The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-06
Out & About
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ticles will be sold at the tables.
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There will be meeting of the Wor-
cester Consumers League Nov. IS, at
the Y. w. C. A. building. Miss Gather
inc Comans, professor of economics at
Wellesley College, will address the
league. Miss Comans is a member Of
the executive committee of the Massa-
chusetts Consumers League. The
meeting will begin at 3 p. m. The first
half hour will be devoted to business,
after which time the public will be wei.
come to hear the address by Miss
COmans.
The military whist under the auspic-
es of the Woman's Club in Mechanics
Hall last night was a novelty in Wor-
cester. The function was not so well
attended as it would probably have
been, had not Richard Mansfield proved
as usual, his power to attract theatre
goers. Eight of the 10 batteries were
in play. Ten forts constituted a bat
terry. Each table was designated as a
fort and bore it's name on flag sus-
pended above the table. There were
about 100 people in the galleries.
TIL decorations of the hall were bril-
liant in effect. Red, white and blue
predominated. Flags were artistically
draped in the corners of the hall and
at the rear of the stage. Bunting was
used in yellow and white along the
ratings of the galleries and streamers
of the national colors reached from
the galleries to the centre of the ceiling
where they met in a burst of color.
The stage presented a camp scene with
stacked arms, colors furled and camp
fire burning.
The forts about the hall were given
the names of United States forts. Each
player received a card which gave the
changes to be made at the call of the
bugle. The first play was at the home
table say, Fort Mason. At the first
call two players progressed to Fort
McHenry. The next call returned the
players to "hcme," the next to Fort
Washington and so on till the follow
ing forts had been played: Ringgold
Sam Houston, Bayard, Grant, Huachu-
ca, Apache, Wingate and McHenry
Similar progression was made along
each battery. The rules of the game
are:
Each table or fort will be provided
with cards designating at which table
or fort each hand is to be played; one
hand to be played at each fort; alter
nate hands are to be played at the
home fort, designated on the cards
there will be no change of partners;
each couple will play together through
out the evening; the winning couple
will receive a flag for each point won;
the flags thus won are to be strung on
the strings at the winning couples
home fort; couple number one will use
the blue string and couple number two
the red string; revoke will count
three points to the opposite side; all
ties will be decided by cutting; in cut
ting ace will be low; cut for deal;
please remain seated until all the flags
are distributed, and change places only
on signal Of bugle.
The play went on from $50 to 1918
o'clock From the score made up the
following winners were announced:
Battery H, Fort William Henry,
Miss Florence Taylor and Robert AL
len, 49, Battery F, Fort Sill, Miss May
L. Mellor and C. E. Fisher, 81; Bat
terry B, Fort Cobb, Mrs. L. M. Lowell
and W. G. Wesson, q.
Large silk flags were given the first
prize winners; the others received
smaller flags.
At the head tables were His Honor
Mayor Philip ]. O'Connell and Mrs. c.
c. Baldwin, Mrs. ]. B. Stone and Louie
E. Ware; Mrs. c. w. Bartlett and
Lieut. Com F. S. Carter; Miss Greene
and Lieut.. At. Chester
Besides Lieut.. Com. Carter and Lieut.
Chester there were present from the
United States training ship Wabash
at Charlestown, Lieut.. o. F. Knepper,
Ensign D. p. Mannix and Bugler Pat
rick Dooley. Bugler Dooley sounded
the naval calls used aboard the United
States men of war, viz:
Assembly all; colors (when the col
orS were hoisted, all standing at at
tention); commence firing (playing)
cease firing (playing) and change; ma
tional air GALL standing at attention.
taps; Put Me in My Little Bed"
Rebboli served ices in the form OF
military devices during the evening
at the tables and IN the galleries.
Souvenir programs by Blanchard
were distributed by boys from the Lin
coin Athletic Club.
The playing cards used will be sold
at the stationery department of the
Boston Store this morning at 8 O'Clock
at half price, u 1-2e per pack. The
money will go to the Womans Club.
Mrs. William H. Coe gave a
O'Clock dinner yesterday evening at her
home, 81 Cedar Street, for Lieut.. Com.
Carter and the officers who accom-
panied him. Covers were laid for y.
Mrs. Coe gave a supper for the Off
GERS and a few friends after the whist
The officers will return to Charlestown
this morning. A. G. Thompson of the
Worcester City Guards was with
Bugler DooIey in the camp last night.
The executive committee in charge Of
the whist was composed of Mrs. w. H.
Coe, Mrs. c. c. Baldwin and Mrs. J..
w Disco. The patronesses were:
Mrs. c. c. Baldwin. Miss George \.
Bacon, Miss Marv T. Barnard, Mrs I.
c. Bates, Mrs. ]. w. Disco. Mrs. Ed
win Brown Mrs. A. George Bullock,
Mrs. A. H. Chaffee. Mrs. E. B. Clapp,
Mrs. William H. Coe. Mrs. Frederick L.
Goes. Mrs. John E. Day. Mrs. Francis
H. Dewey, Mrs. John c. Dewey, Mrs.
Alex. H. De Witt, Mrs. T. K. Earle,
Mrs. William T. Forbes, Mrs. Charles
H. Flint Mrs. William Harrington,
Mrs. Henry F. Harris, Mrs. David
Narrower, Mrs. H. E. Hill, Mrs. Daniel
Kent, Mrs. NJ. V. B. Jefferson, Mrs
John E. Lancaster, Mrs. Frank E.
Leland. Mrs. Luther Lowell. Mrs. H. K.
Mortified. Mrs. P. W. Moen. Miss Mary
T. Rice. Mrs. j. B. Sargent, Mrs. F. B.
Smith, Mrs. A B. r. Sprague, Mrs.
George A Stevens Mrs. I'd. Thayer,
Jr.. Mrs. John r. Thayer, Mrs. Justin
A. Ware, Mrs. Charles G. Washburn,
Mrs. Leonard Wheeler. Mrs. S. z. Wins
low. Mrs. Charles Ranlet, Mrs. Lewis
@ White. Mrs S. b. Woodward.