The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-20
OUT AND ABOUT.

1t is understood that several promi-
nent club ladies are anxious to have
Rev. DR.. George c. Lorimer, pastor OF
Boston's famous fremont Temple,
come to Worcester and lecture during
the coming season. He has thousands
of friends in the churches here and
would be warmly received DR.. Lori
mer is most remarkable man. He is
one of thousand pulpit orators, is
that he never writes a sermon and
never uses notes in speaking. He care
fully makes out a brief of his subject
beforehand, corrects this, commits it
to memory and destroys it.
The most extraordinary bid for
church attendance that has yet been
made is to be found in the proposition
for model nurseries attached to various
churches in the great metropolitan cit
les of the country All ready practical
application of the idea is being made
in New York, Philadelphia and Caica-
go, and there is no telling how soon it
will reach Worcester. The idea seems
to be that many mothers numbered
with little ones, too small to take to the
church services, would gladly attend
if only there was some, place provid-
ed where they might be left and cared
for. AS a natural result the cradle
room" came into being, and it's author
and inventor is charmed with the re-
suit. For Is months one church has
tried this nursery and boasts that the
attendance has increased from Is to 20
per cent.
The cradle room" is presided over
by trained nurses, Kings Daughters and
Undergraduates When the services be-
gin the door is locked and no matter
what may happen within, no parents
are allowed admittance. 1t is to be
hoped that the doors are muffled and
also the walls, for fair sized aggre-
cation of stout-lunged babies might
disturb even the courage of a ]. Boyd
Brady and overcome the clearest and
loudest tones that ever bounced back
from the sounding board of New Eng
land pulpit. Why not add lunch rooms
with candy tables and have sort of
Christmas festival all the year round =?
1t would be a great thing-for the
babies.
Rev. C. M. Boswell, who is fairly we'll
known in church circles hereabout,
gave what he called "A Plain Talk to
adelphia, few days ago, and his au-
ditors and their friends have not re
covered from the shock yet. "You can
get women he said, ito board a ship
and go over to Italy or Japan as mis-
sionaries, but to save my neck can't
get more than six women who will go
into the Italian mission school in Phil
adelphia and teach. They turn up their
noses and say oh, the dirty dagoesl
Talk about having too many women
in the church." he continued three to
one mani Well, you will find more
wv1nen riding a wheel on Sunday and
attending the theatre, too, than men.
counted thirty women to one man COM
ing out of u theatre one night" The
Rev. Boswell should be trifie more
careful. He is in a fair way to make
himself persona non grata with the
women's clubs of Massachusetts if he
should venture this way again.
A large delegation from Worcester
will attend the convention of Epworth
Leaguers at Sterling Junction today
and tomorrow. /. "a the state conven-
ton and the camp ground will present
one Of the most animated scenes OF the
year.
Here is a new thing In telephones
that is just being introduced in Boston