, 1875-02-14
GOTHAM.
The Charity Ball aud The LadJ-Wash-
ington Reception.
Tho SMALLPOX Hospital l-Dfeaafal Neglect
and d hobla Satfidte.

AAV bA3AaA VA AVot4AAA VltQu4uA NtSs1%es
and d Noble Sacrifice.
Cold Weather and Spring Styles.
Special Corre.,ond<nes eF 1ne Chicago Tribune.
New York, Feb. t0.-The grand
CHARITY BALI,
80 long talked about and 80 Immense ii its
promises and reatizations. has come and gora,
and been = complete SUCCESS. It has gone ahead
Of iii its other naaesakes, and the amount Of
money gained for charitable purposes and insts-
turious far exceeds that OF previous years. 1t
was gotten up under the auspices solely OF the
very elite Of New York society, and represented,
in Its managers and lady management, the wealth
and aristocracy Of our city. The display OF hors1
decorations, the music Of Grafulla's and another
(prulnenade) band, the 1ichnesa Of the dresses,
the display Of diamonds aud ins toilattss, and
the crush and crowd OF fashion, were beyond
description. Tie proceeds OF the bail will reach
tho sum Of $13 600, which is more than has ever
been gained il former years, and which will me-
teria1y benefit tho different benevolent societies
Of our city.
The next great event On the programme Ii tho
LADY WARRINGTON RECEPTION 1Np TEA-PARTY.
under the management Of Mrs Judge Roose-
yelt, Mrs. William B. Astor, Mira. Judge Daily.
etc., etc., and to be given Feb. a. OF COURSE At
the Academy OF Music. The aim aud object 1re
to build, and own, and equip Aoxting hospital,
or barge in which sick children and ailing moth
ere can be given the stimulus Of ride out On
the ocean, and plenty OF salt sea air, and
changs Of diet and lfe,-more Of panacea than
medicine to .he sickly dwellers in sli1ing tane-
nent-roons. There have been MANY excatsiona
during the summer, given for thasa sick poor by
tho kind Ladies' and gentlemen attached to St
Joha's Guild but the expense OF hiring barge,
preparing the necessary wholesome food, and
getting the proper men to undertake. the trip,
etc., has been heavy; and the ladies' have 1a~
bored under many disadvantages. It is now In
tended to build barge, having all culinary ap-
pliances, With salt water baths aud portable cot
beds for the feeble, and all the convehiencsa
they require, Oh board. Such = barge would
cost about $40, 600, and could make daily
trips duhing the warm spring, summer, and ea1lY
fall. The Lady Washington reception il to he
represented also By Boston, Philadelphia and
other cities. The decendants Of Adams, Uaml-
ton, Jay, Livingston, Bdfr, ETC., arc to take part,
and Airs. W1shiugton's drawiue-room Ia to bo
reptoduced with exact detail BY Daniel Hunting
ton, President at the National Academy OF
Design, from his picture called " The Republic
m Court, or Mrs Waahinston'ss, Reception-Day,a,
with {irina representatives. AL the china aned
at the tables will be reproduced in exact pattern
from that in use by LADY Washington, and, after
the bevy OF beautiful Madison avenue, Murray
HILL and Fifth avenue beauties have served you
With cup Of fragrant Old Hyson this cups and
saucers, and al the pieces Of the tea-ses, are 70
be disposed OF at auction. The gentlemen And
ladies aze to adopt also the costumes
Of the olden times lWould thai
thsy could ,, Is ',3y th msas t1s man, .aa
numerous old heirlooma, in tho way Of original
powdered pernkes, buckled shoes brocade
gowns, and stomachers. will be furhtshed mp and
worn again. The gentlemen will sport the @n-
broidetod waistcoate, knea-breeches, and slken
hose and the ladies', the hoops. farthingales:
and pointed low shoes, with powdered halr, OF
| the DAYS Of old. The thirteen original States
to be faithfully portrayed BY thirteen ladies'
| and the music, display. and floral decorations
| promise to be 1passed by any other event
Iii New York il It the yc=y highest point Of Ak
citement, and it is predicted that the affair W1H
result in \ great financial SUCCESS ~ well as DO
the grandest affair thas has ever occurred In New
York.
incompetency and neglect in the management Of
SMALLPOX Hosp1TAL
on Blackuelrs Island. The Hospital ought to
| be under the control Of tho Board OF Health,
| and not part OF the duty belonging to tho
Commissioners OF Charity aud Correction. Il
any OF the afflicted patients who are carried to
| Hospital havo escaped death, it has been AZ bJ
| miracle, since ths people s1ffaring from thas
frightful disezse hare had neither care aor at-
| tendance. The nurses have bean. hitherto,
criminals from the PenitenttarJ on the island,
who we're willing to assume tho dnties OF the
Hospital in order to shirk all work, duty. OF re-
sponsbiity. The stimulants they we're allowed
to take in order to keep them strong 1or their
severe and loathsoma duties was generally
taken nth such frequency and with such
relish that they were Ia state Of
drunken stupor nearly al1 :Ee time, and
the patients, blind, delirious, and fnghtful 70
look upon, were left to die unattended and alona,
and hustled, without prayer, into unknown
graves. Louder and louder came tho rumors
Of neglect, and there seemed no remedy, fiace
the Office Of nurse was . fearful one, at best, IN
such place. At last the reports OF such alarm
ing neglect, drunken org1es, and fearful suffer
Jugs, came to the ears Of the Sisters OF ChAritT
OF Mount St. Vincent Hospital, and at once,
with noble self-denial. si1 OF the Sisters vol
unteered to 20 and take charge OF tho small
aud yet verb willing to faco death in it's most
frirhtfu1 form to help the afflicted, and, by
tbeir tender ninissrations, in SONS measE1o
anay their suRerlngs. On Wednesday last the
six Sisters Of Charity quietly rode on to the
bleak Island, and. without tremor or fear,
entered those dread portals which forever
shut them in TO life so loathsome. Thers
was 8 poblo self-denial IN thus taking
upon themselves such task That they
will work : reformation in the former neg
endure, and, il need be, to die, cannot be doubt
ed. There must be great comfort in the thought.
10 the person afflicted with that loathsome and
frequently fatal disease, that gentle bands It
tend to his wants; that kind, plying EYES look *
do . .,ruror uif hA Rnid for tha D&2alug SOUL