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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1890
Page
4
The London Toilet Bazaar in New York City introduces a fashion of milliner and manicure tea rooms with Ceylon tea served by native attendants in costume. A visitor describes the elaborate outfits of a Ceylon guest and the parade of tea service, jewelry, and colonial ambiance. March events include a Pittsburg and Washington Pa reception, a Cyclorama Hall social, and a wedding at Arch Street with Miss May Davis and Walter Moore.
The piece lists a flurry of social gatherings in Pittsburg including the Pittsburg German Club event on Tuesday, March 18, and visits by Mrs. M Mojiter and Mrs W Molter from Cleveland. It notes birthdays, entertainments at the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church industrial school, and numerous dinners, sleighing parties, and receptions held at homes in Thirty-sixth, Thirty-fifth, and Southside wards with many named local residents and guests.
Miss Jeanie Kinser returned from New York Saturday morning. W Rankin and family stop in St Augustine Florida at the Pee de Leon. Mrs K Solomon of Ridge avenue left for New York last Friday on a visit to her mother. Mrs William Risser formerly of East Liberty has returned from Boston and is at the Central Hotel. Mrs Captain W Reno and family departed for their home Ohio after spending weeks with friends in Allegheny. Mr and Mrs J Gelder in Philadelphia. will visit New York and Washington before returning. Mr and Mrs A Tandler visiting their avenue. Mr and Mrs A Elmordlinger of Lafayette street Allegheny. Miss Rose McBride of Third street left to spend weeks with Mrs Charles Rose of Braddock. Mr and Mrs John A Moore of Walnut street East End have gone South for extended trip through Florida and Cuba. Mr Tom Pickering and daughter Miss Alice Pickering leave for the East this evening on business. Mrs Albert C Isaac of Allegheny returned home after two weeks visit to Washington DC and Old Point Comfort VA. health improved by trip.
The Pittsburg Central Board committee voted to prepare a school exhibit similar to the Paris display for the Pittsburg Exposition next September. An appropriation under $1,000 will be requested, with local boards covering material costs. Work starts in June with students visiting the Exposition during the first four weeks and a half each day except Saturday from 9 AM to 3 PM.
Superintendent Luckey's report due next week. Glenwood four room brick building contract awarded. EC Lavers elected principal at Lawrence School takes charge tomorrow. Miss Sam Hunt resigns Osceola Twentieth ward. WM Gilmore also leaves Allen School. Sinning and Cuddy win Washington Schools vacancies. Minnie Turner Ruth Evans Cora Evans named substitutes. Benefit concert for Prof Stephenson family set for next Thursday and Friday with Ida Lindsay C Lewis and Lewis Quartet. High School Committee orders boiler and engine for new electrical department. Sick leave rises among city teachers including Annie Asper Tillie Morgan Jennie McCutcheon. Principal Cameron returns after illness. Teachers' Institute drill next Saturday at Ralston School. Ward promotion meeting at Central Board rooms at 2 PM. Private meeting postpones Teachers' Academy to March 22. John G Fox elected Washington School representative. Thomas H Phelps elected Colfax representative. Central Board list now complete. committee meeting set March 11.
The Society of the Cincinnati founded May 10 1783 on the Hudson aims for male descendants of Revolution officers. Current leaders include President General Hamilton Fish and Secretary General Asa Bird Gardiner. Regional presence remains small with Philadelphia area branches and a planned Paris reorganization. A furniture ad for Haver & Keeway at 33 34 Water St appears at the end.
The Florence Jefferson Company offered The Rivals at the Opera House to packed four-night crowds. Critics hailed it as the best village company seen in Pittsburg with lively sketches and strong performances. The season features The Gondoliers and a lineup including Bellonini, the Byrne Brothers, and Florence Miller, with the Bennett-Moulton Comic Opera Company at Marris Theatre presenting a full repertory from Fatinitza to Olivette.
The Gondoliers offers stronger comedy parts and superior production with Dazinn costumes and elaborate scenery by Dangerfield and Voegtlin. Cast includes Cabell, Shew, Frankau, Seaman, Dunbar and sopranos Edwards, Paullin, Reed. Coghlan at Grand Opera House previews three plays. Emma Abbott to appear with a repertoire of grand English opera next week.
