The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-26

The latest woman laughed to the rose,
What reck I of his past!
Hitherto blow as the light wind blows,
Forever 1 hold him FAST
Alone and forever l hold him. Rose;
For | am the last-the last!'
When summer hung, at the chapters
close
Her Crimson flags half-mast,
A woman wept over dear, dead rose,
II. too, am his past-his past!'
Marguerite Merington, in Boston
Times.
The children of St Gabriers Orphan
age on High Street had Christmas
jollifcation yesterday in st. Paups
Hall at $50 p. m Besides the orphans
and the nuns in charge of them, there
were present friends and relatives of
the little ones. The entertainment was
as follows: Welcome song; tableaux,
1.-The Crib" hymn, Bethlehem" reel
tation. THE First Christmas" song
and dance; dialogue, How the Quar-
rel Began" drama, THE Red CHG
nom" gypsy drill; dialogue, Christmas
Presents
The recitations and singing were I'M
der the supervision of the Sisters of
Mercy, and showed the careful train
ing that the children receive in elocu-
ton and music At the close of the
program there was a distribution of
gifts.
The friends Of Miss Carrie NJ. Adams,
who helped her in the school teachers
contest, are invited to be present at a
musicale to be given at her home, 2
Uxbridge Street, Monday night
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The women at the Y. W. c. A. who
did not spend Christmas in their out
of-town homes were served an ex-
celIent dinner in the prettily- decorated
lunch room yesterday, from II to 1
O'Clock Christmas greens were hung
at the windows and over the nantes
and a general air of quiet good cheer
prevailed Many packages containing
gifts were left at the building during
the week. The parcel that came the
greatest distance was remembrance
from Bermuda.
In the death of Mrs ]. Elliot Cabot,
the head of the Massachusetts Asso-
citation Opposed to the Further Extern
sion of Suffrage to~Women," the anti
suffragists in this state, have lost that
one of their officers who commanded
largest
and the suffragists have lost an honor
able and sweet-spirited opponent,
whom we sincerely regret. To many
of us it always seemed that Mrs.
Cabots personality and life furnished
a. stronger argument for fitness of
women to vote than any words of hers
could furnish against 1t. In the early
days when the suffragists were trying
TO obtain for women the opportunity
to serve on public boards, a bigoted
opponent remarked: when a man
comes home tired at night. he does
not want to kiss an overseer Of the
moor or a member of the school board"
Mrs. Cabot served for many years in
Brookline as an OVerseer Of the poor,
and for ten years as member Of the
School Board. Her family and friends
loved her none the less on that ac-
count. and it was so far from robbing
her Of the esteem of the community
that when she passed away, at the age
of p the flags on the BrOokline Town
Hall and all the public school buildings
were hung at half-mast.-Womans
Journal.
A fine dinner was provided for the
inmates of the Home for Aged Men
Yesterday Many presents found their
way into the home. The day was
passed in sociability.
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The inmates of the Home for Aged
Women had a happy Christmas. In the
morning gifts were distributed. At
noon. while dinner was served, Edward
Pierce gave piano selections. In the
afternoon. the children from the Or
phans' Home on Main Street provided
an entertainment. Last night the fol-
lowing program was given py young
women from the Y. w. c. A. and 9th
ers:-
Reading. Henry Sanderson; Chinese
tableau, with talk on China, Miss Yates;
tableau. Miss Ethel Rankin; tableau.
Miss Bryant; tableau, Miss Frances
Rankin: reading, Mr.. Sanderson; vio-