The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-21
COLONIAL LOAN EXHIBIT
IN THE HIsTORlCAL ROOMS IN
HARTFORD NEXT WEEK..

4" AHH HAcAOhICAL ROOMS IN
HARTFORD NEXT WEEK..
Tea Served by the Danes Monday ana Sat.
urday-Charming Tablcnux In Unity
Hall Tuesday and Wednesday ay--Articles
in Use Prior to 1883 Earnestly Solicited
by Committee-The Coming New Haven
Exhibit.
Hartford. April 20.-The plans for the
loan exhibit to be given in the Athene-
um by the Colonial Danes of Connecti-
cut are nearly completed and many of
| the articles for exhibition have beer
collected. The Connecticut society OF
Colonial Danes OF America was organ-
| lied In the autumn Of 1894 at Arms
| NEAR the Hartford residence of Mrs,
Samuel Colt The officers chosen were:
Mrs. Colt, president; Mrs. Franklin b.
Dexter Of New Haven and Mrs. Charles
Dudley Warner of Hartford, vice pres
| idents; Mrs. Godfrey Dunscombe Of
New Haven, corresponding secretary;
| Mrs. George Watson Beach Of Hart
ford, recording secretary; Miss Sarah
| F. Durham Of Hartford treasurer;
| Mrs. Colin Macrae Ingersoll, jr., of New
| Haven, registrar; Mrs. Charles John
| son of Hartford, historian. Since then
| some changes have been made in the
officers of the society, but Mrs. Colt still
retains the presidency.
| at the last annual meeting 1t was re-
| solved to hold loan exhibit in Hart
| ford and in New Haven for the purpose
| OF raising money with which to pur-
chase books of reference, historical and
genealogical, to be placed by the society
as special deposits in the libraries Of
| the Hartford and New Haven Connect
icut Historical societies.
The exhibit in this city will begin in
| the historical rooms at the Atheneum
next Monday, April 27, and continue
| through the week. The committee in
charge Of the exhibit is composed Of
| the following ladies':
Mrs. Morgan G.. Bulkeley Of HART
| ford, chairman.
Mrs. Thomas Brownell Chapman Of
| Hartford, secretary.
| Miss Rebecca Gibbons Beach Of New
| Haven.
Mrs. William Beebe Of New Haven.
| Mrs. Franklin B. Glazier OF South
| Glastonbury.
| Miss e. Grfswold Of Lyme.
Miss Florence T. Gay Of Pennington.
Miss Hamersley Of Hartford.
Mrs. Henry L. Hotchkiss of New Ha-
| ven. M
| Some. Of the valuable articles which
i No a ne
| tankards porringers, silver cups and
! pitchers, peppers and salts, and curious
i spoons, fans, miniatures laces, needle
work and embroideries Of different
! kinds, knee buckles, shoe buckles and
| jewelry All OF the articles were In use
| in colonial times and some Of the silver
pieces date back to 1886, how much ear.
| lier than that they were in use not be-
ing positively known. All articles to
| be received must have been in use prior
| to 17S3
FIRST OF THE KIND.
AS this is to be the first exhibit OF
the kind ever given in Connecticut 1t is
hoped that the collection will do honor
to one of the first colonial states. Not
only the Danes, but their friends and
| all citizens of the Capitol city are earn-
| estly requested to contribute for the oc-
| casion any article Of interest which
| they may have in their possession. All
| articles Of value are to be placed in
1 cases and guarded by watchmen both
| day and night. At the beginning of the
| exhibit Monday tea will be served by
| some of the Hartford ladies who are
| members of the society, each appearing
| in a colonial costume. One gown to be
| worn is an elegant old brocade which
was worn at an assembly in Hartford
| in 1882 by the grandmother of the pres
ent owner Tuesday and Wednesday
| evenings tableaux will be given in
| Unity hail. the series to be called
"Views Through Colonial Doorways."
| Walter Sanford is to do the grouping,
! and much enthusiasm prevails among
| those interested. The participants are
| all society people, and Hartford will
have an opportunity to witness the
brightest and the fairest of its 400 ar
| rayed In the quaint costumes of their
| ancestors.
One picture to be given requires a
| frame fifty feet square. The admission
to the exhibit in the Atheneum will be
| so cents Admission to Unity hall will
! be ST. The tickets are on sale at Cal
Ium & Metzger's, and may also be pro-
cured of any of the Danes. There are
about fifty members Of the society re-
siding in Hartford, and others in Farm
| ington, South Glastonbury and other
neighboring towns. The exhibit will
close Saturday evening with a big tea
which will quite surpass the one given
Monday afternoon. The exhibit will be-
| gin in New Haven Wednesday of the
following week, and will be held in
the large historical rooms belonging
to the Historical society of New Haven,
the rooms being in the memorial build
ing recently erected on Grove street at
the foot Of Hillhouse avenue by Henry
English.