The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-18
OUT AND ABOUT.

The Mutterga&en will meet Nov. 6
with Mrs. D. F. Gay, and Mrs. VIM.
Harrington will have a paper on How
to deal with nervous children" The
program for the remainder Of the year
is as follows: Nov. 90 "Heredity and
environment" Mrs. A. G. Webster, at
Mrs. R. w. Greene's; Dec. 4, THE
| child's Sunday and religious ideas"
Mrs. T. E. Sterne, Mrs. C. A. Vaughan,
! at Mrs. William Harrington's; Dec. 49,
THE Ideal Mother" Mrs. Charles
Ranlet at Mrs. H A Macgowan's;
Jan. 8, "Clothing-from hygienic and
esthetic points of view" Mrs. H A.
Mcgowan, at Mrs. Charles Ranlet's;
| Jan %, election of officers at Mrs. ]. A.
| Sake; Feb. 3. Literature for children, -
| Mrs. c. E. Burbank, at Mrs. T. -
| Sterne's; Feb. 10, THE bedtime hour -
Mrs. F. B. Smith, at Mrs. L. H. Tor
rey's; March 4. "a child's will" Mrs.
| j. A. SAKE, at Mrs. c. A. Vaughan's
! March IS, "a childs growth through
! responsibility" Mrs. r. w. Greene, at
Mrs. F. R. Warren's; April l. THE
mother and the school, Mrs. E l.. Pot
| ter; April Is, Some everyday prob
lens in hygiene" Mrs. R. P. Watkins;
at Mrs. H. W. Wyman's; May G. Chill
! drens collections" Mrs. s. H. Torrey,
/ DIT MIS-. II. bdluWlU 81 May ~, A
| chtld's social instinct ,.nama's. j. e. Day,
at Mrs w. E. Bucks.
Miss A. Ray Ckamplin says it is a
mistake to think that she is the Oldest
dancing teacher in worcestershire can
not lay claim to that honor. AS fact,
she is one of the youngest, but she has
studied dancing II years, having begun
as a small child.
The Mothers Child Study Circle
meets this afternoon with Mrs. Henry
L. Parker Jr Mrs. Parker will read
| the Child Life of Nine. Necker'
translated from the French. Nov. /
Mrs. julius Garst and Mrs. w. H
| Gates will speak on the training of
children; Nov Is, Mrs. C. E. Trumbull
will speak on the Entertainment of
children Sunday afternoon" and Mrs.
Frank E. Simpson will talk on "Am-
easements for children; Dec. 6, Mrs.
Joseph C. Ellis will have the topic,
"Orderiness and neatness" and the
annual election will occur. The circle
year will end Dec. 20 with "a child
study talk"
The engagement is announced of
Miss Daisy Kingsbury and ]. OliR Mo
Davitt of Boston.
The Smith College Club will have a
business meeting on the 26th, at the
house of Mrs. G. A. Slocomb.
The Women's auxiliary to the Y. NJ
C. A. will hold its annual fair at the
Y. NJ C. A. building on the afternoon
and evenings of Dec. SO.
"This milk said Mr.. Oakum, as he
looked into the pitcher and began fish
ing for something with fork, ire
minds me of the quality of mercy"
What do you mean?" his wife demand
ed. 1T is not strained. Chicago
Times Herald.
1t is a pretty idea to have music ev-
cry evening at the State Mutual restau-
rant, and one that is appreciated by
the patrons of this popular resort. Dan
iel Sylvester is the leader of the orches-
ira. "If music be the food of love, play
on"
The College Club will have tea in
the studio of Mrs. Albert H. Chaffee
on the afternoon of Nov. 8.
Miss Vida D. Scudder, assistant pro-
fessor of English literature department
at Wellesley College. will lecture in Me-
mortal hall Saturday afternoon under
thhe auspices of the Browning cass of
the Woman's club The lecture will be-
gin at 3 o'clock and will be upon the
topic, Some literary Utopias." This is
| the only public lecture in connection
with the Browning class this year.
| Tickets for it may be obtained from the
following members: Mrs. G.. II. Gould,
Miss Ellen A Kimball Miss Alice G.
| Bedding, Miss Ella L. Dryer, Mrs. ]. c.
MacMurray Mrs. S. A. Tateum, Miss
| Emma Mcclellan, Miss Sara Mcclellan,
Miss Lewiston, Mrs. j. C. Robinson,
Miss Elizabeth Woodman, Miss M. S.
Wyman, Mrs. ]. P. Jones, Mrs. NJ. A.
Tourtellotte, Mrs. Anna C. Coburn, Mrs
C. c. Baldwin, Mrs. Emma A. Porter
Miss Janet Martin, Miss Eleanor Whit
| ing.
! Membership in the Browning class
which is to be directed this year by Miss
| Scudder, is open only to members of the
! Woman's club, and provided that they
pay the class assessment and register
| in the class book on or before the sec
ond class meeting. Yesterday at a spec
ial business meeting of the class the fol-
lowing motion was adopted: On account
of the unusual expenses attending the
instruction of the Browning class this
season. each person joining the class
not purchasing a ticket for the opening
lecture. shall be expected to pay an
equivalent into the treasury.
Miss Scudder will meet the class for
a few minutes after tie lecture Satur-
day, and plan the work. she suggests
that by way of preparation the mem
bers draw out little analysis OF the
first poem in The ring end the book"
and then statement of the methods in
1t which seem to them most significant
and noteworthy e. g., the light Ii
kthroWs on the working of the poetic