The New York herald., 1878-02-21
ALWAYS WITH YOU"
PREPARATIONS COMPLETED FOR THE MARTHA
WASHINGTON OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TAnI-

PREPARATIONS COMPLETED FOR THE MARTHA
WASHINGTON observation-disclosures IANI-
LIES TO BE RELIEVED.
TNorxPsrsons desiring help the families In distress
whose appeals made In this column obtain the
and addrsssesin full by applying at this ofce1
The various committees having charge OF tho Mar
tha Washington Reception report tnat all the arrange.
ments In coDrecton with that event. are now CON-
piete. Mr.. q. B. waits chairman Of the House Com.
mittee says that tho floral anu other decorations.
which have been made under the supervision Of Mr.
IL B. Young, are superb Mr. L. D. Richards. chair.
man OF the Music Committee, reports the engagement
OF Grafulla and Bernstein Tor the Academy. and oi
Hae oae, with Chinese orchestra, for Nilsson Hail.
Mr.. II. Marine, chairman OF the Press Committee; Mr..
II. c. Dewitt chairman Of tho Ticket Committee, and
Mr.. Johu Faure. chelrman OF the Floor Committee
report favorable results
This evening the Reception Committee. Of which
Ex-Governor Tilden is chairman. will hold Anal
meeting al the Fifth Avenue Hotel Communications
received up to yesterday show that thero will be pres
ent nearly three hundred army and navy officers In
full Uniform among them Commodore Nicholson, OF
ths Brooklyn Navy Yard. and the capsa.ns and OIL
GERS OF the Colorado, Minnesota and supply; also
General schoneld and tho professors and officers Of
West Point
THE PROGRAMME.
1t has been determined to open the doors Of the
Academy at haif-past eight O'Clock Al ten O'Clock
precisely the Will rise grand tabieau rep.
resenting Martha Washington holding State recsp'
ton. Mrs. Thomas F. Meagher will represent Martha
Washington. Next will follow the grand entry OF the
invited guests aud others procession. Nilsson Hall
will then thrown open The grotto connecting the
Hall with tho Academy Will be beautifully deco
rated nook, presided over by Mrs. Sallie A.
Brock. assisted by prominent literary ladies. Each
lady as she enters mere will be presented with AN
elegantly designed programme as o souvenir. rhe
floral pagoda viii be AN exceedingy elegant work o.
artistic decoration and will bo charge OF Mrs. john
b. Marie, assisteu by Mrs Croly, MIRA Fanny barrow
Mrs NJ. h. Barker. Mrs Guernsey, MIS- Lester w.ack
Mrs. Betner, Mrs. LIvermore, Mrs. Washington, MIS-
A. /. Bryan, Mrs Leeds and osners The supper wall
be furnished in the dining hall OF the Academy.
with The manner in which he pubic have eponded
10 their appeal Tor the purchase oi ckets Not only
nearly all the boxes sok, out there has been =
most generous spirit manifested wherever rcxeas
FAMILIES IN NEED or HELP.
The following cases Of distressed families are
vouched Tor as genuine by ST. J0hn's Guiid:-
Iu Charlton street woman Is IN great distress.
not know where he IS; she has TO support ner aged
mother and three small children. Sne does not re-
any help, and earns Dut little by washing-ias'
week 81.
In Fourth avenue a widow. eighty -four years
old, appeals to the charitable. She Used TO receive
assistance from her son. but he has been out
OF employment tor several months she IL In Rreat
want
condilion. The husband and his slssar have been
sick for long tme and the vile 10 ~ present SICK
also. There IL NIT even q bedstead IN the room.
In East rwenty ty-fourth street woman W. IN need ol
assistance. Her husband Is insane aud IN lunatic
asylum. Sne has eight children; two OF them earn
something, but not enough ~ support che family.
in Second avenue an aged widow, who ~ cripple
and use crutches, Is destitute. Her son died
and her daughter has been out oi work
since CHRISTMAS. Sue owes the rent Tor one mouth
ami the landlord demands the payment
In East Seventeenth street widow needs immedi-
ate help She has live small children who In need
vi clothing. There u neither io0d nor iuel the
house.
ID East Fifteenth street family, consisting of hus-
baud, wife and Two small children. are witn0ut any
means of subsistence. The husband has been very
sick Tor four weeks The children without clorii-
ing They have tusl except some coal gwen them
by KIND neg hbor.
In Filth street lives poor woman whose husband
has been tho hospital tor the last ten weeks One
Of her children Is the only support Of the tam
lily, 4ut hS earns very little.
In Mulberry street aged widow and her two
grandchildren, whose parents are Dead are very poor
The tather OF the children an OLD Union s0iuaer
anu killed IN tho war.
In East F0arteenLh street woman having i've
small children Ia IN very needy circumstances Her
husband Is In the hospital she has 10 support her
mother. She - without any assistance and IN need
OF iood and cothing