MASONS MAKE RECORDS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 42, 18 August 1925, Page 7

MASONS MAKE RECORDS

GARGANTUAN LUNCH AND TRAINED AVAITRESSES;

Eight thousand Masons, wearing regalia attended tho world's biggest luncheon; which was held at Olympia on Bth August, states the special London correspondent of the Sydney "bun These, were 1300 waitresses and 5£ miles of tables which were decorated with red carnations. The Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, the Duke of Connaught, presided, and read the. King's congratulatory message. Lord Ampthill, the Pro-Grand Master, Sir Lionel Halsey. the Deputy-Grand Master, the Duke of York, Provincial Grand Master, Prince Arthur, and Viscount Lnscellbs, were present. - Tho object.of the luncheon was to facilitate tho raising of £1,000.000 to build 1 a London headquarters of English Freemasonry as a memorial to Freemasons killed in the war. The guests subscribed £150.000, and paid £20,000 for their tickets for the luncheon. The contributions, with promises from Home and abroadi' now total £826,000 of which London lodges contributed £417,000. Tho catering included 30001b of salmon, 1500 chickens, 600 legs of lamb, 3000 bottles of champagne, and 250 gallons of ice cream. ' A director, mounted in a sort of conning-tower, high in the roof of the Olyinpia, controlled Lyons's army corps ■of waitresses, nicknamed "Nippys," through an amazing operating mechanism, which flashed his orders to every corner of the hall. The "Nippys," perfectly drilled, carried in the courses in single file, with the precision of Guardq.

So motiv fish in Lake Geneva died from a mysterious disiMf<c recently that their bodies made a silvery layer on the 6m\ face of the w»Wr.