The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-08

ana the selections rendered were greet
ed with cordial applause. Especially
was this the case when. at the conclu-
sion of the last number, the national
air was played and the entire audi
ence arose with one accord and stood
in respectful silence until the last
strains of the Star Spangled Banner
had died away, when they broke into
tumultuous cheering.
The following was the program rem
dered:
Overture. The countof Essex Mercadante
- punch OF hlts ..........-...'.. ,,BoettSer
''Biue bells Of Scotland. 60 '''''''
F. w. ChafHn
Hungarian fantasia .Theo. Nj. Tobani
March, Second regiment, Massachusetts
Infantry, Y. S. v. dedicated to the
regiment by the composer F. W,
Grand patriotic selection. Airs of all ma
tons, with solos for all instruments.
The drill of the department that fol-
lowed the concert was excellent and re-
Elected great credit on the military eff
ficiency of the force. The eVolutions
We're somewhat hampered on account
of the decreased space that the great
crowd left in the middle of the floor,
but the officers adapted themselves to
the conditions. and the drill went off
like clock work. The movements con-
sisted of company evolutiuns and a
dress parade, which was revived by
Mayor Dodge and the president of the
Relief Association
The department marched into the hall
in the following formation:
Captain Matthews commanding.
First company, Lieut.. Walsh, sta
ton 2, in command.
Second company Sergt. Hickey.
Third company, Sergt. Hill
Fourth company, with the colors,
Sergt. McMurray.
Fifth company, Sergt. Warren.
Sixth company, Sergt Drohan.
Seventh company, Lieut. johnson
Color bearer. officer Mason.
The companies formed in hollow
square about the room and presented
arms, while Mayor Dodge, escorted by
Chief brennan and followed by Presd-
ent FITZPATRICK of the association, es-
corting Mrs. Dodge, reviewed the pa
radF.
The drill was then carried out in ex
eeEent form and the finely executed
eYolutions brought out rounds of ap-
plause from the spectators
The grand march was formed i'm the
ante-room at the rear of the hall. and
50 well was the crowd handled by the
ushers that scarcely ten minutes was
taken before the line was in motion.
The march was led by Mayor Rufus r
Dodge. Jr.. with Mrs. Edward G. Fitz-
patrick, the wife of the president of the
association, followed by officer Fitzpat
rex and Mrs. Dodge. There We're more
tran 125 couples on the floor during the
which was a very prettily exc
cuted one, including a number of in
tricate and taking figures. Among
those who followed the leaders through
its nazes were the following:
Capt. H. r. Williamson. Mrs
Southwick; Chief J. NJ brennan
Mrs brennan; Maj. Il. T. RAYMOND
Mrs. Raymond: A NJ Thompson
Mrs. Thompson; S. c. Kendall Mrs
Kendall; Deputy Chief Amos Atkin-
son Mrs. Atkinson; Capt Ranger,
mrs. Z: ). Ranger; Capt Matthews,
Mrs. Matthews; Lieut.. Walsh. Miss
Catherine Walsh; Lieut. Johnson.
Mrs. johnson; Sergt McMurray'
Mrs McMurray; Sergt Drohan,
Mrs. Mary A. Rourke; John w.
Reardon, Mrs. Reardon; j. J. Nov
nihan. Mrs. Kate A. Carroll; NJ f.
Kennedy Mrs. Kennedy; A O.
Thayer, Mrs. Thayer; James O'CoR-
nor, Miss Ida O'Connor; James
Hackett, Miss Della Lynch Daniel
Mccarthy, Miss Louise Mccarthy;
j. S. Mccarthy. Miss Mary McCar-
thy; +. c.. Blanchard Miss Florence
Blanchard; August Thurman. Miss
Emily Thurman; J. Clarence Davis.
Miss Marion c. Davis: A. Q. Thayer,
Mrs. Thayer; NJ. j. Foley, Miss
Agnes Foley; John OConnor Miss
Mary G. O'Connor; Alfred Harner.
Mrs. Harper; d. E. Clifford. Miss
Kate Clifford: George E. Moore
Mrs Moore: R. T. Matthews Mira
Matthews, c. w. Barker. Mrs. Ma
bel Lynn Childs: Fl. A. Laviolette.
Mrs Laviolette T. c. Cummings.
Miss Katherine f. Cummings; j. q.
Barker, Mrs. Barker: w. J. Ryan.
Mrs. Ryan; George A. Mcleod. Miss
Mabel Mcleod; w. Fl. Mason, Miss
Emily Mason: J. W. Roche Miss
Ella Roche; D. F. Sullivan, Miss
Alice X. Rafferty,. J. T. Davidson.
Mrs. Davidson; ]. w. Knight, Mrs.
Knight; George H. Whiting, Mrs.
Whiting; Edison Fairbanks, Mrs.
Fairbanks; Fl. L. Gleason, Mrs.
Gleason; F. F. Burbank. Mrs. Bur-
bank; Andrew Harper, Mrs Harper,
James O'Connor. Miss Ida NJ.
O'Connor; j. j. Burke, Mrs Burke:
c. F. Could Mrs. Gould, John Dunn,
Mrs. Dunn; S. d. Hemenway Mira
Hemenway George T. Delaney.
Mrs. Delaney; j. b. Mccarthy. Mrii.
Mccarthy; Charles H. Shippee. MriL
Shippee.
At the conclusion of the grand march
the first of a program Of % numbers,
4 quadrille, Initiated the dancing, which
continued till dawned warned the dis
eiples of TerpischOre to wend their
homeward way. During the intermis-
sion a collation. was served in Wash
burn hall by Yeaw, which was very
elaborate affair of its kind. Several
hundred people wereseated at the ia