New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-31

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| FieIde will meet at II o'clock this morning at the
| League for Political Education. No SO f'ifth.ave
| The subject will be Voting In CITY Elections
In tho department OF philology OF the Brooklyn
Institute the last in the matinee series Of dramatic
| readings Will be given this afternoon. beginning at
3.5 o'clock and Will consist Of selections from
| James Russell Lowell. given by Professor 'haries
! Roberts, jr
The Travellers Club OF Rosevic (NewarK. ~ j..
will hold rs social day this afternoon at the home
| OF Miss Mabel Hi. No. 81 North Nin;h-st, AT :
| o'clock There will be musical programme, ana
| an address by Mr.. Hascall OF the High school
| The Twelfth Night has issued the following
quaint invitation: Good friend. ye are heare by
hidden 20 We yearlis rnerre making OF cure club on
twelfth night ye sixth day OF January. In ye yeare
| OF our Lord MDCCCXCVIII. Request OF ", ms
tress Viola Allen. president. at ye beIKeiey h'oe
| urn. ten Of 20 clocke."
Mira Varilla F. Coz Of Mount Tabor. who Is Ma
| t,onal Superintendent Of Sabbath Observance IN
the Woman's Christian TempeTarc- Union mas
| sent on. a circular letter. asking tho women OF
New-Jersey and other States 20 petition their rep
resenat!ves in Congress 10 vote for tho Dill 10 s'Ve
| the District OF Columbia Sunday rest law
equal to the best State sunday law She calls at
;enton to several new ita"e o. ~ ,htse on sin
| day Traffic Is from the pen OF Mrs MARY "'""'
| Cramer a sister OF General Grant
Mrs Mary Wood Allen. head Of tho purity de-
partrnent OF tho National woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union and Editor OF Tho New Cfusade'
is going to New-Jersey for number OF meetings
She Will address mothers meeting AT orange NJ
an early date The first instance OF cooperation
between the club women and tho W. c. T. I; Is 10
be noted a; orange. where both these bodies OF
progressive women unto In holding mc'he'S '"'''
ings.
Mis-. willard has asked that every State shall
petition for statutory prohibition The o'a'' p'es
dent Mrs Emma Bourne. asks the women 20 as
cuss this measure, and adds: III you thihh pe''
viii meet earlier than usual. IN order TO determine
what is wisest 10 do in tho matter
rb. Church Settlement house at No. 3e East
ehtv-fourth-st has lost It's founder and head IN
Miss Marion Lane Quincy who has sohe over -
the Church OF Rome. Tho Church settlement was
connected with the Church OF the Redeerner' whose
rector n short time ago professcd Roman'sm' TIC
hos been followed by Mn william Arnold. Mrs:
I ISs Borst. and now Miss Quincy: THO four "
bndpcd Children who had gathered in
from byways ana sIuflb
Tho CorteIyou Club members will meet tonight
L., ,ho c,ph narIors 10 celebrate the incoming OF
tho new veor Henry A. Meyer IS chairman OF the
Entertainment Committee and has arranged i"'
q reproduction OF the Tingle Tangle or 1880 Ai'e,
the performance dancing will begin ana go on W.
ag lew nv " e Rusch viii be given. representing
the going out of the old and entering OF the ne"
year.
Mrs Sarah Bronson How gave readings yesterohy
morning IN Memorial Hall. assisted by MISS Marion
Walker and Miss Ida NJ. Simmons. Mrs HOW re"a
Eugene Fields's ITS June" and an amusing irish
selection. also Some Other Birds Arc Taught TO
rIv from Kate Douglas Wiggins's BIRDS Christ
mas Carol" and THE Tree Toad by James whit
comb Ry The T%@ S Ts wS Wam T low Mrs
Thomas = Siillman. Mrs. Edward II LitGhneId
Ms A"gsa HS s%e a M5s Mr lanes George Prai
Tho festivities at Blenheim Castle recently. for
"sweet chartys sake" took the form OF nuSica!
buresouc I'm the two-scene skit called AN Idle
Hour 4" in which Consuelo Duchess OF Marlborough.
added new laurels by the grace and excellence OF
her amateur work. AS the Countess klondike ra;
diant in ms ana ,' wss for the bene
AZ OF the restoration fund OF 81. Marys Church,
at Woodstock.
TIE Syracuse Rainy Day Club is discouraged on
the subject OF skirts II seems that the mem
bers cannot make UP their minds to openly and
publicly wear their Wanted abbreviations. and yet
what excuse Is there ior fanny Gu" "'''e''
there Is a rainy-day costume!
The one thousand girls who form Local Union
Nh IS Of the United Garment Workers are con-
sdering the advisaby Of sending woman as
their delegate to the approaching convention Of the
state branch OF the American Federation OF Labor
and the Worklngmcn's State Trade Assembly.
DR.. schauner Will lecture at $3.50 o'clock this af
ternoon in the Broadway Tabernacle. He will dis
cuss the Sunday school Lesson
VARyJyG AGAINST SO-CALLED CHARITIES.
A timely warning is issued by the Charity Or
eanization Society against giving money 10 char
Iues about which the giver knows nothing. Some
~ ,hese charities are fctiticous, and the money
"a kcnt by The collectors Others are run chiefly ,
80 ,in,r - inc managers 4 number Of entertain