Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-19
YOUNG DEBATERS.
High School Society Entertain
Their Friends.
Many Social Happenings Fill in Delightful
Evening Other Notes.

Webster, Feb, 1s.-The Webster High
School Debating Society held another Of
their interesting meetings this evening.
There was big attendance. As each
meeting Is held, marked advance In
the attendance is noticed the parents
especially wishing TO see their children
at their best. The debate Of the even
ing was ably contested The dlsputants
on the affirmative side. were Harry
kingsbury and William ]. Love, while
their Just-as-able opponents were Miss
Bessie Love and Maurice Glare The
program was carried out as follows: In
strumental music, Miss Florence Burn
ham; defamation, Miss Helen Wilson;
f1ve-minute speech, C. Harry Cocks;
composition, What l would like to do
after / graduate" C. Harry Cocks; dec
lamation, Miss Addie Jonakowski; vocal
music, Mr.. George f. Babb debate, Re
solved, that Pericles did more for his
country than Themistocles;" vocal mu-
sic, Miss Lillian King; defamation, Ed
ward Davis; five-minute speech; decla-
nation, Miss Nettie Lamb; chronicle,
Wayne S. Surles and Patrick Ryan; in
strumental music, Mr., Babb; news of
the week was read by Arthur A. Ar
mold.
81 PATRICK g. Il, A.
The ST Patrick's c. Il. A. Society held
social and dance In Columbia Hall this
evening which was largely attended.
There were about 90 couples in the
grand march. The floor director was
the president of the society, Joseph A.
Love, and his aids were William r
Haggerty, Edward Farrell, Jr., James
F. Mlaher and Richard p. Love. The
committee on arrangements were Jas.
f. Maher, Edward Farrell, Jr., William
F. Haggerty, j. A. Love, George f.
Steele and Thomas A. Lonergan. Nc
Geary's Orchestra of four pieces fur
nished music for dancing.
ANNUAL MASQUERADE.
At the Saenger Hail. the annual mas
querade ball of the season was conduct
ed under the auspices of the Deutscher
Liederkranz Society. Some of the
most outlandish costumes ever seen in
town were visible,s and from until 10
o'clock the maskers held the floor and
fun ran rampant. At 10 o'clock all un-
masked, and dancing was continued un-
til late Saturday morning. Koehler's
Orchestra furnished music for tripping
the light fantastic"
AND STILL THERE ARE MORE.
At Music Hall a fine entertainment
was given by the Fairies Wells Com
pany. The troup presented 1.-The Fai-
ries' Well" They will play in different
roles Saturday evening, and on Sunday
evening will give a sacred concert I'M
der the auspices of the Firemen's Relief
Association.
AT the st. Jean Baptiste band fair, a
comical farce, entitled '1The Insurance
Agent and the Tramp" was presented
by Bryant and Daily of Worcester The
fair will continue Saturday and Mon
day evenings.
The entertainment in the NJ. E.
Church vestry last evening, under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society, was
a success in every way. Miss Annie
Calhoun, reader, and Miss Ann Foskett,
contralto soloist both of Worcester.
were heartily received
At the next regular meeting of the
Ben Franklin Council No. 1888, Royal
Arcanum, to be held Monday evening,
the question, Resolved, that assess
ment insurance is preferable to old line
insurance" will be discussed DR.. j.
e. Hitchcock and John Cort have been
chosen to argue the question from the
affirmative side, while they will be dis
puted by E. N. Bigelow and John NJ.
Clark.
During conversation this afternoon,
Frank x, Kiernan, who is the head
clerk in Viewers bowling alleys, said
that he could defeat any person in
Webster on the alleys or on the "green
cloth" He further stated that for a
reasonable and suitable trophy he would
roll candlepins or play pool with any
one that frequents the parlors.
ROUND ABOUT TOWN.
At meeting of Webster Lodge, No
IS, A. o. U. W., last evening, one ap-
plication was received and one aspirant
was initiated.
The recent fire in Michael j. Mono
hams night lunch cart has been ad-
justed through Prout's insurance agen-
cy for $5.25.
The town reports of Webster and
Dudley have been completed and are
now in the hands Of the printer.
Rev. Thomas Dwyer of Boston, for
mer Webster boy, is in town visiting.
Miss Bessie Dumas is in Worcester
for few days.
Road Commissioner Dugan today COM
pleted the work of removing the snow
and ice from the cutters on Main
street. The recent blizzard cost the
town in the neighborhood of $500.