The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-01
OUT AND ABOUT.
a READERS LAMENT.

I cannot read the old books
L read long years ago;
Eliot, Dickens, Thackeray,
Bulwer and Scott and Poe.
Marryats yarns of sailor life,
And Hugo's tales of crime
cannot read the old books,
Because haven't time.
love the dear old stories.
My thoughts to them will stray:
But still one must keep posted on
The writer's of today.
My desk is piled with latest books
I'm striving to DESPATCH
But ere I've finished all of them,
There'll be another batch.
Hopes new one isn't opened yet,
I've not read James last;
And HUwells is so prolific now,
And Crawford writes SO fast
Evelyn Innes I must skim,
Ger Helbeck ! must pore;
Inc Days Work I'll enjoy although
I've heard the tales before.
And then there is The Kings Jackal,
The Gadhy, Caleb West
silence, The Forest Lovers, and
can't name all the rest.
III try to keep up with the times,
But oh. l hope that /
May read my David Copper6eld
Once more before die.
Carolyn Wells in March Bookman.
Mrs Frank w. Blair Of West Brook
field is visiting the Misses Waite of
TreWbridge road.
MI kipling will have very pretty
collection of calling cards to stick in
his mirror when he gets we'll .Among
them will be the cards of Frank Darns
rosch, Richard Watson Glider, William
Dean towels, John Kendrick Bangs.
Joaquin Miller, Oliver HEREFORD. and
most of the prominent literary men in
ana about New York. A number of PEG
PIE nave honored themselves by send
ing flowers to Mr.. Kipling.
Df' u. Stanley Hall is to give an in
formal reception and address ia the
HAN Child Study Club at his residence
~ W oodland street, this afternoon. The
Hail Club will have for It's guests the
other child Study Clubs in the city,
The Junior department committee
CHOSEN by the auxiliary to the Y. NJ, G,
A.; at Its meeting last Tuesday after
noon, is busily engaged in furnishing q
reading and game room for the benefit
and use of the juniors. MANY neces-
safy articles viii be required to make
the rooms attractive. To assist the
committee In this work, which surely
must appeal to the hearts of eyerv mar
ent in Worcester, contributions Of MIC
lures, chairs, rugs and draperies .or
anything that will make the rooms
look cosy and home-like are earnestly
requested from the friends of the as
ISOLATION. These gifts can be left with
Mr.. Hammond, the general secretary,
ana Will be gratefully acknowledged bv
the committee. "lnasmuch as We have
dohe 1t unto the least of these, We have
done 1t unto me-" are words as full of
meaning now as when spoken by the
Master nineteen hundred years ago
Miss Beatrice Harradens decision to
change the name of her prospective
book from 81, Too Have Passed
Through Wintry Terrors" to THE
Fowler" Will commend itself to most
readers. The search after catching and
distinctive titles frequently leads au-
thors into selecting bizarre and unin-
telligible names. When the title is tax
en- from some chance remark of a
character or some triiing episode. the
reader feels defrauded "The Choir
Invisible" exquisite as 1t is, belongs to
this class. There are fifty other names
which would have been as appropriate.
though none could be more attractive
or poetic. The reader who 1vades
through The Two Standards" has rea
son to complain when the end is
reached that he does not know what
THE Two Standards" are. Apparently
the title was taken from a sermon
preached In Roman Catholic retreat f.;
one chapter contains the references to
it, and the episode in which they oc-
cur is comparatively unimportant. But
one should be lenient. The task of
choosing a title is said to be one Of the
most difficult that confronts the novel;
ist
MIR. and Mrs George r. Dewey are
receiving congratulations on the birth
Of a son. When last heard from they
were in Florence.