The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-07

take, she subsequently wrote twice to
| Mrs. Mead concerning the lecture, and
once stating explicitly the date,
| time and place where she would be
! expected to give it. Upon arriving
in Worcester, Mrs. Mead went imme-
diately to Memorial hall, because a
friend had told her the club always
met there. The Young Women, out
of the goodness of their hearts, head
ed her right for Association hall
When Mrs. Mead came to take the
manuscript of her lecture out of her
pocket, the chairman was dismayed to
find that it was the wrong lecture. Mrs.
Mead had forgotten all about the lee
ture on ''Misdirected energies" so in
stead, she talked on women in politics.
Then she complained because she had
consented to lecture at reduced rate.
The club women think that Mrs.
Mead's ideas on misdirected energies
must be very interesting!
So brisk is the trade in autographs
that one dealer finds it worth while to
publish monthly magazine devoted.
to the trade in general and his stock
in particular The publisher is Walter
Romeyn Benjamin.; his magazine is
called The Collector, His price lists
make interesting reading. The dearest
article in the collection at present
seems to be the original copper plate,
beautifully engraved, containing the
form Of invitation used by Gen. and
Mrs. George Washington-prioe 500.
An autograph letter by Lord Nelson is
priced at $50. Five dollars cheaper are
autograph letters by John Hancock
Charlotte Bronte, Tom Paine, George
Washington and Lord Robert Give
Twenty dollars gives the would-be GUS
toner choice of Cardinal Newman,
Jean Jacques, Rousseau, GuStavus
Adolphus, Lord Byron and Robert
Louis Stevenson. Fifteen dollars will
purchase signed autograph document
by Abraham Lincoln; $12.50, document
signed by Charles III of England; $40,
a signed letter of Goethe's; $3.50 docu-
ment signed by Philip II of Spain, an
intensely interesting personal letter of
Voltaire's, an autograph document
signed by Nine De Stael, and letter
of Thomas De Quincy, Henry w.
Longfellow, William E. Gladstone, Fee
hcia Hemans, Warren Hastings, Fred
erick the Great, Emperor Macmillan,
Lord Boiling broke, Sophia hawthorne
(wife of NathanieD, Dolly Madison
(wife of the president), Maria Theresa,
and Empress Eugene, are some of
those who come at 50 apiece. 1t is a
surprise to find a vellum document of
the year 1541, signed by Francis / of
France, going for only 81, and 1t almost
seems as if a signed document by
George II of England, dated 1856, at
$3.50, and an autograph letter by
Tourgenieff, at SO, were marked down,
so insignificant are the prices asked
with the great associations of the
names. Senator Hoar, it is curious to
note, is in company with E. P. Roe, |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Janauschek, |
Maria Mitchell and Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps at so cents.
Mrs Nathaniel Paine last week was
called to Albany, N. Y, by the illness
of her sister.
The Worcester Employment Society |
is to give a fair on the mornings of
Dec. and q the proceeds of which
are to help the general work of the or
ganization There will be three fancy
tables, one under the charge of Mrs. |
Frank Dewey and Miss Isabel Cromp-
ton, and another under the supervision I
of Miss Mary Rice and Miss Mary Bar
nard. The candy table will be in
charge of Miss Maud Chase and Miss
Mabel Gage. There will also be a /
bouillon table and an employment ta-
HE under Mrs. Theo Brown.