The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-06
THE AUTHORS RECEPTION.
Meeting Of the General Committee Yes.
.I terday.

H tat terday. -..r.
The General Committee of the Authors
Reception decided yesterday on such pre-
liminaries as insure the grand Music Hall
entertainment heretofore proposed, on the
evenings of the 22d, 23d and oath inst, and
during one afternoon during those days.
The following is -5t-
THE PLAN OF ENTERTAINMENT:
/. The Authors Reception shall be given
in the Cincinnati Music Hall at least three
evenings and one afternoon, beginning on
or about the 10th of January, as the Com
mittee may direct.
2. Organized societies, churches and
| neighbOrhoods should be invited to par
ticipate, and ladies and gentlemen are re-
quested to form voluntary associations, for
the purpose of taking booths and repre-
senting authors at the Reception.
3. Eighteen or twenty booths will be
erected in the Music Hall and assigned to
the various societies, churches, &C., taking
part for the purpose of representing vari-
Gus authors and principal scenes and char.
acters from their respective works.
a. The society or association occupying
each booth will fit up and decorate the
same at its own expense and according to
It's own design subject only to the super
vision and approval Of the Committee on
Booths and Decorations. .l.
g. The Executive Committee will pre-
pare as soon as possible list of authors
and subjects from which to select, with the
understanding that any author may be se-
lected by those desiring to represent, by
the approval of the Committee.
l.
proposed entertainment, the selection of
booths and representation of authors, are 10
be addressed to the Secretary OF the Execu-
tive Committee.
7. At the opening of such performance
there shall be grand procession of all char
acters in costume, and formal reception
and presentation of the authors to the pub
lie, after which ceremony the authors will
occupy their respective booths.
5. A series of tableaux will be displayed
on the stage during each reception, and the
programmes will be SO varied as to offer
new attraction on each occasion.
g. Music and refreshments will be pro-
vided by appropriate committees. .f.
10. Such other attractions will be added
as may suggest themselves to the minds of
those having charge of the reception,
II. The net proceeds of the entertain.
ment are to be turned over to the Women's
Christian Association. to enable them to
pay off the remaining indebtedness on their
Home" to repair and refurnish the same.
to extend the usefulness of their Employ.
ment Bureau and Missionary Society. and
to carry on their work efficiently in other
directions.
II. 1t should be distinctly understood
that the Authors reception is not a fair,
and that the sale of articles will be limited
to refreshments, confectionery, the official
catalogues, photographs and such trifine
articles as may add to the interest and en-.
joyment of those who attend the reception,
The meeting was held at the parlor of the
Children's Home, and was participated in
by some sixty ladies and gentlemen inter.
ested in the work. tN d..
The President. Mr.. VIM. J. Breed, called
the meeting tn order and stated that the
Executive Committee had found the work
before them of more magnitude than they
had expected. The object of the meeting
at present was to hear reports and to re.
ceive the names of persons present who are
willing to take charge of booths. ,..
Mrs. John Davis made q report of the
Young Woman's Boarding-house at 1OC
Broadway, and stated that nearly three
thousand, young ladies was boarded
at this institution since it had been first
opened. 1t is in good hands, and the lady
said the philanthropic people of Cincinpat
could not we'll neglect the good work done
here. ..... -. .4 ,.-....r..
These boarding.houses, under the aus
pices of the w. G. A., are in all prominen,
cities being devoted to business women
and arranged with an especial view to theil
comfort aud convenience, aud by thei,
more select and refined arrangements they
are free from the objections women feel tc
the ordinasX clearinghouse, and they
avoid the expensive prices OF hotel life,
There are no rules and regulations Other
than those eefined lady would naturally
fix for herself. l'.' .t '-ten'
Another branch of the Women's Chris
tian Association is the Employment Blu.
reau, where working women are assisted t<
find work and wages.
Another is the mission work, varied anc
far-reaching in its results. In this city on,
lady devotes her time to visiting the sicl
and the needy, looks up the outcast and tn,
afflicted, and as nearly as possible follow,
in the footsteps OF Him who went about
doing good. ...r.. .,..t.
Other plans were lying in allegiance fol
want of means to carry them out. One O
them is to establish Reform Prison II
Ohio for females. This scheme will b,
taken up and put into practice very soon
inasmuch as the Association expect soor
to have funds in their possession for thi,
4 purpose.
Professor venable was present, and sale
that he had designed one booth to represen
1.-THE Mask of Red DEATH" by Poe. TIL,
story itself combined series Of sever
rooms, but the booth would combine then
all in one. In the center Would be mounted
"Bust of Pallas," surmounted by tn,
Raven Of renown. About thirty-thre,
characters will be needed in the story who
should act out the story in pantomine
There will be six of these pan ntomines
First will be grotesque dance. In tn,
second pantomine the specter of the Rec
Death appears and kills the whole com
pany. ...,. ........r ..4...
MI. Allen, of Glendale, said he had de-
signed booth TO represent Longfellow'
"Evangeline" and John Alden's "Pris
ella" 1t would require about FIVE charac
ters 4.r ie.L u yiu..t, "t IE3r
Mrs. Fisher, of Mt. Auburn, said she hat
thought some Of establishing "Curiosit,
Shop booth, but had not yet completed
her design. wv ' " | l''. yA
DIR. LeBoutillier had design for Gold