New-York tribune., 1898-12-03
THE DAYS GOSSIP.

At the American Museum Of Natural History.
Seventy-seventh-st. and Columbus lave. Professor
William Halock Of Columbia University. will lect-
ure this evening. at O'clock on the general sub
ject Radiant Energy the special topic for to-
night being Wave Motion
D. Cady Eaton, in connection with the Columbia
University lectures. will speak this morning at II
o'clock at the Metropolitan Museum Eighty-frst-
st and Central Park. at Fifth ave. on some cities
Of Northern Italy during the fifteenth and sxteenh
centuries. Admission TO these lectures Is free
John w Keller president Of tro Board Of Chart
ties and Commissioner for Manhattan and The
Bronx. will address the League for Political Edu-
cation No. % West Forty fourth-st;. at II o'clock
this morning. Subject. "Organzation and Work ,r
OF the Department Of Charities in the Greater CITY
Of New York"
The Woman's Club. Of Orange, N. j.. viii listen
TO the third lecture by the Rev. Adolph Roeder at
10 O'Clock this morning. in the club classroom OF
Union Building The subject will be From Totem
and Tattoo TO Munkaczy's Christ"
A fair TO raise funds for helping the sick and
destitute soldiers will be opened to-day In Phla-
delphia by a number Of charitable society women
who have found that great distress preVaiis among
the men who are III or cannot get work
Mrs j. Wells Champney and Miss Marie Champ
ney will hold their second "at home" this after
noon from until O'Clock The young girl friends
Miss Brander Matthews. Miss Fanny Foote. Miss
Grace Hodson Miss Erben: daughter Of Admiral
Amy nDsn Moeran MlsS n aaa Mss sf Beth hin fnness '
Under the auspices OF the Board Of Education. a
course of free lectures in Italian will be opened
this evening at Public School No. S Mulberry and
Bayard sts 1t is desired that through these lect-
ures Italians may become acquainted with the best
ideas of citizenship and governmert as understood S
Francis's College. Brooklyn. will deliver the first
address. The italian as an American Citizen
William r. Harper. president Of tho University
Of Chicago will give his fourth lecture tonight at
Cooper Union, Eighth-st and Third-ave.. on educa-
tional topics. The subject for this evening VIII DC
THE University and Democracy" These lectures
are given connection with the free course OF the
Board of Education.
The College Womens Club meets this evening At
Sherrys. Fffth-ave. and Forty-fourth-st. In tho
attractive programme outlined for the occasion
there will be addresses by Lemuel f. Qugg and
Chauncey NJ. Depew; vocal solo by Perry Averill
and viooncello solo-"Polonaise de Concert,
Popper-by Miss Leontne Gaertner. with wills n
A ling as accompanist. Miss Katherine Boodgood
Roeens R a:o TWo ss ' Eyes of BY Hawey and
when Love Is Done" The president OF the club
IS Miss Irwin Martin. and the secretary Mrs Her.
man Meyer
At the Seamans Mission. Pike-st. an entertain
ment consisting of recitations and pantomimes
ing Her selections will include several ps patsiouc
pieces which have been written upon uhe W icide"'S
Festival OF Holidays at the Five Points Mis-
sion No CO Park-st.. will be held on Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thursday. December, D. ana o.
The holidays OF the year Will be represented AT
different tables, which will be In charge OF women
from the Methodist churches In the city. inc
churches and holidays represented are as follows:
New Years Day by members Of Madison Avenue
Church; ST. Valentines Day. ST. Paurs Church'
Washingtons Birthday. by women from Port hich-
mond; Easter. by members OF Thirty-seventh-s';;
the Pa-k Avenue and New Rochelle churches: Al
Fools Day and Labor Day; by members OF ,, 81.
bers OF Brooklyn and Mettst churches; Christ
mas. hy Washington Square Church; DI,,t hour'h Vi
a Feast Day viii be Represented by members soo1 OF
Of Bedfordst and Grace churches VII PRESIDE ad M
do and candy tables W9men from the
Jemima," with a capacious pocket
The main feature of every Christmas tree Is
the dolls It under II, and no one VINO Knew
Of them would miss the opportunity OF seeing anu
purchasing some Of the prettest daintles' anu
most inexpensve-dressed dolls TO be found In
town. They are all to be on exhibition ana Tor
sale at Camp Hamilton. military lair' given ny
the St Lukes Parish Guild In the SUNDAY
school room. Convcnt-avc corner One-huhoreu-
Der T. and g. and Friday afternoon. lot
the children The women Of the committee
on Hospitals and Charitable Institutions not
only have displayed much taste ana care III
dressing the dolls themselves. but they nave
added them hats, hammocks. furniture ana
other perquisites OF dodOm. ingeniousy "inaue
Christmas gifts In which dolls are prettily mace "A
part Of the box daintily fitted oul. me !Vi-
lowing are the names OF those interested III 'ne
dol table: Miss Van Ripen, chairman MIs T F.
Russell Houghton. secretary Mrs. oamueI u
Taylor. Mrs. George Latham. Mrs Henry - -
Romaine, Mrs William II. Shaw. Mrs j. ~, n.
Stover. Mrs James A. Jewell, Mrs Cushlhs MISS
Brahe. Miss Brshe. Mrs. !. r. Hands, Mrs Storer;
Mrs. Loshure. Mrs. Mackenzie. Mrs Dashieids ana
Mrs Guadeau. o,
A special feature Will be made Of the 'Ordnance
Department" In this Military Fair interesting
relics OF not only III, Spanish American w ar out
also OF the Revolutionary and Civil wars VIII
be exhibited. The chairman Of this department
Miss Weeks. has used every EFFORT 10 secure lhe
most interesting specimens. Her committee con-
sists of Miss Chamberlain and Miss Ethel oinp-
son.
The Mount Holyoke Aumn@ Club. OF New-fork.
will hold its twentyfourth semi-annual meeting ana
lrncheon at the Fifth Avenue Hotel to-day; busi-
ness meeting at II a. IN. and luncheon at O'CLOCK
The programme for the day will be an unusually
Interesting one several distinguished speakers ana
singers having consented to lend their services
far the occasion.
Tho address where the work OF the late EVeiyh
Junter Nordhoff in bookbinding may be seen