Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
FOR CLUB WOMEN.
News from Neighboring Organ
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New England Wheaton Seminary Club
2 With the Fitchburg Women porches-
ter Women Celebrate Next
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"a musicale under the patronage Of the
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2 Northboro Woman's Club was held at
the home of Mrs. Janet Chaplin Cutting
7pi' Tuesday. The artists were Mrs. H. c.
Blake OF Concord. soprano; Miss Mary
d, McMurtrie of Boston, contralto; Miss
s-7t Lulps McAIurtrie of Boston, either solo
s- list; Mr.. NHllington of Marlboro, violin
3 soloist, and Miss Nellie Proctor of MarI-
-. horo, pianist. At the close of the musi-
.7esccad program dainty refreshments were
2eaS served. A large number of club members
.31 and guests We're in attendance.
Prof. William c. Wards lecture on
- 'Tennyson's debt to environment" was
the attraction at the New England
bs1 Wheaton Seminary Clubs meeting, yes
n hterday, and the Vendome parlors were
3 aWellefilled with emembers and guests.
yi1s Prof. Ward showed how the different
-O2w periods cof the poets life had influenced
s,st his writings, and considered the environ
-cSl ments of nature, romance, sorrow and
.Sgsjuy with which he was surrounded
7y Speaking with a brlliancy and tender
v-s ness that held the absorbed attention of
his audience,
Two Of Tennyson's poems 1.-The Mill
iers Daughter and Break, Break
fof Break,"aWere sung by Miss Florence
'Nt7 Emery soprano, and Mrs. Anna Spear
Stebbins, eentfalto, and the afternoon
closed with a social hour and tea.
The mid-winter "gentlemen's night
of the F9tchburg Woman's Club, which
had to be postponed from Feb. Is, was
observed on Friday evening, March 4th
A very attractive program had been
prepared and Wallace Hall was filled
with a large audience, which oyerf1owed
- into the annex. The hall was simply
decorated with potted ferns, palms, TO-
liage plants, white azaleas bouquets of
daffodils and carnation pinks.
Heinrich Sehuecker, harpist of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra, played
selections with the greatest sue
cess and Mrs. Cora G. Barlow of the
,-Gounod Ladies' Quartet sang most ac-
ceptahy The lecture which followed
the concert, Was given enthusiastic en-
core. Mrs Cora G. Barlow of the Gou-
nod Quartet, always a faYorite, was very
fortunate in her first selection and the
response to the encore, which was in
sisted upon,- was even more charming.
The lecture which followed the musi-
cal part Of the program, was given by
Mrs. Mabel UoonIs Todd, who is well
known by reputation to all club women
as a brilliant speaker, and it is no small
tribute to her power to interest that
from the moment when she stepped to
the front OF the plAlIOIHl 10 sleI ClOSllS
word--the Hawaiian farewell--she held
the close attention of her large audi
ence.
Possessing a musical voice, a charm
ing personnel and a rare command of
English, she adds to these the ability to
speak without notes, and to bind to-
gether with a running thread of interest
all her descriptions, her bright anec-
dotes and her occasional flights OF fancy'
Her subject was one Which appeals TO
Americans at the present time, and
awakened a new interest in the Ha-
waiian islands, Her visit to these ISL
ands, in the early summer of 1886 gave
her an excellent opportunity to become
acquainted with their people, and the
characteristics of the places which are
accessible to tourists generally, and she
said that though she did not know the
feeling of her audience in regard to an
nexation, she was wholly in favor of 1t,
and believed the greater part Of the ma
tives to be. She said, also, that it was
no more just to consider these natives,
because they were born in the islands,
i-barbariaTs. than it would be to
consider our own people Indians, be-
cause the Indians were the original in
habitants of this country.
Tuesday afternoon the art section met
in the club room, and listened to most
interesting paper on Raphaefs Madon-
mas. which was illustrated by a large
collection of photographs.
Saturday afternoon the literature sec
IlOL pdSSGu III IGf4GN bllS lltCA cNblN VI
the year.
Tuesday the Dorchester Woman's Club
celebrated its sixth anniversary at its
usual place of meeting, the Temple Bap-
tist Church; which was filed the whole
500 members of the club having turned
out in a bodys--A Mrs. Minnie Young, the
president, presided. Great congratula-
tions followed the announcement that
$4,000 stock had been taken for the
club house and a. committee composed
of the, president and board of directors
was charged with the joyous duty of
breaking the sod for the club house
sometime during the month of March.
1t was also voted to take up a collec-
tion for the destitute in Cuba, and an
announcement was made Of the special
evening meeting, March %, when Presi-
dent Eliot Of Harvard College will de-
liver an address upon "The happy mar
riage," and there will be music by the
Pierian Sodality of Harvard and the
choral class. Harvard men are to serve
as ushers, and an informal reception
will follow the program.
The literary. program was entirely by
members Mrs. Ellen Burditt read an
interesting paper entitled With what
interest SHOULD the intelligent mid
dle-aged woman Of today find herself in
touch?' Mrs. eMary Tufts, the next
speaker, said some good things in her
paper, "The opportunities and privileges
of middleaged women of today AT
the Close. fiellldTkS WelS tuaue ny ullLeI-
ent members Mrs. Emily Fitield spoke
humorously of the compensations Of
middle life. and then earnestly spoke of
women's opportunities in regard to the
schoolat. A pertinent question was: DO
you all do your best to make the public
schools what they should be?'
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The March meeting Of the Lawrence
Wofnan's Club was held Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Franz Kendall, Albion
street the art class entertaining The
presidentoaAIrs. Howe, called the ladies
TO order at 3, o. clock, The records of the
previous meeting wefe read, the letter
from the federation secretary concerning
The theatricas at Bijou Theatre for the
club house ofund. Miss Packard read
a very beautiful testimonial to Miss Ca
bot recently deceased The papers We're
by Mrs. James Fisher on Society and
romance of Spain, treating of the liter
ature of Spansfrom the time OF the ear
Nstroubadeurs to the period of Charles
Vsrfron eerVantes to the present time.
The second paper was by Mrs. A. w.
Over whose subject was Animal SYM
1,olis,,,s I'M zrf.laSiaStical literatllren and