Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-19

the Ladies' Home Missionary Society of
the Pleasant Street Baptist Church at
a tea, Tuesday evening, after which
there was a pleasant program of reports
| from the various Baptist mission fields
in the United States, in charge Of Mrs.
Mclean and Mrs. Lewis. The ladies
/ who took part were Mrs. George A..
Gather Miss Gertrude Cheney, Miss
| Winnie Meyers, Miss Minnie Skinner,
Miss Minnie Gibson, Mrs. Frank A.
| Springer, Miss Flora Thompson, Miss
Alice Foster, Miss Mary Tatman. About
70 members were present.
|
About 200 persons patronized the sup
per given Tuesday evening by the la
dies of Plymouth Church. 1t was the
=, first Of. the monthly suppers for the sea-
4 son, and was in charge of Mrs. Henry
Mellen as chairman, assisted at the Ia
bleS by Mrs. H. A. Tatman, Mrs. J. S.
Perry, Miss Mary Minot, Mrs r. M
Taft, Mrs. William Maynard, Mrs. H. S.
Prentice, Mrs Freeman Brown, Mrs.
Thomas Ward, Mrs. H. w Nutting,
Mrs. Lord, Mrs. A. G. Broad, Mrs. ]. K.
I Bancroft, Mrs. Frances Houghton, Mrs.
Charles B Holman, Mrs H. w. Eddy.
Mrs. E. c. A. Becker had charge of
the entertainment. Mr.. J. L. Brand
and Miss Rose Brand played duets on
the cello and piano from Lucia and
by Mozart, Miss Daisy Jordan, a pupil
or Mrs. Bowen's, gave readings, Miss
kittie Ida Fish contributed a violin
solo, and Mr.. Harold L. Gulick, pupil
Of the County Music School, sang two
selections to the accompaniment of Mr..
E. L. Sumner.
Ibsen has decided to abandon Norway,
and is going to Berlin to attend the Gel
ebration in commemoration Of his birth
day. Thereafter he will live in Ger
many.
An alphabetical supper the first OF
, the season, was given Tuesday night at
the Church of the Unity, and while the
number of persons attending it was not
so large as on some previous occasions,
there was no failure in the justice done
to the delicious and abundant menu.
Mrs. Gardner c, Whiting was the chair
man, and she was assisted at the tables
by Mrs. e. ]. Sartelle, Mrs. E. H.
Plumer, Mrs. Solomon Nixon, Mrs. A. 1.
Noble, Mrs. Cyrus G. Wood, Miss Wy
man, Mrs. E. F. Tolman, Mrs. Calvin
Stebbins, Miss Eliza Morse, Mrs. H. c.
Valentine Mrs. Jerome Wheelock, Miss
Fannie Robinson, Miss Florence White,
Mrs. James H. Wall, Mrs Friewaldau
c. Thayer. The younger members of
the society, among them Olive Tolman,
Abbie Greenleaf, Charles Stevens, Helen
Waite, Sheila Jewett and Emily Bald
win, with Miss Maria Morse, assisted as
walters.
At 8 o'clock a delightful lecture upon
Royal London and the Thames" fully
illustrated with the stereopticon, was
given by Rev. George w. Kent To the
running accompaniment of Renaissance,
witty aneedote, legend and story, Mr.
Kent took his audience around the dear
old city to the parliament houses, the
Albert Memorial, Cheapside, St. Paul s,
Bow bells, Charing Cross, Westminster
Abbey and the rest Of the lions; then
down the river In a penny steamer to
the tower and Greenwich, and then up
stream, following the stream up to it's
very source as z, little, shallow almost
invisible brook flowing through the
meadows Stops were made at Rich
mond Hill, Broadstairs, Twickenham
and Windsor, amid the lovely scenery in
which all the upper reaches of the
Thames abound The superb view from
the terrace at Windsor castle, which he
who has seen never forgets, was shown,
and in this connection the lecturer took
occasion to pay handsome tribute to
the queen.
Mr.. Kent several times offered to stop,
and as many times was entreated to go
ON. Upon the conclusion of the lecture.
he was rendered cordial vote of
thanks.