New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-20
soRosIS AND HER SISTERS.

S0R0SIS AND HER SiS1b@''
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LUNCHEON roGErHER AND ALL 10 To
TIE THEATRE WITHOUT BoNNETs.
= soross. al Of the sixty women oeicgsAes nom
women's clubs In al parts OF pno omon, slm soou'
o tanas ~ both sorosis and the delegates hed the
..,... .a Sat balcony of the Madison Square The
strs vssssrisy morning Tho object OF tina meeting
- a. ,e,s ovr the clubs represented their organiza-
for. means and methods, and about twenty Of the
delegates we're heard from.
~ ~ s,ag. sat Ms Ella Dietz Clymer. the newiy
elected president of soross, wearing becoming cove
cray gown touched with shVer' VITA Dig oouSuet VI
"a sss and macs before her. On her left was Mrs,
Col, n Golden fawn with close bonnet and on TIE
r,sn, Mr. THOMAS, the retiring president, in black
mia WAND Howe and Grace Greenwood"-Mrs. Lip
,,nros, sat together pale blue lounge, each with
p,ht shawl about her. and dozen other officers and
,.vates rested IA the easy chairs provided. Mrs. A.
n Palmer In dark blue and gold occupying modest
al near the wings. A truly feminine air pervaded
fe uttls theatre, and the only men present were the
in the lobby and the reEnen IN the wings
Flderly women young girls and all the ages between
were represented The officers Of the convention were
se,low ribbons, and ell the delegates pure white. AL
the women present were notaceably well dressed
Sharply at 10 o'clock the president took of her
hing gray gloves and called the meeting to order
communication from tho Executive Mansion washing
ton:
Mrs Harrison thanks you for your kind invite
ton and regrets that It win be impossible to accept
Mrs Harrison had been asked to the twenty
nrst celebration Of soross and to the
delegates meetings. Tho president said
that tho object Of calling the delegates
tosether was the hope that union Of all the women's
clubs in the United States, and, perhaps, In the
world oould be formed for the manal aid and benefit
Of ali the members and all womsnkind She welcomed
all the deiegates, and then Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
arose and told about the New England womans Club,
which grew out Of the antslavery club and the
sanitary clubs during war times. Mrs. Howe spoke
with the peculiar es<nestneS and magnetism for
which she Is noted.
Mrs. Rebecca A. Morse spoke about the sorosis Of
Nantucket Mass. Mrs. Kennard, the delegate of tho
Educational and Industrial Union of Boston, was one
of the most interesting speakers The Union was
founded by DR.. Frisby, woman. in 1865, she said.
1t has 400 mepbers, and does for Boston what
our Young woman's Christian Association and womsn's
Exchange does for New-York, and much more In the
way of protecting young women. Mrs. Ha1eck, who
came all the way to represent the Denver Fortnghty
Club, read an excellent paper She said the cruz
was purely literary, and that each member was
Obliged TO prepare twelve essays during each year,
and that since its organization, in 1884, mono OF tho
twenty four members had failed to do this.
Miss Nellie B. Hare was the youngest delegate
present and represented the intercollegiate Sorosis OF
the University of Michigan. She said that the club
was started to interest college girls more In the ar
fairs Of the world and to teach them that college
students were not exempt from social obligations.
Mrs Haseitone, of the Melrose woman's Club OF
Massachusetts,; Miss B. Armstrong, OF the Charity
Club of Boston; Miss Albright Of the Cedar Rapids,
Iowa womsn's Club, and Miss Edith Lorng Getchen
Of the woman's Club Of Worcester, Mass, were among
those who spoke.
To-day al 10 o'clock the convention will meet
again and the other delegates viii b heard from,
and IN the afternoon union Of all the clubs VIII be
formed.
At p. m. Mrs Clymer adjourned tho meeting
yesterday, ana by carriage and all Of the delegates
rode up to the Madrid, No. 100 West Fifty nnth-st,
where Mrs william Tod Helmuth, member Of soFoss,
entcrtxned them at luncheon. There were favors Of
Bowers for all the guests and music during the
courses. At o'clock all tho ladies' again put on
their wraps and went over TO the Metropolitan Museum
by special invitation Of General D Cesnola and 1t
o'clock, they all took carriages hfrnished BY Mrs
Anna, Dormitzer Of sorosis, and drove through the
park.
In the evening sorosis and all her sister delegates
Hrs, A. d.. Palmer 70 see Captain Swift Most Of
the ladies we're without bonness and those who wore
them wore small ones
To-day after the morning session all the ladies win
tee OF sorosis who have charge of the amusement
and care Of the delegates arc Miss Hannah AIlon,
chairman; Mrs. Fanny Foster Clark, Mrs NJ. B.
Burbank, Mrs. Mary Kyle Dallas mB. Josephine
Auhne, Mis- s, G. Hoffman, Mrs II, l. Demorest,
MIS-. Evelyn Harvier and Mrs Christina Haley.