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CONnANDERY NEWS.
Grand Commandery, knights Templar,
To the officers and Members Of the Grand Com
manderV and The seNcral c0mmn nderlas Of tLa

Stale Of New-York
To the officers and Members Of the Grand Com
State OF New-York
Sir KNIGHTS: In conformity with a. resolution OF
adopted August Y, 1872 thu Committee on Christ
CHRISTMAS The following sentiment: '''''
To our Most Eminent Grand Master, Reuben
POM Barrow to PORTO Rico. from the Passaina-
quoddy to the Philippines. the Grand Master sends
'Iiost" whose armor IS truth. whose watch
word is brotherly love, whose mission is peace,
whose purpose moral and intellectual development.
must in time capture the world. VIII you join IN
these sentiments on Monday December g. at
noon. Eastern standard time equivalent 10 . p.
m Greenwich. and VIII you extend the invitation
to your command. as well as to al true Tempars
and their friends. wheresceyer dispersed, on land
The aP9Toaeh Of the era h that marks the advent
whose coming heralded Glory 10 God in the high
s an AWAKEN In in o 6e hc
toward those to whom have been denied many Of
Let u.s. in the midst Of our rejoicings, hold them
In remembrance, and from the good thiEgs given
destitute widow and helpless orphan" may be en-
rched and nd, made g |, d. from rom, our abundance.
JOHN f, sHAFER. Grand Recorder.
Morton Commandery No. conferred the Order OF
al the AySm in Masene Half S and PH wond zen
giving the Order Of Malta in short form. T. Sirs
Robert H. Clark. OF YORK No g. we're among the
aisungushed VISITORS also Sir Knights Waring and
l. Morton
Is its reception at the Lenox Lyceum on Thursday.
January r. 1893
Invitations TO attend the semi-centennial OF Paes-
tine Commandery az the Waldorf Astoria have been
sent to President Mckinley and Secretary Of the
Treasury Lyman ID. Gage. Both prominent
MasOns. President Mckinley is a Knight Tempar
having become one since he assumed the presi-
Dental chair. He is a member of Columbia Com
mandcry No. l. Washington ID. G. Every effort
VIII be made by the committee 10 have both attend
The Palestines VIII celebrate their fftieth amt
versary at the same time they give their twenty
trst annual reception. The date has been fixed for
January 10 The previous receptions of the com
mandcry have been successful. Tho committee
has every reason to believe that the coming event
will eclipse all tho others.
Il. Sir Harrison Dingnan. Past Commander of
Washington Commandery, OF Washington ID G.
has been elected an honorary member OF York
Commandery No. -. OF this city. and last Wednes-
day Day, night f. Sir Robert II. Clark. commander Of
j. Mcdonald and Wilson g. Fox went 10 Wasb
inRtOn to present the distinguished frater with a
certncate OF honorary membership. This was
done IN open concaye of Washington Command
cry. Sir Knight Mcdonald made the presentation
address. which was happily responded TO by Sir
Harrison pingman Their mission performed the
MeW- Yorker' returned to this city the same night.
wen pleaGed with their reception In Washing tom
ana With The result Of their mighty IahocA
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MASONIC DEPARTMENT
THE PAYMENT OF DUES.

The payment Of dues is an absolute necessity
7, ,s needed TO keep the lodge out OF poverty
7, &c NODDED 10 enable the lodge TO carry on
,ts legitimate work in a proper manner. and.
above all, It is needed 10 enable the iooge "
,,rac.sss what Il teaches-charty-for without
-bo necessary funds the works OF charity. that
g. tho work OF the lodge. must come TO stand
81 stu Some Of our lodges are slowly accumuiat-
,,, q f,nd the income OF which is to be applied
20 this purpose but the lodge needs money
NOW The wants Of humanity the needs or our
l1reth-eo I'm distress, the widow and the orphan
cannot. must not wait We need 1t now our
,,a,sioners our poor and our brethren in dis
tress need It now.
Some Of our members have such an exalted
oninion OF Masonry hold 1t in such high rever-
ence. that It becomes with them entirely mat
Ter of sentiment (snd sentiment only. These
eesro 10 think the lodge can live and exist and
DO Sc work entirely on sc ltment. and yet these
very men are members Of churches ana pay
well there Some military men, ana pay
,here. and pay high, too. Many are ii menu
OF various clubs. societies and associations OF
all sorts-benov0lent trade or social orsahiza-
.lons-and they pay In al or thein' put wien
asked 10 pay their dues in lodge, chapter OF
coumandery. seem TO think that these bodies
can GO or should 40 very well without Dues
and vet this Is not because these brethren thlhh
any less Of their Masonic connections imam OF
their other societies and belongings. put Simply
because they think that Masonry can get ai'"s
Ana Masonry IS not TO blame for this. Let
the members discard the idea of sentiment ana
eentin1entality let them realize the fact that
x,itb money in hand only can the lodge DO its
full share OF good work. and the more dues are
paid in the better the Work VIII ne zone, anu
our work Is charity charity ana chailE.
Hence. brethren. pay your dues and pay them
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THE D. D. or THE SEVENTH DlSTRICT.

