The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-14

felI! asked tlOrdDella Burns.
Puella Bluitt retorted that while the
study of the inner consciousness of
hens had never largely engaged her
attention, she felt sure that such con-
seriousness could never be sufficiently
vivid as to produce genuine suffering,
Possibly the hen. under such condi-
tons, might have neutrality-suspicious.
yearnings-after something 1t knew
not what; but in her view the worst
Feeling that could be experienced
would be only vague kind Of disap-
pointment, and 1t really seemed to her
that a society for general culture
would be going very far out of its way
to devote much time and intellectual
energy to an attempt to measure and
to sympathize with the possible cha
grin of a hen.
Florabella Burns was about to take
the floor when the secretary interposed
with the remark that she had not yet
read the last sentence of the letter.
This gave the reason why the society
in the city had taken up the matter
The feelings of the adult hen had no
consideration. The proposition Of the
society was based wholly upon solicit
tude for the chickens yet unborn.
Why" asked Florabella Burns,
should there be any more solicitude
for a little chicken Matched by an in
cubator than for a little chicken
Matched by hen?'
THE correspondent society,"" said the
secretary, has been deeply touched by
the indisputable circumstance that the
little chickens Matched in the incuba-
tor can never know a mothers love"
Murmurs of sympathy were heard
all around the room.
Tho TJn,oa aff
noon at the home of Miss Mary c..
Russell. 1877 Pleasant Street. After the
business meeting Mrs. Walter Thrown
described visit to the Grueby Pot
terry works in Boston. This new pot
terry ranks among the best of the mod
ern faience productions.
A paper was read by Mrs. Ellen F.
Woodbury.. the subject of which was
"Over the Range" Mrs. Woodbury.
spent the winter last year in California
and this paper was an account of her
visit there Miss Russell had prepared
surprise for the club in the form of
a Christmas party. The ladies were all
lowed to select a bundle from a num-
Der. Each bundle contained a present
of some form of wire goods, the prod
uct of the Hamblin & Russell Wire
Works. They were useful and unique.
One Of the most ably managed
church entertainments of the season
was given at Piedmont Church last
night, and not for a moment did inter-
est or enjoyment lag The entertain
ment was called Scenes from Familiar
! Fiction and was under the direction
of Mrs. Charles F. Marble. A series of
tableaux represented scenes from we'll
| known books. Every seat in the chapel
| was occupied, and appreciation was
shown by the frequent laughter and
applause. The Ideal Banjo, Mandolin
and Guitar Club gave selections be-
! tween the tableaux and Mrs. Dorathy
McTaggart Miller sang. Miss Hender-
son read the portions of the stories il
Illustrated by the tableaux.
The list of characters follows:-
Tale of Two Cities"-Dr. Manette
C. E. Putnam; Lucie, Miss Edith c.
| Putnam; Mr. Lorry, DIR. William Nc
| Kibben; Defarge, Elmer G. Potter;
Miss Pross, Miss Fannie E. Fitch.
1.-THE Old Curiosity Shop"-DicB
Swiveller. Arthur Kendall; The Mar
chioness, Margaret Hayward.
"Pickwick Papers"-Mr. Pickwick
| Seth Richards
"Ivanhoe"-Gurth, e. Walter Smith
| The Miller, DR.. Rufus Could Robbers
| Philip Warren, Edward Wright, Viii
liam Mecorney; Lady Rowena, Miss
| Katherine Higgins; Ivanhoe. as "Th'
Palmer" Charles e. Hildreth; attend
ants Misses Florence Merritt, Ethe
Joslin, adelaide Howe, Bertha Reed.
Henry Esmond' Mrs. Da
vid Rice; Henry Esmond, William Mel
son.
1.-THE Newcomes" Honeyman
James E Orr Mr.. Newcome, Edwin T
Chaplin; Mrs. Newcome, Mrs. John E
Orr; children, Robert Patton, Henry
Orr, Helen Orr, Mildred Gates, Gladys
woodward.
"The Mill on the Floss'-Mrs. Tull
yer, Miss Nellie Stone; Mr.. Tulliver
Edwin T. Chaplin Mrs. Glegg, Miss
Helen Lincoln; Mr.; Glegg, John ste,
venson; Mrs. Pullett, Mrs. Edward
! Hall; Mr. Pullett John Orr; Mrs
| Deane, Miss Maude E. Dodge; Mr.
Deane, Horace G. Brown; Maggie, Miss
Stella w. Carroll; Lucy, Miss Florence
Mecorney; Tom, Philip Warren.
| "Cranford" Miss Matte Miss Jessie
Hamilton; other Ladies of Crawford
Misses Ella Chamberlain, Mary Mecor-
ney, Susan Warren, Ada Claflin; Mar
| tina, Mrs. f. Walter Smith; Jem Hearn
e. Walter Smith.
"The House Of the Seven Cables
Hepzibah, Mrs. A. A. Pritchard; boy
customer. Harold Post.
1.-THE Crisis"-Virginia Carvel, Miss
Edith C. Putnam; Girl Friends, Misses
Ruth Stone, Josephine Howe, Ethel
| Phelps; Stephen Brice, George A.
| Goulding; Eliphalet Hopper, DR.. Fred
| erick Bryant.
| thur Eldred boy, Harold Miller.
Ben Hur''-Amrah, Miss Florence
Taylor; Tirzah and Mother, Misses
Edith Inman, Myrtis Happoldt; Wise
Men. George woodward, Dwight HILL
Lincoln Powers.
Mrs. Miller's songs were Sweet and
Low (Homer Norris, TOO Late"
Miss Lindsay words Of each by Ten
nyson1; Christmas song, Birthday Of
King" (Neidlinger).
The program rendered by the
stringed instruments was: Assembly
March" CEno) Bonita Waltzes" Ie-
Barge). Imperial Grand March" (Jen-
nings) medley, (Whitmark), "Exposi-
ton Waltzes" (Holoway), Magician
Gavotte" (Farrand), STORY Teller
Waltzes" (Farrand), Alamo Mazurka"
(Henning), "Trip Thro' Dixie" Grin
kaus). Holy city (Adams).
The recital Of familiar songs at the
South Unitarian Church last night was
eminently pleasing, and those who took
part in the program were all well re
ceived Charles E. Mayhem showed
good taste in the arrangement of the
program and the songs given were of
the sort that makes one wish to join
in the refrain. The older people pres
en+ in the audience heartily enjoyed
hearing the songs of their youth. Mrs.
Ada Lawrence Harrington was the as
sisting soprano Regis J. Cloutier, VIC
linist. Mrs. Helen L. Bassett, organist,
and Homer E. Williams, accompanist.
The instrumental numbers were In