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346 WORCESTER MAGAZINEtours around the city, to show parks and playgrounds A Delightful Visit from Distinguishedand model tenements an d social centres in actual operation . " Guests"How fa r have you succeeded in reaching your idealof co-operative democracy 1 Can you persuade menof such varying points of view actually to work together in this movcment i "

" I f you will look ovcr ou r list of seventeen directors," replied Mr. Filcne , "you will have a partialanswer to this

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347ORCESTER MAGAZINEBrooks, a letter being read from Mayor Logan, who wasout of the city, an appropriate response to which wasmade by Baron Shibusawa, the distinguished leader ofthe commissioners. Under the guidance of members ofthe committee and the Japanese students now residing inour city, the party were given as complete and comprehensive a view as possible of ou r city in the shorttime at their disposal. Both the Oriental visitors andour friends from the Pacific coast expressed the great-est delight over what they saw, an d keen regret at theshortness of their stay. They were especially struckwith the fine surroundings and interior arrangementsof the factories visited, as well as with the personalappearance of the employees, an d evidently left our

the members of the Board of Trade and the ladies ofWorcester could have ha d free opportunity to meetthese distinguished' travelers; but the conditions of thevisit made this impossible, an d the committee wisely decided to bend al l their energies to giving the largest possible exhibition of our city in the time at their disposal.Ou r guests were gratified that no formal entertain-ment was attempted, especially in view of the sadnessin which they were plunged by the tidings of the assassination of their beloved Prince Ito, which firstreached them here, an d which will cause them to forego all social functions during the remainder of theirstay in this country. They 'were specially impressed',however, with the heartiness of the greetings here re-

TH E LADlES OF TH E JAPANESE PARTY AT TH E \\"OMAN'S CLUB.From left to right: Mrs. Charles G. Washburn; ),lrs. A. 'E. R. Sprague; Mrs. O. ?'o1. Cturk , Portland, Ore.; ~ l r s . K. ~ l i d z t l n o : Mrs. Ohnrl cs C. Beldwtu : Bnrouee a Shibuaawn ,

Mrs. Edward M. woodwnrd , Miss Tuknuns ht , :\[1'6. James Logan; Mrs, Charles T. 'I'at.me n.fully impressed with the reasonableness of our

the" Ideal Industrial City" of the East.The ladies of the Japanese party were met at theat 9.30 0 'clock by Mrs. Charles T. Tatman, andin automobiles to the Woman's Club House atwhere they were met by the officersthe organization and fully shown the building an dvarious uses, after 'which an automobile drive overextensive as the time permitted, was taken.are fortunate in being able to present a pictnre ofthese ladies with their escorts, taken just beleaving the club-house.I t was a matter of general regret that there was noreception save the exceedinglyand informal one arranged by the city, at which

ceived, an d the kindly spirit revealed in the few atten-tions which could be shown them.The Board of Trade is under obligations to Mr.Arthur C. Comins an d lVIr. Victor E. Edwards an dtheir associates on the Committee of Arrangements forthe careful preparation and successful accomplishmentwhich marked their services, and Worcester has reasonto congratulate itself over the honor and pleasurewhich has been conferred', in even this brief stay within her borders, of these guests from Japan and repre-sentatives of commercial organizations on the Pacificcoast, who have, with such liberality and public spirit,made it possible fo r so many sections of the UnitedStates to pass under the eager and appreciative inspection of these visitors.