10 means in their power, they call upon the women of New York to show their patriotism, by going to this meeting, listening to the statistics which will there be given, and learning what they are doing by yielding to the extravagance of the times, and their duty in regard to it. Several addresses will be made, and at the close of the meeting an opportunity will be given to all who are willing to join in this movement to enrol their names. Mrs. David Lane, Mrs. A. V. Stout, “ John Jay, “ Gurdon Buck, “ Morris Ketchum, “ A. Schermerhorn, “ Ogden Hoffman, “ Marshall 0. Roberts, “ Alex. Hamilton, Jr., il F. Billings, “ Daniel LeRoy, “ S. B. Schieffelin, “ James B. Colgate, “ J. G. Courtney, Benj. Nathan, “ Francis Lieber, “ II. A. Coit, Miss Hone, “ R. M. Hunt, Miss Nash. “ T. F. Meagher, [From the N. Y. Tribune and Herald of May 17.] WOMEN’S PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION FOR DIMINISHING THE USE OF IMPORTED LUXURIES. A large and enthusiastic aitdience of ladies assembled yes- terday in the Cooper Institute to listen to addresses in connection with the objects of the above association. There could not have been less than two thousand five hundred ladies present, and the railing in front of the platform was hung with samples of the various articles of home manufacture, which it is proposed to substitute for those of foreign importation. Some time after the hour named in the bills for the meeting to commence, Mr. Win. E. Dodge appeared on the platform, to request that the ladies of the Executive Committee
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