Show r + MASONIC roperty Owned by the Order Home Various Items PJ s Tho Imperial Council Mystic Shrine will hold its annual session in Chicago June 17 every temple in the land will send a delegation t I delega-tion Mecca will send mJIly pilgrims by r epeciai train The grand lodg of Indiana 0E1 1S thg 9no j property eniDracoa m tntf iiasonic wmtrEJ1n Indianapolis and is clear of debt Tho grand lodge ot Virginia has two fine pieces of property in Richmond and although still in debt its rentals and finances are said to be managed with sagacity and success The grand lodge of Maryland is working with better success than formerly to reduce its burdensome debt on its temple in Baltimore Tho grand lodge of Pennsylvania has still a burdensome debt on its magnificent temple in Philadelphia but its financial management manage-ment has always been above reproach Probably for some reasons of discipline among tho fraternity in that jurisdiction the debt is scarcely alluded to in public and many brethren in other states have an idea that the Philadelphia temple is entirely free of debt A perusal of the report of tho grand lodge will easily correct that impression Ohio Illinois and Michigan have steered clear I of the temple mania Kentucky has a fine property in Louisville and is not out of debt The subject of founding and maintaining Masonic homes and asylums may bo considered consid-ered as a settled policy among tho fraternity in the United States says The Rochester PostExpress In both North Carolina and Kentucky orphan asylums have been in successful suc-cessful operation for several years and are persistently fostered by the grand lodges in those jurisdictions In Pennsylvania and Illinois homes have been established but without financial aid from grand lodges In Indiana and Ohio tho need of them are admitted ad-mitted but so far rhetorical flourishes are tho outcome We have confidence to believe however that in the course ot a year or two both Indiana In-diana and Ohio will carry on the good work in a more tangible form By individual effort in Michigan eligible site has been secured adjacent to Grand Rapids and the grand lodge has a committee to report at the annual communication next January to what extent ex-tent if any this grand lodge and tho lodges of the state should become identified with this institution It may be that in other jurisdictions the same subject has been agitated agi-tated and the pathway made so plain that not many years can elapse before the Masons must enlarge their field of charitable work in the direction indicated New York state will soon have a home and that too without running in debt |