The evening times., 1898-03-17
BRILLIANT RECEPTION.
National Geog rapEic Society Enter
tains Memters ard Friends

National Geographic Society Enter
tains Memhers and Friends.
The annual reception Of the National
| Geographic Society of Washington
held last evening at the new Corcoran
Art Gallery. was a brilliant affair and
will be remembered as one Of the social
successes Of the season. 1t was very
properly described by one of the guests
as an ideal reception, combining So
c!al pleasures with instruction.
The reception was an innovation, the
| departure being made only after care
! full consideration by the board Of man.
ayers Of the society. The managers de-
cided that the reception Should be COM
/ plimentary to the members of the So
ciety, provision being also made for the
1 invitation Of friends. The great gallery
was crowded with one Of the largest
aSsemblag6s ever gathered within its
/ walls. Among those present were
many who have already acquired fame
| in literature, art, and science, as well
as prominent in social circles.
The privilege of holding the recep-
tiCn in the beautiful building was ten
| dered the society by the trustees of the
! gallery. owing to the desirability Of
! strengthening the bonds Of sympathy
! between science and art.
| The receiving party, composed Of
! the president Of the society and the
members of the board of managers was
as follows: Messrs. a. Graham Bell,
! II. F. Blount, f. V. Coville, w. II.
, Dali, David T. Day, Henry Gannett. G.
! X Gilbert, Gen. a. w. Greely, John
| Hyde, Prof. w ] MCGEE, c. Hart Mer-
| riam, II. O. Ogden, and Miss +. r.
| Spi1D1nra Tho hoard Of mo a,on
assisted by Miss +. NJ. Bell. Mesdames
| Blount. Coville, Dali. Day, Gannett,
! Gilbert. Greely, Hyde, McGee, Merriam,
and Ogden.
The guests were received by the COM
mittee of reception near the entrance
! to the upper gallery, where they were
turned over to the care of a number of
local artists, who had kindly offered
their services for the purpose of giving
all the information they could in ref
erence to the works of art in the gal
lery. Those who assisted the reception
committee in this way We're: Messrs.
r. NJ. Brooks, j. H. Mosher. u. S. J.
Dunbar G. Z. MeSSer, Carl Weller, Max
We'll, L. II. Miller, Wells. NJ. Sawyer,
Miss Juliette Thompson, Peter Mann.
Jules A Dieudonne, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hobart Nichols.
Among the visitors were DR.. z. Ev-
erelt HAZE, MT. X. fuTy, OF lnQla, SEN
ator Pettigrew. of South Dakota; Rep
resentative and Mrs. Johnson, of South
Dakota NJ. GregOire de Wollant,
charge d'affaires of the Russian lega-
tiCn; Charles j. Bell, Hon. Henry Pei
lew, Mrs and Miss Pellew. Miss Bessie
Blount, Commissioner Wight, Prof J.
W. Powell. Mr.. w. B. Powell Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Baker. DR.. and Mrs. l. S.
Stone, Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Sewers, Mr..
]. b. Johnson, Miss Aileen Bell, Mr.
and Mrs. Jefferson Middleton, Mrs
Caldwell, B. H. Warner, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles f. Walcott, c. G. Glover, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Stockard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitman Cross, S. T. Emmons,
Surgeon General and Mrs Sternberg,
Mr.. and Mrs, Randall A. Connor, John
A Kasson, Fred. c. Ohm, u. S. G. S.;
Judge Lambert, Hon. Simon Wolf, AS
sistant District Attorney Alexander r.
Mullowny, Miss Teresa Snyder, Gen.
Thomas Courtney and Mrs. Courtney,
Gen. John NJ. Wilson, DR.. and Mrs.
Richardson, Middleton Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. T. A. Lambert, Miss L. E Middle
ton, w. W. Duffie, Mrs, Lander, Mrs.
Kimball, and Mr.. Z. S. Paul.