The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-01

AS sit at fall of evening.
Musing fore the open fire.
'Joying thoughts as light and fitting
AS the blazes of the pyre,
10! appears to me figure
Standing in the pickering light,
And I say in trembling accents,
art thou come again tonight?
Speak! who art thou? what thine err
randi"
Answer comes without delay:
I'm Jim Brown, the tailor's son, sir
Here's that bill. Pa wants his pay!
Detroit Free Press
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The young women of the South End
High School, gave Halloween party
in the basement of the school last
night. The basement was decorated
with evergreen, and jack-o-lanterns
made of pumpkins. Waldo Park well
coined the young people with brief
speech. Games were played. There was
a sewing contest between the young
men. There was dancing to the music
Of a hurdy-gurdy until midnight.
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The young people Of the Church OF
the Unity, Elm Street met for Hallow
cen frolic, in the church vestry, last
night. A jack-o-lantern stood upon
every table and pumpkins were sus-
pended from the chandeliers. Games
were played and acquaintances made
and renewed.
Tomorrow will be Arbor Day at the
Normal School. There will be no les
Z sons. but beginning at 10 a. m. the
school day will be spent in out door
work. The beautiful grounds will be
put into shape for the winter; there
will be raking of leaves, tying up OF
vines and arranging Of pockets. or
gardens for their winter sleep. Inc
pupils of the school will do the work
Under leaders chosen by them from
each class. There will be unusually
nice luncheons at noon, in the form of
spreads"
The Young women of the Y. W. c. A.
had Halloween games last night. Miss
Theresa Bartlett arranged the games
and songs.
ing under Dana ]. Pratt will have It's
first lesson tonight at 7.30 O'Clock. Inc
first half of each lesson will be de-
voted to sight reading and the re-
mainder of the time to part singing
Later in the season the class will study
cantata to be sung publicly at the close
of the term.
The class in the study Of woods will
meet with Miss Arabella H. Tucker al
the Natural History rooms this after
noon at 4.45 o'clock.
The Epsilon Club met with Mrs
Thomas F. Boyle, "A Arlington Street
last night. The work of outlining a
program for the year and securing a
central meeting place will be discussed
at a later meeting, as the number
present last night was small, owing
to the fact that many club members
attended the evening High School
classes in languages.
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The Woman's Relief Corps fair in
Washburn Hall closed last night. A
baked bean supper was served at $50
o,cIock. The awards made were as
follows: Centre piece, Mrs. Lanlson
Allen: sofa cushion George W. ware
white DOYLE, Mrs. H. B. MetcalI' SOFA
cushion, Mr.. Hathorne; clocK'Georse ~.
ISt9IT, THE large American flag was
not awarded as the idea of having
voting contest for it was abandoned
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Julius E. Ward showed life motlon
and still pictures of the Passion Play
at Grace Church last night. one nun.
dred and fifty Views were thrown upon
the screen. THE Holy City We
80, during the evening by Mr.. WARD.
s5s,,rr tba nictl1res shown were: Birth
- C,brist-Entry into Jerusalem
o-rrving mailing, raising and descent
$50 +be cross. projected by Edison
i a19ilt motion picture machine
vTbara was not a large audience.
Society folk were out in force last
n;ob, 20 hear Miss Beatrice Herford
- original monologues at Memorial
Han The Young Englishwoman was
;Tir1itabIv amusing, always arustlc
and she gave perfect life-pictufes 81
ssISba Man with a Cold" or rather Oh
,ie T,.ifa who was supposedly LOOKING
after his comfort Of An Ens - !,
PARTY and Piazza LADIES': VI a.,
encore number Miss HerIoIu saw
s@Tbe Sociable Seamstress'
r ~ was amazing likeness to every
pecnIaTitv of the characters portrayeIi
Iitb no accessories but taple anu
chair tba audience was mace 10 pee
- bear not one but all the persons
concerned in the little dramas. ar
The naturalness of it all was app s15 !
ent to those who know the types Saaa StlJ
from the general laughter that sI rS,5,,s..
every telling situation a-,' one '9''''-'
the types are not unIaIilillsI A., ,,,ono-
Miss HEREFORD writes her own mono lo o.
lop iass and they are clever bits OF
s1 dyo She has hit upon the oddities
vet She presents the usual in ma a way
that rises above the commonplace; 90
ssThe Man with Cold IS man %
vbins as many a wife has reason NO 70
know. IT was lard to believe az u.i os
last night that he was not rei, ,,,.oss,,T-
~ Miss Herford IAN Enghsp
Party,' was a Somewhat satirical con-