New-York tribune., 1900-03-20
SOROSIS NOW THIRTY-TW
CHARMING LUNCHEON IN CELEBRATION
OF ITS BIRTHDAY
REPREsENTATIvE GATHERING OF CLUBwOMEN-
AFTER DINNER SPEECHEs-MUsIC.
SONGS AND LAUGHTER

sorozs celebrated its thirry-second birthday yes
teTday IN SIS usual brilliant fashion by luncheon
al the Wald0rf-Astor L was served in the As
tcrla ballroom which presented charming picture
The hundred and fifty handsomely gowned
women gathered about the round tables decked
with daffodils and sunilax The presidents table
was The only long one, and extended across the
upper end 01 the room Il had a drapery Of
sn1iax, with large vases Of dafodils placed at in
tervaIs from which fell festoons of daffodn yellow
satin ribbon.
Luncheon was served promptly at O'Clock. and
e. BIB o'clock The president Mrs Charles Hal
bert DeIisOn, called the gathering to order and
gave the address Of welcome. The installation Of
chairnen OF the various committees elected at the
previous business meeting followed.
The Sorosis Carol Club sang some charming spring
songs, after which Mrs Jenny c. Croy spoke
The Holy Year" Mrs. Wilbur F Rose president
OF the New Century Club Of Philadelphia made
q brief address The Impulses OF the Century,
saying In part. In looking forward TO the new
century the mind turns invounrsr1ly TO the nine
teen Christian centuries preceding it, Of which # is
the outcome. Every one has left II a heritage OF
some kind, and al Of some value Whether that
oni6urst OF vitality in the fifteenth century that
nave called the Renaissance, the uneventfuI
nsaiocrtty OF the sixteenth, all transmitted the
power Of silently accommodating forces
Hrs. Rose touched the movements IN social
progress in the past. and closed by SAYING: ''If
one Characteristic ot our century be an ,nboIv
Whatever the cost 10 others, ar least we have the
Entithesis Of that nd-hunanitarianism in a
broader form than the world has known BY
NE result OF the past may take courage for
ne future The time shall come when the brother
zoSo q man shall rule the world and the battle
lag shall be furled forever
a violin solo by II. Sinnonowitz received warm
1fl.aGe, and succeeded by Mrs. Cecilia Gaines
Ey-as, %ao spoke On a Woman's Sense OF
-1sutnoT Her speech itself & witty refutation
!. ne charge that woman has sense OF hunor
= glogInent might be based on the constant ripples
"a ,;s1sAter called forth by II. She concluded with
s.s'er original poem on the little Cuban orphans.
interesting Interpolation thu programme
me presentation Of Jewelled badge OF Soross
cs,..s sIs IVia Comm, retiring chairman OF the Re-
pss-oA Se5s Committee. Mrs. Alison Crowell Smith
beF-5,a graceful speech in presenting the badge on
DeAst OF the club.
- stssr contralto solo by Mrs. Josephine Jacoby
t,--A was enthusiastically encored Mrs Wash
- soA a 1Ceblng spoke or "A Message 10 Gar
S., applying a well known incident OF the
~ '1--sA NAr 70 the importance OF wonan's work
"a ne Worlds progress.
a.. LJoI-ald 8clsans subject was The Woman
-1-s-I tAe Gunner, anc her treatment called forth
u -isl applause cello and clar1onet duet by
%. =. -1oowsky and II. Dtenheirn a speech on
rno~s t-ss 5siolH! gratory' by Mrs Augusta Ray
gisS paH+eaer ana the singing Of The Star Span
10 1-6lLtI led BY the Sorosis Carol Club ended
p,fsI anime The Carol Club is conducted bV
T1fIsir1- ir-e51e @ : Blssen. and has Mrs Henrietta c
-Al44l4 as acc0npanist -