Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-22
OU7 AND ABOUT.
SELECTED ITEMS OF INTEREST.
At the Concert Last Night-Chapin
Musicale-Camp Pike Reunion
Other News.


People who sat down in front in Me-
chanics hall last night lost of the inter
esting side shows, so to speak, connect
ed with the concert. One was the pres
ence of the choir boys of St. Mark S
| Church. who, to the number of 20, were
Invited by Mr.. E. E. Fay, the director,
and sat in a body on the northwest
corner Of the floor, accompanied by Mr..
| q. d. Walworth, the organist.
Last night was the regular rehearsal
night of the festival chorus, and as
usual the singers assembled in Wash
burn hall and began their work. N&
Chadwick's Lilly nymph" was the com
position they started on, and a little
while after they had got fairly into it,
the concert in Mechanics hall COM
menced. The voices were not notice.
able to the audience upstairs during the
first movement of the symphony but
when it came to the andante, there
were moments when it seemed to some
persons in the hall as if the Lilly
nymph' were walking upstairs Now,
whether the Thomas orchestra manage
ment preferred to buy up the chorus
rather than stand the noise below, or
whether it occurred to some one in
power that it would be a graceful and
a kindly thing to invite those singers
into the hall, we know not, but at all
events, in they all came, tripping at
the end of the symphony, upon payment
of 25 cents EACH the festival old price.
There were some seats back there
which looked much better filled than
empty. The addition of the chorus
practically filled the hall.
The years appear, on the whole, to
have dealt kindly with Mr.. Theodore
|
| cester The most noticeable change in
| his personal appearance seems to be in
the color of his hair, for he has grown
enormously gray, the hair that was
then its natural color being now iron
gray. He is not perceptibly balder, but
he has grown thicker. He has retained
all his old gestures, all his old ease, all
his old magnetic command over his
men.
DR.. E. l. Fuller of this city success
fully passed the state board examina-
tions. which was held in Boston, last
week.
Miss Lena Phelps of Clinton is visit
ing the Misses Brown of Harvard street
Miss Maud L. Pike and Miss Hattie
Pike entertained the other members OF
Camp Pike Monday evening. at their
home, IL Townsend street. For five
years these young ladies have camped
out in Paxton, having for their head
quarters Camp Pike cottage, the sum-
nler home of Mr.. and Mrs. Pike, and
they intend to go again this summer
leaving Worcester the last of June.
The evening was pleasantly spent
with cards. The prize, a large picture
of Camp Pike, with it's surroundings OF
hdlls, was won by Miss Susan E. Fisher
Other members of the camp present
were Miss Maud Millett, Miss Lavinia
Pennington, Miss Nellie Willard, Miss
Mabel Hennessey, Miss Pauline Bren-
nan, Mrs, Eva Hoppin, Mrs. Minnie Pike
The annual musicale of the Chapir
Club of the First Universalist Church
took place Monday evening, in the
vestry, before a fair-sized audience ot
members and friends. 1t was in charge
of Miss Isabelle Harrington and Miss
Lulu Gunnison. The program included
songs by Mr. Angelo Truda, Miss
Helene Moore and Mr. Robert L. Hib
bard a group of piano solos by Mis-!
Clara Blood; violin solo by Miss Kittit
Ida Fish, and several selections by {
little company of players from the Tecl
Banjo and Guitar Club-Messrs. w. C
Shute, G. E. Rebboli, H. e. Scott, E. r
johnson and E. F. Gould.
All the numbers were cordially re
ceived, and there were numerous en-
cores. Miss Fish played for her encore
a berceuse of her own composition
from manuscript.
James ]. Dowd, Esq, of Brockton
formerly of Worcester, who has beer
visiting his mother for the past few
, days. has returned home.
1t is the custom with members of the
Y Lend-a-Hand Club of the FirstUnitariar
Church, to spend Monday evening at the
Boys Club in entertaining the members
of that organization. Last night seven
| young women went, The program was
varied, and about 100 youngsters occu-
pied the chairs and listened with inter
est to songs by Miss Alise Mitchell, Miss
Emma Mitchell and Miss Lulu Gunni-
son, and to selections by the Ashmore
Mandolin and Guitar Club. A graphic
phone, lent through the kindness OF
Steinert & Sons, and managed by Miss
Emma Mitchell, afforded no end Of
amusement, and the delighted giggline
was almost continuous as it's funny
dried-up voice squeaked through the big
room.
Monday afternoon the Home Mission.
ary Society of Plymouth Church was
charmingly entertained by Mrs. A. H
Henry, at her home, 80 Elm street The
attendance was large, about $50 ladies
being present. After the usual open
ing exercises, there were songs by Mrs
Webster Thayer and an intensely inter
esting address on the needs of the Pa
: cific University at Forest Grove, Ore.
, by Mrs Thomas Mcclellan of Newton
Highlands. wife of the president. This
was followed by a tea, at which Mrs
Henry was assisted by Miss Harriet
: Nutting, Miss Anna McCullagh, Miss
Prentice, Miss Pritchard, Miss Goodman
and Miss Perkins.
Miss Anna c. Wallberg lectured at the
Lorraine school Monday afternoon and
, again in the evening, upon THE power
of thought according to theosophy." At
ter describing the seven-fold bodies OF
: man. she gave her attention somewhat
:, particularly to the faculties of the mind
and their cultivation, particularly those
, of meditation and concentration. The
first was especially beneficial when di-
rected to religious and ethical topics
the latter might well be exercised on
secular topics, and in this connection
she mentioned deep breathing as produc-
tive of harmony within and without the
body. Nothing so builds character and
strengthens mind power, she said, as
the exercise of the two faculties. There