Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-15

Mr.. Ross W. Drum, Mr.. William B. Ed
wards, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph R. MCDOWELL,
Mr.. and Mrs Alfred S. WALL Mr.. and Mrs.
William n Frew, Mr.. and Mrs John w.
Beatty, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles @. Mellor,
Mrs. Henry Holdship. Mrs. Josiah Cohen,
Mrs. Christopher L. Magee, Mrs. Christian
/ Mckee, Miss Kate c. Mcknight, and
Miss Julia NJ. Harding.
The reception promises to be both musi-
cally and socially one of the most brilliant
ever given by the time-honored and now re-
juvenated Art Society.
The series of lectures to be given by Miss
Jane Meade Welsh on American History,
under the patronage of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, are attracting SO
much attention that an additional lecture
has been added to the course, 1t win be
given in the Pittsburg Club Theatre about
the middle of June, and will be entitled
1.-THE Evolution of the Northwest''-a talk
on the Worlds Fair. This lecture is
arranged with the view of giving the gen.
tiemen chance to hear Miss Welsh. The
dates and subjects of the drawingroom
lectures, to be given at IL o'clock Of the
mornings named, are: THE Making of the
Constitution" May 30, at Miss Denny's,
412 Penn avenue; Alexander Hamilton"
June /, at Miss Denny's; Thomas Jefer-
son." Saturday, June 4, at Mrs Park
Painters, 245 Ridge avenue, Allegheny;
''The War of 1872" June 6, at
"John Quincy Adams and Andrew
Jackson" June 8, at Mrs. Hogg's;
1.-The Capture of Commonwealth, June
II, at Mrs. NJ. X. Moorhead's, 5221 Els
worth avenue, East End Tickets for the
entire course are "a, and may be obtained at
the Woman's Exchange or from any of the
following ladies: Mrs. Jeanie Baird Nc
Knight, Mrs. Howard Morton, Mrs. M. X.
Moorhead, Mrs. o. D. Thompson, Mrs. W.
J. Holland Miss S. NJ. Ewing, Miss Kate
Mcknight. Miss Burgwin, Miss Julia Hard
ing, Mrs. Walter McCord, Mrs II. B. Hogg,
Mrs. A. H. Childs.
As each of the drawingrooms where the
lectures are to be held will only hold about
$50, the sale of seats will have to be limited.
Only course tickets will be sold until the
last week of May; then if there any over
single tickets, that is tickets for single
lectures, will be placed on sale.
Mr. Dawson Speer and bride, nee Taylor,
are giving charming sat homes" at their
residence on Niagara street, Oakland.
The operetta of srBeauty and the Beast"
will be given at the Duquesne Theater Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday nights and
Wednesday matinee, under the auspices of
the Mercantile Library Association of this
city, and for the benefit of that organization.
There will be 600 children in the cast, in
cluding pupils of Braun's Dancing Academy
in solos, minuets, fairy dancing, etc, volun-
teers from boy choruses of Episcopal
and members of the II. G. Frick
Dramatic Club. The operetta will be given
under the direction of Prot. Braun, assisted
by Byron King
One of the weddings that particularly in
terested Pittsburg last week, was that of |
Miss Estella Durand and Mr.. James M. |
Denniston, of Pittsburg at the home of the |
bride in Lake Forest, suburb of Chicago. |
Mrs. Denniston will be welcome addition |
to Pittsburg society.
Miss Fisher, of Oil City, is the guest of |
Mrs. P. o. Naly, of Center avenue.