New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-16
MEETINGS And EMBELLISHMENTS.

The Society for the Relief OF Poor widows with Small
Children will celebrate its nneysixth anniversary In
the University Church parlor. No. % University Place.
to-day. Last year the society assisted 800
widows and 9s5 children under twelve years Of ~
O cost Of nearly 10000. Among the officers Of the
society Mrs William Preston Griffin. first drectress
Miss Margaret Jackson secretary and Mrs. Theodore b.
bronson, treasurer George Macculloch Miller George
f. Belts and George s. Bowdoin the advisory
mittee. Miss Rachel Boyd No. 202 West Forty-nrst-
st., Is OF the society.
While the general public looking at the
OF the loan collection pictures the galleries Of
National Academy OF Design yesterday afternoon num-
Der OF the members and students Of the Academy
enjoying bright lecture on Canadian travel given by
Charles NJ Skinner Of 1.-The Brooklyn Eagle" in Of
the lecture rooms Of the building The running COMMENT
which explained series Of excellent Photographic slides,
terse and witty.
'IIawaii and the IIawaians" lecture illustrated with
beautiful steroptcOn views, will be given ty Edwin
Browne the East Eightysixlst. branch OF the Young
Mems Christian Association on Monday evening next At
o'clock
The weekly reunions OF members Of the Drawing. Room
club take place Thursday evenings The reunions az
sherrys Will be on November 3d. January Is, February
l5 March 20 and April 49, The Friday morning lectures
Oh literature ard criticism by Percya Chubb viii begin
December ].
A. the ladies night" given Monday evening "
the Ohio Society its rooms No. 23G Fifth-aye., .
new feature Of the entertainment exhibition VI
SPANISH paintings by Murillo and his school Beside
these were shown numter Of landscapes, hover pieces
and black and whites, by Ohio artists among whom
NAV be mentioned Miss stumm and Messrs. NcKecknis
Brucr.
The regular monthly meeting OF the United Service
club Will b. held saturday evening nNt, at No ID
West Thrty-ir-t-s. at 80 O'Clock paper OH Mod.
.rn tiun Construction" will be read by Lieutenant H. NJ
Whistler, L. =. A.
The cadets Of the First Battery. " C.. s. " Y. gave
successful exhibition drill last evening Wendes
sembly Rooms No. 1874 West Forty -fourthst The dr
IN haoin at a.
that time the began 10 MI with the officers end
men Of tie battery and other cadet corps OF the city
and its vicinity Among these latter were the Daughters
OF Veterans A. S. Williams Post Kotes Post. Of
Veterans eth Regiment Detachment and cadets OF
rho following corps Second Battery, sth Regiment 22d
Regiment, 47th Regiment 18th Regiment Troop A. ST.
Georges St Paul's, Bostwick, and the ftl Regiment Of
New.Jersey. The aril under Lieutenant Theodore
r. Schmidt the inspecting officer being Colonel Harding,
L. s. A. with Lieutenant Pascoe, First Battery, u S. A.,
rs aide All the visiting corps took part the review
and the grand military marh large numeer Of onicess
nom the regular army were present. and were loud In
their lrlis pr cision with which the d:nerene
maaoeu,rcs were executed. Alter the drill was over,
tho upper hall was clearca for Dancing when was kept
up un,.l an carly hour this morning
William II. Gillette, the playwright entertained ths
members Ct the GoS,he society az their first monthly TO
ruon for the which took place at the Hotel h'uns'
wick las. night. 4 modern play, he said, would nos
tolerate the unnatural and uneiike forms OF speech
Astounding ia the plays the flizabethan period s'ua'
ton In the dramatic sense JuNtapcsison OF eohnes"s
interests unknown 20 one or more OF the PronS '"''
estd hc believed be the great feature OF the drama 10
now developed. Among those present were A. NJ ia'
resilient Of the society Mrs. and Miss Palmer MI ~
Mrs J. W. Emerson, Mr.. and Mrs ID. d. Nouma"s' ss''
and Mrs y. L. Johnes Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Fulief' ar
AMI Mrs. John Eiderkin. Mr.. and Mrs 4. b. "ase~s'
Mr. and Mrs q. l.. Walker. Isaac H. halie,' ~, -
Mallory G.. l.. Morcau. Mr.. aud Mrs j. b. NISSAN, 80
Hall. Mr.. j. c. Croy. DIR. and MIS- T. W, ss 49,.
Oscar Yenni. Mr.. and Mrs. HARRISON Grey f"~S
Mr. Hermann