New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. MARCH Is. 1893.
SALE AND ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SOCIETY OF
DECORATIVE ART.
DAY AND AFTERNOON PROGRAMME CALLS OFT
OVER ONE THOUSAND INTERESTED GUESTS

DAY AND AFTERNOON PROGRAMME CALLS OUT
OVER ONE THOUSAND INTERESTED GUESTS
Tho Society Of Decorative Art most sue
cesstul sale md entertainment yesterday after
noon and evening ct tho Hotel Waldorf. Tickets
for the entertainment were all gone week ago
and purchasers began 10 arrive before the goods
were unpacked. These all the work Of the
socicy. done either In ito own workrooms or by
ccnslgnors. and consisted OF embroidery crewe
rnd leather work spangle-work In the newest
French designs. ribbon work and Italian cut work
The ribbon work. perhaps. attracted more aiten-
ton than any other department. II Is one OF the
society's specialtes and far as tho managers
know. IL not done anywhere else. 1t Ia extremely
difficult work. FOR different Bit OF ribbon must 10
used for each graduation OF color. and every stitch
must he pu, in the right place the Arst time, as the
slightest punctrrc of the needle leaves a mark
The ribbons used manufactured for tho pur-
pose and some fine that they are corr
posed OF only few threads Rbbon-work enjoyed
great favor IN the time OF Marie AntoIne;;e. and
the hes; pieces in existence come from that
period.
The Italian cut work also much admired. and
was n linen buffet cover with n border copied
from tho Book OF Kells." n NTH century Irish
psalter. Tho cut work was introduced in,o the
socicty's workrooms by OF the managers, who
herself laugh; the frs. class
The evening entertainment began al O'Clock. and
with Rotations and music TO MI IN the intervals
DO Lancey Eicol acted announcer. and the stage
managers DR. Hobrook Curtis. Stanford
White and Peter Cooper Hewitt. The tableaus
presented were -Four Seasons by Caldicott: "A
Picture" by Aubrey Beardscy; "A Street scene"
by Wolfe: she Stops 70 Conquer" by Abbey;
The Cannlbais." by r Upper: Tour in q Far-OY
Land" BY Gibson; "A Picture" by Leach, "a
Bachelors Dream" by Gibson, and THE Coors.'
BY Kemble. Mrs. Frederick Gerhard and her sis
ter Miss Morris. appeared az TWO OF the "CooTs.
The characters IN THE Cannibals' were taken ny
Bradish Johnson. IT,, ogden Bishop Livingston
/ IIoyt Barclay Kountzc and Johnson Livingston.
Tour in n Far-OT Land" was reproduced by Sid
ney Smith Mrs Archie Pell. Mrs ]. Dynelcy Prince,
Miss Buck Miss Horocker Miss clara Irwin. Miss
Constance Schieffelln Miss Lee and Miss Enm"';
-Four Seasons" by Miss Maud Hall, Miss Zabris-
kie Miss Mccullough and Miss Bertha Munde: "A
Street SEEM b Miss raiisrson MIS- oR Ruih Aoh
quer." by Mrs. De Lancev Nicoli and Munson
MG ss E Emma ss Rogers. MISS S Cray
Sprague and Miss Shaw. and ;he others by Miss
ETS1 H EaFa B F9SP Mr. '' pdsbody Miss
Morris John Nicholas. Gerald Bernhard and Burr
Mcintosh
were Nine Melba, Mr. Grau Edousrd de R ResSKe'
"f The &c Gir Tef rom Nine scachl and
The mar was IN charge OF the officers and nan
/ Mrs Lewis Livingston Delafeld; vice presidents
Mrs a. B. stone Mrs Thomas feun S,,2 MIS-
/ chairman Needlework Committee: Mrs. Alexander
! d. Shaw; secretary. Mrs. Carl Scheter ,,~ou
/ Nanagers-,Irs Ashmore. Mrs. Francis McNeli
| Racon IT, Miss Chauncey. Mrs George Ernest
Fahys. Mrs. f. NJ. Felt. Mrs Henry X Goo1noM
/ Mrs Frederic Goodridge, Miss Hague: MIS- W, r.
/ Harris Miss Hoffman. Mrs. |. W. lrelann MIS-
Richard irwin Miss Jennings. Mrs r a. Johnson,
/ Miss Margaret Johnston Miss Kemp; MIS- heoree
| X Kidd Mrs J. A. Latham; Miss Maud a.
! Leland Mrs r. l.. MacDuftie, Miss Automatic w
/ Marvin. Mrs Henry Lewis Morris. Mrs lanes lanes Y
! pinchot Miss shaw Miss Sturges; Mrs Frank r.,
! stmrgis Mrs Edward NJ. Townsend. r. Mrs 'a No.
/ WendeiI ir Mrs Charles W. Wetmore ana MIS-
/ Francis Dana Winsow 49,, ,ox,. ~ tho
As celebration Of the NTH anniversary OF , .n,
go Sor the occasion by tho proprietor. MI Boldt'
/ nd ten was served TO all visitors