The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-02
THE RECEPTION. !.
At THE COLLEGE LAST EVENING.
' 20 ass H. y. lfnla-iitr Talk % no Esrops asd
'aea'' Aad Her lsleA phpi.y Of Pa,a,isss. Z
several ausleal Bh,eliosa Rendered b. e,
y Pupils the Coll.xs-Soms q u,,,,. 3

Long before s O'Clock last evening ~.
spacious parlors at tho Wheeling Female
College were oiled to ove,AowinE. When
tho Slate House clock rang out lts eIebt
chimes, Mlss Taylor, the Pre.idcnt, appeared
aud introduced Mrs. NJ. f. Irwin In faw'
ielicltious words. Mrs. Irwin was arr.ved il
blue velvet, with long train and diamasJ
ornaments. Il Ma IN - 1'AN10Aa "'"1N'i'A'
Ihe description OF her trip 10 Europe and
back was highly epj ,yable, aud prtssnted T in
Few and vtvacious way. Mrs. Irwin IN =
very essy and yet animated speaker. and for
al hour and half sept tho attention Of hsr
auuiioH lust as 0 WAS swing al acoonnt
Of sighting New York on her rsturn eHs N hsr
natiys land tbs. s.rains Of America, Tss m,
waited 10 the parlols from The cornst 81 iiI.
tdi'y manipulated by Mr. g. u. Mij,igan. -. Z
AZ tho close Of Mrs. 1rwin's recitsi Of bsy
tsip TO Europe and Dack.n Miss Lille M.
utegor approached Ms. Irwin, besrlnc in
her hsnd very beautiful basket Of rich and
rare rsae howtrs, which she presented In few
words OF creating and sifecton. n Th,s va, VI"
followed BY the ,Missea Mash and KenS.li %Gi
singing, Home again from For eirn shoss !,
~ touching manner. This was sueceessd
ny an art rfcsptiou. Mss. Irwin hss tnado J
painting her life work, aud during Tho ilse .
years that ahe was In Europe she stndisS
under some OF the first und best m.aters nha
LAG displayed on the walls i ONE .oi: her
earliest aud best work. Among -ths coIlsc. :
lion was beautiful copy of Ko6srt EnsrIv,. !
ehee and landscape, which Ia vnef hv ~
GrAnd Duke oi Meohlenburg Houwerin
a beautiful, sun on the 8 nictnrs;
a. oEce attradu attention 10 81 !
"a =; the other side Of tae parlor hung portraits
OF fhor%aldeon and CasovhE A picture that
attracted universal a!teu,ion'was q! beautiiui
tru't piecs--s cory from Pugst4 IL the Na. :
tlonal Gallery OF Berlip.sS' 19l711 1,..
Oh a aos Vety si!lklpgSptcture was a cor fr,m
Two dogs ara pla, ing With psrxoi M and as "H. a.
old lady has evidently goas out lssyina @ i. ~
bonnet and shawl on The sofs, aud ,hs s,oys
havs seken possession. : = :; .'''. lof'
:. on the left OF the sparl r was a tbeautifn,
iilss'z' picture of Vanus, shout 10 taka A I
oath, with Cupid in The back ground. = This
was Rinal.s composition OF TRudolnh Z
sutherland. painted in Italy In 1874 j Fnr.
thtr on wta d very beautiful portrait. lila
ss,,ss,, OF little German boy, Henrich ,Von
Hsldorf. sRsd three years. = -,5. - -
AL pr SO It admired very much an o,,p,na,
desgn q Mrs 1rSin's. called "The Flowers /
arr Ia Their Graves. T5' Ny'' ''1s 80
! va tho secretary, at the extreme end Of tbe
parlors, was bust OF the cel. brat9d IH Hsrrnss 8
uy ~ ffn1lleles, original siz,, discovered byt:
Among the notable gue.ts prssents wars ,f :
Hon. y. D. Hubbard, Hon. e q. sCfscrsft fi'
wife aud daughter, Rev. Dr.. CuauIugham'5 4;
Mr. and Mrs Samuel L,ugullu, MI. and
Mfs. a: W. Rslly, Mr.. ". A. List MI and
Mss. Thomas Sweeney, Mrs. Cushing and
s'n, Mr. and Mrs. George McMechen. ME-
parkinson, OF Nouud,vlll,; and MIS-. g. L.
Allen aud daughter, Miss Elsth, Of Grafton.