Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-19

nitaries played leading part in the de
| velopment of the arts, partly from per
sonal and selfish ambition, but partly
also by reason Of their culture Nothing
Is more noticeable than the number Of
memorials which childless popes an6
cardinals have reared to perpetuatt
their own names.
The artistic and private life of the
great master was sketched, and all his
more important works in architecture
! sculpture and painting we're thrown
upon the screen, with the Ponte Vecchio
! the Loggie del Lanzi, Ghibertis gates
! the Campagna, and others of the CHIEF
points of interest in the cities most i'm
timately connected with the life of An
gelo. Both pictorially and descriptively
i it was one of the finest lectures in the
! course.
The first rehearsal Of the new musical
club, composed of As Of the musical-lov-
ing and musical people connected with
All Saints Church, met for it's first re-
hearsal in the parish parlors Tuesday
evening. Mr. Charles Rice, the choir
master of the church, will have charge
| of these rehearsals. Mrs. Charles A.
Merrill and Mrs. Frank H. Mason
| served light refreshments.
/
That the members of the Friday
Morning Club hope to give three con-
certs this season, will be heard with
pleasure by their many friends. The
musical functions of the club have been
in past years among the most enjoyable
events of their kind in the city, and re-
greet has been felt and expressed that
the club has not seen its way clear to
a
! At the three concerts the club will
have the assistance of the Adamowsk
String Quartet of Boston, Mrs. H. H. A
Beach of Boston, pianist, and Mr.. Franz
Frangcon Davies, respectively. Oh
these, Mrs Beach and Mr.. Davies have
never been heard in this city. The
quartet gave a series of concerts here
five or six years ago, which was it's last
appearance here.
A dramatic entertainment for the ben
eft of the Ladies' Aid Society of All
Souls Universalist Church will be given
in the vestry of the church on two sue
cessive evenings. Feb. 10 and II, at
p. m. 1t will be under the manage
ment of Mrs. N. H. Ingraham, and will
consist of a three-act English comedy
entitled Uncle" the scene Of which is
laid at Sydenham.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Uncle Booth. .............. Edwin Adams
Paul Beaumont (his nephew,
Rudolph Weyer
Peter Fletcher CHS best friend,
William King
Putin "a pastry cooks mani,
Lewis Jenkins
Mrs. Beaumont. -. Blanche Ingraham
Emily Montrose. ....... Minnie Upham
Sarah Jane Observation-Disclosures
Alice Henderson
attendance.
Under the auspices of the Womans
Association, Miss Anna C. Wallberg
gave an entertaining talk to about sc
ladies, in the parlors of Central Church,
Tuesday afternoon, upon the congenial
subject of Sweden and It's People
What she said gained effect from the
picturesque costume she wore-the cos
tune of the married peasant women of
Hardanger. 1t consisted of q blue skirt
bordered with yellow braid and deep
fold of magenta, or bodice of magenta
made in one piece and worn over a
white chenisette With full sleeves, the
corsage being heavily embroidered in
beads; and a high stiff headdress, like
/ wise embroidered in beads and finished
at the back with a bow and ends OF
! broad ribbon. The front Of the skirt
! was concealed by q white apron en-
4 broidered in colons and edged with lace
over which depended from the waist a
broad strip of magenta, with more bead
/ ornamentation, and around the neck
/ was triple row of large black glass
! beads.
This dress differs from that Of the sin
gle women of the place only in respect
! to the headdress, the girls wearing their
hair hanging in two braids down the
back; and as women in Sweden general
! ly have good hair, this fashion is both
pretty and, as a rule becoming. Miss
Lott. the daughter Of the Swedish-Nor-
wegian consul at Boston, has been in
the habit of adopting the dress during
her summer holidays spent near Har-
danger, and this for the sentiment OF
the thing, as she is herself to all In
terests and purposes an American.
4 Miss Wallberg showed some fine views
of Stockholm, which was founded in
$780, and is built upon seven islands
Sweden has seen great improvements
within the past II or 10 years. It's agr'i-
culture has nearly doubled it's dair1es
have been greatly improved by the
/ adoption of machines for milking and
the arIlHcial' separating OF the milk and
cream, so that instead of an annual i'm.
portation of 100000 k.los of butter and
cheese, there Is now an expectation OF
= Is, 000 Sweden Is the greatest wood.
! exporting country in the world It's saw
mills employ $4,000 persons. Its iron is
the material from which the mechani-
cal work Of Europe is manufactured II
has more railroads and telephones In
proportion to the population than any
other European state.
4 The audience was interested in the
lecturers account of the wedding Gus.
toms which prevail in Sweden, also the
way in which the washing is done
Three times year the clothing and
household linen of a family is washed
and the long intervals when no clean
clothes are forthcoming renders neces-
sary immense outfits that fill a huge
chest. why, If a person in Sweden had
as slight a stock of wash clothes as you
Americans get along with" said Miss
i Wallberg, I'VE should consider him a
pauper."
An account of Lapland, where the
speaker had spent year, was given
with description of the midnight sun
and the system of popular education, in
which Sloyd, cooking and sewing piay
prominent part The talk concluded
with a fairy tale and song, after which
Mrs. ]. H. Robinson and Mrs T. G.
Mendenhall served tea, assisted by the
| Misses Merrill.