Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-10-07
WHYWOMANIS
DEBARRED

There has always Deen my ySlely
as to the refusal Of women as mem
Ders III Masonic lodges. Many at
origin of the REFUSAL
Without betraying any confidence,
the following explanation couched in
such terms the iauies may be satisfied
as to the reasons they are debalred:
We learn that before the G. A. o.
7. L. had finish His work, He was
in some doubt about creating Eve;
the creation OF every living and
creeping thing had been accomplish
ed. and the G. A. O. T. y. had made
Adam (WhO was the first MaSOn). anI
erected for him the finest lodge in
the world, and called it Paradise, No.
|. He then called all beasts OF the
field. all the fowls of the air, to
pass before Adam for him to name
them. which was piece OF work he
had to do alone, SO that no confusion
might hereafter arise from Eve, who
ne hlltN "Oull leihG u otbiS IL oAO
We're allowed to participate, and II
He created her beforehand. Adam,
being very much fatigueu with lis
labOrs fell asleep, and when he aWOke
he found Eve in the lodge With him.
Adam being the S. W., placed Eve as
the pillar of beauty in the s., and
tbnN rncnjNaI air. i'm ions from
the G. NJ. in the e., Which, when fin
ished, she Immediately called the
Craft from labor to refreshments. In
stead of attending TO the duties OF
her office as she ought, she left her
station, violating her obligations, and
let in an expelled Mason, who had
no business there, and went are and
with him. leaving Adam, the 5. W., to
look after the jewels. The fellow
had been expelled from ne G. l.. with
several others some time before, but
he suddenly took his IeaVe, telling
Eve to make aprons, as she and Adam
were not in proper regalia. She went
and told Adam, and when the G.. NJ.
returned to the lodge, he found his
gavel had been stolen. He called for
the S. O. Wardens, who had neglected
sent. After searching for some time,
He came ia where they We're hid, and
demanded OF the S. w. (Adam) what
he was doing there instead OF Occu-
pying his official position. Adam re
pIed tnat he was waiting for Eve
10 call the Craft from refreshment TO
labor again, and that the Craft was
not properly clothed, which they We're
making provision for. Turning to
Eve he asked her what she had to
offer in excuse for her unofficial and
mmasOnic conduct She replied that
Il fellow passing himself off as a
Grand Lecturer, had been giving her
instructions, and she thought it would
De no harm to learn them. The G.
NJ then asked what had become OF
HIS "aVel. She said she did not know
unless the fellow had taken it away
Finding that Eve was no longer
trustworthy, and that she had caused
Adam to neglect his duty and let in
one whom he had expelled, the G. NJ.
closed the lodge, and, turning them
out, set faithful Tyler to gurad
the door with a flaming sword. Adam
repenting his folly, went to work like
a man, and good Mason, in order to
get reinstated again. Not so with
Eve; she got angry about it, and COM
menced raising Cain. Adam, on ac-
count of his reformation, was permit
ted to establish lodges. and work in
lower degrees. and while Eve was al
owed TO join him in the work of
charity outside, she was never again
to be admitted to assist in the regu-
lar work Of the Craft. Hence the
reason why woman cannot be a
Mason
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