphal march, standing to order in token of respect to his brethren, face to face with the truth, awaiting the mandates of conscience, obe- dient to the inspirations of the Divinity. — Masonic Review , J ohannesburg . Pythagoras This great philosopher lived in the body 570-470 B. C., and “may truly be said to constitute the fountain-head of Greek cul- ture, but more especially of the ideal phil- osophy of Plato.” He was the first to coin the word philosophy, and character- ized its cultivation as “the supreme effort to become wise and good.” He established a secret brotherhood. “They abstained from flesh eating, they wore white linen garments, they sang a song before their meals, and they refused to wear leather sandals because they were prepared from the skins of slain animals. They had all things in common, and so remind us of the Shaker fraternities of the present day.” J amblicus says : “Amongst other reasons Pythagoras enjoined abstinence from the flesh of animals was because it is condu- cive to peace.” The largest rooln in the world, under one roof and unbroken pillars, is at St. Petersburg. It is 620 feet long and 150 feet in breadth. By daylight it is used for military displays, and a whole batta- lion can completely maneuver in it. By night 20,000 wax tapers give it a beauti- ful appearance. The roof is a single arch of iron. “That poet gentleman that came to board with us this week has written some- thin 5 he calls { A Summer Idyl/ ” said the farmer’s wife. “I'll bet it’s about our hired man.” exclaimed the farmer. THE TRESTLE BOATW 43 : ■J. Pitcher Spooner Co., Photo , Stockton Officers of Morning Star Lodge, No. 08, F. and A. M., 1 1 >C4 A. F. W. Weber F. M. West Chas. E. Howe Geo. Homage Ed. C. Stewart E. A. Rachellor John O. Derr John Yardley Geo. H. Butterick Edgar W. Butters Geo. W. Grupe A GOLDEN MILE POST There was a red letter day on the twen- ty-eighth day of December. 190L in the annals of Morning Star Lodge. Xo. 68, F. A A. M.. of Stockton. Cal., when the fifteenth anniversary of the organization of that Lodge was commemorated. Rev. Bro. J. C. Simmons, the only liv- ing charter member of the Lodge, and Bro. Edward Hickman, the first initiate, were present as guests of honor. A lit- erary and musical program was rendered, addresses being made by Past Grand Mas- ter Orrin S. Henderson (who acted as master of ceremonies) : Edgar W. But- ters, W. M. of Morning Star Lodge: Grand Master Geo. AY. Hunter. Senior Grand Warden E. H. Hart. Bro. Geo. E. Church. Grand Orator ; Mrs. Pauline W. Dohrmann, Grand Matron, 0. E. S. : Rev. Bro. J. C. Simmons, surviving charter member: Bro. Edward Hickman and others. About 500 persons sat down to the bancpiet. The officers* who were serving at the time of the celebration are shown in the above illustration and are as follows : E. W. Butters. W. M. : G. H. Butterick. S W. : G. W. Grupe, J. W. ; F. M. West. Treas- urer: J. 0. Derr, Secretary: George Homage. S. D. : E. C. Stewart. J. D. : John Yardley. Sr.. Marshal: A. F. W. Weber. S. S. ; E. A. Baehellor. J. S. : C. E. Howe. Tyler. The clergy and the reformers refer to the poor sinner. Evidently they all agree that if the culprit is wealthy he is no sin- ner. People who cannot endure children in the home, will find heaven a very unpleas- ant place. Don't be skeptical anent your sweet- heart's devotion to you. A woman can love any old thing. 438 THE TRESTLE BOARD SIMINOFF TEMPLE AT CALIFORNIA MASONIC HOME, DECOTO, CAL. 1'IIE GIF]' OF 1IRO. M. SIMINOFF, SAN FRANCISCO THE TRESTLE BOARD 430 DIAZ SAVED THROUGH MASONRY AS TOLD BY THE TYLER HE story of how the life of Porfirio Diaz, President of the Mexican Republic, was once saved by an f American Mason, has, we are told, been revived, investigated and found to be quite correct. It is an adven- turous tale which will bear repetition. In the early seventies President Diaz' was not known as a patriot. Patriots in Spanish-American Republics are success- ful revolutionists. Diaz was not success- ful in those days. Rather was he a fugi- tive beyond the confines of his own land, and few who s'aw him about the cafes and at the festivals of New Orleans paid much more attention to him than did men of later years to Cubans who talked filibuster- ing in Philadelphia before the war with Spain. At the time there was plying between New Orleans and Vera Cruz an Ameri- can merchantman, taking to the war- racked nation cotton, grains and food- stuffs, and bringing back the tropical pro- ducts and the mineral wealth of Mexico. The purser of that vessel was a young man from Brooklyn. The purser did not know Diaz, nor did he know that there was a price of $50,000 on the head of any man in New Orleans, and the full knowledge of what such a munificent headpiece means did not come back to him till later years, when, tried by fire and found not wanting, he came to his reward by the hand of the man who, on that eventful night, he met in the Louis- iana metropolis. While walking along one of the city streets, thinking of the sailing in the morning, the purser was accosted by a friend who introduced a quiet looking young man whom he asked the purser to make a passenger with him on the mor- row. The stranger wore a magnificent Masonic emblem. “He is a fugitive,*' said the friend, “and must return before it is too late/’ “But I can't take him. My ship and my cargo might pay the forfeit," said the purser, shaking his head. “But you must take him. lie is your brother and his very life is at stake,” was the stern answer. The purser wavered and then consented, promising to protect to the utmost the stranger in his cabin from spies and Mexi- can officers who might be watching for the “rebel” leader. On the morning, when the ship was passing out of the muddy delta of the Mis- sissippi, Diaz, who even for years after- ward was unknown to the man who was befriending him, was seated at the pur- ser's desk. He had been writing on a long, narrow strip of paper. Toying with it as the ink dried, he turned to the purser and slowly said : “You have helped me. but T must toll you something. I am in your power. There is a price of $50,000 on my head. To earn that all you will have to do is to hold me till we get to Vera Cruz and deliver me to the military. Senor, you may do that if you like.” The young purser looked steadily at the man before him, started to say something and then stopped. Clearing his throat he slowly and with a voice choked with emo- tion, answered: “I don't befriend a man to betray him. I took you aboard. If 1 can, whatever the cost, I am going to put you on the beach in your own country.*' Diaz's eyes filled with tears and all the fire of his ardent nature was in hi> (un- brace as he exclaimed fervently : “Thank you.” The scene was dramatic, but no master of stage craft ever completed another such with so strong a climax. 440 THE TRESTLE BOARD Handing the purser that long, narrow strip of paper on which he had been writ- ing. the Mexican said : “Here is a check equal to what they would pay you.” Again the young man looked 'at the man before him, almost angrily this time, then seizing the paper he tore it to bits that were borne away by the lazy, sluggish gulf winds and lost in the wilderness of blue waters. His answer was: “I would not take you for money. I won't take money for saving you.” The next is a series of incidents in this game — where the life of a nation, rather than the life of a man, was at stake — hap- pened off Vera Cruz, where the American ship came to anchor. “You must put me ashore,” begged the future ruler. “It’s death, man,” pleaded the purser. “I can’t do it. If you are captured I will be taken and so will the ship. And they will kill you.” “I must go ! I will go ! I will swim it !” young Diaz cried with that determination that afterward made him what he is to- day. “It’s madness, man. You will drown. The harbor is full of sharks. You will never reach the shore.” Diaz was obdurate, however, and that afternoon he divested himself of his heav- ier clothing, girded on a knife to defend himself against not only man-eating sharks, but man-hunting soldiers, and sprang overboard. Taking to the water he headed toward the beach, and the friend who had pro- tected him so far watched him with glasses as he rose and fell with the waves, now tossed on their crests, now hidden behind them as they broke in combers on the sand bars. Suddenly Diaz turned back and seemed swimming with redoubled effort to regain the ship. Through the breakers there plunged a boat and from it came the glint of sunlight as the red rays struck on the drawn swords of soldiers. The man had been seen and was pursued. The race was an exciting one, but the swimmer had the start and was alongside as the purser shouted to the men in the fo’castle : “Line the starboard rail ! Lower a line,” and made a place for that bit of the ridic- ulous that so persistently seems to enter into every affair of moment. As Diaz seized the thrown rope and was drawn aboard the patriot soldiers were al- ready coming up the gangway. The situa- tion was powerful and a false move would have meant death to the young man. Yankee wit, however, saved the day. Seizing the wet swimmer by his frous} r hair and giving him a heavy blow behind the ear, the purser threw him to the deck, and, with an oath, pounced upon him and grabbed him by the throat. “You drunken dog! You hound, I’ll teach you to jump ship. I’ll teach you to try and drown yourself,” he cried. Then, leaping to his feet, the purser gave orders to put the man into irons, and turning to the astonished soldiers, asked them what he could do for them. In broken English the leader explained that the country was in the throes of a civil war, and said that all ports were be- ing watched for rebels, who had been driv- en from the country, but who might at any time return. Seeing a man in the surf, they thought that he had been caught, but were glad to know that they were mistaken and that “Senor El Capitan had got his drunken s'ailor back.” With many other apologies they went away. The next danger that menaced the young man was when two lighters came alongside to take off the cargo. These had aboard, besides their crews, emissaries of the Government and it was with a good deal of difficulty that the situation was met. The work of loading was made as slow as possible and it was long after dark when the scows were filled. Hiding the fugitive as best they coidd the officers of the vessel invited the crew to share their hospitality while Diaz was rowed off into the darkness and put ashore farther down THE TRESTLE BOARD 411 the coa^t. This effort was successful, but it interrupted for years the friendship that had sprung up between the humble purser and the great Mexican leader. A few years ago, however, there came the climax and it was brought about with all the dramatic* effect of the modern melo- drama. The sailor hero of this story chanced to go to Mexico and among the places he visited was Mexico City. As he alighted from his train he was suddenly arrested by military officers. Being inno- cent of any wrong he grew indignant and begged to be informed of the cause of the detention. "This is an outrage : send for the Amer- ican Consul,” he cried. But the soldiers only the more pushed him along toward a carriage drawn by gaily caparisoned horses and gave the order to the driver to proceed. Bands played and the populace along the streets waved their sombreros and shouted. Being arrested with martial honors was something he did not under- stand. His amazement grew a*> the procession drew up in soldierly ranks before the plaza and the American was politely as- sisted to alight and escorted into the cen- tral room of a palace where there stood before him. dressed in a finely fitting frock coat, a thick-set man of small stature. in whose eyes lie saw a look of friendly recog- nition. An officer in uniform, still like the -tage this story goes, then broke the cloud-: "El PresidenteA The friend of years ago, the exiled rebel, the brother in trouble, was President Diaz, for years the head of the Mexican Republic. It all came back to him. even the head price was explained. "How did you know I was here?” a-ked the American. "My friend, never >inee the day I left you have I failed to know where you were. I have followed you and watched you pros- per. ' You saved me and you saved .Mex- ico. I could do no less than wait for you to come back to her.” The announcement ha- been made that the 850,000 which floated away <>n the warm waters of the gulf stream thirty years ago. was paid later as a present, and that an American Mason, the friend of President Diaz, was holding a responsible office under the Mexican (Government. 442 THE TRESTLE BOARD UNFOLD THE BEAUTIES OF MASONRY AUSTRALIAN KEYSTONE HE mere accession of num- bers by the increase of candi- dates is not always a sign of prosperity with a, Lodge. The cultivation of truly Masonic virtues is of far greater im- portance, and this is gener- ally better attained in a comparatively small Lodge than in one whose numbers are more pretentious. Eitual is not Free- masonry, although it is a necessary ad- junct. An impression prevails in some quarters, the result of the want of proper teaching, that unless there is degree work on the meeting is a comparative failure — all that is to be done is to hurry through and get as quickly as possible to the South. The importance of the hearty social char- acter of good meetings after labor none can deny, but other things equally valua- ble should not be sacrificed for this. The question suggests itself, Are we not mak- ing too many members and too few Ma- sons ? There is a vast fund of knowledge of the highest value locked up in our sym- bolism that is but hinted at in the rendi- tion of degrees, yet how infrequently is the key turned and the dusty stores brought to light. In the personnel of al- most every Lodge there are to be found brethren fitly endowed, were opportunity afforded of unfolding their talents, for the instruction and improvement of their brethren. There are many questions of profound importance enshrined within the unique, sublime and impressive symbols of Freemasonry that are crying out for rev- erent and capable minds to expound for the good and welfare of us all. Within the curriculum of the “Seven Liberal Arts and Sciences ’ 7 there are myriads of price- less gems that require to be unearthed and polished for the benefit of mankind at large, and amongst the thousands who range under our banners there are many who are eminently qualified for this work. If Freemasonry is to continue to justify its existence, it must do so by something outside the ordinary round of degree work, which, although necessary enough as a foundation, should not be the’ end of our labors. What would we say of a people who were eternally laying foundations, deep and broad, yet who never displayed any superstructures ? They would soon be- come a laughing-stock for a scoffing world. The teachings of Masonry are not to be confined to the Lodge room; they should make themselves felt in the forum, the pulpit, the mart, the farm, the factory, and, above all, in the home; hence the more reason, then, that every opportunity should be taken to widen and elevate these teachings, in order that they may become more potential in our lives. The Master of a Lodge who finds himself confronted by a meeting free from degree work should gladly avail himself of the opportunity for expounding some of those heirlooms, pure and perfect, venerable with antiquity and hoary with age, yet still as powerful and beneficent as the sun itself which exceeds them all in age, but ever fresh and new. The Lodge should be a college in its full- est sense, but a college that goes no fur- ther than the induction of students would soon have to write ichabod over its doors. Students in Masonry, as elsewhere, are in duty bound to work, and the faculty are placed in their positions of trust to guide the students in their work and to spur them on to increased diligence in the va- rious departments. What we need is that our Lodges should conform to this type, that the members, from the youngest E. A. to the oldest M. M., should be earnest, active students, and the teachers should verily lie Masters of Arts and