The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-08

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The Washburn Industrial School will
open at Memorial Church, Summer
Street, tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
for the season of 1901-2 The sewing
school is the Oldest in the city, having
been in existence about As years. Icha-
bod Washburn, deceased, left a fund
for maintaining the school. Mrs. Ich-
abod Washburn, also deceased taught
in the school over 80 years. Mrs.
]. B. Garrett and Miss Grace Williams,
with assistants, will be at the church
tomorrow to form the children into
classes. Work will be given out at the
next session. Instruction in sewing is
given by women from various churches
of the city, as well as by those of sum
mer Street Church, and the school is
| non-sectarian.
The L. w. A. L. will have tea
meeting with Mrs. ]. P. F. Frey, 17S
Austin Street, Nov. 81.
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A number of Worcester people at
tended the opening Of the Massachu-
sets Horticultural Society's show in
Boston yesterday and there were sew
eral exhibitors from this city. Among
those who went was President o. B.
Hadwen of the State Society who is
also president of the Worcester County
Horticultural Society. The exhibition
combines the annual chrysanthemum
show with displays of fruit and veg
etables The dedicatory exercises of the
| new hall will be tomorrow.
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Mrs. ]. L. Thomas, New York
! Street, entertained the Ladies' Circle
of Webster Square Church yesterday
afternoon. Sewing was done for the
! Christmas sale and supper to be held
at the church Supper was served at
the close of the business meeting and
the evening was spent socially.
There will be a harvest supper in
the Piedmont chapel tonight at $50
/ o'clock The women of the church
will serve. "a good old-fashioned
November meal" is promised and this
will be followed by a program of old
fashioned songs, led by Seth Richards.
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There will be reunion of the 40th
class at the Normal School tomorrow.
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At the sale to be held by the Lend
a-Hand Club at the Church of the
Unity, today, there will be a mystery
table, in charge of the Auxiliary Lend
a-Hand Club, and the following tables
presided over by members Of the club:
Household table, Miss Hoar, chair
man; children's table, Miss Edith Bill
ings, chairman; variety table, Mrs.
| Nd hot aandU fnhlp Miss
Clara Billings, chairman. Tea and
chocolate win be served during the
| afternoon. The sale opens at 3 o'clock
and supper will be served at $50.
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Mrs. Clara E. Covell, % Wyman St,
has on exhibition a collection of water
colors that show clever conception and
| careful execution. A visit to Mrs.
| Covelrs studio is a pleasant means OF
| passing an afternoon. Besides her
water colors Mrs. Covell has some es-
pecially fine crayon work, notably cop
| les of photographs, that are more than
ordinarily successful and crayon of
! castle on the Rhine, that is very inter-
esting. Her landscapes are airy and
| lack any stilted effect. She has caught
the true suggestion whether in country
! road, seaside or autumn woods. Her
| pictures took first prize at oxford and
| Clinton fairs. Mrs. Covells pictures of
| still life are excellently done. She
shows a spray Of cherries dishes OF
| fruit, a ounce, branch, crab-apple
| branch. clusters Of gladioli, morning
| glories, etc.
A copy of Franz de Beul's Return
I to the Stable" is one of the most
| beautiful canvases. Tile sheep return
mig at twilight, the old barn. the early
evening sky and atmosphere are all
| true In expression and remind one Of
the descriptive power in such books as
THE Reign Of Law"
Mrs Covell is pleased to show Wis
itors through her studio. Incidentally,
she has some pretty potted plants that
show tender care and adorn and
brighten a studio table on which Rev.
c. H. CovelPs unique book Diamonds
and Nuggets" is displayed Mr.. Cow
ell worked on his book for 10 years. In
it's completed form it is the only all
American book ever published. Each
month each day, has a quotation from
an American of note: each day has a
blank space that may be filled in as
diary; and there are pages of notable
events in American history. The book
will be found of daily use and interest
to the student and booklover.
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Arthur Hazen Chase lectured IN
French on lie Conte de Lisle" before
an interested audience that filled the
Y. w. C. A class room yesterday af
ternoon. Mr.. Chase is a nephew Of
| Charles A. Chase, and has spent most
| of his life in Paris. He was born in
| Salem. He lectures in English, as well
as in French, and has appeared in Bos-
ton and in his native city several times
during the past three or four years.
Mr.. Chase's next lecture in Worcester
will be on La Coincide Franchise"
and will be given on Nov. IA at 8 o'clock
/ D. m. During his stay in the city yes
terday he was the guest of Charles A.
| Chase, 80 West Street.
The life and works of the French
poet. lie Conte de Isle, were presented
| in a most entertaining way by the lee
turer. whose exquisite familiarity with
| the language of France was delight
| to the ear. Not much was said of the
| life of the count which was uneventful.
| His magnificent verse was given
tribute Of highest praise. Like so many
other poets. LIE Conte de Isle did not
win instant recognition. 1t was only
| a e.ay lonor wears that his worth as