Show HER FRIENDS SURPRISED WellXiiown Elocutioast Credited With a Most Powerful Voice Friends of Miss Maud May Babcock who were ins arc that she was ill were Komewhat surprised to read In the Her aid yesterday morning that sho was an the eutyrtaihment given In the Thlr tfcnUi ward meetinghouse the evening previous and that her two selections elicited much applause Miss Babcock IB known as a very entertaining and powerful elocutionist and baa won inuch favorable comment In the past for her work but ever her best friends and those who expect the most from her were hardly prepared to learn that she was able to elicit applause In the meetinghouse when she was lying on a sickbed several blocks away Like Us political department the Heralds amusement columna seem to bo run largely on trust |