Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-09

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you wonder at my getting so attached
70 such men, with such love. especially
When they show 1t to me-some of them
on their dying beds, and in the very
/ nouf OF death, or just the same when
they recover or partially recover? I
never Knew what American young men
were till have been in the hospitals.
WelL mother, I have got writing on
there Is nothing new with me, Just the
same old thing, as l suppose it is with
The Rain or Shine Whist Club will
meet Wednesday with Mrs. Lund, 267
Main street.
Lodge Number 8 of Odd Ladies go to
! sew Tor the French orphanage Wednes-
| aay About 20 are expected to take the
| lIlp, and they will leave at 1920 o'clock
and return about 4.
thursday the Mount Hope Lodge of
odd Ladies meets with Mrs. S. H. Kim
pail, 81 May street to sew, have supper
and spend the evening.
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Mrs. Albert G. Liscomb of Trow-
bridge road gave tea Saturday after
noon for about $50 guests.
Cycling through Corsica" is the sub
ject of the complimentary lecture to be
given by Mr.. Burton Holmes in Asso-
citation Hall Tuesday evening. 1t will
be followed by a course of lectures, all
being beautifully illustrated in color. A
series of original motion pictures pro-
jeeted by the chronomatograph is added
to each lecture. The course is under the
patronage of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bull
lock, the Misses Burnside, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles S. Barton, Mr.. and Mrs. Hal
leck Bartlett, Mr. and Mrs. C. M Bent,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Bassett, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles H. Davis, Rev. and Mrs. A. S.
Carver Mr., and Mrs. c. Henry
Hutchins, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G.
Kent, Mr.. Walter S. G, Kennedy, Mr..
and Mrs. Waldo Lincoln, Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Washburn, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel E. Winslow.
Mr.. John M. Robertson, who lectured
before the Woman's Club, at its latest
session, has just got out a new book of
literary essays entitled Essays toward
critical method
Mr.. Henry T. Parker, New York cor
respondent of the Boston Transcript,
who has made friends in Worcester in
the several seasons during which he has
written up the music festival, has gone
to Europe on professional business.
Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, several
Of Miss Mabel A. Cowie's pupils will
serve tea and give little musicale in
Mr.. A. j. Bassett's studio, in the Day
building. Mr. Truda, one of Mr. B. T.
Hammonds pupils, and Miss Cowie will
assist.
The postponed annual meeting of the
2. E. H. Club was held in the vestry of
the First Universalist Church, Saturday
afternoon. Reports from various COM
mittees We're read and accepted The
officers elected for the ensuing year
were: President, Mrs. Mabel Holton
Dean; secretary, Miss Lavinia Hough-
ton; treasurer, Miss Addie Disco; SUI
pcrvisor of sewing, Miss Jennie Marley.
The usual time for this business meet
ing would have been the first Saturday
in January, but, owing to its being New
Years day, the meeting was postponed
until the next Saturday. This society
has enjoyed prosperous year.
Mr. Charles Williams, the bright
looking, clever young humorist and i'm
personator of Boston, entertained the
Junior pops, in Y. NJ. c. A. Hall, Satur-
day afternoon. His carefully-seleeted
and well-rendered program was highly
appreciated by mis- audience of young
people, He gave, among other selec-
tons, "The Albany depot" Howells'
inimitable farce, sustaining the seven
different characters admirably. Mr.
Williams, though at this present a stu
dent at Harvard, is postgraduate of
the Boston School of Oratory, and is
well-known throughout the eastern and
middle states as a reader.
A friend of the late DR.. James R.
Fitzpatrick calls attention to the sin
gular appropriateness of the following
poem by Henry G Wood in the January
Munsey's:
'TWIXT DAY AND DAY.
But yesterday and he was quick with life
And strong of limb and gracious in his
mien;
All rife with purposes that go between
The nightly pauses of our worldly strife
Within his winsome eyes loves gentle
light
Made heart and home supremely glad
and bright.
Today-oh, Cod Today, what fearful spell
Has wrought its change to strike his
To still those limbs and turn them cold
To blot each light, fed by the souls deep
And lock the senses, once so swift to
wake,
In sleep nor love nor wild despair may
Saturday the Browning class of the
Woman's Club held its fist meeting of
the season, and after adopting a sched-
ule of work and electing Miss Eleanor
Whiting leader, devoted the morning to
an animated discussion of the opening
pages of "Pippa Passes" The pro-
gram for the year as indicated yester-
day; will give three days to "Pippa
Passes" as illustrative of Browning's
more formally dramatic work; one day
to Era Lippo Lippi' and "Old Pictures
in Florence" representing art; one to
"Childe Harold to the Dark Tower
Came" which is chosen as a type of his
romantic or imaginative work; one to
several Of the love poems to be select
ed later, and three to the great relig-
ious poems, saul" "Cleon" and can
epistle containing the strange medical
experience of Karshish, the Arab ply
sician."
The next meeting will be held Jan. %
at II o'clock.
The following books, which form a
part of the rich collection of Browning
literature owned by the free public
library, will be found helpful in the
study of the poet.
Introduction to the Study of Robert
Brnwning's Poetry-Hiram Carsen.
Guide book to the poetic and dramatic
works of Robert Browning-G w.
Cooke.
Browning's women-M. e. Burt
Handbooks to Browning's works
Mrs. Sutherland Orr