Sciences. THE TRESTLE BOARD 443 ADDRESS TO 32nd DEGREE MASONS DELIVERED BY REV. BRO. WARREX C. HUBBARD IX ROCHESTER, X. Y.. CONSISTORY OOTTISH Bite Masonry is the most beautiful exempli- fication of lifers truths and possibilities as they are known among enlightened peoples to-day. I do not forget the church and her di- vine heritage and mission. I should be recreant to my vows were I to fail in yielding to her that lofty place where she alone shall stand. But our rite has added directly to her teachings those beautiful degrees which seem to fashion words into deeds and fasten precepts more firmly into practice. Around the great globe she, like the church, has girdled herself. Her mes- sage is spoken in many languages. Her followers are of all nations and hues, yet her sovereign Grand Commander is the one God and her one, only term of recognition of rank or condition — is brother. Her growth is synonymous with her dig- nity and worth. The personnel of her membership is marked by the varied char- acteristics which point on the one hand to the sturd} r business man, and on the other, to the culture of the scholar. Her welcome is for the man who will live in life as a necessary factor of its welfare — and not the bipedal imitation which loi- ters and obstructs : a failure here and eter- nal failure hereafter. Her attractiveness is superseded only by her incomparable value. Her reward is the uplifting and strengthening of character, stamped by the seal of an honest manhood which can- not be counterfeited. You cannot be a true Scottish Eite Ma- son and not be a better man. You cannot be a true Scottish Eite Mason and not be a valuable citizen. You cannot be a true Scottish Eite Mason and not be a gentle- man. If in days to come you shall find a clashing between these causes and ef- fects, then you are not what you have sworn yourself to become. It is liot-the increase of numbered degrees to which you should point as the acme of your de- sire and attainment, but the increase of duties and responsibilities, of aim and honor. Eemember that the very claim you publicly make to the rank of a thirty- second degree Mason is the claim of your corresponding behavior as such. A demeaning of personal character is a stigma upon the man and not upon the rite. That is as far uplifted above im- perfections and stains as the stars in the heavens above the strifes and discords of earth. Masons may belie the teachings of Ma- sonry, yet Masonry still rings clear and true. That rite whose very breath of life is God and whose 'purpose of existence is love to one’s brother, is impregnable as Deity and beautiful as charity. It glow- with the radiance of its great lights, as the span of the firmament does with the matchless glory of the resplendent sun. The good book tells us to stand in the light of its truth, that our deeds may be made manifest; so does Masonry bid you stand fair and square in her light that your deeds may be equally manifest that they are wrought in openness an recti- tude, and will bear the scrutiny of men and God. Brothers of the Scottish Eite. stand shoulder to shoulder in loyalty to your vows. Aim high and reach it. Live like men and Masons. Breathe as freemen in all things, but slaves to none. Measure your life’s work by the square and com- passes. Cross swords with every advo- cate of wrong. Let your watchwords be “ Spes mea in Deo csf’ and “Dcus mcum - que jus A' Soar onward and upward like the eagles on our badge and at the end wear the crown of victory, the diadem of the King’s sons. 444 THE TRESTLE BOARD SILENCE AND CIRCUMSPECTION By Luther M. Iyuhnb, Nebraska X the unique and curious in- stitution of Freemasonry, with its essential principles of autocracy and democracy, man is its great subject. Conviviality is not the reason for its failure to pass into oblivion. The perpetuation of principles of morality are the bedrock for its found- ation. Obliged “by its tenure to observe the moral law,” the true man of good re- port “is no immoral or scandalous man,” and “if he rightly understand the art, he will never be a stupid atheist or an irre- ligious libertine.” These principles of the old constitutions demonstrate the democratic force of man in a brotherhood. The stream is neither higher than its foundation, nor the 'current purer than its source. Upon the intelligence and morality of the personnel of its member- ship, exemplifying its cardinal virtues in their daily lives, its value and perpetuity is dependent. In these times, teeming with varied ac- tivities, the practical spirit reigns. ' Erudi- tion may seek to uncover the philosophy of ancient mysteries. But the practical application of the principles of morality excite human interest. Xot tradition, but the Supreme Being and the Kevealed Word are the foundation and corner-stone of morality. Morals presented in Seneca the chiefest product of Roman culture. Xero, his pupil, at once priest, atheist and god, showed Roman civilization heartless- ly cruel and unfathom ably corrupt. Plato mentioned, for the regeneration of the state of society, piety or love for a divine person, desire for honor or respect for the good, and love for moral instead of physi- cal beauty. Faith in the character and perfection of the Divine Being and trust in the adequate authority of Holy Scrip- ture, inculcating charity and immortality, as an adequate rule of faith and practice, insures a t}^pe of living on a higher plane than that possessed by the refinement of heathenism. A man with inextinguish- able principles of right may overwhelm civilizations. Tares may grow among the wheat. But thistles must not be allowed to encroach upon the fruitful soil of life’s field through neglect of interest in our fellowmen. Brambles in the fence cor- ners of character are unsightly. A con- tinuous, unbroken hedge of error must not be permitted to circumscribe our action. In the honest consideration of another’s need is the beauty of the lily; in the re- sponsive answer to duty’s quick call is the fragrance of the rose; and in the proffer of love’s powerful helping hand to a weak- er fellow creature is the glory of the deli- cate garment of the violet. Right prin- ciples of action in the performance of hu- man duty require wisdom, strength and beauty ; qualities as essential to manly life now as in the reign of Solomon. In the very popularity of an organization there is a danger incident to the high tide of prosperity. Quality, not quantity; regard for the capabilities and the sense of ap- preciation may not be omitted. Intensely popular, the persistent knock for admis- sion too often finds the eager ear ready to respond to the far call for entrance. It is an impressive but unique fact that a mere- ly human brotherhood may be made too cheap, too common. The hour of distress may wean a friend. Gossip, bandying a reputation, may be secretely aiming de- structive weapons against a fair name. It requires the courage of defense. Frailty’s failings may cause the cold stare instead of the earnest admonition for reformation. Sarcasm may launch its darts at inexperi- ence. Forgetful that not externals of posi- tion and wealth but the internal qualifica- tions are the intrinsic worth of man, cor- THE TRESTLE BOARD 1 \r> diality ancl friendly attention in the pres- ence of superiors may not be present to ac- cord an humbler man the courteous and obliging conduct becoming the dignity of a high and honorable friendship. There is a weakness, though of different kinds, in too many as well as in too few members: in endeavoring to be exceedingly popular rather than in aiming at genuine goodness, and here is the subversive spirit that like Samson grapples the columns of wisdom and strength to their overthrow. It is impossible not to commit errors. It is possible to guard against repetition of wrong. Evils done may be avoided in the future. Restitution may repair the wrong. Principles intended to benefit mankind, to make the world better and man happier, can only teach reverence for the true, the beautiful, the good, and in- culcate abhorrence for deceit, hypocrisy, lying, dissimulation, knavery, treachery, and insist on a man being just and pure and upright. When commercial policy and political interest sacrifice the grit of manhood for selfish ends and imagined self-preservation, no man. who is properly instructed in the true principles of mor- ality. who is appreciative of the beautiful Christian tenet of the mote in a brother’s eye and the beam in his own eye. can de- ceive himself by base motives, prostitute his knowledge for the sake of pecuniary gain, or with respect for himself reap the reward of his perfidy. This is the lesson of circumspection. Experience teaches silence is golden ; speech is silver. Apples of gold in pic- tures of silver differentiate the privacy of the closed door from the gossip of the highway and the headlines of the profane press. When truth is engendered, speak ! When no truth is to be promulgated, keep silent ! Observation regarding the poten- tial influence of words in human affairs imposes the conviction that the most dan- gerous and useless men are those who. like the pendulum swung with ratchet teeth, are kept in motion by opposing forces of personal advantage, and sway between duty and confluences*. Con- trolled by the power of authority or moved by moral suasion a small man oscillates between policy and conviction. Bacon says: ‘'The rules that I >hall propose concerning secrecy, and from which 1 think it not safe to deviate without long and exact deliberation are never to .-elicit the knowledge of a secret — not willingly, nor without many limitations, to accept such confidence when it is o tie red : when a secret is once admitted, to consider the trust as of a very high nature, important as society and sacred as truth, and tin re- fore not to be violated for any incidental convenience, or slight appearance of con- trary fitness." In this is wisdom: in it i> -trength. Like the tiny seed sown in the rich soil of the earth which produces first the blade, then the ear. and after that the full corn in the ear, so we conclude that the pure principles of brotherly love sown in silence and circumspection, in their flow- ering finally reveal only things that tend to make the world better, wiser, happier. Thus brotherly love, with its wisdom to contrive and its strength to support, requires the beauty of a comprehensive charity to adorn it. In lovely gentlenes> of the soul, like in the beauty of the olive tree, men have pleasure and profit. “Idea- of beauty, then." says Ruskin. “be it re- membered, are the subject of moral, but not of intellectual perception." And beauty is the third column in the stately edifice. So we read in the Book that. “A builder stretched out his rule: he marked it out with a line he fitted it with plumb-, and he marked it out with the compar- and shaped it after the figure of a fan. according to the beauty of a man.' 5 Xo wonder Socrates petitioned : “I pray thee. 0 God. that I may be beautiful within." Beauty emanating from sources deeper than the eye is the most enduring. It n -t- upon necessary foundations. It lie- lie- low the surface. It is nor under the spell of the moment. It pulses with words of 446 THE TRESTLE BOARD truth; thrills with noble action; and has its origin in character. In this trinity of wisdom to contrive, strength to support, and beauty to adorn there is a renowned perfection of brotherhood, but full of wis- dom, marvelous in strength, perfect in beauty, its temple is in the human heart, from which proceed the issues of life. THE POWER In far off Eastern lands, where the crescent of Mahomet is the emblem of his followers, it is the custom, at stated in- tervals, to call the faithful to prayer. From the time when the sun in splendor rises in the east, to the hour when it sinks to rest behind a sea of gold, the Muezzin calls five times to the followers of the prophet to lift up their hearts in prayer. And whenever that sound is heard, the faithful believer, wherever he may be, in mosque or mart, with his face toward the east, prostrates himself upon the ground and exclaims: “Great is Allah! Great is Allah !” Followers of a false prophet they are; but the custom is a noble and an inspiring one. In the Talmud is found a. beautiful legend, relating how God selected an angel — Sandalphon — to stand at the outermost gates of the Celestial City, listening to the prayers that ascend to the Throne of Grace. And as he stood thus, he gathered the prayers and changed them into beau- MASONRY “Masonic scholars trace our institution to a time in the middle ages when there was no Masonic history or literature. At that time the origin, the traditions and the teachings of Masonry were known and transmitted only through the spoken word*. The attentive ear received a knowledge of Masonry only from the in- structive tongue and it was preserved only by the faithful breast. Research has failed to show the origin of the tradition that Masonry was organized at the build- ing of King Solomon’s temple. And since this origin of Masonry was taught in the OF PRAYER tiful flowers, and the fragrance they shed was wafted through the streets of the City Immortal, until it reached the very throne of God. Masonry, founded as it is upon the Book of books, the Holy Bible, inculcates and enforces the duty of prayer. On bend- ed knee, with our faces turned toward the East — the source of light and glory — we are taught to hold communion with Him, the Architect Supreme, who holds the universe in the hollow of His hand. Prayer is indeed the golden link that binds the creature to his Creator ; that rolls away the burdens of the soul; that uplifts the spirit; that changes the gloom and darkness of despair into the glory and splendor of an undying faith. Men may revile us, tyrants may perse- cute us, but while Masonry stands upon the mighty rock of prayer, neither powers nor principalities nor the hosts of dark- ness shall prevail against her. — From a Grand Master s Address. ’S ORIGIN earliest lodges of which we have a record or knowledge, it is presumed to be true, and we are justified in the same teachings to-day. If it can not be proved that Ma- sonry originated at the temple, it can not be disproved. But whenever our three great lights first burned at the altar we have authentic history that our lodges have existed for centuries, and that Ma- sonry has for ages been a great influence, dispelling darkness and teaching men the sublime truths that have filled the world with light.” — A. J. Monroe, Past Grand Orator , California. THE TRESTLE BOAED 447 CAUTION ON VOUCHING BY \V. L. KUYKENDALL, WYOMING Avouchment as practiced is certainly a loose way of admitting visitors within the tyled precincts of a Lodge. For instance, the Tyler announces “ a number of breth- ren properly vouched for,” without nam- ing them. Such an announcement is all right where he knows them all to be mem- bers in good standing of the Lodge, but where they are not, although they may have visited before, their names should be announced as vouched for by him, so that the right of objection vested in every member can be interposed, if desired, also to enable the W. M. to exclude any vis- itor under power vested in him under his charge of office. Avouchment is all right where a brother or the Tyler knows be- yond question that a visitor is in good standing and lawfully entitled to visit, otherwise not. The fact that a member may have sat in a Lodge with a visitor years before is no sign that he has re- mained in good standing, for during the intervening time he may have been sus- pended or expelled. The expulsion of the members of the three Lodges that tried to secede from the Grand Lodge of Ohio is an exemplification of this, and the arrest of a charter is another. As the Grand Master well says, committees, as well as the Masters of Lodges, can not be too careful regarding admission of vis- itors. It should be a standing rule of every Lodge that its members refer all men claiming to be Masons to the Master of the Lodge, who should have a standing committee of members not easily deceived by smooth members of the gabfest. Where and when will a Grand Master arise to the importance of moving in the matter of trying to secure concerted action of all Grand Masters and Grand Lodges in pro- viding a uniform card or documentary evidence of good standing, and thus pass his name down to the Fraternity through future ages? Protection against Ma- sonic frauds of all shades demands con- certed action in that direction. His First Duty The very first duty that an Entered Ap- prentice acknowledges is to improve him- self in Masonry. How many truly and sincerely attempt to discharge that duty? What would be the success of a lawyer who never again looked into a law book after his admission to the bar; a minister of the Gospel who never read the Bible after his ordination: a doctor who never took up a medical work after securing hi? sheepskin, or that of any other profession who does not take up post-grad uate studies? And yet you find Freemasons all about you pretending to be Masonic lights who never read a Grand Lodge pro- ceeding, report of a fraternal correspond- ent, or a Masonic periodical. Some of them, perhaps, can glibly repeat certain portions of the ritual, but could not give an intelligent interpretation of the same to save their life. Masonic reading is an essential part of the education of a Free- mason, and it is never too late to begin, but always better to begin early. It is the duty of Worshipful Masters to impress this fact upon newly made Masons, but if they themselves are in the class of non- reading Masons, how can we expect from them such wholesome advice ? — Texas Freemason. Masonic impostors are organizing clan- destine Lodges in several States. Xew York. