The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-11-08
OUT AND ABUUT.
ON SUBURBAN BEAUTIES
OF WORCESTER.
A Wheelman Who Admires Nature
News From Mt. Holyoke College
Edmund Rostand and the Ameri-
cans-Mr. Riley's Program.


"Only those who are favored with
horses, or are riders Of wheels can be
acquainted with the wonderful i'm
provements which are going on in the
suburban parts of the city," writes a
correspondent. Houses of fine archi-
lecture are springing up, and the city
is being gilded with miniature villages
which are doing much to mitigate the
architectural horrors which have come
to the more closely settled part Of the
city by the reign of the three deckers.'
The lovers of nature were sadGened
when the picturesque tangles of the
old Joe Bill road disappeared but the
new roads which are being made
| through the Salisbury property on the
| west side of Park avenue, are more
| than compensating for what is lost.
| The avenue which leads from the old
Bancroft house, with its double road
way, through the fields and to the great
hill which oVerloozs the city, is wor-
thy of the genius Of the finest park or
| landscape architect. The trees
| have been preserved, and grades, drain
age, roadbeds and lawns have been
made with scientific skill.
! There are few views so fine in New
| England as that from the summit Of
the hill. to which the road leads Hard
ly an element of beauty is lacking.
| Woods, fields, winding roads, water
stretch away on every side, while the
city with the lights of it's factories at
early dusk, makes the scene enchant-
| ing. At the foot of the HILL there is
a winding road through the finest bit
| of woods that can he found in the
county. The road is sinuous, sparing
every tree, and in these autumn days,
when it is carpete1 with leaves, it is
| Incompatible.
For those who have not followed
of late the old road beyond Tatnuck,
| just above the Foster farm, which
leads by the Cascade, there is a reve-
lation of beauty The way has been
cleared, from the Paxton road, at which
1t starts, to its terminus at the Hol-
| den road, half q milo or more beyond.
| 1t is as fine a woodland drive as New
England has. The only thing it lacks is
a monument of gratitude somewhere
along its course, to the benefactor who
has opened it to the people. The lake
| boulevard, when the rawness of its
| gravel hills shall become grass grown,
will be a wonder way. Happy are those
| who have horses to carry them to
these places of beauty. Happier those
who have the heart to find them and
/ NAAO - - ~ SNC.t
There will be a supper. followed by
social, with musical entertainment, at
the South Baptist church this evening,
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
| Society. The ladies will meet to sey
| Society. The ladies will meet to sew
in the afternoon
| Edward Rostand has written to an
American friend to disclaim the con-
| templated references to the American
nation attributed to him by some of the
newspapers AS fact, Mr.. Rostand
1 has no cause to feel other than aniably
| disposed to the Americans, from whom
! he is receiving large sums of money
/ through the double success of the play
and the book. Miss Gertrude Halls
prose translation pays him a royalty on
every copy sold, and the publishers,
| Doubleday & Mcclure, already an
nounce the thirtieth thousand, while
| Mr.. Mansfield's productions net for
the author something like 800
day.
It seems to have been modesty on
Mr.. Rostand's part which prevented
| his now famous play from being pro-
| tectedin this country Nobody in Paris
dreamed of the future success for "Cy-
rano" when it was first produced; the
productions of the most famous French
dramatists We're practically unsaleable
! in America, even for theatrical pur-
| poses, and it would have been regarded
as intolerable conceit on the part of q
| comparatively unknown author to think
| his play needed protection" 1t is
J cheering to find that Mr.. Rostand, far
| from speaking i'll of Americans, doubts
| IL in any other country an author would
receive so much. simply on honor.
1.-The past week has been most in
| teresting and gay one at Mt. Holyoke
| College," writes a correspondent. In
the first place, Halloween on Monday
night was appropriately observed in al
the houses. Ghost parties, task parties
and the like were the rule, but the girls
| at Rockefeller undoubtedly had the
best celebration.
| 1t took the form of a cake walk.
Every one went to supper attired ir
fantastic ridiculous or old-fashionet
costume, and Immediately afterwarC
| took part in the grand cake walk. N
! backing up was allowed, but some 0
the girls appeared in very original cos
tunes.
Especially those who impersonated
men, displayed great ingenuity in pad
| ding themselves with pillows to max
the clothing of their stout papa's fl
| them.
| on Tuesday evening came the sopho
more-freshman reception, which wa
one Of the most enjoyable of the sea
son. Mrs. Mead and DIR. Sweet Of til
faculty received with Mrs. Phillips ant