Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-16


The Denver women have determined
to place their idol, Mrs. Sarah S. Platt,
in the chair. In the women's edition OF
the Rocky Mountain News, published
at Christmas, by the Denver Woman's
Club, which they claim to be the only
strictly womans edition ever issued, a
splendid tribute is paid to Mrs. Platt
and a bold bid made for the support of
the members of the federation in her
candidacy for the position of president.
She is spoken of as ''Self-poiSed, clear
visioned large Of heart and brain, with
a gracious and magnetic personality"
and as having made an "indelible inn
preston on the countless loyal hearts
of the women of the middle west who
look UP to her as the queen of women"
Because Of this" the writer adds,
because neither the east, nor north, nor
south can boast, in all their ranks, a
woman more sweet and true and splen-
did, Colorado says to the half million
club women in this land, Seize the gold
en- opportunity at Denver in 1898 and
make Mrs. Platt the president of the
National Federation"
II Mrs. Breed really wants to be presi-
dent, instead Of posting off to Japan and
goodness knows where, she might do
better to stay at home and do a little
missionary work on her own account.
The Brookline Education Society is ar
ranging for public meeting to be held
in the town hall on the evening Of Feb.
IS. The subject of physical training will
be discussed with practical illustrations
by scholars from the different grades of
the school The society has paid con-
siderable attention to this subject, and
has asked DR.. w. Charming to formulate
plans for exercises to be used in the
schools The society has just issued, in
pamphlet form, manual of the schools,
containing large amount OF interesting
information as to the schools. commit
tees, teachers, vacations and holidays.
Mrs. Alice Ives Breed addressed the
art section of the Outlook Club and the
Century Club of Utica, N. Y, Jan. Is.
She has now gone to New York to in
spect the club history which Mrs. Jen-
ME G. Croly Is preparing under COM
mittee appointed by the general fedora
ton of which Mrs. Breed is chairman,
and from there to Wilmington, where,
on the 18th, she will assist in the fornla-
ton of the Delaware state federatlon.
She will then return home and, as the
finishing club work before sailing for
China and Japan, write all the chair
men Of state correspondence, giving
them an outline of plans for state chair
mems meeting at Denver, over which
she is to preside.
The Friday Morning Club held its reg
ular meeting Wednesday and studied
works by Scharwenka, GODDARD, Bruell
and Massenet.
Herman c. Bailey of Concord, n H,
delivered an illustrated lecture Monday
under the auspices of the SWampscott
Woman's Club upon '@Three years under
the southern cross, or In and apout the
Great Andes" Miss 0. M. e. Rowe
was the speaker at the preceding meet
ing Her subject was 'sThe race element
In art and literature"
Mrs Mabel Loomis Todd recently adj
dressed the Tuesday Club OF MARLBORO,
and spoke in Norwood On the Sth she
addressed the club women of Fall River
The College Club of Boston gave a
concert and reception at the Grundmann
studios, few days since, at wnlcn MIS-.
s. B. Pearmain, president of the club,
received with Mrs. Louis Agassiz, Mrs.
Henry f. Durant and Mrs. /. J. Tolbut,
honorary members. The concert was by
the Kneisel quartet.
prof. William @. Ward of Syracuse
University and the Emerson Schoo! OF
Oratory was the lecturer at Cantabrlgla
on the 7th. Friday, ]. w. Freeze VIII
sneak on "Eistorfc Cambridge. John
Fox. Jr.. gives his reading in the Can
tabrigia course in Sanders theatre,
Feb. 2. pr.-
Iohn Graham Brooks spoke Monday
morning before the League of Political
Education in New York. upon "Lalnen-
nais, a revolutionist in the church.
Miss Frances s. Emerson began, sat
11rday. a course of six morning talks IN
T%o1f q ff
a club column, edited by Mrs. Ada j.
I,lovd. is a new and interesting feature
of the Cambridge Tribune. -,
mr. Helen Webster Of wellesley COL
1age road an essay before the Lynn
Woman's Club, Tuesday.
The Boston Wellesley CLUB meets MOL
day at the Copley Square Hotel. -
Miss Florence Everett, secretary u %
the Massachusetts, State Federation OF
yV,omen's Clut >. is shortly to open a cluo
denartment in Boston's new daily, the
sun. If Miss Everett proves as accom-
nlished a journalist as secretary, her
column will contain interesting ana ac-
curate information.
Monday President G. Stanley Hall ad-
dressed the Elizabeth H. whittier CIup
Of Amesbury on child culture. Inc
Papyrus Club of Haverhill were guests.
stCeutIemen's evening" st the Haver-
IN and was leading event in the
literary and artistic circles Of the city
f11is season, inasmueh as it brought TO
Haverhill no less a parsonage imam
prof Jonn c. Van Dyke of Rutgers
College who gave an illustrated lecture
on picture making and picture Juog-
ing" er.
Saturday norning in JACOB sleeper
Hall, Boston University, Prof. JOSIAH
$3.50 ~ Tn ri TTniunI-sitV began a
course of lectures under the auspices OF
the goth Century Club of Boston on
ssThe social factors in the development
of the individual minds" Following
each lecture there will be round table
conference, open to all. Rev. Charles G.
Ames will lead the first conference.
Wednesday, Mr.. Howard NJ Ticknor
spoke on "How I criticise plays and
players at the Wellesley Woman
Club. On the 10th, Mrs. R: E. Butter
field will talk on "Brook farm"
The West Newton Education Club lis
tened Friday to a lecture by Mrs Anna
B. Park of Wellesley on Nur Mahal, the
heroine Of the Light Of the Harlem" in
"Lalla Rookh,'' viewed as historical
character. Friday, a paper on Walter
Pater will be read, with selections from
his writings by Mrs. F. F. Raymond,
Jr.
Socialism; what it is and is not"
was the subject of the lecture by Prof.
Edward Cummings of Harvard Unlver-
gity before the Chelsea Woman's Club,
Friday afternoon Thursday evening
will take place the third of the public
evening meetings given by the club. Mr.,
F., Marion Crawford will lecture on
s'Rome and the vatican" The 18th is the
date of the annual reception, when the
club welcomes to its rooms representa-