Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-04
In WOMAN'S REALM.
Daughters of the American Revolution Ar
ranging for a Series of Lectures-Y. w.
C. A. Reception-Reunion of the Sterrett

THERE was an important me citing at tn,
| residence of Mrs. Park Painter, Ridge ave
| nue., Allegheny, yesterday afternoon of the
| Daughters of the American Revolution. The
business of the meeting was to perfect ar
rangements for q series of lectures by Miss
Jane Meade Welsh, the first of which is tc
be given on Monday, May 3d. There was q
large attendance at the meeting yesterday,
and the greatest interest was manifested by
| those present After due consideration the
| following programme was submitted by
committees that have had the matter in
charge, and adopted unanimously by the
meeting: Monday. May 80, Miss Welsh will
| lecture on "The Making of the Constitu.
tion," at the residence of Miss Denny, 411
Penn avenue; Wednesday, June l. "Alex.
ander Hamilton also at Miss Denny's; Sat.
| urday, June 4, "Thomas Jefferson" Mrs.
Park Painters house; Monday, June g. "The
War of 1872" Mrs. Hogg's, 70 Church avenue,
Allegheny; Wednesday, June g. John
| Quincy Adams" also at Mrs. Hogg's; Satur.
day, June IL, "The Capture of Common
wealth." Mrs. NJ. X. Moorhead. 5221 Ellsworth
avenue. These lectures will all commence
Mt IL A. NJ. They will not be exclusive in any
sense of the word, the public generally being
| invited to attend all of them.
The committee of arrangements are Miss
Julia Harding, Miss Kate Mcknight, Mrs.
Howard Morton, Mrs. o. d. Thompson, Mrs.
Frank LeMoyne, Miss s. Ewing, Mrs w. j.
Holland, Mrs. Walter McCord, Miss Burg
win, and Mrs. Charles Mcknight. Tickets
for the course of lectures can be obtained of
any of these ladies. The sale has already
commenced, and there is no question that
Miss Welsh will be welcomed by very large
audiences. The ladies having tine lectures
IN charge are very enthusiastic and are de-
lighted with the interest the enterprise has
awakened in Pittsburg.
Tur na,u hr;Id;no of ~. C.,+-,1 Wanna
Women's Christian Association at Al Penn
avenue will be formally opened Friday
evening Of this week. A reception will be
held on that day from to P. NJ and from
] to 10 P. M. The association was organized
in June last, SO that it is not q year old, but
already has membership OF over 400 Some
of the most prominent ladies in the two
cities are members and are working hard
for its success. The new house Is very COM
modious, having % rooms all elegantly fur
nished by the ladies of the different denom-
nations of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The
intention OF the association is to rent some
of the rooms to young ladies and to serve
luncheon every day at lower price than it
can be obtained of the same. quality else
where. Girls employed in business houses,
factories, ETC., can take their lunches with
them to the associations rooms and eat
their meal there, buying coffee or not as
they please They will be welcome to come,
to enjoy their lunch, to rest, to read and to
make use of the place as if it were home.
Women out for days shopping are invited
supplied with all conveniences, and, in fact,
everything that should be found in the
ideal club house for women. Beauty as well
as utility has been cared for in the furnish
ment OF the associations rooms and pic
lures and bric-a- brac, carefully chosen, are
seen on every side. The officers of the asso-
cia tion are as follows: President, Mrs James
tq ri
and Mrs. A. J. Norcross; Secretary, Miss
Annie D. Robinson; Treasurer, Miss J. L.
Lewis.
YESTERDAY afternoon the ladies of the
sterrett W. C. T. U. met at their rooms,
North avenue, Allegheny, for business, and
later in the day enjoved q social reunion.
At the afternoon, committees appointed
some time since to visit all the public
schools and find out whether physical Gull
ture was taught in them, reported that it
was and that the teachers as well as the
pupils were very much interested in the
study. A lunch, free to all, was served from
6 to p NJ, after which there was a pleasant
entertainment, consisting of ballad singing,
recitations and select readings. Among
the performers were Miss Blanche George,
Mr.. Luther Harper, Miss Carrie Herber, Miss
Lindsay Barr. These rooms on North ave-
nue. are known as the "First Allegheny Day
Nursery" The purpose of the institution is
have to go out for the day to work. A
charge of 10 cents day is made. Formerly
the charge was CENTS but the mothers
raised to 10 cents The children are fed ana
washed and the larger ones sent to school.
while the babies are kept at home and taken
care of all day. 1t is an excellent institu-
tion and does great deal Of good work in q
modest, unassuming way.
THE German fair in Old City Hall is
progressing most satisfactorily. There was
O very large attendance yesterday both for
dinner and supper, and the entertainment
was unusually good. The Germania Band
gives a concert every evening, and last night
the church choirs of Mt. Washington and
Homestead rendered vocal music. Afeature
of to-day will be a visit of the little ones
from the Orphans Home at West Liberty.
They will go to the fair in body. The
room containing contributions from the EN-
press of Germany and other notable ladies
was opened yesterday for the first time.
Miss Bertha Vierheller is in charge of the |
room, the establishment of it being her own |
dea. She wrote to number OF distin- |
guished ladies asking them to send some |
thing for the fair, and all have responded. |
placque, accompanied by an autograph let |
ter, in which she expressed her entire |
sympathy with the cause for which |
ses sG With Us pcsare Tee in Pasaos seo,
Castle, the favorite residence of
the old Emperor William, grandfather of
the present Kaiser. Mrs. Governor Pattison
sent q very kind letter, with a pretty linen
table square. Mrs. Garfield's contribution
was a dainty handkerchief case, and Mrs.
ten pairs OF knitted invalid slip
and the slippers are her own work. A fancy |
workbox and brocaded pincushion, made by |
the wife of the Indian cnief, Yellowhead, of
Canada, are among the interesting articles
shown. One present, that cannot be put on
exhibition in the hall, is a building lot at
Bells station, on what is known as the Little
Sawmill Run road. The lot is 110x25 feet,
md is the gift OF a prominent real estate
agent, who desires that his name shall not
De made public.
AN interesting wedding took place in
The East End last night in the Park Avenue
Church. The couple were Miss Amelia May
smith and Mr.. Dean D. Goewey. and they
we're made one by Rev. Mr.. Chalfant, the
pastor. The bride wore a cream white crepe
lie chine robe, with pearl passementerie. her
Jcil being held in place with spray of
orange blossoms. The maid of honor was
Hiss Sadie Lawton, who wore lavendar
.own, trimmed with chiffon, and carried
avendar llacs. The ushers were Lou Latty, !
Ion Stewart, VIII Means and James Adams.
rhe happy pair have gone to Niagara Falls
md Canada for the honeymoon.
LAST night the commencement exercises
# the Monongahela City High School took
,lace in the Opera House, in the presence of
n immense audience. A pretty idea in the
preparation of the very tasteful invitation
vas the insertion of the words "Unfnished
till," intimating that the real school days
in the world after the graduating |
nd receiving of diplomas from the authori-
les of the High School. The graduates were
8 follows: Harriet Hamilton Hazard,