The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-06

but inward purity. A summarized
record of Mr.. Pratt's newspaper eff
forts made it plain that a newspaper
man who has never failed to give the
public honest, fearless impressions of
conditions at City Hall, without max
ing an enemy, must be possessed of
rare tact and high personal charac-
ter. Such is the Bill Pratt who is to
be the city messenger of city messen-
gers.
Charles e. COLES. advertising man
ager of The Spy, John f. J. Herbert,
night editor, Thomas f. Ratigan, AS
ISOLATED Press operator, and Henry
Mutt foreman of the composing ROOM
were members of the committee in
charge. City Messenger Pratt, with in
vited guests and Charles Mutt, editor
and publisher of The Spy, received, and
there was general handshaking previ-
Gus to the beginning of the banquet
ceremonies.
AS If to add to the associations with
which the hall teemed, Caterer Reb-
boil served a dinner that quality and
quantity were both conspicuous in.
Following is the menu:
Tomato Soup
Escalloped Oysters
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Celery
Potato Croquettes Green Peas
Chicken Salad
Rolls
Harlequin Ice Cream
Fancy Cakes
Fruit Coffee
Rev Frank L. PhaIen, pastor of the
church of the Unity, invoked the
divine blessing POSTMASTER Charles
Mutt, publisher of The Spy, said:
TN behalf of Mr.. Pratt, our guest
of honor, l am here to bid you all well
come. In behalf Of The Spy, The Spy
men and women, I am here to welcome
Mr.. Pratt 1t is to do him honor that
we are gathered here in the old Spy
office, where he and most of us began
our careers as newspaper workers. We
feel at home here, in spite Of the pol
ished floor, the good things to eat and
Mr.. Rebbolis beautiful adornments
The spirit of Isaiah Thomas and John
Milton Earle is with us here. From
the venerable Mr.. Tyler, who was a
building was erected, before the daily
was started, to the youngest here
present, / think feels this spirit. It
animates us in our daily work. 1t
inspires US to put The Spy ahead of
all competitors as newspaper; 1t has
led us to suspend our daily work today
to gather around the festive board to
speed this parting guest, our associate,
who has been transferred to new
post of honor in the Worcester city
government.
His election was a compliment to
his own winning personality, to his
fairness, tact and honor as a political
reporter, and last, but to US not the
least, his election was a compliment to
his newspaper Hence we are here
today to start him right on his path
as city messenger. What are his du
ties to be. Mr. Mayor? Is he to go to
Mr. Greene's post office for the mail
and to Rebbolfs for candy for the
girls? Or is he to be purely orna
mental? We hope not. He is used to
hard work He needs it to keep down
his flesh. Here our responsibility ends,
anyhow He goes into your hands,
Mr. Mayor. as plump as a Thanksgiv-
ing bird and as pretty as Sunday
Spy prize baby
After some gentle references to Spy
men who have left for other lines of
business, and especially to misguided
youth who secured a position in an
,ther city at a magnificent salary (that
vas never paid) and then crawled back
o the dear old Spy for shelter, Toast
master Mutt continued: This is a we'll
dressed gathering. 1t is a cookbook
ng gathering. l see an array of in
diligence and intellectual brilliancy