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SOUVENIR BOOK 
 
 — OF — 
 
 Barlem Codge Ho. 457, f . $f J\. IH. 
 
 PUBLISHED IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS 
 
 TWO-THOUSANDTH COMMUNICATION 
 
 IN CONNECTION WITH AN 
 
 Entertainntent and Reception 
 
 AT 
 
 THE HARLEM CASINO, 
 
 1 24th STREET AND SEVENTH AVENUE, 
 
 mednesday evening, December i4tb, 1904. 
 
 ILLUSTRATED. 
 
 A HISTORY OF HARLEM LODGE, 
 
 OF THE MASONIC HOME AT UTICA. THE SEVENTH MASONIC DISTRICT. THE SQUARE 
 
 CLUB. THE SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. THE MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF. 
 
 MASONIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND MASONIC MATTERS IN GENERAL. 
 
 THE J. GRANT SENIA PRESS, 71 WEST 125th STREET, 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 
Copyright 1904, by 
 FREDERICK P. HAMMOND, Master of Harlem Lodge, No. 457, 
 Free and Accepted Masons, New York. 
 
OFFICERS OF TH E GRAND LODGE. 5 
 
 Officers of the mu tmt for 1904=1905. 
 
 Annual communications beein the fi.-Qf t„.^a ir 
 
 T.DAXTT. rr Tucsday in May at Masonic Hall, New York City 
 
 FRANK H. ROBINSON, Hornellsville 
 
 TOWNSEND SCUDDER, Glen Head L I ^''^"'^ Master, 
 
 S. NELSON SAWYER, Palmyra ' Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 CHARLES SMITH, Oneonta Senior Grand Warden. 
 
 JOHN R. GARDNER, loo William St n'y'c ■^""'°'' Gran^Warden. 
 
 EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Masonic Hsk'n' y' C ^'^"'^ Treasurer, 
 
 Grand . Secretary. 
 
 Grand Chaplains: ^DWIX .-N, QUICK, Yonkers, Gra.d Historian. 
 
 Rev. Bro. ROBERT S. MacARTHUR, New York. J^^N A. WILLIAMS, New York, Grand Pursuivant. 
 
 Rkv. Bro. OREN ROOT, Clinton. ANDREW FERGUSON, Brooklyn, Grand Tiler. 
 
 Rev. Bro. CHARLES H. FOWLER New York 
 
 REV. BRO. ALEXANDER C. MacKENZ^; rtira' ''"^*°'""^ °' ^^^ ^°^^= . 
 
 REV. BRO. ;OSEPII SIL^•ERMAN, New York, AUO^^cISrg'n™ ^rk 
 
 Rev, Bro .T.VMES NN', ASHTON, Olean. TAMES ,V, BECKETT, Hoosick Falls 
 
 WILLLXM H, PR.XNGEN. Hornellsville, Grand Marshal, '/^WILLl'uf PrOUsT h"^' , 
 
 MORRIS BENSON. Buffalo, Grand Standard Bearer, ^^ '^ ^^""'^^^ ^'^""SE, Buffalo. 
 
 Grand Sword Bearers: ' Commissioners of Appeals: 
 
 EDWARD G. CHAPMAN Gorham JOSEPH J. LITTLE, New York, Chief Commissioner. ^ 
 
 PAUL H. GRIMM, Glen Cove- ' '^'"'^'^^ *^- EMERSON, Watertown. 
 
 „,„ JERRIE T. DURHAM, Oneida. 
 
 HARRY P. KNOWLES, New York. HENRY A. POWELL, Brooklyn. 
 
 V\ILL L. LLOYD, Albany. WALTER M. HAND, Binghamton. 
 
 „ , TIIO.M.\S PENNY, Buffalo. 
 
 Urand t>tewards: j HUNGERFORD smith, Rochester. 
 PHILIP JOYCE, Buffalo. 
 
 JACKSON H. BECKER, New York. Trustees Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund- 
 
 ALFRED A. ADAMS, Brooklyn. r-T^,„rxT tt „ , , „ ^ 
 
 CHARLES E. DAYTON, Port Jefferson. ' f:"^"^^ ^- ^;'^L''^^- ^'^T "l"'- 
 
 ^^•ARREN B. conkling, Brockport. 'f^'^,^ |- "qli ^r^R u '■ 
 
 rntjM CDAMMUM'r ^' \r < J.\LVlt.b 11. ROLLINS, Brooklyn, 
 
 JOHN SPANNHAKL, New York, ^^^^^ jEEKMAN, Middleburgh. 
 
 Grand Directors of Ceremonies: "'^^''^^ ''■ ^kuser. Mount Vernon. 
 
 lOIIX L. SHAW, Edmeston. r'„„„.Vi. xj n j a i t^ j 
 
 ARTHUR M. BULLOWA, New York. Committee on Hall and Asylum Fund: 
 
 CHARLES M. WTCKWIRE. Waterville. FREDERIC C. WAGNER, New York. 
 
 GEORGE LOESCH, New York. CLAYTON S. SCOTT, Owego. 
 
 J HENRY RUWE, Brooklyn. JOHN C. THOMPSON, Buffalo. 
 
 WILLIAM T. HUTCHINSON, New York. JOHN WEBB, Jr., De Kalb Junction. 
 
 JAMES K. STOCKWELL, Oswego. 
 
 AMOS H. STEPHENS. New York, Grand Senior Deacon. ROBERT JUDSON KEN WORTHY, Brooklyn, 
 
 CHARLES LORROWE, Cohocton, Grand Junior Deacon. HERBERT E. BUGDEN, Albany. 
 
 JOtIN LAUBENHEIMER, Albany, Grand Lecturer. HENRY LIPPMANN, New York. 
 
 JOH.\ R. POPE, New York, Grand Librarian. MARCUS C. .ALLEN, Sandy Hill. 
 
 District Deputy Grand masters. 
 
 1. Rougier Thorne, Flushing. 15. Joseph Drake, Kingston. 29. Frank A. Bell, Waverly. 
 
 2. Henry L. Redfieldj Brooklyn. 16. John W. Telford, Margaretville. 30. Charles M. Adams, Weedsport. 
 ,3. Rufus L. Scott, Jr., Brooklyn. 17. Edward H. Lisk, Troy. 31. John C. Davis, Seneca Falls. 
 
 4. Almet R. Latson, New York. 18, Nat. P. Willis, Cooperstown. 32. Robert S. Carr, Williamson. 
 
 5. Thomas Balmford, New York. 19. Jasper D. Fitch, Mohawk. 33. George B. Adams, Geneseo. 
 
 6. Herman J. Katz, New York. 20. Oscar O. Niles, Fort Edward. 34. Milton W. Davison, Canisteo. 
 
 7. William J. Wiley, New York. 21. Abram M. Hollister, Corinth. 35. Arthur B. Burrows, Andover. 
 
 8. Francis D. Haines, New York. 22, Bert D. Severance, Essex. 36. William J. Hockey, Attica. 
 
 9. Ludwig Seeger, New Brighton. 23. Frederick E. Baum, Potsdam. 37. Warner Thompson, Albion. 
 
 10. I\Tanuel Muina, Brooklyn. 24. Jere. R. Sturtevant, Theresa. 38. Flenry Schaefer, Buffalo. 
 
 11. Charles U. Thrall, Tottenville. 25. Frank B. Foote, Parish. 39. Glenn M. Congdon, Gowanda. 
 
 12. George E. Briggs, Peekskill. 26. .Alfred J. Bromley, Utica. 40. Frank Merj, Jamestown. 
 
 13. Rich'd W. Oldfield, Haverstraw. '27. George M. Beal, Hamilton. 41. A. D. Manning, Saranac Lake. 
 
 14. C, D. Parkhill, Poughkeepsie. 28. H. C. Walker, Binghamton. 
 
6 Harlem lodge souvenir book. 
 
 masonic Board of Relief. 
 
 JOHN R. POPE President. 
 
 224 East Twenty-fifth Street. 
 
 THOMAS MOORE First Vice-President, 
 
 HERAIANN CANTOR Second Vice-President. 
 
 GLOVER C. ARNOLD Tliird Vice-President. 
 
 WILLL\M R. DENHAM Treasurer. 
 
 WILLIAM DELAMATER Secretary. 
 
 300 ilulberry Street. 
 
 Contributing Codies of tDe Seventb masonic District. 
 
 H.\RLi-:.M Lodge, No. 457. 
 Greenwich Lodge^ Xo. 467. 
 Tonic Lodge, No. 486. 
 Tecimsei-i Lodge, No. 487. 
 CoRiNTiii.vN Lodge, No. 488. 
 Pyrajiid Lodge, No. 490. 
 Park Lodge, No. 516. 
 Architect Lodge, No. 519. 
 Monitor Lod(;e, No. 528. 
 AsTOR Lodge, No. 603. 
 
 Americus Lodge, No. 535. 
 GR.\iiE!;cv Lodge, No. 537. 
 St. Cecile Lodge, No. 568. 
 (Ji.oBE Lodge, No. 588. 
 T.\bernacle Lodge, No. 598. 
 Ev.vxgelist Lodge, No. 600. 
 Perfect Ashlar Lodc.e, No. 604. 
 I\'.\niioe Lodge, No. 610. 
 Scoti.\ Lodge, No. 634. 
 Coi'ES'ioxE Lodge, No. 641. 
 
 School of Tnstructiott 
 
 for m 
 BorougDs of manbattan, Bronx and Ricbmond. 
 
 3ileets every ^ilnnday evening at the Grand Opera House, 
 Twenty-tliird Street and Eighth Avenue. 
 
 Under the personal supervision of the Assistant Grand Lecturer, Rt. Wor. ROBERT W. MORROW. 
 
 Custodians of tbe (UorK. 
 
 Rt. Wor. WILLI A^I L. SWAN Oyster Bay. 
 
 Rt. Wor. AUGUST EICKELBERG New Yorlc 
 
 Rt, Wor. JAMES A, BECKETT Hoosick Falls, 
 
 Rt. Wor, OSCAR F, LANE ■ Schenevus, 
 
 Rt, Wor, WILLIAM PROUSE Buffalo, 
 
DIRECTORY OF LODGES, SEVENTH MASONIC DISTRICT. 
 
 Directory of Codges Cottiprisind m Seventh masonic District. 
 
 WILLIAM J* WILEY^ District Deputy Grand Master, 
 
 ^8 West 22d Street, New York. 
 
 HARLEM, No. 457.— Meets at 202 East 124th St., Harlem 
 vSavings Bank Building, every Thiirsday. Master, Frederick 
 Porter Hammond, 129 East ii6tli St.; Senior Warden, Chas. 
 E. Haigiit; Junior Warden, Charles P. Peirce; Treasurer, 
 Frank C. Combes; Secretary, Robert OgilvYj 1 15 East 1 14th 
 Street. 
 
 GREENWICH, No. 467.— Meets in Masonic Hall on the 
 Second and fourth Fridays of each month. Master, Frank L. 
 Brooks, 556 Mott Avenue; Senior Warden, Clarence Van Al- 
 styne; Junior Warden, Charles L. Francisco; Secretary, An- 
 drew Merz, 87 Avenue B. 
 
 COLUMBIAN, No. 4S4.— Meets at 220 East 15th Street, on 
 the first and third Fridays of each month. Master, John A. 
 McKay, 226 West 135th Street; Senior Warden, Thomas Rob- 
 erts; Junior Warden, Jacob Ullman; Secretary, John H. 
 BiERWiRTii, \\'illelt Street. 
 
 IONIC, No. 486. — Meets in Masonic Hall on the first and 
 third Thursdays of each month. Master, Herman Stark^ 213 
 Canal Street; Senior Warden, James H. Roberts; Junior War- 
 den, Harry N. Simon; Secretary, James Thompson^ 41 Troy 
 Avenue, Brooklyn. 
 
 TECUMSEH, No. 487.— Meets in Masonic Hall on the sec- 
 ond and fourth ]\Iondays of each month. Master, Jacob Sinot, 
 89 Hudson Street, Jersey City; Senior Warden, Samuel C. 
 'Gheenbaum; Junior Wa.rden, William Sherer; Secretary, 
 Frederick E. Davis, 1139 Decatur Street, Brooklyn. 
 
 CORINTHIAN, No. 488.— Meets in Masonic Hall on the 
 second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Master, John R, 
 Siieppard, 109 West 42d Street; Senior Warden, L. Henry 
 Herman ; Junior Warden, James J. Archbold; Secretary, 
 George F. Thornton, 76 Dewitt Avenue, Belleville, N. J. 
 
 MANAHATTA, No. 489.— Meets at 124th Street and Thiru 
 Avenue, on the first and tltird Mondays of each month. Master, 
 WiLLARD CuDNEY, 144 Alexander Avenue; Senior Warden, 
 James E. McLean; junior Warden, James McClurg; Secre- 
 tary, Silas Black, 665 East 147th Street. 
 
 PYRAMID, No. 49o.--Meets in Masonic Hall on the first 
 and third Fridays of each month. Master, William J. Car- 
 son, 83 Lexington Avenue; Senior Warden, Edward A. Krauss- 
 man; Junior Warden, Charles C. Jenkins; Secretary, Charles 
 H. Baldwin, 231 West 21st Street. 
 
 AA'YOMING, No. 492.— Meets in Westchester Village, on the 
 first and third Thursdays of each month. Master, August H. 
 DiEHL, Avenue C, Unionport, N. Y. C. ; Senior Wai-den, Chas. 
 Donohue; Junior Warden, JbiiN G. PIelf; Secretary, Harry 
 A. Murphy, Main Street, Westchester, N. Y. 
 
 PARK, No. 5 1 6.— Meet? at 300 West 58th Street, on the 
 first and third Tuesdays of each month. Master, Henry Hold- 
 ing, 109 West 130th Street; Senior Warden, William J- 
 Stewart; Junior Warden, Harold C. Knoeppel; Secretary, 
 Albert W. Knowles, 50 White Street. 
 
 ARCHITECT, No. 519. —Meets at 155 East 58th Street, on 
 the first and third Wednesdays of each month. Master, Hugo 
 Fredericks, 346 East 79th Street; Senior Warden, H. G. P. 
 Nerge; Junior Warden, Frank Hernig; Secretary, A. H. Can- 
 tor, 311 W. 140th Street. 
 
 NORMAL, No. 523. — Meets in Masonic Hall on second and 
 fourth Mondays of each month. Master, George Pugh, 704 
 Broadway; Senior Warden, Louis A. Pellon; Junior Warden, 
 Walter J. Van Dien; Secretary, John C. Hassell, log East 
 7Sth Street. 
 
 MONITOR, No. 528. — Meets in Masonic Hall on the second 
 and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Master, PIarry L. Biow, 
 105 East 104th Street; Senior Warden, John M. Parker; 
 Junior Warden, William E. Burton ; Secretary, David J . 
 Barnett, 32 West 65th Street 
 
 AMERICUS, No. 535. — Meets in Masonic Hall on tlie first 
 and third Thursdays of each month. Master, George M. Bris- 
 BOLL, 7 West 127th Street; Senior Warden, Frank M. Bauer; 
 Junior Warden, Rudolph C. Wasserscheid, Jr.; Secretary, 
 Charles M. Hayward, 124 Nassau Street. 
 
 GRAMERCY, No. S37-~Meets in Masonic Hall on the sec- 
 ond and fourth Mondays of each month. Master, Alfred J. 
 \\'eber, 712 Malone Street, West Hoboken, N. J.; Senior War- 
 den, Theodore P. Trayer; Junior Warden, Charles B. Wit.- 
 lert; Secretary, James E. Gritman, 243 West Fourth Street. 
 
 GUIDING STAR, No. 565. — Meets at 719 Tremont Avenue, 
 Bronx. Master, William E. Trull, Jr., East 196th Street, 
 Fordham; Senior Warden, John B. Rae; Junior Warden, R. 
 V/ard Hillman ; Secretary, Calvin D. Hicok, East 193d Street, 
 Fordham. 
 
 ST. CECILE, No. 568.— Meets in Masonic Hall on the first, 
 third and fifth Tuesday afternoons at 1:30 p. m. Ma.v 
 ter. George E. Wallen, Proctor's Theatre, W est 23d Street; 
 Senior Warden, George Johnston; Junior Warden, William 
 E. Twnv; Secretary, Henry W. Roe, 2776 Banibridge Avenue, 
 Bronx. 
 
 GLOBE, No. 5S8. — Meets ui Masonic Hall on the second and 
 fourth Saturdays of each month. Master, Morion Bishop, 2358 
 Btaumont Avenue, Bronx; Senior Warden, Joseph H. Crom- 
 well; Junior Warden, William D. Martin; Secretary, Adolph 
 J. Heinrich, 416 West 57th Street. 
 
 T.vBERNACLE, No. 59S. —Meets in the Grand Opera House 
 on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Master, Au- 
 gust A. Follmer, 436 Manhattan Avenue ; Senior Warden, 
 Louis Goettler; Junior Warden, Robert \V. Simpson, Jr. ; 
 Secretary, Daniel R. \\'oollett, 166 Eighth Avenue. 
 
 EVANGELIST, No. 600.— Meets in Masonic liall on the 
 first and third Tuesdays of each month. Master, James M. 
 Brandon, 300 West 1 39th Street ; Senior Warden, George B. 
 Roane; Junior Warden, George P. Hammond; Secretary, Rob- 
 ert T. Reid, 30 Horatio Street 
 
 \STOR, No 603.— Meets in Masonic Plall on the second and 
 fourth Thursdays of each month . Master, Harold Grey, 19 
 \\"est 42d Street; Senior Warden, Henry L. Downs; Junior 
 Warden, George M. Hayner; Secretary, John Thompson, 107 
 Wall Street 
 
 PERFECT ASHLER, No. 604.— Meets at 155 East sSth 
 Street, on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. 
 Master, Joel M. Marx, 158 West 97th Street; Senior Warden, 
 Leon Sanders; Junior Warden, Edwin M. Lasker; Secretary, 
 Nathan Unger, 228 East 1 i8th Street. 
 
 IVANHOE, No. 610.— ?(Iects in Masonic Hall on the second 
 and fourth Saturdays of each month. Master, William S- 
 Barnaby, 148 West 64th Street; Senior Warden, Charles H. 
 Stoddard; Junior \\'arden, J. Harper Hunt; Secretary, Harry 
 Benson, 511 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn. 
 
 CITIZENS, No. 628.~?*Ieets in ]\Iasonic Hall on the first 
 and third Fridays of each month. Alaster, J. Howland Pa- 
 ton, 180 St. Jame=; Place, Brooklyn; Senior Warden, David 
 Smith; Junior Warden, Philip Reid; Secretary, W. M. Post- 
 ley, Box 62S, Masonic liall. 
 
 GIRARD, No. 631. — Aleets in Masonic Plall on the second 
 and fourth Saturdays of each month. Master, Louis N. Don- 
 NATiN, 412 Eighth Avenue; Senior Warden, Henry F. Peeck; 
 Junior Warden, Clarence P. Fish; Secretary, William S. Nie- 
 HAUS, 17 East 2ist Street. 
 
 SCOTIA, No. 634.— Meets in Masonic Hall first and third 
 Thursdays of each month. Master, John Laird, 2302 Seventh 
 Avenue ; Senior Warden, Alexander H. Burgess ; Junior War- 
 -den, G(E0rge Morrison,- Secretary, Samuel C. Martin, 254 
 Eighth Avenue. 
 
 COPESTONE, No. 641.— Meets in Masonic Hall the second 
 and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Master, Benjamin M. 
 Oxley, 310 Sixth Avenue; Senior Warden, James S. Kennedy; 
 Junior Warden, William T. Black; Secretary, Harry T. Gib- 
 son. 15 Adams Street, Mount Vernon, N. Y., 2 East 14th St. 
 
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OFFICERS OF HARLEM LODGE. 
 
 Officers of Rarletn Codge for \m. 
 
 Wor. FREDERICK P. HAMMOND Master. 
 
 CHARLES E. HAIGHT Senior Warden. 
 
 CHARLES P. PEIRCE Junior Warden. 
 
 Wor. FRANK C. COMBES Treasurer. 
 
 Rt. Wor. ROBERT OGILVY Secretary. 
 
 WILLIAM H. SPICER Senior Deacon. 
 
 DAVID T. DE DERKY Junior Deacon. 
 
 Wor. WILLARD A. PEARCE Chaplain. 
 
 FRANK A. JOHNSON Marshal 
 
 DAVID J. OLIVER Senior Master of Ceremonies. 
 
 HERBERT H. EVERETT Junior Master of Ceremonies. 
 
 SIMEON S. DE PEW Senior Steward. 
 
 MATTHEW H. GOLDTHWAITE Junior Steward. 
 
 ROBERT F. NEVINS Organist. 
 
 JOHN H. HALL Assistant Organist. 
 
 CHARLES P. DE PEW Tiler. 
 
 trustees. 
 
 Wor. FREDERICK M. GALLAGHER One Year. 
 
 Wor. ALFRED A. BRIGGS ■. Two Years. 
 
 Vvor. GEORGE M. WALGROVE Three Years. 
 
 %inMm Committee. 
 
 Wor. L. P. WHITTAKER, Wor. HARRY L. BRYDE, Bro. CHARLES E. SAULPAUGH. 
 
 Committee of Instruction. 
 
 Bro. Ernest B. Johnson, Bro. Jesse W. Norton, 
 
 Bro. Herbert H. Everett, Bro. George A. Wolf, 
 Bro. David J. Oliver, Bro. Frederick P. Williams 
 
 Bro. .Matthew H. Goldthwaite. 
 
 Delegates to Masonic Board of Relief. 
 
 Wor. John \\'. Higgins, 
 Bro. Charles E. Haight, 
 Bro. Wm. H. Spicer, 
 
 ^^'or. Frederick 
 
 Uro. Edwards C. Brown, 
 Bro. Ernest B. Johnson, 
 Bro. Herbert H. Everett. 
 P. Hammond, 
 
 Committee Having in Charge the Entertainment 
 and Reception Commemorating the 2000th 
 Communication of Harlem Lodge, 
 
 Bro. Charles P. Peircc, Chairman, 
 Bro. Charles E. Haight, 
 Wor. Bro. Frank C. Combes, 
 Bro. Jesse W. Norton, 
 
 Bro. Charles P. De Pew, 
 
 Bro. David J. Oliver, 
 
 Bro. Charles E. Saulpangh, 
 
 Wor. Bro. Frederick P. Hammond, ex-ofHcio. 
 
 Souvenir Book of fiarletn Codde. 
 
 CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 History of Harlem Lodge 11 Officers of Harlem Lodge 
 
 The Grand Lodge 16 Past JMasters of Harlem Lodge 
 
 Masonic Home and School 21 Fellow Craft Team of Harlem Lodge. 
 
 S/eventh Masonic District 25 Rev. William Walter, D.D. 
 
 The Square Club • • • • 30 Frank H Robinson 
 
 School of Instruction 3= Townsend Scudder. 
 
 Freemasonry in the E,arly Colonies 33 John R Gardner. 
 
 Masonic Club 34 Edward M. Ehlers^ ^ , , , ,,,. 
 
 Editors' Page -36 Masonic Home and School at Utica. 
 
 Harlem Lodge Miscellany 38-39 William J. Wiley^ ,„ o .v, 
 
 Tl-e Eastern Star 4° Group of Past District Deputies c[ the Seventh 
 
 Masonic Historical 'Society ■.'.■.■.■ 4i Masonic District 
 
 Masonic Board of Relief 42 Masonic Board of Rehef. 
 
 Secret Societies Founded on Masonry 45 
 
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i HISTORY OF HARLEM LODGE 
 
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 By R.isKt "Wor. ROBERT OGILVY. 
 
 Secretary of the Lodge, and Representative of the Grand Lodge of Nebraska. 
 
 -Mf^ ERHAPS few of those who read this 
 ll^ short History can reahze what Harlem 
 '^ was in the year 1858, when the Lodge 
 held its first meeting. It was then a small village 
 extending from One Hundred and Sixteenth 
 Street to One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Street, 
 mainly between Third and Fourth avenues, One 
 Hundred and Twenty-sixth Street between those 
 avenues, and One Hundred and Twenty-ninth 
 the only well settled streets. There were but a few 
 scattering houses in One Hundred and Twent}'- 
 fifth Street from Fourth to Seventh Avenue, and 
 no streets opened west of Fourth Avenue between 
 One Hundred and Twenty-fifth and One Hun- 
 dred and Twenty-ninth and north of the latter it 
 was all farming land. The only means of com- 
 munication with the city was by the Harlem Rail 
 Road and a stage or omnibus line from the Bow- 
 ery to the dilapidated wooden bridge which span- 
 ned the river at the head of Third Avenue. There 
 were no paved streets, none of the comforts and 
 conveniences of moden city life and the utter ab- 
 sence of sewers and proper drainage made the vil- 
 lage a prey to fever and ague and other diseases 
 incidental to unsanitary conditions. 
 
 The first attempt to establish a Lodge of Free 
 and Accepted Masons in Harlem appears to have 
 been made in the year 1857, when Bro. John 
 Ward, Jr., of Angdo-Saxon Lodge, No. 137, 0/ 
 Brooklyn, inserted an advertisement in the Herald 
 inviting all Masons residing in the vicinity to meet 
 him for the purpose of petitioning for a dispensa- 
 tion, but it was not until the spring of 1858 that 
 
 the list of names was complete. In due time the 
 dispensation was received, and the following 
 brethren were authorized by the Grand Master to 
 assemble for work : 
 
 Wor. Bro. Chas. G. Bunell (Ma.ster) and 
 Bros. T. S. CoMPTON, John Ward, Jr., Samuel 
 McIntire, Chas. Boice, Zenas P. Wilds and 
 Benj. B. Stoddard. 
 
 There was not a rich man among them, but they 
 were all good, plain, respectable brothers, worthy 
 and well qualified for the work in hand. 
 
 On July 8, 1858, the first meeting was held in 
 what was known as Meigs' Flail, northeast corner 
 of Third Avenue and One Hundred and Twenty- 
 seventh Street, and this small, ill-ventilated room, 
 inconvenient of access, with furniture of the 
 plainest kind, and without even a carpet on the 
 floor, was the first home of Flarlem Lodge, and 
 in these humble quarters these pioneers of Ma- 
 sonry initiated fifteen candidates during the year 
 they worked under dispensation. 
 
 Soon after the Lodge commenced work, W. 
 Bro. Bunell retired, and the Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter appointed Bro. T. S. Compton Master, so that 
 when on Tuesday, June 14, 1859, the Lodge was 
 instituted under a warrant from the Grand Lodge, 
 W. Bro. Compton was installed Master, Bro. 
 John Ward, Jr., Senior Warden, and Bro. 
 Abram D. Rf.ndell, Junior Warden. The record 
 of the proceedings on this occasion is short and 
 concise ; namely, that R. W. Daniel Sickels con- 
 ducted the ceremony of instituting the Lodge and 
 installing its officers. 
 
 A few weeks afterwards the Lodge procured a 
 
HISTORY OF HARLEM LODGE. 
 
 13 
 
 second-hand set of officers' regalia for the extrav- 
 agfant sum of $7.50, and in May, i860, by sub- 
 scription among the members, purchased a carpet 
 for the floor ; the records state that $75 was the 
 total amount collected and expended for that pur- 
 pose. 
 
 At the election in i860 occurred the first serious 
 trouble in the Lodge. It having been held by the 
 then Master a week before the constitutional time, 
 without notice or summons to the members, some 
 brothers considered themselves aggrieved and 
 laid the matter before the Grand Master. The 
 D. D. G. M., R. W. Henry C. Banks, was au- 
 thorized to investigate the case, and by his direc- 
 tion a new election was held, Bro. Abram D. 
 Rendell being chosen Master; Bro. Thos. E. B. 
 Hawks, S. W., and Bro. John S. Poole, J. \Y., 
 and under the government of these officers the 
 Lodge grew rapidh', receiving constant accessions 
 to the roll, both by initiation and affiliation. 
 
 Up to this time it had been the only Lodge in 
 the city meeting north of Twenty-fifth Street, and 
 on July II, 1861, it endorsed a petition for a new 
 Lodge in Yorkville, afterward established under 
 the name of Architect Lodge, No. 519, and two 
 years later for another at ^^^ashington Heights, 
 which has since surrendered its Warrant. 
 
 On September 20, 1862, for the first time death 
 entered within the Lodge, and Bro. Frederick P. 
 GoLL headed the long roll of those "called from 
 labor." A few weeks later his death was followed 
 by that of W. Bro. Abraji D. Rendell, and now 
 the roll of our members "gone before" comprises 
 names which will ever be held in loving remem- 
 brance by those who knew them. 
 
 In 1863 the first effort was made to form a per- 
 manent Charity Fund, and under a provision in- 
 serted in the By-Laws (afterward somewhat 
 modified) the sum laid aside for this purpose now 
 amounts to over $3,000. 
 
 In February, 1867, the Lodge took an active 
 part in the great ^Masonic Fair for the benefit of 
 the Hall and Asylum Fund, and from articles 
 sold and donations and subscriptions, realized the 
 sum of $600, which was duly paid over to the 
 Trustees 
 
 About this time twelve members of the Lodge 
 withdrew and obtained from the Grand Master 
 
 a dispensation to fonn a new Lodge, afterwards 
 instituted as Bunting Lodge, No. 655. 
 
 In June, 1868, the Consistory of the Reformed 
 Dutch Church having decided to remove the re- 
 mains interred in the old burial ground in One 
 Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street at First Ave- 
 nue, it became necessary for the Lodge to take ac- 
 tion relative to some of our brethren buried there, 
 and after a long discussion the Trustees were au- 
 thorized to purchase for $500 the beautiful plot 
 in Woodlawn Cemetery now owned by the Lodge. 
 Later events have fully proved the wisdom of this 
 purchase. 
 
 On June 8, 1870, the Lodge took part in the 
 ceremony of laying the corner-stone of ^Masonic 
 Hall, Sixth Avenue and Twenty-third Street. 
 
 On April 28, 1870, the Lodge held its last meet- 
 ing in the old hall on Third Avenue and One 
 Hundrded and Twenty-seventh Street. For some 
 time it had been felt that a more commodious and 
 better appointed Lodge room was an absolute ne- 
 cessity, and the owners of the Harlem Savings 
 Bank Building, Third Avenue and One Hundred 
 and Twenty-fourth Street, having consented to 
 furnish and rent the large upper floor, it was taken 
 and occupied jointly by Harlem and Bunting 
 Lodges, and a Chapter and Commandery which 
 had then been established. 
 
 In this room the Lodge met for four years, 
 steadily pursuing its career of usefulness and 
 beneficence, but without any events calling for 
 special notice until January, 1874, when, having 
 failed to obtain a satisfactory renewal of the lease, 
 the Trustees were directed to hire a suite of rooms 
 in the hotel building at Third Avenue and One 
 Hundred and Thirtieth Street. A committee was 
 appointed to furnish the rooms, and while they 
 gave us a home, beautiful and well appointed as 
 any in the jurisdiction, for the first time in its his- 
 tory the Lodge was oppressed with a load of 
 debt, under which it almost sank, and which took 
 eight years of constant self-denial and earnest ef- 
 fort to remove. All honor is due to the blasters 
 who carried the Lodge through those trying 
 times. W. Bros. Frederick A. Phillips, Lewis 
 HoPNER, James E. Poole and John D. Thees 
 will ever be remembered with gratitude and re- 
 spect for the zeal, energy and liberality displayed 
 
HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 by them while the Lodge was being slowly extri- 
 cated from the financial difficulties under which 
 it labored. 
 
 In December, 1881, the gratifying report was 
 made by the Standing Committee that the Lodge 
 was again out of debt, and from that time to the 
 present has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity. 
 
 On Thursday, June 12, 1884, the Lodge cele- 
 brated its twenty-fifth anniversary by holding an 
 interesting entertainment in the Lodge room 
 
 In 1886 mainly through the efforts of the Mas- 
 ter, Wor. Bro. Stephen Cramer, the Lodge paid 
 its quota of the debt on the Masonic Hall at Sixth 
 Avenue and Twenty-third Street. 
 
 On January 30, 1890, the Lodge removed back 
 to its old rooms in the Harlem Savings Bank 
 Building. 
 
 On December 28, i8go, the Lodge inaugurated 
 the annual custom of attending Divine service in 
 one of the Harlem churches. On this occasion 
 the service was held in the new St. Andrew's 
 Qiurch, R. W. Bro, the Rev. Geo, R. Van De 
 Water, D.D., delivering an elocjuent discourse on 
 the life and character of St. John the Evangelist. 
 
