Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1854-07-19

but about twice their size, and when turned
into articles of fancy or ornament, are ex.
ceedingly clear, and of an alabaster appear
ance. They do not wear, however; are
brittle, and soon become discoloured and
Opaque. They may be sect, ii The form Of
infants rings, needle boxes, Sc, in any Of
the fancy stores.-Journal Of Commerce.
A Lady FreemasOn.
The Hon. Elizabeth St. Leger was The
only female ever initiated into the ancient
mysteries of Freemasonry. How she OBJ
tained this honor we shall lay before our
readers. Lord Doncraie, Miss St. Leger's
father, very Jealous Mason, held war
rant, and occasionally opened lodge at
Doncraile House, his sons and intimate
friends assisting, and it IS said that never
were the Masonic duties more rigidly per-
formed than by them. Previous to the
initiation of gentleman to the irst steps
of Masonry, Miss St. Leger, who was a
young girl, happened TO be in .an'apartment
adjoining the room generally used as
lodge-room. This room at the time was
undergoing some alteration; among other
things, the wall was considerably reduced
in one part. The young lady having heard
the voices of Freemasons, and prompted
by the curiosity natural 10 all to see this my
stery, so long and SO secretly locked up
from human view, she had the courage to
pick brick from the wall with her scissors
and witness the ceremony through the two
first steps. Curiosity satisfied, fear at once
took possession of her mind. There was no
mode of escape except through the room
where the concluding part of the second
step was still being solemnized; and that
being the far end, and the room very
large one, she had resolution sufficient to
attempt her escare that way: and, with
light but trembling steps, glided along un-
observed, laid her hand on the handle OF
the door, and gently opening it, before her,
stood to her dismay, grim and surly tyler,
with his long sword unsheathed. A shrek
that passed through the apartment, alarm
ed the members Of the lodge, who, allrush-
ing to the door, and finding that Miss st.
Leger had been in the room during the
ceremony in the first paroxyism of their
rage UeT uedtH w dS ICSOiNCu oi' wv 'S'p
the supplicatlons Of her young brother, her
life was saved on condition Of her going
through the whole of the solemn ceremony
she had unawfuIIy witnessed.
This she consented to, and they. .conduc-
ted the beautiful and terrified young lady 1
through those trials which are sometimes
more than enough for masculine resolution
little thinking they were taking into the bo-
som of their craft member that would at-
terwards reflect lustre on the annals OF
Masonry. The lady was cousin to Gen.
Anthony St. Leger, governor OF st. Lucia,
who instituted the interesting race and the
celebrated Doncaster St. Leger stakes
Miss St. Leger married Richard Aldworth,
Esq, of New Market. Whenever benefit
was given at the theatres in Dublin or Cork
for the Masonic Female Orphan Asylum,
she walked at the head of the Freemasons
with her apron and other insignia of Free
masonry and sat in the front row OF the
stage-box. The house was always crowd
ed on those occasions. Her portrait Is IN
the lodge-room of almost every lodge in
Ireland.-Erchange.