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts. Ohi) and Mississippi are sending out warnings against, such impostors who are working within their borders. 448 THE TRESTLE BOARD & Perfect AsHlars of A Masonic Thought w RATERXITY is the spirit of this institution of Free Ma- sonry. We are a fraternit} 7 , not an order. It is our duty to make everything in this world hamonious, and that which we are to imitate is the handiwork of the Supreme Architect of the universe. We believe that the deeds of beneficence and kindred acts are recorded upon en- during tablets, which shall survive the ravages and mutations of time, and that words of loving kindness spoken here shall be re-echoed in the Bright Beyond. My young brothers, upon you will rest the duty to foster and cherish our great fraternity in the future. So act and so live that you shall smooth the pathway of your brother over the rough and un- even journey of life, and you will have faithfully performed that duty . — Edmund Clement Atkinson , P. G. M. California. The Masonic fraternity brings into action two of the greatest of the world's forces, Organization and Human Love. How wonderful is the strength of human love ! It is stronger than the stream that bears the mighty engine on its tracks of steel ; it is stronger than the cannon of Xapoleon Bonaparte upon the victorious field of Austerlitz; it is stronger than the Xiagara that throws its floods upon the depths be- low ; it is stronger than the lightning that executes the will of God — Wm. A. North- cott. Grand Orator , Illinois. The Bible is the Mirror of Divinity, the rightful agent of the world. Other books are planets shining with reflected lustre; this Book, like the sun, shines with ancient and unborrowed rays. Other books have, to their loftiest attitude, sprung from the earth; this Book looks down from heaven high. Other books ap- peal to understanding or fancy; this Book to conscience and faith. Other books so- licit our attention; this demands it — speaks with authority, and not as the scribes. Other books may be forgotten in the universe where suns go down and dis- appear like bubbles in the stream; this Book, transferred to a higher clime, shall shine as the brightest of that eternal fir- mament, and as those higher stars, which are forever and ever. — Chas. D. Belden. Death can not separate those who in this life were united in a holy cause. While their lips have been sealed and their voices hushed, they still have a message for us, and deliver it in accents sweeter than those which fell from their lips in life. Their work was ours, their cause is ours, and as long as we remain true to the cause we remain true to them, true to their memory. We reap the benefit of their lives and of their labors. Are we not, then, bound to live so that when the summons comes to us others may reap where we have sowed? The present always stands upon the shoulders of the past. That which we are and which we enjoy, do we not in a large measure owe it to those who have gone before? The past and the present, the dead and the living, are they not in- timately bound together? The present were not possible without the past, the future depends upon the present. What a glorious message this is ! It makes the dead still our own, and if we be faithful, it binds us to those who come after us. It makes us deeply grateful for the loves, the lives, and the labors of those who have gone before, and is the strongest incen- '/lit TRESTLE BOARD 4 -it* tive to be faithful ourselves, spreading the cement of brotherly love with an untiring hand. Our lives are richer, brighter, warmer, for their having been — may other lives grow more blessed, brighter and hap- pier for our having walked on earth. — Hugo G. Isenlohr , Ohio. Brethren, these stirring times demand great deeds, not empty words. We stand upon the mountain tops, in sight of all the world. The bugle-call of duty sum- mons us. Let us hearken to its thrilling sound. Let cowards shirk. Masonry de- mands heroes. Let us choose this day whom we will serve. Let us press onward without fear. The God of Hosts is with us. Victory will perch upon our banners, for our cause is the cause of humanity. Though we find “Truth forever on the scaffold. Wrong forever on the throne. Yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown. Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above His own.'*’ — Bro. Max Meyerhardt, G. M Georgia . Masonry needs nothing new, for her ritual is simple, impressive, unique, and sublime; her inculcations are truths — immortal truths — with an adaptability to our race that must exist until wrong is banished from the world and virtue rein- stated on her ancient throne — until suf- fering has no want, to relieve, and sorrow no tear to dry. — Past Grand Master Ten- nis, Pennsylvania. Happily man can see with an inner as well as an outer vision. He can feel a touch of his consciousness as sensibly as the touch of a friendly hand. He is given not only mental perception, but also moral and spiritual discernment. Thus blessed and thus empowered, it remains for us as individuals to place ourselves in the proper relation to, and in full harmony with, the higher and unseen forces that play about us. and. like the receiving instrument that responds to the electric wave and takes its message borne from afar. >o perfect 1; and so delicately harmonized should \w our senses that we may catch the Light that is thrown upon our pathway: that we may ever hear the still small voice of conscience, and at all times receive and know the truth, as the Great Author of all truth seeks to reveal it to us. — James R. Killian, Grand Master, Colorado. We have touched the border line of the unknown, whose possibilities in all their unrevealed greatness are hid away from human sight, beneath the veil of the com- ing future. It is very true that "Time and tide wait for no man.** What we do, therefore, for the good of others, must be done here and now. The wheels of time are ever moving forward, and, whether we will or not, they are bearing us along with them, and the sign-boards which we have left behind us tell, in unmistakable lan- guage, what progress has been made along the journey of life. Activity is the wry life of our being, and by persevering ef- fort we can best secure to ourselves and others the imperishable blessings which come to those who are faithful unto tin- end. — Andrew II. Barkeley, M issrszlpyi. Banish intemperance. It is the curse that has brought sorrow upon countless thousands. There is no room in Masonry for him who brings discredit upon him- self, his brethren and the Order. Warn him. admonish him, deal gently and char- itably with him : but if he persists in his evil course, then vindicate the honor of Masonry by dealing with him as our law requires. Cut off the profane blasphemer. Tin- sons of light must not take in vain the name of God. Those who have seen ‘'that hieroglyphic bright that none but crafts- men ever saw/* must bow in humble rev- erence before the symbol of Deity. Foul speech, profane utterance, must not pa— the lips of any Mason. — Max Meyerhardt , Georgia. 450 THE TRESTLE BOARD EDITORS* CORNER. ' JAMES WRIGHT ANDERSON, \ „ o EDMUND MANSFIELD ATKINSON, / ' Editors To) fot Master Mason's A case of distress was _ « lately brought to our au g ter attention which sug- gests the writing of this. A woman claim- ing to be the daughter of a Master Mason, bearing in her arms an infant of tender age, having been abused and afterward de- serted by her husband, applied to the police of San Francisco for shelter and protection. Her appeal was granted. She was then directed to the writer, who afforded temporary assistance and gave her a letter to the Secretary of the Ma- sonic Board of Belief. The question arises as to the duty of said Board to grant her relief, in consideration of her being the daughter of a Master Mason. A number of years ago a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of California had this question pro- pounded for his decision, viz. : “Can a Master Mason’s daughter, after her mar- riage, reinstate her claims on the Order, by virtue of her being the daughter of a Master Mason?” That Grand Master re- plied: “Xo. When she married she sev- ered her rights in the Order by and through her father, and thence can only retain her rights therein by and through her husband.” The Grand Lodge took no action in reference to this decision ; hence, the decision, not being approved by the Grand Lodge, has no validity. Xor should it have, since it is in direct conflict with one of the most solemn and binding obligations that can be assumed by any Mason. In 1899, Grand Master Angel- lotti rendered the following decision, which was approved by the Grand Lodge: “The daughter of a Master Mason is en- titled to receive assistance from Masons, if she be in need, notwithstanding the fact that she is the widow of one who was not a Mason. The fact that she has been mar- ried makes her no less the daughter of a Master Mason, and as such she is entitled to consideration.” He also rendered this decision: “A Master Mason’s daughter who is the wife of one not a Mason, and whose husband has deserted her, leaving her in need, is, as the daughter of a Mas- ter Mason , entitled to relief at the hands of Masons.” This decision was also ap- proved by the Grand Lodge, and is* good law. We are aware that some prominent authorities, notably Mackey, take the ground that “girls when they marry, place themselves in that situation which exoner- ates the Order from their further protec- tion.” This eminent writer argues that, as' a second marriage dissolves widowhood, so marriage dissolves orphanage. We can- not agree to this contention, however. The daughter of a Master Mason retains that relation, married or unmarried, and comes within the purview of Masonic obligation ; and^ if in distress or need, is entitled to Masonic relief. There can be no question in the case before us, however, as the sec- ond decision of Grand Master Angellotti, quoted above, applies exactly to the case. When we were com- Banqueting paratively a “kid,” we were wont to wonder what there was in Masonry that made at- tendance upon the Lodges so irresistibly alluring. The wonder led to investiga- tion, and the more we investigated the more the wonder grew. Being a “pro- fane,” we had no means of knowing what inducements were presented to cause so great apparent interest among the mem- bers of Masonic Lodges. In due season, however, we were permitted to pass the threshold and to enjoy a peep into the ar- cana of Masonry. In the height of our THE TRESTLE BOARD 451 delight on beholding the good fellowship of those by. whom we were now surrounded, and the blessed opportunities of our new environment, we were wont to exclaim, ’'Behold how those brethren love one an- other;'' and we concluded that the great moving cause of interest was desire to en- joy the pleasure of social brotherly com- munion. Xor do we now, after years of intimate acquaintance with Masonic brethren of the olden stamp, feel that we were mistaken in our early impressions. There really did exist a stronger bond of friendship, and a greater appreciation of the benign influences of Masonic light and teaching, than seems to pervade the Lodges of to-day. Xo other inducement to attend Lodge meetings seemed needful than the desire of the members to meet and commune with one another. It did not, until in these latter days, appear nec- essary to tempt attendance at Lodge meet- ings by any extraneous appliances. When banquets were had, it was not that they should be enticements for attendance' so much as means for social enjoyment. The way to interest led not through the stom- ach so much as through the heart, — not through pandering to the physical so much as interesting the moral, the intellectual, and the social qualities. Xow-a-days it seems to have become a necessity in Ma- sonic bodies, in all branches, to have fre- quent banquetings. The officers in many cases seem to study more carefully how they can provide the means of gratifying the physical appetite than the processes by which the higher and nobler propensities may be cultivated. Xo objection can be rightly urged against occasional banquets as a means of affording both enjoyment and profitable intercourse. The abuse of this' source of physical and mental enjoy- ment results as does the abuse of any good thing. We heard the chief officer of one of our Masonic bodies say, a short time ago. that it was not possible for him to have even a show of reasonable attendance unless he provided at every meeting some “eatables and drinkables.” That officer impressed us very forcibly with his unfit- ness for his position, and of his low esti- mate of the character of his brethren. Indeed we arrived at the conclusion that such officers were making stronger endea- vor to exhibit themselves than they were to interest, instruct and please the mem- bership. We would have, and we really have, a higher opinion of our Masonic brethren, than to suppose that they can be persuaded to attend their Lodges only by the employment of ba^er means. If we have started a train of thought upon this matter, follow it for the benefit of Ma- sonry in general and the reading Mason in particular. All honor to Bro. Win. B. ett ^ Wright. Grand Master of Gambling Illinois, for his firm and manly stand for the right in the matter of petty gambling at ’’fairs" and other entertainments held for the purpose of raising money for support of Masonic in- stitutions. His words as contained in the address delivered by him before the Grand Lodge of that State at its annual convoca- tion held in Chicago. October 4th of this year, are straightforward and to the point and have the ring of true metal. In these days of complaisance and laxity it takes clear grit to take the bull by the horns as Grand Master Wright has done in the following words : I have been asked if it were proper for Ma- sons individually, or as a lodge, to participate or aid in the conduct of a “Fair” where books of chance and drawings were features, and I have decided that to do so was a clear viola- tion of Section 6, Article XXXII. Part Sec- ond. By-Laws of Grand Lodge of Illinois. While I do not think any argument necessary in support of the above decision, I take this occasion to emphasize the position of this Grand Lodge upon the subject of gambling in all its various forms. Lotteries and games of chance are prohibited by Acts of Congress and by Acts of the Legis- latures in nearly every State. The Acts are held to be constitutional, and are enforced by the courts when thej* are invoked in cases pending before them. And the Mason who aids or gives countenance to lottery or gift 452 THE TRESTLE