National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-25
THE ART LOAN OVER.
GAY SCENES AT MASONIC TEMPLE.
Brilliant Finale Of Successful Exhibition-oid'
Time Costumes. SoutI-Ses Babies, and
Harmless Puneh-The Author OF
the Prize Essay.

The promenade concert at Masonic
Temple last night attracted a large and brilliant
assemblage of Washingten's best citizens. The
concert was the grand finale of the art loan exhi-
bitfon for the benefit of the Training School fol
Nurses, which closed last Saturday night, after g
successful exhibition lasting for over six weeks
The music was furnished by the full Marine Band
under the dictatorship of Leader Sousa, Whoss
beautiful selections were warmly appieuded.
| Tables laden with refreshments were ranged
around three sides OF the hall under the charge OF
| the following Indies: Tea and coffee table-M-s
F! BARLEY, assisted by Mrs. Leonard Whitney aho
! Miss Smith; lunch table-Mrs. Montgomery: MIS-
Tuliock, and Mrs General Ricketts, The smaller
tables on this side of the hall were presided oFel
! by Miss Wendell, Miss Drum, Miss Ward, and Miss
Landslide, assisted by Miss Nordhoff, Miss Melgs
! Miss Taylor of Capitol Hid, and Miss Randolph
I! The lemonade table was presided over by MISS
Hayes Miss Niles and Miss BestOr. Atthe hrst Ia
bic on the south side Of the hail was novel game
called South Sea Bubbles where the seeker al
ter information was furnished with pipe for five
| cents and allowed dip in a huge bowl of soap
/ suds for ten cents more, when he could form one
of quartette of blowers, who pulled away at a
| given signal, and he whose bubble exploded
| last was entitled 10 q prize, bouquet, cane,
| cigarette holder or some similar fancy article
At the next table @ harmless beverage christened
! punch was dispensed by Miss Turnbun. Then
came the confectionery tables, at which Miss
! Hunt, Miss McCook, Miss Emily McKeeVer, Misses
! Mamie and Katie Ray, Miss Katie Thorn, Mrs. DR..
Prentiss Mrs. Kaufman. Mrs. General Stewart, Mrs.
| KindleburgeT Mrs General Ruggles, and Mrs.
General Emory, assisted Mrs. Ross Ray, who pre-
sided over this section. Here Were also the Misses
| Lane, who are the guests of Mrs. Ross Ray, the
Misses Schenck. Miss Smythe, of st. Paul. Miss
| Stone, and Miss Bently.
| At the upper end Of the hal there was also d
table for the sale Of the souvenir china under the
charge of Mrs. Martha Garfield, assisted by Miss
Louise Prentiss, Miss Nettie Johnson, Miss Ida An
/ drews and Miss Maude FuTgus0n. a most strik-
ingly beautiful feature of the occasion were the
costumes of the ladies at the various tables many
! Of whom were dressed in the Martha Washington
! style Among these Miss Wendell, who was the
| chairman Of the committee TO regulate the Martha
| Washington dress for the tea party, wore an
! overskirt of pink brocaded silk, Topped over q
white muslin skirt elbow sleeves. white ker-
chief, and the most coquettish Of mob-caps sur
| mounting her powdered hair. There were many
similar costumes. and the impression produced on
| the mind of THE REPCRIICAN young man, as the
bright eyes, stiff brocades and enchanting array of
| mob-caps and patches" swept by him, was that
| Father Time had swept back a century, and that
he was derelct in not appearing in rufies and
! small clothes.
Among the ladies in costume were Mrs. Leonard
! Whitney, Mrs. Ray, Mrs. Dr.. Stone, Mrs. Kindle
| burger Mrs. Ruggles, Mrs. Kaufman, Misses Nc
| Cook, Eckart Mckeaver, Katie Ray, Emery,
Clarke, Phillips Smythe, Turnbull, Kennedy,
Hunt, Urquhart, and Jennie Shriver. The last
named wore a blue brocaded silk, $50 years old,
which belonged TO the grandmother Of Mrs. Chubb
The lace cape which covered her fair shoulders
was a century In age, and the locket which de
pended from her neck was eighty years.
Mrs. Canfield's attractive helpers were Miss Sol
onions, Miss Zillah Solomons, Miss Lulu Prentiss,
Misses Ida Andrus, Maud Ferguson, and Lizzie
| Meador, the last three of whom are pupils from
Mrs. Somers popular boarding school Mrs.
