Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-02-08

The Hospitals; Future.
Sweet charity, noblest of Christian at.
tributes. received an unkindly blow last
night and today lays trembling and gasp
ing under the shock. St. Luke's hospi.
tai ball at the Han per was a failure-not
however as sociabe event was 1t 30, but
in the extent theI eof and in the financial
outcome, did it fell below the anticipa.
lions Of the ladie, of the guild who have
labored so unselfshly and unreservedly
for this most benevolent and humane
cause. The misfortune which has at
tended the guilds enterprise is tracesble
to no other instru mentality than the pc
culiar light in VIII ch Mr. Marquis OF the
Broadway church placed not only the
dance but those who participate in it, in
his sermon last Sunday night. The ARGUS
does not believe that the very discourage
ing results which have attended these
last efforts on the part OF the
guild. are due to convincing ar
gument as against the dance. Mr..
Medium and MI. Leland both made as
strong argumenta discourses as Mr.. Mar
quis did. but they did not charge the
with the same evils. nor cast
the. same reflections upon those who
might participate in 1t that Mr.. Marquis
did. They did not entertain the same
thoughts on the subject.
Though the morning paper censures the
ARGUS for giving publicity to MIR. Mar.
quis' sensational views-it did SO In
a spirit of unbiased enterprise and
we do not believe, widely as have
the distinguished divine's sentiment
been circulated thereby. that the dance
has lost any of its charm or popularity.
There Is no more conscientious opposi.
ton to it than there was prior to the ser.
mons delivery ard publication, but the
mantel of shame which Mr.. Marquis
sought to place upon the young people
who would attend. caused many young
ladies whose beauty and grace are familiar
to the ball room TO absent themselves on
this particular occasion. One fact that
sustaips this assertion was the presence
Of great number of regular church going
mQrrlnH w hot Nd
daughters in society-the parents were
present but the children were absent be-
cause they were not DESTROYS of subject,
ing themselves to evil eye or suggestive
thought. The ARGUS believes too, that
the near future Will show that the in
auence of the serIn On alluded to, has not
been to make new impressions of ball
Dom festivities and enjoyments, and that
he consequences will affect only the OBJ
ect of last nights event and not the ball
,r those who have always entertained
,nly the purest thoughts OF morality and
oropriety regarding it
Arrangements lad been made on
most elaborate scale, the dining hall
,eing thrown open to the dancers with
'chillinger's orchestra stationed at the
'outh end. The ladies ordinary was
lsed for the serving of refreshments.
Manager Lowrey and Steward O'Connor
having fairly surpassed themselves in the
collation. prepared.
Among those present were:
Mr. and NJ Buford, DR. G l. Eyster
and wife. Miss Wright, Mrs NJ G Hoff-
man, Mrs T j Buford, Mrs W w Eggles-
ION, Mrs w T Gail, Mrs W s Knowlton,
Miss Kitty Gest. Mrs Morris Rosenfield,
Louis May and wife, Peter Fries and
wife. Julius Junge and wife. DR. Calvin
rruesdale and wife. Col H b Burgh and
wife, Mrs Morris, Mrs Porter Skinner.
Mrs E P Reynolds. Capt Durham and
wife, Capt Thompso and wife, David
Donaldson and wife, DR. Carter and wife,
3aville johnson and wife. Mrs T II
Thomas, Mrs Jonas Bear, II Wilson
and wife, Charles McHugh and wife. Miss
Minnie Simpson, Miss Webber, W
Robinson and wife, Mrs Black
burn, Mrs 8 B Edison, Mrs Charlotte
Buford, the Misses Huber, Miss Koehler
Of st Louis; Maj Fl c Connolly, B D Blu
lord. G W Negus Lee Gait, Fred Lloyd,
+ j Kinney. Adsir Peasants, Geo W
Gus Tegeler. Meyer Rosen,
field, II ] Lowrev, Otto Huber, Mr.
Koehler, st Louis; w B Meyers. Mo,
line-Mrs 81 Velie, Will Velie. Miss
NJ Y Cady. John Cady, Eugene Lewis and
wife. Davenport-Miss Thiele. H T
Wadsworth. J F Cook.
While the affair as may be imag-
med, was not financial success, a num-
Der Of tickets were sold that were not re-
but the net receipts were
s13725. the totel being $40 IS.
When the ladies of the guild
asked for the bill for the uss of the Har.
per house this N morning, they were told
by Manager Lowrey that Mrs. Harper
desired to donate the amount of the bill
S75-to the hospital cause. The spirit
Of generosity thus manifested is greatly
appreciated.
The ladies of the guild were very much
last night, and it is not at all
certain that they will continue after the
March meeting OF the guild, to assume the
ted responsibility and cares of
the institution.
PrOtectlOn to Creditors.
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