The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-30

ScflDefS lnciuueS many Oh Ine society
and prominent musical people of the
city. 1t is probable that this will be thu
only concert that the I<neisel quartet
will give in Worcester this season.
A very delightful program has been
arranged as follows:
HAYDN. quartet in G major, OPP 70, No. /
Allegro con spiritos
1 Adagfo -SoStenutO. A 49,
Menuet (Presto) .s
Finale ALLEGRO ma non troppo).
| RIEsi tal Romanza; Cb) Perpetgs moto.
Soil for violin by Mr.. Kneisel.
l(a) CAESAR FRANCK. Larghetto
CFrom the quartet in D major)
SCHUNIANN. .......... Quartet in Fcmajor
(Op. A. No, 2. r.
Allegro vivace. ~
| Scherzo (Presto).
Allegro malto vivace. SEs
The Home Club has begun it's new
year prosperously, with full member
ship of 30 members and an interesting
program of work. Mrs. Emma H. Mar
BILE Is giving the members brief course
in parliamentary drill, which is much
enjoyed AS in previous years, 3quota-
lions from leading authors are given
and papers presented on various
themes. A number of the papers this
year are on the early history of Europe.
and at this weeks meeting, which will
be held at the house of Mrs. Wilbur w
Hobbs, Mrs. George +. Woodbury. will
read one on the barbarians in Italy.
Other topics to be discussed later re-
late to the Worcester Art Museum, the
status of women in 1892 and in 1899, and
similar up-to-date subjects.
The annual lecture and gentlemen's
night, always a brilliant occasion in
the club life will take place on the eve
ming of November H. where ii has not
vet been decided Mrs. Irving Winslow,
the eminent Boston dramatic reader,
will give the play of "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac" and the event is being antici-
lpated greatly by the ladies of the club.
The little tots of the First Baptist
Church had one of the gala days of
their lives when they were entertained
Yesterday by the ladies of the Foreign
Missionary Society in the parlors of the
church. About so invitations were is
sued, but owing to the unfavoraible
weather only about 80 of the little ones
were present.
The afternoon was passed in playing
kindergarten games, and the children
We're served with a supper of cakes,
ices and other goodies before leaving
for their homes. The mothers who We're
present had an opportunity to test the
merits of the Shredded Wheat Com
panys products through the courtesy of
Mr.. Perky.
At the conclusion of the supper the
children were talked to for a half hour
by Miss Hattie Jerome of the Old South
Church, who explained the object of the
society known as the Little Light Bear
ers, which is an auxiliary Of the Foreign
Missionary Society. Under the direction
of Mrs e. c. Gilman, VINO is the preSi-
dent Of the society, the children were
organized into two bands of light bear
ers. One, which is to consist Of the
children under five ears old, will be
presided over by Miss Annie Collier and
the other consisting of those older than
five will be under the direction Of vari-
Gus ladies of the society who will take
turns in the work.
The committee in charge of the affair
consisted of Mrs. Helen DeCamp, chair
man, Mrs. E. C. Gilman, Miss Maria f.
Cole, Miss Asa Kicker, Mrs. George w.
Barnes and Miss Abby Rugg.
During the coming season the Second
Parish Club will continue it's historical
studies through the 18th century, de-
voting seven evenings to them. -Four
evenings will be given to the study Of
national epic poems, two to topics of
today and one evening to a Shakspere
reading. The meetings of the club
take place in the vestry of the Second
Parish Church, Court hill and are open
to all interested. Following is the pro-
gram:
Oct. 26--GeneraI Survey Of European His
tory to the Sixteenth Century.
Nov song q q Roland N, HSRR Mr. E. B. elias
Nov 1s-Rise of the saraoens Mr.. F. E.
DaKis
Nov 8o<England in the Time of Henry
Dec. 1.-The Elizabethan PERIOD. Mrs
Edward w Seeger.
Jan 11-Charles Lamb Mr.. Alfred
Jan. 25-Wiliam Of Orange and Rise of
the Dutch Republic, Miss Fran
Feb. s-suffrage Qualifications Prot
George Fl. Haynes.
Feb. 15-Art, Rev. Austin S. Carver, Miss
Carrie Houghton
Mar. Virgil. Mr.. w. F. Abbot
Mar. S-Tasso. Miss Helen A. Bail
Mar.22-Shakspere reading; Conducted by
Prof. r. w. Coombs.
Mar .29-International Arbitration Mr.. ].
B. Stone.
Apr. 12-The Cid. Mrs. j. B. Stone.
That Worcester county has some re-
markedly pretty young women in its
service was demonstrated Friday by
the teachers institute, which crowded
the streets in the vicinity of the Eng
lish high school with schoolInarms of
both sexes. A school teacher with
color in her cheeks is almost as rare
hereabouts as a white blackbird.
It is a moving tale that Mrs. Fred
erick Douglass tells of injustice and
persecution in the SOUTH The heart of
the northerner must go forth to the
unhappy victims of the convict lease
system, of whatever color, they may
be- who are so cruelty deprived of the
personal rights and privileges of the
American citizen. Once the medieval
idea is admitted that the punishment
of the criminal. not the safety of So
ciety, is or ought to be basis of the
penal system, the door is opened wide
, for the entrance of all manner of in
of justice that can necessitatc or per-
init the herding together of men like
animals, in state of unspeakable
i filth, which destroys their manhood
/ and their health and then casts them
Il back upon society wrecked in mind and
body, ought to be vallowed a footing
on American soil no more than the
d Topisiana lottery OF Mormon polyg-
amy.
4 Apropos of the cause of the southern
I convict, black or white as Mrs. Doug
lass pleads his cause, the followiii
quotation from the Montgomery -(Ala
Advertiser is of value as throwing ligh%
upon the industrial relations of the ne
gro in that part of the south Says tn
| Advertiser:
"The recent occurrences in Illinoid
where the governor of the state inter