The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-23
THE CITY.

The Rain or Shine Whist club met
with Mrs. R. P. Clark at 10 Westfield
street last night.
There will be a regular meeting of the
Lady Father Mathew society at its
rooms this evening at o'clock
The Womans guild of St. Johns
Episcopal church will give an enter
tainment this evening at o'clock in
the parish hall, 81 Lincoln street.
Rev. Leo Boone Thomas will give a
discourse on the life of Christ, Friday
evening at the Y. M. C. A. in connection
with the weekly Bible class.
The annual fair of the women of Pill
grim church will be held this afternoon
and evening In Pilgrim hall. Supper
is to be served from 5 to o'clock.
Owing to the death of ex-Mayor
Charles G. Reed, the annual fair which
was to have been given at Plymouth
church today, has been postponed to a
later date.
There is a movement on foot for the
consolidation of the three councils of
the o. U. A. M. The members of Ban
croft council do not take to the idea,
however, it is said.
John Billings, aged As years, living on
fainter street, was taken to the city
hospital yesterday morning in the sick
ambulance. He was suffering from a
severe attack of pneumonia.
Yesterday afternoon DR.. Eldridge Mix
addressed the "Heralds of the King"
at Union church on the subject of the
work of the City Missionary society
among the children of the city.
There will be meeting of the board
of directors of the City Missionary So
ciety for organization, election of Off
GERS, etc, at 7.40 o'clock on Friday even
ing at the rooms Of the society.
The Danes and Norwegians are to
have a church. It's beginnings are
small, but like the acorn, it is expect
ed to grow into a large oak. Meetings
are to be held at 274 Main street for
time
The L. w. of A. L. have voted to
change the date of meeting to the first
and third Thursdays Of each month in
room 20, Day building The next meet
ing will be the first Thursday in De-
cember.
The class for the study of MOSES,
Miss Edith Barnes of Northboro teach
err, will hold its first session at 4.SO this
afternoon at the Natural History mu-
scum. For this class fee will be
charged
Rev. ]. H. Matthews, pastor of the
Lake View Congregational church, will
give an illustrated lecture on the Life
of Christ" before the Y. M. C. A, Sun
day afternoon. The male quartet will
render special music
Secretary Hammond of the Y M. c.
A. has received reports of the work of
the army and navy department of the
Y. NJ C. A. work in Cuba and Havana,
from Secretary James H. Banks of the
international committee of the Y. M. C.
A. of New York.
The debate at the next meeting of the
boys lyceum of the Y. NJ. c. A. will be
on Tuesday afternoon, when the follow
ing question will be debated Resolved,
that it is better to own horse than a
bicycle" Affirmative, G. Dunbar E.
Hatch; negative, A. Spencer, G. Tour
tellotte.
P. B. Childs, 81 years old, living in
Cambridge, was brought to this city
yesterday morning and taken to the
city hospital in the sick ambulance,
where he will undergo an operation. Mr..
Childs was visiting relatives in Fitch
burg and was taken sick while on the
visit.
The sixth illustrated German talk in
Miss Won Voight's course will take
place Saturday with the following
stories and pictures: Donkey and mon
key land = The skating party; The Bird
Christmas tree; The little artist; Sugar
plums; Lost Robert (1S pictures), and
Rainy day sport.
The Handicraft society of Central
church will hold a sale at the church
Tuesday, Dec. 5. The young ladies of
the society are planning all sorts of at
tractive articles for the sale There is
to be an entertainment especially for
children in the afternoon, and supper
will be served in the evening.
Several members of Commonwealth
division Sons of Temperance, of this
city, visited Signal Light division of
Millbury on Tuesday evening, the occa-
sion being a box party given in their
honor. Refreshments, followed by a
musical and literary entertainment,
served to provide pleasant evening S
amusement.