Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-11
OUTAND ABOUT
MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING.
Old South Annual Parish Meeting
Wallberg Lectures = Lend-a-Hand
Crawford Re
hearsal.


hearsal.
An average number Of men attended
the annual parish meeting of the Old
South Church, Monday evening, which
was called to order by Mr.. C. A. Pea
pody. the clerk. Deacon H. H. Merriam
was chosen moderator.
Mr.. Peabody was reelected clerk of
the parish for the ninth time; Mr. E. A.
Fawcett was elected treasurer; Mr. w.
ii. Lewis collector. 1t was voted to in
crease the number of assessors from
three to five, and Messrs. ]. r. Torrey,
| w. M. Spaulding, e. H. Stark, julius
Grant and E. H. Goodwin were elected.
! letter was read from Mr.. A. c. Nun
roe, declining further service upon the
music committee, of which he has been
chairman the past four years.
Mr.. Munroe sang in the quartet of
Old South Church 2S years, for % of
which he was the choir director The
great advance made in the character of
the music at the Old South Church dur
ing the past four years is largely due
to his influence and labors; ind@2d, it
may be said that the church-going peo-
| pie of the city owe him debt, in that
the example Of the Old South has slim
| uldlCu OlneI 10 their
people with higher grade of music
| and musicians.
Mesrs. r. R. Bliss, Julius Garst and
e. R. Goodwin were chosen to serve as
music committee.
| 1t was estimated that the expense of
! running the church for the ensuing year
would be $12,456, which is to be raised
in the usual methods, by pew rentals
| and envelopes. 1t has been a successful
| year for the finances Of the church, as
1 all the running expenses have been paid
| together with $1,000 on the church debt
| which has thus been reduced to S26 1000
! AT the church meeting Wednesday
| evening, all the societies and depart
ments of the church will make their an
nual reports.
| Miss Anna c. Wallberg announces a
course of four lectures on Scandinavian
| topics to be given at the Lorraine
school, room 19, Day building, on after
Moons and evenings of Jan. "a and 81
and Feb. and IA, at o'clock and at
s o'clock. The subjects will be as fol-
lows:
Ibsen, the Scandinavian Shakspere Ia
short biography to be followed by the
reading of Brandy
The philosophy of Scandinavian my
| thology
Finland, its relations to Russia; Kale-
wala
Woman of today as drawn by great
modern dramatists. This will consist Of
| selections from dramas by Ibsen, Viii
| liers, Suderman and Hauptman. Kale-
wala, it is interesting to note, gave to
LongfelloW the first suggestion of Hi
awatha." 1t is the work of Firms of
Mongolian origin, and was only discov-
cred by Prof. Lonroth in the present
century. Prof. Porter made an excel
lent translation, from which Miss Wall
laberg reads.
The quarterly meeting of Lend-a-
Hand clubs will be held with the Lend
a-Hand Club of the Church of the I'm
ity, Jan. 20. 1t will occupy the whole
day. In the morning the reports of the
different organizations will be read !;
i the afternoon program will consist Of
addresses.
The water front of Venice, showing
''the Bridge Of Sighs," the turning out
OF fire engine company and it's dash
to the fire in response to an alarm, a
/ match game Of polo and other interest
ing subjects are among the motion pic
lures taken by the chronomatographe
Holmes in connection with his lecture
on Cycling through Corsica" in Asso-
citation hall this evening.
Mrs. A. George Bullock has issued
cards for reception on Saturday from
4 to z o'clock.
Fonowingis the program of the piano.
forte recital to be given by Miss Cora
L. Lowell in Belmont Congregational
Church, Thursday evening, assisted by
Mrs. May Sleeper-Ruggles, contralto.
Mr.. Earnest L. smith, yiolinist, and
Miss Gertrude L. March, pianist:
Sonata, op. Pc
Funbre Allegro ................ Beethoven
Miss Lowell.
Iris, Hence Away. ay......,.............. Handel
Mrs. Ruggles.
Walt, op. 81, No. / Chopin
Miss Lowell.
Rhapsodie, No. r.. .i,i;;;.'.......'..Liszt e;,,,t;;
My Faithful Johnnie .;;........B Beethoven
Mrs. Rugsles.
VioMn obligato by Mr.. Smith)
Motto Allegro. Andante Mendelssohn
Presto. Motto Allegro evivace
Miss Lowal. MendelSsohn
Miss Lowell is a pupil of Miss March.
Mrs. Winslow S. Lincoln and Miss
Louisa Blake returned to Worcester,
Friday, from their European trip, hav-
ing been away two months, during
which they have visited Belgium, Paris
and Italy. They sailed from Antwerp
by the White Star line and had rough
passage which was increased in length
T tn nv ct. i.l,
was encountered soon after leaving the
English channel
'3The masque of culture" which is to
be given at the social Of the Woman's
Club, on the evening Of the 10Th, is a..
delightfully."- witty clever thing, whose
presentation Is being anticipated by all
who are in the know" 1t is a take-off
on woman's conversation, where GER
| tain famous literary and historical char
/ acters and certain other modern women
| of more or less advanced types come
| in contact, with entertaining results.
All but one or two of the parts have
| been assigned and are as follows
Minerva, Mrs. C. F. Huidekoper; So
crates, Mrs. ]. C. Cutter; Confucius,
| Miss Frances Morse; Portia. Mrs. Car
rie Bemis Harrington; Zenobia, Mrs. J.
4 c. MacMurray; Lady Jane Grey, Mrs.
S. E. WinSlow; Cassandra, Mrs. Frank
N. Houghton; Gertrude, Mrs. Homer
Gage; Miss Maximilia R. Stantmore
Miss Georgia Bacon; messenger, Mss
Cora L. Greene.
The Lambda Alpha Epsilon will meet
with Miss Draper, Of Bloomingdale,
Friday.
Mrs, j. c. Cutter will meet all those
members of the Woman's Club who de-
sire to join tile class in physical cul-
/ tllIe q th4a -nlnca Of thn linn,