r w. c. Leonard starbuck is another example
q. the fruits Of Masonic training. He Is inc pres
ent Master of Guiding Star Lodge NO ooo oi my,
~ Sa,hor ras a charter member and Master. 1t
was therefore natural that he should apply TOT
Masonic light in the lodge which his father helpeu
TO establish Here he was made Mason IN 300
and as was again natural at once TOOK an scpoe
beacon and as Warden, and was elected Master N
December 1896 and reelected in DECEMBER, ~ p
and last June appointed District deputy VI 'ho
Seventh Masonic District 49,, Ia. No,,orbar
Bro Starbuck born IN this city NoVemlpIeea
10 1881 and received his education IN the pupnc
schools He engaged in mercantile pursuits TOT
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Muhling had charge Of the floor aided by brSs'
Almberg. Clements Eugene .: Iums son. wyomcr
the Misses st Mrs ann snd
davgateT Mrs Wilson Barker Mr. and Mrs Harry
miller Mr. and Mrs staTRufHk or Mr. MR. hnd and Mi Mrs
r Eronk Slack. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown. Of White
plains and Mrs nS Ms Mrs Ashton,
MIR and Mrs Joseph E. Muhlng and dsughter s,o
many OF the Masters Of the Seventh ana o,ner ~
great prosperity and above all. season OF sresii,
harmony and union and the new oiilcers Are T Wv
qualified to continue this good ana ruo Ni"''
snirit and brotherly feeling.
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ROYAL ARCH ITEMS.

Zetland Chapter elected It's new officers THURSDAY
night f. william A. Wallace was called 10 the
East and plunged right in. comforting the marx de-
gree upon several candidates Immediately after he
u,os Installed No time Is lost here: the good
work goes right on no matter who sits In the East.
r. r. J. Harris Bastreu Installed the oficers. as
sisted by K. f. John Little. , c.,
Union Chapter he'd its annual election SATURDAY
night but there was excitement. not even the
.Iightest rinple Every officer unanimously
REFLECTED and the utmost harmon prevailed r.
David KAY sits enthroned in the East or Union
CHAPTER for another year
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Grand Lodge, F. and A. NJ
Orlce OF the Grand Secretary
49, Newiork December r. 1895
To the Officers ~ the Grand Lodge
VI W. William a. Sutherland. Grand Master d.
reefs me TO announce that he Will dedicate the
now rooms Of Goneseo Lodge No pa at Geneseo
or the evening Of January . 1893, at 730 o'clock
The officers Of the Grand Lodge will please in
form NJ. w. William a. Brodie Past Grand Mas
tsr Geneseo on or before the 2ith inst II il IS
thor intentlon TO be present
The Grand Master also directs me 70 announce
that he vii dedicate the rooms OF Akron
g. 1879. at o'clock.
The officers II the Grand Lodge Will please IN
form W. John {. Thompson. D. y G. NJ No
2iS Dearborn-st.. Buffalo, on before tho 2ith
inst. II It IS their intention TO be present
a full attendance is desired. Fraternallv
f. NJ. l.. EHLERS
Grand SecretarY
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BY THE GRAND SECRETARY.

