The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-19


There's a schooner in the offing.
| With her topsails shot with fra
And my heart has gone aboard hem
For the Islands of Desire.
l must forth again tomorrow,
| With the sunset | must be. q
| Hull down on the trail of rapture
In the wonder of the sea.
Bliss Carman.
THE woman who insists on a right
70 seat in congress-" says the Corn
fed Philosopher, should not expect
one in a street car
The regular meeting of the Young
Womans Guild of St. Mar4x's parish
will be held at the house of Mrs. Hum
phreys, Shepard street, Monday eve
ming, at $50 p. m.
Miss Alice Bedding is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Irvine A. Whitcomb, Winter It'll,
Somerville.
The pupils of Miss Mary A. Carberry
enjoyed a musicale at her home, No. IS
Vernon street yesterday afternoon. In
addition to the music there were read
ings by Miss Helen Johnson.
Wendell P. Parker has arranged for
the convenience of the Brewster Orni-
biological Club and the bird class
which he conducts at the rooms of the
Natural History Society, what he calls
a field note book. The pages, which
are mostly blank, are designed espec-
tally for tabulating ones observations
of birds in detailed simple and clear
manner, with blanks left for the regis
tering of size, color, conspicuous mark,
characteristics Of wing, breast throat,
neck. etc, habits, position, food. move
ments. flight, and locality, concluding
with the name and the date of observa-
ton Any scientific lover of birds will
understand the convenience of Mr.
Parker's arrangement. The notebook
is published and sold at a nominal
price by Putnam, Davis & Co.
A picture by an Italian painter of the
18th century is now on exhibition for
a few days in the art department of
the Boston store. 1t is one of the most
remarkable paintings that have ever
been shown here, being a serious and
highly meritorious work by Malta. Preti,
called I'll Calabrese'' (teThe Gala
brian'O, who was born in 1913. died in
1899, and was one of Guercino's pupils,
1t was purchased by the syndicate to
which the Boston store belongs at the
sale of E. w. Tisdale, in New York, a
year or two ago. 1t represents our
Lord and the woman taken in adultery,
according to the gospel of st. John.
There are three figures in the group.
Christ, singularly enough is por-
trayed as an Italian peasant, butoof
lofty type, with a deeply sympathetic
expression on the ascetic, worn coIin-
tenance The woman is luxurious in
physique and beautiful, but pale, with
an appealing look on her face. Lastly,
there is the Jewish rabbi, a rudy
faced Jew of middle age, with turban
upon his head. The Woman's wrists
are confined with a rope. There is a.
nobility and earnestness about the con-
cepuon that is impressive. The picture
has been freely restored and is remark
ably fresh in coloring, considering its
age. 1t is finely hung in an alcove of
red, with special electric lights, and
will well repay inspection.
Miss Caroline NJ. Field. for several
years a teacher in Miss Kinbaus
school for girls, has gone TO Natick,
where she has accepted a position in
the high school.
The ladies Of the Church of the
Unity will give a give-and- take psrts
IN the church parlors, on the evening
of the 2Sth.
The person who cannot find some
thing to his taste in this weeks bill of
fare at the Worcester Theatre must
either be capricious and difficult to
please or else a lenten devotee. To be-
gin with. there is comic to
Followed by military drama: that in
turn by more operate comedy. and 10
end with there is romance in the grand
manner. THE Geisha." Secret Sery-
ice Della Fox and Under the Red
Robe offer captivating assortment
from which to choose.
Few persons in the front of the house
while Della Fox is enacting the hoyden,
or warbling her chic songs, would ina
CINE that the winsome. roIIicking, devil
may-care little actress has a serious
slde, penchant for hard work and the
patience of saint. But so it is. There
is probably not in the entire profession
more laboriously painstaking and
conscientious artist. or one who more
asslquously devotes her time and her
MIND and her indefatigable energies to
rection Every detail of her productions
Is attended to by herself personally.
suggestion, invention and, direction she
never tires OF. She has a comprehensive
knowledge of all the requirements :of
the stage and enjoys a rare faculty for
deVlslng effective scenes and striking
situations, She frequently writes in
lihes which strike her as more telling
man the words of the author and as
Llequehtiy changes scenes, always iwi'
an intelligent conception of what viii
strike the eye and sense of the aver
age auditor In The Little Host" Miss
OK mas conceived most of the business.
OF weeks she studied the possibilities
OF each situation, the effect of each
grouping or characters and the results
" pe attained from the placing of this
or mat article of furniture No mem
per OF her compan worked half as
n i as the Coincidence herself. Morn
ing ana night the little xyopoan suR-
gested limited, thought out and exper,i-
nlehIeo, ana every individual actor OF
the organization has profited from her
WORK she designed and supervised
the making of all the costumes. kept an
eye on the scenic painters. visited often
the unattractive establishment Of the
snow printer, paid no little attention
10 the photographer and slept with the
manuscript under her pillow. sae
Curlously enough two out of the four
Piags AT the worcester Theatre this
, Meeh nave lsnoble characters for their
n lsroes. Ihere is something despicabe
purpose of his spying may ba. and the
leadlng male characters both In "Se-
cret Service" and Under fine 8 Red
| hooe are essentially spies The part