The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-20

AT d recent wedding reception given
in this city pair of deep pink candles
were burned which had been lighted
So years before on the wedding cake of
the brides grandmother They had al
so been burned at the golden wedding
anniversary Of her grandparents. Not
many brides can have such unique
feature at their reception.
The new members of the City Council
for 1902 are being treated with great
consideration these days Their votes
are important in the coming elections
They are being treated a good deal
like freshmen at colleges where the
fraternity rivalry is strong, The fresh
man who has made a record in a prep
school for scholarship, athletic foot
ball or baseball ability is invited to
the fraternity houses and given a most
cordial reception. He never before
realized that he was so distinguished
But after he pledges himself to some
fraternity of course the other Greek
letter societies lose interest in him and
he sinks into comparative obscurity
Such in a measure will be the fate of
the new members of the City Council,
until they take the places which their
natural ability gives them.
well known business man who
looks like a successful actor, and whose
last name really is O'Neil, received
flattering reception in the cafe of the
Commonwealth Hotel, a few evenings
since, when he was mistaken for James
ONeill, of Monte Cristo fame, and in
troduced in that character by a youth
who prldes himself upon his knowledge
of theatrical people and their doings.
There We're several men in the place
who had seen O'Neill from the orches-
ira, but who did not know him person.
ally and who were naturally gratlfied
TO make the acquaintance Of so famous
a parsonage. There were divers ser
vices of three star and other brands
In honor of the occasion, and the i'm
promptu reception went well enough
until somebody who wanted his mon
ey's worth suggested that the gentle
man ought to so through the duel
scene and the reconciliation with
Mercedes. OF course no bluff could
last in the face of such a call and the
honOred guest was obliged to explain
that he was making an art of business
and not of the stage. What followed
was on the young man who has an ex-
tended acquaintance with theatrical
people. and it accounts for the frame of
mind in which that young mans land
lady now finds herself.
Two persons were caused much en-
barrassment in a street car yesterday.
They were acquaintance from child
hood and had not met for several
years. The rumbling of the car
drowned their conversation as they
talked OF old times. The car suddenly
stopped and the people in the car were
rudely awakened by hearing the man
loudly say, DO you remember the
time you and l tried to catch Mr.. IS
| pig which had run away" The person
with whom he had been talking was a
woman and she blushed when she
heard everybody laugh. The man
subsidized and not another word was
said till the car reached City Hall
when he got off.
was looking over the books in
large store on Main Street yesterday
with the intention of purchasing one
as a Christmas gift 1 saw a neat
looking dictionary on a stand and /
inquired the price of it. 1t was a
Webster and contained on the back
the ordinary partial list of contents, as
follows: Synonyms, antonyms," etc.
The girl who tried to sell it to me lost
the trade however. She began to read
to me what was printed on the back