WHY WOMEN CANNOT BE UNKNOWN

Observer, Volume 6, Issue 151, 4 August 1883, Page 12

WHY WOMEN CANNOT BE UNKNOWN

Deae OBSEBTEB,-r-Sinee*»a recent impre^vtr.-;^ ceremonial at Cambridge in connection witti^fch^*; Masonic Order^l Lave .been besiege,d by, numbers; ■ of the fair sex wishing 'to itibw 'i^ they cjlnioiii^ the order, as they say_thS'apifQh"3 looked tvice and-' s pretty, and could' be- made' still ;more Sd'if tliey; ) had to trim them. And' then the sweefc.foe&tu^ds'; . say, "And you know, you dear'old manrrfw£olc£ be only too awfully nice to have 6itk\apr6nß i described by ' Jenny Wren i K Do try, you dearfV old darling, to get 1 some of its in."-/! did- not-*/: like to tell the dear deluders that the 'seejpefc^ would be too much for one woman to keep,' imdL ? the laws of the order did not allow mdre^thittv'.' one individual to hear it. I told them I ttojilcK V : hunt up some ancient authorities, and' see wha&JEiU could do. After serious cogitation I came to tfi&> '• conclusion that the following is the reason why }/, the gentle sex cannot be Masons, and which. X; impart for the edification of your numerous fair - readers: — We learn that in the beginuing the V world was made, and the creation of all living things accomplished. The G.A.CXT.TT. tneni,. created Adam (who was the first Mason), andi erected for him the finest lodge in the world,, and called it Paradise No. 1. He them calledialL : the beasts of the field and all the fowls- of tfHeair to pass before Adam for him to name them*, which work he had to do alone to prevent confusion, as the G.A.O.T.U. knew that if Eve was' created beforehand, she would cause trouble id. she were allowed to assist. Adam being muelt: fatigued with the labours of his work, fell asleepj,' and when he awoke found Eve in the lodge with.* him. Adam being Senior Warden, placed Eveas the Pillar of Beauty in the South, and they, re** , ceived their instructions from the Grand Master" in the East, after which she immediately called the craft from labour to refreshment..Instead of attending to the duties of her ofScei' as she ought, she left her station (therebylviolating her obligation), a vd let in an expelled*" Mason, who had no business there, and wentrround with him, leaving Adam to look- after* - the jewels. The fellow had been expelled front ' the* Grand Lodge, with several others, some time* • before; and, hearing the steps of the GtviM%<* : Master, he suddenly took his leave, telling' Eve to> ! " make api'ons, as she and Adam were not- mr" proper regalia. She went and told Adam, arid;', when the Grand Master returned to the lodge h.&---found his gavel had been stolen. • He called fb>' the Senior and Junior Wardens— who has:' neglected to guard the door — and found /them/ absent. After searching for some time lie ca trie? to where they were hid, and demanded of Adani what he was doing there instead of attendingjto--' liis official duties. Adam replied he was waiting-'' for Eve to call the craft from refreshment ! tb» ; ' labour again, and that the craft were' not pro*--perly clothed, which they were making provision' for. Turning to Ev». he asked ber what she hud;} to say for her unofficial and un-Masonic conduct;.:.. She replied ciiac a. fellow parsing iiimsel I" off asthe Grand Lociaor had been ftiviug lier inafcrucfc tions, and she tWughi it would be no haVk to'-^. learn them, Finding Eve -was--Tto -longer tvaSE-" j wortliy, and (.hat s'ie iud caused Atlam to negwe^ his duty and lot- in one who had been expelled, the Grand Master eios-'ii the lodge, und, turning ' them out, priced a faith fal Tyler to guard the ; , door with a flaming sword. Adam, repenting his-., folly, went to work like a good man and* aJVLison in order to get reinstated. Not so with' Eve *: slie -got angry about it, and commenced raising: Cain. Adam, on account of his reformation, waspermitted to establish lodges and work in the ■lower degrees; and while Eve was allowed 'to -, join him in the work of charity outside, she '.wasnever again to be admitted to assist in the regu- . lar work of the craft. Hence the reason why a woman cannot become a Mason. — Submits.

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