The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-06
AS L WAS SAYING.

One OF the most particular young men
in town, as far as his personal appearance
is concerned, is also one of the most absent
minded. The Iesult is that he walked the
whole length of Westminster street the
other day with one shoe eXquisitely pol
ished and the other dusty and untidy.
/ Last evening he undertook TO shave him
self and left one side of his face bristly
while the other was smooth. But yester-
day morning he capped the climax. Care
fully wetting his hair and touZling IL
up with his fingers preparatory to comb
ing he forgot TO comb il and came down
to breakfast with each particular hair
standing on end and all pointing in diff
ferent directions, His appearance created
a decided sensation.
Three young men rolled and reeled by
the NEWS Office Saturday. AS they went
one of them held on high big bottle half
full of whiskey. They stopped in front of
the office and tried TO sell what they had
left, and of which they were plainly in no
personal need, for seventy-iive cents, and
failing in this, ambled off amiably toward
the canal Youth is the time of folly
though age is not exempt.
The people of Providence are usually
conservative, but some of them have
given the city the reputation of rushing"
1T one goes 10 Che park and tries TO get a
late car for the city he sees the reason.
Everybody scrambles for the first car. as
though if IL ware case of lie and death to
get down town at once. OF course each
thinks the other il "horrid for making
such a scramble, but there is no one to de-
eide who shall 90 first. This rushing habit
is characteristic OF Americans.
The Typographical errors In newspapers
are sometimes very amusing. "A Provi-
dence reporter once wrote "eyening
schools and the compositor and proof
reader let it go evening sheols."
In another Office the compositors had
been told to set the hours of the day in
figures. One of them set the words of a
song:
Meet me at the gate
At half-past eight.
Thus:
Meet me at the gate at $50.
The city recorder of deeds sent piece of
manuscript to the city printer, and at an
important place ordered a period. The
compositor ran the words period here,n
right into the printed manuscript
When Andrew Carnegie was poor lad
In Scotland he planned, If he ever became
rich, TO 90 upon coaching trip through
England and Scotland. lie it. When
Editor Barrett of the Scranton Truth was
a poor lad peddling papers in Birming-
ham, England, nc used TO look up at the
United states flag hanging over the door
of the consulate and plan that some day
he would be American Consul i'm Birm-
ingham. The opportunity came 10 him a
year or two ago, but he was too prosperous
TO accept IL. This il not bad land for
poor boys from over seas.
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In certain family the mother on sew
eral boys and girls is fond OF giving ex-
plantations ending with q practical Illus.
tration. Such as "Alice, appreciate
means TO understand and like. | appre-
ciate you when you bahave yourself"
Oswald. 'intrude means 10 come i'm
where you are not wanted You are in
truding ON me when am reading"
These lessons evidently sink deep. The
other day discussion arose i'm that nur-
finally referred To headquarters.
" n | say a thing il so, mamma. isn't it
soYn
" Nousense!" from Alice.
"That doesn't make 10 so Mamma,
does N make "a thing 30 because you say it
is sop II Oswald says he's a good boy
that don't make him one, now, does st.
Standing on "A downtown street corner
Sunday afternoon was large, hOrid
middleaged woman dressed i'm black with
lace Overdress. Her dress was low i'm the
neck and her sleeves only reached To the
elbow, revealing her red muscular fore
arms through the lace Az "A horse car
rounded the corner she hailed the driver
with the words, =" il this Broadway car 20
although Il was plain 90 be seen IL was not
and just then overheard some one behind
me remark In n whisper. It's pity that
one dressed up 80 much cannot readin
Yet she probably could.