The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-02
OUT AND ABOUT.

The Worcester Sewing School Assoc
ciatiol will hold an exhibition of the
work If the various sewing schools of
the ely during the year on the after
noon If May 10 from to 5 O'clock, in
Memorial hall. Specimen, work will be
shown from Pilgrim, All Saints, Sum-
mer street, Plymouth, First Unitarian,
First Tniversalist. and St. PauPs sew
ing schools, and from the four schools
conduc ed by the City Missionary So
ciety a Emmanuel, Hope~and Belmont
i Church,s, and the Church of the Cow
enant.
Some of the schools, like All Saints,
Plymouth, and the First UniVersalist,
study tie stitches and have only their
sample. books to show Others spend
| their tine making useful garments,
which a the end of the season, are Civ
en- to tie children who have made
! them, aid still others combine the two
methods In addition to the work. of
| the Worcester schools, it is hoped that
| Miss Johnson, who has charge of the
| sewing il the Brookline public schools,
will exhibit some of the work done
there. Mss Johnson has worked out a
successful system of sewing for the
public SCHOOLS, and gaveTa helpful talk
on the subject in Worcester at the
time theSewing School Association
was first formed.
No prizes will be given this year,
but perhaps these will come next year.
The exhibition is held to interest the
children themselves and show
them What the. others have
! been doing; and to interest the
public so that in time public opinion
may dem;nd the introduction of sew
ing into tie public school curriculum,
Mrs. Fr,nk P. Goulding and Miss
Goulding sail for Europe May "a.
Rev. DR.. Alexander H. Vinton, who
is visiting in Pomfret, CT, New York
and other points, is expected home by
the 18th OF the month.
Warblers formed the. subject of W.
P. Parker's lecture on ornithology,, at
the Natura History Societys museum
yesterday afternoon. The room was
filled with an interested audience that
| included many teachers and pupils
from the public schools. Mr.. Parker
described AMI talked about % warblers,
grouping item as to color in three
| classes-9 that are well known, that
are not so we'll known and that are
separated from the others by lack of
color. Particular attention was be-
slowed upon the black throated green
warbler, with is due at.this, time and
was reported Saturday and Sunday. Of
| the % varieties. 10 have been reported
this year. specimens of all were
shown. Mr.. Parker will probably take
up thrushes next week.
Mr.. and Ms. Albert S. Brown have
left Old Point Comfort and are in
Washington. They expect to reach
Worcester in fortnight.
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All Saints sewing school will prob
ably close MAJ 10. The closing exer-
cises have been deferred so that DR..
Vinton might De present to distribute
the prizes.
Miss Mary Russell will entertain the
Home Club, Friday afternoon at 1873
Pleasant street and will read the first
paper of the program upon the His
tory and manufacturers of lace"
wi - I4uN dIu II Will IEdu a paper on
the Brussels Ct today" The quota
tons will be from Ruskin. -,-
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Mrs. John H. Orr will read a paper
upon the control of the viii in children
this afternoon before the Maternal As
ISOLATION of Pilgrim Church ......
DR.. and Mrs. a. G. Webster enter
tanned the 'Shakspere Club yesterday
evening. els -a.F saw ..t a.
DR.. Eldridge Nix is expected back
from the south at the end of this
week. =s-s--5-- u.s. ...,r..
Miss Sarah Staples leaves Thursday
for her summer home in Mendon. She
will be accompanied by her niece,
Miss Sadie Staples
Mrs. Maria Cakes woodbury. of Bos-
ton has made a full length portrait of
Ruth Getcheu, the oldest daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. A C. Getchelt.
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Mrs. c. C. Baldwin VIII entertain
Mrs. Theodore W. -Birney. of Washing
ton, D. c.. during her stay-in.. Worces-
ter for the Mt. HolyOke Alumnae As
ISOLATION meeting this week.
Rev. Calvin Stebbins former pastor
of the Church of the Unity, made fly
ing visit to Worcester yesterday, to can
on Jonas Clark and transact business.
Mrs Stebbins is in Boston at the house
of her sister, where ste has spent the
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