The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-09

Out and About
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Colonial hall was the scene of the
prettiest social function of the season
| last evening the occasion being the
| coming out ball of Miss May Leland,
| daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. f. A. Leland.
The hall was decorated with ferns
/ and evergreen hung in festoons from
| the chandeliers and against the walls,
! and never looked prettier. The music
for dancing was furnished by Glenn
| ence's orchestra, and for four hours
! the young people, all members of Miss
| Leland's set, whirled in the mazes of
| the waltz or glded to exhilarating two
steps During the intermission re-
| freshments were served in the pretty
alcoves with which the hall abounds.
! Many of the guests were from out of
the city, some being present from Phil
adelphia and New York though Wor-
| cester was well represented
The ushers were Frederick w. Jost,
Philadelphia Seth Bunker Capp, Bos-
! ton; Herbert w. Tower, Boston; Harry
Robinson, Boston; John M. Thayer,
Henry H. Thayer, Frank L. Bowker,
Benjamin H. Stone, William H. Stone,
Adelbert Lapham, Alba H. Warren
and A. Edward Warren.
Among the guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
I Seth Bunker Capp of Boston, Mrs. Da-
mon of Philadelphia, Mrs. VIM. Goes,
Mrs. S. r. Leland, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
Frederick Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Rand, Mrs, Frederick A. Lapham, Mr..
and Mrs. William ]. Denholm Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry ]. Gross, Mr.. and Mrs F.
/ H. Bigelow, Mrs r. c. Austin Peter
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry E. Whitcomb,
| Frederick w. Jost of Philadelphia, DR..
j. Norman Bisley of Philadelphia
Herbert w. Tower of Boston, Daniel
! w. Lane of Boston, Charles H. Grover
| of Boston, j. Chaplin of Boston, Walter
| Clark of New York, Chandler Bullock,
George L. Taft, John A. Denhoim, E.
L. Burlington, Carper M. Brown.
Misses Connable of Boston, Tower of
Boston, Mabel Tower of Boston, Miller
of Boston, Thayer, Margaret Thayer,
Barnard, Anna Barnard, Bartlett,
! Goulding, Richardson, Whtcomb Lin
/ coin, Allen, Mitchell, Flagg, White,
Josephine White, Jeffords, Davenport
Florence Davenport, Sawyer, Warren,
McCullagh, Estabrook, Bent, Lowell
Easton, AbercromDie, Burlington, Nor
cross, Lever, Kline, Davis, Billings
Edith Billings, Smith, W hittall, Good
ell, Pauline Lapham, Hamilton, Edith
Goodell, Baldwin, Stone, Wood.
Alexander H. Bullock, Burton Clark
/ Lyman Bartlett, Harry A. Billings
Edward H. Simpson, Reginald Wash
! burn, William S. B. Hopkins, Jr., Rich
ard Mitchell, Frank L. Hale, James T
/ Roche, Jr, V. p. Curtis Charles M
! Thayer, William B. Schofield, George
A. Stearns, Harry P. Jourdan, E. J.
Hill, Willard Taylor, Roger Kinnicutt
Richard Bullock, Sidney B. Mason
Ralph Abercrombie, Forrest w. Tay-
/ Tor, Adelbert Lapham, Percival Whit
/ tall, William R. Phelps, r. H. Goodell
Alfred Gle, Joseph w. Lancaster
Henry L. Lancaster, Charles A. Ham
| ilton.
What fine weather it has been for oul
Worcester buds to blossom in! May
the billiards. and the slipperies hold of
until every last mothers daughter Of
them is out, safely and satisfactorily!
! Those fringed scarves that the millin.
ers predicted would be all the go this
/ winter have not went so generally as
/ was expected. To tell the truth, wo-
! men found out early in the piece thai
| these ends hanging over your left eal
| gave you ''weepy' look and properly
] enough declined to wear them.
New York society will follow the
fashion of Bohemia this winter, in the
giving of Sunday receptions, dinners
/ and even musicales. Most of them will
i be at the Fifth avenue hotels, where
! dates have already been arranged for
! While other women quite prominent in
society have announced their intention
! of having their regular "at home days
| on the Sabbath, at least so says the
| Criterion This is following in the
! footsteps of those crusaders of last win.
ter who sailed forth to dine and wine
at Sherrys and Delmonico's on Sunday
nights, in an effort to relieve the I'M
! bearable dullness of, the day 1t is
probably the effort to spend the day
with fitting decorum that long age
originated that time honored custom
| still prevalent even in the best families
of consecrating Sunday afternoons to
! sleep. The cook and the housemaid
were the only ones permitted to GO
| forth in brave attire and enjoy them
selves hanging on car-straps through
out the city. But this winter there
will be joy in the upper part of the
| house as well, and the dinners to be
given out on Sunday nights will be
among the most unique and enjoyable
| of the season, on account of their in
Formally. 1t was this quality which
made the opera supper last winter bet
ter appreciated than the heavier feasts
with all the attendant conventions of
society.
Among the many fairs Of the present
season there is one full of pathetic in
/ terest, and that appeals strongly to
( the benevolent and patriotic, and that is
the fair for the benefit of the aged, in
/ firm and dependent nurses of the civil
war 1t will be held in Lorimer hall,
| fremont temple Dec. IL to is inclusive,
| under the management of 1.-THE Army
Nurse Association a small body of
| earnest women who, with small means
! themselves, have assumed the care of
/ their more unfortunate sisters. They
! allow no army nurse to be sent to the
! poorhouse. They care for some IN hos
| pitfalls, and board others in private fam
| lilies. They furnish nurses to those
! requiring them and pay small month
! ly stipend to many who are provided
| with homes, but lack everything else.
! All these women entered the service
| during the civil war because there was
an urgent demand for them, and with
rare exceptions, without compensation.
| Some were broken down at the close of
the war with illnesses caused by expos
| ure hard work, bad food, malaria and
hospital fever, and have never regained
! their health.
They have learned such economy that
a comparatively small sum is sufficient
for their needs. And If the Army Nurse
| Association were sure of $500 as the
net result of their fair, they would be
entirely relieved from anxiety for an
other year. Mrs. Fanny T. Hazen of
! Cambridge is president of the Army
Nurse Association, and Mrs. Helen E.
Smith, 253 Pleasant street, Worcester,
| is one of the directors. The appeal for
| donations or gifts of money is sent out