New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

IIaarlom Philharmonic Society on
mornings in Lent. The first OF the series W." -.
given at the home OF Mrs Ashpei T. ,'o" .po,ro.
r., Eigbtioth-st The subjects will be Re Zero
r,aSt and Forecast" Musc's Renaissance .,h ne
Symphonic Poem Lyric Drama anu
Dawn OF a New Era
Tho annual meeting OF the American Authors
cr,ld will he held at No 226 West Fifty-eighth-st
Iu'lU Tr,a evening February g. at O'Clock
course Of six evening entertainments peglh-
ming Wednesday, February O. Will be given py MI
Adola Rankin elocutonist, and MISS Anna pui
kctt. soprano in the parlors OF MIS-. T. a. y,
home al No q East Forty-seventh-st ns e, ~
tertainments will include an evening OIL ~,
ballads. with Rotations in prose ahu of stories
evening Of Scotch songs: win realms "a stotches
and poems; an evening OF ltailan airs anu 80, nd
Of Itaan fo g a" readings an evening OF Irish
melodies love stories and humorous selecion.it am
an evening with American composers anu au'"O'''
heroic. pathetic and humorous recitatiouS
Tho shakespearian class In English literature
which has recently been organized In the har'e'i
Evening High School, corner OF Nad'Soh-a'e' an,
One-hundred nd nineteenth-st, receives men anu
hovs only. Applicants for admission to this class
or any other class in the school, are required 10
mass a good examination in reading. speiihg, geoS-
raphy grammar and aritnmstiS ann ,gHs and
1t is further required that each PupIt Ia ',nJa
special fitness in such suoJeTtsi al of study that
shall be selected by such pupil Applicants are aiSS
moral character.
The Harlem Young Women's Christian Associa-
,,on has had a change OF officers Miss Anna Burr
II, heoIth compelled her to resign the presidency
af,er turo wears Of service Or. Martha C. Holmes,
on account of prolonged absences from the CITY, zen.
ard ch,irman OF the Executive Committee asked
70 be relieved from her office also. The toow nnR
onme other vacancies that had been made Prssi.
dent Mrs BgTr rs rs George
Wupperman recording secrs Nary M Ren tfeas
Morgan Plat; treasu fd Ni MSs lanes A Ross
The citizens OF Newark Valley. y Y, are pre-
pairing for a celebration that will hardly be dupi
catcd elsewhere. The village census-taker has jus'
completed his work. with the remarkable finding
that out OF population OF $50 there are forty-nine
mon and thirty-two women who have passed the
age of seventy years. or these there are sew,
them in fairly good health In recognition OF this
plethora of venerable but active cltlzens II = pro
bic may read sing speak pieces display their
powers in any other approved way
Alabama seems to be the banner State as far as
rapid increase In population goes Mrs. 5. ID.
Pe,tis living Pollard Of that state. has just
had four boys birth. All the newcomers are
weigh five and one-haf pounds each and the others
six pounds each. Mrs. Petts Is gaining on her own
record, which was tripleis seven years ago
The bureau OF Information is the latest departure
in women's clubs. and is becoming popular. 1t was
originated in this country by the Chicago Woman's
Club It's object being TO furnish information TO
essay writer's and club women in general on mat
ters they wanted to prepare papers on. The weary
referenceloOking and library hunting for facts is
thus done away with, as the busy club woman need
only deposit 30 cents. receive the material and pre-
pare to write her paper.
Princess Theresa o. Bavaria. daughter OF the
Prince Regent has been made an honorary doctor
OF philosophy by the University OF Munich. She
IS also a member OF the Royal Academy OF sciences
The Programme Committee OF the approaching
nfteth anniversary of the Seneca Falls Woman's
Rights Convention has secured the promise OF the
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw 10 preach the sermon
which will open the weeks meeting at the Column
bia Theatre at Washington. ID. c. Next Sunday
Is the date decided upon.
The Froebel Society will hold its regular meeting
at the Academy tomorrow afternoon at 3:l5
Papers will be read on japanese art the subjects
and readers being: japanese Pictorial Work" Mrs
Victor Shinn; Schools OF Japan" Mrs. Julia B.
Hallock Interior Decorations of japanese Homes"
Mrs. Ronald Taylor; japanese Carving and
and Closonne." Mrs II. w. Bainbridge japanese
Love OF Flowers" Miss J. Holly. and 'Instru-
mental japanese Music" by Mrs. E. Corkill