The Washington bee., 1897-12-25
THE GREAT CHARITY BALL.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUGLASS
HOSPITAL-FINE DISPLAY OF ToI-
LET-DISTINGUIsHED GUEST
PRESENT.
Special to The Bee.
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Special to The Bee.
The first Charity Ball given under
the auspices of colored people was
held at the Academy of Music last
Thursday evening in Philadelphia,
Pa, in aid of the Frederick Douglas
Memorial Hospital and Training
School, of 1912 Lombard street. The
ball was socially and financially sue
cess. The gowns worn were, in many
case, handsome, and the entertain
ment preceding the dancing was of
considerable merit Spectators IN the
upper galleries outnurl6e-=l the dan
GERS, yet there was Z profit realized
for the benefit OF HE charity which
the function was designed 70 aid
Until half-p7St 70 O'Clock, when the
grand march began. ttere xas success
ion OF band music, singing and Of re-
citations. Miss Mary z. Sanders was
the Solist. Mr.. Pau Laurence Dunbar.
the colored poet, recited from his own
poems, and the feature was the pre-
sentatlon of Edmonia Lewis bust of
harles Sumner by Rev. ?. O'COnnell
and its acceptance on behalf e the
hospital by Rev P. Sampson. Three
tableaux were shown BY nurses and
physicians of the hospital, and the first
of these living pictures showed twelve
white robed girls holding aloft tab
. lets on which were painted signs of
the zodiac. The other two pictures
showed a hospital operating room.
Some twenty pupils under Mrs. F. J..
K. Jones were seen in fancy dancing
and then the ball began with the
march, led by DR.. y. F. Mossell 27d
Miss Mary Sprague, granddaughter
OF Frederick Douglass, Captain A. F
Stevens, Jr, of the Gray Invincibles,
and Miss Susie Cowdrey opened the
dancing when Waldtenei's dolores
waltz was played.
Captain Stevens was master of Cere-
monies. the chief floor manager was
Mr.. Charles II. Brooks. His assis-
tantS were Professor !. F. Washing
ton, Professor harles Taylor. Mr..
! Henry s. Martin, Professor I. H..
Smith, Captain George Anderson, Mr..
| Gift Mosley, Mr.. Augustus Capps,
Mr. John F. Garter, and Mr.. George
l. Williams, of this CITY; Professor
/ Joseph K Benn, of New York; Profes-
sor Dennis B. Sharper, of Wilmington.
Del; Mr.. l. Ellsworth Tooney. OF
Baltimore; and Major c A. Fleet
wood, of Washington, d. c.
The patroneSses were Mrs. y. F.
MosSell, Mrs. P A. Dutrieuille, Mrs.
Barton curry, Mrs. Ruth Brinkley,
Mrs. Maria A Johnson, Mrs. Clara
Augustine, Mrs. Laura Johnson, Mrs.
Indiana Baugh, Mrs. Laura St. Clair
Miss Susie Cowdery, Miss Tillie Bap-
tlste and Miss Maud Harding; Mrs.
William {. Brown, Mrs John G.. Glad.
man, Miss Esther A. Spence and Miss
Bessie H. Spence, of West Chester;
Miss Emma X. White and Mrs. Kate
Nugent, OF Chester; Mrs. B. !. Carney
Mrs. Julia Songow, Mrs. Charles Fl
Brooks, Mrs. George Clinton, Mrs,
Elizabeth B Headley, Mrs. Della Y
Johnson, Miss Minnie Johnson, Mrs +
B. Taylor, Mrs. c. H. Sandidge, Mrs
Henrietta Capps, Miss Rosie Ford
Miss Maggie Smithers, Miss Mamie
Ross, Miss Hattie Taylor, Mrs. f. III
Olds, Miss Rachel Nichols, Miss Mari
/ Davis.
The committee Of arrangement con.
sisted of n. F. ossell, NJ. D., chair.
man; VIM. A. Jackson. D. ID. S: Mr.
T. A. Dutrieuille, Mr.. A. F. Stevens
Sr., Miss Alma G.. Summerville and
II. NJ. Milton, Ph. G.. Secretary.
Among those present were Mr.. A.
A. Mossell, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell
Mr.. and Mrs George Brown, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Flint, Mrs. Frank Curtis. Nj
Lemuel Cowdery, Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Gould, Mrs. Mossell and daugh
ters, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Johnson. Mr.
Nj. q, Lehman, MIR. H. Klewson, Super