The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-25
OUT AND ABOUT.

Mr.. Burton Holmes has left a train
of splendid memories behind him in
the minds of those who have attended
his course Of lectures this winter. Inc
lecturer succeeds admirably in appeal
ing to all tastes and temperaments,
but one thing he does not do-he does
not show people pictures of things they
have already seem Novelty is not less
manifest than excellence.
AS rule, cultivated persons in TINS
part of the country care more for
ruined aqueduct on the Campagna than
for all the natural glories and curioSi-
ties of this continent put together
Mr.. Holmes last lecture offered an ef-
tive antidote to this attitude Of mind
Indifference is commonly supposed to
lie at the bottom of the Americans
neglect of the sights of his own coun-
try, but the question of expense should
also be counted 1t is only the rich
who can afford to cross the continent
to visit the Yosemite and Yellowstone
Park; very moderate income can be
stretched to cover a trip to Europe.
Yet, in the final analysis, did any one
ever deliberately prefer a visit to the
wonders of the west to a trip abroad2
1t is inconceivable. The former APP
peals to curiosity; the latter to the
deepest emotions and noblest preoccu-
pations of the human mind. About the
Silliest thing a sensible person can say
is: Il want to see my own country
before I go abroad"
The funniest pleasure trip Out and
About ever heard of was one that a
man and his wife took through the
cities of the west and middle west and
included such places as Dayton, Tole-
do, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago and
kansas City (Fancy,g going to Kansas
City for pleasureD.
The Friday Morning Club regret that
the Bloomfield-Zeisler recital announce
ed for January 8, must be given up,
as Madame Zeisler has been obliged to
cancel all her eastern engagements.
The money for the tickets already
sold will be refunded upon presentation
of exchange tickets at the club room
on the morning of January 4.
Welcome Mission was very pleasant
ly entertained Friday night by Mrs.
Retaliation and friends. There were
violin solos by Miss Kittie Ida Fish, and
songs by Miss Mitchell, Miss Gunnison,
Miss Flagg, Mrs. Lawton and Mr..
knowles. Miss DoWnes gave three re-
citations, one Of which was accompan-
led on the harp by Mrs. Lawton. Miss
tlagg and Mr.. Knowles sang two duets.
me concert was concluded by the sing
ing OF My Country, TITS of Thee"
hon. Stephen Salisbury and Mrs. Ly-
man Ely were among the guests The
evening was one of pleasure to all pre-
sent.
Christmas without play at the Wor-
cester Theatre would be an unpleasant
anomaly to the numerous patrons who
after they have eaten their Christmas
Gunner, do not know what to do with
themselves for the dest of the day.
Such people will be able to while away
a Pheasant hour with THE Secret En-
envy, in which the leading female role
is taken by an actress noted for her
grace and beauty. There will be a mat
NEE as well as an evening perform
ance.
Special interest attaches to the pre-
sentation of rip Van Wrinkle" Fri
day evening, by young Thomas Jeffer-
son, son of that beloved actor whose
name and self have been identified for
years with the character. OF Mr.. Tef-
Iersons representation the Pittsburg
Dlspatch says: THAT the son could he
the consulnmate actor his father is he
lore ne passed the hard curriculum of
patient study would be to reverse +ha
doctrine of the vintage But that the
rendltlons of the graceless Rim by tbe
younger Jefferson attests the fact tbat
genius is persistent, and that the In
mortal character is not to be lost to the
stage IS a satisfying reflection One
Goes not see the grace that marks tbe
ZIP OF other days But there is full as
surance, as the play proceeds, that the
son understands we'll the ininnitah 1e
quletude that made the role true arr
IN MS fathers hand and also that in
tline ne may SO master it that auditors
VIII cease to institute comparison.''
Mr. Leander r. Howe is arranging
for a pianoforte recital in the near fu-
ture.
Query: Will Judge Van Wycll find
the January Scribner's interesting
Probably not; neither will Mistber Gro
ker If either of these estimable gen
tlemen and worthy citizens could he
pictured by trapeze flight of the
imagination, as voluntarily reading.
anything but the New York yeIIoW,
journals, it would assuredly not he
Col Roosevelt's characteristic article
on the organization OF the Rough Rid
ers, with it's accompanying portraits of
the goVernor-elect of New York. IF
asked, both would undoubtedly say that
-ehey never could see what people
found in that Oyster Bay Teller to. go
crazy over, anyway, and In this tbev
would be entirely sincere.
The Cupid Club gave a party Friday
evening at the house of Francis 7
Wood 9 shattuck street. Among tbe
guests was Miss Mabel White of Mill
bury
Miss Evelyn Howe has returned from
Montague, where she has been teach
ing. to her home on Bowdoin street fo,.
the holidays -
The Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Associa-
ton will entertain at the home of Mrs
Gilbert Harrington, 1914 Main street
Friday afternoon. The guests will he
the present students of the college from
worcester county, of which there are
AZ, and the officers of the varions
Smith, Wellesley and College Clubs, -
Mrs. A. FL. Day, the dancing instruo-
tor, will have a Christmas social on
Monday, Dec. &c. from to 10 O'Clock
for all classes and friends.
1t promises to be very enjoyable, for
Mrs. Day viii introduce novelties DIR
ing the evening, which adds much to the
pleasure of those dancing. The ball
coIly VIII De open for parents. Days