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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1900
Page
24
The piece notes an enduring white fashion craze with white Swiss muslin and lawn, piqué relegated to skirts, and white gowns featuring lace and point Venise. Gowns favor short hems or bare ground-length silhouettes, with white boleros and abundant machine lace. Hats, white plumes, white shoes, hosiery, and sunshades complete head-to-toe white ensembles.
The Barnard College seniors presented the annual class day with opening address by Miss Mary Loeckerman Goldsborough, a sung class gong by Ellinor Ten Broeck Reiley, an encore for Walter Damrosch’s refrain, and a valedictory by Florence Keppincatt. The committee led by Erelyn Osborne organized the program for thirty-nine graduates including Jeannette Bliss Gilleapy and Mary Loeckerman Goldsborough among the signees list.
Members of the National Society of New England Women are invited to attend the funeral services for Mrs. Clara A Holden wife of George H Holden this afternoon at 8 oclock at her residence 66 West Eighty third street She was active in the society for years and was the daughter of Dr John N and the late Amaneta Murdock of Leicester Massachusetts.
The American Rose Society exhibit attracts much attention with over eight thousand roses on view. Carnations of American and English varieties are displayed, the former with stiff petals and the latter with Peters that curl in. Twenty rose species come from the city Botanical Gardens.
President McKinley signs the National Red Cross incorporation bill, granting authority to protect and operate nationwide. The measure allows state organizations and auxiliaries, sets penalties for improper fundraising, and requires annual reports to Congress and the State Department. Notable exhibits at Paris show Queen Victoria and European leaders contributing. Catherine Van Rees, Dutch composer, penned the Boer hymn.
The eighty second annual commencement at the New York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb was held at its campus near the Hudson River. Principal Currier presided. Rev. Charles A. Stoddard delivered the address. exercises in oral and sign language followed with pupils presenting sketches and kindergarten performances. Students David Burt Jr. and Frederick King designed cover art for the annual report and commencement programme.
Dawn and Sunset describes the morning trill as a herald of day and the quiet evening chorus as night falls. Frank H. Sweet signs the dawn verse while Christina Rossetti remarks on tact as both gift and grace, noting it may be learned or possessed.
A box labeled from A Friend contains blue beads from Venice a beautiful shell a pin tray a silk handkerchief and various fancy souvenirs. Also inside a large package of reading material with no name a knee cap from A T S S Member examples from Sue T Weeks an arrowhead from Mrs J Salmon and reading from R K Avery.
With help from a T. 8 S. S. member sunshine from the main office was sent yesterday to thirty five members in eight states. The cheerful parcels included music, silk pieces, pictures, a quilt, dolls and flowers among other items. Fifteen members received addresses of invalids to whom they will mail sunshine directly, saving work and expense at the general office.
Minnie and Petrina Burns of Long Island sent boxes of blossoms that brighten the beds of invalids in Brooklyn Manhattan and Jersey City. The latest express shipment carried a large assortment of deep red and white peonies yellow lilies assorted roses and daisies. The flowers appeared freshly picked and brought sunshine to hospital rooms and homes alike.
Miss Eliza R. Shier, president of the T B S branch at Landrum South Carolina, reports that their meeting last Saturday was held in a grove amid singing birds and bright flowers. During the summer the branch will hold all sunshine meetings outdoors in a picnic fashion. Miss Shier thanks Mrs. Levy of Monroe New Jersey for copies of The Sunday Magazine.
Mrs Sallie B Jones moved from Cabool Missouri to Hoytsville Woods County Ohio and asks for worsted yarn second hand clothing and hot water bottle for an invalid. Another invalid in New Hampshire seeks a hot water bottle while two others in Rhode Island and New York need thin wrappers and summer wear. A member desires The Christian Intelligencer. Addresses available at office.
The Cammack Long Island branch of the Tribune Sunshine Society will hold a fair on July 10. Members seek contributions of fancy work for their Sunshine effort. Articles should be sent to Tribune Building, New York City. The branch promotes sunshine for the sick in its neighborhood and across Porto Rico with a member in San Juan.
The article recounts the Transvaal hymn written by Miss Van Rees after a request by the ex President, noting official recognition by the Pretoria Volksraad. It then shifts to a Kingston New York tale of a giant copper kettle from the Revolution, linked to Adam Fonda and a Cayadutta Bridge hiding place as children later found it.
Chicago’s 1,196 census enumerators include 175 women. A district superintendent regrets not more women employed, praising their keener intelligence and quicker grasp of the task’s nuances.
At the Cassidy residence 3 Halsted street East Orange Miss Anna D Cassidy wed Evelyn Clements of New York in a ceremony conducted by Rev George L Spining pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of South Orange Grace Riley of Brooklyn served as maid of honor Lewis Clements of New York brother of the groom was best man Ushers Edward Reynolds of New York and Frederick Cassidy brother of the bride assisted in the ceremony
In a sequence of society notices, Miss Corinne Adams wed Henry Francis Chase at her mother's home on West Seventieth Street with a reception to follow. Other nuptials include Miss Anne Marie Kenny to James J. Hunter at St. Ignatius of Loyola, and Miss Isabelle E. Potosky to W. Harry Mowbray at Mrs. Emil Potosky’s residence. The page lists guests, attendants, and forthcoming travel plans, with Mrs. William Astor and Col. John Jacob Astor among the holiday preparations and Newport visits noted.
The Rev William F of Highlands Avenue church presided at a Sing Sing ceremony marrying Miss Elizabeth Josephine Wilder to George Martin Ehrgott. The couple exchanged vows at St Andrew s Church with Dr George R Van De Water officiating. A reception followed at the bride s home. A second ceremony united Miss Margaret Baird and Marshall Brown at the First Presbyterian Church Yonkers with Rev George F Pentecost officiating and a list of family and academic attendees.
After a Manhattan Railway meeting, contracts were approved to equip a central power station at Seventy Fourth St and the East River with electric trains. The double end motor car plan, four motors per car, aims to haul six car trains. Over $6 million in purchases and contracts are logged, with $3 million for machinery. Electric trains may begin February next year.
The State Sunday School Association opened its forty fifth annual convention in Buffalo with devotional exercises led by Rev W McKee of Brooklyn. Rev O H Gifford gave a welcome, Rev A F Shauffler of New York replied, and Rev A H McKinney spoke on Echoes from the Field. Committees were appointed and reports heard from district secretaries and officers. A sales session convened later in the day under the Buffalo Primary and Sun Teachers Union with Mrs Thomas C Pears presiding.
Yonkers Mayor Sutherland criticized the Common Council for approving a ten year contract with Yonkers Gas Light Company to supply city light at 106000 dollars annually. He plans to veto the resolution, arguing against granting such a long franchise to a private company.
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