New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-13
COLONIAL DANES RECEIVE.
A DELIGHTFUL GATHERING All SHfh"i
HISTORIC SOCIETIES WELL REP
RESENTED.

RESENTED.
The Colonial Danes Of the State of New-fork
gave a reception and breakfast at Sherrys yes'e
day afternoon among the several hundreu s
being delegates from the thirteen Original So
represented in the Society Of Colonial Danes u
America and from the mems patriotic anu ~,
associations including the Colonial Wars. May'io"e
Descendants and Sons OF the Revolution i"' -
tire second floor OF Sherry's establishment was uo.
for the entertainment and the rooms were ueoo
rated in appropriate Colonial style III '"o r
ROOM where the guests were received oy Ni''
ard Townsend. the president OF the society ~ va
State of New-York: Mrs Benjamin b ChuTc" a."
Miss Katherine L. Turnbull. secretaries Nlrs ~
ert f. Livingston. Mrs. William Rh'neiander' .
Iydig NJ Hoyt Mrs Rowland Pell. Miss van Oo''
landt Mrs. William Bedow Beekman Mrs' mn
T. Livingston. Mrs. Archibald Rogers, Mrs' he',''
f. Pellew, and some others. there were many ~
teresting portraits. mirrors and pieces Oh iui '
loaned by members for the OCCASION WINE III '"e
ballroom where the breakfast was served t"ei0
was most effective arrangement of Colonial hass'
the French coors the Stars and Stripes ana o'"ci
flags on the north and south walls were u'Sp''
on silk banners the different seals OF the society "
the thirteen original States and above each o,''
ner were draped the American colors whie u"'
each seal there was golden eagle The large dome
in the ballroom was decorated with hags' anu VIC
front of the musicians balcony at the west emu y.
,be room WAS completely hidden under the dispas
Of flags . oss
The table OF honor which ran lengihwise a''o =,
the room was directly under the music salel!' "
the centre of the table. where sat Mrs. ii'
Townsend. the president, was puge pasNee
bright red tulips To her right and left at the po"
were seated the officers of the sister societies OF o
Colonial Danes of America as well as .he IN
sentatives Of the mems historic assoc'a"o' -,
other guests seated at numoeT ol ' .
tables which were arranged around the rooi'' 49,
one being presided by member OF the 'o1 1
society In the centre OF each OF these siiaii 'a'
was a cluster of yellow jonquils
The company sat down about O'CLOCK ana s''0o
was said by the Rev. Alexander heinI'o"' N
man of the Society of Colonial wars. just D''o
the meal was finished the entire company oiaHh "''
health OF Mrs. Townsend. standihs' i"o ph
RESPONDED to the compliment In a graceiui spee."
Then began the intellectual part OF the entertain
ment introduced by Frederic J. de feys'er' 81
ernor-general Of the Society OF GOLDMAN ""''' wy
acted as POSTMASTER for the ladies' OF inc SUI
and made an address of welcome. After a SONG
'.The Fine Old English Gentleman. by feri! N
ILL., the toast THE Colonial Dame OK the ra'. an
Present" was responded to by Charles Dudley wa.
ner who took the place OF General AieAd"'e "
Webb, who not able to be present "peS 80
were also made by Edward Floyd DO Lances anu ~
ex-Judge Henry r Rowland. president OF the 90
c,a,v ~ Navt,ower Descendants. After more songs
nv Mr. Averu and music by the band from Gov
errors Island the company ADJOURNED. each '"'''
ing away as a souvenir OF the OCCASION d 'o'
Mere In the shape OF Continental nat
Some OF those present were Mrs. iE''sS'o"
Mason presidert of he Rhode Island Society; the
Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry. A. b. Valentine historian
Of the Colonial Wars Society. Mr.. and Mrs "iiiaii
Reed Of Baltimore. Mrs. John Romeyn Broadhead
Mrs Henry Fairfax Osborne. MI ana Mrs' A'eN
ander T. jameson. OF New-Jersey' MIS- i.''''
