The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-30

! ION country CIup.
The Philadelphia Ledger Of May Is
contains an account of the life and
! sudden death at a Friends meeting on
! the previous day, of Aaron NJ. Powell
editor of The Philanthropist Mr.. Pow
| ell married Anna NJ. Rice, daughter of
! Sewall Rice, who lived for many years
on Main and Allen streets, Worcester.
He was an associate of the leading an
| ti-savery workers of former days and
| founder and president Of the American
| Purity alliance The Philanthropist was
| the organ of the society. Mrs. Powell
was Worcester born and bred. Her
niece, Mrs. Emily R. Holman, is a res
ident of Cherry Valley.
The more I think of this and that
The more I wonder why a hat
| Should be a garden or "a hearse,
| A chicken coop or even worse
A natural history parade
/ OF murdered things in every shade.
! The more l wonder why its crown
Should be a landscape, red and brown,
! OF autumn leaves, bedecked and strewn
| With cherries bright that come in June.
And is it just an idle whim
| That builds a plaza for a brim
| Then holsters it with plants and flowers,
And litters it with Eifel towers?
No wonder men are prone to swear
At the distractions women wear.
The more I think of everything,
From polar SHOWS to birds in spring,
The more I wonder why man
Should wear a black inverted can,
The which is dearer to his heart
Than pen can paint or tongue impart.
Or why the sage who can afford
Should sport a crippled mortar-board,
Which innocent affair he pops
The instant that the curtain drops.
And here the doubly more I PONDER,
| For, with an ugly burst of thunder
A foot or two into the air
EXplodes the things these creatures wear
No wonder women wonder why
Men blame the harmless things they buy.
Life.
Miss Clara lie Baron Morgan, of New
London, Conn, neice of Mr. Justice
Brown of the United States supreme
court is visiting Mrs. w. S. Walker
at Hotel Newton.
Leander r. Howe has been engaged
as organist at st. Johns Episcopal
church.
There will be meeting of the chair
men of departments in the Woman's
Club Wednesday at 10 a. m.
The library committee of the Young
Women's Christian Association met
Saturday morning. Books were receiv-
ed from Mrs. A. A. Bigelow, Mrs. o. W.
NOrcross and Mrs. C. c. McCloud. The
committee voted to purchase the fol-
lowing books THE Battle of the
Strong" Margaret Montford" The
Three Margarets," When Knighthood
was in Flower" and "a Little Girl in
Old Boston"
Work" Little Women" IAN Old
;,l h. 7 a
Noble Life" by Miss Muloch, and
Next Door" by Clara Louise Burn
ham, are wanted to replace WORKOUT
copies. Anyone having these books
will confer a great favor by giving them
to the library, If he has no further use
for them.
Members of the Society of Antiquity
who intend to go to Salem on Saturday,
June Sd, will do well to make immediate
application for tickets to Walter Dd-
wilson at Barnard, Sumner g. Putnam
Co.'S, as the pressure for tickets by
those outside the society promises to
exhaust the supply after the 31st, up to
which time they are reserved for mem
bers. The party is limited to $50 per-
sons. The arrangements already per-
fected promise another interesting and
profitable outing, comparable to those
so successfully carried out in the past.
The last of Mrs. Bowen's pupils re-
citals was held in Horticultural hall
last night with a large number
present. The chief feature of the pro-
gram was the little drama, Sleeping
beauty" in which the following took
part: Lawrence Judge, Jennie Boyd,
Helen O'Leary Ethel Ford, Lizzie
Small, Ralph Pierce, Thomas Sullivan,
Frank Judge, Edna Hubley, Waldo
Simpson Martin, Ralph Stone, Walter
Willis, Marion Judge, Mabelle Judge,
Mabelle Troy, Ruby Johnson, Carrie
Gould, Esther BergstrOm, Mamie Ken
nelly Eva Gould, Annie McDonough,
Grace GoOdrow, Helen Lincoln, Cert
rude Quinn, Lucille Wheeler, Bertha
Stea~Ts, Alice Quinn, Grace Story Ma
niie Quinn. Eileen Kennedy, Dorothy
Liberty. Those taking part in the solo
pieces and the dramatic sketch were
Leontine Legion, Alice McKeon, Ar
line Hall Lizzie Wilson, Mrs. Fannie
erty, William H. Plummer, Lizzie Kel-
ley, Ada Bell, Mamie A. Parsons,
Louise Robinson.
The fourth and, probably, last of
Miss Mary F. fuckers historical lee
ture recitals this season, took place
yesterday afternoon at the rooms of
the Worcester pianofOrte school. Miss
Tucker sketched the lives of Won We
ber Schubert, and Mendelssohn, and
their influence upon the development
of music. and then played delightfully."-
the following program:
Two movements from Sonata in \
fiat. OPP. so. Allegro moderate, Con
spiritO ed assai legato, Andante Carl
Maria Won Weber.
Impromptu op. 30, No. .. = cat. No
mems musical Op. %. No. 3, T minor;
Menuetto op. IS, B minor Franz Peter
Schubert.
Scherzo op. Is, No. 1, E minor.
Songs without words: Nos, % A mi
nor: 30. A major; Z. f fiat; Caprico.o
op. 80. No. g. B flat minor, Felix Men
deIssohn- Bartholdy.
The annual meeting of the College
club was held in room %, Day building,
yesterday afternoon. and the follow
ing officers were elected for the coming
year: President. Miss Caroline !. Ba-
ker; vice president Mrs. Albert j.
Kimbau. recording secretary, Miss Ad-
die Biscoe; corresponding secretary,
Miss Alice Hastings; treasurer. Miss
Annie NJ Henderson; directors. Miss
Sarah Averill Miss May Sayward. Miss
Eleanor Baldwin. Miss N. T. Whip
pie. Mrs Charles L. Short; nominating
committee. Mrs. Snyder. Miss Elmer
Potter Miss Anna Harrington; auditor,