Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-02

lam "A. gaylord, assisted by MISS Eth
elyn G. Bailey of Ottawa, violirfist, at
Piedmont Church, tomorrow evening:
Toccata and fugue, D minor. =. Bach
Chanson ballade .............. Bachman
Andantino .....,.............. Lemare
(Requested)
Violin solo, Andante religioso ...Thome
Miss Bailey.
Gavotte, "Marie Therese' Neustedt
+March of the magic kings. 49,. Dubois
Canulene OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Salome
Fantasia in ...................... Tours
Violin solo, Reverie ............ .Daucla
Miss Bailey.
Pilgrims chorus ............... wagner
Evening star .............. wagner
Requested)
March pontificale .....,....... Lemmens
Sustained. note represents guiding
star.
Miss Bailey is violin pupil Of Herr
Winternitz and is studying piano with
Mr.. Chelius of Boston. Her home is in
Ottawa, but she is staying in Worcester
while pursuing her musical studies.
The Morse company Of New York will
shortly publish a German reader by
Prof. j. P. Loesberg of Worcester, which
promises to make q place for itself in
the esteem of up-to-date teachers of
German. Prof. Loesberg has had ex-
tensive experience, having taught II
years, the last five Of which before
coming to this city were passed in teach
ing German In the seventh, eighth and
ninth grades and the high school in
Leominster. At present he Is teaching
in the English high school and at Miss
Klmbalfs school for girls, besides hav-
ing many private pupils and conducting
a class for teachers in Spencer with
marked success.
The German reader is based on the
modern, natural method of teaching
German, and is carefully graded from
the first rudiments to a college course.
The first part is an illustrated primer,
the second is what is generally called
the first reader, and consists Of a col
lection of poems and short stories, all
the work Of Prof. Leesberg, who is a
man of letters as well as an instructor
Prof. Loesberg is also the author of a
volume entitled Gems Of German Lit
erature''
The give and take party at the Church
of the Unity, Tuesday night, proved a
highly successful affair both financially
and socially. There was a good attend
ance, and the sale Of packages was so
brisk that nothing remained to be sold
by Mr.. Charles M. Thayer, who had
been retained in the capacity Of auction
eer. A candy table, at which homemade
sweets were sold by Mrs. Walter Clark
thriving trade. Mrs Charles Waite and
Mrs. C. G.. Richardson presided at the
refreshment table, assisted by six young
women from the Lend-a-Hand Club.
In the year 1888 there appeared in an
April issue Of the Home Journal, a
weekly paper then published in Wdr-
cester, a short poem entitled My
jewels" Only the initials of the author s
name were attached to this poem. A
little later, however, other poems ap-
peared in this and several other publ
cations, contributed by the same writer,
who proved to be Cornelia Wesson Boy
den. During the next two years Mrs.
Boyden's poems were to be found in
many of our first-class publications, as
the Christian Register. Good Housekeep-
ing, Boston True Flag, Arthur's Mag
azine, Ballous Magazine, Grand Army
Record, Light, the Portland Transcript,
and many others,
In 1890, a short story called "An Old
Maids Romance by Mrs. Boyden, was
published in Light, a Worcester publ
cation edited by Mr.. Alfred S. Roe.
Soon after, another story of Mrs. Boy
denis appeared in the Ladies' World,
followed by one in the Portland Trans
crfpt, and from that time to the pres
emit, Mrs. Boyden's pen has been busy
one, her stories having appeared often
in both weekly and monthly publica-
ton, such as the Portland Transcript,
lions Herald, Good Housekeeping, the
Ladies' World, Comfort, Boston Post
and the Woman's Journal
Mrs, Boyden is thorough Worcester
lite, having been born in Worcester and
educated in the Worcester schools She
married a Worcester man, Mr. M. A
Boyden, the civil engineer, and nearly
the whole of her married life has been
spent In the city Of seven hills
Mrs, Boyden has an intense love for
composition, which she considers her
life work. She is a steady, thorough
and conscientious literary worker, with
high aim and purpose, from which
she never swerves Her stories have
both a humorous and a pathetic side,
while vein of romance runs through
them all. Gifted with good memory,
the power of keen observation and a
deep insight into human nature, her
plots are woven from the incidents of
daily life, and her characters, though
localized, are the people one often
meets. A collection of short stories in
book form, Mrs. Boyden hopes to pub
hsh in the course of another year;
meanwhile, her pen is ever busy, writ
ing out the tales that are constantly
fitting through her active mind. TO
quote from one of her poems, she says:
but tell me, OH thou spirit who inspires,
What work 1t is that thou wouldst have
me do?
Make known to me thy wishes, thy desires,
And will be thy faithful servant true;
Inspire thou me, as in the ages past
Thou ,didst the bards whose songs have
Teach me the hymns once sung, that firm
and fact
shown.
"Give me the power to touch each human
heart,
To wake up smiles and aye cause tears
to flow;
The tales Of love that spring from cupid's
dart,
The tender pathos Of each song of woe.
All this ask, since thou didst me awakei
And should ! win the smallest share of
I'll bless the tears I've shed for thy dear
And count them naught against an hon
ored name.
Mrs. c. B. Perry of Millbury, Miss
Matte Kellogg and Mr.. G. L. Thomp-
son were admitted Tuesday evening to
the Allen Club.
The new board Of directors Of the Wo-
mans Clubhouse Corporation in Boston,
are very actively at work. At a first
step In this years campaign, arrange
ments have been made for increasing
the contingent fund for running ex-