The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-02
YEAR
An Entertainment of Lunch,
Athletics and Music.
NEARLY A THOUSAND VISITORS
Young Women Help Young Men to Cell
citrate the New Year-Good GYM
nastics and Concert.

The Y. NJ. G. A. New Years reception at
the rooms of the association ON Front
street, near Pike, was undoubtedly one of
the most enjoyable events of yesterdays
festivities. Not less than 900 visitors were
received during the day and evening, and
they were royalty entertained with music,
asumptuous lunch, gymnastic exhibit
ton and musical and literary entertain
ment.
The rooms were thrown open at II 80 p.
m, and large delegation of ladies busted
themselves from that hour until pm.
serving an abundant lunch to all who de-
sired to partake, while the Battalion band
aided the process of assimilation with its
melodious strains. A reception commit
tee, consisting of Miss Cora Bigelow. Miss
Winnie Knox, Miss Ament, Mrs. Elliott
Brown, Mrs. Hathaway, Mrs. w. H.
Reeves, Mrs. o. A. Waterhouse, Miss NJ.
Mcdonald, and several gentlemen busted
themselves Introducing and otherwise en-
terfaining the visitors and aiding those
who were serving lunch.
At O'Clock Professor Lippy and his
class gave gymnastic exhibition which
was very good, especially the horizontal
bar exercises.
In the evening an excellent musical and
literary entertainment was given, DR.. E.
G. klbourne, president of the association,
presiding, supported by Il. Il. Bentley,
chairman of the reception committee,
and f. L. Adams, chairman of the enter
tainment committee. The hall was filled
to overlooking, and the following pro-
gramme was rendered with frequent en-
cores:
Piano solo-"The Alpine Storm . Kunkel
Grant Vaughan.
address OF welcome. General Secretary
George Carter.
Declamation-"Repiy TO Cory Grafton
c. w. Thornton.
Juitar SOLO ..........-.----. -. Philip Gabel
Declamation-"Las Days of Herculaneum''
Vocal solo-"The Little Hero Adams
Miss Hughes.
Piano duet-Overture, "Rosanumbe". Schubert
Drs. &. A. Smith, +. K. Palmer.
Recitation-.ssCaleb's Courtship" ...
Miss Maud Ward.
Vocal solo. :..............Miss Jennie Houghton
Intermission.
Piano solo-"The Dying Poet" Gottschalb
Miss Helen Jenner.
Vocal duet Would That My Love-
Mrs. Virginia Lee Tewksbury, Mr. G E Bowman
Vocal solo--s.im Little Mountain Maiden '
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .Scheitfarth
Mrs. Adelaide Holmes.
Clarionet solo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
S. III. Hauser lPiano accom-. Bessie Hauser)
Vocal soi0-"Let All Obey. Leach
Z. WELDON.
Recitation-"Davys Promise" ...............
Miss Amy George.
Vocal duet-"Ship Alloy -. ...............
Mr.. Cushman, Mr.. Gibbons.
Vocal quartette-Selected.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Prof. z. Crandall, L. J. Coleman, c. L. Bowman,
NJ. B. Haynes.
The association was presented with
hand painting entitled "At the Ford in
water colors, valued at $50, and a table
for its reading room valued at SIS.
George Carter, the general secretary, an
nounced that the famous elocutionist,
Mrs. Nellie Brown Pond, would give an
evolutionary entertainment at the Meth
odist Protestant church, corner of Third
and Pine streets, ON Saturday even
ing, January 3, the fourth entertainment
in the star course of Y. NJ. G. A. entertain
ments. He said the ASSOCIATION had ex-
pended 81, 800 for the purpose of securing
the very best talent ,or those entertain
ments and he hoped the public would not
forget the associations efforts to make
them success.