 The 2,000th Communication was held October 
 6th, 1904, when the Lodge by an almost unani- 
 mous vote adopted a By-Law constituting all those 
 who had contributed to the support of the Lodge 
 for thirty years "Life-members." The number of 
 these veterans now on the Roll is twenty-three, of 
 whom Bros, Henry C. Van Orden, Robert 
 Ogilvy, William McClellan, William N. 
 Cox, Bartholomew Walther, Lewis Hopner 
 and Jacob Vouch have now been members of the 
 Lodge over forty years. 
 
 The Lodge has had thirty Wor. Masters, six- 
 teen of whom are still active and honored mem- 
 bers. 
 
 We have sketched the history of the Lodge f roni 
 its commencement. With the smallest number 
 (seven Master Masons) with which it was pos- 
 sible to organize, without funds or even moderate- 
 ly wealthy members, it has steadily and with few 
 reverses increased both in members and influence, ■( 
 until what was once a small and struggling village] 
 Lodge now occupies a prominent position among! 
 the best and most influential in the Metropolitan! 
 District. " 
 
 m 
 
 EI OS' HALL, the old rickety building in 
 which Harlem Lodge was organized, is 
 worthy of particular mention. By many 
 of the older residents of Harlem it was more fa- 
 miharly known as "St. John's Hall," and as such 
 it is spoken of to-day. It was located on the 
 northeast corner of One Hundred and Twenty- 
 seventh Street and Third Avenue, and was one 
 of the old-time brick buildings, so familiarly seen 
 in our country villages to-day. Its surrounding 
 buildings were of a character to perfectly har- 
 monize with the settings of a rather dilapidated 
 and forsaken section of a town which is rapidly 
 going to decay. In its immediate vicinity there 
 was no building of the modern type, nor were 
 there but two or three buildings in the village of 
 Harlem which bore the pretentious character of 
 our more modern office and business structures 
 of to-day. 
 
 Meigs' Hall itself was occupied in its lower 
 story by a carriage-maker. In front was a wooden 
 platform, uncovered and the flooring was seldom 
 seen without several holes to invite danger to the 
 passer-by. Its window sashes were dipped to 
 most any angle and not infrequentlv was a pane 
 of glass absent from one or more of its windows. 
 The approach to the hall was by a flight of rick- 
 ety stairs upon the outside of the building, thence 
 across an equally rickety old platform, at the rear 
 of the first story where paint and rubbish were 
 always stored. From this platform a second flight 
 of stairs led to a rear entrance of the hall, and 
 this was the only manner of ingress or egress from 
 Meigs' Hall. Within the sittings were almost the 
 same dilapidated condition as without. The walls 
 were absolutely without decoration ; the trimmings 
 and finish had never seen the semblance of paint, 
 I and the furniture was of the plainest and cheapest 
 sort; rough wooden chairs, a few settees, some- 
 , times sufficiently repaired to afford safety in sit- 
 j ting down in them, but more often a good share of 
 ithem were from necessity to be found vacant, 
 
HISTORY OF HARLEM LODGE. 
 
 In this structure were organized the three his- 
 toric Masonic bodies of Harlem, viz. ; Harlem 
 Lodge, No. 457, F. & A. M. ; Sylvan Chapter, No. 
 1 88, Royal Arch Masons, and Constantine Com- 
 mandery, No. 48, Knights Templars. Of these 
 bodies, Harlem Lodge was instituted July 8, 1858; 
 Sylvan Chapter, on February 12, 1866; and Con- 
 stantine Commandery on November 17, i86g. 
 During the early years of their existence they 
 were regarded by the residents with especial pride, 
 and held by them as landmarks of especial inter- 
 est to Harlem. 
 
 There are many among the members of these 
 three bodies who recall with especial pleasure the 
 parades, with beating of drums, and tin pans 
 which occurred upon the nights of election. The 
 visitation to the home of some ofi&cer elect and 
 the setting out of the good things to eat, for 
 there were at this time no eating houses of merit 
 in the village, and had there been the funds of 
 none of the bodies at this time would have permit- 
 ted anything like a modern banquet. The Com- 
 mandery was much the more pretentious in its 
 bearing, and was from time to time holding its 
 
 social banquets, but these were at infrequent in- 
 tervals. It is a fact which should not be lost to 
 sight, however, in recording the history of these 
 early pioneer days of Masonry in Harlem, that 
 shortly after its organization the combined wealth 
 of the members of Constantine Commandery ex- 
 ceeded that of any Commandery in the City of 
 New York, running into the neat sum of several 
 millions of dollars. 
 
 Of all the three bodies Harlem Lodge was com- 
 pelled to combat the struggle against poverty in 
 a manner which few if any Lodges have ever had 
 to encounter. At the present day a majority of the 
 members of both the other bodies are derived from 
 Harlem Lodge, and she ranks among the wealth- 
 iest Lodges in our great City, both in her reserve 
 funds, and in the combined wealth of her mem- 
 bers. 
 
 In all and through all, however, there still lin- 
 gers in the memory of these older pioneers of 
 whom so many are still living, the recollections 
 of that old building at the corner of One Hundred 
 and Twenty-seventh Street and Third Avenue, 
 "Meigs' Hall." 
 
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16 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Rev. WILLIAM WALTER, D D 
 
 FIRST GRAND MASTER OF MASONS, GRAND LODGE 
 
 OF NEW YORK, 1781-2-3. 
 
 Published by courtesy of E. M L. Ehlers, Secretary of Grand Lodfe 
 
z^*' HE GRAND LODGE OF NEW YORK 
 ^1, dates its history of organization from Sep- 
 tember 5, 1781. At tliis time a Warrant 
 was issued by the Duke of Athol to Rev. Wil- 
 liam Walter, appointing him Provincial Grand 
 Master of New York, and authorizing him to 
 form a Provincial Grand Lodge in the City of 
 New York. The first meeting of this Grand Bodv 
 was held December 5, 
 1782, at which time 
 
 there existed in the ' ""' 
 
 city nine lodges whose 
 Warrants were grant- 
 ed from a variety of 
 different sources, and 
 the British army was 
 maintaining in the im- 
 mediate vicinity six 
 military lodges. 
 
 The precise date at 
 which this Provincial 
 Grand Body became 
 an independent State 
 Masonic organization 
 might be a subject : 
 for wide difference of 
 opinion. At the ses- 
 sion of the Grand 
 Lodge held December 
 5, 1782, the Warrant 
 was ratified, but im- 
 mediately thereon, St. 
 Johns Lodge, No. 2, 
 introduced a resolu- 
 tion questioning the 
 
 propriety of holding Grand Lodge under the 
 Athol Warrant. The matter was accordingly re- 
 ferred to a Committee and thus remained a sub- 
 ject of controversy until the session of the Grand 
 Lodge, held June 6, 1787. Meantime the lodges 
 composing the Grand Lodge remained at work 
 as independent bodies under their original War- 
 rants. At this time the Committee having re- 
 
 FRANK H. ROBINSON, Grand Master. 
 
 ported favorably upon the propriety of holding 
 Grand Lodge under the Athol Warrant the report 
 was accepted and the various lodges ordered to 
 hand in their Warrants for examination as to 
 precedency of organization with a view to renum- 
 bering and receiving new Warrants from the par- 
 ent Grand Body. This work was not completed 
 until two }'ears later when at the session of the 
 
 Grand Lodge held on 
 June 3, 1789, the new 
 Warrants were grant- 
 ed, and St. Johns 
 Lodge, No. 2, was 
 given the precedency 
 and made the ranking 
 lodge of the State as 
 "St. Johns, No. I," of 
 which it may be justly 
 proud, and it remains 
 to-day the richest in 
 historical lore of any 
 of the subordinate 
 lodges in the Imperial 
 Jurisdiction of New 
 York. 
 
 Like all parent 
 bodies of great note, 
 the Grand Lodge of 
 New York has passed 
 through its periods of 
 adversity, even to the 
 extent of seeing a 
 house divided against 
 itself, as in the period 
 of 1838, when the "St. 
 John's" Grand Lodge was formed, now more fa- 
 miliarly known as the "Atwood Grand Lodge." 
 From the reprehensible action of an over officious 
 and arbitrary Deputy Grand Master, three hun- 
 dred good and true brethren were compelled to 
 free themselves from the yoke of tyranny and es- 
 tablish an independent Grand Body. The schism 
 thus efTected was not healed until 1850, when a 
 
HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 consummation of the two bodies was made at 
 Tripler Hall, on December 27, aiid was a "Ma- 
 sonic pageant never equalled in the New, and 
 probably never surpassed in the Old World." The 
 officers of St. Johns Grand Lodge (Atwood) 
 were admitted and received as Grand Officers 
 upon ec[ual footing with the Grand Lodge of New 
 York. With the return of the Atwood Grand 
 Lodge there were brought into the Grand Lodge 
 twenty-seven new lodges, and from the original 
 number of three hundred, at the time of the rup- 
 ture, there returned four thousand strong of good 
 and true Masons. 
 
 In the period of 1853-58 there was formed also 
 another independent organization, styling itself St. 
 John's Grand Lodge, and under this body several 
 lodges, which are now true and worthy members 
 of the Grand Lodge of New York, were formed. 
 It should, however, be borne in mind that none of 
 the lodges composing this Grand Body were the 
 same as those connected with the Atwood St. 
 John's Grand Lodge, of 1837-50. This second 
 schism arose from a variety of causes, chief 
 among which was the complaint of various 
 Masters that they were excluded from a proper 
 representation in the proceedings of the Grand 
 Lodge, from the inconvenience of the time and 
 place of meeting. The Grand Lodge of New 
 York at this time was holding its sessions in the 
 evening, so that country members could not at- 
 tend without great inconvenience and expense. 
 
 With hardly an exception the greatest of per- 
 fidious injuries which has ever befallen the Craft 
 of Masonry anywhere in the world was the Mor- 
 gan craze, which befell the Craft of New York 
 in 1824-25. The anti-Masons have ever been wont 
 to describe the man who caused this profound 
 stir "a gentleman," "a man of wide historic 
 knowledge," etc. The late Dr. Peter Ross thus says 
 of him: "Of his character, opinions differ, but 
 that it was worthless has been abundantly proved. 
 He was a drunkard, a loafer, and, be it remem- 
 bered, an illiterate man, but he had a good mem- 
 Qi-y, * * * fjg could have had constant em- 
 ployment in Rochester and Batavia, but he and 
 work never got along well together." 
 
 It has been a theory held by the anti-Masons 
 that Morgan was murdered by being thrown into 
 
 the Niagara River, but not a scintilla of evidence 
 has ever been discovered to prove murder or any 
 real motive for murder. All that is known is that 
 Morgan disappeared. He had disappeared upon 
 other occasions as well. A year after his disap- 
 pearance the body of a man was found on the 
 shore of Lake Ontario, which was identified by 
 Mrs. Morgan as that of her husband, although 
 she admitted that the clothing on the body was not 
 his. It, however, led the late Thurlow Weed to 
 utter the phrase, ''a good enough Morgan until 
 after election," a remark which he admitted in 
 modified form in after years. At a later period 
 the bod}' was officially recognized as that of one 
 Timothy Monroe, by the unfortunate widow and 
 son and buried as such. 
 
 The blow, however, struck at Masonry in the 
 State of New York bj' the anti-Masonic crusade ; 
 which immediately followed Morgan's disappear- 
 ance, came well nigh destroying the Grand Lodge 
 and led many timid brethren to renounce their 
 allegiance to the Craft. Of its influence, we may 
 well judge when we reflect that in the year 1825, 
 just anterior to the Morgan craze, there were in 
 the State 480 lodges with an estimated member- 
 ship of 20,000 Masons. In 1830, while the agita- 
 tion was at its height, the number of lodges had 
 been steadily reduced by a surrender of ^^'ar^ants 
 until there existed but 82 lodges with an estimated 
 membership of but 3,000. In 1840, the period 
 which marked the decline of the crusade, the num- 
 ber had become reduced to 70 lodges, but they 
 had become active and the number of members 
 upon their rolls was 5,000, and from this period 
 the growth and restoration of confidence in the 
 Order has been steady and unexampled by any 
 jurisdiction in the world. At the session of the 
 Grand Lodge, held in May of the present year, 
 there were represented 763 lodges with a total 
 membership of 126,177. 
 
 The era of unexampled prosperity which is 
 now attending the Craft in the Jurisdiction of 
 New York dates its origin from the movement 
 instituted to establish a Masonic Home, and the 
 building of the Masonic Hall at Twenty-third 
 Street and Sixth Avenue, but as this brief article 
 can in no sense be taken for a history of the 
 growth and development of the Grand Lodge, 
 
THE GRAND LODGE. 
 
 19 
 
 these articles are left to wiser and better (lualifi- 1 
 hands than the writer's, and their articles in this 
 volume will be perused with great interest by the 
 Craft in every Masonic home wherever it may find 
 its way. On another page also will be found a 
 list of the Past Grand Masters who have filled 
 the Chair from the foundation of the Grand 
 Lodge. 
 
 THE GRAND MASTER. 
 
 Most Worshipful Frank H. Roiunson, who 
 now holds the distinguished position of Grand 
 Master of Masons in the State of New York, is a 
 man of ripe ability in afl'airs of the world ; a man 
 of rare gifts of attainment, of strict integrity, and 
 nohle in his uprightness of character. For twent\-- 
 six years he has been an earnest and consistent 
 iMason. He was Pilaster of his lodge, Morning 
 Star, No. 65, at Canisteo, in 1885, and since 1896 
 he has been an officer of the Grand Lodge. He 
 was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of 
 the Twenty-third District in that year, and in 
 1897 and 1898 served as Commissioner of Ap- 
 peals. On June 7, 1899, he was elected Junior 
 Grand Warden and has Ijeen regularly promoted 
 until he has reached the highest office in the 
 gift of the fraternity. 
 
 He is in the prime of life, having been born in 
 Cuba, Allegany County, N. Y., May 23, 1855. He 
 is a resident of Llornellsville, and is one of the 
 foremost members of the bar in Western New 
 York. He has served Steuben County as Dis- 
 trict Attorney and as County Judge, and has won 
 laurels as an advocate and a jurist. He is vigor- 
 ous and elocjuent as a speaker, an upright and 
 public spirited citizen, and a loyal and faithful 
 friend. 
 
 With a united and harmonious Grand Lodge 
 and an ideal Grand Master, the Craft in this State 
 is enjoy mg an era of prosperity and usefulness 
 never surpassed. 
 
 THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER. 
 
 R. W. TowNSENU ScL'DDER, the Deputy Grand 
 Master, has been an active member of Glen 
 
 TOWNSEND SCUDDER, Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 Cove Lodge, No. 580, at Glen Cove, L. L, for 
 more than fifteen years. He was Afaster of his 
 lodge in 1891 and 1892. He became an officer 
 of the Grand Lodge in 1891, when Af. A\'. James 
 Ten Eyck made him D.D.G.M. of the First Dis- 
 trict. So well did he discharge his duties that 
 appointed him Senior Grand Deacon. In 1894 
 j\I. W. Fredericic a. P)URNII.\m continued him 
 in the same office. In 1893 M. W. John Hodge 
 M. W. John Stewart nominated him for Com- 
 missioner of Appeals for three years, and at the 
 expiration of his term he was renominated and 
 reconfirmed by the Grand Lodge. In 1901 he was 
 made Chief Commissioner, which position he filled 
 until his election as Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 Bro. ScuDDER was born at Northport, Long Is- 
 land, July 26, 1865. His father, Townsend 
 ScuDDERj Sr.j was one of the leading members of 
 the bar of New York. Bro. Scudder was 
 educated abroad and at Columbia College. He 
 was admitted to the bar in Februar)', 1889, and 
 since that time has been actively engaged in the 
 practice of his profession. He was elected to Con- 
 gress as a Democrat in 1898, and re-elected for a 
 second term in that body, where he has ranked 
 as an able and influential member. 
 
20 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Bro. ScuDDER is in- every way well fitted for of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Wisconsin 
 the position to which he has been elected. A near the Grand Chapter of New York, which po- 
 
 fluent speaker, a deep thinker, a carefid, method- 
 ical worker, a ripe scholar, he brings to the his;h 
 office attainments that recommend him in an emi- 
 nent detjree to the Craft at larg'e. 
 
 JOHN R. GARDNER, Grand Treasurer. 
 
 THE (iRAXD TREASCRI-R. 
 R. W. John R. (i.xRDNEu, Grand Treasurer of 
 the Grand L(jdg-e, is wel! and favorahh- known 
 to the Craft, not only in this city hut throuQ-hout 
 the State. He has been a ^lason fur fourteen 
 years, and has been very active durin;.;' all that 
 time. He was Master of Excelsior Eodq-e, .\'(i. 
 195, in 1895, 1896 and 1897. Hurin;;- the latter 
 year he was also High Priest of Jerusalem Chap- 
 ter, Xo. 8; ^Faster of Adelphic Council, No. 7, 
 and President of the Trowel Clul), of the b'ifth 
 District. He is Past Commander of Palestine 
 Commander)', No. 18, of which he is at prescni 
 Treasurer. PTe has also served as Treasurer of 
 Adelphic Council and Azini Grotto. I'ro. (i.\Rii- 
 NER has been (irand iMaster of the (irand Coim- 
 cil of Royal and Select ^Masters of the Slate 
 of N^ew York, to which office he was elected a )-ear 
 ago last August, and had a very successful admin- 
 istration. He has lieen an officer of the ( jrand 
 Council since 1898. He is Grand Representative 
 
 sition he has occupied since 1899. 
 
 ]"jro. (iARDNER',s service in the Grand Lodge be- 
 gan in 1900, when he was appointed District Dep- 
 uty Grand Master of the Fifth District. He dis- 
 charged the duties of this important office with 
 such satisfaction to the Grand ]\Iaster that he was 
 appointed Senior Grand Deacon the following 
 ^■ear. He was Grand ^Marshal in 1902 and was 
 reappointed last year, but resigned the office. 
 
 Pro. (j.\RU-\ER was born in Newark, N. J., Oct. 
 21, 1859. Pie is a member of the firm of H. W. 
 lA'erett & Co., importing chemists and drug- 
 gists, and made a trip to Ce_\don in the interests of 
 the firm in 1902. 
 
 THE (iRAND SECRIiTARY. 
 
 Ei)W.\RD M. L. Eiir.ERS, Grand Secretary, was 
 liorn in Denmark, January 31, 1840, his father, 
 a man (jf culture, removing to this country while 
 he was a mere child. Pro. Eiileks had scarcely 
 reached his t\vent}--first }ear when the Civil War 
 liroke out. He enlisted in Company F, of the 
 Twelfth New York ?\Plitia, April 19, 1861, and 
 
 EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary. 
 
THE MASONIC HOME AND SCHOOL: 
 
 21 
 
 served as a private until the expiration of his en- 
 listment. Returning to New York he was ten- 
 dered a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 
 Fifty-second Infantry, Volunteers, and with his 
 regiment participated in many battles of the war. 
 He was wounded at the battle of Antietam and 
 again at Fredericksburg, where a ball passed en- 
 tirely through the upper portion of his right lung,, 
 another through his arm, and a third lodged in 
 his right leg. At the close of the war he was 
 ordered to duty as Assistant Commissioner in con- 
 nection with the Freedman's Bureau in Georgia, 
 where he won distinction and was honorably dis- 
 charged from the army January i, 1868. For his 
 bravery at Fredericksburg he was breveted a Col- 
 onel of Volunteers. 
 
 Ero. Enr.ERS was initiated in Masonry in Con- 
 tinental Lodge, No. 287, in May, 1865, and raised 
 the month following, was exalted in Triune Chap- 
 ter, No. 241, R. A. M., attained membership in 
 Adelphic Council, No. 7, and later was created a 
 Knight Templar in Columbian Commandery, No. 
 I. In 1873 he joined the Scottish Rite and' was 
 
 crowned a thirty-third degree Mason, September 
 20, 1 88 1. He was four years Master of Continen- 
 tal Lodge and in 1876 was appointed District Dep- 
 uty Grand Master of the Sixth Masonic District. 
 In 1881 he was appointed Grand Marshal, but 
 upon the decease of the late James M. Austin 
 he was elevated by appointment to the office of 
 Grand Secretary, and from that day to the pres- 
 ent he has been successively re-elected each year. 
 He brought to the office the energy and experi- 
 ence of his military discipline, and from chaos 
 there came harmony and strict business principles. 
 Personally, Bro. Ehlers is one of the most affable 
 and lovable of men, and hardly a Master has ever 
 passed through his term of office without calling 
 into his experience the wise counsel and advice of 
 this goodly man. He is ever ready to assist at 
 the conferring of degrees, at the sacrifice of his 
 personal pleasure, which has always been given 
 with a willing hand to the great Fraternity he 
 loves so well. At the session of the Grand Lodge 
 in 1901, Col. Ehlers was given the honorary title 
 of "Most Worshipful." 
 
 WRITTEN FOR HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 THE HOME AND SCHOOL 
 
 By Rt-.-Wor. -.ED-WIN A. QUICK. 
 
 Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 To shield from pain and care 
 We build with faith and prayer 
 A sure abode; 
 A refuge from the blast, 
 When skies are overcast 
 And night is falling fast 
 Upon life's road. 
 
 A Home! Ah blessed word! 
 What memories are stirred! 
 God guard it well! 
 Then smile upon our task. 
 Great Architect, we ask, 
 Till in Thy light we bask, 
 And ever dwell. 
 
 — Wallace Bruce. 
 
 The subject of providing' for the care of the 
 orphan, the widowed and the aged has at times 
 
 engaged the attention, and has ever been a cause 
 for anxious thought by the Craft in the State of 
 New York. Early in the last century the matter 
 was frequently discussed in the Grand Lodge, 
 various suggestions were entertained but the pro- 
 ject never assumed definite shape nor did it re- 
 ceive official sanction until the communication of 
 the Grand Lodge in June, 1843. 
 
 On the 8th of June a memorial signed by one 
 hundred Brethren was presented to the Grand 
 Lodge, having for its object: 
 
 "(i ) The erection of a Hall in the City of New 
 York for the Grand Lodge and other Masonic 
 Bodies." 
 
 "(2) The founding of an asylum for worthy 
 decayed Masons, their widows and orphang." 
 
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 The document was accompanied by subscrip- 
 tions amounting to over three hundred dollars. It 
 was referred to a select committee of five. 
 
 On June loth the foillowing report was re- 
 ceived and adopted : 
 
 "Resolved, That the Grand Lodge of the State 
 of New York feels itself imperiously called upon, 
 by a sense of duty to itself, to declare that a suit- 
 able edifice should be provided for its meetings 
 and those of the subordinate Lodges of the City. 
 
 "Resolved, That after the debt due by the Grand 
 Lodge- shall be paid, the moneys arising from the 
 registry fees and Grand Lodge certificates shall 
 be invested in a fund to be appropriated to the 
 erection of a suitable building for the use of this 
 Grand Body. 
 
 "Resolved, That the individual Lodges, under 
 the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge, be solicited 
 to give their aid by subscriptions to this object. 
 
 "Resolved, That a committee be appointed by 
 the Grand Lodge to draft a circular to the Lodges 
 and Brethren of this State, setting forth the ob- 
 jects herein specified, and asking their aid and co- 
 operation. 
 
 "Resolved, That the Trustees of the permanent 
 fund be authorized to take charge of the funds 
 which have been, or may hereafter be, collected 
 for the purpose." 
 
 Thus did this great project assume tangible 
 shape and form; the fund grew slowly b'- 
 an'd from time to time vairious methods were 
 adopted, fairs were held and other schemes were 
 devised to increase the fund, which grew from the 
 first subscription of one dollar placed in the hand 
 of R. W. James Herring, former Grand Secre- 
 tary, in a playful manner, but with earnest intent, 
 by Brother Greenfield Pote, Grand Tyler, in 1842, 
 until in 1869 it amounted to $334,729.01. Dur- 
 ing this year the property on the northeast cor- 
 ner of Twenty-third street and Sixth Avenue, 
 New York City, was purchased and steps were 
 immediately taken to erect a building on the site 
 at an estimated cbst of $300,000. Subsequent 
 events proved that this sum was inadequate. 
 
 Plans for the Hall were adopted, work was be- 
 gun, and on June 8, 1870, the corner-stone was 
 laid by M. W. James Gibson, Grand ^Master. At 
 this time the Trustees' report gave the value of 
 
 the property on Sixth Avenue at $340,000, cash 
 on hand $60,197.64, or a total valuation of $400,- 
 197.64. 
 
 The erection of the Hall progressed and on 
 June 2, 1875, it was dedicated to Freemasonry, 
 Virlike and Universal Benevolence, by M. W. 
 Ellwood E. Thorne, Grand Master. 
 
 This completed the first epoch connected with 
 this great undertaking. The Hall was completed 
 and occupied, but the Trustees were confronted 
 with a vast debt which at this time amounted to 
 $794,015. 
 
 Efforts were made to reduce this sum but for 
 various reasons they met with indifferent suc- 
 cess, circumstances were such that slow progress 
 was made in efforts toward diminishing the bur- 
 den and in 1885, when M. W. Frank R. Law- 
 rence was elected Grand Master, he found the 
 Craft confronted with an indebtedness of $485,- 
 000 and a spirit of dissatisfaction expressing itself 
 throughout the State. No sooner had he assumed 
 the duties of his office than he began to cast about, 
 seeking to find a way to extricate his Brethren 
 from their dilemma and remove the incubus which 
 had so long been a burden and a hindrance to- 
 ward any movement looking to the erection of 
 the Home. 
 
 In October he inaugurated a movement which 
 met with the hearty co-operation of the Craft 
 throughout the State ; the work went on with un- 
 flagging zeal until 1889, when the long-sought 
 goal was reached. 
 
 On March 14, 1889, Grand Master Lawrence 
 issued his gratifying Encyclical, "To be read in 
 all the Lodges," and which contained the thrilling 
 announcement : "The great task is done. The last 
 dollar is paid. We are free." It also contained the 
 following : "I, Frank R. Lawrence, Grand Mas- 
 ter of Masons in the State of New York, do here- 
 by designate and set apart Wednesday, the 24th 
 day of April, 1889, as a day of thanksgiving and 
 rejoicing; and do request that it be observed as 
 such by all Lodges and Brethren in the State of 
 New York to commemorate the emancipation of 
 the Fraternity from the fetters of debt." 
 
 His orders were carried out amid great rejoic- 
 ing ; unbounded enthusiasm marked the event ; the 
 long expected victory over gloom and depression 
 
24 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 was achieved ; the erection of the "Home" was 
 now a possibihty, and all thoughts were directed 
 toward the accomplishment of this cherished pur- 
 pose. Previous to this a special coiTimittee had 
 been appointed to secure a site for the Home. On 
 January lO, 1889, a meeting was held, and the 
 city of Utica was selected as the location for the 
 Home. 
 
 At the annual communication of the Grand 
 Lodge in June, 1889, the committee reported, and 
 the following resolutions were adopted : 
 
 "Resolved, That the property situated at Utica, 
 and known as the Utica Driving Park, be, and the 
 same, is hereby selected as the site for the Masonic 
 Asylum, on condition that perfect title to the prop- 
 erty, free of all liens and incumbrances, be passed 
 to the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum Fund, at 
 a cost to the said Trustees of not more than $20,- 
 000. 
 
 "Resolved, That when such titles shall be per- 
 fected, the Trustees of the Hall and Asylum be, 
 and they are hereby authorized to pay toward the 
 purchase of said property a sum not exceeding 
 $20,000. 
 
 The property was valued at $75,000, of which 
 sum the owner, Hon. C. W. Hutchinson, donated 
 $25,000, and the citizens of Utica contributed 
 $20,000." 
 
 The property contains about 160 acres of land 
 in the eastern part of the city of Utica upon an 
 elevated plateau overlooking the beautiful Mo- 
 hawk valley to the hills beyond, with occasional 
 glimpses of the Adirondack Mountains in the dis- 
 tance. 
 
 The corner-stone of the main or administi-ation 
 building was laid by M. W. John W. Vrooman 
 on May 21, 1891. 
 
 The dedication services were conducted by 
 M. W. James TenEyck on October 5, 1892. 
 These events attracted wide attention ; great inter- 
 est was manifested and nearly every Lodge in the 
 State was represented, as all realized that the toil 
 
 and strength of years was ended; the great task 
 was finally accomplished ; the Home with its com- 
 forts and its joys, was an existing reality. 
 
 M. W. Jesse B. Anthony was appointed Su- 
 perintendent ; he was installed February 13, 1893, 
 and on the ist day of May, 1893, he greeted the 
 first inmates, Bro. James Boden, of Greenwich 
 Lodge, No. 467, and Margaret, his wife. On 
 June 6, 1893, the inmates were: Master Masons, 
 34; Widows, 8; Orphans, 5. 
 
 The number of inmates has steadily increased, 
 necessitating an enlargement of the main building 
 and the erection of a separate building for the 
 occupancy of children. 
 
 On March i, 1904, the inmates were divided as 
 follows: Males, 154; Females, 86; Boys, 35; 
 Girls, 26 — Total, 301. 
 
 The net cost for maintenance for 1903 was 
 $59,729.26. 
 
 At the present time there is a large waiting list, 
 who are unable to gain admission owing to lack 
 of accommodations, which cannot be secured until 
 some scheme for additional revenue is devised. This 
 condition of affairs surely appeals to the frater- 
 nity, and some effort must be made to meet this 
 condition, for the Masons in this, the Empire Jur- 
 isdiction, cannot, nor will they permit a worthy 
 applicant for their charitable consideration to be 
 turned from the door. No one can visit the 
 Home, which is open at all times to visitors, with- 
 out feeling a justifiable pride in its management 
 and feel that it is indeed a "Home," a place where 
 the young and tender are safe-guarded and pre- 
 pared for the stern realities of life's struggles ; a 
 refuge and abiding place for the aged, where they 
 can calmlv and without care or solicitude observe 
 the sun of their hfe slowly but surely setting in the 
 west, knowing full well that kind and loving 
 hearts and willing hands will attend them until 
 nature "kisses their eyelids down'' and permits 
 them to open again upon a brighter and a better 
 world. 
 
WRITTEN FOR HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 THE SEVENTH MASONIC DISTRICT 
 
 By FREDERICK P. HAMMOND, 
 
 Master of Harlem Lodge. 
 
 mEXT to the affection which every Brother our institution, at this time, was compeUed to sur- 
 
 bears for his ^lasonic Lodge is "dis- render its cliarter. Prudence Lodge, No, 632, 
 
 trict" pride — a kind of friendly rivalry with the wilful knowledge and collusion of its of- 
 
 which he is wont to display in maintaning the su- ficers, went so far as to admit a number of men 
 
 preniacv of his ]\Iasonic District. This friendh' whose moral character wouUl not stand the scru- 
 
 spirit has awarded the 
 districts in and about 
 New York some pecu- 
 liar cognomen, appar- 
 ently expressive of 
 the peculiar character- 
 istics of each. Thus we 
 have the "Historic 
 Fourth," the "Dandy 
 Fifth," the "Intellec- 
 tual Sixth," the "Per- 
 fect Seventh," the 
 ''Strenuous Eighth," 
 and so on down the 
 list to the more remote 
 country districts. 
 
 In the "Perfect Sev- 
 enth" — sometimes 
 called the "^Masonic 
 Seventh District" — 
 history records a 
 march of continuous 
 progress from its in- 
 ception. Its right to its 
 sobriquet has never 
 been more pronounced 
 throughout many con- 
 tinued vears of harmony and prosperity, than dur 
 
 WM. J. >WILEY, District Deputy Grand Master, 7lh District 
 
 tin\' of the Mason's 
 test. In the investiga- 
 tion and trial which 
 followed, none more 
 zealously sought to 
 bring deserved punish- 
 ment upon the heads 
 of the offenders than 
 those directly within 
 the councils of the 
 Seventh Masonic Dis- 
 trict, and none among 
 these were more active 
 than some few \\'orthy 
 memliers of Prudence 
 Lodge itself. So ear- 
 nest were these Breth- 
 ren in their efforts to 
 purge the Fraternity 
 of these undesirable 
 members that their ac- 
 tion earned the high- 
 est c o m m e n d ation 
 from the Grand Mas- 
 ter in his annual ad- 
 dress. At the session 
 of the Grand Lodge, 
 held in Ma)-, 1887, the Warrant of Prudence 
 
 ing the period of adversity which was visited upon Lodge, No. 632, was forfeited, and the Master, 
 
 it in the year 1887, when it showed the splendid his immediate predecessor and five other members 
 
 metal of which it was made. One of its lodges, were expelled from all the rights and privileges 
 
 having transgressed the Ancient Landmarks of of the Order. 
 
