1902.
The members of the Craft in Shinghai may feel quite happy in the knowledy: that the general verdict on their ball on Monday "night was that high as their record is, it was surpassed in 1902. Every one knows that there is one drawback to the Town Hall as a ballroom, that there is no elasticity in the floor, whose surface however is smooth and slippery enough with this exception it is a magnificent hall room, particularly when ity somewhat, bare walls and roof are disguised with garlands and flags and "drapery as they were on Monday. The lighting, too, was very cleverly done, There were masonic blems ab each end of the room in electric lights, and groups of incandescent lamps suspended from the roof, with si Japanese lanterns each concealing an incandescent lamp. For the dancer came in their hundreds, the ladies in their smartest toilettes, the men in masonic regalia, aprons and collars and cuffs and sashes, or iv military or naval uniforms, with some undistinguished people in plain evening dress, there was a most cellent band and a programme coin pri seventeen dances and tive extra them Caledonians; for the non-dancers
out places coinfer ably pro there, was the gallery, and many siting: ment room, smoking and eard rooms, and, after LI p.m. avery well furnished supper room. There was a large committee, sisting of Right Worshipful Brother L. Moore, President, Wor. Bros. A. W. Danforth, Vice-President, J. H. Osborne, Hon. Treas, Ro S. Ivy, Hon. See., and W. H. Anderson, A. Allan, W.B. Buyers, D. Campbell, J. Ford, J. C. Hanson, B. P. Laleca, 8. Levy, Murphine, W. ©. Murray, A. Neaboury, R.A. Ord, E. Page, F. A. Rickard, John West, P. Wheen, and Bros. M. Collins, Cooper. J. Gould, H. G. Gardner, F.§. Jacett, C. 15. Pearson, FP. Pratt, J. B. Ronch, M.A. Sopher, and 1. J. Thomas. The comfort.of all present_at the festivity was sedulously looked after by a large number of eminently courteous and active stewards, Wor, Bros. J. W.} Gande, $. Moutrie,, E. C. Pearce, and Bros. N. P. Andersen, G. B. Atkinson, W. D. Bentley, A. M. Boisragon, J. Blechynden, F. J. Burrett, C. W. Cooper, W. J. B.C J. Dunstan, L. Edwards, W. N.' Fleming, A.D. Hall, J.B. Inch, E.C. Jansen, J. Kerfoot, J.
W. Turner, and J. Vaughan. The stewards had plenty to do, for the dancers began to arrive even before nine, and many" of them were still unsatisfied long after midnight, but as there was no second supper, the bail ended rather earlier than is sometimes the case. Mention must be made of the services of Mr. Roach inarranglabours of the honorary secretary, Ivy, to whom is so largely due phant success that was achieved.
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