Chauncey. Mrs. Charles Dudley Warner, MFs. WIZ
lam Kingsland. Mrs. j. J. Jackson OF baitiho'''
Mrs Edward L. Moron Mrs Isaac Starr OF Th''1
delphia: Mrs Adam Empre. Of Maryland; Mrs Al
fred c Coke of Utica General and Mrs Brown OF
Washington: Miss Julia Chester Wells, Frencfl'h l.
Haght Rowland Pell. Mrs Lewis "ash''S'o"'
whose husband was 4 collateral descendant OF zen
eral Washington: Or +. lie Roy saiieTiee' MIS-
Louise f. Jones' Mrs Joel T. Wolfe Mrs b'n)l'''''
Rush Wendell Of Cazano,la: Mrs. g. H. Brown ~
rishkll: Miss Caroline q. Lawrence. Mr.. ana MIS-
Aus,in Jenkins Mrs James Treat. OF Fishkili: Miss
Anna Lea, OF wilmington: Mrs Henry Earle, OF
Drooklyn: Mrs Charles r. Ostrandcr. OF Rye; MISE
Collins OF sni'h Fo,ry Mrs v whlppe Cap
tain and Mrs. Dahgren. Mrs. Mary morn Sari'n.
Ter, Mrs; Mrs Thomas " ward Mrs Lock-
WOOD be Forest, Sir. and Mrs. Charles 4 White of
New Haven: Mr. and Mrs. Charles stedman MIS-.
Mrs Charles Britain. Mrs. Henry ~ barbour' Mrs
Cuinlan NAY Mrs William Evcrard strong Miss Dora
s MT. o Mf' MI PryoT Mss Mary vandePoe M
ana Mrs oscar Edgcrton Schpdt Miss Josephine
stevens Mrs John Blocker Miller. Miss Miller.
Mrs G A. Peabody. Mrs Donald Nsiean. Mss
simmer Mr. and Mrs Godfrey Duns< 7mbe. Mrs.
stimson Mrs. NJ. Myiders, OF Bro9kyn: MES
Louise Watson Clarke. Miss Julia l. l,eianeld,
Miss Corneia Nevins Mrs. Julian Rose Coffin. Mrs.
Iansdalc Boardman, Mrs r H. hosworih; Mrs
Mrs. Percy King; Mrs Alfred Rowland; IT,, Mrs' :
Johnson Hudson Mrs. Benjamin s. Church. Mrs.
knight OF Delaware: Mrs. Lewis. OF Trenton: Mrs
William Bacon Stevens of Philadelphia: Mrs +.
X Livingston. Mrs; Charles !. Curtis. Mrs New
ton Perkins Mrs. J. Wells Champney: Mrs J. H.
Atterbury Mrs. w. NJ. Jones. Mrs: Nichols. Mrs.
Philip Rhinelander, Mrs James Hillhonse Mrs
PRESCOTT Hall Butler, Mrs William RhineRnder.
Mrs Stanford White. Miss C. NJ Clarke Miss
William NJ Grinnell. Mrs. John NJ Hallcombc. OF
Hartford Miss Edith Johnson Mrs Franklin p.
DEXTER Mrs Woodruff Sutton. Mr.. and Mrs. Her
man r Livingston. Mrs Oliver Sumner Teal Gen.
eraI and Mrs 8. Duncan Olyphant Mrs. Maunsel
Van Rensselaer, jr. Mrs Pierre Iorliard. jr.. Mrs
Robert f.. Livingston. Mr.. and Mrs Theodore VI.
Ettinr of Philadelphia: Miss Mary I. Ridcey. WI
mngton, Del; Mrs. J. Spencer Van Cleef Of Poueh-
kecDs.e: Mrs Horace Clark Du Val. of Brooklyn;
Mrs Henry G. Trevor. Arthur Melvin Hatch; treas,
urer OF the Society OF Colonial Wars: DR.. j Dougal
Bisse and Mrs William w. Farnam. OF New Haven.