The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-04-27
LODGES NOW IN EXISTENCE.

DI gOOd Will Oh the part OF the grand |
orient, Nine. Deraismes took advan-
tage Of her initiation to found a Ma
sonic lodge of her own, and at the
present moment there are some sixty |
or seventy members belonging thereto,
one of the past grand mistresses being |
Nine. Clemence Roger, wife of the
former cabinet minister and states
man OF that name.
All the ladies who belong to THIS
lodge, which bears the name Of the
Droit Humane or Human Right,
turned out in full force at the funeral
OF its founder and laid on her coffin a |
large wreath and inscription. OF
course the ObseQ uies were of a purely |
Masonic and lay character, the church
being unrepresented at the grave, for
Nine. Deraismes, like all her sister
Masons of the present day in France,
was a frceth.nker and an enemy to
the Catholic church. She made a pro.
fessiOn of these sentiments when she
applied for recognition of her lodge to
the grand orient. ''It Is through
woman that Catholicism has made its
way into our social SYSTEM" she de-
clarcd, ''and II it maintains its place
there it is entirely through woman.
You would, therefore, Oh, my breth-
ren, do well to initiate as many
women as possisble into the craft If
you wish to combat Catholicism on
equal ground"
MASONRY IN PORTUGAL.
1t has become a noteworthy fact
that when in 1863 the great ladies of
France abandoned Masonry in defer
cncc to the injunction of the Church
OF Rome, the women of Spain, who are
quite as religious and perhaps even
still more submissive to the church,
should have gone on maintaining
lodges and practicing the craft.
For some reason or other, however,
the Catholic church regards the
Masons in Spain and Portugal with IA
far more indulgent eye than either
those of France or Italy. Thus, |
remember some years ago attending
the funeral at Lisbon of u Senior
Anton d'Auguilar, who at the time of
his death held the position of grand
master of the craft of Portugal.
Dom Anton was an eX-miniSter of
public works, senator, the president
of the Royal Geographical Society,
and for several years had acted as
governor and bear leader of the pres
ent king. A great favorite at court,
his death was sincerely mourned by
the royal family. His body lay in
state for three days in the church of
st. Isabel, arraycd in his Masonic en-
sigma, and among the wreaths and
floral emblems deposited at the bier
were many bearing Masonic inscrip-
tions, which, however, did not prevent
the priest from kneeling in an atti-
tude of prayer beside the coffin
throughout the whole time that the
body remained lying before the altar.
On the day of the funeral, which
was attended by representatives of
the late king, the queen and the pres
ent king, in state carriages, a large
cortege of prelates and priests in full
canonicles were present. The full
services of the Catholic church were
performed by the clergy at the grave
during the course Of the ceremony
discourscs of farewell to the dead
statesman being delivered by Deputy
Senior Elias, on behalf of the Free
masons OF Portugal, and OF Senior
Villarine On behalf Of those of Spain.
may add that Senor Sagasta, prime
minister of the most Catholic country
on the face OF the earth-namely,
Spain-holds the rank of grand mas
ter of the Freemasons In that country.
PRINCES WHO ARE MAsONs.
In Great Britain, the craft Is pre-
sided over by the Prince of Wales, In
Sweden and Norway the grand mas
tership is held by King Oscar, who
occupied that Office before his ascen-
sion to the throne. AS in the case OF
the sons and grand sons of the queen
of England, so are also the sons of
King Oscar members OF the craft.
In Denmark 1t is the crown prince
who is at the head of the grand orient,
while the late Emperor Frederick
held the grand mastership of German
Frcemasons from 1855 until the time
of his death. His son, although a
Mason, has declined to accept the
grand mastcrship in succession to his
father, or to attend any lodge meet
II ing since he became emperor. In
Austria, again, Freemasonry is es-
chewed by the aristOcracy and the
rcignipg family, as 1t Is also In Russia
and Belgium; while In Holland the
Dutch nobility are nearly all members
OF tue craft. In none or these coun-
tries, however, save Spain and Portu-
gal, do feminine lodges exist nowadays
and the only woman that has ever
been initiated as Il Mason In Great
Britain was Lord Doneralle's daugh-
ter.
Mr.. Cox-John, why do you call
that pretty typewriter OF yours Mary
Anng You told me her name was
Mabel.
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