26 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 In 1858, when Harlem Lodge, now the ranking 
 Lodge of the Seventh District, was organized, the 
 City of New York was apportioned into four Ma- 
 sonic Districts, geographically, as follows : The 
 First District included all lodges situated between 
 Twenty-second Street and Fourth Street ; the Sec- 
 ond District included all lodges situated between 
 Fourth Street and Grand Street ; the Third Dis- 
 trict included all lodges situated below Grand 
 Street ; the Twenty-fifth District included all 
 lodges situated within the city limits above Twen- 
 ty-second Street. In this connection, it is worthy 
 of note, showing how rapid has been the growth 
 of our city since that time, that no lodge is now 
 meeting below Fifteenth Street. 
 
 In 1873 a revision of the By-laws and Consti- 
 tution of the Grand Lodge occurred, in which a 
 reapportionment of the districts was made to con- 
 form to the simplest geographical division of the 
 State and classified the lodges into districts, ac- 
 cording to the period of their organization. Thus 
 Districts Nos. I, 2 and 3 were apportioned to 
 Brooklj'n, and the contiguous territory of Long 
 Island. Districts Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 were made 
 to include all lodges in New York City speaking 
 the English tongue. District No. 9 was made to 
 include all the lodges in New York City speaking 
 the German tongue. District No. 10 was made to 
 include all lodges in New York City speaking the 
 French, Spanish or Italian tongue. In the division 
 of Districts made by this apportionment, the Sev- 
 enth Masonic District was made to include all 
 those lodges situated in New York City whose 
 numbers ranged from 402 to 600, inclusive. 
 Thomas C. Cassidy, of Park Lodge, No. 516, 
 was appointed its first District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter. With moderately few changes this general 
 district apportionment has been maintained for the 
 City of New York up to the present time. Many 
 otherwise well-informed Brethren, however, re- 
 gard the later period of 1876 as the starting point 
 of the present district formation for the lodges in 
 and about New York City. That they are in er- 
 ror is plainly shown by reference to the records 
 of the Grand Lodge for that year. The changes 
 made at that time consisted only of the necessary 
 transfers of certain lodges from one district to an- 
 other, with the object of equalizing district repre- 
 
 sentation as far as possible. But no revision of 
 the Constitution and By-laws was made at that 
 time. 
 
 In the Grand Lodge Records for 1876, occurs 
 the following: "James Gibson, Chairman of Stand- 
 ing Committee on Constitution and By-laws, rec- 
 ommended the following, which was adopted : 
 'Your Committee have carefully examined the 
 districts in and about the City of New York, and 
 in order to make them as nearly ecpal as possible, 
 recommend the following changes therein, viz. : 
 By taking from the several districts the numbers 
 hereinafter specified and adding them to the sev- 
 eral districts specified, as follows : Add No. 769 
 to the lodges working in the German tongue ; to 
 the Fifth District, add Nos. 246, 249, 250, 257 and 
 271 ; to the Sixth District, add Nos. 402, 408, 418, 
 447, 449, and 454; to the Seventh District, add 
 Nos. 603, 604, 610, 628, 631, 632, 634 and 641.' " 
 
 It was by the transfer thus affected that Har- 
 lem Lodge, No. 457, became the ranking lodge in 
 the Seventh Masonic District, and Copestone, No. 
 641, became the junior lodge. All the other lodges 
 now composing the Seventh District received their 
 Warrants between 1859 and 1868. It is worthy 
 of note, however, that in giving the time at which 
 the various lodges were organized in the Seventh 
 Masonic District, the period here stated is reck- 
 oned from the time at which they became mem- 
 bers of the Grand Lodge of New York. Several 
 of the lodges now in the Seventh Masonic District 
 were organized under St. John's Grand Lodge of 
 1853-58, notably Manahatta, known in St. John's 
 Grand Lodge as Manhattan, No. 8 ; Ionic, known 
 as Freeman; Tecumseh, known as Phoenix; and 
 also Corinthian, Columbian and Pyramid, with 
 perhaps even some others. Some of these lodges 
 were granted Warrants direct at the time of 
 their union with the Grand Lodge of New York, 
 while others were admitted and continued for a. 
 time under dispensation. 
 
 By the recall of the Charter of Prudence Lodge, 
 No. 632, the number of lodges comprised in the 
 Seventh District was reduced to twentv-six, the 
 original number since the transfer of 1876 having 
 been placed at twenty-seven. In 1895 this de- 
 ficiency was made up by the transfer of Wyomino- 
 Lodge, No. 492, of Westchester, from the Ninth 
 
GROUP OF PAST DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS, 7th MASONIC DISTRICT. 
 
28 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 District to the Seventh, thus restoring the orig- 
 inal twenty-seven lodges. 
 
 The lodges of the Seventh District have ever 
 preserved a fairly ec|ual average in membership, 
 and from year to year the ratio of increase has 
 shown that all the lodges are active and constantly 
 in the ascendant. Pyramid Lodge, No. 490, is 
 the largest, showing a membership, December 31, 
 1903, of 504. Globe Lodge, No. 588, is the small- 
 est, returning a membership at this time of but 
 58. St. Cecile is second in number, with a mem- 
 bership of 457. Copestone is third, with 318, with 
 Harlem following as the fourth, with 287 mem- 
 bers. There being besides these ten other lodges 
 whose membership exceeds 250. In the district 
 there was a total membership of 5,765 on Decem- 
 ber 31, 1903. 
 
 Within the Seventh Masonic District first orig- 
 inated the idea of forming a permanent district 
 organization of Masters and I^ast Masters for the 
 mutual promulgation of Masonic interests, both 
 of a social and executive nature. The Square Club 
 of to-day. organized in 1889, is a stal)le, thrifty, 
 and flourishing organization, the oldest of its kind 
 in the State. 
 
 To the lasting credit of the Seventh Masonic 
 District, however, is it to be said that its achieve- 
 ment in establishing the School of Instruction 
 surpasses anvthing which has ever been accom- 
 plished by any district organization. The pres- 
 ent school was established and run during the first 
 years of its existence as a distinctly Seventh Dis- 
 trict institution, but from the first it was expansive 
 in its purpose, reaching out and inviting all mem- 
 bers of the Craft to partake of its benefits, the 
 district onlv reserving the right to supply the offi- 
 cers needed for the exemplification of the work 
 from among its own lodges. It is to Right Wor. 
 Bro. AuGU.ST EiCKELBERG, whose history of the 
 School is to be found on another page, and the 
 little corps of co-laborers in the Square Club, that 
 the Metropolitan District is indebted for the prac- 
 tical form in which the School is run to-day. Not 
 until 1 89 1 was it expanded to include all the 
 lodges of the Boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx and 
 Richmond. 
 
 One of the pleasant features in which the Sev- 
 enth Masonic District has had the pleasure of be- 
 
 ing a ])articipant during the present year was 
 the laying of tlfe corner-stone of the Bronx Ma- 
 sonic Temple. The erection of this edifice is the 
 work of Guiding Star Lodge, No. 565, and is to 
 be owned and controlled entirely as their own 
 property. It is located on the west side of Wash- 
 ington Avenue, between One Hundred and Sev- 
 enty-seventh and One Hundred and Seventy- 
 eighth Street, and will be an imposing structure 
 and ornament to this portion of the city. 
 
 On Saturday, October 29th, under the escort of 
 Constantine Commandery, No. 48, Knights Tem- 
 plar, the corner-stone was laid by Grand Master 
 Fr.\nk Hurd RoiiiNSON, accompanied by a good- 
 
 ly numl)er of the Grand Officers and about eight 
 hundred brethren. The Square Club of the Sev- 
 enth Masonic District and several of the represen- 
 tative organizations of the city appeared in line 
 as separate organizations, and the parade and 
 ceremonies of the entire att'air were a most im- 
 pressive pageant. Guiding Star Lodge, No. 565, 
 was instituted in 1864, and has ever been one of 
 the most progressive and prosperous of the 
 lodges in the Seventh Masonic District, and may 
 perhaps be accredited the wealthiest of all her 
 lodges. Her membership is rapidly approaching 
 the 300 mark. 
 
 In recording the roll of honor, history does not 
 give to the Seventh Masonic District that high 
 
THE SEVENTH MASONIC DISTRICT. 
 
 29 
 
 place of distinction in the councils of the Grand 
 Lodge which merit deserves, inasmuch as no dis- 
 tinguished craftsman of the Seventh has ever 
 virorn the purple of the Grand Master. Many 
 there are, however, whose names are written high 
 upon the tablet of fame in other walks of Masonry 
 who might with credit have filled higher stations 
 in the Grand Lodge had they been called upon to 
 do so. In the Scottish Rite, in the Grand Chapter, 
 in the Grand Commandery, and in the Mystic 
 Shrine, many of the most prominent leaders have 
 come from among those whose names are espe- 
 cially famous in the Seventh Masonic District. 
 Among those who have received recognition from 
 the Grand Lodge, the name of Right Wor. Wil- 
 liam J. McDonald, of Pyramid Lodge, No. 490, 
 stands first. Bro. McDonald was elected Grand 
 Treasurer in 1896, and has the honor of being the 
 only permanent member of the Grand Lodge from 
 the Seventh District. He likewise has the honor 
 of having served the Grand Chapter as its Grand 
 High Priest, and is a Past Commander of York 
 Commandery, No. 55, through which influence he 
 gains the distinguished honor of being at once a 
 permanent member of the three Grand Bodies — 
 the Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter and Grand 
 Commandery — an honor which falls to the fortune 
 of but few ever to hold, however distinguished 
 may have been their service to the Craft. 
 
 In District Deputy Grand Masters, the Seventh 
 District has been singularly blessed. None can 
 gainsay the choice of our Grand Masters. Their 
 selections have ever been wise and judicious and 
 for the best interests of all. Among those of 
 our Past Deputies whose labors have been un- 
 ceasing, and who are still seen regularly in the 
 various lodges, are R. W. George L. Montague, 
 wliose eloquence in delivering the Historical Lec- 
 ture is a treat prized by every craftsman wherever 
 found; Thomas Moore, ever loyally devoted to 
 the Board of Relief; Stephen D. Affleck, 
 whose quiet demeanor and sterling qualities of 
 manhood, and his active work in the various bodies 
 of which he is a member have made him one 
 of the best beloved of Masons in New York; 
 John Spence, ever active in Chapter and Com- 
 mandery and loyal to his ties in the Seventh Ma- 
 sonic District ; William J. Matthews, the most 
 
 widely known, perhaps, of any of our Past Depu- 
 ties, and who holds at once the distinguished hon- 
 or of being Commander in Chief of the Scottish 
 Rite bodies of New York, and Illustrious Poten- 
 tate of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine; 
 Allan Williams, Charles L. Starbuck, Wil- 
 liam E. Wilkinson, Charles F. Booth, Fred- 
 erick T. Slack, August Eickelberg, Richard 
 Siiepard, Jr., and, last but not least, our distin- 
 guished Bro. Samuel J. McDonald, whose term 
 as Deputy expired only with the closing session of 
 the Grand Lodge in May. Bro. McDonald, with 
 that quiet dignity and mastery of details so char- 
 acteristic of him, so conducted the affairs of the 
 Seventh District that he will ever be held in re- 
 membrance by its members and will ever rank as 
 one of our first Deputies. By example and work, 
 rather than by eloquence or precept, did his influ- 
 ence become felt by every Master in the district. 
 
 b . the wise choice which the Grand Master has 
 made in selecting as his Deputy for the present 
 year, Wor. Bro. William J. Wiley, of Copestone, 
 No. 641, is the Seventh District again assured of 
 having its work go forward in harmony with the 
 best interests of the craft, adding still another 
 name to the splendid record already achieved. 
 
 Bro. Wiley was raised in Copestone Lodge, on 
 October 6. 1889, and the following year appoint- 
 ed its Senior Deacon, in which position he served 
 with distinction for two terms. In 1892, he was 
 elected Senior Warden, and re-elected . again in 
 1893. In 1894 he was elected Master, and again 
 called to fill this important station in 1895. Bro. 
 Wiley is also a member of Union Chapter, No. 
 180; York Commandery, No. 55; the Scottish 
 Rite Bodies of New York City; Mecca Temple 
 of the Mystic Shrine and the Masonic Club. 
 
 He was born in New York City March i, 1862, 
 and was educated in the Public Schools. During 
 a long and active business career he has been a 
 successful publisher, and at the present time is the 
 publisher of Modes. 
 
 Following are the District Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ters of the Seventh District, giving also their terms 
 of office, since the formation of the District in 
 1873 : 1873-4, Thomas C. Cassidy, Park Lodge, 
 No. 516; 1874-5, John F. Baldwin, Evangelist 
 Lodge, No. 600, reappointed for 1875-6; 1876-7, 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 George L. Montague, Aster Lodge, No. 603 ; 
 1877-8, William Victor King, Globe Lodge, 
 No. 588; 1878-9, H. W. P. HoDSON, Americus 
 Lodge, No. 535 ; 1879-80, William Victor 
 King, Globe Lodge, No. 588; 1880-1, W. P. Hod- 
 son, Americus Lodge, No. 535; 1881-2, Charles 
 F. Seymour, Corinthian Lodge, No. 488; 1882-3, 
 Robert Roberts, Park Lodge, No. 516; 1883-4, 
 William J. Gage, Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 610; 
 1885-6. William Victor King, Globe Lodge, 
 No. 588; 1886-7, George W. Cregier, Park 
 Lodge, No. 516, reappointed for 1887-8-9; 1889- 
 90, Thomas Moore, Copestone Lodge, No. 641 ; 
 reappointed for 1890-91 ; 1891-2, John Spence. 
 Pyramid Lodge, No. 490; 1892-3, David Kay, 
 Scotia Lodge, No. 634; 1893-4, Charles F. 
 Booth, Architect Lodge, No. 519; 1894-5, 
 Stephen D. Affleck, Astor Lodge, No. 603; 
 1895-96, William J. Matthews, Copestone 
 
 Lodge, No. 641 ; 1896-7, Allan Williams, Ivan- 
 hoe Lodge, No. 610; 1897-8, John A. Sly, Gra- 
 mercy Lodge, No. 537; 1898-9, Charles L. Stak- 
 buck. Guiding Star Lodge, No. 565 ; 1899-00, 
 August Eickelberg, Scotia Lodge, No. 634; 
 1900-01, William E. Wilkinson, Ivanhoe 
 Lodge, No. 610; 1901-02, Frederick T. Slack, 
 Greenwich Lodge, No. 467; 1902-03, Richard 
 Shepard, Jr., Park Lodge, No. 516; 1903-4, 
 Samuel J. McDonald, Scotia Lodge, No. 634; 
 1904-05, William J. Wiley, Copestone Lodge, 
 No. 641. 
 
 In the appointments made by the Grand Master 
 for the present year of 1904-05, the Seventh Dis- 
 trict was honored by the appointment of Wor. 
 Bro. Harry P. Knovvles, of Pyramid Lodge, No. 
 490, as Grand Svv'ord Bearer, and Wor. Bro. 
 George Loesch, of St. Cecile Lodge, as Grand 
 Director of Ceremonies. 
 
 ^^<-S/N^- 
 
 I 
 
 WRITTEN FOR HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 THE vSQUARE CLUB 
 
 By R.t.-.Wor.-.WIL,LIAM J. DUNCAN, 33^. 
 Past Grand Librarian of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 ^ 
 
 SINCE the organization of the "Square Club," 
 the oldest district organization of its kind in 
 New York, district social clubs have become 
 quite popular among the Masons of the Borough 
 of Manhattan. Each of the English-speaking dis- 
 tricts in some form or other having tried to main- 
 tain one. In most cases their membership is con- 
 fined to the Masters and Past Masters of the var- 
 ious lodges in the district, with the exception of 
 one or two, which permit the Wardens to equal 
 membership. Their primary object is the cultiva- 
 tion of a social and fraternal spirit among the 
 members, so that the various lodges may be more 
 closely cemented, old friendships sustained 
 and new ones constantly formed. By fraternal 
 visits to the different lodges it endeavors to pro- 
 mote fraternal intercourse and encourage one 
 another in the work of Masonry. By this reciprocal 
 visitation the club has done much to stimulate the 
 weaker lodges to greater activity, and has often 
 
 been the means of harmonizing the divergent ele- 
 ments of a lodge which was at discord. 
 
 The clubs in the Borough of Manhattan are, in 
 the Fourth District. "The Temple Club" ; in the 
 Fifth, "The Trowel Club"; in the Sixth, "The 
 Masters' and Past Masters' Association" ; in the 
 Seventh, "The Square Club" ; in the Eighth, "The 
 Level Club." 
 
 The Square Club was organized, if memory 
 serves us right, and unfortunately the early rec- 
 ords, as so commonly occurs in Masonic bodies, 
 can not be found, so we are compelled to sketch 
 from treacherous memory — on October 31, 1891. 
 The first officers elected were Rt. Wor. Thomas 
 MooRE, President ; Rt. Wor. John A. Davis, 
 \ 'ice-President ; Wor. Gabriel L. Biow, Treasur- 
 er ; Wor. Wir-LiAM J. Duncan, Secretary. The 
 "method of organization," as it was called, 
 also included "Seven Wise Men," who were 
 Directors of the affairs of the club. The first 
 "Seven Wise Men" were as follows : Wor. Bros. 
 
THE SQUARE CLUB. 
 
 31 
 
 Adolph WadEj of Gramercy Lodge; Charles 
 H. Baldwin, of Pyramid Lodge; Robert N. Dis- 
 BROW, of Architect Lodge; William C. Grant, 
 of Greenwich Lodge; Augustus J. Colby, of 
 Girard Lodge; John McKay, of Columbian 
 Lodge, and Rt. Wor. John F. Baldwin, of Evan- 
 gelist. 
 
 At the organization the question of by-laws 
 came up, and afforded a subject for some discus- 
 sion. It was finally resolved, however, to adopt 
 as the sole law of the club : "Behold how good and 
 how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together 
 • in unity," and this has been the motto of the club 
 during its whole period of existence. That it has 
 been all sufficient was clearly shown, and is proven 
 by a comparison of the prosperity which has at- 
 tended the Square Club with other district organ- 
 isations. By general consent it^was agreed that 
 meetings of the club should be held quarterly 
 and the annual meeting held on October 31. Dur- 
 ing the ealry months of the club the "Seven Wise 
 Men" held frequent meetings, and devised ways 
 and means to make the Club a success. They re- 
 member with pleasure the great success which at- 
 tended the first social gathering in the fall of 
 1 89 1, while arranging for the first annual dinner, 
 which was held at Martinelli's on January 30, of 
 that year. The meetings were held at the resi- 
 dence of Wor. Bro. Colby, at Seventh Avenue 
 and Twenty-first Street, and each of the "Seven 
 Wise" was always present. 
 
 The first annual dinner was a complete so- 
 cial success. Among those present who respond- 
 ed to .toasts were Most Wor. John W. Vrooman, 
 Grand Master ; Rt. Wor. Edward M. L. Ehlers, 
 Grand Secretary ; Rt. Wor. John Stewart, Trus- 
 tee; Most Ex. William J. McDonald, Grand 
 High Priest; Rt. Wor. John F. Baldwin, P. D, 
 D. G. M. It was an occasion that will long be 
 remembered by all who were present. Over the 
 head of the toastmaster was suspended a large 
 banner, bearing the motto : "In unity we dwell." 
 It was presented to the club by Wor. Hugh 
 Douglas, of Copestone Lodge, and has been used 
 at every function of the Club since. 
 
 Thus was started the social features of the Club, 
 which have grown in interest with every year, 
 and these social features have been adopted by 
 other districts, with equal success. 
 
 The club has maintained the system of fraternal 
 visits, especially to the smaller and weaker lodges, 
 which most need encouragement. These visits 
 have always been hailed with pleasure, wherever 
 and whenever they have been made. They have 
 also been the means of doing much good, and of 
 sowing the seed of brotherly love and affection, 
 which has prospered and brought forth fruit abun- 
 dantly in the bonds of friendship that have been 
 established. It is an unwritten law of the club that 
 the title "Brother" is the only one to be used 
 among the members. There are not known any 
 Right Worshipfuls, or Worshipfuls, but that dear- 
 est and grandest of all appellations, simply "Broth- 
 er." This, doubtless, accounts for the feeling of 
 equality which exists to so marked a degree among 
 the members. It is also an unwritten law, that 
 none who may be present on a fraternal visit shall 
 accept the invitation of the Master to a "seat in the 
 East," but all are on the level. 
 
 Among those who have directed the affairs of 
 the club and brought it to its present prosperous 
 condition were: Rt. Wor. Thomas Moore, Rt. 
 Wor. John A. Davis, Rt. Wor. Donald Kay, 
 Rt. Wor. William J. Matthews, Rt. Wor. Au- 
 gust ElCKELBERG, Rt. Wor. WiLLIAM S. THOM- 
 SON, Rt. Wor. Richard Shepard, Jr., Wor. Bro. 
 A. W. Williams; Rt. Wor. William E. Wil- 
 kinson, and others, whom our memory does not 
 recall. 
 
 At the annual meeting, held October 29, 1904, 
 the following officers were elected for the ensuing 
 year: Wor. Bro. J. Robert Johnston, of Astor 
 Lodge, President ; Wor. Bro. Frederick P. Ham- 
 mond, of Harlem Lodge, Vice-President; Rt. 
 Wor. Donald Gow, of Normal Lodge, Treasur- 
 er ; Wor. George E. Wallen, of St. Cecile Lodge, 
 Secretary. The Seven Wise Men are : Wor. Bro. 
 
 A. W. Wjlliams, of Architect Lodge, Chairman; 
 Rt. Wor. Hakry P. Knowles, of Pyramid Lodge, 
 Rt. Wor. William S.-Thomson, of Park Lodge, 
 Wor. Bros. Oliver H. LaBarre, of Manahatta ; 
 Joseph Egleton, of Columbian Lodge ; Elmer 
 
 B. Silver, of Copestone Lodge, and William E. 
 Trull, of Guiding Star Lodge. 
 
 The Annual dinner was held at the Hotel Ven- 
 dome on Monday evening, November 14, 1904, 
 and was a successful social event. 
 
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 THE vSCHOOL OF INvSTRUCTION 
 
 A. Letter from Rt.-.lVor.-.AUCU.ST EICKCI<BER.G. 
 
 Grand Custodian of the Work and Past District Deputy Grand Master of the 
 Seventh Masonic District. 
 
 ^^ 
 
 Frederick P. Hammond, 
 
 129 East ii6th Street, City. 
 
 Dear Sir and Wor. Brother : 
 
 In compliance with your request of August 23, 
 1904, desiring me to write an article bearing on 
 the history of the School of Instruction, I agree 
 with you that a simple statement of facts, as they 
 occur to my mind, will probably be of more inter- 
 est than a lengthy article full of statistics, hence I 
 write in the simple form of an open letter. In 
 the first place, let me say that some years ago, as 
 Warden of Scotia Lodge, I saw the necessity of 
 some place where the Ritual of our Fraternity 
 might be taught, so divergent was the rendition of 
 it in the various lodges. 
 
 I could not find at that time two brethren who 
 did the work alike, and being very anxious to be 
 as near perfect as possible, I made diligent in- 
 quiry and found that a School of Instruction was 
 being presided over by that able Craftsman and 
 Ritualist, Rt. Wor. Oscar G. Ahlstrom, than 
 whom there was no better posted Mason in this 
 jurisdiction, and to whom, by the way, I owe 
 whatever perfection I may have attained in this 
 good work. 
 
 This school, of course, had one drawback, 
 namely, that the tuition there offered was to those 
 only who took sufficient interest to pay the per- 
 sonal fee of five dollars per annum, therefore, 
 only a few (comparatively) availed themselves of 
 the great opportunity to become Ritualists ; never- 
 the-less. to the indefatigable zeal and great pa- 
 tience of Bro. Ahlstrom, some of the best Ritual 
 ists of the present day are the result of his efforts. 
 It was a great disappointment to many when Bro. 
 Ahlstrom was not re-appointed under Rt. Wor. 
 
 John R. Pope, the Grand Lecturer, who suc- 
 ceeded Rt. Wor. Bro. George Raymond. How- 
 ever, the school continued its good work for two 
 years under the leadership of Wor. Bro. Rudolph 
 Holding, Bro. Ahlstrom's successor. 
 
 In 1898, after the appointment of Rt. Wor. Bro.. 
 William H. Whiting to the Grand Lectureship, 
 the School of Instruction was discontinued, he 
 deeming it wise to appoint District Lecturers, in- 
 stead of one assistant for the then Metropolitan 
 District, and so for several years a few of these 
 brethren conducted what might be termed dictrict 
 conventions, and these were held by courtesy of 
 the lodges who happened to be without work and 
 under their jurisdiction. 
 
 In May, 1900, considerable interest was being 
 manifested by many of the brethren of the Sev- 
 enth District, looking toward the revival of a 
 School of Instruction, which resulted in the Square 
 Club appointing a committee, consisting of Wor. 
 Bros. Pitman, of Gramercy ; Gibson, of Park, 
 and MoRRO\\', of Monitor, the latter being the 
 Assistant Grand Lecturer for the Seventh Dis- 
 trict. This committee reported at the July meet- 
 ing of the Club, that the majority of the Lodges 
 in the District were in favor of organizing a 
 School of Instruction, and had contributed the sum 
 of five dollars each to defray the expenses of the 
 project; accordingly, rooms were engaged at the 
 Grand Opera House, Twenty-third Street and 
 Eighth Avenue, and a school held on the first and 
 third Mondays of each month, beginning with 
 October i, 1900, and ending March 31, 1901. In 
 addition to this school, and through the very great 
 kindness of Harlem Lodge, its lodge room was 
 placed at the disposal of the Square Club (free of 
 
FREEMASONRY IN THE EARLY COLONIES. 
 
 33 
 
 charge) for the purpose of holding a School of 
 Instruction on the third Saturday of each month, 
 from October, 1900, to May, 1901. It is needless 
 to say that the offer was gladly accepted with 
 thanks. Thus were three sessions held monthly, 
 under the very efficient management and tutorship 
 of our much esteemed Assistant Grand Lecturer, 
 Wor. Bro. Morrow. The school continued under 
 the auspices of the Square Club until 1902, when, 
 as he richly deserved, Wor. Bro. Morrow was 
 not only reappointed by Rt. Wor. Bro. Lauben- 
 HEiMER, Grand Lecturer, but was created the As- 
 sistant Grand Lecturer for the Boroughs of Man- 
 hattan and The Bronx, and also the title of Right 
 Worshipful added by reason of his further promo- 
 tion by Most Worshipful Er.,BERT Crandall to 
 the position of Representative of the Grand Lodge 
 
 of Prince Edward's Island, near the Grand Lodge 
 of the State of New York, and the following year, 
 1903, the Borough of Richmond was also added 
 to his charge. During this time the School was 
 continued with marked success, as might be ex- 
 pected with so faithful and zealous a Brother as 
 Rt. Wor. Brother Morrow, and supported by the 
 lodges of the various districts. 
 
 The value of the instruction received at this 
 school cannot be overestimated, for it has been 
 admitted many times over, and it is the consensus 
 of opinion among all the lodges in New York, that 
 never was the Ritual more perfectly exemplified 
 than it is at the present time, and I am sure that 
 I express the desire of all good Masons, when I 
 say : May this work long continue, and prosper in 
 the future, as in the past. 
 
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 FRBBMAvSONRY IN THE EARLY 
 
 COLONIES 
 
 L. 
 
 By a BrotHer of Harlem Lodge. 
 
 CHE early history of Masonry among the Col- 
 onists of America previous to the establish- 
 ment of the Grand Lodge of England is 
 veiled in obscurity. At what precise date we may 
 place the legal establishment of the first Lodge in 
 America is somewhat a matter of conjecture. Cer- 
 tain it is, however, that there 'is abundance of au- 
 thentic evidence to prove the existence of Free 
 Masons among the Colonists not long after the 
 establishment of the system in England, and sev- 
 eral years anterior to the establishment of any 
 known lodge in this country. 
 
 The first deputation from England for the 
 Colonists was granted by the Duke of Norfolk 
 to Daniel Coxe, Esq., of New Jersey. The date 
 of this Deputation is June 5, 1730, and appoints 
 him Provincial Grand Master of New York, New 
 Jersey and Pennsylvania, and empowers him to 
 constitute lodges. 
 
 It has been conceded that the first constitutional 
 lodge acting under a legal Warrant was estab- 
 lished in Philadelphia in the latter part of the year 
 
 1730. But there are also proofs that one or more 
 lodges were in existence in Philadelphia before 
 CoxE had ever received his Deputation. The cele- 
 brated Dr. Benjamin Franklin is authority for , 
 the statement that there were several lodges in 
 the Province of Pennsylvania at that time. It is 
 probable that these lodges met according to the 
 old operative usage or prescriptive right, which 
 in general, was interpreted to be that "a sufficient 
 number of Masons met together are empowered 
 to make Masons and to practice the rites of Ma- 
 sonry without a Warrant or Constitution." 
 
 In a letter written by John Moore, the King's 
 Collector at the port of Philadelphia, to James 
 Sandilands, Esq., of Chester, Pa., under the date 
 of March 10, 171 5, which is two years anterior 
 to the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Eng- 
 land, there occurs this quite remarkable passage: 
 "Ye winter has been very long and dull, and we 
 have had no mirth or pleasure except a few eve- , 
 nings spent in festivity with my Masonic breth- 
 ren," This proves conclusively that in America, 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 as in England, Scotland and France, there were 
 Freemasons who lived partly under the operative 
 system and partly under the new or Speculative 
 regime, for it was not until the organization of the 
 Grand Lodge at London, in 1717, that the Specu- 
 lative System began to be wholly separated from 
 the older operative system. 
 
 Our Brethren of Massachusetts have always 
 contended that St. John's Lodge, of Boston, was 
 the first duly constituted lodge of the Colonies by 
 reason of a Deputation issued to Henry Price, 
 who for several years was supposed to have been 
 the first commissioned officer of the Colonies. 
 Later investigation, however, proves his Deputa- 
 tion to have been dated June, 1731, a year subse- 
 quent to that of CoxE. Royal Exchange Lodge, 
 No. 172, of Norfolk, Va., has a priority of claim 
 also which has entitled it to much respect as the 
 sovereign Lodge of history among the Colonies, in 
 that its Warrant was "delivered directly from the 
 Mother Grand Lodge of England,'' and is dated 
 June, 1733. 
 
 From the period of 1730 up to 1740 most of the 
 Colonies seem to have had Lodges at work in some 
 form under Provincial Grand Masters, and the 
 growth and dispersion of Freemasonry in Amer- 
 ica was most rapid in its extension. The first au- 
 thentic Grand Lodge, however, and upon this sub- 
 ject all controversy seems to have been settled, 
 was formed in Massachusetts in 1733. From Dr. 
 Albert Gallatin Mackey's History of Freemasonry 
 we quote the following: "In consequence of an 
 
 application from several brethren residing in New 
 England, Free and Accepted Masons, to the Right 
 Honorable and Most Worshipful Anthony, Lord 
 Viscount Montague, Grand Master of Masons in 
 England, he was pleased in the year 1733 to 
 constitute and appoint Right Worshipful Henry 
 Price Provincial Grand Master of New England, 
 aforesaid." That Freemasonry existed and was 
 practiced for years anterior to this date we have 
 abundant evidence from numerous newspaper 
 clippings and other evidence, but, then, as at the 
 present date. Masonic proceedings were seldom 
 recorded with accurate data in the public prints. 
 
 "Upon the receipt of this commission, the Breth- 
 ren assembled July 30th, and the Charter of Con- 
 stitution being read, and the Right Worshipful 
 Grand Master duly invested and congratulated, a 
 Grand Lodge was formed under the title and des- 
 ignation of 'St. John's Grand Lodge,' and the fol- 
 lowing officers chosen and installed : Right Wor- 
 shipful Andrew Belcher, Deputy Grand Mas- 
 ter; Right Worshipful Thomas Kennelly, Sen- 
 ior Grand Warden; Right Worshipful John 
 QuANN, Junior Grand Warden pro tempore. A 
 petition was then presented by several worthy 
 Brethren residing in Boston praying to be con- 
 stituted into a regular lodge, and it was voted that 
 the same be granted. Thus was Freemasonry 
 founded in Massachusetts." 
 
 There are now in the United States 52 Grand 
 Lodges, having a total membership of over one 
 million Master Masons in good standing. 
 
