New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-18
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IN THE ORANGES.
LECTURES THE FEATURE OF THE LAST
WEEK OF LENT.
4 PLEASING ENTERTAINMENT AT THE oRAN'N
cLrB-THE FoRTNIGHTLY CLUB
DISCUSSES ART,

DISCUSSES ART.
The Rev Charles Townsend. pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church of Orange, gave lasl VIZ"
three remarkable lectures on Tuesday. WeuheHuas
and Thursday evenings. The series was e"'iu.u
1.-THE Portraiture Of Christ" and ii was prepared
as especially appropriate to Holy Week. MI. iow"-
send took up in consecutive order the entire ms
tory OF the portraiture OF Christ. beginning WIN
the rude frescoes on the walls OF the oataconoS
and sweeping down through every century Vi INC
Christian to the present time. Inc hrs' ieV'u'e
embraced the portraiture from the time OF inc
catacombs to Giotto. in 1896; the second from
Giotto to Vandyke In l6il and the third from van
dyke down 10 contemporaneous trt Many Oh inc
pictures had never before been shown on d me ne
ana lis mac ec ugT We're largely attended
T. Commerford Martin: Editor OF me h1tC1i . a.
Association Han on Wednesday night under the
auspices Of the Young Mems Cnristian Ass4cauUI;
feat in harvesting the great cataract OF Nlasar1
for the production of electrical erelgy- Inc nan
Palmer Cox's Brownies was produced in Music
Hall on Thursday evening with the originai com
THE Lieweiyn Banjo and Guitar CIpb Of IVES,
in Bray's Hall on Monday evening. az when some
excellent acts were shown. 49,. ,,,,, ,o,o
a vaudeville entertainment at the clubhouse last
night that largely attended. Through the couI-
il a6or al "a nmm5er of Vitascope views were
shown At the conclusion OF the programme ""e
lf
The Ladies Aid Society Of the F1rst Me'hodistt
Episcopal Church held an Easter sale IN the soeia'
rooms of the church Wednesday, night
The series Of lectures TO the public school teaCh-
ers Of the orange schools closed on "Wednesday Ia
afternoon. when the Rev. Charles Townsend OF me
First Presbyterian Church, lectured on me
Duties OF Parents and Teachers Toward School
Children" The lecture was full of practical sus-
Miss N Isabel Dyckman. daughter OF MI and
Mrs William II. Dyckman. of No. 43S Central-aNe.,
sailed yesterday on the steamer Massachusetts Tor
England. She Will spend the summer WISHING
friends in England ana scotland orauo.
Mrs. Anna Ward Suydam. OF Centre-st. orange
has been elected member Of the Society OF Colo,
NAL Danes of America Mrs Suydam is descended
from Sir Robert lie Brun. of Bruen Stapletoid,
this country and founded the Plymouth Colony.
and subsequently founded Newark. . 49,, j.
Mr. and Mrs Charles w. Schumanr: ir., have De,
cided TO make orange their home. and have settled
down at No. ll6 CeVeland-si.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Q. Barstow, Mr.; and Mrs J.
Newton Foster and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin ".
Morrill, OF East orange have gone on trip 10
Washington and the South go
Miss Laura Babcock. formerly librarian OF the
Orange Free Library has been appointed assistant
librarian of Cornell University. -
The Current Events Club. of East orange. me-
on Monday afternoon at the home OF MIS- l. II
Freeland No Il Arlington-aVe.. when MIS- HIT
SKINS the wife of a native missionary in Syria,
gave general account of the Armenian question
and much interesting information in regard 10 the
character of the Turkish and Syrian peoples
The Fortnightly Club held its regular meeting on
Orange Miss Mary Bathgate. as chairman OF the
Committee on Art. was in charge. The programme
opened with talk on "lllusuators by Mrs Jonn-
SON followed by paper on Women as lilustrar
on American Water Color Artists" and Miss
Bathgate gave an interesting account Of the pres
ent exhibition OF art at the Academy of Design.