Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-29
OU7 AND ABOUT.
A FEW SELECTED GRAINS FROM
THE LOCAL GRIST.
Poor Oppressed Women-Boston and
Heaven-Farewell to Miss Law
rence-Moxom Lectures Pilgrim
Church Gymnasium Work.

Church Gymnasium Work.
Miss Anna c. Wallberg concluded her
course of afternoon lectures at the Lor-
raine school Monday afternoon with
lecture on "Why a woman should be a
socialist" in which she maintained that
not until the economical independence
of women has been established can So
ciety be what 1t should. She sketched
the social condition of women from the
earliest times down to the present pc
riod, noting that oppression had ever
been the lot of woman, although it had
undergone many changes both in kind
and in degree. Women accepted Chris
tianity eagerly because they saw in 1t
deiverance from their misery-a ms
take, according to the speaker, as con-
tempt and degradation have continued
to be meted out to them as before.
Marriage, she declared, is regarded by
most women as kind Of almshouse,
while men generally look to the pecun-
iary advantages of marriage. In mat
rimony as in trade, women, as the
weaker member, is driven back. Miss
Wallberg had much to say of what she
called the modern traffic in marriage,
which in her opinion will be yet in
creased by the growing uncertainty Of
business and the fierce economic strug-
gle. With regard to the question Of the
inferioIity of women to men, she at
tributed it to the tyranny of men, the
masters; what women need Is a good
dose of sharpened wits and logic, phys
ical courage and strong nerves. 1t is
because women's reasoning faculties
have been checked and grossly ne
elected that she is accessible to every
kind of superstition and fraud. Millions
Of women have killed themselves with
housework for lack of larger interests
and the companionship of their hus-
bands. If women could legislate, many
matters Of social Importance would be
altered.
Socialism can help women by destroy
ing the capitaHstic system, in conse-
quence of which women will not be de-
pendent on marriage for a support. She
will be given a better education, will
come into possession Of political rights
and waken to consciousness of her po-
litical duties.
We have received this query:
+ Dear Out and About: Will you please
inform one of your readers If COM
mencement invitation should be an
swered. E. c..
(Yes.-Ed.)
The tenth birthday of Myra e. Aver
was pleasantly celebrated Monday by
party, the guests being her friends and
the members of the Park Church Sun
day school class, taught by her mother,
Mrs. A. H Aver. Those present were
Alice Doan, Lucy Ballou, Florence
Mansfield, Alice Pond, Flora Mingeault.
Cora Engley, Myra Hamond, Minnie
Hall, May Ames and Lottie Gowans.
Assorted Chocolates the minstrel
show for which the bright young people
of the South Unitarian Church are pre-
pairing, will be given on Wednesday
and Thursday evening of this week. A
large number of tickets have been sold
for both nights.
The girls and ladies' classes in phys
ical culture connected with Pilgrim
Church, which have been under the in
struction of Miss Couch, instructor at
Miss KimbalIs school for girls, gave an
interesting exhibition Monday evening
in Pilgrim Church gymnasium before
about $50 friends. The girls class,
numbering 10, performed first, with a
variety of exercises and maneuvres; all
executed accurately and sl6ilfully. Miss
Ellsbree accompanied at the piano. The
chief feature of the ladies' work was
the game of basket ball, the 26 or more
members being lined up behind Miss
Oswald as goal thrower Of the reds and
Miss Duc1worth as goal thrower for
the blues. The game resulted in a tie,
but 1t was played br1skly and shifully
to the entertainment of players and
audience. Miss Couch has met with ex-
cellent success, and it is hoped that
next year will again see the classes
filled and prosperous.
The work has been under a commit
tee composed of Mrs. George A Bdge-
low, Miss Edith Brown and Miss Ella
Comins.
The fourth lesson in Games" by
Miss Helen Grey of Boston, before Miss
Rust's kindergarten and normal classes,
which was to be held this afternoon,
has been postponed until after Easter,
the date to be announced later.
DR.. Moxom will give his next Brown
ing lecture Saturday morning upon
"The patriotic poems of Robert and
Elizabeth Browning" On the following
Saturday (ApriI %, he will give an ex-
ira lecture, not arranged for when the
course was first planned on "a death
in the desert" He sails shortly after
for Europe. The Browning class will
meet April 16 to finish "a death in the
desert"
A barrel was packed with food and
other articles for starving Cuba at the
South Unitarian Church, Monday after
noon. Its contents consisted largely of
canned goods, meat. milk and veget-
ables, and have been given by the peo-
pie of the church. 1t will go to New
York and will probably be forwarded to
the stricken island by the first Ward
line steamer leaving after its arrival
The people Of the Pleasant Street
Baptist Church gave a farewell recep-
ton Monday evening in the vestry 70
Miss Elizabeth Lawrence, who is on the
point of sailing for the third time for a
term of missionary service in Burmah.
Miss Lawrence is supported in her la
bors In that country by the Pleasant
Street Baptist Church, so that naturally
the parish has a deep-felt interest in
her departure. In all, she has spent
20 years or two periods of service in
Burman She has enjoyed a vacation
Of two years in her native land, and rs
to sail from Boston tomorrow on the
voyage through the Mediterranean, back
to the east.
Last evening the exercises were
simple but impressive. Rev. Woodman
Bradbury, pastor Of the church, presid-
ed. Evangelist Lingley read from the
scriptures, Rev. Mr.. Bradbury offered
prayer, and hymns We're sung, after
which remarks appropriate to the un-
usual occasion and in appreciation of
the character and labors of Miss Law
renee, were made by Rev. B. D. Mar
shall and Rev Frank Penney Then