New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-12
THEY DEFIED THE FOG.
ENTHUSIASTIC WOMEN HELD MEETING
THOUGH SEVERAL HOURS LATE.

r,,r, nrRrr4DAy OF THE OLDEST UNIvERsALlST IN
NETWORK CITY. MRS SUSAN MAcvEY.
Will, .,a for was densest yesterday morning
,orco do,orations OF women were seen wenong
their way to Brooklyn via the TwcnN-thiru-st'
terry Nearly all carried neat paper parceIS 'nu0'
% tho wonderment OF the uninitated as II Is rather
early for the picnic season 49,,
rhoeo women proved to be members OF the uni
versalist Women's Alliance Of the Metropolitan
s,,rto. ., their way to All Souls Church. In
sor,b N,nth-st. 10 attend the regular meeting OF
the society. IT,
7. looked .. one time as though the session would
have n he hold on the terryboat IN midstream' but
o,o1,,. -bc Two hundred and fifty women were
seated in the pleasant church. One WHY meMoei
remarked that II would have been IAN Adamless
Eden" If Dr. Adams had not been present
Mrs Charles H. Eaton, the president. presided
a pleasant episode in the business portion OF inc
meeting vas q special request from one OF the
members 70 read the account OF the ninety fourth
birthday of Mrs Susan Mscvey from The Tribune
Sunshine Column Of the day
Mrs. Mocvey is not only one OF the Oldest mem
bers of the r s s. but is also the Oldest Oh'er-
sal.st in the city. On motion OF Mrs PIERCE
telegram of congratulation was sent 10 her from
the Alliance and a resolution was passed In honor
Of the birthday celebration.
Tic paper on Religious Notes" was given by
Mrs s H Macvey. and dealt with the missionary
efforts in progress in the denomination ana Win
many matters of local interest
Mrs Joseph Y. Witherbee said that. Whl!e wars
ard rumors of wars were the current topics of the
day she would ignore them and present some
thoughts on modern scientific inventions. Inc
sneaker alluded to the subtitle something we call
electricity whose existence was known two thou
sand wears ago and its modern application 10 the
worlds needs to-day The wonders of improved
teesraphy and the telephone and the marveIs OF
photography were lucdly presented, and aeriaI
navigation and water bicycles were not Included
among the improbable things Of the future.
mental picture was drawn of good time coming
when the housewife would he able 70 cook her
breakfast by pressing a button. without any dls-
comfort from heat and dirt
Miss NJ a. Hawcy literary chairman OF the
day and introduced Mrs. Jennie D. Grant. VINO
gave an exhaustive and entertaining paper on
Church Music" The speaker traced the origin
of music from its earliest inception, wnen II was
only melody. to the harmony which has been de-
VclO3cd through the CHRISTIAN NhuTch' 49,. ,,,r,n
IIVuus date from the Reformation, but churCn
music argulshcd ill the seventeenth century; Wheh
there was a grand revival in the oratoriaI com,
Iee,boVcn In America. under the Puritans, music
was II the most primitive sort, guided only by the
iuI.!as-fork as anything more elaborate was con-
sGorcG a relic of POpery -
BEFORE the American Revolution church organs
were only found Epis copai ana catholic churches'
today they accompany the singing IN NE Iiaih
Scotch Presbyterian as vel! as IN the rtuahsu'
some lnc illustrations OF modern music were
given hy the solos and duet Of Miss Wciers and
Miss Booth The whole company was hospllaDIy
entertained ny tho women OF me church' ana the
The last meeting OF the season VIII be held IN
The Jersey CITY Church. April l5 when the annual
election will take place