The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-30
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discretion of the wearer. The petit
coat and its adornment is also left to
| individual taste, but the opening is
small and whatever ornamentation be
| upon it, it must be white, but and adj
mixture of silver is permissible and the
| texture may be silk, satin, lace or
whatever else may please the wearer.
The actual robe is cut with two full
widths of crimson velvet and a half
! width on either side, and the model Is
| lined with white sarcenet as in the old
DAYS. and bordered with white fur. The
length entirely depends on the rank of
| the wearer The Duchesses' trains are
| to be two yards in length. the cape
| powdered with four rows of ermine,
while the cape of a Marchioness is pow
dered with a band 312 inches wide of err
mine four inches in breadth, and the
train is IL yards; the countesses' robes
have the capes powdered with three
rows of ermine three inches broad, the
train IL yards long; a viscountess's
cane has two and one-half rows of err
mne. the train IA yards, while bar
oness has a cape of miniver pure
powdered with two bars or rows of
miniver. the edge of the mantle two
inches deep the train three feet name
ly, a yard on the ground.
8 4 &
| Mrs. Clarence C. Barton. Jr., of Bos-
ton announces the engagement of her
sister. Mrs. Arthur D. Mcclellan, to
Alexander Fl. Bullock.
A@&
| The appointment of Gov. Shaw as
secretary of the treasury has occas-
| toned scarcely more interest in Des
Moines than the attendant elevation of
Mrs Shaw to the social prominence of
| the wife of a cabinet officer
Prior to her marriage she was Miss
Alice Crewshaw. Her stepfather was a
farmer near Clinton. At the time Of
the marriage Mr.. Shaw was poor.
Upon her removal to Des Moines, as
the wife of the governor, Mrs. Shaw
won popularity because of her guile
| lessness and affability She now looks
/ forward to her prospective social ac-
tivity at Washington with the utmost
pleasure, though she has little concep-
ton of just what will be expected of
her and is more or less bewildered at
the outlook.
1--WE always done my best wherever
I've BEEN" she said last night. "and
I'm not at all frightened.
Il know they say Mr.. Gage spent
| $100, 900 more than his salary, owing
to the demands Of society, but that
seems to me needless and tride fool
| ish."
r. H. Stoddard one of the choice
poets of America, beloved and honored
! by his fellows in the world of letters,
I is lying dangerously i'll at his home in
! New York city. Since the death of his
| son Lorimer, the dramatist and actor,
| some months ago, Mr.. Stoddard has
failed rapidly, although within a few
weeks he was still doing his work as
literary editor of the Mail and Ex-
press.
Attorney General-elect Herbert Par
ker was a guest of honor and speaker
at the banquet of the Alumni of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
| Friday night at the Brunswick, Bos-
ton. He said in part:
( 1.-THE field to which, your lives are
! devoted is broad enough to satisfy the
ambitions and wide enough to pass
| beyond the imagination of any man.
To what body of men do our citizens
| look in gratitude for the great indus
trial and commercial progress which
our nation has attained? 1t is to the
graduates of this great institute which
you love, which the commonwealth
loves and fosters. Wherever you find
| American progress and American in
| terests in the ascendency, there you
shall find that the men from the In
stitute of Technology have been in the
front rank of the leaders in this prog
ress.
I'm the field of architecture you are
prominent, and it is a gracious ser
vice you perform. And what shall
| say of your engineers? There is no
rocky mountain inaccessible to your
achievements. And so it is through all
the departments of scientific endeavor.
And now l wish to say a word as
| a lawyer, about the scientific expert.
You have all heard him discussed and
criticised. The expert, as / have known
him, is a man winning and deserving
the respect of all who listen to him. 1t
is a sacred trust that he undertakes.
And the type, as l have known him. is
an honor to his fellow-men. to the
science which he represents, to the in
stitution which gave him training, and
am sure your president will pardon
me if I refer to him, from personal ex-
perience as an illustration of what I
mean"
The annual meeting of the parish of
! the Church of the Unity will be to-
night at 7.30 o'clock. Wednesday night
| Rev and Mrs. Frank L. Phalen will
| give a reception to the parish at the
| parsonage, IS Cedar Street, from to
| 10 o'clock
& = 8
! The second of the free oratorio con-
certs to be given at Pilgrim Church
under the direction Of ]. Vernon But
I Ter. viii be Jan. Z. The work to be
sung is Mendelssohn's st. Paul.
Edward Strong, soloist at the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church. New
/ York city. viii sing the tenor role. A
/ rehearsal of the chorus will be tonight
Charles H. Grout will be at the organ
and Miss Ruth E. Nelson will be the
pianist
Swiss Plumetis, Embroidered Matte
Tourquay Novelties, label Pongee, are
among the new wash dress fabrics for
1902. shown by Gross & Gross, Main
Street corner Mechanic Street.