Gran Logia de los Antiques, Lbres Aceptados
Masones de Ia Republlca del Peru
Gran Secretaria.
Grand Secretary's Ofice)
Lima. November ith. de 1895
Edward " l.. Ehlers, Grand Secretary. New-York.
Dear Sir and n ". Brother; Answering your
fraternal letter from October fth. can inform you
that the VI. w. Grand Lodge Of Peru has never
entered into fraternal official relations with the
so-called negro Grand Lodges OF America
Inc statement mauc 10 you about this matter has
not any foundation at q ILL.,
The NJ. W. Grand Lodge Of Peru will certainly
other Grand Lodges OF the States
with sentiments Of friendship, I remain. very
fraternaily yours, j. A EGO-AGI-IRRE
Address: Apartado 1876. Grand Master
True copy
T.. NJ /. EHIERS
Grand Secretary New-York
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the Ministers of both parties, the most eminent artists. scientists, authors and critics l had, Of course, learned my speech by heart, and WaS getting on very well, when suddenly i saw the Prince of Wales laughing and saying something to his neighbor- At once the thread of my speech was broken. I began to think whether l could have said anything that made the Prince laugh and what 1t could have been, and while l was thinking Tn every dl- rection l suddenly stood speeches.. l thought it was an eternity, and was afraid l should have to collapse and make the greatest fool of myself that ever was I looked at Browning and he gave me a friendly nod. and at that moment my grapping-irons caught the lost cable and l was able to hnlsh my speech
 when it was over turned to Rrowning and said: Was it not fear fuI that pause?' Far from it, he said It was excellent. It gave life to your speech. Everybody saw you were collecting your thoughts, ana that you were not simply dehverlnS what you had learned by heart. Be sides it did not last half minute. To me it had seemed at least five, or ten rojnutes But after Browning'S good natured words l felt relieved, and en- loved at least what was left of most enjoyable dinner. the only eHJoy dOl0 public dinner l know"
 In conclusion let me quote an excel lent apothegm about the impression which poets make upon their readers: gro have known such men as Ten nyson and Browning. says the pro lessor 'iS indeed a rare fortune. IL belps us in two ways. We are pre- served from extravagant admiration, which is always stupid, and, on the other hand. we can enjoy even lnSIgn1- fcant verses of theirs, as coming from our friends and lighting up some cor ner of their character.
 There are cases where personal ac- ouaintance with the poets actually spells our taste for their poetry, which we might otherwise have enjoyed; and to imagine that one knows a poet bet ter because one has once shaken hands with him is a fatal mistake. It would be far better to go at once to Vest minister Abbey and spend few thoughtful moments at the tombs of such poets as Tennyson or Browning, for there. at all events, there would be no disappointment"
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NAIIFST CHINESE FEET IN AMERICA

all aristocratic women compress their feet until they approach the shape of hers.
 The Emperor was delighted at her magnanimity. Her generosity in being willing that the other women should have feet equally as beautiful as hers delighted him. He proclaimed an i'm perial edict and from that time foot binding in China became a national institution.
 Thus by forcing upon her sisters her misfortune the Princess Taxi hid her deformity from her husband and kept his admiration at the expense of all the women of China.
 The Chinese begin to bind the child s feet when she is about years old. It reouiresa period of two or three years continual strappng by means of tight bandages before the desired effect is produced. There is varying degree of pain. During the first year it is all most intolerable. It gradually dimin- ishes as the binding of all the joints is completed.
 During the binding period the girl
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much tried. After ore of my lectures 1 saw ore of the old East Indians led out by his son or nephew. who shouted in a loud voice into his fathers ear, That was q splendid lecture. was It not? Yes, said the old man in still louder vcice. very interesting very Didn't understand single word of it..
 Again, when the professor lectured for the first time on The Science of Language" he had in the beginning to cieIr the ground of many prejudices and among the rest to dispose of what was then almost an article of faith namely, that all the languages of the world were derived from Hebrew.
 T gave a whole lecture to this ques- tion and when it was over an impos- ing old lady came up to shake hands with me and to thank me for the beau tifu lecture l had delivered. How delshtfui it is to knew she con- tinued. that Adam and Eve spoke He brew in Paradise, and that all the other languages of the world, English net excepted have come out of He brew and out of Paradise. 1 really felt very much humiiiated. and when Faraaay came up I told him what had happened oh, you must not be dis couraged,' he said. ! hardly ever lec- ture on chemistry without an old dow ager coming up to me with an incredu- louS smile, saying, Now, MT. Fara- day, you don't really mean to say that the water I drink is nothing but what you call oxygen and hydrogen?' Go or, he said something will always stick.
 Max Muller had to make speeches as well as deliver lectures This side of his oratorical career furnishes an interesting anecdote. At one of the Royal Academy dinners he had to re- turn thanks for literature and scholar ship He sat opposite to Robert Browning, who was known to be firmly opposed to getting on his feet. T was, of course, rehearsing my speech during the whole of the dinner time. while he enjoyed himself talk ing to his friends.
 '.When I told him it was a shame that I should be made a martyr of while he was enjoying his dinner in peace. he laughed, and said that he had said No once for all, and that he had never in his life made public speech. 1 believe, as a rule, poets are not good speakers. They are too care ful about what they wish to say. AS dinner advanced l became more and mere convinced of the etymologica identity of honor and onus. At last my turn came.
 Having to face the brilliant so ciety which is always present at thi dinner, including the Prince of Wales
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From photograph take specially for The Cal.

