The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-26
Dread Young Women
Speak for Their
State.
ALL ARE OF ESPECIAL INTEREST
Novel and Instructive En-
tertainment at Trinity
Church Last Night.

The Ladies' Social circle of Trinity
church arranged and carried out one
of the most entertaining and instruct
i've programs in it's history, last night,
with the assistance of students from
the Dread Institute.
The meeting was much along the
same lines as that conducted by the
Mems association week ago, when
representatives of the different relig-
ious denominations explained the prin-
cipal points in which they differed from
other denominations.
The Dread Institute, with students
from nearly every state and territory
in the Union, offered a good field for
talent, and it was decided that the rep
resentatives of each state should cham
pion it's cause and tell in what it ex-
celled over other states.
Thirteen states were represented on
the platform, and each girl entered
heartily into the spirit of the meeting
and lost no opportunity to impress upon
the large audience the good points of
her state. Nearly all closed their cases
| With the declaration that their own
state is the best place in the world in
which to live.
All of the speakers were pleasantly
received, but especial favor was shown
the representatives of Kansas Okla
homa, Pennsylvania and Colorado.
Mrs. Legg, president of the circle, pre-
sided, and after hymnal singing and
prayer by Rev. g. W. King, Phi D., she
announced that the entertainment
would be conducted by Mrs. Harrison
of the Dread. The first number was
a piano solo by Miss Edith White of
pennsylvania, after which Miss Camilla
Avery of Colorado was introduced to-
speak for her state
She said Colorado is the squarest
state in the Union, rolling in wealth of
climate, agricultural products and min
erals. The climate is unexcelled, and
It's health-giYing properties are attested
Dy the large number of people from all
over the country who are benefited by
soJourn in the state while suffering
| from disease or sickness. Its scenery
is unsurl assed in America, and it is
justly entitled to be called the Switz-
erland of America. The state contains
70 mineral springs, hot and cold, sui
phur' iron and soda, all varieties and
COMBINATIONS. The agricultural pro-
|
70 chicago, and the watermelons of the
state are marketed in Boston.
me fertility of the ground is due
70 the irrigation from the mountain
| streams, which descend from the snow
capped peaks and gather mineral prod
ucts in their courses that are neces-
sary for vegetable life The state is the
champion Of woman's rights and the
woman omar, can exercise the right of cast
ing the ballot It's mountains yield
iron, gold, silver and lead to the amount
of $40 900 a year.
MISS Sally Maxey of Oklahoma is a
worthy champion of the territory from
which she halls. She said she could
not claim Oklahoma is the best state
IN the Union, because it has not been
admitted to statehood. The significance
| OF the name Oklahoma, 'land for the
falr Cod" is sufficient to show that
the indian recognized the fact that the
| place is the best in the country when
he settled and named it, In its first
| year 1t was opened to the people. a
normal school, state university. an ag-
rieultural and mechanical college were
| opened, which is a record no other
state can point to. Other states were
surprised when at the worlds fair first
prize was given Oklahoma in carpets,
wheat and flour. The state has more
railroads-on paper-than any other
state in the Union and has the only
county named after Admiral Dewey.
Miss Ida Turnbull of Georgia said
she is from the state of fair women
and brave men, 1t is rich in natural
| advantages, where gold mines were
worked before the discovery of gold
in California. It has many marble quar-
ries, from which the best marble and
granite are sent to every state in the
Union. It is also the state of silver
tongued orators. It is behind Massa-
chusetts in educational advantages,
| but the people are beginning to realize
| their great possibilities and are rapidly
pushing the state to the front in this
line.
Miss Edith White of PENNSYLVANIA,
one of the youngest and liveliest of the
students, is a stauneh champion of the
Keystone state. She said her state is
| first in mineral products, which COM
prise gold, silver, iron and coal. Dia-
monds and precious stones are found
in abundance, but they are mostly IN
the jewelry stores. Its mountains and
rivers make the most beautiful scenery
in the country, and the sunsets on the
SusQuehanna are unrivalled for beau
ty. It was the scene of the great bat
tie of Gettysburg. and Is the state in
which the declaration of independence
was signed.
Virginia found sponsor in Miss Eve
lyn Daniels. She referred to the fact
that it is the mother of statesmen as
well as the mother of states. 1t can
claim some of the best scenery in the
country and educational institutions
that are unsurpassed in the quality of
their products.
Miss Hoover of Arizona said the eli
mate of her state is unsurpassed in any
part of the world. To breathe its air
is everlasting health. 1t is the only
place in the world where the people can
sleep out of doors with no covering but
the starry canopy of heaven. The
state has many natural curiosities, and
its mines yield gold, silver copper and
onyx.
Miss Dabbs of Texas said she wanted
to correct a common impression of the
east concerning the cowboys. The
comic papers picture the cowboy carry
ing bowie knives and pistols and kill
ing people for the fun of killing them.
She found that they used good gram
mar and do not display bowie knives or
pistols. Her state has had a varied
career. Texas rs a tranch of 5000. 900
acres, and has one farm as large as the
state Of North Carolina.
Miss Mcknight of District of Column
bia said she need say no more
20 rrox-a that she Is from, tho hest SOC