The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-13

| Leigh, Mrs Whites great great great
| grandfather; a table made before the
| time of nails and held together by
wooden pegs.
On light stand with a pair of iron
| trimmed glasses near was a christian
| Dictionary printed in London by John
| legged in 1922. On another table was
the journal of Joshua Lee, Q740), Mrs.
| Whites great grandfather; leaf from
the paper printed by Benjamin Frank
lin; a copy of the Boston Journal of
1770; a summons to appear in HIS Ma
jesty's name before me- Samuel White
one of His Majesty's justices of the
Peace; an autograph note of John Han
cocks and many other articles Of in
terest, all belonging to the family.
| AAA
The entertainment to be given to-
night at Piedmont Church will be of
unusual quality. 1t should certainly
| fulfill the old circus plea of being an
| instructive and moral show. 1t is to
be Scenes From Familiar Fiction,
consisting of tableauX, dialogue and
| descriptive readings from the following
books: Dickens Tale of Two Cities.
| Old Curiosity Shop and "Pickwick Pa
| pers;" Thackerays 1.-The Newcomes"
and Henry Esmond;" George Eliots
| mill on the Floss" SCOTS "Ivanhoe;"
Mrs. GaskilFs" Crawford" Hawthornes
House of Seven Cables" Lew Wal
| lace's Ben Hur;" Winston Churchill s
| Crisis" and Bachelors "Eben Hol-
| dem
| Scenes and characters from these
well-known books will be presented by
| a large number of participants, and
can hardly fail to be very interesting
to all who have the least knowledge of
| the works.
| A program of songs by Mrs. Dorathy
| McTaggart Miller, and selections by
the Ideal Mandolin and Guitar Club
will add to the evenings entertain
ment.
Tickets will be 80 cents and may be
obtained at the door or from any mem
| Der of the committee, which is as fol-
| lows: Mrs Charles F. Marble, chair
man: Mrs. James f. Orr Misses Cora
IL. Greene, Mary w Lincoln. Annie
NJ. Henderson. Caroline E. Caldwell,
Nellie L. Ingraham, Katherine E. Hig-
gins, NJ. Edith Sessions and Edith c.
| Putnam.
Members of the Worcester branch of
the Baldwinsville Hospital Cottages as
sociation are planning to send barrel
of toys, books and useful articles to
| the children of the hospital for Christ
mas.
| The second day of the sale Of fancy
articles held at the home of Miss S. E.
Bigelow was even more pleasing in its
results than the first. Today will be
the last of the sale, and but few OF
| the pretty and useful articles are left
to choose from. They are all appro-
| pirate for Christmas gifts, and from
| the Battenburg lace to crocheted
| shawls everything is dainty.
The Woman's Suffrage League met
at Miss Sarah Henshaws. Loudon
Street, yesterday afternoon. There
was a good attendance and after the
minutes of the last meeting were read
Mrs. A. G. Fowler was elected secre-
tary pro TEN in the place of Mrs. c.
w. Doten, who is i'll. The treasurer
read reports giving the receipt of $50
| for the Massachusetts, Association as
contribution from the league In ad-
dition to this amount, $40 was con-
tributed by member OF the league.
1t was voted to continue the Wo-
mans Journal subscriptions for the Y
w. c. A. and the Y NJ c. A. A num-
! Der of selections relating to womans
work were then read. The remainder
/ of the afternoon was passed in so
I cial manner. The league will meet
/ Thursday, January 2. at the home Of
Mrs, H. c. Howe, 81 Laurel Street
The committee which has been ar
ranging for the music at the charity
| ball in Mechanics Hall, Friday night,
/ Jan "a, has secured Colts Orchestra
of Boston to furnish music for waltz
ing. This organization, which in
cludes 30 players, many from the ranks
| of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is
| the fashionable dance-music orchestra
of Boston and has the approval of all
the leading social functions in that
! city 1t will be the first appearance
of the orchestra in Worcester and this
Will add to the novelty of the ball
! The engagement of this orchestra, in
addition to the Salem Cadet Band,
which Is to play a concert program
before dancing begins and furnish mu-
sic for the two-steps on the dance or
| der, guarantees a night of splendid
music, which in turn insures the
pleasantest Of dancing.
The supper committee. Of which
Ernest Fl. Wood is chairman, is the
third committee to complete it's or
ganization and get down to hard
work. the others being the hall deco
rating and drawing room committees.
Mr. Wood has in his committee Mrs.
Randolph Crompton. Mrs. c. H. Flint,
| Mrs. Arthur W. Norcross, Mrs. o. c.
White, Jr., Burton W. Grout and
Chetwood Smith.
Arthur J. Bassett's piano recital in
Memorial Hall last night was a delight
to lovers of music, and filled with sug-
gestion for students of that oft-abused
| instrument.
]. Melville Homer. baritone, assist
/ ed. All his songs were in German but
the thoughtfully arranged program
gave the English versions of each
song.
| Mr.. Horner's rich baritone was i'm
mensely pleasing. He sang with fine
| sentiment A tribute was given Mr.
Bassets masterful technique when the
audience remained after the last num-
Der. -Brassin. "Feuerzauber,
to recall him. Mr.. Bassett bowed his
acknowledgment of the hearty ap-
plause. Selection of favorite numbers
is hard in such a program. Perhaps
the Paganini- Schumann Caprice, the
List Etude and the last number were
most liked of Mr.. Bassett's numbers.
The Chopin Senate in B fat minor was
q, -