The article notes Henry Abbey will not sue Miss Mary Anderson and that their dispute will be settled amicably. It also covers theater moves, cast changes, travels, and attractions across Chicago, New York, Baltimore, and Boston, including new productions and notable performances by Booth, Coghlan, and others.
Portion of a public notice indicates mailed submissions to the Tor District for Saturday morning deadline. It states reasonable space for organizations under this heading and outlines department communication procedures.
The report notes Mt. Washington Lodge 114 arranging for the Mogullian degree with Duquesne Heights brothers ready to assist. Grand Lodge events include Hugh Morrison of Allegheny 3 as reading clerk at Williamsport, while A. O. U. W. leaders push new lodge openings and local hotels accommodate delegates. A Mogullian walk around is set for tomorrow at General Custer 118g hall on Ohio Street.
Central Lodge to be instituted on Center avenue this week. No deaths in Western Pennsylvania lodges for over a year. Lincoln Lodge of the Southside to visit Allegheny Today. Fidelity Lodge to stage an entertainment at 80 Federal street Allegheny tomorrow night. George G. East of Bellevue Legion pursues acting on stage in a Sewickley production. Vice Commander W P Allan of Pittsburgh among noted attendees.
Legion No 1 from Triumph Lodge No 68 at Williamsport offers morale relief with jokes for comrades feeling blue. Vice Commander James H Hamilton of Bellevue lodge wed a young Wheeling bride in Wheeling West Virginia. Colonel C V Lewis plans visits with his staff at Pittsburg Legion hall March 10 and Humbolds No 10 on March 11. all line officers and comrades invited.
J R R Moorhead Conclave aims to form a separate Supreme District while several calls have been made for the gold premium badge. Archon of Mount Pleasant notes eight applications at a single meeting. Fred W Averill joins LOH as special organizer. East End Conclave expands departure and may grow memberships through the year. Fifth Avenue Conclave schedules a Friday meeting to plan another round of collations. E B Morrow of Monongahela Conclave No 189 hands a $5,000 warrant to the widow of Daniel Wenk Jr. following his death. Fraternal orders continue to recruit after the Johns town disaster and the Heps grow rapidly.
The P. C. A. Camp 2 Pittsburg plans 21 initiates at its next gathering. A new Erie degree commandery formed at Wheeling on February 2 with 60 members. Efforts target 500 acres around Valley Forge for a national park. In the year 109 camps were started in the state, lifting membership by over 10,000. New camps chartered at Wilkes Barre DuBois Millville Cooksburg Monroeton and Pennsylvania Furnace. Recent states added Iowa Utah Wisconsin Minnesota Tennessee Delaware Nebraska. Kansas Indiana and Minnesota are being organized. An open meeting occurred at Camp 333 Allegheny City Monday evening. The aim is seven camps in this region with 600 members, rising to 1,200 by August.
The article details regimental updates across Pennsylvania National Guard units. It notes uniform replacements for the Fourteenth Regiment, new quartermaster appointment for the Eighteenth, and Congress debates on Lieutenant General promotion. It covers drill schedules, inspections, personnel changes, and pending armory moves, plus a Balaklava survivor charity note and the Hartranft Monumental Commission design.
A five member committee of Post 55 and Encampment No 6 U V L advocate an amendment to the Homestead law. A bill by Hon John Dalzell seeks 0 acres for soldiers widows or children without settlement time. If passed veterans gain land with governor agents aiding settlement and improvement.
The monthly meeting of Post 750 is set for next Tuesday evening. About 625 comrades answered last year’s roll call. Gray will lecture to a large audience at a Post 1a meeting tomorrow night. The address for Comrade Weile of Company K Fifth Heavy Artillery is sought by Adjutant Melvaine of Post 157. Past Commander Thomas J. Stewart to give memorial for George IV Mead at Post No. 1 Philadelphia on May 3. Post 7 Ladies of G A B plan a literary musical event on March 5 at G A B Hall Arlington ward. Commander George S. SunTruck of Meanville was in the city and conferred with Commander Denniston on official business. Post 564 at Dravesburg to hold stir on March 7. An urgent invitation for city posts to visit the fair. The post is in prosperous condition. The Educational Society of Post 8 meets Saturdays at the post hall. all veterans not in the Grand Army are invited to attend. They are interesting. The reception by Ladies Aid Society No. 6 at Cyclorama Hall on Thursday promises to be brilliant and select.
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