Pinney Earle, has rechristened the mansion Earle-Cliff," and on May 22, 1897, a lawnparty was given "under the auspices of the Washington Heights Chapter, D. A. R., of New York," for the benefit of the "National Fund to build the Memorial Continental Hall at Washington, D. C." The hostess and her aides, in colonial costumes and with powdered hair and faces, received the throng of guests in a marquée spread in front of the house; refreshments. were served from booths on the lawn, and the great, square cards of admission bore other attractive notices. To wit that, An Interesting Feature of the Celebration. will be a loan Exhibition of Revolutionary Relics. And that A grand Lawn Concert will be given during the afternoon by a Military Band, accompanied by voices from the Children of the American Revolution. Trained There was music indoors also. vocalists were grouped about a piano set in the open square of the hall made by the turns of the staircase, and a bright-faced girl swayed the conductor's baton, leaning over a balustrade |