New-York tribune., 1897-01-17
MEETINGS AND ENTERTAINMENTS.


TIE second annual entertainment and ball OF the
B'nai Birth Club given last evening IN the
Lenox Lyceum- The hall was profuseiy decorated
with flags and plants. and was filed to overho"ins
with the members OF the club and their irienos'
An address by the Rev. DR.. Rudolph Grossman or
the Temple BETHEL preceded the entertainment
which was furnished by several well-known vaude-
vile performers At the CLOSE Of the entertain
ment the floor OF the auditorium was cleared for
dancing. which was continued until late hour
handsome souvenir book distributed. contain
Ing. In addition TO the programme for the evening,
fun list OF officers and committees OF the B'na
Birth Club and a letter from It's president Adolph
Hirsh. The Floor Committee last evening included
Emanuel Raunheim. chairman: Benjamin Schoen.
l. ~ Auereach. Isidore Bernstein .. H. pahl- @
Among those on The Reception Committee We're
Dr. Henry Herbert chairman; Louis simon. Or
Gordon. segfried Schloss, DR.. E. W. koetzier and
Samuel d. Stewards.
The farce Uncle" by Henry J. Byron was pre-
sented by the class OF 90 Columbia University. 1t
the Berkeley Lyceum last evening The perform
ance was also given Friday night and yester-
day afternoon. and met with enthusiastic re-
cepton on all three occasions The 'soph. show
has been a fixture in the Columbia calendar for
several years the proceeds being used TO pay the
debt incurred BY the class during its freshman
year. Between the acts the Columbia University
Mandolin Club played the Evelyn Mazourka." lei
Captain" and Beau Ideal' marches. Last nights
audience included many prominent society people.
Mrs. Adrian Iselin jr, Mrs. j. n. Kneeland: Mrs.
Col, Mortimer dT1e Mrs. Francis scsroedcr Mrs +
I.e Roy satterec Mrs. Richard Allison Elmer Mrs.
Thomas y De Witt. Mrs. Hamilton Cdel ana Mrs
William H. Fearing.
SUPERINTENDENT J. W. Kjegaard. OF the Cooper
Union Labor Bureau spoke at the regular meeting
OF the League for Political Education yesterday at
No q West Forty-fourth-st. His subject was
Help by Work and sympathy" and he described
minutely the working of the Cooper Union bureau
citing many cases which had come under his no.
tice. once reached the age Of afty-fve years
he said there really no chance OF his securing
employment in the city. The only thing to do. he
declared was to get such to the country.
where a system of lot farms could be started to
afford such deserving men an opportunity OF Sc,
curing means OF livelihood. Nr kJcigaard sahi
that Pennsylvanian had promised thousand
acres for farms. and he believed that In the near
future the farms would become permanent instiiu-
tions.
The East side Citizens League. a Republican or
ganization In the XIv,h Congress District has elect
Cd the following officers: President, Peter Axelrad;
vice president William Haag: secretary. Joseph
Kessler: financial secretary. Max J. Manr; sergeant
alarms Michael Ryan: treasurer. Paul Roth; Board
OF Drectors-peter Axeirad. Paul Roth Max };
RYAN Joseph Kessier and Jacob Friedman.
A number of graduates Of the Wesleyan Academy
met on Friday nigh; at the home OF n. F. Y. Weich
for the purpose OF forming Wesleyan Academy
Alumni Association OF NewYork. Those present
were: T.. F.. Welch Charles Y. D. Peck W. c. Malla-
bin Z. s. Davis, Miss Frances Hill, Y. W. Carman,
W. f. Murrin Miss G. NJ Eichbauer, Miss {. A
Prentice. y. Bailey and Miss VI. Shailer Mr Peck
was elected temporary chairman and Miss Eirhbauer
secretary cordial welcome will be extended TO al
students academy
next meeting will be he'd on February - a, the nome
Of Miss Smaller. No. l25 West Sixty-sixth-st
At me annual meeting OF the Blue Anchor Society.
held on Thursday the following officers We're unani-
mously elected: President. Mrs. Henry j Newton OF
No l59 East Seventieh-st. treasurer. Mrs Eliza l.,
Morford. Of No - West seyenteenth.s.; seciv;ary'
Miss Alice Sanford Nyack-ave Pelham. y. \
The ffty-sixth regular meeting OF the Quill Club.
which will be ladies meeting" vii. be held at the
Windsor Hotel Tuesday evening at o'clock
Al O'Clock dinner will be served in the parlors on
The second floor and II Is expected that there Will
be a large number Of guests present. The topic for
the evening will be Folk Song in America 10 be
presented by Henry l.. Krehbie author OF Stud
les in tho Wagnerian Drama" and How to Listen
to Music" Mr.. krehbiel has personally collected
songs from Creole. Indian negro and other source
of the evening. On February II the topic at the
club meeting VII be The Proteftion Of "A AmeTcan
Frederick d. Grant will speak.
A meeting will be hald az the home OF General
Ferdinand p Earle on Wednesday evening Janu-
airy 90 o'clock. TO protest against the erection
Of gas plant by the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
'1mpany In West On~-hundred nd-hfty -n!ntn-st,
ADJACENT 70 the new spsedway Citizens hLins in
ninth One hundred nd-sixtieth ana One hundred
sis arg especially Interested.
r.,a al Of clerks VIII q
hell tomorrow evening the Central opera
House There will he An entertainment and re-
ception followed by dancing, feature OF the en-
tertainment Will be concer, by ths Letter Dar-
by several we'll known variety artists
The concert for the benefit OF the sick and wound
I'd OF the Cuban Army. under the auspices OF
he Daughters OF Cuba will take place at Chicken
Ing Hall on February H. instead OF January 2s
Some Of those who will appear are: Nine. Yebba
soprano; Katherine Bloodgood. contr;nto; Paul Lis
eman violnist; Franz I.isteman Vioonceilist. and
tiortei,sia NuieH' ny es, .ss nc w., S,,,y &c
,ourth-st., Mrs. B. J. Guerra No. lo4 West Sixty
irst-st.. and al leading hotels
Charles Johnston. the Orien ,alist late Of the
indian Civil Service and member OF the Royal
Asiatic Society will lecture st. Paul the initi-
ate" before the Aryan Thecsophioal Society. at
No IA Madison-ave.. this evening ar Sis O'Clock
Mr. Johnson proposes 10 treat OF the life and work
2 the Apostle 10 the Cientiles from the point OF
,iew of the science of religions. showing the COM
Dlete parallelism between PauPs teaching OF re- !
or the resurrection from the dead. with |
he Unpanishad teachIrg OF tho false Individual sell
md the real universal self.
The annual dinner of the Medico-Legal Society |
sill be given ct the Hotel Marlborough, Wednes- |
lay. at ! D. m. There Will be large attendance !
# lawyers and physicians. Among the speakers |
OH. o. a he folnuripy =
, W clecd retiring president, Jacob i. Miller, |
,residan, elect: Judge ADram r. Daley. OF Brook
yn who will speak on The Treatment Of Crimi-
ais: Judge A NJ. Tallmadge. OF Bridgeport.
Capacity. Rosalia Loew. on
Woman and the Law. the Rev. DR.. f. c. Bolles.
n The Medical jurisprudence OF the Bible; DR..
'holnas Darlington. OH Railway Surgery Dr..
)snisl A Lewis on Medical Jurisprudence and
ta,o Nediclne": Stephen Fiske on The Press: |
~ George l.. Porter. Of Bridgeport. State