The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-23
OUT AND ABOUT.

OUT AND ABOUT.
capt. G. H. G. Gale of the Fourth
United States cavalry, formerly of this
city, and now in the Philippines. re-
celVed handsome commentator for
bravery in action. in the official report
vi Gen; LaWton, relative to the taking
of Santa Cruz.
This town is situated near the ex-
IRENE southern end of Laguna de Bay,
ana has been considered one of the
chlef strongholdS of the insurrection.
owing to the failure of certain plans
II devolved upon Capt. Gale to make a
landing and open the attack upon it
with very insufficient force The in
surgents were found in large num-
bers, and very strongly entrenched.
put after a spirited fight of about two
hours. they were routed by Capt. Gales
battalion and just abandoning their DO
sltion as he was Joined by reinforce
ments.
AS Santa Cruz was intended to be US
ed as sub of operations, it will
nave to be occupied until the campaign
is over According to late advices
Capt. Gale has been made provost
marshal of the town and he will pro-
/ ASA
charge.
One of the many reasons for the
great success of the new novel, when
Knighthood Was in Flower" is the
number of clever sayings which the
book contains. 1t does not follow ne
cessarily that he tells the truth every
time. For instance, what do you think
OF the veracity of the following?
TOO keen an eyesight for the truth
often stands in a mans way, and too
clear view of an overwhelming obsta
Gle is apt to paralyze effort. Hope must
always be behind hearty endeavor.
True bravery is that which dares a
danger fully seeing it.
The best way to go around the truth
is by a direct lie.
The man who learns to know what a
woman thinks and feels will have a
great deal of valuable information
Beauty covereth more sins than cha
rity and maketh more grief than pesti-
lence.
All! What a thing it is to look back
upon that time of life when one finds
his heaven in a ready laugh.
Prudery is no more a sign of virtue
than wig is of hair 1t is usually put
on to hide a bald place.
Virtue is sometimes a pitiful reward
for itself, Notwithstanding much wis
dom to the contrary.
Opportunities increase in value doub-
ly fast as they drift behind us.
William Justin Mann is making a
business trip through Fitchburg, Leo
minister, Lancaster and other neigh
boring towns.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. c. MacMurray left
Worcester yesterday for fortnight's
trip to New York, Saratoga, and the
Berkshires.
Mrs. Minerva B. Tobey, who has
been giving lectures on household econ
omics the past week at the Boston
Store, will remain in Worcester during
the current week. She is a woman of
charming appearance and address, who
for five years made a study of every
phase of economics as applied to the
home and has made an enviable rep
utation for herself as an original
thinker and lecturer along these lines.
Today she will speak on what to
drink and how to care for It," at II a.
m. and 2.S0 and 4S0' p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Hogg give
large reception Saturday evening,
from to 10 o'clock, at their residence,
"a Elm street. for their son, George
Hogg, of Brookline, and his bride.
The report of the Central Cuban re-
lief committee of New York city to the
secretary. of state. which has just been
published, contains a portrait of Fred
L. Ward, secretary of the committee,
formerly of this city. For frontispiece
is a half tone of Clara Barton from
photograph taken in 1897. and there are
pictures of the first meeting of the
Central Cuban relief committee, the
officers of this committee and the exec
utive committee of the American Ma
tional Red Cross and the vessels char
tered by the central committee and
placed in the service of the American
National Red Cross. There are in
cluded in this report the lists of cash
contributors, of contributors of food.
clothing, medicine, etc, the statement
of shipments TO Cuba, of freight re-
bates, and also the oCTI espondence con-
nected with the formation of the COM
Elittce. The book r'.mbers 81 pages
and furnishes an ep.lome of the benz
fIcent work Ct Clara Barton and the
Red Cross.
Samuel T. Dutton, superintendent of
schools in Brooklyn, is the author Of
an important new work entitled $50
cial Phases of Education in the Schools
and the Home" This volume, which is
particularly luminous and happy in its
mode of discussion, is one that all pur-
ents and teachers will be Interested IN
knowing about. The Sunday Spy of
May ~ will contain a review of this
book, written at it's request liz one
who is leader in public school circles
in Worcester and an expert in educa-
tional matters.
Miss Miriam F. Witherspoon. sec-a-
tary of the Associated Charities. has
also consented to review for The Spy
the Report of the 25th Conference Of
Charities and Correction" Miss With
erspoon attended this conference. She
is an experienced worker in scientific
philanthropy, having worked with the
Associated Charities of Boston before
assuming the head of the Worcester
organization. The opinions of experts
in any line are valuable and The Sry
takes pleasure in its ability to present
to its readers on Sunday, articles from
two of Worcester's experts.