The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06
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I The tables are among the prettiest
| seen at any fair this season. Poppies
| are used as the principal floral sug
| gestion, and red, pink, lavender and
| green. combined with white. are the
| colors employed in the decorations
Mrs. j. w. Gray, chairman of the
| employment committee is chairman of
the sale.
In the centre of the hall a pink booth
| is presided over by Mrs. Thomas Ham
| Kent. Mrs. f. E. Brown. Here are
fancy articles which are gifts of
friends Of the association.
Beneath the balcony which has been
draped with a fish net to which are
fastened red peoples, is the bric-a
| brac table in charge of Mrs. Charles
| A. Peabody and Mrs. G.. D. Davis.
The flower table is on the platform
and is in charge of Mrs. H. B. Wilder,
| Mrs. Otis B. Putnam. Mrs. Arthur
| Putnam and Miss Mace.
| At the candy table the decorations
| are in green and white. In charge Of
! this table are Miss Cora Dodge Miss
! Lena Sheldon. Miss Helen Lincoln,
Miss Marion J. Blood and Miss Flor
ence Merritt
| Lavender bunting and laurel are
used to decorate the table which con-
| tains goods made by the consigners
| for the employment bureau. Beautiful
pieces of burnt-wood work are shown
| here and there are also dolls, baskets,
| picture frames, etc. In charge of this
/ table are Mrs. George J. Merritt, Mrs
/ w. w. Green, Mrs. J. B. Colvin, Mrs
George Boyden and Miss Josephine
| Aldrich.
Mrs. G.. S. CIough and Mrs. F. s.
| Durkee have charge Of the cakes and
preserves.
At small tables a chatting dish sup
per was served, in charge of Mrs.
b. w. Games and Mrs. John Gibbon.
| Chocolate was served during the
sale.
| The engagement is announced of DR..
Edmund C. Sanford, professor of ex-
detrimental psychology at Clark Uni
Iversity, to Miss Florence Bartling of
I Oakland, Cal.
| A party will be given this afternoon
at the South Unitarian Church for the
lchildren who took part in the pleasing
lopening entertainment at the Krmess
lust closed at the church. Mrs. Arthur
IWeatherly and Miss Florence Mirick
| are in charge of the affair.
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I The Butterfly Carnival at the First
IUniversalist Church closed last night.
THE comedy farce "a Bighted Bud"
was given by the following cast:
Sir Roger O'Trammel, an Irish baronet
| E. A. Hunt
Prof Tolman, his friend, Mcdonald
! Stone.
John Smith, a drummer, Arthur Long
| ley.
Pat, Irish gardener. 80. Howard LANCE
Mrs. Hypatia Harrington Hitchcock, a
widow. Mrs. Nelson Reyes
Angelina, her daughter, aged H..
| Miss Mabel West
Drusilla Durham, a spinster of 45......
! Miss Florence Stone
Katie, a servant. . Mrs. Angelo Truda
| The committee in charge of the pre-
lsentation was Mrs. Vincent E. Tom
Ilinson, chairman; Mrs, Nelson c.
Keyes and Miss Lizzie L. Bullock.
! At $50 and $50 o'clock salad suppers
were served by committee of which
Mrs W. L. CULVER was chairman,wi
these assistants: Mrs. Arthur Welson,
Mrs. c. L. Rundlett, Mrs. H. w. Van
Hoosear, Mrs. Foster Goodwin, Mrs. G.
wv. Brunette, Mrs. Dodge. Mrs.
Barney, Mrs. c. L. Burgess, Mrs. W.
e. Griffin, Mrs. H. w. Cough. Mrs.
| Odell Boynton. Mrs. c. D. Clark, Miss
Sadie Powers, Miss Ida Smith and Miss
Whitten.
The annual Christmas sale at All
Souls Church will be Wednesday and
Thursday.
! Darlington Kendall who was to ap-
pear for the benefit of the Baldwin
willie Hospital Association in a program
! of monologues In Memorial Hall, Dec
10. has cancelled his engagement. He
sails for London today.
Glass eight of Old South Church will
present an entertainment in Associa-
ton Hall Feb. IS. Mr. Whittemore will
| direct a Grecian drill, Walter S.
Knowles will sing H. Conrad Ostrom
will be the piano soloist. The enter
tainment was given last winter, and
will be repeated by request.
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| The Womans Association of the
South Baptist Church met in the
church parlors yesterday afternoon,
and sewed for an hour. Then Mrs. f.
l. Comins spoke on the work of the
Temporary Home and Day Nursery.
The meeting adjourned at o'clock.
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| The kirmess of nations at the South
| Unitarian Church closed last night.
Sales at the booths were brisk during
the day. A cast from the Lend-a-Hand
| Club of the First Unitarian Church
/ presented Sydney Grundy's farce,
| SNOWFALL" in the evening The fair
was a success and was most enjoyable
| in its entertainment features.
| Mrs. Sydney A. Reeves, IS Tirrell
| Street. will give a tea for Mrs. Ed
mund A. Engler, from to p. m. to-
morrow.
Harry Rowe Shelley. organist Of the
| Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. New
York city. will appear in recital at
/ Union Church tonight. The church
ruarfet will no heard in selections