The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-12

Father Mathew hail. last night. Chat
fms orchestra furnished music for
dancing.
The Klondike Outing Club held their
first grand social at Foresters hall
last night. About IS couples enjoyed
dancing to the music Of Riley's or
chestra.
The Mems Guild Of st. Matthew's
Church is to present the well known A.
act comedy drama, entitled Strife in
the st. Matthews parish hail, Nov %,
at 8 o'clock.
The Kings Daughters of Belmont
Church held their regular bi-monthly,
Tuesday afternoon, at the home Of Mrs.
G. w. Clemence. The afternoon was de-
voted to sewing.
Beginning with next Sunday, the hour
for evening services in All Souls
Church will be changed from to 5
o'clock, at which time there will be a
full vesper service, with address.
At the annual open meeting and lee
ture of the Home Club yesterday at T94
Main street, Mrs. Irving Winslow of
Boston read the play of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" before a large gathering of
members and invited guests.
At the Congregational ministers
meeting, next Monday morning, a paper
on The literature of Utopias" will be
read by Prof. A. r. Merriam, professor
of practical theology and Christian So
GEOLOGY in Hartford (Ct.) Theological
Seminary.
At the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation rooms, last evening, a supper
was served in the dining hall, after
which there was session of the Bible
class. Tomorrow evening, in the rooms
of the association, the Clark sisters of
New York city will give an entertain
ment.
One of the most attractive entertain
ments which have been given in the st.
Matthew's hall for some time for the
parish fund will be presented in the
parish house Tuesday, November Is.
The talent is made up entirely from
members of the parish and their
friends.
Last night the social committee of
| Plymouth Church, 7. P. S. c. f., gave
the annual social to the students of
| Worcester Academy and the Polytech-
| mic Institute. The early part of the
evening was spent in progressive
games after which chafing dish sup
per was served.
Miss A. H. Tucker, at the Natural
History Museum yesterday, gave an
interesting talk on the naples, both ma
tive and foreign, to be found in Wor-
cester county. 1t was prefaced by an
interesting discussion of the ways by
which trees may be determined in their
winter aspect by their shape, methods
of branching, bark, ETC.
Mrs. Ella NJ Keith left Worcester
yesterday morning on an extended trip
na~1, -.
absence from Worcester, Mrs. Keith
Will deliver lectures, illustrated by
stereopticon views, on railroad work,
in which she is interested in connec-
ton with the w. C. T. U. She is well
known on the lecture platform of Mas
sachusetts.
A large attendance marked the sec
ond night of the fair held by Winni-
misse council Daughters of Pocahon-
tas at Hibernian hall. A gloom was
cast over the members of the council
by the death Of one of their members,
which took place yesterday morning.
The council win attend the funeral of
Herbert Lemoine, which takes place
from his late residence, 221 Chandler
street, Sunday, at 230.
The chapel of Main Street Baptist
Church was packed last evening by an
audience gathered to listen to the lee
ture of Miss Diana Stevens of the New
Era cooking school. The audience was
not only large but thoroughly repre-
sentative and appreciative. Miss Ste
vens, who is one of the most popular
lecturers of the school, was at her best,
both as regards her lecture and the
succeeding demonstration.
Several Worcester people will go to
Sutton Wednesday evening to attend
the opening of the new town hall din
ing parlors in that place. The Worces-
ter people will make the trip in barges,
which leave city hall shortly after 6
o'clock There will be as an opening
feature a banquet, served by George
II. Stockwen of Worcester, after which
dancing to the music of Harry r. Brig
hams orchestra will be enjoyed.
Miss Katherine Edmonds of Soutn-
bridge, who has been in Montauk since
the third of September, returns to Bos-
ton today, the last nurse and worker to
leave Montauk Point. On the 9Th, she
brought the last sick soldier from
Montauk to St Johns hospital Brook
lyn OF the $50 soldiers taken there, one
death is recorded, that of Walter r.
Stanley First corps engineers. Battery
L, Sixth artillery is stationed at Mon
tauk Point.
That Senator Alfred S. Roe is very
popular among the high school pupils
and in fact all the school children of
Worcester, was demonstrated by the
large number who assembled to listen
to lecture entitled Historic Worces-
ter" delivered before the Aletheia in
the Classical high school yesterday
afternoon. Mr.. Roe spoke in his custom
airy pleasing and interesting manner
upon the different historic sites of this
city.
Bay State Lodge, I. o. o. F., Man
chester Unity held a meeting last eve
ming at $50 Main street and admitted
two new members and received three
applications. The next meeting, Nov
25th, the white and blue degree will be
worked. The lodge is to have an en-
tertainment and dance at Red Mems
Hall, 554 Main street, Friday, Dec. I'd
The committee on arrangements con-
sists of Ernest Whitehead, d. p.
Thomas, George Elxley, Andrew Boyce
and John Newhall
The committee in charge of the Ba-
kers' Union is busy completing ar
rangements for the banquet which is
to be served November 10, at the City
hotel. The banquet will be quite an
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