BOARD enterprises in any form, or under any pretext, not only violates the plain provisions of the above section, but transgresses the law of the land, which he is taught in his lodge to respect and obey. You certainly will agree with the statement that nothing is more damaging to the public welfare, or more harmful or demoralizing than the tacit license given by public officials to conduct gambling enterprises when carried on by people of good standing in the community. It is a notorious fact that the cause of a ma- jority of the defalcations and embezzlements by trustees and trusted employes may be traced to the gambling spirit, which in one or another of its insidious forms has possessed them. The large surety companies have learned it to 'their sorrow and at great expense, and are crying out against it. Good people condemn the vice, and no one makes bold to defend it, and yet it is a re- corded fact that at the very time that the police of a city were suppressing turkey raffles in the saloons, most of the prominent officials were taking an active interest in a fair con- ducted by a great fraternal organization, at which drawings were made for prizes of greater value than a hundred turkeys. It certainly behooves every Mason not only to give his sanction to the law as it stands in our present code, but to strictly conform to and obey it in letter and in spirit. The Right of Burial The question has been propounded, “May sus- pended Masons be buried with Masonic honors?” The answer depends. If a Mason has been suspended for non-payment of dues, and nothing else appears against him, the Master should, at the request of any num- ber of brethren, call his Lodge together for the purpose of determining whether or not he should be buried with Masonic honors. The Master may call his Lodge together without the request of any of the brethren, if he believes there would be a general disposition on the part of the brethren to bury the brother with Masonic honors. The Master cannot himself de- termine the question ; it is the province of the Lodge to do so. If a brother has been suspended in con- sequence of non-affiliation, or any other cause, and is in state of suspension at the time of his death, he is not entitled to Masonic burial. In all cases, however, when a brother dies while in good standing, whether af- filiated or not affiliated he is entitled to Masonic burial. Our Rea.1 Strength I cannot but avail myself of the oppor- tunity to sound a note of warning, writes Bro. Frank E. Ballara, Grand Master of Nebraska. Notwithstanding the apparent growth and prosperity of our institution, it may be but superficial; what we fancy to be strength may be really weakness, for our real strength lies not in numbers, but absolute 'unswerving fidelity to its princi- ples and teachings. True Masonry is the upbuilding and uplifting of the individual character, and the welding of those char- acters into compact, harmonious society, having for its aim and object the advance- ment of everything that stands for more intelligent citizenship, more Godly homes and cleaner lives. The introduction into this society of imperfect, unprepared ma- terial weakens its force, destroys its in- fluence and nullifies its aim. The Masonic Lodge should, by the very character of its membership, exert an active, forceful influence in the commun- ity where it exists, and where it does not, we may rest assured that its portals have not been securely guarded, and that from mercenary or other unworthy motives, its high standards of morality and righteous- ness have been lowered to the level of men yet in darkness, and without the knowledge of the truth. If this is true in any de- gree in the Lodge you are here represent- ing, let me urge that you apply the proper remedy, ere disaster overtakes you. He who gives up the fight has never seen things at their worst or he wouldn’t care enough to quit. THE TRESTLE BOARD 153 RELIEF HE' three great tenets of a M a s o n 7 s profession are Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth, says a brother in Ma- sonic Tidings. We are told that Truth is a Divine attri- bute. and the foundation of every virtue, and relief for the unfortunate will naturally follow that Brotherly Love which finds lodgment in the breast of every true Mason. The right of a brother to relief when in distress, not only from his own Lodge, but from his brethren whithersoever he jour- neys, is as old as Masonry itself. Accord- ing to the Ancient Charges, “If you dis- cover a stranger to be a true and genuine brother you are to respect him according- ly; and if he is in want you must relieve him if you can, or else direct him how he may be relieved. But you are not charged to do beyond your ability, only to prefer a poor brother, who is a good man and true, before any other people in the same cir- cumstances/ 7 An analysis of this ancient law, which is the basis of the right to Ma- sonic relief, discloses the following four essentials : 1. The brother seeking relief must be in distress. This is self-evident. Unless the brother is in needy circumstances he has no claim upon the bounty of the Craft, and to seek it is fraudulent and false pre- tensions. 2. The brother must be worthy, or in the language of the charge above quoted, “a true and genuine brother/ 7 The sus- pended or expelled Mason has no claim upon the Lodge or individual brethren, and the same is true of the Mason who by his conduct has proved himself un- worthy of confidence, or who has violated Iris obligations even though sentence of suspension or expulsion has not been pro- nounced upon him. 3. The brethren are not expected to exceed their ability in giving relief or to do so at the expense of tlio-r who haw* a paramount claim upon them. We mint be just before generous and protect tlio-e who have prior legal or moral rights. Be- fore we undertake to be charitable we should see to it that our just bills are paid and that those dependent upon us are cared for. Lastly. A brother Mason is to be pre- ferred to any other in the same circum- stances. This is responsive to a rule of human nature. We are bound to remem- ber first those who are drawn to us by ti< > of affection or association. “Let us do good unto all men but especially unto them who are of the household of faith/' The widow and orphans of a deceased brother have a like claim upon our gen- erosity, and our hearts go out to them es- pecially because of their weakness and de- pendence. We can perform no greater of kindlier office for our departed brother than to care for those whom he loved and cherished in life. This duty of dispensing relief is one of the grandest and at the same time most practical characteristics of Masonry. We teach a high morality, a love of God and man, faithfulness to duty in every walk of life, but without charity it is “as sounding brass and tinkling cym- bals/ 7 To the extent that we give Relief to the needy and destitute we exemplify our Brotherly Love and the Truth of our professions. Such Nonsense Just because the San Francisco Trestle Board published a picture of the officers of a Royal Arch Chapter in their official robes. one or two of our exchanges are on the verge of collapse. Great Julius Caesar, brethren, what ails you? There isn’t a Masonic furnishing house in the land that doesn’t furnish illus- trated catalogues of all the paraphernalia from a hoodwink down, and they will send them to anyone for the asking. Fie. fudge, fuss! fulsome ! — Missouri Freemason. 454 TEE TRESTLE BOARD THE MASTER MASON’S APRON Kentucky Grand Master Tells How to Wear It ADDRESS OF OWEN D. THOMAS, GRAND MASTER OF KENTUCKY This question has been put to me fre- quently, and this Grand Lodge has re- versed itself on several occasions in de- ciding it. I have each time directed that the last decision of the Grand Lodge is the law. but I have given the subject some investigation, and submit my opinion. Aprons were certainly worn as early as 1708, and probably long before that time. I have not been able to find that the apron played any additional part in the ceremo- nies beyond the time of its investiture as an emblem of innocence and the badge of a Mason, any more than do the Bible, three tapers, the four cardinal virtues, etc.; therefore, I conclude that in olden times the Entered Apprentice, Fellow- craft and Master Mason wore the apron only as a symbol and a badge. In Eng- land the trimming of the apron indicates the degree or rank, while we attempt to preserve 'the symbolism by retaining the plain apron, and indicate the degrees by the manner of wearing them. Yet there is no uniformity even in our own State ! Like everything else in Masonry, it has deep significance, and as long as we use it as a symbol it is a pity to spoil the full meaning, which I will not here attempt to present fully, but will give the reasons for my opinion as to the manner of wear- ing it in the Third Degree. The earliest teaching on that point, that I can find, is the old chart referred to by Past Grand Master Gerard, in his decisions in the pro- ceedings of 1896. The earliest moni- THE TRESTLE BOARD torial reference to it (by illustrations not explained in words), that I can find, are in the Craftsman and Freemason’s Guide , compiled and arranged from Webb and other standard authors, by Cornelius Moore in 1851. The same illustrations appear in W ebb's Monitor, issued in 1858, published by Enoch T. Carson, the Ma- sonic Text-Book of Tennessee , issued in 1866, and in the Freemason s Craftsman, by John D. Caldwell. Besides these, our College of Custodians, which was com- posed of Past Grand Masters E. B. Jones, J. W. Hopper and J. Soule Smith, with Bros. H. B. Grant and J. A. Williams — all eminent authorities — agreed that the Master Mason’s apron ought to be worn with the bib down and the corner up. The following Grand Lodges teach the same method: Arizona, California, Colo- rado, Illinois, Idaho, Indiana, Indian Ter- ritory’, Manitoba, Iowa, Louisiana, Mary- land, Michigan, Minnesota. Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Xevada. Xebraska, Xew Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, South Dakota. Tennessee, Utah, Yirgina, West Virginia. Wisconsin, Wyoming and perhaps some others which I have not heard from. Of those Grand Lodges who do not teach the same method, some have no rea- sons at all, and some simply say it is to distinguish them from the Fellowcrafts. Delaware and Georgia turn up the Fellow- craft apron as a receptacle for tools ! The Fellowcrafts’ tools being the plumb, square and level, it is difficult to understand how those or any of them could be carried in the apron, or why they should be carried about, even if they were a few feet smaller. We take the tools and usages of the oper- ative craft as we find them, and teach moral lessons therefrom. -Among opera- tives, we find their apprentices wear large aprons, which we furnish by turning up the bib, and give symbolic reasons and 155 moral lessons for that Usage. The oper- ative journeyman (answering to our Fel- lowcraft) yvears his apron flowing freely to protect his clothing, but tile nature of his work and the skill lie has acquired obviates the necessity for so large an apron, hence our Fellowcraft reduces the size of his apron by turning the bib down, and we draw a moral lesson from it. The operative Master Workman (correspond- ing to our Master or overseer of the w'ork) may wear an apron flowing freely, but In is apt to put a corner of it in his pocket, and the man whose apron end or corner is tucked in his pocket is pointed out as the “boss.” Thus yve have the custom of the operative craft and yve use it as a sym- bol to impress moral truths, thus: “The operative Mason, having passed the grades of Entered Apprentice and Fel- lowcraft, becomes a Master, or overseer, to instruct and direct the craft and exem- plify the work; hence the Master’s apron is to him both a useful article and a badge of rank. As a speculative Master Mason your duty and responsibilities are en- hanced, because you are both an instructor and an example for your less informed brethren; consequently there is greater importance in your maintaining a zealou- and blameless life, keeping yourself un- spotted from the world. The apron, as an emblem of innocence and of Masonic skill, is yvorn by Master Masons with the bib down but to them it has an additional significance as a badge of rank when yvorn yvith a corner up.” Moreover, the corner up gives the apron a shape something like a trowel, the sym- bolic yvorking tool of a Master Mason. These are only a few of the precedents and reasons that influence me in believing that Master Masons, as skilled workmen, wear their aprons as do the Fellowcrafts. bib down and flowing freely ; but when desired they may be worn with the corner up ns a badge of rank. 456 THE TRESTLE BOARD THE APPLICATION OF MASONRY WILLIAM J. DUX CAN" IX THE COXSTELLATIOX HE theory of Masonic teach- ing, the sentiment of its. cere- monies and the lessons of its symbols, must be levers to raise the man to his true po- sition as a factor in every practical effort. Sentiment must be the steam that moves the ma- chinery of life. It must be a stimulus, an incentive to labor. Steam is absolutely necessary to the Avorld at the present stage of its activity, but the whole universe filled with steam, with no application of it to machinery, would produce nothing but va- porous stagnation. The sentiment of Masonry must be like music to an army. The music fights no battles, but it thrills the soldier's heart, incites him to deeds of valor. It arouses every fibre of the warrior's being, animat- ing him to acts of daring bravery. All this is but the practical result of the senti- ment of music. The army may be pre- pared for battle; its forts may be well manned ; its engines of destruction may be in good position; ammunition may be abundant and shot and shell piled moun- tain high, but so long as the army is in- active, the guns silent, the ammunition and shell undisturbed, all the “pomp and circumstance of war" is mere sentiment, and the largest army in that condition may be easily overcome by a small force of active men. Masonry, to be of any use or effect in the world, must be active and practical in its efforts. It must put in active oper- ation all of its machinery of charity and the practice of virtue. Of what use is its sentiment of helpfulness without practical effort ? “Be thou warmed and clothed" is a beautiful sentiment, but it will not warm or clothe as long as the bowels of mercy are closed. Sorrow for suffering is hypocrisy unless there is an effort to re- lieve the suffering. As the mosaic pavement is composed of many small stones, and as its beauty is seen in the arrangement of them by the hand of the skilled artist, so is the Masonic fraternity composed of many individuals, and the beauty of the whole institution is seen in the united practical effort of its members. The Oriented Chedr The Master of a Masonic Lodge at his installation, says the Missouri Freemason , is invested with powers which, at first thought, seem to be absolute, giving him the right to govern with an iron hand and placing him in a position practically un- assailable from an individual member, or even the Lodge itself. True, he is, or should be, cautioned, not to rule over any Lodge in an arbitrary manner, but there is a question as to what constitutes an ar- bitrary manner. In the ordinary accep- tation of the term, to be arbitrary a Mas- ter must become offensive to the members of the Lodge, and this is evidently the meaning intended to be used by the men who adopted the language now in use as part of our installation ceremonies. Cer- tainly no Master who has the good of Ma- sonry at heart will ever purposely make himself obnoxious to his brethren, nor will he cease to labor for harmony and good feeling while in the Lodge or at any other time. A Penns}dvania couple have named their twfins, recently born, “Enough" and “Last." Telling the truth would be commoner but for the liberal laws. When the devil goes to church it is to prey. THE TRESTLE BOARD 4;>; WHAT IS A LANDMARK? BY FREDERIC SPEED, 1*. G. M. MISSISSIPPI T IS to say the least of it, discreditable that an institu- tion which requires every one of its initiates to conform to and abide by, what it is pleased to term its land- marks. should not, at least, be able to define what is means by the expression. There have been many at- tempts made to enumerate the landmarks, but so far as I am aware, none of the dis- tinguished brethren who have attempted it have succeeded to the satisfaction of either themselves or others who have given thought to the matter. The difficulty has been that there has been no consensus of opinion as to a definition sufficiently com- prehensive. Brother Grant, of Kentucky, is entitled to the credit, in my opinion, of coining nearer to a true definition of the term, landmark, than any one who has preceded him. In a valuable paper which he has recently given to the Masonic craft, he has thrown upon the question the light afforded by much learning and a just comprehension of the importance of the topic. But, able as his paper is, it is de- fective in that it does not first attempt to define what are landmarks. I think, however, that he has reached a happy con- clusion in pursuing the negative in his opening paragraph and telling us what is not a landmark, viz., that a landmark that cannot be established by the writings of the fathers, or other recognized authori- ties, and which was not the rule, or belief, of Masons in 1723 or before, or that has not now been accepted as such, can hardly be held as a landmark. Only those th$t can be so proven, and which are so held, may be accepted as landmarks. Acting upon the suggestion contained in the fore- going paragraph, I offer to the craft, as a suggested definition, the following: The ancient landmark- are the ii>agc>. cu-tom- and fundamental principles of the craft, which derive their binding power and force of law from long and immemorial usage and. their universal acceptance as a rule or belief among Masons in 1123 or before, and can be so proven by the writ- ings of the fathers and other recognized authorities. It must be manifest that any attempt to enumerate the landmarks is time and effort wasted, until we can agree upon a starting point. That starting point, it seems to me, must necessarily be the time fixed by Brother Grant. 