The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-06
OUT AND ABOUT.

tonight. The Redfeld College male
quartet will appear in several selections
| which Is sufficient guarantee of an en-
Joyaole evening. The quartet, which is
composed of James Lavender, first
tenor, George Williams, Second tenor
Roscoe King, first bass, and Grant
stanley. second bass. has appeared In
many cities Of the United States, and
| many pleasant words have been said of
their work, They will be assisted to-
night by Miss Ethelyn King, soprano
! MISS Clara A. Blood accompanist, and
PRESIDENT j. P. Patch of Redfeld Col
lege.
Edward ]. Park, local newspaper
man, has accepted an editorial position
with the Boston Globe and will ente,
upon his new duties Monday night,
There is a certain compound that IL
SAID to keep away mosquitoes; you car
put 1t near you, or can rub it on youi
face and hands, or can wet cloths witt
II and swing them over your head, il
you like. Also, it is said, that you don't
smell like an animated moth-ball wher
you get through, although you might
think you would. Take one eighth OF
an ounce each of Kerosene and turpen.
tine, three@fourths of an ounce of olive
OIL ana one OUNCE each Of camphor oil
and hemlock. This formula is simple
ana is certainly worth trying, for mos.
quitoes are making life a burden II
some parts of the city.
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The first winner of the scholarship ir
Barnard college established last winter
by Mr.. Pulitzer in memory of his daugh.
ter Is Miss Helen Louise King of New
YORK; Miss King is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas S. King, the lat.
ter OF whom will be remembered here
by old schoolmates as Miss Nav L
roster, herself brilliant scholar anc
an honor graduate of the high school
1t is an odd little bit of coincidence
that her daughters education has beer
In part conducted under former Wor.
cester teachers, namely, DR.. John G
Wight, formerly principal of the Clas
steal high school in Worcester, and now
principal of the Girls high school or
East Twelfth street. New York; MIR
Archie Hodges and Miss Sallie Deland
poth OF whom also went to the New
York school from the Worcester Clas
slcal high school. The Lucille Pulitzer
scholarship, recently established by
Mr.. Pulitzer in memory of his daugh.
ter, consists of the interest on a FUND
OF 10000. 1t will probably yield $500 G
year, and is to be held by the success.
full candidate, if she proves worthy
throughout her entire college course.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar B. Pierce are
CHARTERED at the Atlantic house, Nan.
| tasket for the summer. Mr.. Pierce
visits his Mechanic street foundry every
DAY and returns to Nantasket in the
afternoon.
How did like Romeo" answered a
returned woman tourist ooh, it was
perfectly lovely! There was a large
number of people there I knew, and
| was introduced to no end of smart
English people and some of the best
Italians The hotel was lust like the
Waldorf Astoria-band playingan cor.
ridorI full of people I dined out, and
drove and took tea at the different res
taurants every day. l was sorry l had
no time to see the churches or pictures
and all the ruins o. ancient Rome, but
l really knew just how they all looked
from photographs, and 1 hadn't a mo-
ment to spare. l did speak of doing the
sights several times, and people laugh
ed at me. What do you want to see
those old things for?' they would ask
only Cooks tourists do that sort of
thing nowadays. You cannot go TODAY.
anyway. There is the coaching party
to take luncheon at the villa A.
and the tea at Princess LIS, etc.
There was always something to pre-
vent, so the only places l went to in
Rome were St. Peters and the Coli
seum-those two did insist Upon"
Miss Clarissa Smith, who has served
the Worcester Girls club very Accent
ably as president since its organiza-
ton, has sent in her resignation. II was
read last night at the meeting of the
CRUZ, but was not acted upon, but il
VIII be at the August meeting Miss
Smith has accepted a position at her
alma mater, Bryn Mawr. She will be
greatly missed from the Girls club.
The regular monthly entertainment
will occur July Is.
This evening the members of the
Worcester Opera club are to enjoy the
hospitality of it's director, c. F. Han
son, on his spacious lawn at the cor
ner OF Catherine and Kendall streets.
at which times the privileges of both
house and lawn will be open to their
disposal. The chief feature of the eve
ming will be the rendering of various
selections taken from some of Mr..
Hansons operas.
Noticeable among the invited guests
will be Miss Addie Sohmer of New
York, daughter of H. Sohmer, the
manufacturer of the celebrated Soh-
mer pianos She is a talented and fin
ished musician and her number on the
program is looked forward to with in
terest. She is to remain in Worcester
as guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson
for two weeks.
A large party of school teachers left
Worcester yesterday to attend the con-
vention Of the National and Interna-
tional Educational association al. JOS
Angeles. Cal. The party was organized
by Miss Alice C. Bedding, principal of
the Abbott street school, and it is a
part of the Raymond Whitcomb ex-
cursion, and is in charge of one of their
guides. With the party are Mrs. M. e.
Gorhem, Master James Osborne, Mrs.
Richard H. Mooney and children, Mar
garet Mooney and Richard Mooney;
Miss M. Louise Rice. Miss Louise A. .
Stockdale, Miss Emma A. Plimpton,
Miss Florence H. Reed, Miss Pelle
Crichton, Miss Randall of Marlboro
and Mrs. Porter and Miss Mack.
They will visit San Francisco, Monte
rey and other points of interest in Call
ifornia on the way out. Returning, they
expect to stop at Yellowstone, Port
land, Tacoma, Seattle, ST. Paul, Chi
cago and Niagara, and two of the par
ty have made plans to go to Alaska.
THE PARK THEATRE.