New-York tribune., 1886-03-28
BOSTON,.
sPOKES FROM THE HU9, SOCIAL AND PER
SOMA.

SOMA.
GFRoM RrGCIAR cOREESrONDR THE rHrnUNEl
BosroN. March 27.-Sir Alexander T. Gait,
Of Montreal. with Lady Gdt aud daughters. Is at the
veLdome. Mrs. Robert Grant, Of Boston, wife OF the
novelist, Is another daughter
few small receptions, dinners and lunches have made
up sum Of gayeiy. Readings lectures ana concerts
with almost inccs.ant church-sOng have occupied tho
days and early evenings society people In the way
OF lectures OF inter OF Nj Henry ca Ot Iodgr
before the Harvard students Tuesdy night at
Sever Hall ranks first Tho subject. " Tie
Uses and Responsibilitios OF Leisure" read
from manuscript consuming nearly hour in
deliver. and lstrnOd to With closest attention.
On Thursday nj .ht Dr Ohyer Wendell Holmes and
James Russell Lowell read from tner poems to an
audience That completely filled the Old south Church.
aud represented the best society aud literary element
Ex-NayUr Green presided. On tho NO Sordecorhted
platform easel ths fnou. portrdt Of f Dor
othy O." graad mother OF the AuOcraL" DIR. Holmes
bega the evenings programme hy reading his " Phi
grims VISION" follow ny tho Ballad OF the Boston
re, Party the cnar4cerstic humor OF which wasnever
better appreciated and never elicited more plandlta
Mr Lowell who docs mako the least attempt at gest
ure defamation. with hands thrust half way into his
trOusers pockets, poem written forty years ago
concerning the Hamburg fire. Ie followed with - The
Parable " aud "The DdndoIion." Dr. Holmes raised
hearty laugh by helping himself to glass OF Cochtuate
his desk just af;Jr reading the lines:
"Yor LOOKING shaky:
Have adrOp Of od Jamaiky,
in his poem The Battle OF BunIer Hl.' " The
Courtin" real by Mr LDSr dIithet the choice enter
tainueut which netred very handsOms for the Od
,outh Fuul The eminent pOots re- h earlier Ia the
week at H. .. lTDuht0us hO no IN Cambridge IN aid
of the Cambridge Indian Association.
ia Cambridge We lneslay afternoon Mr.. and Mrs.
Horace l.. Scudder gave reception for Mr. and Mrs
Frark r. Stockton at which the University circle was
largely represented
An occasion OF sJeciad interest on Thursday evening
I'm Boston IA well IA Cambrideewas the celebration Of
the siXucth anniversary Of Mr. aud Mrs AIyn Clark
Mr Cark, VINO ~lEnty-twO ears ot IS ell known as
the lridlng telescope MAKER OF tho word. Mrs Clark
seventy eight years Oh Among tho guests we're Dr.
;eni ,nil A. Gould. Iats rnuOuer OF tne Arg ntine
Kcuu,Jc ana Pr0frs, .rs Pierce and Cook OF Harvard.
Letter, Oi rc-rrt Wrre real from EObert g utir"P.
Lawrence, T. Quincy Browne and other prominent
The Metaphysical Club held an interesting service com
neInOratlvc OF the death 0i Is late president.
The house Or the Hon Olver Amrs Sir John : Dwight
hfr-long freud ot Dr. Howe. we'll Us OF h'
o]pgnnS ] i h'TJs W An,,'. .,rt., Mrs RIchari. Of
Gardiner N,, and Mrs Juu. wari Howe's trnute
tue lat uuuDer OF me WOhdn Jpurn1L Poems were
rad 10y Mrs. NJ ,rtna Perry Lpv and Mr. MIcan Der
ir ana addresses ny 'rible Elza irh
+. Prab"Iy. DR. W,lnam r. Harris of C"ncort ani Mr..
todo Cauacn, Urrea Con,u, aud others 1t - pro-
p,rd cary ont tho wish OF Mrs AnaguOs and continue
the club rs heretofore
The 81. B,ol?h Club has orsariz,d q series Of
tIveu Wednesday nisht ~ d"hl By7 - teitIy on
lrraud" ON the ui-ht Of Aprt M P'r'lydl Lowell
VIII talk Of " CUeA" Hui Mr. tirorgj smell, tho we'll
known ENGLISH architect, viii follow on the II witha
AK on CHrlatI;tI MauUmCtan Architecture" and
suppsr ~ served AteI
EVERYTHING l. tn train for nTusual amount OF
fhcltrlca! segsatIOns next week, ana thern - not
dramatic ctlC who not IN despair as o now lie snail
get through Monday night AMI wlshinE th Il he hat
tr, II bora TWINS least. At the Ios street Inedte
production Of " NlUou - DY th' Carleton
COMPANY Mr. RlcuIri Miu,ficd's revival or hiN
Baron Chcr1a. Miss CrAIgn. me nrN local member ot
company being cast r hOe' G0cFl Will bU the At
traction AZ tn" Museum. Nine. JudIco rntc' Is % be
uudc IN the Gttud Ducuc~t' ~ the Boston Thsttr-
A. tIr tuue VI r jrh Syrt1 u's sp'a 'tLG version ut
Of L q Nnkaln II 10 ur presented b. COmptny Culri
.ccbr ~ l'Ur- A thr BIpu ~ called " llSI
Ar-tocrtCy " - tu ho prudutr. Tine VI ktdu w per
inr..aucr given thIs weak at tho BIou, with only
ptuuiprte neut -JCCOrliu- t. ia" terms or
tnr iuuuctlou obtained bv Mr. ia, dO.e great
crr,liI To- n. B. VI tnn Com Ptny. Tue baton VAS
u-,,t by Mr. T.. ii. Ud,uns7, president o! tho BNOu
Theatre Company.
tn. wao,a Of IN, fio7 n t5re ~ the Liie OF Long
fellow has been subs rInrI iuf. ant the Local rrtnlrrS
ar asking 4lJ 10 80 q C,py tor waat thcy have
secured
good story il running the r0uni' apropos ~ GER
IAN eIiUr here Wh, refuses to Ur accounted political
luinUiliy Rorriyiu- invitation Ou Wednesday 10
urrrut himself dirruO at tlc resi- rnc- "I tho
ug to Iutimlt. frna!s that he nHi unqursuoudDV
urtn advise priyHrl. to wait SIuuid ue
uou~ tfuvrruurN 80 "r tnc STATE Bat on
reaching Mr. AmrS, house he found that he h'D only
brrh sent for mCuurr Ot the ~ tphJ,lcN CuO, "
attend the msctluS Iu memory o. Mr'. AnIEuOs.