1723, and any rule which was not in existence in that year cannot be a landmark in the true and proper sense of the term. I am aware that the late Brother Drummond thought that a custom which had universal ac- ceptance, and whose origin could not b- traced, could properly be brought within the true meaning of the term, but I do not agree with him, for the reason that there are many things whose origin must, in the very nature of things, have been of later date, which we cannot now trace to their beginning. To illustrate: Degrees have been a growth in Masonry, but no one can tell when or where the seed was planted. Brother Mackey believes that the legend of the third degree was a land- mark. but it seems to be clear now that this learned brother was mistaken, for. at the organization of the Grand Dodge of England, there seems to be undisputab 1 * evidence that there was but one degree, or at most two. and the third, or Master'-, degree came into being afterward. The definition that the ancient landmarks of Freemasonry are the immemorial usagts and fundamental principles of the craft and are unchangeable is faulty in that a thing may be immemorial, that is. that it * American Tyler. 458 THE TRESTLE BOARD has existed from the time “when the mem- ory of man runneth not to the contrar}',” and yet not accepted "universally, which seems to me to be a necessary qualifica- tion of a landmark, and there is no possi- bility of anything like a common agree- ment as to what is and what is not funda- mental. My end at the present time is not to argue the proposition, but merely to throw out as a suggestion to Masonic thinkers the germ, which I hope will grow until we have reached a satisfactory conclu- sion to the question, “What is a land- mark?” Of what must a rule con- sist in order to make it a land- mark? The suggested definition may be faulty, ami, if thought so, I hope that others will improve upon it, for it is time that we should at least endeavor to reach a reply to the question which is compati- ble with the dignity and importance of the Masonic craft. If I succeed in directing attention to the subject, my purpose will be accomplished. Handshaking To shake hands with a person, says an exchange, is rightly regarded as a token of friendship, but very few know how the custom arose. According to a French ethnologist, whenever two men met in for- mer times they were accustomed to hold up their right hands in front of them as a sign that they had no intention of at- tacking each other. This mark of confi- dence, however, did not prove sufficient in all cases, for a man may hold up his right hand and yet, if he keeps it closed, may have a weapon concealed in it. There- fore, it became the custom for the two right hands to clasp each other, as only thus could full assurance be given that no weapon was concealed in either of them. Formerly this gesture, now the token of loyalty and friendship, was one of distrust on each side. Many business men have no more sense than to use a racehorse for dray work. A Va.lu0Lble Gift Xoble 'John T. Sullivan some two years ago left California for Seattle, Washing- ton. Before his departure he placed in charge of Xoble George W. Lippman a very ancient copy of the Holy Bible, with the request that the latter should pre- sent it to Islam Temple, A. A. 0. X. M. S. Xoble Lippman placed the package upon a shelf, and there it remained until a few weeks ago, when it was again brought to his notice. On opening the same he found the sacred relic and gave it to Potentate Filmer. Xoble Filmer, finding the vol- ume bereft of its covers, has had it very neatly bound, and it is now in possession of the Temple. The fly leaves and the title page are missing, but otherwise the book is complete. It bears all the ear- marks of great age and is unquestionably a very valuable work. It is safe to say that no Temple, and perhaps no Masonic Body in this land, has a more unique or valuable copy of the Great Law than Islam Temple now has. The Xobles of Islam, on beholding this magnificent gift, will doubtless regard it with a degree of veneration commensurate with its charac- ter. They will certainly express to the donor their great appreciation of the gen- erous spirit that prompted the gift, and will hold his kind act and himself in grateful remembrance. All trace of Xoble Sullivan has been lost ; but every effort will be made to find him. Should any reader of this item be able, to give any information regarding him, it will be a great favor to the Tem- ple if he will communicate such informa- tion. • Remember, courtesy is due of man to man, and not of suit of clothes to suit of clothes. Some men get a vast amount of satis- faction in thinking what they intend do- ing. THE TRESTLE BOARD l-V.t EVER THERE HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE BX CHARLES IT, BLUM, MISSISSIPPI HE laying of the corner stone by the Host Worshipful Grand Waster is purely and simply a symbolic function. By it we are reminded of the union that should ever sub- sist between speculative and operative Masonry. It is a link of per- petual union between the past and pres- ent. It is the link which enables us to view, in panoramic retrospection, the rise and progress of the human race. It carries us back to the cradle of architectural science, when primitive man first com- menced the survey of nature and the ob- servation of her beautiful proportions, thus giving rise to society and birth to every useful art. It enables us to delve deep into the pages of history, and pluck from the mine thus explored the purest and rarest gems. If we seek the history of the builders in Hebrew, Arabic or Chaldean tradition, we find it resplendent with achievements, for they were the custodians of the knowledge of their age. We find the Boneh of the Hebrew, the prospectus operis of the Bo- mans, the Mauerer of the Germans, the Macon of the French and the Mason of the Anglo-Saxon to be synonymous terms, and the connecting link between the operative Mason of the past and the speculative of the present. To the skill and ingenuity of the Jewish builders the spacious and magnificent structure, the Temple of Solomon, will ever remain an abiding monument in the memory of mankind, although there re- mains at this day not one stone upon an- other. Upon it was lavished every art known to man. From the plainness of the Doric, the delicacy of the Ionic, ‘to the richness of the Corinthian, and to the wis- dom of Solomon the builder, will the world in general and Masonry in particu- lar, ever be indebted for the coii>tnietion of that vast moral structure that brings the builders of every nation and of even- creed together into one sacred, band of friends and brothers, among whom no con- tention should ever exist but that noble contention, or rather emulation, of who can best work and best agree. That >a<-red band of co-workers in the vineyard of human thought, those expander.- of human intellect, who after the completion of the temple, garbed in the lamb— kin badge of a Master Mason, armed with the implements of their profession, the plumb, square and the level, scattering them -el vt - over the uninhabited globe to dissemi- nate and perpetuate among the children of men the lessons inculcated by the corner ‘stone of our profession. The stone upon which is constructed the superstructure of the Mason's or builder's profession, the basis upon which rests the happiness of the human family, that triangular stone on the three sides of which are inscribed, in indefaceable characters. Liberty. Equality and Fraternity. Since the migration of the builders from the temple, age upon age has passed : men have come and gone in fleeting genera- tions. season after season has fled like hours through the whirling wheel of time, but notwithstanding the crushing heel of tyranny and the intoleration of creed, the arena of Rome, the conflicts hetwe n tin* Crescent and the Cross, the enthrallment of human thought at the hands of the holy Inquisition, the foundation which the builders laid upon the Masonic corner stone has survived. The seeds of human freedom sown by the Jewish builders made it possible in the name of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity to wring the Magna Ckarta from King John and to furnish Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin and the im- mortal Washington with the inspiration 460 THE TRESTLE BOARD to la}- the foundation or corner stone of the greatest political structure, the most stupendous conception of the Temple of Liberty which has. ever emanated from the human mind — the nprearing and building of the great American Republic, whose flag to-day assures protection to all lovers of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity and enables ns to lay in peace and according to the dictates of our own conscience the corner stone of our destiny. If we curiously follow through history the growth and development of the 'J ewish builders, we find them developing in Greece under the leadership of the match- less Pythagoras, who was an eminent pa- tron of Masonry or the builder's art, be- queathing to posterity the ideas that gave rise to such tributes to the art of the builder as the Temple of Diana at Ephe- sus, the Acropolis of Athens and the Tem- ple of the Delphic Apollo — monuments of Grecian art, justice and learning, which yielding to the lapse of time vanished as material edifices, yet will ever remain as beacon lights of human thought, and who can doubt but they are one of the mediums through which the Great Architect of the Universe has laid the corner stone that brought man from darkness to light. In the wake of the Grecians came the Roman builders, who laid the corner stone of Ro- man art and brought it to that high state of perfection which enabled their descend- ants to perpetuate their fame by the splen- dor of the Temple of Janus, the gigantic Coliseum, and exhibited their ingenuity in the construction of the Catacombs. To the Roman as a material builder suc- ceeded the architect of architects, the builder of builders, He who laid the cor- ner stone of the great Christian Church. The meek and lowly ETazarene, who as a moral builder, constructed an edifice which is so far-reaching and sublime; whose teachings exercise such beneficent in- fluence over the Christian world as to lay it under obligation to render that rational homage to Him, which constitutes its duty and happiness. Contemporaneous with the advent of the Christian era flourished in Western and Eastern Europe the Moorish and Byzan- tine architecture, the Alhambra of Spain and the Church of San Sophia being strik- ing monuments of the Mason or builder's art of those ages. But in the wake of the Crescent which followed the Cross, came a cloud upon the world that threatened to consign to oblivion every art known to man. Superstitution, fanaticism and ig- norance, goaded by the arrogance of a mis- guided priesthood, were about to enslave the human mind; the beneficent influence of the great moral builder was sinking be- neath the horizon. Darkness prevailed. But the great all-seeing eye of the Su- preme Architect, whom the sun, moon and stars obey, said, let the Masons or builders come forth, and again there was light. Im- bued with a zeal for their profession as material and moral builders that neither tyranny nor ignorance could subdue, armed as before with the implements of their profession, the plumb, square and level, they again spread the seeds of knowl- edge. To their fame as material build- ers stand the cathedrals of Strasburg and Cologne, and Westminster Abbey of Eng- land, combining the art of Gothic and Re- naissance architecture, while teaching their initiates the moral lessons which we have in the speculative art. The modern Ma- son thus followed the builders step by step, from the cradle of their birth in the Far East to every quarter of the globe. In England, in the year 1717, Drs. An- derson and Desaguliers laid the foundation or corner stone of the edifice or moral structure which furnishes us the Specula- tive Mason of to-day, and built a temple which is symbolic and metaphoric, and whose splendor surpasses the material Grecian or Roman art, and as a seat for the dissemination of human knowledge surpasses in its far-reaching results the labors of the sacred grove or academy of the ancient philosophers. The Grand Lodge of every State in our Union and of every nation, and the Lodges in their sev- THE TRESTLE LOARD Kil eral jurisdictions, are the monuments which will perpetuate in sacred remem- brance the labors of those two noble work- ers of the art, Anderson and Desagulicrs, who in spreading the cement of brotherly love, laid the foundation upon which is built the Lodges which in every quarter of the globe are making men better and kind- lier, and thus laying the corner >tnn<* upon which rests the fundamental principle of our Order, friendship, morality and bro- therly love; those underlying principle which elevate man mentally and inorallv. and raise him higher and higher, till tin \ bring him in close allin it v with tin Su- premo Architect of tin* I'niveist*. TEMPLE OF CHARACTER PARTIAL survey of the uni- versal craft discloses a count- less host of brethren, the no- blest legion in all the world, welded together in the bonds of love and truth, moving forward fearlessly and majes- tically, having for their supreme object the suppression of wrong and the promul- gation of the doctrines of peace and good will to all mankind; while the agents of falsehood, ignorance and superstition waste their energies in condemning us and our system, the ancient and honorable in- stitution moves noiselessly along, feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, binding up the wounds of the afflicted, leading the blind and making crooked paths straight. I am persuaded the world at large is real- izing more and more as time passes the great moral force of Masonry. The spirit of brotherly love has been made manifest by its teachings and practice. Friendship has become more than a name under its influence, and morality finds in it a most zealous support. The history of Masonry is replete with beauty, but it is the practi- cal working out of the theory in our deeds of kindness and acts of love which give it life and makes it a power for good. Let us raise our voices in praise to the Great Architect of the Universe for His bounty and goodness, and for the privilege we have enjoyed in having a part in the exe- cution of the designs laid down upon the trestleboard of life. Though in ages past skilled workmen gave to the world an edi- fice, spacious and magnificent in all it s proportions, tradition informs u> that it escaped not the ravages of barbarous, fore , we of to-day, their successors, in a specu- lative sense, are just as busy in the noble and glorious work of constructing the t< m- ple of character that will stand the t< -t of eternity . — Grand Master Guthrie, Pda ware. Masonic Homes Investe 1 State. in Home. Fund. California . .s 1 04 .ni 10 Connecticut . . . slLdoo Illinois . ; 5.000 do, ooo Kansas •hfiooo is. 000 Iventuckv 1 in’.. 