Whitney, at her coffee table, had help from Mrs.
BARLEY, Miss Smith, Miss Nordhof, Miss Doherty.
from Cincinnati, charming niece of Mrs. Whit
ney and Miss Taylor. ofCapitol Hill. Mrs. Ricketts,
was assisted by Mrs Meredith Smith, Mrs. Mont
gomery Blair, Miss Waite, Miss BisseI Miss Drum
Miss Johnston, Miss Lansdale, Miss Meigs Miss
Wendell Miss Tulloch. These ladies all looked
piqusnt in their oid-time costumes Where all
were so fair it were hard to particularize but no
costumes were more effective than those of Miss
McCook, Miss Hunt, the handsome daughter of the
Secretary of the Navy; Miss Lane, and Hiss Wen
dell
When the crowd that filed the hall early in the
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INDUCED in. A few among the many notable
people present were Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Com
modore Wells General McKeever, Mr.. S. n. Kauf-
mann, Mrs. Nordhoff, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas VIII
son, Mrs. Walter Dayidge and her lovely daughter,
Judge and Mrs. Johnston, Representative and Mrs
Pound Mrs. Charles G. Williams, M. and Miss Gwyn
General and Mrs. Babccck, Miss Williamson and
Miss Adley Williamson, Mrs and Miss Snead, Mr..
Pedrick Miss Seward, and many representatives
OF leading Washington families.
Through the Art Loan Exhibition and the
ea-party ofast evening the funds of the training
school are enriched by moro than a thousand
dollars.
DIP. TONER'S CLOSING SPEECH.
At ten o'clock DR.. ]. NJ. Toner addressed the
sembly. saying: :" The laborS connected with the
Loan Exhibition for the benefit of the Washington
Trajning School tor Nurses closes with the exer-
cises of this evening. For sig weeks the historic
TaylOn mansion has presented a grand display OF
things beautiful in art from different nations and
by different civilizations, antiques and things
curious from prehistoric period, and very valua-
bic relics Of George Washington and other Ameri-
can patriots. The ladies and gentlemen who col
iected the rarities and made their several
displays so attractive as TO delight and in
tereSt all who visited them, at the same
time made known the existence and
claims to support of the Washington Training
School for Nurses. Did Srcil an institution re-
qure an illustration TO enforce its claims upon the
attention of the public? l need only point to the
fact that since measures were taken 70 organize
this loan three ladies who engaged in the bcncyo-
lent work have passed from earth 10 heaven. For
the memory OF Mrs Admiral Powell, Mrs. Frank
lin Steele, and Madam Geoffroy this society will
ever retain the highest regard. Besides those
named deaths have occurred IN the families Of
eight of the active workers on committees
The trained nurse possesses an art that
all must at some time require. So We
should all be SOLICITORS for their education
Before introducing General Eaton, chairman Of
the committee for making the award OF the prize
essay which is about 20 be read, instructed by
the committee Of management to announce that
the trustees of The Washington Training School
for Nurses have elected the several committees of
the loan exhibition as members OF the society
known as the Washington Training School for
Nurses. The committee of management at the
same time passed resolution of thanks TO all who
took part loaned articles 10 the exhibition and
TO Mr. Tayloe, who so generously granted The
society the of the house free of rent and to the
| ladies who, notwithstanding the long aRdardluous
laboFs, We indebted 10 for the delightful enter
tainuent of this evening which is fitting finale
TO the loan exhibition and of which we may say
very apty, The end crowns the work"
THE WINNER OF THE PRIZE.
At the conclusion Of his remarks, DR.. Toner pre-
scented General Eaton, who with Surgeon General
Barnes and d.. D. ". Prentiss had been desig-
mated as a committee 10 decide which one of
twentysix competitors was entitled TO the
prize of $50 offered by Mrs. W. C. Dodge for the
best essay on trained nurses and their reward,
General Eaton read the report Of the committee,
which awarded the prize 10 essay No. q which wes
then read by Mr.. John Tweed6le. Upon opening
the scaled envelope which accompanied this essay
it was found that major J. Edwards Clarke was the
successful competitor Three others of the papers
submitted were deemed by the committee worthy
Of honorable mention {,.,yd tn hay