The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-12-04
ENLARGING W0MARS FIELD.
NEW MiRKET TO BE PRODUOED FOR
HER CREATIONS IN ART
The Loan Eshibt,sou In the Acaderuy oS he.
sign Opened for Dece u,ber for the Rene nc
of the WoB,en's Decorative IRE society.

| The Loan Esh,bttson In the Academy az De-
align Opened for Dece u,bcr for the Rcre NJ
of the Women's Decorative Art society.
| All was hustle at the Academy OF Design.
yesterday. in the preparations for the loan ex =
| hilton in aid of the ladies' Society Of Decora-
| tive Art" which was 10 be opened in the even
| ing. Mounted on high step-adder, Mr.
August Belmont hung the paintings In the pic
turo gallery. while the ladies chnvAd dircc-
tons to each other in French. Mr.. Bcmontd did
not spend much time over his own pic
lures. however, for he has only one in
tho exhibition, whose chief characteristic
IL tha no place is found therein for any work
that was ever exhibited. Hence. M Mr.. Bel
mont recently threw open his gallery to the
public in aid Of a charity. his sole contribution
Is the head Of an aged woman with wrinkles
wonderfully lifclikc. by Becker. which was not
then in his collection. This feature OF the ex-
hlbition excludes the paintings with which CON
nOsseurs are acquainted.
The exhibition WAS opened shortly after q
o'clock last evening with burst Of music from
the band con- alcd under the staircase. Pres
emily the people came streaming in past the
lovely camcllas blooming. although out Of saa-
son. on the broad landing. the minority Of tho
men being in evening drgsa. although many
wore morning costume" The grntlcr part Of
ihe gath'ring worr principally street drcssca.
by o'clock all the rooms were crowded. and
herc was c'Hscl"ss How OF people IN n mar
row. struggling current from ono part ~ the
show to another. The workers oi the day tired
after their mburs, were conspicuous by their
Among tho notnhlos ut the opening worc the
,,N Or. Potter the TurI "a and Belgian
l.. Mott, Miss Caharine. Wolf The great art col
ir.Inr. Royal Phelps. and JOhnJty
IN" ifst thing TINT strikes ihc VISITORS eye
try. made even hcfor, the days Of GoM'lin
winch h"nss at the h"nd. Ii represents an old
HG.h IRON E.ronrs famous ID care,
>, Nusnr about to die. We salute th."'
tapestries follow around the four walls of the
great room. mingled with Chinese and Japan
-" dt"Ssrs. court dresses, a.tir cloths. sprci-
J. Pcrpont Morgan and Theodore A. HIVE
meyer q" represented hv the lnsl mentioned.
time IF Louis NV. aud Mrssrs Colmnn and In
fgrge exhibit wardrohcs from China and Japan
Inc lace room contained last evening q mass
81 struggling womnnkin ind. VINO pcrsstrntiy
stood in each others way. while all were en-,
deavorlng TO see what they could see. There
were rich and costly laccs. and Lccs oven NOR,
Mrs. II. d. Cameron. for example lends piece
oi gnlpur" lie malinos, onrc worn hv the I'M
happy Marie Antoinrtb'. and given by her To-
Gouvern,ur Morr :. WHEN MIR Morris was Min
lister t. France. Mrs. Fr'drrl a st .vrns lends a
collar aud other laces given that atrd royal lady
~ tho cities at N"nire md Iur- Mrs. :. L. NJ
Barlow II rrpr.sH ntrd hy a point de- vrnisr
nounce. cNqu' ~itoly worked. ana Mrs Aston by
tur,- on. Mir. jon Iny lends "A roi,,t dr ".
nis" mantla ani Mrs. Rutherford Siuyycsnut
2 bed covering. 20 30 of Venetian lace. Mrs. Il.
worked IA 1910. and Mr. Kagu-i IBolmon,1, /.
g. presented uv am tutlr" ,f-'. coutiiii. NJ a
nnul.r "l i'i"'"e NJ ii'r of th' eight. utA ami
S''nutrrufh centuries.
Mrs - lmoui 'oad- the fan collection. which
iS Nrg" enough to remind you of a wilderness
oi El-nutir huu rifles. Ms. ". A. Hammond
t., Is r'nr, srnid 10y 4 snrsous FAM once used
~ lim Grand pu hess OF Parma. and
Mrs Bari " hy "a costly Inuan.-r fan
NNqq.an';N p r sal,,,M Mrs.. II. l.. s,ear ani
Here nls' are the m.niaiurr-. many OF which
are historic souvenirs. There Is one of the
sr'w Napo."on. gwen at n" tim" of the first
'"u~uShtp to ili~ admirrr. Charles james Fox.
toy q y " lorNer
ni""'S mat ono" belonged g. persons of l.oio
Mrs Barrow leads ia" list will Nine. de- Mon
iospan = vat ID aud guard.
tn" hric-a-hrir room contains an kinds #
hnouirric crearrtwo Seyros vases rnmneni.
oratiNe ~ the birth of that luuuhin who was
were gwen toGouyrnenr Morris FOR safe kc.p-
lns. ana, Y,lrr, the death Of Louis WI.
a single cn-e lent hy Mr.. Belmont. valued al
many thousands OF dollars. ana which NJ
money could rrru-o. Mr-. Barlow irnis "A
vases Hrrr. also. is Nr-. H~-ara s. h.. r'lieti
rare l"r'"luntA" Triumph of ttr,s.' Family |
ln"itloon'- form large part oi this collection.
Iurr' - inc original nnknrd oi solid silver
"nI NV. "undirl Years ago lent Toy hi- de-
-'"udhnt. y unique feature of ~" collection i- /
R,,ru lilN ~ old l'trst -. with kul and tho !
MHsdAl"n al N" foot belonging Co NJ r. Il lmuut.
In the 81 ture room Jurdou l.. Mott is
r.Irgs .ntcd VITA = iull hnni If tn differ |
re urst tmc. Among in'm are S'hr>ers |
J; Ann hqrpor loans l!e " l. r.st of Tdnta'nt-
Tadrma. ana "a Ifononfin. Tine Gcrumo r"- |
pres ent- "a Slave io-turns before buycre. and |
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