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 THE MAvSONIC CLUB 
 
 By Rt.-.-Woi-.-.^VILLlAM H. MILLER, 
 
 President of the Club, and Past District Deputy of the Fifth Masonic District. 
 
 fc^^,*^^ 
 
 CHE MASONIC CLUB, formerly the 
 Craftsman's Club, was organized in Sep- 
 tember, 1894, for social purposes among 
 Masons. 
 
 Among the charter members were William H. 
 Miller, who has been the President of the Club 
 since its organization ; William J. McDonald, 
 
 John R. Pope, Emil W. Klappert, John Stew- 
 art, Peter J. Ferrier^ James B. Gillie, J. Har- 
 ris BAL.STON, John Little, William J. Max- 
 well, Fred. J. Milligan, Elias Whitney, Wm. 
 A. Miller, G. W. Arnold, S. D. Affleck, E. 
 LowENSTEiN, Theophilus Pratt, John F. Col- 
 lins, Thomas Hillson, Russell C. Johnson, 
 
THE MASONIC CLUB. 
 
 35 
 
 and other well-known Masons. 
 
 The objects of the Club were to provide a ren- 
 dezvous for Masons, when called from labor to 
 refreshment, where social intercourse and the 
 comforts and conveniences of a club house could 
 be enjoyed at moderate cost and free from ob- 
 jectionable surroundings. 
 
 It has provided more entertainment for its 
 members and their friends than any other Club in 
 the city. It has had among its members most of 
 the Grand Masters, Grand High Priests and 
 Grand Commanders of the past nine years, and 
 honored them with complimentary dinners. 
 
 The Club has been useful to the fraternity in 
 the city, furnishing, as it has done, a convenient 
 place for Lodge Committees to instruct candi- 
 dates, audit accounts, or confer on any matters. It 
 has been a desirable place for entertaining visiting 
 Masons from other jurisdictions. 
 
 The membership is composed exclusively of 
 Master Masons in good standing. 
 
 The Club House is commodious and well fur- 
 nished. There are several thousand volumes in 
 the library, and the walls are adorned with many 
 pictures. The play room has billiards, pool and 
 two shuffie-boards, which provide amusement at 
 minimum expense. 
 
 In all the appointments of the house, comfort is 
 preferable to style. During the present summer 
 the Club House has been handsomely redecorated 
 anl refitted throughout, and will now compare fa- 
 vorably with any of the smaller clubhouses of the 
 metropolis. The large parlor, on the main floor, 
 is elegantly decorated and luxuriously furnished. 
 The library and reading room, on the same floor, 
 has received many additions and offers attractions 
 for cosy and comfortable winter evenings. The 
 
 Flemish smoking room, on the second floor front, 
 is complete and artistic, and is a perennial joy to 
 devotees of the weed. The upper floors are de- 
 voted to sleeping rooms, and in the basement are 
 the kitchen and dining room. 
 
 Any Mason in good standing may become a 
 member. 
 
 The old story of the first and only lady 
 Freemason is a familiar one, though no official 
 records exist of this historical and unique inci- 
 dent. The lady in question was Elizabeth 
 St. Leger, a daughter of Arthur, First Vis- 
 count DoNERAiLE. Either by intention or acci- 
 dent she was concealed in the alcove of a room in 
 Doneraile Castle in which a lodge meeting was 
 held. Attempting to make her escape, she was 
 stopped by the guard at the door. After an 
 anxious discussion, and it is said, by the interces- 
 sion of two brethren, her own brother and Mr. 
 Richard Aldworth, M.P., the latter of whom 
 afterwards married her, it was decided to make 
 her pass through the same solemn ceremony which 
 she had witnessed. The date of her initiation is 
 uncertain, though it must have taken place before 
 1744, in which year her name appears on the list 
 of subscribers to a Masonic work. She would 
 then have been in her thirty-ninth year. 
 
 She lived to the ripe age of eighty, dying in 
 1775, a year before her husband. 
 
 Her remains lie in the crypt of the present ca- 
 thedral of St. Finbarre's, Cork, transferred thence 
 from the old Cathedral, and the stone slab 
 is to be seen on the floor of the little chamber, 
 situated at the top of the great tower. Her apron 
 is still preserved at Newmarket House, County 
 Cork. 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 HARLEM LODGE, No. 457, 
 F. & A. M. 
 
 Meets every Thursday evening at 
 202 East 124th St., Harlem Savings Bank Building. 
 
 SOUVENIR BOOK 
 
 Published in Commemoration of its 
 
 2000th COMMUNICATION, 
 
 'DECEMBER i4th, 1904. 
 
 EDITORIAL STAFF. 
 
 Wor. -.FREDERICK P. HAMMOND, Editor. 
 
 Associate Editors. 
 Rt.-. Wor. -.ROBERT OGILVY, 
 
 Bro. HERBERT H. EVERETT. 
 
 TO OUR GUESTS. 
 
 To the ladies and kind friends of "Harlem" 
 we extend the cordial and happy greetings 
 of the festal season. It is for you that we 
 have set aside this night of festivity and joy, and 
 it is the happy coincidence of fortune that the 
 celebration of "Harlem's" Two-thousandth Com- 
 munication comes at a time so near the natal day 
 of Him who proclaimed "Peace on earth, 
 good-will to men." To-night "Harlem" proclaims 
 to the world that two thousand times have her 
 Brethren met together in unity, and two thousand 
 times have absent Brothers in sickness and dis- 
 tress, wives, widows, mothers, sisters, daughters 
 and the helpless orphan been asked for in the 
 spirit of Masonic sympathy and Brotherly Lave. 
 
 It may in part afiford some consolation for those 
 many niehts of disappointment to know that when 
 some male me:'.iber of the family is away at his 
 
 Masonic Lodge, his hours are spent in a place 
 where none within the family circle are for- 
 gotten. It is around the family footstool and 
 hearthstone that many of the most sacred ties of 
 Masonry are centered. No man has ever learned 
 aught that was bad in a Masonic Lodge. He has 
 learned much that is good. Masonry in its moral 
 teachings points to no ideal which is beyond hu- 
 man attainment ; but rather by simple expression 
 of symbol and allegory teaches friendship and 
 brotherly love, and by its precepts unfolds the 
 integrity of a character which is stable unto death. 
 And when at the end of our evening's pleasure 
 you shall wend your way homeward and fall tt 
 peaceful slumbers in the wee small hours of the 
 morning, it is hoped you will have seen and 
 learned to know us better' as we are, and that in 
 future years, when the tide of life is ebbing, there 
 may still linger in memory some little token — some 
 pleasant thought of "Harlem's" gala night, "Two 
 thousand times in unity." 
 
 OUR SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 The little volume here issued is a labor of 
 love. Few who have never undertaken a simi- 
 lar task can realize the many hours of labor 
 it requires to evolve what only upon its face 
 may seem a simple task. In its elucidation many 
 letter", have gone forth, many hours have been 
 spent in delving into obscure literature for some 
 simple fact, many volumes of records have been 
 reviewed. The literature of Masonry has re- 
 vealed comparatively little that is of value here, 
 and to attempt a condensation of the exhaustive 
 histories is well nigh impossible without omitting 
 Ihe essentials. 
 
 The work in hand was undertaken with a view 
 to lay before the Craft in a general way a brief 
 outline of the history and development of Mason- 
 ry in New York, with especial reference to the 
 Metropolitan District. Few of the Craft who are 
 regular attendants at their lodges know anything 
 of the institutions which Masonry is supporting 
 to-day, their source of income, or the amount re- 
 quired for their maintenance. In the aggregate, 
 the destitute- and needy of one-twelfth of our 
 seven millions and more of population in the State 
 of New York are dependent upon the bounty of 
 
EDITORS' PAGE. 
 
 37 
 
 Masons; or, in round numbers, the decrepit from 
 age, the widows and orphans of six hundred thou- 
 sand of our population are liable to become the 
 ■wards of Masonic charity, and almost one-third of 
 these- are resident within the Metropolitan Dis- 
 trict. When, besides, it is taken into considera- 
 tion that vast sums are donated for assistance 
 from our lodges and from private purses for floral 
 pieces and burial of the Masonic dead, the ex- 
 pense of maintaining our Home and School in 
 Utica, and all the other incidentals, the sum total, 
 could it by any possibility be accurately estimated, 
 would reach a collossal figure. Besides this, how- 
 ever, the Masonic Board of Relief cares for and 
 buries all worthy sojourners and their depend- 
 ents who may become stranded within our city, or 
 sends them to their homes in distant parts of the 
 world! 
 
 Such information as our little volume contains 
 we give to the fraternity gratis, hoping that in 
 many a Masonic home it will aiiford information 
 to many friends of the Craft. Perhaps, many will 
 think we could indeed have done better, and so, 
 in fact, we realize, knowing that there is much 
 that' could be improved upon, but at the beginning 
 of our task we were compelled to work blindly, 
 and feel our way with caution. That the work 
 is not one of high literary merit we are also well 
 aware. For the purpose it was designed to serve, 
 it could not be made so, without a sacrifice of time 
 and space which has been found impossible. 
 
 To those distinguished craftsmen who have so 
 kindly contributed articles upon the various sub- 
 jects with which their names are so prominently 
 identified, we extend our most gracious thanks, 
 And for the many courtesies and material assist- 
 ance afforded by Most Worshipful Bro. Ehlers 
 and others of the Grand Officers we are most 
 grateful; especially do we extend our thanks to 
 Rt. Wor. Bro. Wiley, District Deputy Grand 
 Master of the Seventh Masonic District ; Rt. Wor. 
 Bro. Samuel J. McDonald, and the others, who 
 have so kindly reviewed the proofs of various 
 articles. 
 
 The work in hand is something which has never 
 before been undertaken by any individual lodge. 
 If it should even in part fulfill the object of our 
 desire, we shall feel that our time has been profit- 
 ably and well spent for the benefit of all. 
 
 OUR JUNIOR WARDEN. 
 
 In the hours of rejoicing which attend us to- 
 night about the festive board, or while listening to 
 the silvery strains of music and gaiety upon every 
 hand, there will go forth many a sad reflection 
 at the absence of our Junior Warden, Bro. Chas. 
 P. Peirce. Yet while deploring the loss of his 
 presence, there is cause for our heartfelt joy in 
 the knowledge that he is so much physically im- 
 proved as to be up and about the house, enjoying 
 the company of friends and the dear ones who 
 have watched so faithfully over him during the 
 long months of illness that have befallen him. 
 During the entire year, Bro. Peirce has been able 
 to be with us at the Lodge and occupy his station 
 in the South upon but two occasions. Yet, lov- 
 ing hearts and hands have been ready to answer 
 his call at any moment, and in true Masonic sym- 
 pathy has his welfare been inquired for at every 
 communication. 
 
 Bro. Peirce was early made Chairman of the 
 Executive Committee, having in charge the en- 
 tertainment and reception which commemorates 
 the Two- thousandth Communication of our 
 Lodge, and the first meeting of the Committee 
 was held at his house, -where the outline of the 
 plan which is being fulfilled to-night was drawn 
 up. In the absence of his wise counsel the duties 
 of the Chairmanship have been assumed by our 
 Senior \\'?.rden, the second member of the Com- 
 mittee, and to him we acknowledge our gracious 
 thanks. 
 
 It is a matter of deep regret to all, that in the 
 group picture of the Officers of "Harlem" for 
 1904, we found it impossible to successfully dis- 
 play the picture of Bro. Peirce in his proper re- 
 galia. The experiment was tried, but could not be 
 carried to successful issue. In his absence there 
 appears as a substitute one of our Past Masters, in 
 order that the group may be complete. 
 
 In the near future we are assured that Bro. 
 Peirce will be with us in the Lodge Room, hale 
 and hearty, and completely restored to his good 
 health. That such a day may not be far distant 
 is the wish of every Brother of Harlem, and over 
 all we see the kind hand that guides us on to a 
 destiny we know not of, but who doeth all things 
 well, and showers the bounty of His blessing upon 
 all his creatures. 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Rt.-.Wor.-, ROBERT OGILVY 
 
 "OUR BOB" 
 
 IF THERE be truth in the sa_\ing tliat "a man is 
 as old as he feels," then Harlem Lodge can 
 proudly boast of having discovered the man 
 of perennial yonth in the person of its esteemed 
 Secretar}', Rt. A\'or. Roiikkt (Jgil\'v. To every 
 Brother, both within and without the councils of 
 the Lodge, he is familiarly spoken of as "Our 
 Bob." 
 
 There are many pleasant reflections which will 
 linger in the memory of our brethren as they re- 
 call those little groups which have nightly assem- 
 bled about the Secretary's desk before the opening 
 of Lodge, and heard the pleasant story, the happy 
 repartee, or witty joke. "Bob" and "Tip," we who 
 know them as they are, may hope that they will 
 be with us always, "and they will." But where 
 else, except in a Masonic Lodge, could a group so 
 varied in ages be assembled that would forget all 
 restraint and the wide differences separating them, 
 and be at once addressing each other by their given 
 names. The young member of twenty-one ap- 
 proaches at first with diffidence, but in a short time 
 he is one among them, unconsciouslv calling this 
 
 venerable and dignified man "Bob," and forgetting 
 that he has not always known him as such, and 
 "Bob" likes it, too. "I like the young men," says 
 he. "The old fellows are always telling about 
 the good old times that used to be. They are the 
 best now they ever were, and growing better as 
 the years go by." 
 
 "Our Bob" was born in England in 1835 ; was 
 initiated in Harlem Lodge, June 7, i860; passed 
 June 28th, and raised July 19th, of the same year, 
 and immediately began his active service as an offi- 
 cer of the Lodge. In 1863, two years only after 
 his admission, he was elected its Master, and at the 
 present time enjoys the distinction of being at once 
 the oldest living Past Master of Harlem Lodge 
 and the oldest living Past Master of the Seventh 
 Masonic District, and is the second oldest member 
 of Harlem Lodge, Bro. Henry Van Orden, 
 the senior member, preceding him scarcely two 
 months. 
 
 In the troublous period which was visited upon 
 the Lodge during the eighties, Bro. Ogilvy was 
 again called upon to preside as its Master during 
 the year 1887. 
 
 He has served the Lodge as its Secretary for 
 many years, and his books and system of recording 
 everv detail are models of accuracv and neatness. 
 I le reads and writes without glasses. 
 
 In 1892 he was appointed a Representative of 
 the Grand Lodge of Nebraska, near the Grand 
 Lodge of New York, and is the first to wear the 
 title of Right Worshipful in Harlem Lodge. He 
 is a member of the Masonic Veterans' Association. 
 
 Bro. Ogilvy has been installed as an officer in 
 Harlem Lodge some thirty odd times. 
 
 HENRY CLAY VAN ORDEN. 
 
 BRO. VAN ORDEN, Senior member of Har- 
 lem Lodge, No. 457, was born March 6, 
 1830, in New York Citv. He graduated 
 from Grammar School No. 3, in 1845, and began 
 business life as a painter and decorator. In 1849 
 he became a volunteer fireuian, attached to Guar- 
 dian Engine, No. 29, stationed dt Jefferson Mar- 
 ket. He was appointed a policeman in 1857, re- 
 maining on the force until 1890, wdien he was re- 
 tired, having reached the age limit. His last eigh- 
 teen years of police duty were passed on the Third 
 Avenue Bridge. 
 
HARLEM LODGE MISCELLANY. 
 
 39 
 
 HENRY C. VAN CRDEN. 
 
 Bro. Van Ordex was married in 1857 to ^liss 
 Lulu Kanski. Seven children have been born to 
 them, of whom live are living. His eldest daugh- 
 ter, ^Irs. Lulu ^L Baxter, is the Royal ]\Iatron 
 of Harlem Court, Xo. 6, O. A. There are nine- 
 teen grand-children. He has alwax's had good 
 health, except about two years ago, when he had a 
 severe attack of gastritis, 
 
 Bro, \'ax Ordex was raised in Harlem Lodge 
 April 26, i860, antedating Right AA'or. Robert 
 OGiL\-y less than three months. 'May he remain 
 with us manv }'ears, and see fulfilled the aspiration 
 of that twelve-year-old grandson to become a 
 member of Harlem Lodge before his grandfather 
 dies, so that the name, Hexry C. A'ax Ordex 
 shall remain continual!}- on its membership roll. 
 
 1854, He affiliated with Harlem Lodge, on Sep- 
 tember 22, 1864, and was its Junior War^'en in 
 1867, He has had a ver\- active ^iasonic career, 
 being a member of Harlem Lodge, Xo. 457 ; Syl- 
 van Chapter, Xo. 188, Royal Arch Masons, and 
 Constantine Commander}-, Xo. 48, Knights Tem- 
 plar, of which latter bod}- he was the Eminent 
 Commander in 1900. He is also a Past President 
 of the ^lasonic X'eterans' Association of Xew 
 York City. 
 
 One of the pleasant features of Bro. \'ough's 
 ^Masonic career has been the annual dinner of the 
 Harlem ^lasons, which he estal-)lished over twenty- 
 five }-ears ago, and has since conducted success- 
 fully under his own personal supervision. The din- 
 ner is held regularly at the Ashland House, and 
 'Alein Host" Brockway has many a reminiscence 
 to tell of the "boys from Harlem," and the way 
 thev store away the precious viands of his cuisine. 
 
 Bro. \"ouGii celebrated the fiftieth anniversary 
 of his IMasonic career on January 12th last by en- 
 tertaining a party of ^lasonic friends at his house. 
 
 \ 
 
 .^•^y 
 
 FIFTY YEARS A MASON. ^^'^°^ ''°"^"- 
 
 TTFTY years of active Masonic service is a A pleasant feature of his ]\[asonic career was 
 
 longtime. Yet this is the distinguished hon- the entertannnent of the :Masonic Wneran As- 
 
 or possessed by Bro. Jacob A'^OUGH, of Har- sociation in Harlem Lodge, while lie was its 
 
 lem Lodo-e President. The boys of twent}--one }-ears and 
 
 Bro. Vough was made a ilason in Prospect over in ^lasonry turned out in plentiful nun-ibers. 
 
 Lodge, Xo, 24, of Xew Jersey, on January 12, "Take" was the happiest of them all. 
 
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 THE EASTERN ^TAR 
 
 By Wor.-.WILLARD A. PEAR.CE. 33° 
 
 Chaplain of Harlem Lodge. 
 
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 ^v^O 
 
 T~fe NY attempt to trace the Order of the East- 
 W^ em Star to the Eighteenth Century, and to 
 »f I connect it with the French "Rite of Adop- 
 tion," is without reason or foundation. The two 
 systems of so-called "Female Masonry" are entire- 
 ly different, and there is no evidence of the intro- 
 duction of the French system into this country. 
 The name "Adoptive Rite" is an absolute misno- 
 mer, so far as the Order of the Eastern Star is 
 concerned, although perfectly correct as applied 
 to the French system, in which it is necessary to be 
 adopted by, and under the supervision of a Ma- 
 sonic Lodge. It is said a "Grand Chapter of the 
 Order of the Eastern Star" existed in this coun- 
 try in 1793, but whether it resembled the present 
 Order in anything but name nobody knows, and 
 the knowledge is immaterial. 
 
 About the year 1850, Bro. Robert Morris, 
 Past Grand Master of Masons in Kentucky, a man 
 of considerable literary and poetic ability, intro- 
 duced what he called "The American Adoptive 
 Rite," with five degrees: (i) Jephtha's Daughter, 
 or the daughter's degree. (2) Ruth, or the widow's 
 degree. (3) Esther, or the wife's degree. (4) Mar- 
 tha, or the sister's degree. (5) Electa, or the Chris- 
 tian Martyr's degree. It is unnecessary to enter 
 into the details with reference to the different 
 
 forms through which the Morris system passed 
 from "Constellations," in 1850 — complicated and 
 requiring much paraphernalia, to the "Family of 
 the Eastern Star," in 1855 — too simple to be im- 
 pressive; then the "Lecture System," which lasted 
 until 1865 or 1866, when Bro. Morris placed all 
 the rituals and lectures in the hands of Bro. Rob- 
 ert Macoy, who, without making any essential 
 changes, modified the system into the present 
 Order of the Eastern Star. 
 
 In the latter part of 1866 a Masonic fair was 
 held in New York City, in aid of the Hall and 
 Asylum Fund, and the ladies who had worked in 
 the interest of the fair, desirous of perpetuating 
 the friendships growing from their connection 
 therewith, organized Alpha Chapter, No. i, O. E. 
 S., early in 1867. This was the first chapter of 
 the present Order of the Eastern Star ever organ- 
 ized. 
 
 The Chapter started with eighteen ladies, and 
 from this small nucleus the Order has grown to a 
 membership of about 275,000, mostly in the United 
 States, but it promises to become as universal as 
 Alasonry, with which, however, it has no connec- 
 tion, excepting that its members are the mothers, 
 wives, widows, sisters and daughters of Alaster 
 Masons, who are also eligible. 
 
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 Cx^k^v 
 
 MASONIC HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 
 By Rt. .AVor.-.EMANUEL COAVENSTEIN. 
 
 Secretary of the Society, and Past Grand Librarian of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 W^ ISTORY is a mirror ol the past, held up to 
 1% us to study, for the benefit of the present, 
 m.f but in the strenuous hurry of the present 
 day we are too apt to forget the past and lose 
 sight of the benefit to be derived from a know- 
 ledge of the words and deeds of our predecessors. 
 The formation of the Masonic Historical Society 
 was for the purpose of stemming the tide of the 
 thoughtless, and of those who see in Masonry 
 only ritual and an occasional banquet, and awaken 
 in the minds and thoughts of the brethren higher 
 ideals, together with a desire to study the past of 
 the Craft. 
 
 Although this is not a new thought, for fifty 
 years ago the study of the history of the Fraternity 
 in this jurisdiction was a matter of much more 
 general popularity than now. Then the history, 
 philosophy, the sublime teachings of the institu- 
 tion were studied by the brethren with at least 
 as much interest as mere work. 
 
 It was at about this period that the real awaken- 
 ing and recovery from the Morgan craze began 
 to manifest itself, and there was much to learn, 
 much to remember and many threads of history to 
 collect, and to keep together. Brother John L. 
 Lewis, Grand Master, in 1856 to 1859, and Grand 
 High Priest in 1852, 1853, and 1854, was then 
 the main-stay and guide of the Masonic student in 
 New York. He was pre-eminently The His- 
 torian of the Grand Lodge of New York— in fact, 
 though not in name — and he tried hard to formu- 
 late some system or plan of organization by which 
 his ideal could be carried out, but the Fraternity 
 was rent by persecution and prejudice, as well as 
 by dissension among the brethren. Soon there- 
 after, although united again under one Grand 
 Lodge, it became heavily involved in debt, hence 
 the practical and prosaic part of Masonry had to 
 
 be attended to, and Brother Lewis with his plans 
 and desires were for the time being, at least, tem- 
 porarily shelved. 
 
 Bro. Peter Ross^ LL.D., when appointed His- 
 torian of the Grand Lodge, began his work with 
 that zeal and earnestness for which he was known, 
 not only by his immediate friends and brethren, 
 but also by scholars and students on both sides of 
 the Atlantic. His History of Freemasonry in the 
 State of New York is a standard work, and will 
 ever be a monument to his genius. Brother John 
 Stewart, Brother Ross and a few other devoted 
 brethren held frequent meetings in the fall of 
 1897, striving to formulate and organize some 
 system by which to encourage the search after 
 historic truths. At first the famous Lodge No. 
 2076, of London, England, known throughout the 
 Masonry of the world as the Lodge Quator Cor- 
 onati, was deemed a worthy prototype to model 
 after, artd establish a society in New York on the 
 plan followed by this literary Lodge of London ; 
 this was accordingly done, after many preliminary 
 meetings, on April 14, 1898, when the first official 
 meeting was held, at which meeting Bro. John 
 Stewart was elected President of the new Soci- 
 ety, an office he accepted and which he still holds. 
 Other officers were elected and the new organiza- 
 tion was sent out into the Masonic world of New 
 York. Among those founders who were present 
 at this first meeting, Brother Ross, John G. Bar- 
 ker, Andrew Patterson, Matthew Taylor, 
 have crossed the mystic river and are greatly 
 missed by the surviving members, among these 
 being: Brothers Herman Cantor, Emil Frank- 
 el, N. Taylor Philips, John R. Pope, Benno 
 LoEWY, WiLiAM S. Thomson, Claudius F. 
 Beatty, W. J. Allen, William E. Fitch, J. 
 Boyd Thatcher, and fifteen other good and true 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Brethren. The Society holds four stated busi- 
 ness meetings a year, and holds its annual election 
 at the May meeting, but holds other open meetings 
 either on its own account or, and this is more fre- 
 quent, at the invitation of some Lodge which 
 is willing to set aside "work" for one evening, and 
 listen to a lecture upon some interesting Masonic 
 subject. 
 
 Thus there were lectures given by Dr. Pereira 
 Mendes, by Dr. Rheinthaler, William S mer- 
 er, by Prof. Raymond S. Perrin, of Columbia 
 College; John G. Barker, CoI.Alexander S. 
 Bacon and many others. The Society has also 
 published a reprint of Webb's first Monitor 
 (1797) Masonic Miscellany and other rare and 
 valuable books. 
 
 The form and manner of conducting the So- 
 ciety has been somewhat changed since its con- 
 ception. There is now no joining fee and the dues 
 are only one dollar per annum. The Society is 
 slowly but steadily and constantly increasing. The 
 first meeting was attended by seven brethren. It 
 
 was organized with twenty-nine members and now 
 has a membership of two hundred and three. 
 
 While the work of the Society is slow, it is 
 doing much good, in arousing the brethren from 
 the apathy which is felt by many toward the study 
 of anything in Masonry, except the bare ritual, 
 which latter is growing more and more elabor- 
 ate and extensive at the expense of the more sub- 
 stantial and much more interesting study of phil- 
 osophy, history and sublime teachings of the in- 
 stitution. That the influence of this Society is 
 already being felt, and that the work of its active 
 laborers is appreciated by the Craft, is shown by 
 the fact that the roll of members contains the 
 names of brethren from all parts of the State and 
 country, even from the Antipodes come inquiries 
 about the aim and scope of its work, and recently 
 from our Chicago brethren came a request for 
 copies of blanks, by-laws and information as the 
 brethren of the great western metropolis are de- 
 sirous of forming a similar Society. Thus the 
 good work is steadily increasing, sowing good 
 seed, which will undoubtedly bear ample fruit. 
 
 WRITTEN FOR HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 THE MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF 
 
 By Rt.-.^Vor.-.JOHN R.. POPE, 
 
 President of the Board, and Grand Librarian of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 CPIE first attempt to organize a Masonic 
 Board of Relief for the City of New York 
 originated among a small coterie of breth- 
 ren in the early fifties. It was not, however, until 
 1857-58 that the movement assumed tangible 
 form, and then only for a brief two or three years 
 did it have a nominal existence, when for lack of 
 financial support its labors were practically discon- 
 tinued. 
 
 Again, in about the year 1861, was the move- 
 ment revived and a new Board organized whose 
 labors were productive of much good. Numbers 
 of our worthy brethren, and their widows and 
 
 orphans were cared for, and the dead given burial. 
 It was from the labors of this Board that the plot 
 in Cypress Hills Cemetery was purchased. Lodges 
 and charitable brethren were asked to contribute 
 such sums as they should elect for this purpose, 
 and a sufficient sum was soon realized. The Grand 
 Lodge took cognizance of this Board and from 
 time to time gave it financial assistance. It was 
 reported at the session for 1879, however; that 
 its labors would have to be discontinued for lack 
 of financial support. Both of these early Boards 
 were instituted and run as distinctly New York 
 City institutions. 
 
THE MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF. 
 
 43 
 
 At the Session of the Grand Lodge, held in 
 June, 1879, it was resolved that the Grand Mas- 
 ter issue a call to the Masters of the Lodges in 
 New York City for the purpose of considering the 
 advisability of organizing a Board of Relief whose 
 existence should be regularly recognized and con- 
 stituted an accessory part of the Grand Lodge of 
 New York. The need of an organization which 
 could afford relief and 
 shelter to worth y 
 brethren who might be 
 sojourning in our 
 great city had long 
 b e e n demonstrated. 
 Many Masters and 
 worthy brethren had 
 become the innocent 
 victims of imposters 
 who could successfully 
 ply their traffic with 
 little fear of detection, 
 as no adequate facili- 
 ties were afforded for 
 investigation. Worthy 
 brethren in distress 
 were often compelled 
 to go unprovided with 
 shelter, while awaiting 
 the tedious corre- 
 spondence of Lodges 
 in far distant parts of 
 the world, and the 
 Grand Secretary's of- 
 fice could ill afford a 
 reception room for the 
 rapidly increasing 
 number of applicants. 
 
 In accordance with 
 the resolution adopted 
 the Grand Master is- 
 sued a call to the Masters throughout the city to 
 assemble in the "Tuscan Room" at Masonic Hall 
 on November 8, 1879. No official action was 
 taken at this time, although the Masters most gen- 
 erously responded to the call. A second call was 
 accordingly issued for January 24, 1880, when by- 
 laws were adopted and an informal organization 
 affected which was completed after several meet- 
 
 SHELTER AT 215 WEST 21st STREET 
 
 ings in 1880. From that year to the present the 
 work of the Association has been steadily going 
 on. We have brought cheer to many a disap- 
 pointed and despairing brother, and by our coun- 
 sel and assistance have helped him to procure em- 
 ployment, and find a brighter prospect in life. De- 
 serving men have been forwarded to their homes ; 
 the sick and destitute cared for in hospitals or at 
 
 our Shelter and the 
 dead have been buried 
 in our plot in Cypress 
 Hills Cemetery. We 
 make no distinction as 
 to country, sect or 
 opinion, and leave 
 nothing undone that 
 as Masons, we should 
 do. Our system is 
 such that adequate re- 
 lief can be afforded at 
 any hour of the day 
 or night throughout 
 the week. We give 
 with the kindly hand 
 of fraternal brother- 
 hood, looking for 
 nothing in return. We 
 do not loan money, 
 and what is given we 
 do not expect or want 
 to be returned. Many 
 of those whom we 
 have helped, have felt 
 it a duty and pleasure 
 to donate to our funds 
 and these are always 
 recorded as voluntary 
 donations. Lodges 
 whose brethren we 
 help, if able, are al- 
 lowed to return funds expended in assisting their 
 distressed brethren. 
 
 The early meetings of the Ijoard were held in the 
 little locker room adjoining the Grand Library in 
 Masonic Hall. The officers had for years felt that 
 the work would be aided and more efficient service 
 rendered were a suitable place provided where a 
 distressed brother could find temporary shelter and 
 
44 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 provision, and have the benefit of visitations from 
 Masonic bretliren. With this object in view, it 
 was determined to appeal to individual brethren 
 for subscriptions to the end that a suitable build- 
 ing might be purchased, where the work could be 
 carried on, and the records kept more readily at 
 hand than in the small, inconvenient room of the 
 Temple. 
 
 As soon as the brethren came to understand j ust 
 what was required, money was cheerfully donated, 
 and we have been enabled to purchase the prop- 
 erty at No. 215 West Twenty-first Street, which 
 has been fitted up with an excellent bath-room, a 
 large meeting room, and five f urnished^ rooms, so 
 that six persons can be accommodated at one time. 
 
 The methods pursued by the Board in investi- 
 gating cases applying for relief are conducted with 
 a regular system, and all data obtained is care- ' 
 fully recorded for future reference. The scope 
 of relief is confined entirely to sojourning breth- 
 ■ ren in good standing, their widows and orphans. 
 When a needy brother applies his Masonic affili- 
 ations are carefully inquired into, the Lodge of 
 which he is a member ascertained, inquiry made 
 as to his antecedents and future intentions. When 
 in doubt as to the truth of an applicant's statS-' 
 ment, his case is deferred- until proper investi- 
 gation can be made. If the applicant is found 
 worthy, he is sent upon his way rejoicing to his 
 home in a distant part of the country, or his name 
 entered upon the list as among the eligibles for 
 work. It is an unwritten law, however, though 
 not so specified in the by-laws, that any applicant 
 who so far forgets his Masonic obligations as to 
 appear before them while^, under the influence of 
 liquor is turned away with scant sympathy until 
 he can return in a state of responsible sobriety. 
 
