Yesterdays in a Busy Life

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...offered for sale. Of course, it was through Mrs. Lane's influence that the new society was equipped with a board of managers which included all the great names in New York; and its advisory council were men who had made their way to the top in all the various lines of success. I find they stand as follows in the small circular which I have preserved: Mrs. J. J. Astor Miss Bryant Mr. Wm. C. Bryant Mrs. Wm. M. Evarts Miss C. Furniss Mr. Howard Potter Mrs. David Lane Miss Cooper Mr. Joseph H. Choate Mr. Levi P. Morton Mr. James W. Pinchot Mr. August Belmont Mrs. T. M. Wheeler Mrs. J. W. Pinchot I find myself looking in vain in this list for the more prominent names of to-day; there is neither a Vanderbilt nor a Pierpont Morgan among them, while many of those whose names I have quoted are now but dimly remembered. It seems that the aristocracy of brains and wealth changes once in fifty years, and we may say of even the most prominent of them, ' The places which knew them once know them no more. The objects of the society are set forth as follows, and, although highly ambitious, they were eminently praiseworthy: I. To encourage profitable industries among women who possess artistic talent, and to furnish a standard of excellence and a market for their work. II. To accumulate and distribute information concerning the various art industries which have been found remunerative in other countries, and to form classes in art-needlework, and the decoration of china, under instruction of the best grade. III. To establish rooms for the exhibition and sale of paintings, wood-carvings, paintings upon slate, porcelain and pottery, lace-work, art and ecclesiastical needlework, tapestries and hangings; and, in short, decorative work of any description, done by...