How should a Brother change his Apron when he is in a tiled Lodge at labor?

A Brother may need to change his Apron during a Lodge Communication when, for example, officers exchange stations or places for Degree work, or a late-arriving officer takes his seat, or a Brother is presented with an Apron different from the one he is wearing, such as a Past Master’s Apron or 50-Year Apron. In such an occurrence, the Brother should simply remove the Apron he is wearing and clothe himself with the other Apron within a reasonably short interval. It is not necessary to double-up on Aprons or perform some gratuitous contortion in order to avoid even an instant during which he is unclothed. Our symbolic requirements are not meant to be burdensome, and can survive a Brother’s lack of an Apron for a brief moment. Moreover, such an ostentatious display of “Masonic Orthodoxy” does more to disturb the decorum of the Communication than a simple exchange of one Apron for another.