 A widow or orphan applying to the Board re- 
 ceives the same careful scrutiny in regard to the 
 standing of the Masonic relative upon whose 
 bounty she relies as does the brother himself. It 
 is here most often that the Board is confronted by 
 the trying ordeal of having to refuse its aid. No 
 widow or orphan of a Mason is ever refused, but 
 it often happens that an application is received from 
 some woman who has been widowed and married 
 again, the first husband being a Mason, while the 
 second is not, or she may have long since been 
 absent from her Masonic relatives, having mar- 
 
 ried and reared a family apart from any Masonic 
 influences ; her husband alive, and perhaps con- 
 demning the Order, yet in distress she appeals to 
 the Board upon the plea that a father or brother 
 was a member of the Order. All such receive con- 
 sideration, but of necessity many must be re- 
 jected. Were it otherwise it is hardly conceivable 
 where the tax upon our bounty would end. It is 
 not at all uncomfnon also to receive applications 
 from adult men — not members of the Order — 
 who presume that upon the plea of kinship to some 
 Mason we can afford them assistance. They, too, 
 are promptly rejected from our councils. It is 
 hardly an exaggeration to state that were every 
 application from those who claim kinship to some 
 Mason acted upon favorably, we should soon be 
 among the very largest dispersers of charity in 
 the city. , 
 
 Much fruitful labor has been done by the Board 
 in connection with the National Board of Relief, 
 in having the photographs of criminals and im- 
 postei's published and sent broadcast to the var- 
 ious Lodges who are its contributors. 
 
 The executive management of the affairs of the 
 Board are. vested in a Board of Directors, which 
 are chfcs^n annually. The Directors choose their 
 own President, three Vice-Presidents, a Treasur- 
 er and , Secretary, together with a Finance Com- 
 mittee of three -members, and such other officers 
 as they may direct. Each Lodge or Masonic so- 
 ciety which becomes a contributing body toward 
 the support of the institution is entitled to three 
 delegates, and one additional delegate for each 
 additional fifty members. All masters of contrib- 
 uting Lodges and the first officer of any other 
 contributing body are ex-ofUcio members of the 
 Board and entitled to a voice in the proceedings, 
 but cannot vote unless they are regularly appoint- 
 ed delegates. The disbursing of charity is vested 
 in a committee, especially appointed for that pur- 
 pose and consists of the President and six dele- 
 gates, together with the Secretary. The Charity 
 Committee hold regular bi-weekly meetings upon 
 every Tuesday and Saturday night at the Shelter, 
 No. 215 West Twenty-first Street, and all meet- 
 ings are open to the attendance of any brother. 
 Quarterly meetings of the Board are held regular- 
 ly on the last Saturday of May, August, Novem- 
 ber and February of each year. The annual meet- 
 
SECRET SOCIETIES. 
 
 45 
 
 ing is in May. The finances of the Board are 
 maintained by voluntary donations and a per cap- 
 ita tax of 20 cents, levied upon each member of the 
 contributing Lodges or other Masonic bodies, who 
 become contributors only at their own election 
 to do so. There are upon the roster at the pres- 
 ent time eighty-nine contributing Lodges. Any con- 
 tributing Lodge may refer applicants to the Board 
 for investigation, but no contributing Lodge is 
 allowed to ask the bounty of the Board for any 
 of its own members, and the Board is forbidden 
 to give relief to any individual having a special 
 claim on any Lodge in the City of New York. It 
 is a fact almost peculiar to relate in connection 
 with such an institution as Masonry that many 
 Lodges whose funds are sufficiently ample to en- 
 able them to contribute to the support of the 
 Board persistently refuse to do so ; yet, over and 
 over again, these same Lodges and their Masters 
 refer case after case to the Board for investiga- 
 tion and relief. 
 
 With the rapidly accumulating business of the 
 Board, and the constantly increasing funds which 
 were being contributed for the special purposes 
 of the Masonic Board of Relief, it was determined 
 that articles of incorporation should be drawn up, 
 which was done on December 14, 1898. The ■ 
 Board thereby became a duly constituted member- 
 ship corporation on January 4, 1899. The incor- 
 porators were: John R. Pope, Thomas Moorf, 
 Herman Cantor, Glover C. Arnold, William 
 Delamater, William R. Denham, George M. 
 Johnson, Stephen D. Affleck, W. H. John- 
 son, William J. McDonald, James B. Gillie, 
 Frederick J. Brown, George Brockway, Simon 
 S. Stern, and John W. Allison, all good and 
 true brethren, whose names had been prominently 
 identified with the aflfairs of the Board for a num- 
 ber of years. 
 
 The officers of the Association are always 
 pleased to welcome visitors. We are justly proud 
 of the support that has been unselfishly given us. 
 During the few years of our existence we have ex- 
 pended in charity the sum of $38,328.91, and if 
 as much more had been needed we had but to 
 make the want known, and it would have been 
 cheerfully given us. 
 
 "The quality of mercy is not strained ; it drop- 
 
 peth as the gentle rain from heaven, and blesseth 
 him that gives and him that takes." 
 
 An invitation is cordially extended to all to 
 visit us at our meetings on Tuesday and Saturday 
 evenings, and inspect the house our generous 
 brethren have placed in our hands for the com- 
 fort of sojourning brethren, their widows and 
 orphans. 
 
 [ SECRET SOCIETIES 
 
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 ] 
 
 \ Fotxnded on Masonry I 
 
 According to the genealogists of Masonry, the 
 fraternity is not only the oldest but also the parent 
 from which has sprung every other secret andfra!- 
 ternal society existing to-day. From historic 
 records modern Freemasonry dates from the lat- 
 ter part of the Seventeenth Century, and seems 
 first to have appeared in England. 
 
 A well-known genealogist has compiled the fol- 
 lowing, which clearly shows the orders, fraternal 
 philosophic, occult, college, insurance, patriotic, 
 political, etc. : 
 
 Fraternal: — Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
 Ancient Order of Foresters, Grand United Order of 
 Druids, Improved Order of Red Men, Ancient Order 
 of Hibernians, Knights of Pythias, Ancient and Illus- 
 trious Knights of Malta, Benevolent and Patriotic 
 Order of Elks, Foresters of America, Irish Order 
 of Foresters, Order of Scottish Clans, Sons of Her- 
 mann, Order of Harugari, Order Sons of St. George, 
 Knights of Columbus. 
 
 Occult and Philosophic: — Webhaupt's "Illumin- 
 att"; (From Masonic sources) Order Omah Lan- 
 guage, The Temple of Isis, The Society of Elusis, 
 Brotherhood of West Gate, Order of the Magi, Her- 
 metic Brothers, Order of the Sufis, Brotherhood of 
 New Life, Order of Osiris, Esoterists of the West, 
 Fifth Order of Melchisidek, Altruists Order of Mys- 
 teries, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, The 
 Theosophical Society. 
 
 ' Insurance: — Ancient Order of United Workmen, 
 
 Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Legion of Hon- 
 
 'lOr, Woodmen of America, Woodmen of the World, 
 
 iNational Union, Protected Home Circle, Society of 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Good Fellows, Knights of the Maccabees, Independ- 
 ent Order of Foresters, Various Hebrew Orders, 
 Various Roman Catholic Orders, Various Negro Or- 
 ders, Various "Short Term'' Orders, Women's An- 
 nexes to several of the above orders. 
 
 College: — Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Alpha, Delta 
 Phi, Sigma Phi, Alpha Delta Phi, Psi Upsilon, Beta 
 Theta Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, 
 Chi Psi, Zeta Psi, Delta Psi, Theta Delta Chi, Phi 
 Gamma Delta and many others, College Greek Let- 
 ter Sisterhoods, High School Fraternities. 
 
 Recreative: — Sons of Malta, Mystic Shrine, Im- 
 perial Muscovites, Order of Khorassen, Order of the 
 Hoo Hoo. 
 
 Temperance: — Sons of Temperance, Order of Good 
 Templars, Royal Templars, Order of Rechabites, 
 Templars of Honor. 
 
 Military: — Order of Cincinnati, Loyal Legion, G. 
 A. R., Sons of Veterans, United Veterans' Legion. 
 
 Political:— Know Nothing Party, "A. P. A.," Loy- 
 al Orange Institution, Knights of the Golden Circle, 
 National Farmers' Alliance. 
 
 Revolutionary: — The Cammorra, Clan-na-Gael, 
 Fenian Brotherhood, Order of Reubens, Ku Klux 
 Klan. 
 
 Patriotic :— Sons of Liberty, Sons of St. Tamina, 
 Society of Red Men, Order of United American Me- 
 chanics, Junior Order United American Mechanics. 
 
 All of these various societies and fraternities may 
 be described as having descended from Freemasonry, 
 either by imitation, adaptation, borrowing this or 
 that feature, or by paralleling it in one way or an- 
 other with respect to ritual or practice. 
 
 James Bellows McGregor, of Northville, who 
 recently celebrated his 103d birthday, is said to 
 be the oldest Mason in the country. 
 
 Mr. McGregor is the son of Joel McGregor, 
 and was born September 6th, 1801. At one time 
 he was one of the most prominent singers of the 
 county. He married November 9, 1832, Eliza- 
 beth TowNSEND. They had two children, James 
 H. and Emma M. For many years Mr. Mc- 
 Gregor has lived a life of retirement at North- 
 ville. He is a member of Mount Vernon Lodge 
 of Masons and has been one of its most devoted 
 members. On the occasion of his looth birthday, 
 three years ago, the lodge observed the event at 
 his home. 
 
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 Cor, Xeiinaton avenue 
 
 an& netb street, IRew I^orft. 
 
 ROBERT HOWISON, 
 
 Ifuneral director, 
 
 2eO LEIMOX AVENUE, 
 
 Cor. 123rcl Street. 
 
 ?relcpbonc 361 5Marlem. 
 
 XaftB Embalmcr. 
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC. Established 1884. APPRAISER. 
 
 ARTHUR E. WOOD, 
 IReal Estate d ITnsutance, 
 
 MANAGEMENT OF ESTATES A SPECIALTY. 
 219 WEST 1 25th STREET. 
 
 A humorous writer of reputat-nn, whose operatic 
 experience has been limited, was induced to accom- 
 pany his wife to a performance of Wagner's "Tris- 
 tan und Isolde" during the recent opera season in 
 New York. A friend, meeting him the following 
 day, asked with interest what his impression had 
 been. 
 
 "Well, it didn't hit me,'' remarked the writer, mus- 
 ingly. "I couldn't see it at all. I didn't mind so 
 much when the captain steered the ship for ten min- 
 utes standing with his arms folded twenty feet from 
 the tiller. But when they came to the place where 
 Isolde puts poison in her lover's tea, I threw up the 
 game and smoked in the lobby till the act was over." 
 — Harper's Weekly. 
 
 he said. 
 
 f^r^ 9^^ t/^ 
 
 "is a poem to me. It is so full 
 
 "Your face 
 of meaning.'' 
 
 "Oh,'' she replied, "then you don't mean that mj 
 face is a magazine poem to you." — Chicago Record- 
 Herald. 
 
 Recipe. 
 
 A hero history never knew; 
 
 A villain base to grovel; 
 Of unauthentic facts a few — 
 
 That's a historic novel. 
 
 — Washngton Star. 
 
 DR. CHARLES W. BEDFORD, 
 
 DENTAL SURGEON, 
 
 Hours '. 
 9A.M.to9P. M. 261 ALEXANDER AVE., 
 
 Sundays Bet. 138th and 139th Streets, 
 
 9A.M.to4P.M. BRONX. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY, 
 
 51 
 
 When first Charles Frohman rises, 
 
 He sees about a play, 
 Then has a bite of breakfast 
 
 And sees about a play; 
 Then has a little luncheon 
 
 And. sees about a play; 
 Then has a scrap of supper 
 
 And sees about a play; 
 And so we see Charles Frohman has 
 
 A very playful way. 
 
 — -Town Topics. 
 
 Telephone 956 Harlem. 
 
 T. €, Boltnes ^ Sons, 
 
 funeral Directors, 
 
 59 Ul«t i2Stb street, new Vork, 
 
 III 1-2 Soutb 4tb Hvi., mt. Uernon, H. V. 
 
 T. €. l)Olmc$, Sexton, 
 
 St. Hndrew's gfturcb. Barlem. 
 
 (Uilliani Sotnerville, 
 
 CARPENTER AND BUILDER, 
 
 3ir EAST 122nd STREET, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 TELEPHONE 683 HARLEM. 
 
 FIFTH NATIONAL BANK, 
 
 THIRD AVEINUE: AND 23rd STREET, 
 
 IVJENA/ YORK CITY. 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1864. 
 
 Capital 
 
 $250,000.00 
 Surplus and undivided Profits 
 
 $400,000.00 
 
 OFFICERS : 
 STEPHEN KELLY, President. RICHARD B. KELLY, Vice-President. 
 
 A. THOMPSON, Cashier. 
 
 DIRECTORS : 
 
 STEPHEN KELLY, DANIEL D. WYLIE, FREDERICK ZITTEL, RICHARD B. KELLY, 
 
 JOHN BYRNS, JAMES EVERARD, WM. N. ROBERTSON, HORACE F. HUCHINSON, 
 
 WM. H. SEAICH, A. THOMPSON. 
 
 A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED, 
 
52 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 ^><^ Capital and Undivided Profits, $3,329,576.99 "^A/f 
 
 MAIN OFFICE 
 
 358 5th Ave. 
 
 DOWN-TOWN OFFICE 
 66 Broadway 
 
 CHARLES T. BARNEY, President. 
 
 BRONX BRANCH 
 3cl Ave. & J 48th St, 
 
 FRED'K L. ELDRIDGE, 
 
 1st Vice-President. 
 
 JULIAN M. GERARD, 
 
 3d Vice-President. 
 
 FRED'K GORE KING, 
 
 Sec. & Treas. 
 
 JOSEPH T. BROWN, 
 
 2d Vice-President. 
 BENJ. L, ALLEN, 
 
 4th Vice-President. 
 J. iMcLEAN WALTON, 
 
 Assistant Secretary. 
 
 HARRIS A. DUNN, .A.ssistant Treasurer. 
 
 Interest allowed on drawing accounts subject to checks 
 
 HARLEM BRANCH 
 
 125th street and Lenox Ave. 
 
 W. F. LEWIS, Manager. 
 
 Telephone 66 Harlem 
 
 Cable Lyon 
 
 JOHN W. LYON & SONS 
 
 Funeral Directors and 
 Embalmers 
 
 69 East 1 25th Street, New York 
 
 Woman Assistant 
 
 No greater joy has been announced to the members 
 of Harlem Lodge than that which has come recently 
 lo hand in the marked physical improvement in every 
 way of our esteemed Junior Warden, Bro. Charles 
 P. Peirce. Brother Peirce is one of the best known 
 Masons in Harlem, and it was wHh joy that we an- 
 ticipated his elevation to the East in Harlem Lodge. 
 He has been Commander of Constantine Command- 
 ery, High Priest of Sylvan Chapter and has won dis- 
 tinction by a long and continued active service in 
 th'ese bodies. That he should not long since have 
 been a Master in some Masonic Lodge is one of 
 the peculiar things in Masonry. 
 
 Reginald (gallantly) — But I'd rather listen to your 
 singing than to any amount of good music! — Illus- 
 trated Bits. 
 
 Telephone 2271 J Morningside 
 
 Remember 
 
 OUR FLORIST 
 
 Frederick Zahn 
 
 Floral Artist .~D Decorator 
 
 2082 SEVENTH AVENUE NEW YORK 
 
 Under Winthrop Hotel 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY, 
 
 53 
 
 new VorR ana Suburban 
 
 Co-operative Buliaind and Coan 
 
 Jf$$oclatlon, 
 
 147 east 125 Street, Rooms 202 anfl 20$. 
 
 Zwi\m (Uard Bank Buiiaina 
 
 Prssident, 
 
 1st Vice-President, 
 
 2d Vice-President, 
 
 Secretary, 
 
 Treasurer, 
 
 Accountant 
 
 E. D. CLARK, 
 E. J. IWacGROTTY, 
 C. U. COMBES, 
 J. W. DEUEL, 
 W. S. BECKLEY, 
 R. N. COTTER, 
 
 1031 Trinity Ave. 
 
 468 West 1 44th St. 
 
 2005 Washington Ave. 
 
 1038 East 156th St. 
 
 1060 Cauldwell Ave. 
 
 1201 Franklin Ave. 
 
 Dl RECTO F?S. 
 
 J. P. MURRAY, DAVID SIMMONS, 
 
 T. B. BARRINGER, MARTIN GEISZLER, 
 
 P. K. DONOHUE, W. C. MONKS, 
 
 JOHN WALSH, DeWITT V. WEED, 
 
 A. J. WHITESIDE, J. KING CLARK, 
 
 CHAS. H. KIRK, EVANDER CHILDS, 
 
 JAS. B POWERS, A. F. RICHARDSON, 
 
 JAS. DUNN. A. D. WIMPRESS, 
 
 COLIN A BROWN, JAS. T. LEE. 
 
 COUNSEL. 
 
 .ROBERT H, BERGMAN, 3221 Third Ave 
 
 Established in 1888. Has helped borrowing members to 
 buy over a million dollars worth of real estate, and has re- 
 turned to investing members whose shares have matured the 
 money paii in and over 6 per cent, interest. 
 
 Best advantages offered for systematic saving, purchasing 
 homes, or paying off mortgages. 
 
 Offiee Open Every mondav evening. 
 
 FRED'CK TRAU & CO., 
 
 PHARMACISTS, 
 
 2126 Third Ave., cor. 116th St., 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 =The Wm. A. Soles: 
 
 Plumbing Inspection System, 
 
 1691 PARK AVENUE, 
 
 IF INVESTIGATED, V/ILL BE FOUND OF 
 INTEREST TO REAL ESTATE OWNERS 
 AND MANAGERS =■ 
 
 'Phone, 359 Harlem. 
 
 "They are criticising your candidate because he 
 does not talk." 
 
 "Well," said the campaign m'liager, "what's the 
 difference? If he talked they'd be criticising what 
 he said." — Washington Star. 
 
 Cash Goes Higher. 
 
 Cash Cleaves has severed his connection with the 
 creamery here and left for Madison Monday last, 
 vifhere he has accepted a very flattering position as 
 a coachman. — Edgerton (Wis.) Reporter. 
 
 Mother — Are you getting on any, Gertrude? 
 
 Daughter — Oh, yes, mother; we used to be lumped 
 in with "'and others," but now we have climbed up 
 into "some of those present." — Cincinnati Commer- 
 cial-Tribune. 
 
 Telephone, 1299 Harlem. 
 
 SELECT STORAGE FACILITIES. 
 
 Regular Sales every Tuesday and Wednesday. 
 
 155 E. 125th- St. and 150-154 E. 126th St. 
 
 Bet. Lexington and Third Aves. 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 COIMTENTS OF HOUSES BOUGHT OR SOLD 
 ON COMMISSION. 
 
 AUCTIONEER AND APPRAISER. 
 
54 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVEHiR BOOK. 
 
 Positively the Great American Novel. 
 Printed in three— count 'em — three colors. 
 The blood passages in red, the love in green, and 
 the talk in black. 
 
 Mi.x them to suit yourself. 
 
 $1.50 At all booksellers. $1.50.— Puck. 
 
 "I suppose," said Mrs. Oldcastle, "that your daugh- 
 ter's engagement is for the present to be kept sub- 
 rosa?" 
 
 "Oh, no," replied her hostes.s, "she ain't goin' to 
 keep it unless he braces right up and quits smokin' 
 cigarettes, but, of course, we don't want anything 
 said about il just yet." — Chicago Record-Herald. 
 
 Prospective Boarder — Do you object to children? 
 
 Landlady — No, indeed. I have ten of my own. 
 Prospective Boarder — Well, er, er, if I decide to 
 take the room, I'll let you know. 
 
 He — Her complexion is just like strawberries and 
 cream, isn't it? 
 
 She — It is something like strawberries; it comes 
 in a box. — Philadelphia Ledger. 
 
 9^^ f^T' tj^ 
 
 "Did you ever get into an argument with him?" 
 
 "Yes, indeed." 
 
 "He's quite dogmatic." — Philadelphia Ledger. 
 
 Telephone 1 14 Harlem 
 
 Mount Morris Boarding md 
 Livery Stables 
 
 THOMAS B. GORSUCH, Prop. 
 
 147-149-151 East imh Street 
 Cor. Lexingion Ave. 
 
 CHARLES STOLLE 
 
 Stationer and Engraver 
 
 106 West 125th' Street 
 
 New York 
 
 SAM B. GREIFF 
 JOSEPH PINTO 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
 GREIFF & PINTO 
 
 Furnishers to Correct Dressers 
 
 2278 THIRD AVENUE 
 Near 124th St. 
 
 2 Stores 
 NEW YORK 
 
 663 BROADWAY 
 
 Opp. Bond St. 
 
 WINTHROP BARBER SHOP 
 
 H. JUNGNITZ 
 2088 Seventh Avenue 
 
 Bet. 124th and 125th Streets NEW YORK 
 
 Imported and Domestic Cigars 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 DR. A. AVALTEB. HERMANN 
 DENTIST 
 
 Tel, 457 Harlem 
 
 131 WEST 125th STREET 
 Opp. Koch's 
 
 MRS. CELIA LYON 
 
 LADIES HAIR DRESSING AND SHAMPOOING 
 MANICURE FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN 
 ORDERS RECEIVED FOR HAIR GOODS 
 
 235 West 125th Street 
 Bet. 7th and 8th Aves. New York 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 55 
 
 "The Comique" 
 Shaving and Hair 
 Dressing Parlor 
 
 FRED BAY, 
 149 East 125th St. 
 
 Near Twelfth Ward Bank, New York. 
 
 jExceleior Stables. 
 
 EAST SIDE: 
 
 166-172 EAST 124th STREET. 
 
 WEST SIDE: 
 
 1 J 7-1 21 WEST 128th STREET. 
 
 MilUam Greene, St., 
 
 Telephone. 292 Harlem. 
 
 A. FINKENBERG, 
 
 parlor Suits, ffurniture 
 Bebbing, Carpets 
 ®il Cloths, Etc. 
 
 2287 THIRD AVENUE 
 
 Bet. 124th and 125th Sts.. NEW YORK. 
 
 ANNEX, 203 East 124th St. 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 Telephone, 3181 Morningside. 
 
 A. E. JACKSON, 
 PLUMBING AND 
 
 HARDWARE 
 
 24 y Eighth Avenue, 
 
 Roofing, Rauge, 
 Furnace Work, 
 Jobbing in all Branches. 
 
 Xew York. 
 
 There was a young man from the West, 
 Who thought going East was a jest; 
 
 He went, took a tumble. 
 
 Felt lowly and humble, 
 And now well, he waits for the rest. 
 
 ^^^ t^^ t^^ 
 
 Citizen. — Say officer, what is that parade. 
 The campaign is over, isn't it? 
 
 ■Officer. — Oh, that's the Advertising Commit- 
 tee of Harlem Lodge Souvenir Book campaign- 
 ing for ads. 
 
56 
 
 Harlem lodge souvenir bOoK. 
 
 Cross-examination is the art of getting the truth 
 out of a witness, even though the truth is not ii. 
 him. 
 
 It is a perilous day for art when an actress can gei 
 more out of her diamonds by pawning them than by 
 having them stolen. 
 
 Of course, there is room at the top, but it would 
 suit most of us better if the attractions could be 
 moved down to the ground floor. 
 
 Naturally the half who consiiler themselves the 
 whole thing are not at a loss to understand how the 
 other half, who are impossible people, live. 
 
 Don't forget that other people feel about as little 
 interest in your troubles as you do in theirs. — Puck. 
 
 "There is a man in Bloomngton, 111., who ate forty 
 bananas in forty minutes." 
 
 "That's nothing when you're talking about records, 
 ^fy wife had thirty-one servant girls in thirty days." 
 — Chicago Record-Herald. 
 
 Lady — I found a fly in the bread yesterday; that 
 was a mistake, wasn't it? 
 
 Baker Boy — Yes, mum; it had oughter 'ave been 
 put inter the buns. — Ally Sloper. 
 
 The CraJi>ford Shoe 
 
 CUSTOM STYLES AT 
 HALF THE CUSTOM PRICE. 
 
 WORN AND APPRECIATED 
 BY MEMBERS OF THE HARLEM 
 LODGE, No. 457, F. & A. M. 
 
 HARLEM STORE 
 
 150 West 1 25th Street 
 
 J. L. PEACE, Manager 
 
 Established i88o. 
 
 H. L. BRYDE 
 
 Butter, Cheese and 
 
 Telephone 1376 Harlem. 
 
 Eggs 
 
 2179 Third Ave., Bet. nSth and 119th Sts. 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 FINEST NEW YORK STATE AND MINNESOTA 
 "EXTRA" PREMIUM CREAMERY BUTTER. 
 
 STRICTLY EXTRA FANCY COUNTRY SELECTED AND GRADED 
 NEW YORK STATE HENNERY EGGS— MINORCAS, PLYM- 
 OUTH ROCKS, LEGHORNS. 
 
 WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A REPUTATION, SECOND TO NONE 
 IN NEW YORK CITY ANDVICINITY FOR FINE BUTTER 
 AND EGGS. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 57 
 
 |LUDWIGBRUMANN&CO.| 
 
 I WEST 125TH STREET, fe 
 
 2 NEAR SEVENTH AVENUE. ? 
 
 ^ !: 
 
 ^ Take Pride in | 
 
 ^ Furnishing Your Home! ^ 
 
 
 Don't buy your Goods, then, in "any old 
 store." There's a BIG DIFFERENCE in 
 home outfitting stores — alleged and otherwise. 
 Come here and note for yourself how VASTLY 
 different we are from others — note the superior 
 stocks, the beautiful, colossal varieties, the 
 very low prices ! 
 
 CREDIT IF DESIRED. 
 
 Open Saturday Evenings. 
 
 It 
 
 Fire and Plate Glass Insurance. 
 Loans on Bond and Mortgage. 
 Rents Collected, 
 
 Telephone! 
 163 Mornlngslde, 
 
 F. A. BLACK, 
 REIAL estate:. 
 
 COAL AND WOOD. 
 NOTARY PUBLIC. 
 
 121 West 125th St., 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 DESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE OR TO LET. 
 
 EI_ECXRIC LIGHT- ECLIPSED 
 FOR HOME AND OUTSIDE LIQHTING. 
 
 THE SUN=LIQHT GAS LAMP, 
 
 MORE DURABLE, BRIGHTER 
 AND CHEAPER : 
 
 Than any other kind of Lamp. 
 
 Saves SO^ of Gas Bill. 
 
 SPECIAL FOR TEN DAYS ONLY 
 
 Lamp with Shade complete 40 Cts. 
 
 Bulb Lamps complete 30 Cts. 
 
 Table Lamps complete with 6 ft. tube, $1.25 
 
 SUN LIGHT GAS-LAMP COMPANY 
 
 217 West 125th Street. 
 
 Room 35. 
 
 BEHNINQ PIANOS 
 
 WAREROOnS : 
 
 28 EAST 23d STREET 
 
 FACTORY : 
 
 S.E. Cor. 132d St. and Park Ave. 
 
 Mr. Makinbrakes was complimenting the preacher, 
 whom he had happened to meet at a street corner. 
 
 "I liked that sermon of yours last Sunday first rate, 
 Mr. Snow," he said. "It was right to the point. Re- 
 minded me — I didn't think of it till just now — of a 
 sermon I heard in Missouri once. The preacher — by 
 the way, he was a — er-colored man — I'd forgotten 
 that, but the coincidence was — yni know there are 
 colored preachers that — that can preach like the old 
 Harry sometimes — and — and, well, when you come 
 to think of it, you know — there's a good deal of spir- 
 itual awakening on the part of your congregation 
 now, isn't there, Mr. Snow?" — Chicago Tribune. 
 
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 Algy — Ferdy has had to economize fwightfully 
 since he got mawwied. 
 
 Ethel— Has he? 
 
 .Mgy — Jove, yes. He's wolling his own cigawettes 
 now, ye know. — Puck. 
 
 Elsie — Ma, tell me some profanity, won't you? 
 
 Mamma — Why, Elsie! Little girls mus'n't use pro- 
 fane words. 
 
 Elsie — Oh, I don't want to say 'em. I just want to 
 think of them when I fall down and bump myself. — 
 Catholic Standard and Times. 
 
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 "Did you ever have your ancestry traced back?" 
 
 "Yes, once." 
 
 "What did you do? Join some of the antique so- 
 cieties?" 
 
 "No; I worked like a nailer trying to cover up the 
 traces." — Detroit Free Press. 
 
 "How is it young De Slam has beconie so unpop- 
 ular lately?" 
 
 "He accepted an invitation to a bridge party, and 
 won some of his hostess' money." — London Tattler. 
 
 Eelle — I've just celebrated my twenty-third birth- 
 day. 
 
 Lena — Better late than never, I suppose. — Town 
 Topics. 
 
 t^* (,5*' j^* 
 
 'I understand that prima donna failed to give her 
 rarewell concert because she had a cold." 
 
 "Yes," answered the manager. 
 
 "How did she contract it?" 
 
 "Well, it wasn't an ordinary cold. It is what is 
 technically known as a box office chill. "^ — Washing- 
 ton Star. 
 
 How to Collect a Library. — Never buy to lend, but 
 borrow to keep. — Cleveland Leader. 
 
 Funeral Director and Embalmer 
 1984 Lexington Avenue 
 
 Near 121st Street New York 
 
 Spacious Parlor Connected with Office for Funeral 
 Purposes, 
 
 Lady Attendant. 
 
 Free Exhibition 
 
 Gome and see the 
 
 Washington Statue 
 
 1 12 years old, at the 
 
 WASHINGTON CIGAR STORE 
 
 201 W. 125th ST., near 7th Avenue 
 
 The largest reliable Anti-Trust Cigar Store in the world. 
 No Trust Cigars sold here. Domestic, Imported and 
 Key West Cigars. Cigars by the box a specialty. 
 
 JOSEPH LIEBMAN, Proprietor 
 
 ROOFS 
 
 LEADERS 
 
 Fred. H. Washington 
 
 PLUMBING and HEATING 
 FURNACES, RANGES 
 
 63 West 125th Street New York 
 
 Telephone 2913-J Harlem 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 59 
 
 Josh Whiffletree — I'll swap ye this dozen of eggs 
 fer a orchestra seat. 
 
 Ticket Man — Not on your life! 
 
 Josh Whiffletree — All right — afore th' show's over 
 ye'll wish ye had — here's ten cents fer a seat in the • 
 gallery. — Puck. 
 
 Tel. 2301 R Morningside. 
 
 Mrs. A. E. THOMPSON, 
 
 STENOGRAPHY. TYPEWRITING. 
 
 MIMEOGRAPHING. 
 
 217 West 125th Street, 
 Notary Public. NEW YORK. 
 
 Telephone, 3166 Morningside. 
 
 F. H. STRUBBE, 
 Tine Confections, Tee ^nm and (Uater Tees, 
 
 2020 SEVENTH AVENUE, 
 
 Cor. Hist Street, NEW YORK. 
 
 FAMILIES, PARTIES, CHURCHES, Etc. SUPPLIED. 
 AH Orders receive prompt and careful attention. 
 
 "WOODCRAFT" 
 
 Telephone, 2726 B Harlem. 
 
 F. B. TURNER, 
 
 Formerly with M. C. Spencer & Co. 
 
 Carpets 
 
 LAID, TAKEN UP, CLEANED, 
 ALTERED and RE-FITTED. 
 
 Carpet Cleaning a Specialty. 
 
 SS West 135th Street. 
 
 Residence: 286 LENOX AVE. 
 
 Harlem Casino, 
 
 124tli St. and Seventh Ave. 
 
 GRAND BALL ROOM, 
 Large Hall for Stage Entertain- 
 ments, Banquets d. Receptions. 
 
 Elegantly appointed Rooms for large and small gatherings. 
 Spacious Restaurant. Table d'Hote Dinner and Lunch. 
 Meals a la Carte of superior Cuisine. Private Banquet 
 Rooms. Beautifully equipped Masonic Lodge Rooms. 
 Four New Bowling Alleys. 
 
 FOR terms apply TO 
 
 HARLEM CASINO CO. 
 
 niCHAEL HEUHANN, 
 
 President and General Manager. 
 
HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 JElephohi 
 Ql/iHCcr/o/i 
 
 Pete — Sure! I made seventy-five cents de odder 
 day in a crap game! 
 
 Pearl — An' ain't you ascared de police might run 
 you in? 
 
 Pete — Naw! It's all bluff about keepin' de lid on.— 
 Puck. 
 
 "Didn't you feel like killing the waiter when, he 
 stood you up for a tip?" "Yes, I felt like giving him 
 no quarter." — Cornell Widow. 
 
 "■What was it your husband wanted to see me 
 about?" inquired Mrs. Newliwed's papa. 
 
