New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-24
KEY. AND BRICK CHARM
interesting Exhibits at Annual
P.rty in Greenwich House.
ON: DATES BACK TO 1896
vted Lock in First State Prison
n City-other Part of Old
Building in Village.

od 9th Ward gossip and do you re-
,,,srs' few thick and fast Yesterday af-
.,,oon In one Of the upper rooms OF the
r..,,v,ch House, where in honor OF the
,,,sI house party there was assembled a
80, exhibit OF the household treasures OF
~, reighbors Powles D. Palmer and Mrs
katherine Du Barry, who contributed the
,ro most historically interesting exhibits,
net in the room after many long years.
and Mr.. Palmer could scarcely tear himself
,Vay to explain TO the young society wom-
IN who found the settlement 80 interest
ing my dear all about his exhibit. the
lev OF the first state prison in New York
city. dating from 1926.
And he had TO explain so many times
how it came into his possession through
,vo dear old ladies'; they were very old
when he was young. and one Of them had
opsned the ball with General Lafayette
when he made his famous visit in 1924
The father Of these ladies. whose name
was Gedney had been governor of the
prison. The key weighs pa pounds.
Just at this stage in the explanation some
ors would spy the stout brick that lay on
the table beside the key and ask II that
we're one OF the prison bricks
Then came Mrs. Du Barry's turn. Sure
that was one Of the bricks Of the old VII
lsss House that used to stand al the corner
Of Bank and Hudson streets. where the
Ross building is now. Mrs. Du Barry ought
10 know. she lived there for eleven years
and there was a picture Of the house if We
didn't believe II.
And every time ye passed the Village
House Il was come in and repose yourself
9 while said one Of the Outstanding
neishbors.
Then the uptown visitors were forgotten
IN chorus of Dye mind the old pump
across the street, And the ould slaughter
house round the corner?"
The visitors then had an opportunity OF
going into the next room and viewing an
exhibit of the workers of the neighborhood,
which showed the white feathers that one
girl gets 81 p for making twenty-five Of and
that sell at 8 each at retail. There were
real hair switches. too, that the girl gets
cents for putting together. and she can't
put together more than three or four a
day.
or they might wander down into the gar
den and have tea and watch the little girls
Do folk dancing I'm the stone courtyard,
That was pretty. The girls learned il at
the settlement They also learned more
prosac things. as the exhibits Of tiny IN
dergarments and little blue skirts and
rniddy blouses showed.
And the boys learn things, too. One boy
IN the carpenter shop made a lovely rock
ing horse He was going to give It to his
small nephew. lie must have been as much
as ten wears old himself Then there vas
pottery made by the boys, and an art OK
hibition Of the Ia Ninci drawing class
casts oil paintings and pencil drawings
made by the older bows in the studio after
work hours
A grown-ur artists exhibition also had q
place IN one Of the rooms. 1t contained
pictures by Deming. Everett Shinn. Ella
Gender Lamb and others.
The afternoons programme was led by
Otis Skinner, who made a few remarks
about dogs. Miss Fola Ia Toilette toll
lowed with suffrage monologue. In the
evening Big Bill" Edwards divided The
Donors With motion picture show ell
scout Iniuns'
Among the women who assisted were
Mrs Philip Lydig, Mrs. s. K. Martin. Miss
Emily shonts Miss IONA Gale, who acted
as ushers. Mrs A Gordon Norrie. who
poured tea. and Mrs Edward Breitung who
sold the flowers that had teen given for the
occasion