The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-28

by whichit is obtained is simple enough,
| only it had never occurred to any one
until Mr.. John G. Haywood thought &C
| lit
Mr.. Haywood thought that if the light
| were allowed to percolate through cot
ton cloth, just the right intensity ard
| softness might be obtained on the pic
lures, so he caused to be stretched be-
tween the two series of skylights 1900
yards of cotton CLOTH with result
that won the admiration of Col. Lor-
ing and deserves the gratitude of every
visitor to the Art museum.
Mr.. Heywood's ingenuity was also
rewarded with success when it care
to placing in permanent position the
! reliefs of the Parthenon frieze. These
did not fit snugly into one continuous
whole, but there were ugly breaks be-
| tween each. Mr.. Haywood conceived
| the happy thought of backing each
| hiatus with sheets of blotting paper,
and now the spectator must look twice
before he can hope to detect the line
| where the plaster ends and the blot
ting paper begins.
1t ought to be added that the cot
ton cloth idea was carried off to Bos-
ton by Col. Loring, and that if it has
not yet been copied at the Museum OF
Fine Arts, it is going to be.
Ferns rank among the most popular
forms of garden decoration at the
present moment. There are compare
lively few yards and gardens in Wor-
| cester on the west side that cannot
boast one or more clumps of the pretty
green plumes. Ferns possess the advan-
tage of caring for themselves once they
have fairly taken root. Thereafter
| they never require pruning or thin
ming or re-setting, but just live,
staunchly and bravely defying the ar
| doris of the terrible summer days. and
waving their green feathers in fresh.
| unvexed opulence.
Then, in the spring, the little woollv
heads are so captivating is they push
up through soil, and later, it is so in
| teresting to watch them uncurl. They
are always curled up in just the right
way, and they never by any accident
uncurl wrong Law and order are as
manifest in the development of the
fronds as in the everlasting flow of
! the tides or the soft majestic vicissi-
tudes of the moon.
DR.. ]. C. Ely, president of Caldwell
College for Young Ladies at Danville,
Ken, has chosen Miss Sarah P. Waite
of this city teacher of English MISS
Waite is a graduate of the Worcester
Classical high school and of Radcliffe
college, and has the best wishes Of
many friends.
So it was Col. Henry Watterson who
designed" the dish now generally
known as lobster a la Newburg, and
Charlie" Delmonico who carried it to
successful execution.
Col Watterson has proved himself
worthy of the proudest traditions of
that proud line of Kentucky colonies
which he adorns, and a worthy success
sor to the late Col. Schenk, who formu
lated rules for the great American game
of poker which is played so extensively
and well in the Blue Grass state
The Civic club at its meeting Satur-
day afternoon. elected the following Of
ficers Tor the ensuing year Chairman,
Geo. I. Alden; secretary, Mrs. M. F.
Pratt; treasurer Miss Anna Taft; su
ditor, Miss Helen A. Ball.
The club is perfecting its plans for
the establishing of the vacation MAN.
ual training school, basing its arrange
nients on those of similar schools in
Cambridge The Worcester school will
probably accommodate 100 boys each
day for about five or six weeks Inter-
est in the work is taking a most sub
stantial form, and already one organ
ization belonging to the Civic club,
namely, the Woman's club. has given
$500 to help defray the. expenses.
The Civic club will also consider the
advisability of opening a school for
girls. which will have in addition 70
carpentry, etc, the subjects of cooking
and sewing. Sand gardens for tho
small children, which have been so
successfully conducted under Dr. Mix's
direction the past two years Will re-
ceive the attention of the club.
Where are you going this summer"
is beginning to be an interesting ques-
ton.
The German Evening club has ad
journed it's meetings until fall. The
annual picnic win take place in Sep
TENDER.
Miss Blanche E. B. Raymond is the
guest of Miss Bush or Newton lot !
few days.
The Browning class of the Woman's
Club met yesterday and decided to en-
gage Miss Vida D. Scudder Of Boston
as their teacher next year. Miss Scuo-
der is a Smith College alumna, and a.
present holds the position of associate
professor Of English literature in wei
lesley College. She is active in socl-
illogical work, having brought over ths
colisse settlement idea from Oxford
Univercity. where she studied after
graduating from Smith College, and
Is practically interested In the work OF
Denison House, Boston, and the fnll-
nuhlished several books. and is valu-
able member of the Boston Browning
society. The class voted to study The
ring and the book or by second choice
the poems Of casuistry. 1t viii prooa-
ratrf = lectures