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

The Wednesday Club of All Saints
Church gave two parties in Memorial
hall last night. In the first you saw
a rabbit made, in the second you ate
rabbit yourself. 1t was a matter of
taste which you enjoyed best.
Seven clever young persons present.
ed for the first part of the entertain
ment. John Kendrick Bangs amusing
little farce, "A Chatting Dish Supper,
under the direction of Miss Hopkins
and Miss BliYen, the president. The
plot of this skit is slight, but the dial
Ogue sparkles, and there are numerous
episodes which keep up the interest
till the end. In brief, it tells how the
Perkinses attempted to give chatting
dish party for Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley,
John Barlow and Robert Yardsley
That is to say, they provide the house,
the raw materials and the chating-dish
and Mr.. Yardsley is TO make the rab-
bit, The play opens with Mrs. Perk-
ms, who is putting the last finishing
pat upon the table already set in the
centre of the parlor for the feast En-
ter her husband, Thaddeus, disheVeled,
| disgruntled, his person draped in the
diverse parts of the new chatting dish
! ('vaudeville Kitchen" he calls iD he
has been tagging about New York to
| buy. An amusing dialogue ensues, in
! which the irate man girds at the holt
| day season and holiday crowds at
chatting dishes and Welsh rabbits.
| Soon after, Mr.. Yardsley and Mr.. Bar
low arrive, followed shortly by the
| Bradleys.
! All gather eXpectantly about the
/ table, YaPdsley in the centre, as be-
comes the charge d'affairs, Mrs. Per-
| kins on his left, with Bradley and Bar
! low and Mrs Bradley and Perkins on
| his right. The first hitch comes with
| the lighting of the spirit lamp, which
simply don't light. Yardsley tries
again, and then Mrs. Perkins remem-
! bers that she has forgotten to fill it,
and Perkins runs out and following her
| explicit directions, fills it with rose
water Then Perkins is sent for the
cheese and can't find it, because he was
looking for a pineapple, and he tries
to uncOrk the beer, and can't find his
cOrksCrew, and when Barlow has len1
him his, abstractly opens the HAND
grenade that Barlow, the wag, ha!
placed handy so that if the rabbit tried
to get away, Yardsley could have some
thing to throw at it. Yardsley come!
within an inch of pouring the contents
of the grenade into the chatting dish
but is prevented by a merciful provi
dence. The disengaged part of tn
company drifts to the piano, leaving
| Yardsley to cope with the rabbit, ant
to plead with tears in his voice for tn
toast. After Mrs. Perkins has LOOKED
around on the piano and centre tabl
for the toast, she summons the maid
There is no toast, because there wa
no bread; the only similar substanc
in the house is chocolate cake. So the,
gather around the corpse of the rabbi
and have chocolate cake and beer
Finally, after gay nonsense galore, Per
lkins hangs the rabbit around the pro
testing Yardsley's neck as a golde
medal of honor, and the curtain falls
Last night it rose in response to a,
imperative call from the large hous
which brought out the entire company
Mr.. Henry Y. Simpson as the causti
and witty Barlow and Mr., Henry "
! Doe as Yardsley carried the lion
sare of the fun on their shoulders
Mr.. w. E. Barton was good as tn
short-tempered and absent-minded Per
kins Mr. Eveleth V. Hill infused tn
part of Bradley with zest. Miss Edit
/ Barton made a charming and amiabl
/ Mrs. Perkins. while Miss brennan ant
| Miss Bieberbach were satisfactory a
| Mrs. Bradley and Jennie, the maid. Al
in ALL the piece was very prettily done
After the play there was little in
! terregnum while the chairs were re
moved and the ladies who presided a
! the little tables lit their alcohol lamp
and busily whisked eggs. Then tn
second part of the program began, 70
everyone stayed to have a rabbit I
/ you preferred g pink rabbit then yol
walked over to the table. EMPOWERED il
American beauties, where Mrs. Rock
wood Hoar presided; if you liked your
served up with green candle shades ant
marguerites, then you chose Mrs
/ Charming Smiths table. At other ia
bles Mrs. G. Arthur Smith, Mrs ]
! Russell Marble, Mrs. C. D. Lamson
Mrs. H. Z. Hill, Mrs. B. w. Wright, Mr.
| William Coe, Miss Greene of Boston
Mrs. Burton Grout, Mrs. c. L. Short
Mrs. Luther Lowell, Mrs. Frank Masol
and Mrs. Irving Bigelow presided. TIL,
| lemonade table, where were Miss Fas
ton and Miss Barton, was adorned il
Towering sprays of cherry.
1t was all very nice, and pretty. ant
jolly, and the Wednesday Club mus
have lined its pocket 0f it has any!
well.
One thought, and only one, harasse
the mind. Was that real beer or onl,
make-believe beer that Perkins IN
corl1ed and Yardsley put In his rabbit
1t looked for all the world like Bar
tholomay's. And at the Y w. c. A.
Perish the thought!
The Y. W. c. A. vacation home a
Princeton will be opened to guests 70
the season July l.
Worcester Temple Order of Rath
bone Sisters, will initiate several can
didates at their meeting this evenin,
in Castle hall, 405 Main street. TIL
grand officers are expected to be pres
ent. The new temple, which alread
has q members on its roll, Will here