Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-14
OCT AND ABOUE
YESTERDAY REFLECTED
EVENTS OF INTEREST.
William Freeland .Lectures on Norway
McCullagh Reception-Festival Cho-
rus OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Class
Program-pAe.Re Debate

OF THIS northern Kingdom. 1t appears
that there are only two cities in the
whole country with population over
$4,000, and that the area is about equal
to that of the state of New York. In
natural scenery Norway is RIGHT It's
waterfalls are among the finest in the
world, even when placed beside Niaga-
ra, whose overwhelming superiority
the lecturer, while granting, was dis
posed to.
Among the views, which were uniform
" good, many of them being beauti-
fully colored to represent night scenes
and sunset, was one showing series of
locks IN the great Gotha canal, which
connects Stockholm and Christiania,
and another Of a Viking ship that was
found with 1S smaller boats, and the
bones of horses and dog embedded Ia;
the sand by the seashore. Within the
ship had been entombed some of the
Vikings.
Mr.. Freeland is a graduate of Har-
ward, class of 'S1, and was member
OF the famous Harvard crew of that
year. He has Travelled extensively. and
has lectured abroad and in New York.
his native state. During two weeks IN
Lent he will lecture in wallack's thea
| ter, New York city, this being the Sec
years he has been the proprietor and
principal Of the Harvard preparatory
school for boys in New York city.
1t was said last night that Mr.. Free
land had heard nothing from his man
ager for week. and that this was the
reason why so little pains had been ex-
pended in acquainting the public with
the merits Of his lecture.
Mr.. C. I. Rice, Mr.. S. w. Wiley and
Mr.. r. l. Summer, the examination
committee Of the music festival man
agement, spent Thursday evening at the
county school of music, examining the
voices of candidates for positions in the
chorus This was the first such exami-
nation this season, and 3S candidates
presented themselves-10 sopranos, 8
altos, 6 tenors and BASES. In quality
they were Of medium excellence. There
was some disappointment that there
were not more tenors in the number,
but, ON the whole, the committee feels
satisfied with it's first draft of new
singers.
The current events class Of the Wom-
ans Club opened auspiciously Thursday.
with an attendance of about Is ladies'
Miss Ellen A. Kinball was the leader.
Rev. DR.. Archibald McCullagh and
Mrs. McCullagh held their first recep-
ton at their home, SO Elm street Thurs
day, from 4 until and from s until 10
o'clock 1t was given, as the at-home
next week will be, for the parishioners
OF Plymouth Church, and the wives of
| the members of the standing commits
fe6 ATr(t,
| ing at the refreshments tables. They
were Mrs. Charles Reed, Mrs Darius
Putnam, Mrs j c. Berry and Mrs.
Charles Morgan.
At the evening reception Mrs John
Tatman, Mrs. J. K Warren and Mrs,
g. Henry Whitcomb served, and Mr..
Henry E. Whitcomb, Mr. Robert Bige-
low and Mr.. Paul Morgan assisted as
usners. The young women assisting
were Miss Emma Whitcomb. Miss
Katherine. Berry, Miss Grace Dean.
Miss Grace Maynard, Miss Fannie Reed,
Miss Fannie Perkins, Miss Ida Becker,
Miss Bessie Dean, Miss Dora Pritchard
and Miss Anna McCuHlagh.
Mrs. James R. Fitzpatrick is leaving
Worcester in a few days to make her
home with her father, Mr.. VIM. w. w.
Dwier, of 1887 North Twelfth street.
Philadelphia.
At a recent "Geisha luncheon" the dec
orations were unique and exceedingly
pretty. Suspended from the ceiling over
the table was a large Japanese urnbrel-
la, and hanging from its points were
small lighted Japanese lanterns
an clusters of yellow chrysan-
themums alternating. The room
was decorated with lanterns. fans.
and large lunches of the golden
| flowers in Japanese vases. The lunch
con was served upon dainty Japanese
china, and chrysanthemum salad
formed one Of the courses. Tiny, quaint
ly-shaped Japanese pitchers holding a
cluster of violets were at each cover,
and were the souvenirs of the occasion.
As$the guests left the table the hostess
detached the ribbon-tied clusters of
chrysanthemums from the large umbrel-
la and presented one to each guest.
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Be good and you will be lonesome
(Of Cecil Rhodes: I admire him, 1
frankly confess it; and when his time
comes shall buy a piece Of the the rope
for a keepsake.
There are two times in a mans life
he can't afford it and when he can.
None of us can have as many virtues
as the fountain pen, or half its cussed-
ness; but we can try.
A man may have no bad habits and
may have worse.
1t Is more trouble to make maxim
than to do right.
Truth is the most valued thing we
have. Let us economic il.
IlS he fha N FIJI for the FOOLS T211t
for them the rest of us could not sue
coed.
Mark Twain in Following the equa-
tor"
The debate at the Woman's Club,
Wednesday, proved such popular sue
cess that more than one member has
expressed the hope that a debate may
become an annual feature of the club
year. Besides being capital intellec-
tual exercise for the participants, it has
the advantage Of enlisting the intelli-
gence and sympathies of the audience
far more actively than the essay or for
NAL address. Like the Amens in the
Episcopal Church service, it provides
them with definite and not inconspic-
uous part to play; and 1t stimulates
their amour propre by eventually re-
ferring the question wholly or in part
to them for decision.
1t is doubtful, 4 haweIYer, If debate
like that .thelother day serves any very
important purpose ia the intellectual
economy Of the persons who occupy the
orchestra chairs. N The ladies of the
Woman's Club have for the most part
made up their minds pretty well by
this time, we take it. and are not like
ly to bulge from their several positions
at any pattef OF argumentative bullets,
inside the club or out. And, after all,
what is the real satisfaction in listen
ing to a debate? Not information GER