The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-10-27
As 1 WAS SAYING.


may be seen suspended IN "A certain sh oe-
makers window in this city, and serves as
a form of an advertisement:
MAN AND HIS SHOES.
How much a man Is like his shoes!
For instance, both a soul may lose:
Both have been tanned; both are made tight
by CObDlers; both get left and right;
Roth need mate To be complete
Aud both are made to 20 on feet
They both need heeling, oft are sold
And both in time will turn To mould
With shoes the last is first; With men
The first shall be the last, and when
shoes wear out they're mended new,
When men wear out they're men dead, too!
They both are trod upon, and both
VIII tread upon others, nothing loath.
Both have their ties, and both incline
When polished, in the world TO shine;
And both peg out. Now, would you choose
To be a man or be his shoes.
asked Mr.. Samuel A. Nightingale
the other day what he thinks about the
prospects of the city, and he responded in
his deliberate way that he had been wait
ing ten years for a boom, seeing all the
time that il must come, but that more
progress had actually been made in the
past ten months than in rs many years
before. All the signs seem TO point to n
great revival and increase of business
when our new station Is built and the
belt line railroad is running, and the
and PawtuXet, the city will make big
jump forward.
The other afternoon well-dressed and
Incorporating woman stood in front of
the TClCgrdm'S bulletin board, with her
back turned to it, apparently unconscious
of its existence. Three or four men were
staring, apparently, at her, and she looked
red, angry and uneasy under their eyes.
Excuse me, madam" said passerby
but is not this annoying to you Y'
81 can't see why they stare at me So"
said she in "A hurried Whisper I'm only
waiting for my aunt to come out of king's
fruit store"
"But you are right in front of the bull
letin,' said the good Samaritan.
The lady took in the situation in an in
slant and darted off to a less conspicu-
Gus place.
Queer mistakes happen in newspapers
sometimes A firm of real estate dealers
advertised in local paper desk room to
let in their Offices, adding the number and
street and the name - Bros" What
was their surprise TO find this come out as
Brick Block That paper wasn't the
News either; though we've had about our
share of proof errors.
His Honor, Brigadier General ex-Assem-
blyman, ana now legal light In the
civilian ranks, John NJ. Brennan, patent
leather shoes, carnatlon pink and all, is
getting up little solo boomlet for Will
liam X. Potter for mayor.
BY the way; we've heard recently that
dispite the protective tariff, competition
is greatly reducing the income of the
members of the Bar. Wonder if "Jack I"
wants to be Commissioner os Public
Works
The situation in Chill prompted my
neighbor to give some recollections of that
country, where he spent some years at the
time of the Peru-Bolivia war. W What
seemed to impress him most was the
savage character of the people, their en-
terprise, and the fact that women are the
street car conductors. This innovation
was due to the absence of the entire male
population during the war, and has been
continued with good results ever since.
The women carry change in reticule
swung around the neck. | hear that the
custom is to be introduced in Chicago.
A we'll known business man of the Third
Ward who first saw the light of day in
another country was asked one evening
how business was in his locality. well,
gentlemen" said he, 'some days | don't
do anything and others l do twict as
much y