The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-10-25

Little girl in checkered dress,
In the years agone / found you;
With my heart throbs still 1 bless
The little girl in checkered dress
Who loved me.
In the years agone found you
Held you, blessed you, loved you;
But you slipped away, sweetheart,
In the great worlds busy mart
1 lost you.
In a coming happy day,
Though the world and I be gray,
Through all the world I'll seek you;
1t must be, sweetheart, some day
I'll find you.
Here is a matrimonial advertisement
from a Japanese newspaper:
"I am beautiful woman. My album
dant undulating hair envelops me as
cloud. Soft and brilliant is my
visage as the satin of the flowers. L
am endowed with wealth sufficient to
saunter through life hand in hand with
NV beloved. Were 1 to meet
gracious lord, kindly, intelligent, well
educated, and of good taste, | would
unite myself with him for life, and
later share with him the pleasure OF
being laid to rest eternal in tomb
of pink marble"
Skirt effects are still clinging at the
top and sweeping and furblowing at
the bottom. and in order to make these
more than ever pronounced, dressmak-
ers are bringing forth some singularly
unloVely garments, which are INTEND
ed to take the place of the petCcoat
and time-honored chemlse.-Says the
Boston Journal.
These may be modestly called divided
skirts, if you choose-but they are to
be worn on either leg, fastened with
ribbon drawstrings, or elastic either
above or below the knee, something
after the fashion of the old-time panta-
let bottoms. The additional bulk the
long skirt gives to the hips is thus
obviated, and when the outer jupe is
lifted no division is perceptible in
this under petticoat
But seen in process of the toilet these
leg skirts (what else can they be call
ed1 are funny, to say the least. What is
worse, they will afford little protection
against the blasts of winter.
However. there is no great need to
worry about the matter as yet, for the
leg skirts are too ugly to be univer-
sally adopted A few extremists will
take to them and the rest of woman
Rin6-tnOSH
err than all else-will cherish more ten
DERBY than ever the honorable under
toggery which has given pretty good
satisfaction up to date.
Another device to create slenderness
at the hip line is found in petticoats
with deep yoke to fasten to the Dot
tom Of a long corset. Imported cor
sets with skirts Tor TINS purpose sI NV
uniformity of color very attractive
For instance a corset of pale gray
drilling trimmed with white lace and
ribbon, is provided with jupon Of
white and gray striped alpaca. Other
corsets of blue or black Will be ac-
companied by skirts OF satln SILK OF
batiste in the same shade, the last sort
very charming with inserts and
flounced edgings of black lace or foot
ing.
The new w. c. T. U. home for girls
on wellington street will be dedicated
this afternoon at 4 O'clock. Mrs. A.
W Harrington of Leicester, county
president, will PRESIDE
Among the speakers will be Mrs
Katherine Lente Stevenson OF Boston,
state president of the w. c. T. u, ana
Miss d. Caswen, who has charge OF
~ willard settlement in Boston. Rev.
mr. A Y. Conrad, Rev. F. w. BeidIer
and Rev. DR.. A. c. Thompson are
among the invited guests. Every union
in the Worcester County W. I. L. U.
south may be represented.
Mrs. Catherine Pearse Is matroh Oh
tbe home. There are Z boarders- Be
sides the matron, there is houseKeep-
er and a servant $780,,
The house will be open for the lnspec-
lion 20 visitors today
The local union has room at the
home where it would hold its meetings.
instead of at the quarters on Fearl
Street.
There will be a reunion in Memorial
Hall tonight of former guests Of the
Princeton vacation home and thelr
friends A burlesque of scenes from
life al the vacation home VIII De one
Of the features of the evening Inere
will he toasss and refreshments VIII De
served.
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The annual supper and business
meeting of the worcester Wellesley
Club will be this afternoon at o'ol3ck'
At 3 Hancock street. Mandolin selee-