300 doo.oou Michigan fio.OOO Missouri 70.000 do. ooo Xew Jersey oo.l Mil 1 X).0oo Xew York old, 000 •Hd.oiJO Xorth Carolina . 100.000 Ohio PId.ooo •jo.ooo Pennsylvania . . do. 000 Od.ooo Tennessee do. 000 Texas . fiT.ooo 1 Id. ooo Virginia dd . oho 1 d.ooO Total , .S1.4H.MI0 smm.doo The multiplication of clandestine bodies, particularly in Ohio. Massachusetts. Xew York and Pennsylvania, has caused some of the Grand Lodges of Atlantic and Mid- dle States to adopt stringent requirements of applicants for examination. 462 THE TRESTLE BOARD THE MISSION OF MASONRY By Jose Fernandez Pellon, Grand Master of Cuba HOULD the fraternity take charge of public education? In order to do that ample financial means are needed, and they are not at her dis- posal. Should she attempt to suppress crime, to stop debauchery and gambling, or to frustrate the exploitation of one by the other? Should she discuss and decide economic questions? This would be constituting herself as police, would be equivalent to a poor parody of an academy of admin- istrative science, only that its deliberations would have neither the importance nor the authority nor the effect of the special institutions of that character. Should Freemasonry take up the teaching of re- ligious doctrines, dogmatic instruction or the edification of the soul, becoming church, mosque or synagogue? Let us throw aside illusions ! The dissipation of ignorance should be left to educational in- stitutions; in the hands of high schools and of universities should lie the sending into the world youths well initiated in achievements of human genius and ready to sacrifice themselves for their fellow- citizens ; to fine arts corresponds the smoothing of social manners, the embel- lishment and refinement of life; the church must feed and strengthen religious sentiment, purging it of degrading fan- aticism and superstition; and' to the state, whose province it is to foment and en- courage progress of every kind we must look for means' to neutralize and extirpate by wise, severe and opportune laws, the germs of public calamities not within our reach. The mission of Masonry is purely of an advisory character; her direct influ- ence reaches her members only ; her sphere of action in society does not pass beyond the bounds of auxiliary education and beneficence, for these are her efficient means of quickening and developing vir- tue. And justly this and no more our country requires from us, our ver}^ work demands it, for we have to smooth our way, removing the obstacles in order to ad- vance. We must contribute to the most rapid diffusion of knowledge, and at the same time foster the founding of benefi- cent institutions where charity be dis- pensed without sectarianism. But let us remember that this is only the exoteric, the exterior part of our task ; the real, the inner object of Masonry is the moral ad- vancement of man, the encouragement and organization of virtue, and as a conse- quence thereof, the preaching and practice of philanthropy in its broadest sense. Our brother, Antonio Govin, Past Grand Master of this Grand Lodge, whom the meritorious Aurelio Almeida in the dedication of his notable book “El Con- suitor del Mason” calls “a Cuban illus- trious by his knowledge and talent, highly respectable by reason of his civic and pri- vate virtues,” said the following, copied from a circular issued by him as Grand Master : “Masonry is a universal institu- tion of moral character. All the defini- tions made thereof, excepting that of the Grand Orient of France, are limited to this cardinal idea, but the latter by pro- claiming as the motto of the institution that which there served and still serves for the Republic since the year 1791, upon the motion of Condercret, has exerted a most notable influence in the conceptions that modern Latin races have of Masonry. Some of them have thus given her an emi- nently political and social leaning, and to a certain extent the moral element, as sec- ondary, has been eliminated, though the very essence of our institution, at least ever since the evolution from practical to speculative Masonry took place, when the first Grand Lodge was founded. THE TRESTLE BOARD * 3 "If such a viewpoint, so radical a transformation, so complete a deviation from the primitive objects of the Masonic Fraternity could be legal, proper and fruitful, it would not be difficult for yon to acknowledge it. Eemember first that we admit virtuous men of all religious and political opinions; second, that our laws prohibit their discussion in the lodges; and finally that it is not possible to stamp upon Masonry a defined political or re- ligious character since all different charac- ters- are admitted thereto, so that, there- fore, all attempts to apply Masonry to a concrete political, religious or social end must result in its division and discord. "But besides disintegrating the Insti- tution, there is in this what we might call the French system of abandoning the mor- al labor and efforts, and in>tead making thereof an association for the realization of political plans concerning the liberties of the people, a still graver danger. This danger, most highly regrettable, is the moral debasement of the Institution and the loss of prestige it suffers by the with- drawal of a great number of distinguished brothers. And this debasement imi*t of necessity result, if, instead of taking care to select members of virtue and h-mor, in -other words, moral men. without regard to their political and social opinion-, we are influenced by these latter and admit any more or less platonic enthusiast for the emancipation of the people, without inquiring into the merits of his private conduct. CHEER. UP Cheer up. The world is taking your photograph. Look pleasant. Of course, you have your troubles — troubles you can- not tell the policeman. A whole lot of things bother you. Of course. Business worries or domestic sorrows, it may be, or what not. You find life a rugged road whose stones hurt your feet. ^Nevertheless — cheer up. It may be your real disease is "selfish- ness'' — ingrown selfishness. Your life is too self-centered. You imagine your trib- ulations are worse than others to bear. You feel sorry for yourself — the meanest sort of pity. It is a pathetic illusion. Rid yourself of that, and, cheer up. What right have you to carry a picture of your woe-begone face and funeral ways about among your fellows who have trou- bles of their own? If you must whine or sulk or scowl, take a eat; and go to the woods or to the unfrequented lanes. Cheer up. Your ills are largely imag- inary. If you were really on the verge of bankruptcy, or if there were no thor- oughfare through your sorrows, you would clear your brow, set your teeth and make the best of it. Cheer up. You are making a hypo- thetical case out of your troubles and suf- fering from a self-inflicted verdict. You are borrowing trouble and paying a high rate of interest. Cheer up. Why, in ten minutes' walk you may see a score of people worse off than you. And here you are digging your own grave and playing pallbearer into the bargain. Man alive, you must do your work. Smile, even though it be through your tears — which speedily dry — and cheer up ! — Ex. Puerile “One or two of the Masonic paper- art c »n demiiing another paper for publishing a picture of the officers of a chapter who are c ad in the robes of the Royal Arch degree. We -ee nothing wrong in reproducing a picture of the kind in a Masonic paper. Such objection- are puerile . ’’ — Maso n i c Disc iplc. Thanks, Brother! That’s honest THE TRESTLE BOARD 464 COMFORTABLE LODGE ROOMS OME one has said that in or- der to encourage attendance at meetings it is necessary to have, among other things, a comfortable lodge room. It is easy enough, says the Ma- sonic Sun , to say what a com- fortable lodge room should be like, much easier than it is to find and rent one. There are not many that are really com- fortable. Most of them are too small to freely move around in when there is a crowd present. In cities there is some excuse for building small rooms, but in towns and villages, where land is cheap, there appears to be no reason why rooms should not be of good size. Frequently they are no larger than cities afford, some- times even smaller. When, as is often the case, a lodge builds its own home, gener- ous width and length should be in mind when the dimensions of the lodge room come to be considered. The fact that the membership is small and the .attendance almost always slim, should not influence the building committee to plan according- ly. The membership may double, and per- haps treble, and in that event the attend- ance would be proportionately larger. Construct a good-sized room and, if pos- sible, have it almost square. Never mind the few extra j^ards of carpet that will be required to cover the floor. Have win- dows on at least two sides, with a dome and ventilating arrangement in the ceil- ing. Windows on three sides would be better still, but it is not always possible to have them, owing to the wall of an ad- joining building. Windows are necessary not only to admit fresh air but sunlight, without which a room will have a musty smell. Some brethren would rather have the smell than the windows, fearing that cowans and eavesdroppers might use them for convenient peep-holes. That need not be a disturbing thought if the windows are not in line with those of any other build- ing, as it may be assumed they would not be. The room having been constructed of proper size, its furnishing is next to be considered. Perhaps before that is done it would be well to tint the walls. The walls of new buildings are usually left bare and glaringly white until the cracks due to settling are filled with plaster. It would be a useless expense to paint and decorate walls that would have to be done all over again within a few months, but the walls need not remain white until they are pointed up. Colored kalsomine will take away the bare look and likewise con- ceal finger marks and other disfigurements that would otherwise be in evidence. The floor covering should be a rug or carpet, preferably a rug, of good quality and of a warm color. A bright colored carpet suggests good cheer and helps to revive jaded spirits. (A good “Emblem- atic Carpet” is best.) Many otherwise at- tractive rooms are spoiled by dirty brown floor-coverings which are much in favor, because it is believed they hide the dirt which finds a lodgment in every carpet that is much used. Perhaps they do con- ceal dust and dirt more effectually than carpets with a lighter background, but that is a dubious recommendation. No carpet, and especially that on a lodge room floor, should be permitted to remain dirty even though the dirt cannot be seen. It will certainly be felt, if not seen, when the shuffling of many feet loosen minute par- ticles that will float through the air and irritate the eyes and throat of every one in the room. Get rid of the dirt instead of trying to hide it. See that the carpet gets a thorough sweeping every day, and occasionally take it up and send it to the cleanePs. The other furnishings of a room should be with an e}^e to comfort rather than ele- gance, although if money is plentiful and the two can be combined, so much the bet- ter. The chairs one so often sees dis- tributed around lodge rooms, narrow- seated and armless, are neither elegant nor THE TRESTLE BOARD 4P.5 comfortable. Xo one can sit in them any length of time without getting very tired, and many a bolt for the door before the lodge adjourns could be rightly interpret- ed as a protest against the use of these very same chairs. It would cost but a trifle more to have comfortable chairs, so why not have them ? The average man likes to loll in his chair and is inclined to grow rebellious when denied this privilege. Lodge room chairs should have wide seats, so that a fat man will have an equal chance with a thin one to sit out a session with comfort. They should not be up- holstered for sanitary and other good rea- sons. one of which is that in combination with a warm evening they are hot and un- comfortable things to sit in. Have the other furnishings of the room correspond and endeavor to give it a com- fortable and home-like appearance. The wall decorations, such as pictures, char- ters, resolutions, etc., will need some at- tention. In a great many lodge rooms the frames are hung in a bunch in a conspicu- ous place, the arrangement being most in- artistic and confusing to the ey» . Thev would look much better and attract quit • as much attention if they were distributed around the room. Have a Handing com- mittee appointed to confer with the ten- ants and direct them where to hang their framed belongings so that there will be some sort of an harmonious arrangement. Such lodge room will always be attract- ive to members and visitors, and the at- tendance much greater than will be found in a room of reverse equipments and care. THE YORK RITE AND THE SCOTTISH RITE S. H. A 310 IX XEW AGE Xow and then some Mason gets cobwebs on his brain, and in his troubled fancy sees a conflict between the two great rites of Freemasonry. He would save the craft by warding off this danger; and, bringing the powers of his mighty mind to bear on the subject, he writes or speaks his little piece. It falls fiat, however, and no one heeds it. And why ? Because he forgets that the symbolic Lodge is the ground from which both systems spring. There is as much of wisdom in his words as if he had asserted that the tree lives without its roots or the branches without the trunk or the leaves without their stems. This tribe is happily nearly extinct. An- other line of cavilers prattles and chat- ters about the “high degrees,** seeking to belittle the Scottish Bite, although con- fessing utter ignorance of it. These outbursts flow, it is charged, from a hidden source of jealousy or disappoint- ed ambition. We, however, would regret to believe that any Mason could be so actuated. But. such talk is not only idle and thoughtless, but must do harm. Look around in the Lodges. See if the men who have loved Masonry enough to take the “higher degrees** are not doing double work to maintain the very body which the caviler professes to believe contain? all of Masonry. Dr. Albert G. Mackey said more than half a century ago: "The York Rite fur- nishes the solid foundation: the Scottish Rite, the beautiful superstructure.” And that famous Masonic writer also said : “The man whose knowledge is confined to the York Rite will be apt to entertain nar- row and insufficient views of the sublimity of the Masonic system. Let the-e view- be enlightened and enlarged by a zealou- study of the Scottish Rite.