Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

Friday at the home of Miss Anna Bal
lard. The magazines for the month were
reviewed. Following out the plan of
work for the winter which takes up
the early history of our country, with
Thackery's Virginians as the framework,
the manners and customs of those times
were described and explained in an in
teresting paper read by Miss Edith f.
Gum. Selections were read from Mrs,
NAL times" Miss Edith E. Gum and
Mrs. Richard Mooney played duet;
Misses Louisa and Susie Shaw
sang, and Miss Anna Ballard gave a
piano solo, and patriotic songs were
sung by the club. The subject for the
next meeting will, be Famous women
of revolutionary times" The club voted
to invite Mrs. Caroline Van D. Cheno-
weth to talk to them at their meeting in
April.
Worcester will be prominently repre-
scented at the stated federation in Attle-
boro Wednesday The general subject
of which is 1.-THE wastes of civilization"
DIR. Hodge of Clark University will have
an address on the wastes of ANNA.
life, with the exclusion of birds. Mrs.
Hornebrook of Newton will read paper
on the wastes of wild birds the dis
cussion of which will be opened by Miss
Helen Ball A third paper on the
wastes of infant life will be given by
a lady physician Of Attleboro, and the
discussion of this will be opened by DR..
Amanda Bray.
A correspondent contributes the follow
ing interesting account of noted club:
While on a recent visit to Boston
had the pleasure to attend as a guest
one of the meetings of the New Eng
land Woman's Club, and think that per
haps you. as a club woman, may feel
interested in a brief report of the pro-
ceedings. The meetings are held weekly
in parlors of one of the fine old houses
on Park street, opposite the common,
where in a former generation dwelt
many of the so-called aristocracy of
Boston, the sedate and scholarly Tick
nor among them. and all, so to speak,
under the shadow of the "gilded dome, ="
although now commercialism is ram
pant, and stores are fast invading the
street, changing the old-time houses in
to business blocks.
The New England club holds a meet
ing every Monday and stated topics are
regularly discussed. If there chances
to be a fifth Monday in any month, a
special committee makes up a program
for that meeting, and, keeping it secret,
often gives delightful surprise to such
members as attend,
1t 50 happened that was invited to
one of these odd meetings, and we were
entertained with Pleasant faces" a
series of living portraits of many of the
prominent members Of the club. Among
them were Miss Peabody, DIR. Take
rewsld, Mrs. Walton. Mrs. Diaz pre-
sided, and as the portraits came to view
she interested us with bright and witty
remarks concerning them. After num-
Der of portraits had been shown, some
dancing was interspersed, which was
highly enjoyed by the audience, if one
might judge by the generous applause
that followed it.
Miss Blanche Laureat, charming
young lady of 16 summers, and Mr.. Jack
Merrill, manly young fellow of similar
age, entertained us first with a gavotte
and later with the stately minuet, which
the Father of his country" stamped
with his approval. The young lady was
elegantly attired in an antique costume
of black satin with pearls and diamonds
for ornaments, and in her hair shone
the goldenN comb Of her great-grand-
mother. The youth was finely dressed
in black velvet coat and waistcoat, light
knee brooches and white wig.
The club is ambitious for a house of
it's own, and from some announcements
made at the meeting, I Judge the pro-
ject 10 be well under way
Yours truly,
D. P. B.,
10 Charlton street