at night lies with her legs in such position as to make pressure under the knees, thus benumbing the parts below and avoiding the major degree of pain. In this position, swinging their legs backward and forward, the poor Chi Eese girls pass many a weary night.
 During this period the feet are un bound once month only. The opera ton is begun by placing the end of a long narrow bandage on the inside of the instep and carrying it over the four smaller toes, securing them under the foot. After several turns the band age is reversed so as to compress the foot longitudinally. The girl is then left for month and when the bandage is removed the foot is found ulcerated one or two toes not infrequently being lost.
 If the foot is thus bound for two years it becomes virtually dead and painless By this time the calf dis appears from lack of exercise, the bones are attenuated and all the parts are
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dry and shriveled. In after years the leg usually regains the muscles and adpose, but the foot always remains small.
 Next to Mrs. Sings foot, the smallest foot looks immense, and the foot of the average Caucasian would make al- most three of the size of Mrs. Sings.
 Day in and day out Mrs. Sing plays with her fans, talks with her women as they do up her hair in the wondrous fashion of her country, or embroiders her shoes, always happy in the thought that she is lilly of gold" and com pletely forgetful of the terrible tor ture she endured before she. won that proud Chinese title.
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MAX MULLEK'S
 "REMINISCENCES

Max Muller's lecture experiences at the Royal Institution are amusingly related. He records with due gratifi- cation that he had brilliant audiences. All the best men of the town were there Even royalty sometimes put in an appearance. But the old ba- bitues of the Royal Institution were not easy to please The front row was generally occupied by old men with hearing trumpets, old Indians, old generals. old clergymen, &c. A num- Der of ladies came in with their news papers and uGfolded them before the lecture began and seemed to read them with their eyes, while their ears were supposed to follow the lecturer.
 "One's self -conceit is sometimes very
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From a phoograph taken specially The cal.
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nese girls vera cute,' concluded Mr. Sing, with a broad smile.
 Of a truth so it would seem. And according to the most popularly be- lieved tale it was a "cute" Chinese Princess who is accountable for the na- tional custom of deforming the feet. This Princess, Taxi, lived about the time of the Trojan wa" says a Chi nese poet. She was as beautiful as the sun. fairer than Helen herself. But both her feet were deformed. She was so beautiful that despite her club feet she won the Emperor, and so com pIetely was he under the spell Of her beauty that she made him believe that her malformed feet were the most beautiful in the world. But she lived in constant terror that some day the
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had nature been allowed to take it's course, was pressed up and forms an abnormal instep. The toes are bent un- der and are pressed tight against the sole of the foot.
 When her photograph was taken Mrs Sing quietly resumed her work.
 Chinese girls all jealous of lilies of gold,'" said MT. Sing, all wish they had them. I knew very rich China man who went back to China to get a wife He wanted a lily of gold. and he was rich enough to buy one, He found one with the most beautiful feet. He
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8Y HHIFf HEFF4fzK E X1 w 57L Z8 iF zEl

descended to argue with her. Then he commanded her and she consented with the docility and obedience that Chi nese woman is taught to maintain toward her husband.
 Her foot with the shoe and bandages off is scarcely three inches in length. What would have been the foot proper,
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three and Mrs Sing makes allowed

sit in the aisle on wooden chairs The children of the tradesmen and labor CTS sit near the church door, and are in charge of the sexton, who is armed with a stick, which now and then comes down on some boys head, mak- ing noise loud enough to be heard all over the church.
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working on to be examined. As specimen of needlework it would have received mention at guild. Paie blue and deep rose silk entirely coy, cred by an intricate design Tn golo thread that must have taken days or patience to accomplish.
 The only evidence Mrs. Sing gave of having a personal desire of her own was when her husband spoke to her of sitting for photograph She pleaded with him in a high. not unmusical, voice, and for a few moments he con-
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Sing had had to endure to be a lily ol gold" that had left her without a spalh of animation on vivacity.
 My wife" continued MT ,.,is Slis, ",,,aI5es her own shoes. All the lilies of gold in this city have to make their own shoes. Nobody else understanMds nos how. The shoemaker cuts out the litile heel or sole and Mrs. Sing does the rest She has a couple of dozen par. She has nothing else to do, so she likes to make the shoes, and takes great pleasure in planning them"
 Mrs. Sing permitted the shoe she was
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One of Them Measures Exactly Jhree lnches and the Proud Owner Is Called the Lilly of Gold"
 bu Her Adnrng CountryWomen.

looked at them a long time, and you know with us that is the same as a declaration of love. She did not hide her feet from his gaze. so he knew that she would favor his suit. You can imagine how he felt when he found that she had just stuffed a pair of shoes that belonged to a lily of gold and let them show under her dress, while she held her own big feet eurled up out of sight. Of course when she got up to walk he found out that she had been fooling him. Oh, some Chi
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Emperor would be no longer blinded by her other charms and would see her feet as they really were.
 At last she hit upon a plan whereby she could feel secure. She told her hus- band that the other women of the royal family were so alous of her small feet that they made her life un- bearable.
 She lamented bitterly that they did not all possess small feet like her own since they were so anxious to have them. She proposed that her husband issue royal edict commanding that