*'* 466 THE TRESTLE BOARD Comforting Words e^t the Sick Bed “Howdy, Brother ! I just came in to see if you were as sick as you were reported. Why, I didn’t, know you were ill until Brother Jones told me you were not ex- pected to live. You do look had. Typhoid fever ! I had a brother die of that disease once. Yes, they thought he was getting well, and all of a sudden he up and died. You’ve got Dr. Blank ! How did you ever come to employ him? Dr. Curem is the best doctor I ever saw in typhoid, and he’s the kindest man you ever met. Never gives you anything that tastes bad. Let’s see, Dr. Blank has lost several cases this summer — seems to be a good doctor, but he’s unfor- tunate. He may pull you through, though. You’ve had a good constitution. But I never advise any one about his physician. Well, old fellow, I just dropped in to cheer you up a little. I think it’s our duty to make the last hours as easy and pleasant as possible. I’m a master hand at waitin’ on the sick and layin’ out the dead. It’s a disagreeable duty, but somebody’s got to do it, and I may want to die some time myself .” — Masonic Trowel . True Courage Needed The duties and obligations of Freema- sonry are plain. The reason why they are not vigorously lived up to is 'because men lack the courage. Peter was valiant in the garden of Gethsemane, yet at the High Priest’s palace he was cowed with a single question by a simple maid servant. There are lots of Masons just like Peter. They wear Masonic insignia, are always seen in Masonic processions with their white aprons, and delight to display their Masonry in the lodge room, yet when called upon to put into practice the prin- ciples they espouse they fail utterly be- cause of moral cowardice. Senator Fair- banks tells of one of his constituents who wrote him a letter during the opening of the Spanish-American war, severely crit- icising President McKinley for his slow- ness of action and urging that men be sent to the front. The Senator replied. explaining the situation, and stating that a new battleship was about to be put into commission and that the President had asked him to name two landsmen to go upon the ship and that he would take pleasure in naming him as one and for him to wire his acceptance at once. This was the last the Senator heard from his constituent, and it took two letters and two telegrams to get the reply that the party was too busy just then and could not leave home. He was ready to tight with his mouth and lay down his life in his mind ; his courage was not that of the noble President whom he criticised. It is courage that is needed in Freemasonry to-day. That courage which ^manifests itself in silent effort, the courage that prompts you to do your duty, the courage to be a true Mason . — Illinois Freemason . One On Him Wandering over an old cemetery re- cently a young man came across a large stone inscribed: “Turn me over.” After much difficulty he succeeded in turning it over, and found on the under side of the stone the words: “Now turn me back again so that I can fool some other idiot.” — Ex. The special Knights Templar edition of the San Francisco Trestle Board is a huge affair. It is about the size of the popular magazines, contains over 100 pages of adver- tising, portraits of the leading Knights Templar of the United States, and a num- ber of views of places of interest in Cali- fornia. Our Frank H. Thomas, who was elected Grand Captain General of the Grand Encampment, is honored with a half-tone portrait and a biographical sketch. The Trestle Board is to be congratulated on its magnificent showing . — Washington (D. C.) Masonic Disciple. Don’t transact the business of your lodge on the streets, or in other places in the pres- ence of strangers. THE TRESTLE BOARD 40T MORE CARE SHOULD BE EXERCISED FROM THE MASONIC CHRONICLE A successful lodge is not always the one that initiates the greatest number of can- didates in the course of a year. It re- mains to be seen how many of the hun- dreds thus admitted to the inner sanctum sanctorum will prove to be desirable acqui- sitions. There is a suspicion — more than that, in fact — that Masons are made in too much of a hurry, and in such large batches that it is impossible to sift the ’good from the bad material. The recent scandalous disclosures of the membership in good standing of well known crooks and gam- blers in a Yew York city lodge proves that too little care is exercised in scrutinizing applications. A man need not. however, be a crook to be unworthy in a Masonic sense. In every community there are many men who are, to all appearances, worthy citizens, and who yet may not possess any of the qualifications that fit a man to be a Mason. What these qualifications are every crafts- man of intelligence ought to know and possibly does know. Profane men should never be permitted to wear the badge of a Mason. Thousands of them do wear it. as everyone knows, thereby scandalizing the craft. They should break themselves of the vulgar habit and lay aside their aprons until they can wear them without besmirching them. And if they are un- willing to do this voluntarily, then the rod of discipline should be applied. Men that have no religious convictions, and don't want any. are apt to be included among those who take the name of God in vain. An irreligious man has no moral right to sit in a Masonic lodge room, and if he is half way honest, he will withdraw from the fraternity. While no one con- tends that Freemasonry is a religion, ev- ery worthy member must believe in God and put his trust in Him. An Atheist, we are told, cannot be made a Ma>on. and it is a fair inference that if one is initiated, passed and raised under false preten>t>. he is no more of a Mason than he was be- fore he knocked at the inner door. Then there are the grinders and op- pressors of the poor, men whose sole am- bition is to accumulate wealth and hang on to it. who never did a charitable deed and can see no reason why they should. They joined the fraternity for the pur- pose of getting something out of it. They believed it would help them along in busi- ness and their attachment is strengthened or weakened according to the amount of help they receive. Clinging like barnacles to the Frater- nity are thousands of undesirable alfili- ates who in many instances are regarded as representative craftsmen ! Having been admitted, it is hard to get rid of them, but others of the same kind can be kept out if investigating committees will help do their work and put aside the notion that a fa- vorable report must be rendered unless the candidate has a shady reputation, while thousands might not have who would, nevertheless, be unworthy to wear the apron. A Harvard professor complains that football interferes with study, but we have not yet heard of study interfering with football. Unmerited success has always proved a curse. It is the toil that sweetens rest and gives peaceful sleep The man without enemies makes as much noise in the world as a piece of soft soap in a mill pond. Faith is necessary to man. Woe to him who believes nothing! 468 THE TRESTLE BOARD PROMPT OPENING It is a good rule to establish that when the hour for opening has arrived the lodge shall be opened, providing there is a quorum and enough members present to fill the chairs. If presiding officers gen- erally should establish such a rule, and rigidly adhere to it, they would win the approval of nearly every one and secure the attendance of a good many members who now attend very irregularly, or not at all. A brother who has hustled home after a hard day’s work, swallowed his supper and dressed in a hurry, does not relish standing around for a half or three-quar- ters of an hour waiting for the lodge to open, and if, as a result of it, the session lasts until near midnight, he is apt to con- sider that he has had enough of it, and will not be seen again for some weeks and perhaps months. An opening on time is considered bv some presiding officers to be not within the range of possibilities. They have never succeeded and more than likely never will succeed in getting down to business pre- cisely at 8 o’clock. Through their own or some one else’s lagging the opening is al- ways deferred several minutes beyond the time when the by-laws say the lodge shall be opened. The Secretary may not have arrived, or may be busy at his desk with a crowd surrounding him. It would not do to interrupt him until he has collected all the money in sight, and so he is given a few minutes’ grace, which is often lengthened to half an hour. Sometimes it may be the fault of the presiding officer himself, who is late in arriving, and who is generally slow of movement thereafter. Any old time will do for some men, hence lodges are sometimes opened at an hour when they should be on the point of clos- ing. Let it be understood that a lodge will be opened early and closed early, and the attendance problem will be solved. It will draw more members to the meetings than a “feed” and costs a good deal less. The time when brethren were indifferent as to the hour when they arrived home, and their condition when they got there, has gone by. The demands of business are greater and more exacting than ever be- fore, and to be equal to them most men realize that they must have clear heads and sound bodies, which they would not have if they turned night into day, as per- haps their fathers did. before them. Ten o’clock, or one half hour later, is none too early to close any lodge session that opens promptly at eight. A large volume of busi- ness may be transacted in two hours, even including an initiation, providing time is not wasted. Let the experiment be tried. — Exchange. Good Wind Wasted A writer in the Masonic Trowel strikes the following sympathetic chord: “After the Worshipful Master has ‘spread him- self to an unappreciative candidate, in the presence of just enough brethren to fill the chairs, he mops his face, and thinks as I did when I came into my office one morning and found that the electric fan had been running all night : ‘What a lot of good wind wasted an the desert air.” “May every soul that touches mine — Be it the slightest contact — get therefrom some good, Some little grace, one kindly thought, One inspiration yet unfelt, one bit of cou- rage For the darkening sky, one gleam of faith To brave the thickening ills of life, One glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists, To make this life worth while, And heaven a surer heritage/’ The record water-melon, 150 pounds in weight, and 5 feet 6 inches long, was raised in Orange County, California. The big tun of Heidelberg, previously holding the world’s record for wine capac- ity, is about half the size of any one of three big tuns in the wine district of Cali- fornia. THE TRESTLE BOARD 10 CALIFORNIA NUGGETS Statistical Information Regarding the Golden State Ventura county leads the world in bean culture, although many of the coa-t counties raise immense crops. Hail and thunder storms are almost unknown in California, and agricultural- ists are proportionately relieved of anxiety. > Fifteen miles north of Petaluma in Sonoma county i> the Luther Burbank ex- perimental horticultural station, of world-wide fame. Mono Lake, the Dead Sea of California, lies at a high elevation in the Sierra- and is rarely visited. It has been well described by Hark Twain. One of the great crops in California is alfalfa, which yields five crop- in the year, over a ton to the acre. The alfalfa hay commands good prices, and the green crop is the finest kind of pasture for stock. The growing of sugar beets, which contain from 20 to 25 per cent, saccharii e in 300-ton tests, is quite a thriving industry at Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, at Petaluma in Sonoma county, and at Oxnard in Ventura county. The abalone, a species of sea-snail, well-known from the beautiful rainbow bin of its shell, is a California product, now a favorite article of food in China and Japan. The flesh is either dried or canned and exported in large quantities. Drake's Bay, a little to the north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate, is -o named after England’s famous sea captain of the Elizabethian era. Drake coasted along the shores in the Sixteenth century in search of Spanish treasure-laden galleons Florin, in Sacramento county, leads the world in strawberry culture. The season lasts from April to August. As high as $800 is made from a single acre, and yields of $500 and $?00 an acre are not uncommon. The total yield for the district in the season of 1902 was $131,400. The Geysers in Sonoma county are not exactly to be classed among the won- ders of the world, but they are unique in their way. The region is distinctly vol- canic, or the remains of a volcano now dormant. The waters are at a boiling heat and strongly impregnated with sulphurous acid and iron. The best time to see the Geysers is at sunrise when the clouds of steam are most distinct. The distance from San Francisco is about 90 miles, of which 16 are by stage. The stage drive over th< mountains is quite an exciting incident. Asparagus canning is one of the latest and mod profitable industries in ( - fornia. The growing of asparagus requires special conditions of climate and combined with abundance of moisture, but in all these respects nothin" can -urpa-- Bouldin Island, at the mouth of the Sacramento River. On this i-land i- th largest asparagus farm in the world. The canned product is exported to Germany, the home of the asparagus, competing with the native article. Asparagus i> a profit- able crop, yielding a- high as $108 an acre. 470 THE TRESTLE BOARD EASTERN STAR POINTS X THE 50's, while lecturing in a certain Tennessee Lodge, we took the occasion, as we always do when we lecture anywhere, to invite the wives, sisters and daughters of the fraternity together for a lec- ture on Adoptive Masonry in general, and the beautiful “Star of Christ” in particu- lar. The ladies were greatly delighted, as they always are, with the subject, and one of them professed her determination to adopt the Star emblems in a quilt she was projecting, and thus display them be- fore the eyes of every visitor. Animated by the suggestion, we boldly pledged our faith, if she would, that we would be found at her dwelling some future day to claim a night's rest under said quilt. Nearly four years had passed when, a few days since, it came around in the good Providence of God that we were in that place again. Our promise was then ful- filled and our hope realized, for the quilt was completed, and an elegant one it was. And we were invited to use it. Such a night's sleep as we enjoyed beneath those beautiful emblems is a remembrance to a dyspeptic like ourself. And when morn- ing came we arose determined to record the incident for the benefit of others. But while we slept there that night, and the moon peeped through the window at the blue, yellow, white, green and red of those patterns, we dreamed a dream. And in our vision we saw that the time had come when every true-hearted female was a friend to Masonry; when no brother al- lowed himself to vote for a petitioner un- less his wife and daughter would associate with him ; when the drunkard, the gam- bler, the blasphemer, the licentious man and the Sabbath-breaker were rejected from lodge membership and Masonic ties by the influence of woman ; when the East- ern Star shone with its rich congeries of hues into the heart of every woman enti- tled to understand it; when Masonry was popular because it made its votaries moral and pure. In fact, we thought “the good time a-coming” had come, and right sorry we were to see when day broke that tye were mistaken. But if our Eastern Star quilt will recall such visions we intend to have them every night of our domestic life ! — Robert Morris. EASTERN STAR WOMEN. There is one field where educated Eastern Star women are in demand, says the Star Messenger. That is the home. They are the best wives, the best mothers, the best house- keepers, the best economists. The “coming* men” should give all the encouragement possi- ble to young ladies to become members of the Order of the Eastern Star, and also to obtain all the education they can, because of the great good they may receive from them as wives. Six years of hard study is well in- vested, if for nothing more than to be able to answer a thousand questions which curious youngsters will be asking in a few years, and the embellishment of pure and refined charac- ters thus obtained. INSTALLATIONS AT SACRAMENTO The several Eastern Star Chapters of Sac- ramento, Naomi No. 36, Columbus, No. 117, and Sacramento, No. 190, installed their newly elected officers, on November 30th, November 28th and December 2d, respectively, at Ma- sonic Hall. In each instance the retiring Matron was presented with