The times., 1898-04-07


of eighty
Mrs. Appleby and Mr.. Franklin Steele
contributed several handsome paintings
and Mrs Sempie sends a portrait OF her
father President Tyler
Other contributors who have sens in
valuable exhibits are Mrs. Won OrendolT
and Miss lie Vinsen, Mrs. Carlisle Pat
terson, Mrs. Placer, Miss Susie Lee Mrs.
Harriet Lane johnson. Miss and Mrs
Charles Mum. Local miniature painters
who will be represented at the exhibition
are Mr.. Robert L. Keeley. Miss Daisy
Brown. Miss Sarah Bartle.
The loan art exhibit will give a press
view this evening and formally open its
doors on Easter Monday night.
large audience gathered in the par
lors Of Mrs A. l.. BARRIERS beautiful
home, Belmont" at the head fo Four
teenth Street, last night to hear the
lectures given by Prof. Magee and Miss
May Clark and the music of the ghost
dance" as given by the Arapaho Indians.
The entertainment was given under the
auspices Of the local branch of the Wo-
mans Suffrage Association. The pro-
ceeds are to go to the fund for the busts
of Mrs. Mott Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, and Miss Susan B. Anthony. Mrs,
Ellen Powell Thompson chairman of the
buSl luid cOmnittGe, was IN Cndrse-
Prof Magee was the first to speak. and
said in part: There are four great stages
i'll human progress commonly called saw
agery, barbarism, civilization and en-
ightenment. In the first of these the So
cial organization is based on kinship on
consanguinity. which is reckoned in the
female line. The second stage is also
based on kinship. but is reckOned in the
male line. In the third stage social or
low
Ognition of property right, especially in
land.
I'm the fourth and last stage the laws
and institutions are based on the recog-
milton OF intellectual rights especially the
franchise" The speaker then traced the
condition of women in each of these four
stages That in the first from personal
observation of the bloodthirsty Seri In
dians on the Tiburon Islands in the Gulf
of California. Prof. Magee's remarks
were greatly admired as he graphically
described his life among these Indians,
and told of the many horrible rites still
practiced by them. Miss Clark's subject
Sun. Silence and Adobe" was a diff
cult one and has been lectured on by
some of the best members of the lyceum
in this country. She did not give the us
| uai long, tedious lecture but simply an
account of her personal experience in
New Mexico. where she went as assist.
ant To Mrs. Stevenson. of the Bureau OF
Ethnology. The talk was illustrated with
fifty lantern slides made from photo
graphs taken on the spot. The most
interesting feature of the program was
the music of the ghost dance sung by a
delegation of Arapaho Indians The din
/ lights of the room combined with the
| bowling of the Indians made an impress.
! sion on the spectators that will not soor
/ be forgotten. Mr.. Mooney, of the Bureau
| of Ethnology. had charge of the red ner
and by his long experience with them
/ was enabled to 'set the tune severa
times during the course Of their exhibi.
/ ton Those present besides the mem.
! bers Of the Bureau of Ethnology were
/ Prof. Powell. Prof Gilbert, Mrs Gil.
/ bert, Prof. Thompson. Hon. II. Clay
4 Evans, the Misses Evans. Rev. DR.. Ale,
knet. Mrs. Henry Blount. the Misse.
Blount. Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Slater. Mis-!
Slater Mr.. w. p. Thompson and the la
| dies of the Woman's Suffrage Associa
/ tion.