1\IASTER l\'IASON.
~fASTER
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MASON'S DEGREE.
SECTION FIRST. THE ceremony of raising to the sublime degree of Master Mason is particularly specified, ancI other useful instructions are here given.
~tfittr~. W.·. IVI.·., S.·. W.'., J.'. W..., Treasurer, Secretary, S.·. D.o., J.'.. D.·., two Stewards, and a Tyler.
<!tlnttttug. AJlron,-white lanlb-skin, of' the same size and shape as that of tEe preceding (legrees, lined with white and edged with· a binding of sky-blue watered silk three-fourths of an inch in width, with two sky-blue rosettes on the bottom and one on the flap of the apron. Dark or black clothes and white gloves should be worn by Officers and Brethren. '
(9ffiti~ll Qtl{ttltitlg. ·W.·. 1\'1.'. Collar,-blue silk velvet or watered silk three and one-half inches in width, edged with silver lace one.. half of an inch wide;* upon .the collar there should be seyen. embroidered silv'cr stars one and a half inches in diameter, three upon each side and one in front immediately above the jewel. J ewel,-a sHyer square, worn suspended to the collar. Apron,-same as ~hat "rorn by the Brethren, but with a triple-tau cross ~ in each lower corner and upon the fiap,instead. of rosettes. t Custom has sanctioned the usc of fringes . to official collars in Amerioan and French Lodges. ,Vhen worn, they should only be added to the collars of the VV... M.·., S.... '\V.·., and J .... W.·., and should be of silver, from one to two inche:s in width. t As this is the emblem of'the Royal Al'eh Degree,the forty.. seventh prob-