The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-10

When Alice bowled her cheeks were
red
From her to me fond look sped;
The suit she wore was new and
smart,
A triumph of its makers art
Her cheeks were red, as has been said.
! She raised the ball above her head
And drew long, deep breath and
! spread
! Her feet little way apart
When Alice boWled.
She ran and swung-Iny gladness fled
| She turned a flipfop! Oh, 1 dread
To think of it-be STILL my heart!
She caused the very beams to start
She landed like a ton of lead
When Alice bowled.
Chicago Record Herald.
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I The personal life of Johannes
Brahms is remarkable among must
clans for it's outward uneventfuness
on the one side, and, on the other, for
! the artistic and material recognition
which he received during his lifetime.
| Born in 1888, the son of a double-bass
player in Hamburg, he showed remark
able talent at 10, and soon threw him
self into composition in the secrecy of
the early morning as he BACKED the
| family boots. At Is and Is he was Civ
| ing his first concerts, playing Beetho-
vens Waldstein sonata. Then until 20
| he retired again, and produced series
| of works which have been the aston
| ishment of those who really came to
know them then or since.
This was the youth of only 20 who
brought his now famous Scherzo, OPP.
| T. and Sonata op. 8, with such mature
works, as his op. Piano Trio and Won
! derful song "Liebestreau," to Joachim
List and Schumann. The violin-k king
wrote then of Brahms's visit: In his
playing is that intense fire, that may
| say-fatal energy and precision of
rhythm, which prophesy the artist; and
his compositions show already so much
! remarkable genius as 1 have never met
! in any artist-youth of his age" List
kept the newcomer with Incompatible
! interest for six weeks at his famous
court in Weinar, and was specially en-
thusiastic over the prodigious Scherzo.
But it was the open and generous
| Schumann, who. besides letters of ex-
olamation to Hartel and Joachim,
broke his long silence as a music crit
ic with the now historic greeting and
prophecy for the boy composer.
But even Schumann's recognition did
not arouse the public, and the young
! composer retired again to Hamburg for
the next eight years to a study and
productivity which repeated and outdid
his earlier works enough to establish
! his reputation. 1t was especially his
Deutsche Requiem which elevated the
| still young composer of SO years to a
| position among the composers Of all
| time.-Harlow Gale, in the December
Critic.
/ The Grade Eight Club meets at Room
u tomorrow at 4.45 o'clock to listen to
an address by Prof Sanford Bell of Mt
Holyoke College, on THE Child as a
Moral Being" Teachers of seventh,
eighth and ninth grades are invited to
hear the lecture. The Ninth Grade
| Club meets this afternoon at English
High School Hall instead of at City
Hall, as originally scheduled E. w.
Desper will speak on Physics"
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One of the younger social sets Will
have hop in Salisbury Hall, tonight
The Chaplin Club Of the First Uni
versalist Church will have dancing
party in Terpsichorean Hall on the
might of Dec 70.
Miss Frances Smye win give a dance
in Colonial Hall, Dec. 81.
AS&
A good way to remodel old lace
dresses for a special occasion is to add
a stock and girdle of red velvet. The
prettiest way to make a velvet gown is
the princess fashion if the figure is
good If the figure is not well rounded,
this style should be modified. Velvet
suits viii be much worn all winter.
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The Shakers are coming to the Y. w.
C. A., Dec. 49, and they will remain
days. The Shaker wrap, known as the
| Dorothy" will be exhibited for sale
by these gentle Sadies, who come from
East Canterbury, N. II. The Dorothy
opera wrap is admired by all women
who like beautiful garments that are
uncommon.
| The recent announcement of the en-
gagement of Mrs. Marian Lincoln
| Bogert of this city and Marsden j.
! Perry of Providence explained to
| friends in the latter city the purchase
! by Mr. Perry of the handsome colonial
mansion on Power Street, Providence,
| known as the William Gammell house.
1t was built in 1856 and is considered
| one of the best specimens OF colonial
architecture now to be seen.
/ Mrs. Bogert is the daughter of the
| late Hon Edward Winslow Lincoln.
Her grandfather, Levi Lincoln, was
for several terms mayor of Worcester,
/ a member of the House Of Representa-
| tives, collector of the port of Boston,
and governor of Massachusetts,
I When Levi Lincoln was governor Of
Massachusetts his brother was COVER
nor Of Maine.
/ Mrs. Bogert's great grandfather,
! Levi Lincoln was mayor of Worcester.
( speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, president of the Senate and at
/ torney general of the United States
during Jefferson's administration.
| Mr.. Perry founded the banking house
! of Perry & Co., and reorganized the
! Namagansett Electric Lighting Co.
| that is now lighting Providence and
! many Of its suburbs. He helped to or
J ganiZe the Union Traction Company,
absorbing several street electric car
systems and organized also the Union
Trust Company. He is known as a
/ fnancier of extraordinary ability. Mr..
Perry gave a $4,000 Perry memorial
building to Attleboro.
There will be two more reunions at
the Normal School this year. The 41st
class will meet in the graduates rooms
Saturday The 28th and 18th classes
will unite for socfability Saturday Dec.
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Mrs. George F. Conant will open her
eighth season of class work at her