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

Lament not Ger the failures of the
past,
Nor fondly hope thy Future may be
cast
Where victory waits thee with unfad-
ing bay;-
The Present only is thy first and last.
Nor seek to blot the record of thy
years
with self-condemning. intellectual
But let thy page be such that day by
day
Still less and less the evil there ap-
into the Light, Edward Robson
Taylor.
If people would do more serious read
ing they would gain convictions, writes
Bradford Leavitt in Impressions"
The great mass of people never have
convictions, but are led by the nose
by any leader who comes along. Con-
viction implies study, thought, ponder
ing upon problems, making up the
mind which way the work Of God would
lead you and which way you ought to
60 We are not worth straw until
we are moved by convictions. What
keeps people by the thousand in pol
itical party or a particular churchF
Chiefly, 1 think the force of tradition
and habit. If they would do little
thinking they would change their ideas
in politics, in business and religion.
The great majority of people inherit
their beliefs as they do the color of
their hair Mr.. Chauncey Depew once
said that there were not four hundred
men in the city Of New York who ever
did any political thinking. The num-
Der of people who do religious think
ing is very small. The majority drift.
go
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Lincoln will
give an entertainment in the assembly
Hall of the South High School, Tues
dav evening at 8 o'clock for the bene-
fit of the art fund of the F'reeland st.
school. Mr.. Lincoln recently lectured
on alaska" before teachers in the
schools and members of the school
committee.
new class for cooks started at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon at the 7.
w C. A. Other new classes that be-
gan last evening are advanced gym
nasium, millinery (beginners), dress
making, embroidery, white goods and
Undertaking.
Mr.. and Mrs E. c. Harrington gave
their second at-home last evening at
Q Tirrell Street.
The first meeting of the Browning
class of the Worcester Woman's Club
will he Oct. 49, at 8 O'Clock. at the Y.
w r A King Victor and King Charles
will be the subject of the first two
meetings.
The Worcester art students club will
have a woman's and mans life class
every Friday evening at the Worcester
art museum, under the instruction OF
Philip L Hale.
Yesterday afternoon at the Y. p. c. A.
class room of members of the Worces-
fer woman's club, to plan for classes
in French and Spanish.
A musicale will be given on oct.
IL at 8 o'clock in Memorial nan py
Miss Edith Brown, pianist assisted
by Miss Annie Cummings ana Earle
Babb.
The weekly meeting of the Home
Club was held with Mrs. Edward Hall'
Al Kingsbury street, yesterday after
noon Mrs. Charles Mutt read
paper on THE Art of Home Bullolhg
and a paper, "Englishmens bomes'
from Cottage to Castle" by MISS A.
Ieanie Bradley, was read by Mrs.
Horace Kendall. The meeting was
enliyened by songs by Mrs. Hall. me
next meeting of the club will be Fri
dav at the home of Mrs. L. V. Ballev'
46 May Street.
The annual roll call Of the senior
Christian Endeavor Society Of Pilgrim
church was held last night in Pilgrim
HAN Nearly all names met Win a
rasnonse and some who could not at
TEND were represented by the word OF
= fr,end After roll call a social
evening was enjoyed. Refreshments
were served.
The Fireside Club met with Mrs F.
II Bamberg. 80 haywood Street yes
+ardav afternoon. Mrs. ]. l. Inonnas
resd = naper on THE Rocky Noun
+eins Yellowstone Park and the 10
ean,ife Valley" A sketch of the me OF
William Allen Bryant was given - "
Mrs Harry Greenwood. MIS-; ". -.
Train played a piano solo, OqIreIte
events were then discussed, Mrs. FRANK