The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-20

another extended tour of the west. They
viii spend a few weeks in New York
and Buffalo, and then proceed south to
Kansas City and Santa Fe. From there
they will extend their travels to Cali
fornia and will winter at Los Angeles.
Col. Aldice F. Wright, former inter-
state commerce commissioner, but now
! of the Santa Fe railroad, was Capt.
/ Dodge's superior officer in the First
! Vermont heavy artillery during the civil
war, and the long friendship subsisting
between them will be pleasantly re-
neWed during this trip.
Ffrangcon-Davies, who is staying at
Miss Green's in East Templeton for a
few days. prior to the festival, has
| written to one of the managers to say
that he has made an English adapta-
ton of his aria, Vision fugitive" from
| Massenet's "Herodiade," especially for
the Worcester festival of 1899 and that
he Is going to sing this Thursday night,
instead of the French original. 1t is
not every artist who knows enough to
English in a respectable manner ra-
Their obscure French libretto like that,
or who would be- willing to use it in
public if he did. Mr.. Ffrangcon-Davi
skill and courage will be appreciated by
the majority of his audience, who stand
a much better chance of knowing what
he is singing about. 1t sounds unmusi-
cal, does it not, to value the words of
an aria?
Yes, but then, nobody pretends that
the majority of people who go to tn
FESTIVAL are musical in the strict sense
OF the word They like music, and they
like it the better for knowing what it
means: Let them catch an English
word here or there, and they have a
Key to unlock the emotions imprisoned
in tine music
Great numbers of orders are still be-
ing received for festival tickets. and re-
ceptions of an informal kind are being
held daily at Steinert's, the headuuar-
lers OF the sale, where often as MANY
as twenty patrons of the festival may
De seen at one time gathered in the vi
entity OF the box Office. A party of ten
Brookline people will come up for the
converse symphony Thursday after
noon, and a party of nine will come
from Yarmouth for the whole season.
Mrs. A. g. Cochrane and Miss Porter
will entertain for the festival their sis
ter, Mrs. J. H. BLIZZARD, of Lynn; Mr..
CHakravarti of Calcutta, who is a stu
cent IN the medical school at Tufts col
iege, and a brother of the Swami sara
dananda; and the Swami Abhedananda.
VINO made many friends when he spoke
mere last spring. 1t is possible that he
VIII give some talks while he is here.
although be will be engaged with lit
erary work during his stay. He ar
rived last night from Ridgley Manor
on the Hudson, where he has been a
guest since the summer school at Green
acre closed
BARRIERS pronounce the Kitchener
mustaehe, which is the latest fad in
fashionable London, a model. A glance
at the portraits of the Sirdar serves to
snow that he possesses a heavy mus
tache. People who have seen the orig
mai say that it is expressive.
With twenty of the wealthiest resi-
dents of the city apparently ready to
take the initiative in social matters
this winter, New York society was look
ing forward to a record breaking win
ter OF fashionable. frivolity, but the
death of Cornelius Vanderbilt has re-
versed the aspect of the social future
1t is said that his death removes fifty-
two leading characters from social ac-
| tlVity for at least year.
1t is remembered in connection with
Mr.. Vanderbilt's death, that Bishop
Potter once said at dinner: Cornelius
vanderbilt will be the Vanderbilt rep
| resentative in heaven"
The Connecticut Magazine this month
contains sketch of the late DR.. Lam
son, formerly one of Worcester's pop
ular pastors. 1t shows two splendid
portraits, without doubt the hest ave-,
published of him. The magazine NAV
be had of the Connecticut Magazine
Company, Hartford.
The Records of Oxford" by Mary
De Witt Freeland, has just been pub
ilshed, and are complete in one volume
II contains number of cuts and di-
asraIls, ana IS for sale at the Oxford
free public library.
The Maine musical festival will be
given this year in Portland Oct 2 3
and 4, and in Bangor Oct. 5. 6 and 7
mr. chapman is, of course, the con
ouctor. 1t Is expected that he and Mrs
chapman viii take run down to Wor-
cester next week If for no other reason
IMAM TO hear Nine. Sembrich who is
going on from the Worcester festival
TO be the prima donna of the Maine
FESTIVAL the week after.
The "old girls who went back to
Wellesley College when the faculty.
gave welcoming reception for Miss
hazard the new president, We're much
impressed with the large hoops of gold
set with diamonds which that ladv ,Iora
depending from he ears. They tbouebt
1.-The alumnae did-that these large Ctr
eles were very suggestive of Samoa or
south Africa, and one girl went so far
as TO lken Wellesley's new president IN
queen Liliokalani None of them were
aware that those gypsy rings would ha
worn by all the smart set at Newnort
this summer, and that they were the
pioneer of the earrings that, it is
prophesied, will be worn this winter
II IS a horrible prospect, especially for
tne shortneoked woman, who is hereby
llnplored not to touch them with a fen
foot pole, much less wear them.
If BARRIERS would teach their custom
ers to pronounce the mustache arigbt
whether it were a Kitchener or an nv,
peror William, they would make The
world better place to live in, only
gents VINO wear paper collars and false
shirt fronts have mus-taches
George r. Matthews has resumed his
Vlolin lessons at the Highland Militarv
Academy. ii'@iy