WOMEN FREEMASONS
Grand Master Enthroned Dominion Special Service—By Air Mail. London, December 29. Mrs. Seton Challeu has been solemnly enthroned as head of the only all women’s Order of Freemasons. The ceremony took place in the beautiful temple of the Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons at Westminster. Mrs. Cballen is a direct descendant of Boswell, Dr. Johnson’s biographer. She looked —and was—a radiant queen of Masonry in her superb regalia. She wore a white satin dress, on which the emblems of her Masonic rank glistened, and an ermine-tipped cloak and train of gold embossed with roses and acacia. Women came from all parts of tbc country for this ceremony, Some drove up in luxurious cars, some in taxicabs, while others walked through the rain-drenched streets. They are all “brothers” —“Brother Ada,” “Brother Elsie,” and for each the “Grand Master” had the same warm welcome. The Grand Master of Ceremonies, with the Grand Swordbearer, led the new Grand Master to the temple with her es.cort of 18 of the tallest members of the Order. Heralds proclaimed her “Most Puissant Grand Commander of the Rose Croix, Most Excellent Supreme Grand Z of the Holy Royal Arch, Most Worshipful Grand Master of Mark Masons and to be the Most IVorshipful Grand Master of the Honourable Fraternity of Ancient Freemasons,” None looked on this impressive ritual but those who had tlie right to be there.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 98, 19 January 1935, Page 16
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231WOMEN FREEMASONS Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 98, 19 January 1935, Page 16
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