Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-01

low; vice president Mr.. H e. Whit
comb; secretary, Mr.. Theodore H. Nye;
treasurer, Mr.. S. A. Kinsley. The Off
GERS of the Whatsoever Club are: Presi-
dent, Miss Emma Whitcomb; first vice
president, Miss Blanche Kelley; second
vice president, Miss Sarah Wall; secre-
tary, Miss Fannie Reed; treasurer, Miss
Grace Maynard. Miss Kelley is out of
town, and was not present last night.
DR.. and Mrs. McCullagh received in
the ladies' parlor, with DIR. j. c. Berry,
Mrs. Charles G. Reed and the presidents
of the two societies. They stood in front
of a bank of palms, while growing ferns
were banked on the radiator and piano,
and evergreen, laurel and red berries
adorned the pictures and other points of
vantage. Here as well as in the vestry
the pillars were concealed in laurel.
The guests entered at one door, were
presented by the ushers, and then pas
sed through into the vestry, thus pre-
venting a congestion in the smaller
room. Mr.. Harry e. Whitcomb was the
head usher, and his assistants were: Mr..
Edward C. Whitney, Mr.. H. S. Whitney,
Mr.. Herbert Drury Mr.. Harry Cobb,
Mr.. David Whitcomb, Mr. Ernest Whit
comb, Mr.. Frank E. Simpson, Mr.. c. A.
Bartlett, Mr.. Charles A. Derby and Mr..
Ralph e. Kingsbury.
Refreshments were served from three
tables. Mrs. Henry Mellen and Miss
Grace Dean presided at the lemonade
table, assisted by Miss Bessie Dean,
Mrs Leander F. Herrick Miss Emma
Prentice, Miss Grace Maynard, Miss
Virginia Mellen and Miss Fannie Per-
kins.
At the chocolate table were Mrs. Chas.
H Morgan and Miss Harriet Nutting,
assisted by Miss May White, Miss Mar
lon White, Miss Mabel Dunbar, Miss
Bertha McCallum.
Coffee was poured at the third table
by Mrs. Edwin A. Kelley and Miss Grace
Atwood, assisted by Miss Edith Inman,
Miss Sarah Wall, Miss Chase, Miss Fan
ME Reed, Miss Taft, Miss Grace Whalen.
Miss Rose Lincoln gave party to
about 60 friends, Friday night, to dance
the old year out and the new year in.
There was pleasant gathering of
college women, Friday, when Mrs. Geo.
r. Bliss gave tea for the Mt. Holyoke
Association and those Worcester girls
who are now students at the college, of
whom there are 49, Mrs. Daniel E. Gay,
president, received with Mrs. Bliss.
Tea and chocolate were poured by Miss
Mason and Miss Tanning; the assistants
all of whom are students and were
dressed in white-were Miss Marion
White, Miss Georgia Bancroft, Miss
Ruth Thomas, Miss Caroline Whipple,
Miss May Whitney and Miss Edith Bliss.
The guests numbered about so, and
came from Millbury, Leicester, Tx
bridge and other neighboring towns, as
well as from Worcester. During the
afternoon there was piano music by Miss
Bancroft, Miss Elizabeth Pelton sang
twice, and Miss Thomas and Miss Bliss
sang a duet, which concluded with the
college yell by all the present students.
A New Years party will be given for
her classes of children by Miss Efie
Adams, teacher of dancing and deport-
ment, at Mrs. Bowen's school, this after
noon, from to $50 o'clock.
The Boston Beacon tells story of a
hotel-bred little Chicago boy who pre-
scented himself at school for the first
time, the other day, and informed his
teacher that he could read. 'fWhat can
you read?" she asked. Menus" was the
answer 81 can't read books or news
papers or anything like that vet, but I
can read menus"
Mrs. j. H. Pettee of Yokohama, Japan,
gave an interesting address to an APP
preciative audience of ladies in Ply
mouth chapel, upon Japan, in its past,
present and future lenses along mis-
sionary lines, Friday afternoon. Mrs. H.
e. Lamb introduced Mrs. Pettee in a
few well chosen words.
Mrs. Pettee after commenting upon
the wintry character of the afternoon,
assured her listeners that were they to
be suddenly carried to Japan, to the
island of Nippon in particular, they
would find a vivid contrast between the
snowy weather of Friday and the tenn
perate climate of that delightful spot.
Mrs. Pettee continued in like happy
vein, relating anecdotes touching upon
the work done in past and present times
by missionaries, and expressing a fer
vent hope for its continuance in the
future
Friday evening Miss Frances Light
bourne gave her customary monthly re-
lCGDl1Ou
their friends in Colonial Hail. Between
rs and 100 young persons danced the old
year out and the new one in. Light re-
freshments were served. Lamonts or
chestra furnished the music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom Clarke Taylor
gave delightful New Years eve dance
in Terpsichorean Hall, Friday night, in
honor of the 10Th birthday of their son,
Willard Stevens Taylor. There were
present more than 100 of his young
friends in the city, besides relatives and
friends from out of town.
The party was one of the prettiest
ever given in Worcester, for Terpsicho-
rean Hall offered an ideal setting for
the fresh faces and dainty dresses of
the dancers. The delicate green of the
walls and the richer green of the silk
and lace draperies at the groups of win
dows, were emphasized by the palms
which We're placed at intervals around
the hall on tall pedestals. Large pots
of ferns and branches of holly on the
| electric chandeliers trimmed the little
white balcony where sat the friends and
chaperones Of the dancers, while in the
background large palms made little
forest. Here in the centre was sta
toned Days Orchestra, the excellent
music of which added greatly to the
enjoyment Of the evening. The large
pier glasses at either end of the hall
were draped in southern smilax and
holly, with violet satin ribbon twined in
! colonial manner about one, and pink
about the other
The appointments outside the hall
were also perfect. White duck had
been stretched along the corridors
which were lighted with banquet and
piano lamps with gay shades. Screens
shut off doors and staircases which