The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-11-13
AS I WAS SAYING.

Shattuck's restaurant on Tuesday night,
sat an elderly, business man. He paused
in his meal as a newsboy came in.
Evening papers" said the boy.
"Give me the NEWS" said the gentle
"Aint got none left; won't you have the
evening Whine up handing out one.
"No, L wouldn't give the thing house
room"
"All right, get it,"
In ten minutes the boy came in with the
NEWS, took his two cents, and the old gen
teman was soon reading his iavorte
sheet.
Wednesday noon, two well-known cot
ton manufacturers, sat at the same table
at Sbattucks. They said this:
what lot OF men you see with the
NEWS folded in their overcoat pockets,
don't your 1t must be working up big
circulation.
WELL" said the other, "when the
paper first came out thought it was only
out for campaign sheet; but ] have
changed my mind. / don't think it is
meant for one. IL Is newsy, clean, nice
newspaper, and il il keeps up rs it is now
going, it will certainly lead the other
dailies have noticed what you speak of,
that there are apparently more NEWS
bought and read than any other daily pub
lished here, if you can judge by what you
see on the street and in horsecars and
suburban trains. Nv wife belongs out of
town, and she liked the Evening Whine
because it gave her the news and gossip
out there, but the NEWS gets a good deal
more of il than the Whine so we take
it." Then they went to the pay desk,
settled their dues and departed,
On the evening accommodation train
over the New York, Boston and Provi-
dence railroad, from New London, on re-
cent night, gentleman and lady took
passage from Apponaug. Lets count
all the people reading papers on the train,
and what papers they are reading" How
are you doing to do IL 2" :" You go the
length of the train and look for some Idy
you don't to see, and count as you 60"
this: Four men read The Sun, one the
Evening bulletin six The PROVIDENCE
News, while three more persons had the
NEWS folded in their coat pockets, pre-
sumably to take to their families.
There is new way Of tying a four-in-
hand necktie I'm New York city, and you
want to adopt it at once. 1t has not been
explained in print, and II Is just out.
When you see IL you will be surprised that
little difference in tying one, could make
such a pretty and pronounced difference
i'm its appearance. You will see on very
few Providence men this new fad and
you will think il looks like a double knot,
and wonder how he does it. It is tied
similar to the old four-in-hand style, but
with one different motion, and the change
is accomplished. You want to get ION" TO
it right away, for its the winter style with
New Workers, who pay so much attention
TO all the little details of their toilets. IL
is said, libelously, maybe, that Manhat-
tan Club man, while he was slightly
gay" tied his neckwear this way under
mistake and it was so admired by all the
men that he went home, studied out the
mechanism of it and adopted it forthwith
Learn it ana be In style.
"a
Nine miles from the last village, nine
miles from railroad communication, nine
miles of rough roads, into the heart of the
the farm of the Westcotts. Three miles
away post office in lonely farm house
But on the table in the Westcott house
lay several copies of the NEWS.
"Do you get that new paper away up
here ?" inquired visitor. "Oh ! yes /;
YOU see for generations our people were
Republicans and held Office under the
party administration many times. Father
used to say the Providence Journal was a
kind of n second Bible to Rhode Island
people, especially the farmer folks. When
IL turned Democratic and all the smart
men on the staff died or resigned, it got
worse and worse. just as soon as we
heard up here there was to be Republi-
can daily we were glad enough. We
changed papers, and so have a number of
our neghbors. 1t seems good to read a
paper aud not, feel mad sll the time over
what it prints. Some read the general
news, aud never looked at the editorials,
but what's the use of buying paper YOU
have to skip a part of and shut your eyes
over What, indeedS