Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-12
ART LOAN EXHIBITION
Brilliant Gathering of Society People at Its
Opening
Old Corcoraa Gallery Full Of Artfctic
Gems, Both Ancient and
Modern.

The art loan exhibition in aid of charity
| at the old Corcoran Art Gallery opened
| last night under most brilliant auspices.
BY the 900 tickets sold for the night there
was every indication in advance of the
complete success OF the opening. Society
IN It's greatest artistic phase was spiendidly
represented. and most of the more promi-
mem; movers in the world of fashion, dip
| lom8cy or oficialdom smiled upon each
other making the circuit of the different
galleries. From artistic point of view
the expectations of those most sanguine as
ITO the merits of the exhibition were more
than realized, and the enjoyment of all was
complete in the highest degree. Mrs Arch
ibaid Hopkins, Mrs. Boardman. Mrs. Hob
son ana MRS. Barney were the hostesses of
| the evening, while a number of other ladies
wore committee badges and looked after
the pleasure of the visitors. Among these
| latter were Mrs. F. b. MCGUIRE. Miss Will
Beale and Miss Gale. There are on the
walls of the main gallery III canvases,
representing old and modern artists. In the
water-color section % pictures of minia-
| lures 1913. of laces p exhibits. some large
collections. of fans &C and of embroideries
and tapestries 30 exhibits some containing
several dozen specimens Of portraits by
contemporary artists those Of Mrs. Town
send by Tn Chartran, Mr.. s. H. Kauff-
| mann by ]. Edward Barclay, Miss Gale
by Mondum Vos, Mrs. A. c. Barney by
Prince p. Troubetzkoi and of the British
ambassador and Mrs. T. b. Henderson by
benjamin Constant attracted a great deal
of attention. Mrs Barney, who designed
the cover of the catalogue, which Is a most
necessary accompaniment to the study of
the exhibition, has also her portrait hang
ing painted by herself. Among the histori-
cal fans exhibited is one which is inter-
esting as wedding gift to Queen Isabella
ii of Spain. She presented it to a SeviI-
lian's bride. Its present owner is Mrs.
Leigh French. The painting represents the
marriage of Love with Juno, attended by
the graces. Hebe and Ganymede The
faces of the principals are portraits of Isa-
bella ii and her husband. Don Francisco
of Assist. Brillants are set in the sticks.
which have portraits of the Bourbon fam
lily. Mrs. Audenried exhibits a modern
Spanish fan. Mrs. John S. Ward owns the
fan whi0h belonged to Marie Antoinette,
among several others she exhibits, and
Mrs. Hobson fan which belonged to Mrs
Benedict Arnold. Mrs. Townsend exhibits
number of rich hangings of the seven
teenth century of Spanish and Portuguese
embroideries and a crimson velvet hanging
from the Borghese palace in renaissance.
Mrs. T. F. Richardson several sixteenth
century Italian hangings and Mrs. Belden
Noble a chasuble. seventeenth century, en-
broidered in gold and colors.
The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart had
made a critical inspection of the treasures
long before the gallery became crowded.
Others present were Speaker and Mrs.
Reed, the British ambassador and the
Misses Pauncefote, the French ambassador,
the Austrian minister and Baroness Hen
gelmuller. Mr.. and Mrs. Adams. Mr.. East
man, Senator and Mrs. Mcmillan, Senator
Hawley, Senator and Mrs. Roach, Justice
Harlan. the Misses Harlan, MIR. and Mrs
]. s. Harlan, Miss Kate Berry Mr. and
Miss Seckendorf, Dr. and Mrs. Jenkins
Mrs. Edgar. Miss Emory, Miss Biddle.
Mrs. Walter Damrosch, Mr.. and Mrs {.
A. Williams. Mr.. s. ii. Kaufman, Miss
Kaufman, Mrs. j. T. Granger, Mrs Cole
La al Mr.
Fischer Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Richardson,
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Mclean, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashton. Miss Ashton. Dr. and Mrs.
Lincoln. Airs. Mckee Mrs r. NJ G. Brown
the Misses Bate, Mrs. Richardson Clover
Mr.. and Miss Hoeke, Rev. DR.. Stafford. Mrs.
+. w. Andrews, Mr.. and the Misses Board
man, Mr. Gist Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ
Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mum, Mrs
and the Misses Sheridan, Mrs John Rodgers
Miss Rodgers, ex-Gov. Carroll, Mrs. and Miss
Horstman. Captain and Mrs. Sigsbee, Miss
Woodbury.. Dr. and Mrs. Hammond, the
Misses Letter, Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Lee Mrs.
Lawrence Turnure, Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
Moses, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Henderson, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page, the Misses
Warder, the Misses Macomb Mr.. and Mrs
Ledyard Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs. wads-
worth, Miss Florence Bayard, Miss Ander-
son, Mrs. ]. Thomson Swami, Mr. and Mrs.
George c. Bloomer, Mrs. and Miss Leiber
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Hague. Mr.. Gaillard
Hunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Stilson Hutchins. Mrs
Livingston Hunt, Mr. and Mrs Max
Weyl. Mr.. and Mrs. Parker Mann, Mr.
Hornblower. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Cross
Miss Ward, Mr.. A T. Brce, Mr.. and Mrs
Ffoulke Mr.. John A. Kasson, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry May, Mr.. and Mrs. Parker, Miss
Howell, Colonel and Mrs. Winthrop, Sem
ator Wolcott, Senator Hale, Miss Alice Lee
the Chinese minister. Mr.. and Mrs Crop
per- Miss Chopper. Miss Appleby, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Parsons, Mr.. and Mrs Chew.
Dr. and Mrs. Barbarin, Mr.. and Mrs Chas.
Mr. Aroh
b. Mcclure
Mrs Hopkins and Mrs. Boardman as
sisted by a number of young ladies. will
preside this afternoon and each afternoon
this and next week at tea and refreshment
tables which will be spread in one of the
smaller galleries. which is handsomely
draped with flags. This room contains two
suggestive relfcs-General Sheridan's sword
and strip Of wood from the Maine. The
exnibition will be open week days from 10
am to q PM, and on Sundays from 2 to