The Worthy Matron will ascend the dais, and, turning towards the Chapter, stand in her station. The Installing Officer will call up the Chapter and say: _I. O._ Worthy Matron, behold your sisters and brothers. Sisters and brothers, behold your Worthy Matron, and salute her with the Grand Honors. The Chapter responds by giving the Grand Honors, after which the Chapter is seated. The Worthy Matron takes the chair on the left of the Installing Officer. _I. O._ Sister Marshal, you will present the Worthy Patron elect for installation. _M._ Worthy ----, I have the pleasure of presenting, for installation, Brother ----, who has been elected Worthy Patron of this Chapter for the ensuing year. His zeal in our cause, and qualifications for the position, assure us that he will discharge the duties to the satisfaction of the Chapter, and the honor and welfare of our Order. _I. O._ My brother, you have heard the pledges made by the Worthy Matron previous to her installation. Do you also promise a faithful obedience to all those regulations? _Ans._ I do. _I. O._ My Brother, the station to which you have been elected is one of the most important within the gift of the members of this Chapter, and your election thereto the highest honor they can confer upon a Brother. From the nature of the Order you are not its chief officer, yet you are expected to have a watchful care over the interests of the Chapter and see that the Laws of the Order are promptly obeyed. It is your duty to preside during the ceremony of Initiation and at other times when requested to do so by the Worthy Matron; to see that the officers are thoroughly instructed in their duties, and that the ritual work of the Order is properly rendered. It is also your duty to have a general supervision over the affairs of the Chapter, and act as the constitutional adviser of the Worthy Matron. To do this acceptably, you must make yourself thoroughly familiar with the jurisprudence of the Order, as promulgated in its established rules and regulations. Sister Marshal, you will invest our brother with the badge of his office. _I. O._ Your badge is the Square and Compasses within the Star, an emblem of the relationship existing between the Masonic Fraternity and the Order of the Eastern Star, and admonishes you to be ever mindful of your obligations to the Order. [Illustration: Patron.] Sister Marshal, you will conduct our brother to his station, at the left of the Worthy Matron. _I. O._ Sister Marshal, you will present the Associate Matron elect for installation. _M._ Worthy ----, I have the pleasure of presenting Sister ----, who has been elected Associate Matron of this Chapter for the ensuing year.