The New York herald., 1879-02-02
A SOCIAL EVENT.
CHILDs OF PHILADELPHIA DISTINGUISHED
COMPANY.

BRILLIANT ENTERTAINMENT BY GEORGE W.
CHILDs, OF PHILADELPHIA DISTINGUISHED
COMPANY
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. /, 1879.
brilliant and no table reception was given this
evening at the handsome residence of Mr. George W.
Childs The entertainment was nominally rendered
to the Saturday Club, social organization which
for nine years past has brought together every Sat
urday night the leading representative men of Phil
adephia around the mahogany of the different MEM
bers in turn. The late Morton McNichael chair
when he died, and among its members such
men as John Welsh, George W. Childs. A. j.
Drexel. Thomas A. Scott George IL. Boxer.
stile. General Robert Patterson. j. b. Lippncott,
William Sellers. j. l.. Clayborn, Wayne Aiac'eagh
and SO on The saturday club Is the successor to
the Wister Club which was established early in the
present century, and to which distinguished Phila-
delphians of the olden time belonged.
This evenings affair was very elaborate and ele
CANT and, in addition to the club members. of
the most distinguished men in Washington New
York and Baltimore Mr.. Childs' guests. having
here in special trains for the purpose The fol-
lowing were among those present:--!sev William
Adams. d. d., New York; Mr.. August Belmont. Mr..
John Bi9eow, Mr.. Elliott G. Cow.in, Mr.. william Il.
Dinsmore. President Adams Express Company;
Chief Justice DAILY, Mr.. Cyrus W. Field, Mr. William
Henry Hurlbert editor of the Ijorid Mr. j. Henry
Harper (of Harper Brothers), Mr.. NJ. X. Jesup
(banker). Mr.. George Jones New York Times Benson
Lanier co.,. Mr.. j. Pierrepont Morgan, Mr.. l.. ?.
Morton of Morton, Bliss COL; Edwards
Pierrcpont LID. date Minister to England;
MIR. Percy II. Pyne Moses Taylor 4 Coz,
Colonel H. G stebbins, president OF the Park Com
mission: Mr.. Samuel Sloan, Delaware and Lacka-
wanna Railroad: Mr.. j. Kearncy Warren, New York;
General Alexander S. Webb. New York; Mr.. whitelaw
Reid, editor Tribune, New York; Professor Wood,
Bellevue Hospital; Mr.. Hugh J.. Hastings, editor
Commercial adrertiser; Colonel Richard NJ Hoe, New
York; Mr.. j. w. Simonton. New York; 4. Ii. Rice.
Ex-Governor of Massachusetts; Mr.. Thomas T. Kin
ney, Adcertiser, Newark, n. j.: Marcus l.. Ward,
Governor of New Jersey; Mr.. A. L. Dennis Newark;
General Il. 4. stockton, Trenton, n. j.: Postmaster
General ID. NJ Key; United States Senator'S J. ID.
Cameron, David Davis. II. b. Anthony A. f. Burn
side, NJ. c. Butler, John I. Morgan, William A. Wal
lace. John P. Jones, n. Booth; Congressman
Samuel j. Randall, S. B. Chttenden Charles
O'Neill: Governor Howard, OF Rhode Island; q. W.
Calender of ST. Bartholomew's Hospital. London;
Governor Carroll, OF Maryland Mayor Latrobe, Bal
timore: Mr. John W. Garrett. president OF the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad; Mr.. Enoch Pratt. Balti-
more President ID. &. Gilman, Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, Baltimorc Ex-Governor Joel Parker, of New
Jersey; Governor Hoyt, of Pennsy lyania; ex-Gov-
eruor Hartranft, ex-senator Simon Cameron, Harris
burg; Asa Packer, president OF Lehgh Valley Rail
road; Mr.. Walt Whitman, poet; John NJ. Eorbes.
Boston; Charles Inches, Boston, W. f. Weld, Boston.