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began to arrive at once and in a short time before ten o clock all seemed to have come, and the Council rooms were well filled. At eleven the supper was announced in the South Gallery and Mr. Huntington and Mr. Gordon headed the company and we all marched upstairs to the measure of a Scotch air from Bernsteins band. The supper was ample and the tables looked nicely with the surroundings of pictures. After a while Mr. Huntington made a short address referring to Mr. Gordon as the personal and beloved friend of those present and a sincere lover of Art and Artists and expressing our regret at losing him. Mr. Gordons response was capital and full of genuine feeling. He referred to this occasion as the crowning event of his life and showed in his earnest manner how sincerely he appreciated what we had so spontaneously done to honor him. Happily there were no more speeches. All the efforts of Hopkinson Smiths friends to get him to speak were frowned down and for once he was entirely suppressed. Cigars were handed around and about midnight most of the guests had gone Some however remained an hour longer. The whole affair was well managed, was dignified and graced by the best people of New York and the artists may well be proud of what they are able to do when they set about expressing themselves. 

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A RECEPTION TO ROBERT GORDON.

A reception was given to Robert Gordon last night at the Academy of Design by a large number of friends, including many artists. The company numbered perhaps 200, and the reception took place in the lower rooms of the Academy. After the upper rooms in which the exhibition takes place were closed to the public, at ten o'clock, a handsome supper was laid in the south room, and about eleven o'clock the guests adjourned there. At supper Daniel Huntington, president of the Academy of Design, in a few graceful and well chosen words expressed the regret of the company at the fact that Mr. Gordon, after a residence of over thirty years in this country, was about to leave it, and referred to the warm regard which the artists and his friends generally cherished for him. Mr. Gordon responded in a beautiful and singularly appropriate little speech, which was received with frequent applause. There was no other speech making but the guests lingered about the table until a late hour. Among those present were Worthington Whittredge, Eastman Johnson, Jervis McEntee, William H. Beard, J. F. Hopkinson Smith, Royal Phelps, William E. Dodge, Heber R. Bishop, Chauncey M. Depew, William Lane Booker, E. C. Stedman, A. R. Macdonough, Horace White, the Rev. Dr. Marvin R. Vincent, ex-Judge Robertson, Collector of the Port, Charles Butler, B. F. Butler, jr., and Thoman Maitland.
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Friday April 18" 1884. Worked but little today. Have had a succession of visitors. Mr. Gordon called to express his profound satisfaction for what we all did for him. I am sure he felt all he said. George Coale and his daughter called and invited me to breakfast at their Hotel Dam tomorrow at 9. Coale begins to look old and is getting heavy. Mrs. Stodddard called and we had a long talk together. She too looks old and seems to have passed the borders of middle age. In the evening Mary and I went to the Star Theatre to see Irving and Miss Terry in "Much Ado" with the tickets Bram Stoker sent me today. I saw him at the entrance and spoke a moment with him. He spoke of receiving a pleasant note from me in which I invited him to my studio and said he meant to come. Our seats were far back but we had a glass and saw very well. The play was simply delightful. My criticism on Miss Terry is that with all her charm I would like to see a little more self forgetfulness or (as a lady sitting behind us remarked to her companion who asked her if she didnt think Miss Terry charming) "Yes" but I wish she wouldnt fly around so much." But it was a rare treat and one to be remembered. Ware the professor of Architecture in Columbia College sat behind me and he was equally charmed as was indeed the entire large audience. Each time I have sat near an intelligent child and I noticed in each case the keen enjoyment and quick perception manifested. 

Saturday 19. Breakfasted with George Coale and his daughter at 9 at the Hotel Dam. They are going home today. Afterwards I went down town to buy some garden seeds. After I returned paid Delmonico for the Gordon supper and left by 3.40 train for home. The St. Botolphs are to be entertained at the Club tonight but I did not feel like staying here over Sunday. Found Gussie better but still confined to her room. Joe arrived this afternoon.

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