The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-03
"Vig'nettes in Rhyme"
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cesters fashionables in honor Of the
Thursday Clubs benefit entertainment
for the Day Nursery and Temporary
Home and the District Nurse. For
several years past this club has been
IN the habit of giving fairs and other
entertainments for one or other of the
cltys charities, but these functions
nave always hitherto taken place at
private houses. In extending its oper-
atoms to hall and appealing to the
public, the club evidently made no mis-
take.
Austin Dobson, the airy and elegant,
furnished forth the material for the
evening, six of his dainty vers de So
clete from ''Vignettes in rhyme being
CHOSEN for presentation in talking tab
leaux. Great attention was paid
throughout to the stage accessories,
ana the fact that John Haywood had
charge OF the posings make up and
stage management in general is elo-
guent for the taste and finish of all the
uetalis' The stage alone was an i'm
posing OBJECT, draped as it was in heavy
cIilnson curtains artfully plated and
- tliC oldSG, where d cora ana
tassel held it in theatrical superiority,
ana railing gracefully to either side,
where stood silver gilt statuette hold
lns aIott spreading fern. A fringe
~ crystal beads fastened high above
tile stage lent q festive sparkle, espe-
clally where touched by the long finger
OF the calcium light in the gallery on
poslte. Chaffin's Orchestra, reinforced
Wy one or two Boston musicians, was
slatIoned at one side, and played in
acteS. eHh
1t was about SIS o'clock when q
spasm in the curtains and Fremont
tory tlnkle from the musicians, herald
eq the nrst tableau, which was entitled
~ tne Royal Academy" and repre-
SeHteu IN very natural fashion a mic
lure lure gallery. with its sage green walls
nung with A.ef-d' oeuores, While in the
Iehtre stood two visitors, Miss Frances
huoWies and H. Y. Simpson, engaged
ostenSloiy in looking at the pictures
Az ,ss NnoWles was gowned in pink, with
Sin ploeuIe nat OF pink and jet, and Mr.,
5Inlpson was attired in the conven-
tlonal dress of man of fashion iThair
9fptIIteo dialogue was inopport11nelv
oIoken by the arrival of the youne nor,
Suns Suns aunts, Miss Won Voigt and Miss
ndS clarke, who haughtily scanned
me pictures through their lorgenatteS
eyes. 0e-ole thelr
Secrets of the Heart opened rnon
pretty garden, and Sister of Chari-
IN ~ Jazz robes and white cap and bib
~ ~ company with two Young eirls
iney We're pupils at the convent scbanI
AFTER she had blessed them She vii,
ureW, and then the girls began 70 49,
paie visions of their beaux ideals In
tile emu they came to the concl1,eioIl
mat they both felt very sad u nI,a,.
something, although neither couId Nv
aclly tell what, and the curtain fn11
upon them, clinging effectively and
qulte sorTowfully to each other. Mrs
NIL Tioid TI5 ;hlhnlcutt was the religious and
$780,, I19ltn A. Barton and Miss Anna
Ttn AZ. we're the TWO pretty girls.
me thlrd tableau was more elahora+o
IMAM Its predecessors. IT yes o1l1 ~
Au Revolr. and dated back to tba
udys When Chtppendale made slendoi-
,ieseeq furniture for men in oueues a11d
hllee-pfeeches, and women in yyattooI,
hacked gowns and powdered nvra,,'iGa
VI mar In fact, it resembIed a daint,'
water color from a century-old fan ~
I p IN the foreground stood Fl W
rrIi,,,, l louhaIlls' IN his marvellous suit of
S 1i1l.idig Gii Whlte satin, for all the
and beside him Iuo oen MI van Bibber,
cut in bI,Ia M was Mrs l.. N. Kinni-
big hat enveI ELL Gnu Whlte gown and
l MdiAins SUCK which ladies then carriod
Ilelu coquettlshly in one hand Will
~ ~ Her arm she carried little rsticl,in
~ too' was an outdoor scene y ,,oi,1,
appdrehtly, as other couples talked IN
Ine background. 1t seemed thai th ltl
10 ~ anu gentleman had been brought
fers and 80 eo 4i py anonymous let
thev Ei1e,,, 'i "a tney met only to find
like to gi Ut each other, but would
lanenid aa1,n,, o@eioli OF stately,
l ~ t.lu mayor ensued, which was brolS
carriage. But IR' # is SI the lady in her
talxino nort ~ az 10 Au feVdir.' Those
ISinni 7 ~ IN TINS tableau aside Mrs.
Pa,tIott aiiu MI Doe, We're Miss Ethel
Hamilton ~ anS a, warren, Miss Edith
Tic -. tViiu AieAahder II. Bullock,
Racha1ier az, b'C NJ py Mrs Frances
ono nf - IN w. ,. Is. Hopkins, was
Ming CO" c. dIiost charming OF the eve
called II nisnt' Bapette,' it WAS
betweeo - a., was little tender scene
servino maid ST. 7,.1 man and his young
black bodice and nd INIT mQIe she PINK skirt,
st,,o anu white chemisette, and
ant Shd lialiils cap or Norman peas
icina s,1 st'ke nm ms draught of med
~ ~ eillootheo MS old hand arranged
N NJ 1iomers ana ,c!rooned a gentle old
aeIan llr''n I9sls, while the old man fen
lalhe OF MS lost love, and "She wae ~,
"i IT., e,,oa,o,,
1eadinoq u opf showed a conservatory
beantiful " uo,,,,o inooern ball room. A
uecoliete gown and a young man VIII
Bibber ana ea nost tountenance of Van
one, SAT on circular divan in tbo
n ,,in',f,,l anu exchanged more or less
icy p1agi VI crltlclslns and recrimnations
edCll one concluding with "If I -