 "T think he wanted to borrow a couple of hundred 
 dollars from you," she said. "Pie's so anxious to get 
 out of debt." — Philadelphia Ledger. 
 
 j^mu^c^. 
 
 NEW YORK STORES: 
 
 « MARK OF aUAllTV. 
 
 2891 THIRD AVE., 
 
 Bet. 150th and igist Sts. 
 
 THIRD AVENUE, 
 
 Cor. I22d St. 
 
 SIXTH AVENUE, 
 
 Cor. 27th St. 
 
 162 BCWERY, 
 
 Near Broome St., 
 
 609 EIGHTH AVE. 
 
 Near 40th St. 
 
 BROOKLYN STORE; 
 
 829-831-833 BROADWAY, 
 
 Bet. Park and Ellery. 
 
 Factory : 
 401-405 East gist St. 
 
 riasonic Life Association, 
 
 MASONIC TEMPLE, 
 
 BuKFALo, New York. 
 
 (Commenced Business 1872.) 
 
 $4,000,000.00 
 
 PAID IN DEATH AND 
 DISABILITY LOSSES. 
 
 Stipulated Monthly or Yearly As.sessmeiit,s cost One-half that of an Old L,ine Company. Pays 
 
 One-half policy in case of Total Disability. 
 
 ACCUMULATED RESERVE OF $150,000.00. 
 
 To Free and Accepted Hasons Only we offer the benefits of Fraternal Insurance without 
 the expense and risk incidental to societies operating under the Lodge System. 
 
 AGENTS WANTED. 
 
 LIBERAL TERMS. 
 
 EXCLUSIVE TERRITORY. 
 
 New York City Agents : 
 ERNEST KLIE, 1772 Amsterdam Ave. 
 RUDOLPH WILDFANG, 288 E. Fourth St. 
 
 JOS, B. NOSWORTHY, 93 Division Ave., Brooklyn. 
 
 For Agency or Membership, Address 
 NELSON O. TIFFANY, 
 
 Secretary and Manager. 
 MASONIC TEMPLE, BUFFALO, N. Y 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 61 
 
 He's a gentleman, isn't he?" 
 think so. He has a racing stable, gambles in 
 Wall Street, is posted occasionally at his club, and 
 doesn't live with his family." — Town Topics. 
 
 (5^ t^* t^^ 
 
 Office Boy (cheerfully) — Oh, well; what I don't do 
 to-day I kin do to-morrer. — Indianapolis Journal. 
 
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 "Are the Bobbletons very prominent in society?" 
 
 "Good gracious! how can you ask such a question? 
 
 Haven't you heard that Mr. Bobbleton made over a 
 
 quarter of a million out of his patent corn salve last 
 
 year?" — Chicago Record-Herald. 
 
 Development. 
 
 At twenty pretty Daphne'p ways 
 
 Coquettish were, and all her 
 Acquaintances and friends agreed 
 
 On kittenish to call her. 
 At forty Daphne's amplified. 
 
 She's matronly and fatti=h; 
 Her ways have grown maturer, too — 
 
 She's now distinctly cattish. 
 
 — Washington Post. 
 
 HAGMAYER'S 
 
 AUTHORIZED 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT 
 
 OFFICE 
 
 MAIN OFFICE RATES. 
 
 - O^ AND '^a.' 
 y MASONIC ^< 
 - SUPPLY CO. <?■ 
 
 N.Y. . 
 
 ▼^TT^ 
 
 Telephone 1440 Morningside. 
 
 CUT FLOWERS, DESIGNS, DECORATIONS, 
 
 FLORIST 
 
 2109 SEVENTH AVENUE, Bet. 125th and 126th Streets, 
 
 ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. NEW YORK. 
 
 Telenhone 1494 Madison. 
 
 Cbas. B, foster, 
 
 133 West 24th Street, 
 
 High Class Shoe Repairing, 
 Caterer to the Trade. 
 
 -^ 
 
 Established, 1875. 
 
 BROCK & CO. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 FINE CIGARS 
 
 22 Park Place, 
 New York. 
 
 Telephone 7583 Cortlandt. 
 
 Cable "LeafbrocR" J'ew YorK. 
 
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62 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 A Poor Investment. 
 
 "What care we for worldly store? 
 The lover cried. "It cannot last. 
 
 'Tis you I love, you I adore! 
 The bonds of love will hold us fast." 
 
 "I have no wish," the maid replied 
 
 "To emulate the cooing dove; 
 Nor could we, howso'er we tried, 
 
 Cut coupons from the bonds of love." 
 
 —Life. 
 
 Willie — My mamma gave me a nickel for being 
 good. 
 
 Tommie — Huh, my mother never gives me any- 
 thing. I have to be good anyhow! 
 
 Willie — Well, my mamma doesn't want me to be 
 good for nothing. — Washington Life. 
 
 Cannibal King — I !haven''t killed a man in six 
 weeks. 
 
 Court Jester — Oh, fudge! That's too bad. Why 
 don't you buy an auto? — Boston Post. 
 
 "Did he start on his journey well armed?" 
 "Yes, he had two revolvers besides his automo- 
 bile." — Princeton Tiger. 
 
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 JONES & LAUGHLIN 
 STEEL COMPANY 
 
 AMERICAN IRON & STEEL WORKS 
 
 PITTSBURGH, PA. 
 
 New York OfSce 
 
 220 BROADWAY 
 
 Manufacturers 
 
 Bessemer and Open Hearth 
 Steel Products. 
 
 SHAFTING, PULLEYS, &,c., 
 CHAIN RIVETS and SPIKES. 
 
 i Telephone, 860 Hornlngside. ^ 
 
 ^ CARL W. SCHROEDER | 
 
 i Grocer, I 
 
 ^ Cor. 128 Street and Seventh Avenue, L 
 H NEW YORK. ^ 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 63 
 
 98th YEAR. 
 
 COWPERTHWRIT & SONS, 
 
 i2i$t Street and Park Row and 
 
 AINO 
 
 Cbird Avenue gbatbam Square 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
 Fupniture, 
 
 Garpets, Site. 
 
 Everything for Housekeeping:. 
 
 CASH OR LIBERAL CREDIT. 
 
 E. L. Blue, H. J. Queripel. C. S. Schuler, 
 
 President. Vice-Pres. & Treas. Secretary. 
 
 BLUE& Queripel Co., 
 
 WHOLESALERS OF 
 
 Sbeet fIDetal Suppliee of all Ikinbs, 
 Zin plate, Sbeet llron, Solber, letc. 
 
 1834 PARK AVE., near 125th ST. 
 
 Aiter May 1st, No. 119 and 121 BAST 124th ST 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 Telephone Connection, 2886 Harlem. 
 
 SK ALY'S 
 
 HARLEM 
 
 Tnh and Oyster market, 
 
 BOARDING HOUSES, RESTAURANTS and HOTELS 
 SUPPLIED AT FULTON MARKET PRICES. 
 
 SEA FOOD OF ALL KINDS IN THEIR SEASON. 
 
 202 EAST 120th STREET. 
 
 HORTON'S 
 
 ICE CREAM 
 
 CHARLOTTE RUSSE 
 AND FANCY CAKES 
 
 Are Perfectly Delicious. No Party, 
 Wedding or Dinner Complete Without 
 Them. Order by Telephone or Postal Card. 
 
 DEPOTS : 
 
 U2 W. 125th STREET, and 
 JIG E. 125th STREET. 
 
 "Poor man!" exclaimed the Soulful Young Thing. 
 "What are you locked in here for?" 
 
 "Cnssin' the judge," answered the man behind the 
 bars, who had been sent to jail for contempt of court. 
 
 Shrinking from him with repugnance, she carried 
 her flowers to the murderer in the next cell. — Chicago 
 Tribune. 
 
 t^r^ ^^^ f^r^ 
 
 The professor had made a demonstration and asked 
 T student: 
 
 "Did you follow me?" 
 
 "Yes, sir," he replied, "except at one point, when 
 vou were between me and the blackboard." 
 
 "Well," said the professor. "I always try to be 
 clear, but I can't make myself transparent." — V. C. 
 
 Telephone, 3039 Morningside. 
 
 J. C. WILLIAMS, 
 Carpenter and Builder, 
 
 241 WEST 125th ST., NEW YORK. 
 
 RENOVATING OF PROPERTY A SPECIALTY. 
 
 WEATHER STRIPS. 
 
 WIRE SCREENS MADE TO ORDER AND PUT UP 
 
64 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 ?^^^^f#^fl 
 
 Teeth Extracted 
 Without Pain. 
 
 Crown and Bridge Work 
 Specialist. 
 
 Dr. LYMAN S. KING, 
 
 Surgeon Dentist, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 2239 3d Ave., 
 
 2d Door Below J22d St., 
 
 Tel. 2390 Harlem. 
 
 George M.Walgrove 
 flrcbitect, 
 
 42 East 23d St. 
 
 mM§M^m^^m»m^M^€m 
 
 Census Taker — To what religious denomination do 
 you belong, young man? 
 
 Young Man — Well, I dunno. The church that had 
 the best Christmas tree ain't goin' ter have no picnic 
 this summer. — Boston Post. 
 
 Young Yeomanry Ofificer (airing his exploits in the 
 late war) — And among other things, don't you know, 
 I had a horse shot under me. 
 
 Fair Ignoramus — Poor thing! What was the mat- 
 ter with it? — Punch. 
 
 ".So you think your country will be lost?" "I have 
 not quite made up my mind," answered the King of 
 Korea, "whether it is going to be lost, strayed or 
 stolen." — Washington Star. 
 
 KAUFMAN, 
 Manufacturing Jeweler, 
 
 202 West I25th St.. 
 
 Telephone, 344 Harlem. 
 
 Leonard Bros., 
 
 Coal ant) XXloob, 
 
 245 West J 25th Street. 
 
 Madison Ave., J 35th & 1 36th Sts. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 65 
 
 Mr. Tim Idity — Is your chauffeur a safe man to ride 
 with? 
 
 Mr. Knote Slowe— Why, certainly! No policeman 
 has succeeded in catching him yet.— Town. Topics. 
 
 "But," expostulated Jones, "if you'd only pay me 
 what you owe me I could pay Smith what I owe 
 him." 
 
 "I know it," said Robinson, "but Smith wouldn't 
 pay me what he owes me. You and I would merely 
 impoverish ourselves to enrich Smith."— Town 
 1 opics. 
 
 EXCLUSIVE FURNISHINGS 
 
 For" the service of men of taste, 
 we present a complete series of 
 
 Sbim, Scarfs, &m$, Underwear, hosiery, 
 Taney (Uaistcoats, Umbrellas, 
 
 And Kindred Dress Requisites at Very Low Price. 
 
 I. GREENBERG, 
 
 2130 Third Ave. and 260 West 116th St. 
 
 'Phone, 95 Harlem. Est. 16 Years. 
 
 P. D. SHOOK. 
 
 Telephone, 893 Morningside' 
 
 O. L. CUSHMAN CSL CO., 
 
 BAKERS AND 
 CONKECTIONERS 
 
 261 WEST 125th ST., 
 
 Bet. 7th and 8th Ayes., NEW YORK. 
 
 Tel. 2768 J Harlem. 
 
 HERSCHMAN'S 
 
 Go-Cart and 
 
 Baby Carriage Factory, 
 
 264-266 SIXTH AVENUE, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 2279 Third Avsnuj, S. E, Cor. 124th Street, New York. 
 408-10-12 Fulton Street, Cor. Gallatin Place, Brooklyn. 
 
 S. E. Corner 17th Street, 
 
 Entrance on 1 7th Street, 
 
 Branches : 
 
 'Phone, 396 Harlem. 
 
 B. WALTER BARNETT, 
 
 INSURANCE, 
 
 FIRE, LIFE, MARINE, LIABILITY, BURGLARY, 
 PLATE GLASS. 
 
 n East ,125th Street, 
 
 Near Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. 
 
 Bronx Office, 4361 THIRD AVENUE. 
 
 EI. A. BRIGGS, 
 Hardware, House Furnishing Goods, 
 
 Furnaces, Heatere, Stoves and Ranges, 
 
 141 WEST 125th STREET, 
 
 New York. 
 
 JACQUES JOEL, 
 
 Ipbotootapbic Stubio, 
 
 79 West 125th Street, 
 
 Two doors east of Lenox Ave., NEW YORK. 
 
 J. TRYFOROS. 
 
 FLORIST. 
 
 Decorations for Weddings, Funerals, Etc. 
 
 THE 
 HARLEM 
 
 1941 MADISON AVENUE, 
 
 Bet. 124th and 12Sth Sts., NEW YORK 
 
 Telephone, 814 Harlem. 
 
 Richfield Dairy. 
 
 DAIRY PRODUCTS. 
 
 2168 Seventh Avenwe, 
 
 Bet. 128tliand 129th Sts. NEW YORK* 
 
 Telephone, 3192 Morningside, 
 
66 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Telephone 2075-a Morningside 
 
 ESTABLISHED 1874 
 
 ANDREW P. NAHMENS 
 
 ,A GRAND SELECTION of 
 CH RISTMAS GIFTS 
 
 DIAMONDS, WATCHES, CLOCKS and 
 JEWELRY 
 
 262 WEST 125th STREET NEW YORK 
 
 Between 7th and 8th Avenues 
 
 The officers in Royal Arch Chapters are differ- 
 ent in many countries. In England and the Col- 
 onies they are the three principals, P. S., and as- 
 sistants and two scribes. Tn America they are 
 High Priest, King, Captain of the Host, P. S.. 
 Masters of the Veils, and others. In Ireland, at 
 the present date, the three principals are addressed 
 as Kings. 
 
 The discovery of what is true, and the practice 
 of that which is good, are two most important ob- 
 jects of philosophy. — Voltaire. 
 
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 CHAS. E. FINK 
 
 704 Fulton Street 
 
 TAILOR 
 
 ■JJLJJLJii, ^lAJJLJit,JjL^J.M.JJLJA.JJLJ i^.J^.^(f.^ 
 
 Telephone 888 Morningside 
 
 W. D. BRUNDAGE 
 
 . . . c/lrt Walt Hangings 
 
 General Decorating 
 
 'Plain Painting . . . 
 263 West 125th Strt-et New York 
 
 eomplimcnts of 
 
 fiobson Bros. 
 
 Upholsterers 
 
 239 m«$t 1251b Street 
 
 JAMES B. CULLEN 
 
 Signs of all Descriptions 
 
 317 West 125th Street 
 
 Bet. 8th and St. Nicholas Aves. 
 Telephone 913 John 
 
 ALVIN B. INGLING 
 
 Electric Pumps 
 
 Represen.in. 83 JOHN STREET 
 
 W. & B. DouGivAS New York City 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 67 
 
 Telephone 2607 79th St. 
 
 William Eckenf elder 
 
 General fainter 
 
 Office 
 
 n82 Madison Avenue 
 
 Near 86th Street, 
 
 New York 
 
 Interior Decorations, Painting, Hardiuood 
 Finishing, Paper Hanging, Tinting, Etc. 
 
 Ptioenix Insurance Co. German Alliance Ins. Co. 
 
 The North River Ins. Co. The Nassau Fire Ins. Co. 
 
 Metropolitan Plate Glass and Casualty Co. 
 
 H. E. Rowlands & Co., 
 
 MORS. 
 1960 Amsterdam Avenue, 
 
 Telephone J42 Highbridge Corner J57th Street. 
 
 TELEPHONE, 1206 HARLEM 
 
 DOUGLASS BROTHERS 
 U N D E RTA K E RS A N D EMBALMERS 
 
 2158 FIFTH AVENUE 
 CORNER 132D STREET NEW YORK 
 
 Telephone 798 Morningside 
 
 F. W. KINSMAN, Jr., CO., 
 
 INCORPORATED. 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRUGGISTS, 
 
 Corner 125th Street, and 8th Avenue, 
 Borough of Manhattan, New York. 
 
 Preparation. 
 
 In spring the young man's fancy turns to where 
 The blissful summer holidays he'll pass 
 And radiantly shine in fashion's glass. 
 
 Among the glittering throng of maidens fair. 
 
 He cuts expenses that he may prepare 
 To hook the pliant heiress from the mass 
 Of budding beauty. Twelve per week, alas! 
 
 This counter-jumping job is dark despair! 
 
 Instead of good cigars and cigarettes, 
 A corn-cob pipe he smokes with thoughtful brow, 
 And vows free lunch is, after all, not bad. 
 
 This sacrifice for love brings no regrets — 
 He even feels a slight affection now 
 Around the region of the liver-pad. 
 
 -.i-'Eugene Geary in Judge, 
 
68 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Victor Hugo was dictating letters to his sec- 
 retary one evening and fell asleep. He had a 
 dream of apparently several hours' duration, and 
 upon waking saw his secretary still sitting at his 
 table awaiting orders. He severely blamed the 
 man for not waking him, or at least letting him 
 know about his duties. After explanation he found 
 that there had been no interval ; the secretary was 
 just finishing the sentence dictated to him a mo- 
 ment before. 
 
 REDDING &CO. 
 
 Publishers of 
 
 Standard.. .. 
 Masonic Works 
 
 And Manufacturers of 
 
 REGALIA and LODGE 
 FURNITURE 
 
 Regalia, Jewels, Jewelry, Pins, Badges, Charms and 
 Lodge Furnishings a specialty. 
 
 212 BROADWAY Corner Fulton Street 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 THE 
 
 EMERSON SHOE 
 
 244 West 1 25th St. 
 
 Made on the Level 
 
 and 
 
 Sold on the Square 
 
 J. W. NORTON 
 
 MANAGER 
 
 ROBERT J. HOGUET, 
 
 President, 
 
 R. BLEECKER RATHBONE, 
 
 First Vice-President. 
 
 THOiMAS ALEXANDER, 
 
 Second Vice-President. 
 
 WILLIAM CLARK, 
 
 Cashier. 
 
 The ^ank of Washington Heights 
 
 OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK 
 
 Amsterdam Aljenue and J 55th Street 
 
 CAPITAL, $100,000 
 
 SURPLUS, $130,000 
 
 'Business and Personal Accounts solicited 
 
 Telephpne No. 762 Morningside . , 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 69 
 
 Compliments of 
 
 J. R. SENIOR, 
 
 Dry Goods Tmporter and Ketdlkr, 
 
 2t6, 218, & 220 i25ih Street, West, 
 NEW YOW' 
 
 Elijah, the Prophet, got wise; 
 Freemasonry he always decries. 
 There are some know the reason, 
 But they never show treason, 
 Although there's a cause we surmise. 
 Perhaps, to this prophet's surprise. 
 He stepped on a stubble 
 ."^nd burst a big bubble. 
 And that's how Mr. Dowie got wise. 
 
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 Tom — But she tells me she loves me from the bot- 
 tom of her heart. 
 
 Dick — Yes, mj- boy; but you'll find there's always 
 room at the top. — Philadelphia Ledger. 
 
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 ^ Telephone, 2895 Harlem. ^ 
 
 ^WILLIAM BRADLEY & SON,! 
 
 ^ GENERAL CONTRACTING Ij 
 
 i Painters S( Decorators, t 
 
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 ^ 1836 PARK AVE., f 
 
 ^ Bet. 125th and 126th Sts. NEW YORK, f 
 
 1 nardwood finislttng, f 
 
 4 Willi l)MM$ . . k 
 
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 /Bbount /Ifoorrie J5ank, 
 
 J 25th Street and Park Avenue, New York. 
 
 Organized 1880. 
 
 CAPITAL - - - 
 
 SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED "PROFITS, 
 
 $250,000.00 
 110,000,00 
 
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 L. M. SCHWAN. President. 
 LINDLEY H. HILL, Cashier. 
 
 OF"F"ICERS. 
 
 FREDERICK W. 
 FREDERICK M. 
 
 DIRECTORS3. 
 
 Richard Delafield, 
 Thos. L. Watt, 
 Wm. Morton Gnnnell, 
 George S. Hart. 
 William H. Crocker, 
 
 Thos. H. Newman, 
 Chas. B. Alexander, 
 John Jacob Astor, 
 Edward C. Hoyt. 
 W. Rockhill Potts, 
 
 L. M. 
 
 Francis R. Apple ton. 
 Edward H. Landon, 
 John E. Borne, 
 George B. Brown, 
 August Belmont, 
 Schwan. 
 
 LIVER MORE, Vice-President. 
 SPENCER, Asst. Cashier. 
 
 Sidney Dillon Ripley, 
 George Fred'k Vietor, 
 Aaron S. Thomas, 
 B. G. Mitchell. 
 Fred'k W. Livermore. 
 
 SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS. 
 
 Boxes in our Fire and Burglar Proof Vaults rented $5.00 per annum and Upwards. 
 Silverware and valuables in trunks or sealed packages, stored under guarantee from loss and insured 
 at owners' estimate of fair value. 
 
 Packages called for and delivered. o . j o a nir . < o nn 
 
 The vaults are open from 8 A. M. to 4.30 P- M. every busmess day. Saturdays 8 A. M. to J P. M. 
 
 S. S. SPALDING. Supt. 
 
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10 
 
 hAf^LEM LODGE SOUVENlR BOOK. 
 
 "Beg pardon," said the man in tlie hotel writing 
 room, "but do you know how to spell 'inocuous?' " 
 
 "Yes,' replied the bright man, spelling it for him, 
 "and the other word is 'd-e-s-u-e-t-u-d-e.' " — Philadel- 
 phia Press. 
 
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 May — Just one question before we elope, Edwin, 
 Are you fond of pet dogs? 
 
 Edwin — Yes, yes! Bring him along, but be quick! 
 
 May — No, it isn't that; but pa bought a bulldog 
 last night and he's somewhere down there, and I want 
 you to make friends with him before I come down. — 
 Comic Cuts. 
 
 Nothing worries some men like the expected trou- 
 bles that never happen. 
 
 DR. E. a; crostic 
 
 SURGEON DENTIST 
 
 COR. 140TH St. and 3o Ave. 
 
 FRED. HULBERG 
 
 Funeral Director 
 
 AND 
 
 Stable St. Nicholas 
 
 265 West 125th Street 
 
 Tekphone No. J, Morningslde 
 
 231 and 233 St. Nicholas Ave. 
 
 Telephone No. 2, Morningside 
 
 David Stewart 
 REAL Estate and loans 
 
 203 BROA.n-W^AY 
 
 Amsxb;rdam AVE., and ISSTH S'J\ 
 
 TK&.KPI10NK 4a07 OOSTI.ANnT NIO^V YORTC 
 
 26 HIGH BKIDQR 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 71 
 
 We're good on all four 
 
 CLOTHING HATS 
 
 FURNISHINGS SHOES 
 
 For man or boy 
 
 ROGERS, PEET & COMPANY 
 
 WE FILL ORDERS BY MAIL 
 
 258 Broadway, cor. Warren, opposite City Hall 
 842 Broadway cor. 13th. and 140 to 148 4th Ave. 
 1260 Broadway, cor. 32d. and 54 West 33d St. 
 
 Telephone 2382°R Morningside 
 
 E. C. SCHORTEMEIER 
 
 2214 Seventh Avenue 
 Cor. i3ist St. NEW YORK 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 FINE CHOCOLATES AND SPECIALTIES 
 
 IN CONFECTIONERY 
 
 Special S.ale of Fine Candies Every Saturday 
 
 "This picture," said the artist, indicating an exquis- 
 ite marine view, "is valued at $50,000." 
 
 "H'm!" remarked the stock broker, "there's a Idl 
 of water in it, isn't there?" — Catholic Standard and 
 Times. 
 
 A magnificent specimen of Japanese mosaic is 
 shown in one of the bric-a-brac departments. It is, in 
 reality, a sort of cabinet table with numerous shelves 
 and compartments. For $22.50 it will add infinitely to 
 the beanty of any room in which it happens to be 
 placed. 
 
 "Are you doing much work at college?" 
 "Yes; I'm trying to keep up a correspondence with 
 fifteen girls." — Princeton Tiger. 
 
 FURNITURE of quality 
 
 CABINET-WORK of merit 
 
 UPHOLSTERY none better 
 
 CAN BE FOUND AT 
 
 DEMAREST & DEMAREST 
 
 151-153 WEST 125th ST. 
 
 m. D. Olilliamson €o. 
 
 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 
 
 ^ COAL ^ 
 
 POCKETS 
 
 Telephone, 2701 Harlem. 
 
 7th Ave. and 161st Street, 
 GEO. R. LEACH'S 
 
 OLDRmABLE "^ ® ^ ^Ork. 
 
 FISH AND OYSTER MARKET, | '^•^•^ 
 
 Oysters on the half shell a specialty. Telephone, 271 Morninoside. 
 
 75 East 125th Street. Wharf ISIst street, Harlem River 
 
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 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOk. 
 
 Telephone, 1342 Harlem. 
 
 H.V.MILLER 
 
 (FORMERLY LORD'S,) 
 
 3flotist 
 
 W 1872 Lexington Ave., 
 
 116th and 117th Sts., 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 flDasontc ifloral 2>e6lQng 
 a Specialty. 
 
 When you have a good thing, just pass it along — 
 Harlem's Trustees. George says so, and he ought to 
 know. 
 
 •Thought is the most wonderful thing in the world. 
 No man ever kicked a bulldog after stopping to think 
 twice.— Chicago Record-Herald. 
 
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 Doctor — Your wife must keep out of excitement. 
 Mr. Brisque — She can't, doctor. She carries it 
 around with her. — Indianapolis Journal. 
 
 f^™ ^"^ 9^^ 
 
 "I see Jennie Gayleigh is to undergo another opera- 
 tion." 
 
 "Dear me! Appendicitis again?" 
 
 "No. She's going to have her husband amputated." 
 — Town Topics. 
 
 B. SILBERSTEIN, 
 
 Practical Furrier, 
 
 Seal Garments made to order in the Latest Styles. 
 
 Furs of all Description Remodeled. 
 
 2084 SEVENTH AVE., 
 
 Bet. 124th &, 125th Sts., New York. 
 
 Moderate Prices. 
 
 ''-rKI.I'TMflNV, S&'SO ]VrOMNr>GaiI5H-. 
 
 George B. Gillie, 
 
 RKAL ESTAU'in ANHD INSURANCE, 
 ie76 am:sti!;rda:m Avknxjh;, 
 
 JVlTAR 14-3ZI Sx«*iiT, 
 
 iNTG^V^ YORK. 
 
 NoTAKv Public. 
 
 RKKTING AT-T) Col.l-TCTIVG. 
 
 Composer of 
 *'GOD SAVE OUR PRESIDENT." 
 
 J. H. PETERMANN, 
 THusical Director, 
 
 (Formerly Bandmaster of 25th U. S. Infantry.) 
 
 115 \Vest 114th Street, 
 
 Music Furnished 
 For all Occasions 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
 Telephone, 462 Harlem. 
 
 Est. 1879. 
 
 EDW. GEHLERT & SON, 
 
 Undertakers and Gmbalmers, 
 
 No. 1843 PARK AVENUE, 
 
 Bet. 126th & 127th Sts., 
 
 Coaches to Let. NEW YORK. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
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 Telephone, 1 136 Harlem & 909 J Melrose. 
 
 H. APMANN & CO., 
 
 Olbolesale and Retail Butchers, 
 
 No. 285 WILLIS AVE., 
 
 Cor. 139th Street, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 I. Julius Heim, 
 Manager, 
 
 Wholesale Department. 
 
 For an era of prosperity in Masonry look to the 
 young men who are steadily joining the Order. So 
 saj we in Harlem Lodge. 
 
 C. C. \A/AXKINS, 
 
 CUT PRICE DRUGGIST. 
 
 Established 35 Years. 
 
 DEPOT: BOARD OF HEALTH. 
 
 Antitoxin, Vaccine and Supplies. 
 
 Our Motto : 
 ACCURACY, PURITY and PROMPT DELIVERY. 
 
 120th St. and 2ci Ave. 
 
 GEORGE D. FRITZ, 
 
 MANUFACTURER AND DESIGNER OF 
 
 Gas & Electric Fixtures, 
 
 OLD FIXTURES REFINISHED EQUAL TO NEW. 
 
 233 WEST 125th ST., 
 
 Bet. 7th &, 8th Aves., New York City. 
 
 TELEPHONE, 907 MORNINGSIDE. 
 
 Gas Brackets, Welsbach Supplies, Gas Appliances, Electric 
 Fixtures, Globes, Imitation Candles, &c. 
 
 Special Attention to Real Estate Agents. 
 
 LUCAS BROS., 
 
 Dealers in Foreign and Domestic 
 
 DRY GOODS, 
 
 Cloaks, Suits, Dress Goods, 
 Gents' Furnishing Goods, 
 
 2284, 2286, 2288 THIRD AVE., 
 
 Bet. 124th and 125th 
 
 Sts., 
 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Telephone, 1634 Harlem. 
 
 
 
 
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74 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENiR BOOK 
 
 THE NAME GUARANTEES QUAI^ITY 
 
 RICHARD WEBBER 
 
 i20th street and 3d Avenue 
 
 THE LARGEST RETAIL MEAT ESTABLISHMENT 
 IN THE WORLD 
 
 The Twelfth Ward Bank 
 
 THOMAS F. GILROY, President. 
 
 THOMAS SIMPSON, Vice-President. 
 
 GEORGE B. BROWN, Vice-President. 
 
 FRANK B. FRENCH, Cashier. Cor. Lexitigtotl AvC. & J 25th Sts. 
 
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 116TH STREET BRANCH, 106TH STREET BRANCH, 
 
 173 East ii6th Street. 1927 Third Avenue. 
 
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 Offices and Lodge Rooms to Rent in the Twelfth Ward Bank Building. 
 
ADVERTISING AMD MISCELLANY 
 
 75 
 
 Telephone 6849 Cortlandt. 
 
 WAGNER & KASTNER, 
 
 Commission Merchants, 
 
 And Wholesale Dealers In 
 
 Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Pouhry, Etc., 
 286 Greenwich Street, 
 
 Bet. Chambers and 'Warren Sts., 
 
 NEW YORK, 
 
 JOHN E. ORR, 
 
 WEST SIDE 
 
 Excelsior ^ 
 
 Boarding 
 
 ^ Stables, 
 
 Horses kept by the Day, Week or Honth 
 Bills Payable first of every flonth 
 Orders taken for first class Livery 
 
 117, 119 & 121 W. 128th St. 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 EMIL CALMAN &l CO. 
 
 MANUFACTURERS OF 
 
 VARNISHES AND JAPANS 
 
 FACTORY AT HUNTERS POINT, L. I. 
 
 299 PEARL ST. 
 
 Bet. Beekman and Ferry Sis. NEW YORK 
 
 CHARLES CALMAN 
 HENRY L. CALMAN 
 
 ROBT. CHAPMAN 
 CARPENTER and BUILDER 
 
 Stores and Offices Fitted Up 
 1S-7^ F=ARK AVEISIUE 
 
 Corner of I28th Street NEW YORK 
 
 JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO 
 
 "Pleasures," said Uncle Eben, "is a good deal 
 like mushrooms. De right kind is fine, but you 
 has to look out for de toadstools." 
 
 Visitor in Harlem Lodge. — I see your Chaplain 
 departed immediately after opfening. He isn't ill, 
 is he? 
 
 Member. — Oh, no, just gone to report an East- 
 ern Star meeting. He'll be back at the closing. 
 
 Visitor, Entering Ante-Room. — Whe-ew ! this 
 is a fine elevator Harlem Lodge supports ? 
 
 Tiler. — Stood us for twenty years, and never 
 had an accident, or cost a dollar for repairs. 
 
76 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 In the Tunnel. 
 
 The bride and bridegroom sat side by side. "Dear- 
 est," he said, looking up into her eyes, for he was 
 the smaller, so that he really andtrulylooked up and 
 into her eyes. 
 
 "Yes, love," she responded in soft, frightened 
 tones. , 
 
 "If I had known that tunnel was that long I would 
 have kissed you." 
 
 "Didn't you kiss me?" she asked with much sur- 
 prise. 
 
 "No," he replied. 
 
 "Well, somebody did." — Cleveland Leader. 
 
 An unusual event in Chicago recently was the 
 "Clergymen's Night," held by Garfield Lodge, No. 
 686, by way of celebrating its thirty-second anniver- 
 sary. Five clergymen, all members of Garfield 
 Lodge, were guests of honor at the banquet which 
 followed the exemplification of the Master Mason 
 degree. — Illinois Freemason. 
 
 It will be some time before the Masonic Home at 
 Sullivan, 111., will be completed. Damage to the 
 plastering in the building will necessitate much extra 
 work. — Illinois Freemason. 
 
