The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-04
THE LADY WASHINGTON RECEPTION.

| ''TEA PARTY OF THE oLDEN TIME, WHICH
WILL USHER IN A GRAND CONCERT AND UN-
FOLD MODERN CHARITY BALI, AT THE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
The most important social event OF the season
| has been positively fixed for Tuesday next.
! On the evening IN question the average New
Yorker is to be astounded by tho unfolding OF
programme moro extensive and brilliant than any
| that mas set the town agog in a generation Peo-
| pie who gathered up the folds OF their garments
/ and stepped into the inches OF fame provided Tor
| their occupancy BY the aid or contemporaries the
accidents OF war or the chances OF political life,
| nearly century ago, will dismount from
their pedestals and embrace the opportunity to
| have "a good time generally.n They will be ma.
Ieralized, ssor this occasion ony,n In the flesh
/ and blood forms oil their lineal descendants,
wrapped IN quilted petticoats ana dresses la
| Pompadour and en- tram, with stomachers, far
thingales, feathers diamonds and faces Gd t0fturn.
| Attending the tnrong OF nymphs ana graces, our
republican eyes are TO be gladdened by the sight
| OF gentlemen adorned in the costume worn at
present only the courts OF European potentates.
Gentlemen In laced coats, small clothes, silken
hose, japanese cues and spoIless rufles viii lend
| dignity 10 the spectacle and lead US IN magma
ton back to the days when an aspiration for civil
| and religious liberty first took possession
| OF our easy.goIng ancestors Ons Will
see everbody's grandfather In the gath
| eripg ana something 30 remind him
OF his own in the glass. Every one VIII have an
opportunity OF witnessing the effect they will pro-
duce upon their own grandchildren in genera
ton or two TO come. And when they have quite
| settled themselves down TO the little corner they
are TO occupy when they are pushed aside by the
eternal order OF things, they wan sigh to thiak or
| the "progressn they are at present 80 apt TO
| haunt In the faces OF the old.
| THE MODEST DESTINATIONS
or drinking tea aud eating ices, in which our an
cestors INDUCED, will be heartily enjoyed In this
dream OF sober and prosy past-thls vision OF
1 the American Eden. No Casarian figure with a
flaming sword pointed toward third term and a
Credit Mobiier will dare encroach upon this
charmed ground. The air OF simplicity
and purity which hung around the pa
triots OF o century gone VIII be breathed
here. Mingled with aud borne upon It
will be the perfumes OF million flowers and the
sounds OF sweetest music. Rare works OF art in
marble and bronze will be ranged about the corri-
doris and vestibule OF the Academy, and fountains
with numined waters each drop more brilliant
than diamond and laden with rich odors, will MI
the intervening spaces. Youth and beauty viii
add charms to the picture. Men and women bear
Ing names lllustrious In the annals OF the nation
viii minge IN the gay throng. Ladies who have
been honored by the friendship OF the great ones
OF earth viii hand you The fragrant Dohea. Their
falrest daughters Will offer you ices and cakes.
Every nook VIII be bower OF rarest blossoms.
ana every nower Will seem 10 bloom for you aloue.
And II there De those VINO would stll be unhappy,
who would pity them
I viii be the largest ever made under single roof
Upon the table used by Washington 81 ms MILF
New YorS w b paesS ne Skord ne gave 10
General Talmage on the field OF battle. and a walk
/ the frst President OF the Continental Congress.
scores OF other relics VIII DC placed 10 conspcu-
Gus places and used In forming trophies IN the
central decorations. me ssachusetLs table, IN
the group OF thirteen representatives OF the orig
accompanying It. was used before the Revolution,
| Ia the family OF John Adams. The lady VINO VIII
representative Of tins family OF Presidents and VIII
appear In costume loo years old. Winnie speak
ing OF this lady reference may be made 70 the
4 PERSONNEL or Tux TEA PARTY.
Mrs. Washington viii be represented by a grand
niece Of the nrst President. This representative
markanle likeness 70 her grand aunt and Will on
thus occasion wear dress tnet was presented TO
Martha Washington by the gentlemen Of the nrst
Presidential Cabinet TINS dress has fragment
OF history attached TO it. IL IL OF bro
cade, hand embroidered, and trimmed with
deep point applique lace. Mrs Washington con-
sidered it too lne aud costly Tor wear az her
receptions, where sue received many gentewomen
who coula M AFFORD expensive toilet. She wore
II once because no woman could resist such
On the evening OF the 9th April this dress Will
be worn Tor the second time. Among the
will be the Wasningtons, Adamses. Clnt0ns,
Hamlltons, CheWs. Comets ana Kings Win
many others. New YORK itself WIN furnish the
greater numoer or these representatives., though
some VIII come from Massachusetts from Virginia
and other and more distant states. often tnese
descendant o. those VINO lived In 1.-THE times that
Tried mems sous" possess striking resemblance
TO their lannon's ancestors. The old fashioned cos.
the likeness most complete. Those VINO have pre-
served no dresses - tue cate 70 be represented
fac-simes OF the sy,es then In vogue, aud the
cost OF some Of the wardrobes already ordered
would starte modern belle. NO doubt some OF
the modern costumes viii De OF marvellous ricn.
ness and the contrast ~ color and material VIII
add ~ the eject as a whole. IL il certainly
WISE PROVISION
on the part OF the committee OF arrangements
that t5e modern fun dress stall come within tue
limits OF the regulations In regard TO admission.
The ancient costumes Will, however, De exclu'
syely worn upon me stage In NE t4o eaux re pre-
ington, which will be arranged during the OPEN
Ing festivities. All the ladies' who preside AZ tne
tables and serve TEA Will also be astred As were
their maternal ancestors hundred years ago.
1ne auctloneer VINO dlsposes OF tue Washington
gu fclous gentases who presided over the sale Of
household goods A. tue eoionIs sendues.
THR GRAND CONCERT
will be given by two OF the most famous bands OF
the city, stationed In tue balconies, upon opposite
Hdes OF tile Academy. operate selections and
national airs Will be played while tea ~ being
served. irOmenadeB Will follow and At midnight
tue dancing will begin.
Tne ladies' and gentlemen who are directing the
arrangements l0r THIS grand assemDlaae nave
ssss and ma IA ~ ana saIl
viii eclipse any affair Of the KIND ever gwen In
New YORK.
the OBJECT or the Lady washington Reception, ~
most readers or the HERALD are aware IS me
founding OF Iund Tor the building OIL the per-
Lnanent
FLOATING HOSPITAL
OF ST. Johns GuilI. Thousands OF sick children
and their mothers wero taken upon the tenn
p0raTy barge OF the Guild last summer and were
given fresh air. Coming from the disea e-lniected
uens OF tae lower wards and the over
crowded oyerheased aud confined rooms o.
the tenements, tney were Transported
10 where they could not only breathe
pure AR, but where their eyes were Rladdened by
the sight OF green nelds, OF ripping waters and
etatey SHIPS Several hundred docJ ~ joined IN
the Guilds appeal TO the public TO all u IN lts
work OF mercy ana charity. These physicians
claim that the Floating Hospital saved 1uadfeus
from death. To enable the 0uid 70 c ntihue tais
} wolE "a the coming hot weather tnIs lca partv