Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-06

gone far toward breaking down race
prejudices.
She recently gave a paper on liar
riet Beecher Stowe" before the litera-
ture section of Cantabrigia. One of her
audience said that in appearance she
was like symphony in brown, that her
English was classic, and her treatment
of her subject, now somewhat hack
neyed made it intensely interesting
Hypatia of Shreveport, Louisiana. has
an interesting program of work for the
season, including "The downfall of
Greece" Russia, historically, POLITICAL
ly and socially considered" India In
the Victorian era" "Mexico," anglo
Saxon and Spanish democracy" Rule
of science in the progress of modern So
ciety," Comparative study of popular
governments" Child saving" and
other subjects The motto Of the pro-
gram is ''The present hour" with quo
tation from Carlyle and these, with the
subjects, indicate the living interest
which the members of Hypatia take in
current history.
A new club, the Altrurian, has been
formed in Shirley.
At the recent meeting of the fedefa-
ton of Woman's clubs for the state OF
Missouri, Mrs. Ellen d. Lee, of st:
Louis, asserted that ''The mission OF
women's clubs is to make easier the
tasks of men, There are eighty-two
clubs in the Missouri federation.
Winchendon also has new club for
women. 1t started few weeks ago with
10 charter members. Friday afternoon
the Moral Education Association was
addressed by Mr.. Anag1os, Mrs. Mary
A. Iivermore, and others on the subject
of Greece.
Wednesday will see the Boston poht-
ical class engaged in a debate on Secre-
tary Cages financial policy.
Concord N. H. has no fewer than nine
active Shakspere clubs, the members OF
which have met weekly for seVeral
years to read aloud the poets works.
They have furnished club room in the
public library building. Concord
Woman's Club, of recent organization,
has already 230 members. At the last
meeting it was addressed by Mrs. Abba
Gould Woolson, president of the cas-
tilian Club, on "The new Italy"
Friday the Chelsea Woman's Club had
the first of it's two special home talent
afternoons" The subject considered was
"Does modern literature represent lie {!
and this was discussed in four papers,
written fronata~the point of the news
paper, the drama, fiction and poetry
respectively.
Thursday the Jamaica Plain Tuesday
Club listened to a lecture on THE rise
of Kipling'' by the teacher of the liter.
ature class.
The Lynn Woman's Club will listen,
March 29 to lecture from Mr.. Robert
E. Ely, who recently gave four lectures,
what the workingman really wants,
''War or peace IN business Henry
I George and his work. and 'Bellamy
and his books" before the Brookline Ed
ucational Society. Mr. Ely also spoke
recently before the Middlesex Club on
tFalse American IDEALS with great
success.
Wednesday, Rev. H. II. Wand, one OF
our foremost Shaksperian lecturers and
readers of the country, lectured before
the Van Dusen Wednesday Club.
The club women of Ohio are greatly
exercised over the proposed repeal OF the
law giving women the right of schoo
suffrage. Mrs. Min, president OF the
Cincinnati Sorosis, says: Il am not al
all in sympathy with woman suffrage ir
a general way, but where i touches the
home life so closely as in this case,
think they should have it,
The Apprender is a club Of Chicago
girls devoted to learning all they can o.
| France and French history. At re
| cent meeting, Catholicism VS.. Protest
antisnl" was the subject of discussion
and papers were read on ''Richelieu'
and Catherine de Medici' while a re
view was made of Stanley Weyman'y
'fJJnder the Red Robe"
The Wintergreen Club has been tryin2
to answer the question, is life wortf
| living?"
Miss Ida Ayers Worrell Of Quincy
H., has purchased the Wonan's Review
and combined it with Club Life. The
publication will appear hereafter undel
the title Of Club Life and Woman's Re
view.
The art and literature committee o
| the Northboro Woman's Club gave {
successful concert March 2 under the di
rection of Miss Susie w. Forbes, former
| ly teacher in the Dix street school
Mrs. H. w. Johnson of the First Unitar
ian Church Of Worcester, with Henry
Donlan the boy soprano, of Boston
Edna Chamberlain, a child reader, anC
Rev. j. H. Weeks of Westboro furnished
the entertainment. The hall was wei
filled and encores were frequent.