an elegant Past Matron’s jewel, and numerous other presen- tations were made to retiring and incoming officers. Great interest is being taken in East- ern Star matters in Sacramento. In the Chapter room envy and malice have no place. Nine-tenths of the worry of life is borrowed. THE TRESTLE BOARD m CHIPS FROM THE STONE QUARRIES News of the Craft Gleaned From All Sources ;T BUY A THIRD STORY The Masons of Santa Rosa are to purchase a “castle in the air/’ according to the Santa Rosa Republican. Negotiations are about com- pleted whereby the third story of a building not yet built will be bought and sold. The fact that there is nothing on which to build the third story does not seem to make any particu- lar difference in the market value of the thing that is to be. In the air somewhere above the foundations that have been laid at the corner of T and Merced streets is a space that the Masons are contracting for and which the owners of the building are contracting to sell. Buying the third story of a building not built and owning the third story of a building already built are both a little out of the ordi- nary run of every day doings. The owner of the third story does not own what is standing on him. However, that may seem when it becomes a reality, cannot be told until the thing is done. But the third story of the building in question will be owned by the Masons and the rest of the structure will re- main the property of its present owners. There will be six Masonic bodies interested in the third story. The Lodge, the Royal Arch Chapter, the Knights Templar Com- mandry, the Eastern Star, the Scottish Rite “Lodge of Perfection,” and a Consistory to be established soon. The story itself will measure 72x130 feet. The lodge rooms and the rooms that will be built in connection will be finished in as handsome a style as any Masonic quarters in the State. The plan by which funds will be raised to buy this third story that is to be has been out- lined. Stock will be issued and will be bought by Masons. Provisions will be made so that none of the stock will ever pass into the con- trol of outsiders. This piece of a building high in the air will not have to be reached by balloons and com- munication will not have to be by kite and wireless telegraphy. No trespass will be com- mitted. A perpetual easement on the stairs and elevator shaft of the entire building will be a part of the buy. An easement on a heat- ing apparatus is to go also. Of course, it is understood that the present owners shall never take the notion into their heads to move away this part of the building. The Knight Templar edition of the Trestle Board was a beauty, doing credit to even such a progressive city as San Francisco . — Texas Freemason. The money microbe is the only one of the germ family which no one seems to fear. THE CRAFT IN GENERAL A joint installation of officers was he'd by the Lodges of Vancouver, P>. C , Decem- ber 27th, St. John’s Day. A Masonic temple is to be erected at Havana, Cuba, and the fund for this purpose has reached the sum of S^OOO. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at its quarterly communication, chartered two Lodges in China, one at Shanghai, the other at Tientsin, which have been working un- der dispensation for a year past. A majority of the Knights Templar Com- manderies of New York State have voted in favor of an assessment of 50 cents per capita for three years to create a fund to entertain the Grand Encampment of the United States at the conclave to be held at Saratoga in 1907. CALIFORNIA IN PARTICULAR A new Masonic lodge is about t<> be in- stituted in Fresno. The officers of Excelsior Lodge No. 160, San Francisco, were installed by Past Mister D. A. Hare December 2Hh, Bro. L. C. Hunter acting as Marshal. Congressman Joseph R. Knowland, the re- tiring Master of Oak Grove Lodge No. 215, F. and A. M., installed the newly elected offi- cers of that lodge December 2^th Pacific Lodge No. 136 installed Dece nber 23d, at Masonic Temple, San Francisco. Past Master George Darling was installing officer; Past Master J. \V. Anderson, Marshal. The Masonic lodge at Pomona, Cal., and the Eastern Star Chapter of that place attended divine service on St. John's Day. December 27th, at St. Paul’s Episcopal church. Rev Bro. C. D. Williamson conducted the s e r\ ices GRAND LECTURER ACTIVE Grand Lecturer Win. H. Edwards lias I e.m putting in time during the month of December visiting the lodges south ~>f the Tehach^pi divide. Bro. Edwards reports unusual -ctivgy, and great interest in the esoteric w rk f d‘e Order on the part of the brethren of the South -land. In Germanv they are making ale h •’ *»t f potatoes. God save Ireland from t iat dL covery. 472 THE TRESTLE BOARD GRAND MASTER VISITS DURANT Grand Master George W. Hunter visited Durant Lodge No. 268, at Berkeley, in his offi- cial capacity December 23d, on the occasion of the installation of officers of that body. Bro. R. W. Meek, Inspector of the District, acted as installing officer and inducted the following brethren into office : Charles Louis Biedenbach, Worshipful Mas- ter; Charles Henry Blohm, Senior Warden; William Henry Harrison Gentry, Junior War- den; Warren Gilman Sanborn, Treasurer; Clarence Sidney Merrill, Secretary; William Harrison Waste, Chaplain ; George Leonard, Senior Deacon ; Frederick Holroyd Dakin, Sr., Junior Deacon; William Seward Cole- man, Marshal; Harry Hubbard Johnson, Dozier Finley, Stewards ; Barzillai P. Bull, Tyler. Worshipful Master Walter Gompertz was presented with a Past Master’s jewel and Installing Officer R. W. Meek with a beauti- ful cut glass vase. A solendid oil painting of Henry D'urant, first president of the Uni- versity of California, after whom Durant Lodge was named, was unveiled. The picture was painted in Boston when Durant was thirty years old, by the American poet and artist, Thomas Buchanan Read. An elaborate collation was served, following the installation and picture unveiling ceremonies, at which Worshipful Master Biedenbach acted as toast- master. MASONIC HOME FOR MONTANA At a recent meeting of the executive board of the state organization it was decided to advertise for bids for a building for a new Masonic Home for the State of Montana. The Masonic Fraternity of that State has for some time had under consideration plans for the building of such a Masonic Home ; the project is shortly to be realized. At present there is available in the society’s funds about $30,000. This sum is being in- creased by the revenue from the David Anchard estate, which was left to the society two years ago. The home will be located near Helena. JOINT INSTALLATION The five symbolic Lodges of Sacramento, according to their time-honored custom, held a joint installation in the Masonic Temple in that city on Saint John’s Day, December 27th, five sets of officers being installed the same evening. Grand Master Hunter was in at- tendance and officiated as installing officer. Three hundred brethren attended. A bounti- ful banquet was spread, at the conclusion of which post-prandial addresses were made. The corner-stone of the new Hall of Tustice at San Jose, Cal., -was laid with the full Masonic ceremonial January 3d. When absent mind and submarine mine come in contact the ship goes to the bottom. CALIFORNIA NEWS NOTES California Lodge, No. 1 , in accordance with its invariable custom, installed its officers St. John’s Day, December 27th. Bro. A. S. Parsons, retiring Master of Ber- keley Lodge, No. 363, F. and A. M., was pre- sented with a handsome Past Master’s jewel. A1 Malaikah Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Los Anoeles, installed officers December 29th, the retiring Potentate, William D. Stephens, officiating. Articles of incorporation of a Masonic Hall Association have been filed with the county clerk of Santa Barbara, capitalization $30,000. A fine Masonic Temple will be erected in that city. St. John’s Day services were held in Po- mona by Pomona Lodge, F. and A. M., and the Eastern Star Chapter at that place. Ap- propriate music was rendered and addresses were delivered by Rev. Bro. C. D. Williamson and Rev. Bro. H. L. Badger. The officers of Excelsior Lodge, No. 166, F. and A. M., were installed in St. John’s Hall, Masonic Temple, San Francisco, De- cember 28th. The retiring Master, Bro. Dar- rell Allen Hare, officiated, assisted by Bro. Lewis C. Hunter. Bro. Hare was presented with a beautiful diamond-stuuded Past Mas- ter’s jewel, and a diamond ring. Islam Temple, Ancient Arabic Order No- bles of the Mystic Shrine, has decided to send its famous Arab Patrol to Niagara Falls, N. Y., during the session of the Im- perial Council, which will be held in that city in June, to represent California. FIFTY YEARS OLD On Saint John’s Day, December 27th, Texas Lodge, No. 46, F. and A. M., of San Juan, California, installed officers for the fiftieth time. The Lodge was organized on February 4, 1854, their being seventeen members, but one of whom, Bro. W. B. Johnson, now of Salinas, is living. Bro. E. F. Story was the first Master, Bro. R. L. Mathews the first Senior Warden, and Bro. L. Strode the first Junior Warden. The dispensation was granted January 23, 1854, since which time 185 members have signed the by-laws. The present member- ship is 28. W. G. Walker, the famous fili- busterer, of Nicaragua, was one of its mem- bers. The Lodge owns its own hall. Fol- lowing are the names of the officers at this date: Irwin W. Moore, Master; A. S. Moore, S. W. ; Harry Welcn, J. W. ; Geo. H. Moore, Treasurer; Mark J. Regan, Secretary; W. R. Flint, S. D. ; W. W. Canfield, J. D. ; R. G. Norton, J. S. Wilcox, Stewards ; G. W. Dean, Marshal; Leon Bullier, Tyler. THE TRESTLE BOARD 4 *- o i O K. T. CHRISTMAS SERVICE For a number of year? it ha? been the cus- tom among Knight? Templar to as?emble in their Asylums on Christmas morning to par- ticipate in the sentiments offered to the Most Eminent Grand Master of the Grand Encamp- ment. In conformity with this custom. California Commandery Xo. 1. K. T.. invited Golden Gate Commandery Xo. 16. Oakland Com- mandery Xo. 11, and Mission Commandery U. D. to be present in the Asylum in the Masonic Temple on Monday morning, Decem- ber the 26th. the 25th being Sunday, to par- ticipate in this beautiful and expressive service. The invitation was accepted, and a very large assemblage of Sir Knights from the several Commanderies were present. It is the custom for all Commanderies throughout the world to assemble simultaneously. This required the meeting in San Francisco to occur at 9 o'clock a. m. Xotwithstanding the earliness of the hour and the coldness of the morning, the Asylum in rhe Temole has seldom if ever been so denselv crowded. The Committee appointed by the Grand Encasement which latelv met in Conclave in San Francisco had prepared the following sentiment : To our Most Eminent Grand Master. George M. Moulton: “May the Prince of Peace reign in all our hearts, and Ids love unite all nations.” To which the Grand IN Taster sent the follow- ing response : “All hail the day zehen love divine shall ennoble and dominate every heart, each for others and all for God.” An excellent program had been prepared, and it was carried out completely. Eloquent responses were made by the selected Sir Knights; and these were interspersed with most exquisite music by the choirs of Cali- fornia and Golden Gate Commanderies. The response to the toast. “The President of the United States’* by Sir Knight Samuel M. Shortridge was peculiarly eloquent, eliciting great commendation and applause from the assembled Knights. T 1_, e Gra^d Master’s to^st was responded to bv Sir NY. F T * or >k fierce. Grand Junior NY^rd°u of the Grand Encampment. U. S. A., and Sir Brilsford P. Flint. Grand Generalissimo. Grand Commandery of California, replied to that of the Grand Commandery. Toasts were also given to the visiting commanderies. The adornment of the tables and the char- acter of the breakfast were in keening with the character of the occasion, and the entire performance delighted and benefited all. .The occasion was one of +he most enjoyable ever witnessed in the Asvlnm. America, in the singing of which all joined, and benediction by the Prelate of California Commandery completed the excellent pro- gram. Some 250 Sir Knights took part in the cere- mony. which lasted about two and one-half hours. RENO CELEBRATES Reno, New, Lodge, F. and A. M.. cele- brated its thirty-fifth anniversary on St. John’ 4 * Day, December 27th. Prominent Masons if Xevada and California were present The Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master, as well as other grand officers of Xevada were in attendance. The occasion was a gala one Officers for 1905 were installed, who are a* follows: T. J. Steinmetz. W. M. : E. Barber. S. W. : Fred Grob. J. NY.: T. K. Hymens Treas. ; S. M. Jamison. Sec’y. An elaborate banquet was served at the close of the exercises, addresses being made by many prominent Masons. Reno Lodge is the strongest Masonic or- ganization in X'evada, and contains on its rY’s the names of many of the old Bonanza K ng^ OROVILLE WILL BUILD Articles of incorporation of the Orovi 'e Masonic Hall Association have been filed with the county clerk of Butte County. California The object of this corporation is to build a ha' for the Masonic Order in the town of Or- ville. The amount of capital stock is $2 5. on >. divided into 2,500 shares at $10 a share TI Directors of the new incorporation are: S > Simon, J. NY. Grace, Joseph C. Gray. H. C Hills. C. D. Dunn, R. S. Kitrick and A. F Boynton. VALUABLE JEWEL PRESENTED Crockett Lodge Xo. 129. F. and A. M. San Francisco, installed its officers December 21 «*. the retiring Master, Bro. Harry Xewhoff. act- ing as installing officer, and Past Master Joshua B. Roberts as Grand Marshal The retiring Master. Bro. Harry Xewli ft. was at the close of the ceremonies presen ted on behalf of the Lodge with a magnificent diamond studded Past Master’s iewel. valued at $400. ANOTHER CORNERSTONE The cornerstone of the new Meth d -t Episcopal church south, at the corner of Dur- ant and Telegraph avenues. Berkeley, was 'aid by the Masonic Grand Lodge December 2 .d The Grand Lodge convened at Odd Fellows Hall at 1 :30 p. m. L T nder the direction of the Grand Marshal they marched on Shattuck avenue to Durant and then to Telegraph ave- nue. where the ceremony was performed. The program included the regular corner stone ceremony, music, devotional exerc'ses and addresses by Rev. Clarence L. Reid. D D . NYm. H. NYaste, president of the Board of Trustees, and Bro. G. NY. Hunter. Grand Mas- ter of Masons. The members of the Grand Lodge who par- ticipated in the exercises included : George NY Hunter. Grand Master: Edward H. Hart. Dep- uty Grand Master: George M. Perine. Senior Grand NN'arden : Henry M. Owens. Tun Grand NYarden : Edward Coleman. Grand Treasurer: the Rev. Tacob Xieto. Grand Chap- lain : G. P. Adams. Grand Tyler. 474 THE TRESTLE BOARD Book Shelf The Trestle Board acknowledges the re- ceipt since the last number of this magazine of the following Masonic publications : From Companion Stephen Berry, Grand Recorder, proceedings of the Grand Council, R. and S. M., of Maine, for 1904. From Mrs. Eliza S. Cohen, Grand Secre- tary, proceedings of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S. , of Colorado, for 1904. From Mrs. Bessie P. Norris, Grand Secre- tary, proceedings of the Grand Chapter, O. E. S., of New Hampsire, for 1904. From Bro. S. Penrose Williams, Grand Sec- retary, proceedings of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Rhode Island, for 1904. From Bro. J. H. Bromwell, Grand Secretary, proceedings of the Grand Lodge, F. and A. M., of Ohio, for 1904. From Sir. Benjamin W. Rowell, Grand Recorder, proceedings of the Grand Com- mandery, K. T., of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, for 1904. From Bro. H. B. Grant, Grand Secretary, proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F. and A. M., for 1904. From Bro. George Van Vliet, Grand Re- corder, proceedings of the Grand Council, R. and S. M., of New York, for 1904. From Sir Knight Cornelius Hedges, Grand Recorder, proceedings of the Grand Commandery, K. T., of Montana, for 1904. 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