 Alexander Walker, Edwin W. Orvis, William C. Duncan, 
 
 President. Vice-President. Vice-President. 
 
 Geo. S, Carr. Cashier. Chas. S. Williams. Asst. Cashier. 
 
 THE LOCAL BANK OF THE WEST SIDE. 
 
 The Colonial Bank, 
 
 480 Columbus Ave., Cor. 83rd St., 
 
 Branches: 
 
 BROADWAY, Cor. 66th ST. 672 COLUMBUS AVE., Near93rd ST, 
 
 BROADWAY, Cor. 103rd ST, 917 COLUMBUS AVE., Cor, 105th ST, 
 
 Il6th STREET, COR. SEVENTH AVENUE, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS, 
 
 Boxes from $5-00 per Year up. 
 
 Business and Personal Accounts Solicited. 
 Separate Rooms for Ladies. 
 
 Capital, $100,000.00. Surplus, $100,000.00. 
 
 Undivided Profits, $145,000.00. 
 
 G. LAWRENCE PEGRAM, 
 
 Manager, 1 16ih St. Branch. 
 
 Everything in Drugs 
 
 Everything in Toilet Articles 
 Extremely Low Prices 
 
 AT 
 
 HEGEMAN'S 
 
 125th Street and Seventh Avenue 
 
 G\R 
 
 Telephone, 1026 Harlem. 
 
 FENNELL & PYE, 
 
 FURNITURE AND CARPETS 
 
 2209 THIRD AVENUE, 
 
 Bet. 120th and 121st Sts. NEW YORK. 
 
 Um StocR, Eow Prices, Elberal Cerms. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 77 
 
 Establisehd 1876. 
 
 Telephone, 1058 Morningside. 
 
 F. W. GEIUiiR, 
 
 Painters' and 
 
 Paper Hangers Supplies 
 
 2348 Eighth Ave., 
 
 Bet. t25th and t26th Streets, 
 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 Mrs. Spouser — John, didn't I hear you sHpping up 
 stairs at 4 a. m.? 
 
 Mr. Spouser — Not on your life. That was when I 
 slipped down after crawling half-way up. — Butte In- 
 tei--Mountain. 
 
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 Buskins Bentley — This is a sort of souvenir per- 
 formance. 
 
 J. Foote Litewait — How? 
 
 Buskins Bentley — Why, we're doing the hundredth 
 mile since the show was stranded. — Puck. 
 
 Telephone, 2202 R Morningside. 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 Home Made Confections, 
 
 OFFICE AND SALESROOM ! 
 
 116 West 125th Street, New York. 
 
 Chocolates and Bonbons, Ye Olde Fashion Creams, Famous 
 
 Chocolate Chips, Caramels, High Gloss Goods, Bt'' 
 
 Always Fresh and Strictly Pure. 
 
 ^^i^ei0'gi 
 
 %m>m,^&^& 
 
 I ELMER E. SANBORN, f 
 
 f /Iftfg. S-eweler an6 1 
 S Silversmitb, S 
 
 m 248 West i2^th St.^ 
 
 i DIAMONDS, WATCHES, S 
 J JEWELRY, CUT GLASS. J 
 
 (^ Complete line of Gorham Sterling Silver. ^k 
 
 ^^ Latest Designs in Hollow-wear, Toilet Articles. ^^ 
 ^ Desk Goods and Table-wear. ^ 
 
 ■^ Suitable gifts for Wedding and Xmas presents, ^ 
 
 ^ Engraving and Repairing done on the premises. ^ 
 
 THOMAS MOORE, 
 
 Tin, Slate and Metal Roofer. 
 
 Furnaces, Ranges and Heaters Repaired 
 and Put Up. 
 
 1963 Amsterdam Ave., 
 
 Bet. I57th and 158ih Sts.. NEW YORK 
 
 Hardware Store. Jobbing promptly attended to. 
 
 JOHN E. KEHOE, 
 
 Successor to Thomas Farrell. 
 Established 1872, 
 
 Practical Electrician, 
 
 HARDWARE AND ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. 
 
 LOCKSMITH AND BELL HANGER, 
 STEAM GRINDER. 
 
 2257- THIRD AVE., 
 
 Near 123d Street, NEW YORK. 
 
 Telephone,. 864 Harlem,. 
 
78 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 L,S&,SSe,^ 
 
 S,k 
 
 Telephone, 727 Harlem. % 
 
 Royal Furniture Co., J 
 
 Furniture, Carpets % 
 and bedding, | 
 
 2J90 & 2J92 Third Ave., i 
 
 Bet. JI9th and J20th Streets. J 
 
 Opposite Webber's Packing House. ^ 
 
 It is a fine group picture of the Officers of Harlem 
 Everybody in good spirits, too, except the Master, 
 Couldn't stand the responsibilities of office without 
 getting the weazened face expression. " 
 
 "The doctor told me I must go to bed earlier.'' 
 "What are you going to do?" 
 
 Well, I'm going to get even with him by not 
 getting up so early." — Cleveland Plain Dealer. 
 
 Ned — It took me a long time to make up my mind 
 that a man who speculates in stocks is a fool. 
 Ted — How did you finally determine? 
 Ned — I speculated. — Town Topics. 
 
 DAVID J. OLIVER, 
 
 Real Estate and Loans, 
 
 AMSTERDAM AVE. & 155th ST. 
 203 BROADWAY. 
 
 Telephone, 26 High Bridge. NEW YORK. 
 
 " 4307 Cortlandt. 
 
 With DAVID STEWART. 
 
 CHARLES B. SCHAIDNER, 
 
 Ipbotograpber, 
 
 183 East 124th Street. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Established 20 Years. 
 
 The gfrowp photogfraphs in this Souvenir were 
 made by CHARLES B. SCHAIDNER. 
 
 ^ 
 
 ^OTTO GIESSLER, | 
 
 Bakery and^ 
 
 ^ 
 
 Lunch Room,! 
 
 ^ 
 
 2266 Third Ave., ^ 
 
 Bet. J23d and I24th Sts., NEW YORK. ^ 
 
 i German Coffee Cake a Specialty | 
 
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 ^ BREAKFAST UNTIL tO A. M. 
 
 ^ DINNER II A. M. TO 3 P. M. 
 
 1^ SUPPER 5 P. M. TO 9 P. M. 
 
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ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY 
 
 79 
 
 There were 39 leading fraternal organizations in 
 the United States and Canada up to the beginning 
 of the present year. This number does not in- 
 clude lesser bodies of merely local development. 
 The aggregate membership of these 39 organiza- 
 tions is over 7,500,000, and this body of men 
 has been further augmented in number since the 
 first of the current year. Of this great aggrega- 
 tion Masonry has nearly 1,000,000 or practically 
 14 per cent. 
 
 Dr. H. a. crisp 
 
 DENTIST 
 
 250 WEST 125TH STREET 
 
 Over Douqlas' shoe Store 
 
 Hours 8 to 8 
 Sundays 10 to 3 
 
 PAINLESS EXTRACTING 
 
 CHAS. MIERISCH, 
 
 PURE FOODS 
 
 65 and 67 East 125th Street, 
 
 Bet. Park and Madison Aves. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Telephone Call, 892 Harlem. 
 
 Telephone 1972 J. Morningside 
 
 THOMAS BALMFORD 
 
 UNDERTAKER 
 1 87 1 Amsterdam Avenoe, 
 
 Bet. I52d and J53d Street s 
 
 New York 
 
 Telephone 1186 W Morningside 
 
 ALFRED BLACKBURNE 
 
 PLUMBER AND GAS nTTER 
 
 1677 Amsterdam Avenoe Near J43d Street New York 
 
 Furnaces and Ranges Cleaned and Repaired 
 Roofs Repaired and Painted WELSBACH LIGHTS 
 
 T H O M A 
 
 with DAVID STEWART 
 
 REAL. ESXAXE AIMD LOAIMS 
 
 203 BROADWAY 
 AMSTERDAM AVE. AND 155TH ST. 
 
 TELEPHONE 4.307 CORTLANDT 
 26 HIGH BRIDGE 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Room No. 2 
 
 Telephone 1889 Morningside 
 
 FRANK C. LANGLEY 
 
 CITY MARSHAL 
 
 70 Manhattan Street, New York City 
 
 Junction, Amsterdam Avenue and 1 26th Street 
 
80 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Renry Cunsmann, 
 
 PALACE OF SWEETS, 
 
 ICE CREAM SALOON, 
 
 227-2 -THIRD AVEIMUE, 
 
 Bet. 123rd and 124th Streets, NEW YORK 
 
 FAMILIES SUPPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE. 
 
 TLhc IRegal Shoe 
 
 for fiDen. 
 
 124tb St anb Zbivb Eve,, 
 
 mew IDorft. 
 
 H. E&warO IRobblns, Manager. 
 
 Telephone. 7536-J Harlem. 
 
 ^.. WILLARD A. PEARCE, 
 SURUICAL APPLIANCES, 
 
 EXPERT MECHANICS TREATMENT OF HERNIA (Rupture). 
 
 ELASTIC HOSIERY, ABDOMINAL SUPPORTERS, 
 
 Etc., Etc. 
 
 Fit and quality guaranteed. 
 FALLING OF THE ARCH (FLAT FOOT) CURED. 
 
 76 WEST 132nd STREET, 
 
 Four doors east of Lenox Ave. NEW YORK. 
 
 Telephone 621 John. 
 
 JOHN BINGHAM & CO., 
 
 Stationers, Printers, 
 «"« Dtbograpbm. 
 
 BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS. 
 
 86 and 88 WALL STREET, 
 
 JOHN BINGHAM, 
 M. J. QUINN. 
 WM. M. EVARTS. 
 
 New York. 
 
 Before starting on his vacation trip to the South 
 Pension Commissioner Ware wrote the President as 
 follows: 
 
 I take this piece of plumbago 
 To tell you I have the lumbago; 
 I shall hie me away 
 For a week and a day 
 For I feel like a very bumDago. 
 
 — Utica Daily Press. 
 
 Good goods are put up in small packages and fine 
 voices often issue from small men. Heart and voice 
 are all there in the chairman of Harlem's Instruction 
 Committee. 
 
 A l_ADY IIM ATX EM DA MCE. 
 
 BARNETT & CO,, 
 Real Elstate Brokers, 
 
 11 EAST 125th STREET, 
 
 Near Fifth Avenue. 
 
 NEW YORK CITY. 
 
 BRONX OFFICE : 
 
 4361 THIRD AVENUE, Between 179th and 180th Streets. 
 Special attention given to Renting and Collecting. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 8] 
 
 Dr. H. W. GUILSHAN 
 
 v; SURGEON DENTIST 
 N. E. Cor. J 25th Street and Eighth Avenue 
 
 Telephone Call, 1464 Morningslde 
 
 Ardent spirits were first introduced by medical 
 men. Raymond Sully, the famous alchemist of 
 six hundred years ago, declared alcohol to be an 
 emanation of Divinity sent for the renovation of 
 man. Savonarola, three centuries later, named it 
 Aqua Vitae, from its supposed power to prolong 
 life. 
 
 (,5*' (5*' f^* 
 
 Sterling silver should be conspicuous by its absence 
 upon the dressing-tables of to-day, in view of the 
 price at which toilet pieces can be bought. Nicely 
 engraved nail files cost only 50 cents apiece now in a 
 Sixth avenue silverware department. 
 
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 Money makes the mare go until a man gets enough 
 c{ it to buy an automobile. 
 
 LOANS NEGOTIATED 
 
 ESTATES MANAGED 
 
 GEO. W^. OAKLKY 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE'- 
 
 NOTARY PUBLIC 
 
 PROPERTY APPRAISED and RENTS COLLECTED. 
 'Deeds, wills, mortgages, bills of sale and let- 
 ters of attorney drawn and acknowledged 
 
 INSURANCE INTRUSTED TO ME PLACED IN THE BEST COMPANIES 
 ORDERS RECEIVED FOR COAL AND WOOD 
 
 319 Amsterdam Ave., bet. I55th and I56th Sts. 
 Western Union Telegraph on Premises NEW YORK 
 
 JOHN C. FAJEIN 
 
 MANUFACTURER OF 
 
 FINE FRENCH AND AMERICAN 
 
 CONFECTIONERY 
 
 ICE CREAM AND WATER ICES 
 
 1930 Amsterdam Avenue, Near 1 55th Street 
 
 Branch, 2110 Amsterdam Avenue 
 
 Telephone, 35 Highbridge 
 Telephone, 163 L Highbridge 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Harlem SavinQe :Bank 
 
 2279-2281 THIRD AVENUE 
 
 DUE DEPOSITORS $13,515,222.11 
 SURPLUS 847.307.01 
 
 $14,362,529.12 
 
 54^ ^ 4? 
 
 THOMAS CRAWFORD, President 
 Wli^IyiAlr E. TROTTER, Vice President 
 
 THOMAS R. EBERT, Secretary 
 
 FRED. M. GALIyAGHER, Ass' t Secretary 
 
82 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 new Vork Produce Exchange Bank 
 
 MEMBER NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE 
 CAPITAL $1,000,000 SURPLUS, $400,000 
 
 Harlem Branch 
 
 S. E. CORNER 116th ST. AND THIRD AVE. 
 
 Harlem Market Branch 
 
 N. W. CORNER 103rd ST. AND FIRST AVE. 
 
 BUSINESS AND PERSONAL ACCOUNTS INVITED 
 
 CHARLES L. McCORD manager 
 
 "Is this all?" demanded the Custom House Inspec- 
 tor, as he finished up Binks' trunks. 
 
 "Well, no," said Binks, "I got a new wife over in 
 Paris — that little woman over there with the pink 
 cheeks is she." 
 
 "All right," said the inspector. "We'll have her ap- 
 praised. She looks like n. work of art." — Life. 
 
 The Professor — Permit me to present my friend, 
 Mr. Skinner, one of our most prominent young taxi- 
 derm.ists. 
 
 Hostess (who prides herself on always saying the 
 right thing) — But how interesting! And are you for 
 or against Mr. Chamberlain's proposals? — Punch. 
 
 Decker Piano >? 
 
 An instrument that is designed and manufactured 
 with the view of satisfying the most exacting de- i 
 mands of MUSICIANS and the CULTURED 
 CLASS of Piano Purchasers. 
 
 THE DECKER is especially noted for its great 
 Durability, Rich Tonality and Handsome Case- 
 Architecture. 
 
 Warerooms, 127 West 125th Street 
 
 l#|f 
 
 
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 #1 
 
 '^6%- 
 
 James DeWolf 
 
 m CUSTOM TAILOR 
 
 #1 -— 
 
 X 19 PARK PLACE 
 
 ,&te NEWYORK 
 
 5th and gth floors 
 
 DESIRABLE ACCOUNTS SOLICITED 
 
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ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY 
 
 83 
 
 m Olrigbt form %\m% 
 
 TRADE MARK 
 
 The CKoicest Flovrers 
 
 Decorations a Specialty 
 
 2062 SEVENTH AVENUE 
 
 N. W. COR. 123d ST., NEW YORK 
 
 Telephone 3080-Morningside 
 
 Have a reputation for durability, 
 style and comfort superior to all 
 others, and are to be had for both 
 sexes and all ages, from 
 
 Wm. J. Wright 
 
 124 WEST 125th ST. 
 
 HARRY LVONS 
 
 Formerly with Arnold Binger 
 
 Show Catbs anb Slons 
 
 247 West 1 25th St, New York, opp. Pabst's 
 
 m'^- 
 
 Telephone 2533-l Morningside 
 
 FULLER & LYON 
 
 Plumbiitdt €a$ and Steam fitting 
 
 i7iO Amsterdam Ave., Near 1 45th St. 
 
 References: 
 
 Hegeman Corporation 
 Kinsman Drug Co. 
 Bendinger & Schlesinger Drug Co. 
 Hanover Shoe Co. 
 Wright Form Shoes. 
 Frank Bros. Shoes'. 
 Glasgow Woolen Mills. 
 Edwin Cigar Co. 
 Burnham & Fliillips, Tailors. 
 J. Luhs, Furniture. 
 H. A. Smifh, Shoes. 
 David Solomon, Stationery. 
 Wallach Bros., Hatters. 
 Hamilton Hat Co. 
 and others. 
 
 Ranges and Furnaces Repaired 
 Jobbing Promptly Attended To 
 Estimates Furnished 
 
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84 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 THE C. G. BRAXMAR CO. 
 
 No. lo, MAIDEN LANE, NEW YORK 
 
 Are the olde.st and largest makers of 
 Masonic Emblems in the U- S. All kinds 
 of Eodge Supplies and K. T. Goods. 
 
 DIAMONDS— WATCHES— JEWELRY 
 
 In order to be entirely healthy one must eat 
 nothing-,, never drink anything, leave smoking 
 alone, and, by the way, don't breathe unless you 
 have the air properly sterilized with carbolic acid, 
 camphor and vinegar. Would not this be a life 
 of bliss? O goodness, what a blessing! 
 
 A gentleman once advertised for a coachman. 
 Of each applicant he asked this question : "How 
 near to a precipice could you drive without going 
 over?" One said within a yard, another a foot, 
 etc., but one answered, "I would keep as far from 
 it as possible." He got the job. 
 
 "Yes, indeed! He's so deliciously serious about it, 
 isn't he?" — Detroit Free Press, 
 
 R. D. CARTER 
 
 FANCY GOODS ART NEEDLE WORK 
 
 NOTIONS AND DRESSMAKERS 
 SUPPLIES 
 
 2224 SEVENTH AVE., CORNER I31st ST. 
 NEW YORK 
 
 jfevMnanb IRagel 
 1Real Estate Broker 
 
 IRo. 2176 Hmeterbam Hve. 
 
 NEAR 168th STREET 
 TEL. 174 HIGHBRIDGE NEW YORK 
 
 LOANS AND INSURANCE EFFECTED 
 
 ENTIRE CHARGE TAKEN OF PROPERTY 
 
 NEW AMSTERDAM WOOLEN CO, 
 
 19 PARK PLACE 
 
 5th Floor NEW YORK 
 
 JOBBERS IN HIGH GRADE WOOLENS 
 SPECIALS IN FANCIES and STAPLES 
 
 FRANK P. SCHIMPF 
 
 Bakery ana Confectionery 
 
 No. 1948 AlVlSTERDAn AVE. 
 
 BET. 156lh AND 157ih STREET 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 85 
 
 Insurance 
 
 Telephone 3040 Morningside 
 
 DU BOIS & TAYLOR 
 
 REAL ESTATE AND LOANS 
 
 1780 AMSTERDAM AVENUE 
 
 N. W. Cor. 148th Street 
 
 CHAS, A. DU BOIS 
 JAMES E. TAYLOR 
 ARTHUR C. JONES 
 
 ' Have you ever played the r?ces?" 
 
 "No. But two men dragged me into an alley ont 
 night and took my money away from me." — Chicago 
 Record-Herald. 
 
 Along the railroad calmly doth he stray — 
 
 Direct descendant of the line of Pan; 
 
 The toothsome bill-board and tomat-can 
 His vermiform appendix keep o. k. 
 What school he springs from mortal cannot say — 
 
 The Stagyrite's or Plato's? 'Tis his wan 
 
 Indifiference to things observe-"! of man 
 Makes life to him a rose-embroidered way. 
 What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba? 
 
 He wags his beard and does not dwell 
 
 On bottles, spoils, intrigues and things remote. 
 He climbs great heights and nev""- risks his neck. 
 
 And is, as thinkers more advar'-.ed know well, 
 
 Our only true philosopher — thp goat, 
 
 Tel. 2709 J-Harlem Tel. 1898 R-Harlem 
 
 HENRY KRAUSS 
 BUTCHER AND PACKER 
 
 2277 THIRD AVENUE 2327 THIRD AVENUE 
 
 NEAR 124th ST. NEAR 126sT ST 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
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 ^ JAMES DE FAQO T 
 
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 ^ iVL A S O N F 
 
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 All Kinds of Mason Work and Plastering L 
 
 Pointing Up and Gleaning Stoops EJ 
 
 1 19 JUMEL STREET f 
 
 ^ Near 167th Street NEW YORK g 
 
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 t^ ESTIMATESGIVEN t 
 
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 t^ BEAUTIFUL 
 
 HAIR 
 
 V; 
 
 i,,:.,,. Is one of Nature's 
 
 -i!r^^ \ Most Noble Gifts 
 
 BRAATZ' NEW HAIR LIFE 
 
 The Triumph of Science. The latest Discovery 
 and Finest Ever Compounded Hair Tonic . . 
 
 BRAATZ' HAIR EMPORIUM 
 
 The Most Modern and Complete Hair Goods 
 Establishment ... 
 
 AUGUSTUS 
 
 BRAATZ 
 
 135 W. 125th St., Bet. Lenox and 7th Aves. 
 
 Be sure and get BRAATZ' BOOKLET of Treatise 
 on the Hair and Scalp. Sent free to any address 
 
§6 
 
 hArlem lodge souvenir book. 
 
 Branch: N. W. Corner 169th St. and Broadway 
 
 HENRY H. DREYER 
 
 REAL ESTATES AND MORTGAGES 
 
 141 and 145 BROADWAY 
 
 Cor. of Liberty wSt. Washington Life Bldg. 
 
 TELEPHONE CONNECTION 
 
 -aSiL-J*,JLtJU»,JLtJLfcJA.JLfcJLtJUt,^>ltJUt-lfc*"U».-i 
 
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 KRAKAUER BROS., Makers 
 
 Factories Warerooms 
 
 159-161 East 125th Street 1 13 East 14th Street 
 Cypress Ave., bet, 1 36th and 1 37th Street 
 
 i COMPLIMENTS OF ^ 
 
 I A FRIEND I 
 
 CompHmeiits of 
 
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 B S O N 
 
 BROS. 
 
 U P H O L S 
 
 r E R E R S 
 
 
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 9 West i25tli Street 
 
 He — I see ynu'vc linished the la.st chapter. 
 She — Long agu. I'm almost in the middle of the 
 book.— Puck. 
 
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 Just cast your eye on the group of the Fellow Craft 
 Team and see the material of which Harlem is made 
 up in its membership of young men. E\'eryone of 
 them a Seninr IJeacim in knowledge and spirit of the 
 work bef(.ire they have even an appointive olhce. 
 
 It is lolly to drum music into the head of a man 
 wlio doesn't enjuy it. 
 
 With the a<l\-ent nS universtil peace there will be 
 nothing lelt fur the military man but marriage. 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY 
 
 87 
 
 I THOS. SHAUGHNESSY l 
 
 ^ t 
 
 1!^ REAL ESTATK AND INSURANCE ^ 
 
 ^ 130 Hamilton Place T 
 
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 J Near 143d Street NEW YORK k. 
 
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 J Telephone 903 Morningside U 
 
 There's 
 
 Very 
 Little 
 
 in the Hue of Men's 
 Furnishings which you 
 cannot buy, to your own 
 advantage, at 
 
 nauss Bros^ Company 
 
 New Department Market 
 
 2289-2291 3d Ave. at I25th St., NewYork 
 
 Telephone Call, 35 Harlem 
 
 ?i$b Depn Uegctable Dept 
 Grocery '' meats and Poultry 
 
 We will be pleased to serve your 
 wants for everything in our line. Hav- 
 ing every facility we can guarantee 
 satisfaction. 
 
 BRANCH STORES 
 
 2nd Ave and 80th St. 2nd Ave. and 5th St. 
 
 Tel. Call 57 79th St. Tel. Call 773 Orchard 
 
 Telephone Connection 
 
 S. H. GLASSER 
 
 DEALER IN 
 
 French and American Window, Picture and Looking 
 
 GLASS 
 
 Ground, Cut, Bent, Stained and Plate Glass 
 
 Window Shades Made and Put Up at Low Prices 
 
 1809 Amsterdam Avenue 
 
 Bet. H9th and l50th Street NEW YORK 
 
 Millington's 
 
 126 W. 125tli St. 
 
 Hats 
 Also 
 
 Glazing done to Order 
 
 Estimates Furnished 
 
 TEETH 
 
 A.I1 Masons Go to 
 
 ParK Painless Dental Co, 
 
 260-262 West 125th Street 
 
 ADELLE GALLIKER, Prop. 
 
HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOI^. 
 
 LEW HUTZLER 
 Gentlemen's Furnishings and Hats 
 
 205 WEST 25th STREET 
 NEW YORK 
 
 S . R. C A N N 
 
 PAINTER AND 
 
 DECORATOR 
 PAPERHANGING 
 
 317 EAST 1 23d ST. NEW YORK 
 
 E. A. MIERISCH 
 
 CARPENTER AND 
 BUILDER 
 
 501 WEST 157th STREET, NEW YORK 
 JOBBING DONE ESTIMATES FREELY GIVEN 
 
 H. J. QUERIPEL 
 
 motar^ public 
 
 Present Address, 1834 Park Ave. Near 125th Street 
 After May 1st, 1905, 119 and 121 East 124th Street 
 
 Telephone, No. 2886 Harlem 
 
 Telephone 344 Highbridge 
 
 R. T. IRWIN 
 
 PLUMBEK AND GAS FITTER 
 
 Furnace, Range and Heaters Repaired 
 
 Steam and Hot Water Fitting 
 
 Roofs and Leaders Repaired and Painted 
 
 2018 AMSTERDAM AVE-, COR. i6oth ST.- 
 NEW YORK. 
 
 REITER k REITER 
 
 TAILORS 
 
 2086 SEVENTH AVENUE 
 
 Bet, 124th and 125th Sts. Under Hotel Winthrop 
 
 — Maimonides No. 743 — 
 
 It doesn't cost very much to think as long as you 
 don't back your conclusions with hard earned cash. 
 
 When a man happens to win a dollar by making 
 a liic'.<y guess he soon goes broke backing his won- 
 derful judgment. — Chicago News. 
 
 ROBERT OGILVY 
 
 Manufacturer and Importer of 
 
 Fish Hooks and Fishing Tackle 
 300 Broad-way, New York 
 
 MEYER BROTHERS 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 FINE SHO EIS 
 
 Custom Work a Specialty 
 
 197 GREENWICH STREET 
 
 222% FULTON STREET NEW YORK 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY. 
 
 89 
 
 A woman who never thinks of anytliing but dress 
 is more ornamental than useful. 
 
 t^^ 9^r^ 9^^ 
 
 A young man has too much confidence in the girl he 
 loves to believe her when she says"No." 
 
 The first Masonic lodge in The Hague, Hol- 
 land, was instituted in 1738 into which lodge Wil- 
 liam IV., Prince of Orange, was accepted. 
 
 Telephone, 2019-J Morningside 
 
 ^ Portraits 
 
 PHOTOGRAPHY IN ALL BRANCHES 
 
 WM. G. DIEKMANN, Prop. 
 246-248 West 1 25th St., New York City 
 
 THINK IT OVER 
 
 You can pay more but you will get 
 less in other Clothing Stores. Small 
 expense and small profits is the whole 
 story. Everything first-class and guar- 
 anteed. 
 
 Alen's Business Suits, all wool, great 
 values, $6.75, $7-50, and $8.50. 
 
 Rfen's Business Suits of Vicuna and 
 Fancy Worsted, $9.75 to $12.00. 
 
 Elegant Imported Worsted Suit, $15 
 and $16. 
 
 You save from $2.00 to $4.00 on 
 every suit. 
 
 Men's Trousers, $1.00 to $3.75. Oth- 
 ers get $2.00 to $6.00 for the same 
 quality. 
 
 Correct styles in i\!en's Hats, $1.50 
 and $2.00. Hat stores get $1.00 more. 
 
 Boys' Suits, $1.25 to $3.75. Big sav- 
 ing. 
 
 J. Chas. Walton 
 
 439 West 125th Street 
 
 
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90 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 The following is an instance of how certain 
 clerical bodies in Holland in the early i8th cen- 
 tury fought bitterly against the rising power of 
 Masonry : 
 
 Two young officers, who were Masons, applied 
 to the minister of the parish in which they resided 
 to examine them in certain points of religion, and 
 then to grant them a certificate to entitle them to 
 receive the holy sacrament. After the examina- 
 tion was over and the minister satisfied in re- 
 gard to their capacity, he asked them if they were 
 Freemasons. Being answered in the affirmative, 
 he refused to grant uhem their certificates. This 
 transaction raised a storm of excitement through- 
 out the country, and numerous pamphlets were 
 published both for and against Masonry. At last 
 the States General took the matter into considera- 
 tion and ordered that for the future no clergy- 
 man should ask either that or any other question 
 as to Masonry in the execution of his ecclesiastical 
 duty, and ordered the minister before whom the 
 two officers had been examined immediately to 
 grant them their certificates. 
 
 WRIGHT GILLIES 
 
 HOMER R. GILLIES 
 
 WRIGHT GILLIES Si BRO. 
 
 DEALERS IN 
 
 HAY, GRAIN AND FLOUR 
 
 COAL AND WOOD 
 
 Yards, Amsterdam Ave. and J60th Street 
 
 132 St. and 12th Ave. 2018 Amsterdam Avenue 
 
 Cor. 1 60th St 
 rslENA/ YORK 
 
 Shipping Address. Manhattan Station, N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. 
 
 WASHINGTON HEIGHTS WALL PAPER CO. 
 
 FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PAPERS 
 PAINTING AND DECORATING 
 
 1947 AMSTERDAM AVENUE 
 Bet. 156th and 157th Sts. NEW YORK 
 
 ESXIIVIAXES CMEERRLJU1_V Fl_l R ISI I SM E D 
 
 TELEPHONE 143 HIGH BRIDGE 
 
 \A/. J. IS/l|-rCHEI_l_, IVIariager 
 
ADVERTISING AND MISCELLANY 
 
 MOTOR 
 
 TKe National Mag- 
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 Geo. B. Brown, 
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 Crown and bridge work 
 a specialty. 
 
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 MEMBERS of this and other LODGES, 
 
 are invited to call at 
 
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 Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Etc. 
 
 At a guaranteed Saving to you of from 
 
 10 to 20 
 
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 "But surely,'' protested the lately departed Boston 
 girl, "you are not going to take me to the — er-infer- 
 na! regions.'' 
 
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 Telephone, 1328 Harlem 
 
 FREDERICK A. WALL 
 
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 372 lyENox Avenue 
 
 Telephone 16 Morningside 
 
 DUFF & BROWN 
 
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 JOHN T. DUFF 
 GEORGE F. BROWN 
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 GEORGE H. GROENING 
 
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 NEW YORK 
 
 Telephone, 428 Harlem 
 
 CORDING & SALZMANN 
 
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 GEORGE S. BACON Whitall Tatum Co., MiUville, N. J 
 
 EDWARD J. BALDWIN National Park Bank, N. Y. City. 
 
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 JOHN H. CARR Market and Fulton National Bank, N. Y. C 
 
 WILLIAM C. DEMOREST Realty Trust, N. Y C 
 
 CHARLES H. FANCHER Irving National Bank, N. Y. C 
 
 STEWARD FLAGLER First National Bank, Stroudsburg, Pa, 
 
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 ARTHUR TERRY City Trust Company, N. Y. City, 
 
 ALVAH TROWBRIDGE .Ex-President American Bankers Association 
 
 FOSTER M. VOORHEES Ex-Governor, New Jersey 
 
 ALBERT BEHNING, Manager, 
 
 Harlem Branch, 129 W. 125th St. 
 
 Dr. Hunter has returned to Rockingham and we 
 are informed that he will resume the practice of 
 his profession in our midst. — Rockingham (N. C.) 
 Headlight. 
 
 IDamllton Iftat Co. 
 
 203 TOest I25tb street 
 
 2 doors west of 7th Avenue 
 
 New Fall styles now showing. The best at $1.50 
 Full line of Dress Suit oases from $1.25 to $5.50 
 Silk and Opera Hats $4.50 and $5.00 
 
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 FRENCH MARKET 
 
 No. 2068 Seventh Ave., New York 
 
 Telephone Conneption 
 
 16 WEST 125th ST. 
 
 We invite inspection of our lErge and hand- 
 some stock of Pianos at our new Harlem Ware- 
 rooms. Do not fail to call and see our "Non- 
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 €oiiittiittee$ of Gntertafnment and Reception eommemorattnd tbe 
 2000tb Communication of Rariem Codge, no. 457, T. ^ B. m. 
 
 Wor. FREDERICK P. HAMMOND, Ex-Officio Chairman of AH Committees. 
 
 Executive gommime. 
 
 Color: Blue. 
 
