The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-15
GIFT TO THE FESTIVAL.
Miss Burnside Sends $500
Check in Memory Of
Her Sister.

At meeting of the board of gov
eminent of the Worcester County
Musical Association, yesterday after
noon, President Charles NJ. Bent an
nounced a gift OF $500 from Miss
Harriet P F. Burnside, in memory of
her sister, the late Miss Elizabeth
Burnside No restrictions are placed
upon the use Of the money, but it is the
intention of the board to add it to the
permanent funds of the association,
: which were somewhat depleted by loss
Y es incurred previous TO last year.
The gift is doubly welcome because
1t testifies eloquently to-the generous
and practical interest which the Misses
Burnside have always taken in the
music festival. Furthermore, like the
fund established by Mr.. Charles H.
Davis. this gift helps to confirm the
precedent of assisting in the creation of
permanent reserve for the support of
the association, and in this country,
where government subventions are not
deemed proper, music and art must re-
ly on the munihcence and public spirit
of individual citizens.
Following is the correspondence:
II Chestnut street.
OlldilS5 M. Bent, Esq, EreSlQenI OF the
Worcester County Musical Associa-
ton:
Ny Dear Mr.. Bent: wish to give the
enclosed check for fifteen hundred dol
lars to the Worcester County Musical
Association, in memory of my beloved
sister, Elizabeth D. Burnside, to be used
in furtherance of the permanent sue
cess of the association in which her
great love of music led her to take so
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a comfort TO me in the desolation of
my crushing bereavement, to associate
her name. Respectfully,
Harriet p F. Burnside.
Worcester, July 10, 1899
In reply Mr.. Bent sent the following:
Miss Harriet P. F. Burnside, Worces-
ter, Mass:
My Dear Miss Burnside: 1 have your
note OF the 18th inst, covering your
check for fifteen hundred dollars. the
sum Of which is gift to this associa-
ton as memorial TO your sister
This is but another evidence of that
benevolent spirit that has prompted
you and your sister to an active and
generous support of all good enter
prises In your native city.
This munificent gift has a double
significance that gives to it unusual
value, which / fully understand and ap-
preciate. And while l can but be very
much pleased by your generous remem-
brance of our needs, cannot overlook
that cloud Of grief and pain that now
overshadows your life, Of which we
shall all be reminded as we miss the
familiar face from its accustomed
place in our festivals.
With heartfelt and mingled emotions
Of gratitude for your generosity and
sympathy with your affection, l remain
Sincerely yours,
Charles M. Bent, President.
The following minutes were adopted
by the board of government:
Voted, tina. the board accepts most
gratefully the generous gift from Miss
Burnside, in which 1t recognizes the
promptings Of that spirit of benevo-
lence that is fruitful in good works,
and also a genuinesloye for the art this
association labors to conserve; and the
members Of this board individually and
collectively take this method to express
their heartfelt sympathy with Miss
Burnside In this hour of her sore be-
reavement through the loss of her
sister, Miss Elizabeth D. Burnside,