Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-31
FOR A NOBLE CAUSE.
All Arrangements Complete fol
National Salute to Columbia.
Worcester Should Respond Generously to
Appeal for Funds for Monument to
Battleship Maine Heroes Tonight

All arrangements are complete for
the spectacular "The National Salute
to Columbia, which has been arranged
under the auspices of Mrs. w. e. Bow
ems School of Elocutlon and Delsarte,
and which will take place in Mechanics
hall tonight. AS Is we'll known, the
proceeds of this entertainment will be
nucleus for fund for the erection Of
monument to the memory of the brave
men who lost their lives in the blowing
up Of the battleship Maine in Havana
harbor
Other cities have been very success
full in their efforts to raise money for
this cause, and If all signs do not fail
the city of Worcester, through the
thougntfulne.;s Of Mrs. Bowen, will go
on record as one of the patriotic cities
of the country. Worcester's generous
hearted men and women have done we'll
| thus far, and it is evident that today
many more. tickets for the noble cause
| will be disposed of, and that there will
be a grand patriotic company to fill Me-
chanics hall to it's very doors tonight.
That Mrs. Bowen and her assistant.
| Miss Lizzie t. Weir, have been hard
working women for the past few days,
| lUlle dIG more Certain lNdH HIleInDeIS OIL
| the city press. They have been assisted
generously by members of the school
and friends of the cause, and, as re-
| suit, goodly number Of tickets nave
| been sold. Then there have been many
] noble women who have called at the
school rooms at "a Front street ard
purchased tickets unsolicited. There is
still an opportunity to secure some
good seats at the box office at Ne
| oh az han ~ tS
| noon.
The entertainment itself will far sur
pass even the most sanguine eXpecta-
tions of Mrs. Bowen and Miss Weir, as
the volunteers have been numerous and
| the program will be one of the finest
and most patriotic ever listened 10 IN
! Worcester. 1t will TEEN with timely
suggestions about the present situation
in Cuba. The battleship Maine will find
place on the souvenir program, and
a new song dedicated to the Inflated
ship viii be produced.
All the program will be of the spec
| tacular order and will have i tendency
10 fire the most dormant patriotism of
the most dormant American citizen.
Yesterday e. D. Ingraham volunteered
! the services Of Battery Band, and
that well known aggregation Of fine
musicians will give an open air concert
in front of Mechanics hall from Z to 8
O'Clock.
| Besides the many good things on the
! program already outlined in the Spy,
will be the impressive ceremonial. the
salute to the flag by detachment Of
the City Guards under the personal di-
rection of Capt. Edwin G. Barrett.
This promises to be one Of the dis
tinctive features of the program.
| William H Plummer, who so success
| fully managed the Shenandoah" will
| produce a series of timely wal pictures,
assisted by members of the City Guards.
| Charles Hitchcock will sing portions of
war songs, incidental to these tableauX.
| The Worcester Light Infantry qrches-
! ira will furnish music during the eve
ming, and they have prepared a fine
| program which will be feature Of the
| evening.
Senator A. S. Roe will speak briefly,
and 1t goes without saying that this part
| of the program will be much enjoyed.
| Fifteen members of the Light In
| fantry will be ushers under direction Of
| Alfred Vandusen.
| Cnief Of Police James M. brennan has
kindly offered the services of three of
! his best officers, who will do door duty.
| The opportunity has presented itself.
and now may the patriotic people Of the
city of Worcester make a ringing re-
sponse and show to her sister cities
what the Heart of the Commonwealth
| can and will do in recognition of the
wholesale sacrifice of life of the coun-
| trys patriots, and place in the hands
| of Mayor Rufus B. Dodge a nucleus Tor
| a general fund for the erection of a
monument in memory of the Maine he
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