What It Is and Tries to Do The following information is not specifically meant as an answer to the! letter on page 312, which we are informed Shriners would not stoop to answer, but it was obtained by a representative of this paper in search of an answer to; that letter.
Since the Ancient Order of the Mystic Shrine is a comparatively young organization in respect to! Masonry, its aims and purpose are subject. to misunderstanding and} misinterpretation on the part of! the public, who see how much it differs from Masonry in manifestation. In an interview with a mem-! ber of the Nomad Oasis of the Shrine on Wednesday it was pointed out that while there is nothing in shrine dom which is opposed to the teachings of Masonry, there is the added value it serves as a safety valve. Masonry, it was said, has been built up upon the fundamental
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