BY THE WAY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19238, 27 November 1930, Page 6

BY THE WAY.

SOME COLLECTIONS AND REFLECTIONS. < (By One of the Boys.) Sandy bought two tickets for a raffle and won a very expensive car. When j ’ his friends rushed to congratulate him t [ they # found him looking as miserable i as could be. _ | “Why, mon, what’s the matter w? 1 : ye?” they asked. j. : “It’s that second ticket. Why I c 1 ever bought it I can not imagine.” , » « “Glasses, glasses, glasses! No wonder c . the poor fellow can’t see.” > “Did he break his spectacles?” c “No, he drank too many glasses, and l became a spectacle.” ! There’s a big Masonic function on. I l don’t know much about it. Old Brown, . who is a mason, is not a Mason and : Lord Bledisloe is a farmer and he is - one. Masons meet in lodges and are , ; therefore lodgers. I’m told that Masonic lodges have no windows. My wife says l it is because there are only men there l and they don’t want to see the dust. Masons have „ Masters, Most Worship--1 ful Masters and Grand Masters—and wives. The last are the most powerful. There are three degrees to Masonry, but it is the fourth degree that makes them leave their firesides , on cold nights. Masons are very popular with the ladies because a Mason never tells. Women feel so safe, bless ’em. I note among the new lodges is Lodge Chevalier. This is a great com- * pliment to Maurice. Mr E. T. Lawn - is Grand Director of Ceremonies for 3 Canterbury. lie will be invaluable s for the garden party. There is a l Brother Speight. He ought to do for r Grand Frothblower. > I’m told that a young lady asked 3 one of the visiting Masons if a woman had ever become a Mason. I “No,” he replied, “our secrets are still unknown to the world.”