 Bro. CHAS. P. PEIRCE, Chairman. Bro. JESSE W. NORTON 
 
 Bro, CHARLES E. HAIGHT, Chairman, Acting. Bro. DAVID J. OLIVER 
 
 Wor. FRANK C. COMBES. Bro. CHAS. P. DE PEW 
 
 Bro. CHARLES E. SAULPAUGH, Secretary. 
 
 Editors of Souvenir Book. 
 
 Wor. FREDERICK P. HAMiMOND, Editor-in-Chief. 
 
 Rt. Wor. ROBERT OGILVY, Associate Editor 
 
 Bro. HERBERT H. EVERETT, Associate Editor. 
 
 Programme Committee. 
 
 Bro. JESSE W. NORTON, Chairman Bro. DAVID J. OLIVER Bro. CHARLES E. SAULPAUGH 
 
 Bro. CHAS. P. DE PEW Bro. ERNEST B. JOHNSON 
 
 Reception Committee. 
 
 Wor. GEO. M. WALGROVE, Chairman. 
 
 Wor. Frank C. Combes 
 Wor. A. Norton Brockway 
 Wor. Frederick M. Gallagher 
 Wor. Luyster P. Whitaker 
 Wor. James M. B. Robinson 
 Wor. Willard A. Pearce 
 Wor. Robert Hoag 
 Wor. Lewis Hopner 
 Wor. Alfred A. Briggs 
 Wor. John W. Hiegins 
 Wor. Harry L. Bryde 
 Wor. George B. Class 
 Wor. Dudley A. Beekman 
 Wor. Charles H. Francies 
 Wor. Henry Ungrich, Jr. 
 Wor. Thomas W. McDowell 
 Wor. Robert Ogiivy 
 Bro. Vernon M. Davis 
 
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 Bro. Henry C. Van Orden 
 
 Bro. Charles W. Dayton 
 
 Bro. Charles Klippert 
 
 Bro. George W. Oakley 
 
 Bro. Harry W. Macdonald 
 
 Bro. Robert F. Nevins 
 
 Bro. Lewis Phillips 
 
 Bro. Martin Rehling 
 
 Bro. Frederick Hiilberg 
 
 Bro. C. Walter Smith 
 
 Bro. Jacob Vough 
 
 Bro. Lyman S. King 
 
 Bro. William H. Cox 
 
 Bro. Willis T. Mead 
 
 Bro. Richard H. Petit 
 
 Bro. Frank H. Loucks 
 
 Bro. Harry B. Henson 
 
 Bro. A. Walter Hermann 
 
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 Jolm B. Johnson 
 Engcne F. Terpeny 
 Wm. W. Watkins 
 Andrew J. McCormack 
 James E. Harris 
 Joseph A. Hays 
 George V. Fluri 
 Edwards Cole Brown 
 William McClellan 
 Charles Welde 
 Montague E. Marks 
 Henry S. Kanski 
 Wm. P. Hill 
 
 Frederick A. Van Benschoten 
 Oscar D. Thees 
 James A. Ferguson 
 Bartholomew Walther 
 
 Bro. Frederick P. Williams 
 Bro. John F. Brennecke 
 Bro. Frederick D. Fogel 
 Bro. Henry M. Koster 
 Bro. John Allan 
 
 Bro. CHARLES P. DE PEW, Chairman. 
 
 Color: Red. 
 
 Bro. William W. Dickey Bro. Fred Bay 
 
 Ero. Web.Ster D. Brundage 
 Bro. Thomas A. Cookson 
 Bro. Jol'.n E. Davies 
 Bro. Clia.';. ?\I. De La Vergne 
 
 Bro. Robert H. Ellis 
 Bro. John B. Franks, Jr. 
 Bro. William Greene, Jr. 
 Bro. Joseph L. Peters 
 
COMMITTEES OF ENTERTAINMENT AND RECEPTION 
 
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 Bouse £mmitm—Coniinued. 
 
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 Jacob Diner 
 William Bradley 
 Robert Campion 
 Frank C. Decker 
 
 Carl F. F. Lessef 
 John E. Fay 
 Charles F. Diefenbach 
 Charles Hesketh 
 
 Bro. 
 
 Henry Brueck 
 
 Bro. 
 
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 Wm. H. Lintner 
 
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 Frederick W. Blohm 
 
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 Herman Apman, Jr. 
 
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 USHERS: Red Streamers. 
 
 
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 James McCrodden 
 
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 Geo. H. Hassell 
 
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 Isaac M. Hunt 
 
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 Joseph W. Heaney 
 
 Bro. 
 
 Robert Elkins 
 Adam Feuerstein 
 August Gareiss, Jr. 
 William A. Soles 
 
 Frank W. Bartley 
 William L. Miller 
 Joseph A. Hays 
 George Nelson 
 
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 Bro. JOHN H. HYDE, Chairman. 
 Bro. ERNEST B. JOHNSON, Assistant. 
 Color: White. 
 
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 Guslave Behning 
 Walter H. Brown 
 Simeon S. De Pew 
 John H. Deeves 
 William H. Ebling, Jr. 
 Frederick C. Fisher 
 Edgar A. Fellows 
 Matthew H. Goldthwai 
 Charles H. Class 
 David T. De Derkey 
 Ludwig A. Ewald 
 
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 Frank iMcCabe 
 Chas. Witteck 
 William A. Weiss 
 Samuel Vredenburgh 
 Robert D. Tape 
 Ward W. Smith 
 Harry W. Squires 
 Frederick Smith 
 Robert J. Romlein 
 Howard E. Parker 
 
 Bro. Chas. A. Dempewolf 
 Bro. John G. Fis'uera 
 Bro. George A. Gardner 
 Bro. John E. HaRmayer 
 Bro. Edwin F. Hahn 
 Bro. Francis F. Hine 
 Bro. Daniel A. Higgins 
 Bro. Paul Jones 
 Bro. Walter F. Stalp 
 Bro. Warren D. Utter 
 Bro. William H. Spicer 
 
 Press Comntime. 
 
 HERBERT H. EVERETT, 
 
 Color: Pink. 
 
 Bro. Edwin Post 
 
 Bro. Richard H. Pettit 
 
 Bro. Alclvin C. Opperman 
 
 Bro. John E. Orr 
 
 Bro. Lester W. Mackey 
 
 Bro. Charles R. Worthington 
 
 Bro. James R. Waterhouse 
 
 Bro. Abram Vosburgh 
 
 Bro. George W. Thomas 
 
 Bro. Henry H. Tietjen 
 
 Carriage (ZommUtee. 
 
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 Chairman 
 
 George A. Wolf 
 Harry C. Hyde 
 August W. Koenig 
 Frank A. Johnson 
 Christian L. Kehrer 
 Adrian La Farge 
 Rudolf Preszburg 
 William Packenham 
 Frederick A. Walters 
 Henry Von Appen 
 John Lansiedel 
 
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 George L. Schuch 
 Philip D. Shook 
 Thomas Roberts 
 Matthew C. Quigley 
 Frederick W. Parkinson 
 Casper Platte 
 Herman Paul 
 Wm. H. Odell 
 Frederick L. Noble 
 Charles F. Michels 
 
 Bro. GEORGE E. BENSON, Chairman. 
 Color: Green. 
 
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 Benjamin F. Hall 
 Charles J. Walz 
 Oliver A. Lyon 
 Joseph Miller 
 Flarry E. Moss ■ 
 John A. Kerr 
 James J. Kavanagh 
 John Heinz 
 Charles E. Berrien, Jr. 
 
 Bro. Wm. F. Ottman 
 Bro. Irving P. Grace 
 Bro. George E. Harrison 
 Bro. Wm. A. Jackson 
 Bro. William G. Williams 
 Bro. Samuel Stoneham 
 Bro. Frank G. Kountze 
 Bro. Thomas Murphy 
 Bro. Lewis B. Moore 
 
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 Frederick A. McDermant 
 Hugh Kerr 
 Diedrich H. Kulze 
 Samuel J. Huntley- 
 Howard H. Burras 
 Ward W. Smith 
 John E. Orr 
 Robert E. Mills 
 Francis C. LTrsbruck 
 
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 masters and lUaraens of Rarlem Lodge, no, 457, 
 from Date of Tnstttutlon. 
 
 
 Ma 
 
 STERS. 
 
 
 Sen. Wardens. 
 
 1859 
 
 T. 
 
 F. Compton 
 
 John Ward, Jr. 
 
 IS60 
 
 T. 
 
 F. Compton 
 
 W 
 
 H. Mitchell 
 
 IS6I 
 
 A. 
 
 D. Rendell 
 
 T. 
 
 E. B Hawks 
 
 :862 
 
 T. 
 
 E. B. Hawks 
 
 R. 
 
 Ogilvy 
 
 1863 
 
 R. 
 
 Ogilvy 
 
 A. 
 
 E. Bradley 
 
 .864 
 
 T. 
 
 E. B. Hawks 
 
 A. 
 
 Phillips, Jr. 
 
 1865 
 
 A. 
 
 Philips, Jr. 
 
 T. 
 
 PI. Landon 
 
 1866 
 
 T. 
 
 H. Landon 
 
 W 
 
 McClellan 
 
 1S67 
 
 F. 
 
 E. Webster 
 
 G. 
 
 Sackett 
 
 1868 
 
 G. 
 
 Sackett 
 
 W 
 
 H. Mitchell 
 
 1869 
 
 J. 
 
 D. Tliees 
 
 A. 
 
 N. Brockway 
 
 1870 
 
 A. 
 
 N. Brockway 
 
 L. 
 
 Hopner 
 
 1871 
 
 L. 
 
 Hopner 
 
 E. 
 
 P. Williams 
 
 18/2 
 
 W 
 
 H. Mitchell 
 
 L. 
 
 L. Westover 
 
 1873 
 
 L. 
 
 L. Westover 
 
 F. 
 
 A. Phillips 
 
 1874 
 
 L. 
 
 L. Westover 
 
 F. 
 
 A. Phillips 
 
 187s 
 
 F. 
 
 A. Phillips 
 
 J- 
 
 W. Hazlitt 
 
 1876 
 
 F. 
 
 A. Phillips 
 
 L. 
 
 Plopner 
 
 1877 
 
 L, 
 
 Hopner 
 
 J. 
 
 R. Elliott 
 
 1878 
 
 L. 
 
 Hopner 
 
 J. 
 
 E. Poole 
 
 1879 
 
 J. 
 
 E. Poole 
 
 L. 
 
 P. Whitaker 
 
 1880 
 
 J. 
 
 E, Poole 
 
 J. 
 
 D. Thees 
 
 if8i 
 
 J. 
 
 D. Thees 
 
 R. 
 
 Hoag 
 
 1882 
 
 R. 
 
 Hoag 
 
 S. 
 
 Cramer 
 
 1883 
 
 R. 
 
 Hoag 
 
 S. 
 
 Cramer 
 
 1884 
 
 R. 
 
 Hoag 
 
 s. 
 
 Cramer 
 
 1885 
 
 S. 
 
 Cramer 
 
 W 
 
 H. Connell 
 
 1886 
 
 S. 
 
 Ci-amer 
 
 T. 
 
 W. McDowell 
 
 188- 
 
 R. 
 
 Ogilvy 
 
 L. 
 
 P. Whitaker 
 
 1888 
 
 T. 
 
 W. McDowell 
 
 T. 
 
 G. Lord 
 
 i8£9 
 
 L. 
 
 P. Whitaker 
 
 G. 
 
 M. Walgrove 
 
 1890 
 
 G. 
 
 M. VValgrove 
 
 H. 
 
 Ungrich, Jr. 
 
 1891 
 
 G. 
 
 M. Walgrove 
 
 H. 
 
 Ungrich, Jr. 
 
 1892 
 
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 Ungrich, Jr. 
 
 J. 
 
 M. B. Robinson 
 
 1893 
 
 J. 
 
 M. B. Robinson 
 
 G. 
 
 B. Class 
 
 iS<)4 
 
 G. 
 
 B. Class 
 
 T. 
 
 F. Dowd 
 
 1895 
 
 G. 
 
 B. Class 
 
 F. 
 
 C. Combes 
 
 1896 
 
 F. 
 
 C. Combes 
 
 A. 
 
 A. Briggs 
 
 1897 
 
 F. 
 
 C. Combes 
 
 A. 
 
 A. Briggs 
 
 1898 
 
 A 
 
 A. Briggs 
 
 S. 
 
 C. Carter 
 
 1899 
 
 A 
 
 A. Briggs 
 
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 L. Bryde 
 
 I goo 
 
 H 
 
 L. Bryde 
 
 F. 
 
 M. Gallagher 
 
 igoi 
 
 1'. 
 
 M. Gallagher 
 
 J. 
 
 G. Lord 
 
 1902 
 
 J. 
 
 G. Lord 
 
 T. 
 
 W. Higgins 
 
 1903 
 
 J. 
 
 W. Higgins 
 
 F. 
 
 P. liammond 
 
 1904 
 
 F. 
 
 P. Hammond 
 
 C. 
 
 E. Haight 
 
 JuN. Wardens. 
 
 Abraham Rendell 
 A. D. Rendell 
 J. S. Poole 
 A. E. Bradley 
 VV. Y. Mason 
 A, /. Miner 
 
 F. E. Webster 
 C. H. Amerman 
 1. Voiigh 
 
 J. D. Thees 
 
 L. Hopner 
 
 J. Wurzburg 
 
 L. L. Westover 
 
 T. Ormston 
 
 R. J. Post 
 
 R. J. Post 
 
 L. P. Whitaker 
 
 N. W. Moulton 
 
 T. E. Poole 
 
 C. W. Dayton 
 
 T. Higgins 
 
 W. F. Ottmann 
 
 S. Cramer 
 
 W. H. Connell 
 
 W. H. Connell 
 
 W. A. Jackson 
 
 W. A. Jackson 
 
 H. Ungric!i, Tr. 
 
 G. W. Oakley 
 
 W. E. Huntington 
 T. Landsiedei 
 J. M. P.. Robinson 
 T M. P. Robinson 
 G. B. Class 
 J. F. Dowd 
 F. A. Van Renschote 
 F. M. Gallagher 
 S. C. Carter 
 S. C. Carter 
 Abe Hahn 
 F. M. Gail-gher 
 J. W. Higgins 
 t. W. Higsrins 
 W. G. Merker 
 J. E. Harris 
 C. P. Peirce 
 
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 CABLEGRAM, OSSELET, N. Y. 
 
 ESTABLISH ED 1882. 
 
 Telephone, 1353 mornincside. 
 
 A. Falck & Co., 
 
 BANKERS AND STEAMSHIP AGENTS. 
 
 American Line 
 Atlantic Transport Co 
 \nchor Line 
 Allan State Line 
 Cunard S. S. Co. 
 Clyde S. S. Co. 
 Cromwell Line 
 Lrench Line 
 Hamburg American Line. Cook'.s Tonrs. 
 
 Ocean S. S. Co., of Savaimah. 
 
 FOREIGN CURRENCY BOUGHT AND SOLD. PASSPORTS SECURED. Scandinavian American Line 
 
 157 EAST 125th STREET. 
 
 we issue drafts and travelers' cheques 
 available all over the world. 
 
 we effect money orders in 
 Russia, Hungary, Austria, Germany 
 
 AND ALL OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD. 
 REPRESENTING : 
 
 Holland American Line. 
 J oy Steamship Co. 
 Morgan Line 
 Mallory Line 
 North German Lloyd 
 Ked Star Line 
 White Star Line 
 \\'c'stcott E.xpress Co. 
 
Past Grand masters- 
 
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 781 William Walter. 
 
 782 William Walter. 
 
 783 *William Walter. 
 William Cock. 
 
 784 *William Cock. 
 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 785 Robert R. Livingston 
 
 786 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 787 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 788 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 789 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 790 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 791 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 792 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 793 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 794 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 795 Robert R, Livingston. 
 
 796 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 797 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 798 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 799 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 800 Robert R. Livingston. 
 
 801 Jacob Morton. 
 
 802 Jacob Morton. 
 
 803 Jacob Morton. 
 
 804 Jacob Morton. 
 
 805 Jacob Morton. 
 
 806 De Witt Clinton. 
 
 807 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 808 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 809 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 810 De Witt Clinton. 
 
 811 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 812 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 813 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 814 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 815 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 816 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 817 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 818 DeWitt Clinton. 
 
 819 DeWitt Clinton. 
 * Resigned. 
 
 1820 Daniel D. Tompkins. 
 
 1821 Daniel D. Tompkins. 
 
 1822 Joseph Enos. 
 
 1823 Joseph Enos. 
 
 1824 Joseph Enos. 
 
 1825 Stephen Van Rensselaer. 
 
 1826 Stephen Van Rensselaer. 
 
 1827 Stephen Van Rensstlaf •. 
 
 1828 Stephen Van Rensselati 
 
 1829 Stephen VanRensrelae 
 
 1830 Morgan Lewis 
 
 1831 Morgan Lewis 
 
 1832 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1833 JNIorgan Lewis. 
 
 1834 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1835 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1836 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1837 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1838 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1839 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1840 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1841 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1842 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1843 Morgan Lewis. 
 
 1844 Alexander H. Robertson. 
 
 1845 Alexander H. Robertson 
 
 1846 John D. Willard. 
 
 1847 John D. Willard. 
 
 1848 John D. Willard. 
 
 1849 John D. Willard. 
 
 1850 William H. Milnor. 
 
 1851 Oscar Coles. 
 
 1852 Nelson Randall. 
 
 1853 Reuben H. Walworth. 
 
 1854 Joseph D. Evans. 
 
 1855 Joseph D. Evans. 
 
 1856 John L. Lewis, Jr. 
 
 1857 John L. Lewis, Jr. 
 
 1858 John L.Lewis, Jr. 
 
 1859 John L. Lewis, Jr. 
 i860 John W. Simons. 
 
 1861 Finlay M. King. 
 
 1862 John J. Crane. 
 
 1863 Clinton F. Paige. 
 
 1864 Clinton F. Paige. 
 
 1865 Robert D. Holmes. 
 
 1866 Robert D. Holmes. 
 
 1867 Stephen H. Johnson. 
 
 1868 James Gibson. 
 
 1869 James Gibson. 
 
 1870 John H. Anthon. 
 
 1871 John H. Anthon. 
 
 1872 Christopher G. Fox. 
 
 1873 Christopher G. Fox. 
 
 1874 Ellwood E. Thorne. 
 ■1875 Ellwood E. Thorne. 
 
 1876 James W. Husted. 
 
 1877 Joseph J. Couch. 
 
 1878 Edmund L. Juddson. 
 
 1879 Charles Roome. 
 
 1880 Jesse B. Anthony. 
 
 1881 Horace S. Taylor. 
 
 1882 Benjamin Flagler. 
 
 1883 J. Edward Simmons. 
 
 1884 J. Edward Simmons. 
 
 1885 Frank R. Lawrence. 
 
 1886 Frank R. Lawrence. 
 
 1887 Frank R. Lawrence. 
 
 1888 Frank R. Lawrence. 
 
 1889 John W. Vrooman. 
 
 1890 John W. Vrooman. 
 
 1891 William Sherer. 
 
 1892 James Ten Eyck. 
 
 1893 Frederick A. Burnham. 
 
 1894 John Hodge. 
 189s John Stewart. 
 
 1896 John Stewart. 
 
 1897 William A. Sutherland. 
 
 1898 William A. Sutherland. 
 
 1899 Wright D. Pownall. 
 
 1900 Charles W. Mead. 
 
 1901 Charles W. l\Iead. 
 
 1902 Elbert Crandall. 
 
 1903 Elbert Crandall. 
 
 1904 Frank H. Robinson. 
 
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102 
 
 HARLEM LODGE SOUVENIR BOOK. 
 
 Directory of masonic Boak$ mmtitd in l^arlem ana tbe Bronx. 
 
 HARLEM, No. 457. — Meets at 202 East 124th St., Harlem 
 Savings ISank Building, every Thursday. Master, Frederick 
 PoRiER Hammond, 129 East ii6th St.; Senior Warden, Ciias. 
 
 E. Haight; Junior Warden, Charles P. Peirce; Treasurer, 
 ■I-'rank C. Combes; Secretary, Robert Ogilvy, 115 East 114th 
 Street. 
 
 LODGE OF STRICT OBSERVANCE, 94.— Second and fourtli 
 Friday.s, Harlem Savings Bank Building, Third Avenue and 
 124th Street; Edward W. Palmer, M. ; Charles Zimmer- 
 man, S. W. ; Jacob Armbrust, J. W. ; Harry L. Brand, Treas. ; 
 Levi Gibb, Secretary, 591 Southern Boulevard. 
 
 UNITED STATES, 207.— First, third and fifth Wednesdays, 
 cor. 124th Street and Third Avenue. Ben. Z. Sussholz, M.; 
 John M. Reilly, S. W. ; Henry Johnson, J. W.; S. J. H. 
 Howes, Treasurer; J. M. Goodenough, Secretary, 2.S47 Valen- 
 tine Aven^ie. 
 
 FRANKLIN, 216. — Second and fourth Mondays, Amsterdam 
 Avenue, cor. i6oth Street Joseph Balmford, M.; L. S. Stock- 
 well,, S. W.; C. M. HoBLiTzELL, J. W.; S. K. Stearns, Treas.; 
 
 F. L. Granzen, Secretary, 566 W. 171st Street. 
 
 MARION, 278. — First and third Mondays, at 757 East 177111 
 Street, cor. Third Avenue. Henry Amling, Jr., M.; Robert 
 Ingram, S. W. ; Samuel J. McCoy, J. W.; Geo. Price, Treas.; 
 Thomas D. DiNwoonlE, Secretary, Westchester, N. Y. 
 , LILY, 342. — First and third Tuesdays, at Suburban Building, 
 534 Willis Avenue, near 149th Street. George M. Eberle, M. ; 
 Otto F. Herman, S. W. ; James R. Clift, J. W. ; William F. 
 Rutherford, Treasurer; Fred. IL Wefer, Secretary, 923 Tin- 
 ton Avenue, Bronx. 
 
 BUNTING, 655.— First, third and fifth Mondays, at 142 West 
 125th Street. Arthur E. vv'ood. M.; Walter H. Clayton, S. 
 W.; George P. Fall, J. W.; M. J. Newman, Treas.; Ten Eyck 
 W. Rouse, Secretary, 144 \\'est 136th Street. 
 
 GAVEL, 703.— First, third and fifth Fridays, 148th Street and 
 Willis Avenue. Fred. A. Post, M.; Wm. H. Taubert, S. W. ; 
 Frank A. Spencer, J. W.; John W. Deuel, Treasurer; Albert 
 W. Briggs, Secretary, 709 East 143d Street. 
 
 N.-^PHTHALI, 752.— First, third and fifth Thursdays, at Har- 
 lem Casino Building, 159 West 124th Street. Albert Behning, 
 M.; Joseph H. Acker. S. W. ; H. A. W. Spencer, J. W. ; 
 D\NiEL Davis. Treas.; Fred. Rohrs, Secretary, 302 East 126th 
 Street. 
 
 GOLDEN RULE, 770.— Second and fourth Wednesdays at 
 Twelfth Ward Bank Building, 147 East 125th Street. Wm. 
 H. Robinson, M. ; Martin Bennett, S. W. ; Henry S. Hollis- 
 ter, J. W. ; Abraham Bennett, Treasurer; Wm. H. Pailes, 
 Sr., Secretary, 280 Broadway. 
 
 MANAI-TATTA LODGE, No. 489.— Meets first and Third 
 Mondays Harlem Savings Bank Building, Third Ave. and 124th 
 St. WiLLARD Cudney, Master; James E. McLean, S. W. ; 
 James McClurg, J. W. ; O. H. La Barre, Treas.; Silas Black, 
 Sccret;ary. 
 
 WIELAND, No. 714. — Meets second and fourth Wednesday 
 at i48lh St. and Willis Ave. (German.) Philip Jaeger, Mas- 
 ter; G. Branfuehr, Trens.; J. H. Hiitorff, Secretary. 
 
 WYOMING LODGE, No. 492.— Meets first and third Thurs- 
 days at Westchester, N. Y. C. August H. Dieiil, Master; 
 Charles Donahue, S. W. ; John G. Half, J. W.; Rudolph 
 ScuoEMMELL, Treas.; Henry A. Murphy, Secretary. 
 
 GUIDING ST.AR LODGE, No. 565.— Meets in Masonic Hall, 
 W'ashington Ave., Bronx, second and fourth Tuesdays. Wm. 
 E. TrUll, Jr., Master; JohnB. Rae. S. W. ; R. W. Hillman, 
 J. W. ; Martin Walter, Treas.: Calvin D. Hicok, Secre- 
 
 ROYAL ARCH MASONS. 
 
 TVY CHAPTER, No. 238. — Meets first and third Wednesday 
 at No. 534 Willis Ave., near 149th St. John B. Rae. H. P.; 
 I'RANK A. Spencer. K. ; Richard Ward Hillman, S. ; Horatio 
 D. WisWELL, Treas.; Francis D. Haines, Secretary. 
 
 SYLVAN CHAPTER, 188.— Secoiid and fourth Mondays, in 
 Chapter Rooms, 124th Street and Third Avenue. J. Grant 
 Senia, H. p.; Dudley R. Horton, K. ; Charles Stolle. S. ; 
 Charles P. Peirce, Treasurer; George M. Walgrove, Secretary, 
 728 East 140th Street. 
 
 METROPOLITAN CHAPTER, 140.— Second and fourth 
 Wednesdays in Harlem Bank Building, 124th Street and Third 
 Avenue. Lewis B. Moore, H. P.; Samuel C. Carter, K. ; John 
 H. Hyde. S.; W. F. Rutherford, Treas.; Philip Tobias, Sec- 
 retary, 326 East 52d Street. 
 
 COMMANDERIES. 
 
 CO.NSTANTINE, 48.— First, third and fifth Tuesdays, corner 
 Lexington Avenue and 125th Street. Thomas W. Timpson E 
 C; John H. Hyde, Gen.; Ch,\rles Stolle, C. G. ; Charles P. 
 Peirce, Treasurer; A. H. Bradley, Recorder, 127 W. 96th 
 Street 
 
 EASTERN STAR. 
 
 LILY CHAPTER, 69, O. E. S.— Second and fourth Saturdays 
 at Harlem Savings Bank Building, 202 East 124^ Street. Miss 
 Florence F. Barr, W. M. ; Bro. George M. Gillson, W. P.; 
 Mrs. Rebecca M. Wandell, A. M.; Mrs. E. Green, Treasurer; 
 Mrs. M. Green, Secretary, 156 Ea.st i22d Street. 
 
 GOLDEN LINK CHAPTER, 90.— First and third Mondays, 
 ot Hawthorne Building, 151 West 125th Street. Mrs. Eliza- 
 beth A. Back, W. M. ; Mrs. Florence Bissell, A. M. ; Mrs. 
 Annie Buehler, Treasurer; Mrs. Arveli.a Styles, Secretary, 
 269 West 141st Street. 
 
 PASADENA CHAPTER, ,33.-.First, third and fifth Satur- 
 days, in Loeffler's Hall, Willis Avenue and 148th Street Mrs. 
 Be-jvtrice Carr, W. M. ; Miss Hermina Butt, A. M.; Henry 
 Faltermann, Treasurer; Mrs. M. F. Drew, Secretary 571 East 
 i8oth Street. 
 
 ROSE CHAPTER, No. 170.— Meets at Harlem Casino, 124th 
 St. and Seventh Ave.; Mrs. Minnie Duryee, W. M.; Bro. 
 Chas. C. Light, Secretary; Mrs. Rose Lf.vere, Treas. 
 
 .\LPI-IA, No. I, O. E. S.— Meets first Saturday at Twelfth 
 Ward Bank Building, 147 East 125th St. Mrs. Theresea Nev- 
 AN, W. M.; Bro. Lemuel Russell, W. P.; Miss Minnie Tripp 
 A. M.; Mrs: Anna S. Van De Water, Treas.; Miss Lizzie G. 
 Crawiord, Secretary. 
 
 WYOMING, No. 134. — Westchester. Meets first and third 
 Wednesday. Mrs. Francis Glover, W. M. ; Bro. Robt. D. Fer- 
 ris, W. P.; Mrs. Marie L. Diehl, A. M.; Mrs. Susan Snede- 
 coR. Treas.; Mrs. Josephine B. Bergen, Secretary. 
 
 FRANKLIN CHAPTER, No. 240.— Meets second and fourth 
 Thursdays, 500 West i6oth St. Mrs. Mollie E. Barker, W. M. ; 
 Bro. Thomas Balmford, P.; Mrs. Mary A. Russell, A. M. ; 
 Mrs. Ida E. Balmford, Treas.; Mrs. Carrie Reuschle, Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 MARTHA WASHINGTON CHAPTER, No. 281.— Meets 
 second and fourth Thursday, Twelfth Ward Bank Building, 147 
 East 125th St. Airs. Tina G. Vreei.and, W. M. ; Bro. John W. 
 Bartlett, W. P.; Miss Elizabeth Greenwald, A. M.; Mrs. 
 Sarah BartletT, Treas.; Mrs. Jennie Humphreys, Secretary. 
 
 ORDER OF THE AMARANTH. 
 
 MARTHA WASHINGTON COURT, 14, AMARANTH.— 
 Second Saturday, 125th Street and Lexington Avenue. Mrs. T. 
 G. Vreeland, R. M.; Mr. L. C. Vreei.and, R, P.; George 
 Washburne, Treasurer; Mrs. J. Humphreys, Secretary, 434 
 West 47th Street. 
 
 HARLF.M COURT, No. 6, AMARANTH— Meets second and 
 fcurth Fridays, Horton Building, No. no East 125th St. Mrs. 
 Lulu M. Baxter, R. M. ; Bro. George F., Back, R. P.; Mrs. 
 Georgiana Horn, A. M.; Mrs. Lottie E. Firmes, Treas.; Mrs. 
 Virginia T. Mollenhauer, Secretary. 
 
 Dr. W. W. dickey, 
 
 Prop. 
 
 De Sota Stables, 
 
 BOARDING AND LIVERY 
 SALE AND EXCHANGE. 
 
 167 6c 169 EAST 122nd STREET. 
 
 TEL. 169 HARLEM. 
 
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 Erdison PHonog'rapH, 
 Kodak or Camera 
 
 Largest line of Cylinder and Disc 
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 I. DAVEGA, Jr. 
 
 802 3rd Avenue 
 
 125 West 125th Si. 
 
 
 Rev. Dr. Thirdly — Don't you know, little boy, 
 
 Telephone 3240 Morningside 
 
 that you shouldn't fish on the Sabbath day? 
 
 PALISADE STEAM LAUNDRY 
 
 Tommy Toddles — I ain't a-fishin', boss, I'm jus' 
 teachin' worms how to swim. — Chicago Chronicle. 
 
 Wm. Riepell, Manager. 
 2313-2315 EIGHTH AVENUE 
 
 Eddie — Aren't you sorry that you are an only 
 child? 
 
 Bet. 124th and 125th Streets 
 
 Freddie — Oh, no; I don't mind it, but it's tough 
 on pa. 
 
 HIGH GRADE LAUNDRY WORK 
 
 Eddie — How so? 
 
 Freddie — Well, you see, I'm getting too big for 
 
 Hotels and Restaurants Shirts. Collars and Cuffs 
 
 him to have to take mc to the circus, and there aren't 
 
 a specialty 
 
 any younger kids in the family for him to fall back 
 
 
 on. — Brooklyn Life. 
 
 MAX STRASSER 
 
 Every Mason. should have 
 
 Manufacturer of 
 
 KNICKERBOCKER 
 
 High Grade Bread and Pastry 
 
 ^ SPRING WATER 
 
 67 and 69 West 1 25th Street 
 
 On his table and in his office. 50 cents per case or demijohn 
 
 Near Lenox Avenue New York City 
 
 Call up 582 Morningside and, we will send representative 
 
 
 Office and Salesroom 
 
 Telephone, 1 125 Harlem 
 
 'l05 WEST 125th STREET 
 
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 " 'Tain't good to be too skeery,'' said Uncle Eben. 
 "I once knowed a gemmen dat got his mind so tore 
 up 'bout germs an' bacilluses dat he didn't look whah 
 he were goin' an' got run over by a truck." — Wash- 
 ington Star. 
 
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 Said the hungry young spotted, giraffe; 
 "This is not the worst fodder, by haffe!" 
 
 And the Circassion cha,p 
 
 Waking up from his nap, 
 Muttered: "Surely I heard some one laflfe!" 
 — Copyright, igo4, by Life Pub. Co. 
 
 
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 in 
 
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 Dr. S. WEIL 
 
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 MANICURE. 
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 Office Hours : 
 
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 Sundays? A. M. to 1 P. M.