The Ashlar's Wife

As a follow up to the Broken Ashlar post, what do you do if the wife of a mason, otherwise a great man happens to be ... less than desirable?

Perhaps you all know of a woman who came in and cheated, stole, lied and generally killed off all of the appendant bodies that she was allowed into? If you do not, let me inform you, they do exist!

I would like to exhort all of the existing members of appendant bodies to examine and inquire into the morality and character of the wives of masons (or children) before letting them join. I fear that these organizations are so starved for members that they are willing to lower their standards in order to fill the ranks.

Of course, I have my own opinion on that! I believe that these groups should be open to all woman, girls and boys of good moral standing, regardless of the random chance that they would be related to a mason. If the Lodge is suffering from a lack of new members, these other bodies are doubly so, as they have a much smaller pool to dip from. Many wonderful candidates are being left out in the cold only because of the chance of birth. This seems to be contrary to the stated ideals of universal brotherhood.