The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-25


street sailed for Europe on the Cat.
alonla' yesterday, to be gone fous
months They expect to visit England
Wales, Ireland. Scotland and Holland,
In London they hope to meet the Buff
tington party. a-- E4sr
In 1862 Mrs. Julia Ward Howe stirred
the nation with her famous Battle
hymn of the republic" Thirty-seven
years later, at so years Of age, Mrs.
Howe .tfftows the weight of her innu-
encel as strongly in favor Of peace as
in the former days she made it count
for war She has spoken publicly in
Boston in behalf OF universal peace,
and now she addresses a still larger
audience in a poem written for The
Sunday School Times - and entitled
THE message of peace" While IL is
not the equal of the earlier production,
it promises interest In coming from her
hand and brain. Mrs. Howe lacks the
, lyrical gift and there is a, mattar-oE
fact quality in her verse -WritiBg9 to
which the epithet prosy not esldonS,,
seems the most appropriate. But in
point Of moral purpose and humanitariv.
an sympathies, Mrs. Howe has no equal
among American women 7- 40
Here is Mrs. Howe's poemI
Q "THE MESSAGE OF PEACE"
Bid the din Of battle ceasel
,Jfaded be the wings of firei
Lea. your courage conquer peace
Every gentle hearts desire.
Let the crimson food retreatt
Blended in the arc of love
Let the flags Of nations meet:
o. Bind the raven, loose the dove.
At the altar that we raise
King and kaiser may bow downt
Warrior-knights above their bays
Wear the sacred olive crown.
Binding passion is subdued,
Men discern their common birth.
God hath made of kindred blood -
All the peoples of the earth.
High and holy are the gifts
He has layished on the race
Hope that quickens, prayer that HftA :
Honor's need and beauty's grace
As in Heavens bright face we look
Let our kindling souls expand; -1i
Let us pledge, on Natures book
Heart to heart and hand TO hand.
For the glory that we saw
In the battle-flag unfurled
Let US read Christ's better lawn
Fellowship for all the worldi r
They say that the private social
functions that have been a feature Of
other biennials will be eliminated from
the Milwaukee biennial Of 1900, and that
with the exception of the big opening
reception in the Athenaeum and thu
eight general receptions In as many
homes on the same day, there win ba
no affairs strictly for prominent visit
ing clubwomen. Every social featBrs
will be open to all club women visiting
Milwaukee.
II is also said that significant fea-
ture of the next biennial will be the m
terest and cooperation that the men
Of the city are planning to show. This
will be the first time in the history of
the federation that men have collective-
ly taken an active part in the arrange
ments of a biennial. If the report Is
true, IL goes to prove an access of gall
lantry on the part of the men Of that
section that might well be initiated BIZ
the men of the east. In Worcester when
the WOman's Club has given a mis-
guided ''gentlemen's night" certain
men who were invited have been known
to decline on the ground that the
Womanis Club was a set Of "tabby
CATS That Is as it may be. but Il
wasn't exactly gracious in them to say
so. was it?
Mr.. f. r. Pollard, formerly Of tbs
city. is recuperating at his old home In
Harvard.