The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-24
OUT AND ABOUT.

1t is characteristic of the enterprise
which marks the management of the
Boston store, that since the paragraph
appeared in Out and About regarding
the unhealthy and uncomfortable sur
foundlnSS OF candries in a big depart
ment store, Mr.. A. Swan Brown has
been conducting a series of experiments
with view to ascertainirg whether the
canaries in the basen. cnt of the Boston
store were suffering, and if so, how
their condition might be ameliorated.
Thus far these experiments have had
TO do only with the size of the cages
IN which the birds are confined A
number of the canaries We're taken out
OF the wooden cages in which they are
offered for sale and placed in larger
cages. Mr.. Brown is of the opinion
that the result shows plainly that the
smaller cages are the best to keep them
in, as, having been born and bred in
captivity, they do not know how to
use their freedom, and injure them
serves against the bars when housed
In more capacious quarters. The little
wooden cages in which they are sold
are considerably larger than those in
which they are purchased by the firm,
and they do not seem to suffer by be-
ing so cramped for room.
1t may be, however, that the change
from wooden to wire cages is respon-
slble for the canary's mild dashes
against the sides of his enlarged home,
and that he would not suffer from the
change were the cage made of the same
material in both cases. Or, again, it
may be that his bewilderment is only
temporary like that of a child let to
run loose in a big hotel, and that he
only needs to get accustomed to it to
enjoy himself hugely.
AT all events, Mr.. Brown is resolved
that the tiny yellow songsters who
make his basement vocal, shall get the
best of care, and he says that If they
want to go to church or to take
morning walk, he means to give them
room enough to do it in.
Miss Mabel Richardson of Harvard
street gave card party yesterday eve
ming.
1t is to be hoped that the New York
judges who are going 10 wear gowns
will profit by their experience to give
their wives a new silk frock apiece.
The analogy which undoubtedly exists
between the regulation black silk dress
and the classic haircloth sofa, has new
er appealed to the feminine mind with
the force which it warrants, and black
silk is still the ideal and desire of many
woman neart. black SILK, like a
haircloth lounge is capable Of outliv-
ing its owner both of them have been
known to assist" at as many funerals
as an undertaken. But such things
happen chiefly in rural parts, where
they still read Dickens and make crazy
patchwork, and invite each other to
supper But it is not to be supposed
that the New York judges gowns will
lead pastoral life of this sort. any
more than their owners do.
While the ashes of Columbus were on
their way to Spain from Havana, some
Cubans with a sense of humor were
proving one night about the statue of
Isabel la Catolica, in Havana's Central
Park. On the following morning the
figure was found holding valise in one
hand and a steamer-rug in the other,
and bearing a placard with the words
Bon voyage" inscribed on ii.
Mrs Edward l.. Davis of Worcester
and Boston is one of the patronesses
for the theatricals to be given next
Monday afternoon at the fremont The
atre, Boston. for the benefit of the
Sharon sanitarum. Among the at
fractions which are promised for the
occasion are Miss Annie Russell in her
London success, "Dangerfield '95" a
brilliant little play; Miss Elsie De
Wolfe, Mrs. Fiske in Love Finds "a
Way" and Mrs. Schoeffel in the tart
scene" from Engaged" The Sharon