New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-14
READING WOMEN HAPPY.
THEIR DAY" AT THE sEsQUI-CENTEN-
NAL HAS A BRIGHT OUTLOOK
TWELVE THOUSAND CHILDREN WILL s1So IN
THE CITY PARK AND FINE PROGRAMME


THE CITY PARK AND FINE PROGRAMME
WILL BID CARRIED OUT
The women Of Reading. Penn, are jublant over
the promised success Of the part assigned them in
tho sesQul-centennial OF that staid old city. For
weeks past ali Recalling has been In hustle OF
Joyful preparation. for the hospitabe reception Of
the thousands Of guests who will come TO join In
tho celebration. To-day is the day set aside for the
essentially feminine features Of the programme,
which will add the distnctvey social touch TO the
gala week For this work Mrs. Daniel Ermentrout
has stood sponsor. and under her skilled guidance
a programme has been prepared that bids fair to
make the day the red-letter OF the week. In
vtations have been issued to ono hundred guests
OF State and National prominence. whose distinction
will shed added lustre upon "Womans Day"
They were entertained yesterday by the Womens
Committee at the lovely Neversink Mountain Hotel.
which stands OF the highest hills in the
vicinity and overlooks the city. Last evening a
reception given to the guests at the hotel as an
initial act Of festivity, courtesy and hospitality
To-day there will be patriotic exercises at the
Academy OF Music from 10 to IL o'clock In the
morning Here addresses will be made BY Mrs. u.
D. Gillespie, State Regent Of the Society OF Colonial
Danes: Mrs. Horace Brock. president OF the
Federation Of Pennsylvania Women: Mrs. Julia
Stockton Robins. secretary Of the State Audubon
Society. and Or. Anita Newcomb MCGEE. vice-presi-
dsnt-geneyal and director Of tho American Revolu-
ton Hospital Corps
The interesting work Of this last organization Is
worthy OF moro than q passing notice. 1t has
offered to supply TO the Government-and the offer
has been acCepted-trained nurses for hospital
work during the present war with Spain: $500
This afternoon about twelve Thousand chhdreh
will sing In Penn Common-the City Park-accom-
panied by several Of the citys finest bands. During
the singing on the green Mrs. Ermentrout will give
q reception at her home. Graustein. The ideal To-
cation OF Graustein. facing tho Common, and with
unobstructed view Of the great stretch OF park
cultivation. will give fine touch to the reception,
since the singing can be thoro lilly enjoyed there.
In the evening the combined chors Of the city.
making e chorus Of five hundred voices, will also
sing in the City Park, having been specially trained
for the occasion by Professor Berg, whose recent
trlumphs at the Allentown Eisteddfod Will be re-
membered when he secured nearly all the prizes
for his musicians. During the singing of this
chorus Mrs Ermentrout will again receive guests
at Graustein.
Among the many distinguished women who will
honor Reading to-day Mrs. Hastings. Mrs.
Thomas Roberts. State Regent Of the Daughters
OF the American Revolution, and Mrs.. Charles
Averette Stakeley chaplain general OF the Daugh-
tiers Of the Revolution Mrs Stakeley will offer the
opening prayer at the mornings patriotic exercises
IN the Academy OF Music.