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...Honorable Elizabeth St. Leger Aid-worth, the only woman Freemason . . . was initiated into Masonry in Lodge No. 44 at Doneraile Court, County Cork, Ireland, in 1712. Intentionally or inadvertently, the young lady was in an annex of the lodge room while a degree was being conferred. On attempting to escape from the room she was discovered . . . After considerable discussion, the members decided that only one course was open to them. The fair culprit, with a high sense of honor, at once consented to pass through the impressive ceremonials she had already in part witnessed...
...Elizabeth Bowen's [biography], Bowen's Court, she says...
...small alcoved room in Doneraile Court, a Miss St. Leger became the only lady Free Mason. The popular story is that she hid in a clock, her family says she happened to fall asleep on a couch; anyhow, whether by design or accident, she overheard what the Free Masons were saying, so they made her one of their number. In her portrait the lady . . . has a dogged, impassible face [see cut]. I support the idea of the clock...
After nine years on the Supreme Court at an annual salary of $25,000, Justice Frank Murphy left an estate in Washington of $2,100-of which $1,600 was due his hotel...
...Dangerous Age. In Flushing, N.Y., Mrs. Mary Kovacik, 70, charged in court that her husband Joe, 66, had spanked her for "running around with the boys...