The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-03-22
wARDwELL AND THE WORLD"

The advent of the World in Rhode
Island politics is, it appears, welcome to
a certain element of the Democracy, il
not TO the Telegram; for, the reading
public is informed, when World re-
porter invited himself TO spend tine day
at the Wardwell mansion in Bristol " in
order to find out the home life"
of the Democratic candidate, instead
of truthfully, if inhospitably, informing
him that the shape of the Wardwellian
birdhouse, "perched on the top of a
pole" i'm the grounds, and even the
charming "view Of the historic Mount
Hope" to be had from the verandas were
not connected in any degree of intimacy
with the issues of the campaign, Mr..
Wardwell took his guest into the sit
ting room, ga handsomely furnished
apartment and gave his hand "a good
firm grip" telling him he was "glad to
see him."
The World reporter had a pleasant
visit apparently, and enjoyed his din
ner, for he says "not a meal comes into
the dining room that has not passed un-
der Mrs. Wardwell's especial supervi-
sion" All this is nice to know, as indi-
eating that the benevolent young gem
tleman who has come all the way from
New York to teach Rhode Islanders
how to cast their ballots is not
missing Delmonico's, and what
comes after is even nicer. The
World connoisseur finds himself able to
approve the Wardwellian menage in
many particulars. The house itself, he
assures Fifth avenue, would answer as
n summer cottage" for ''some rich New
Yorker" In the hall are ''many pic
lures and paintings and little bits of
bric-a-brac," with an "old-fashioned
spinning wheel" In the parlor is a
''plain suit with marble-top table in
the centre, upon which always sits a
bouquet Of flowers"
The World man is good observer, and,
stimulated by his natural anxiety to as
sure the folks at headquarters that this
State is worth all the space it is getting,
he vouches for the handsome mahoga-
ny" not veneered, Of the "sidebaard in
the dining-room, which "glitters with
silverware," and for the grandfathers
clock" and other articles which are
"heirlooms in Mr.. Wardwell's family"
Feeling perhaps that these appeals are
addressed too much TO the grosser side
of human nature, this special pleader
from the metropolis next assures liter
airy and artistic New York that there
are several encyclopedias and books of
reference" in the Wardwellian library,
and that il "has taken Mr.. Wardwell
many years 10 accumulate the rare
bits Of china and Dresden ware" which
Mrs. Wardwell has collected With
an unpleasant suspicion that he is here
getting mixed little, the reporter con-
tinues his political argument upon the
vital issues of the campaign with the in
formation that Mr.. Wardwell "never
buys more than one suit of clothes in a
year" and that his "cuffs and shirt
bosom are always clean"
These indeed are vote-winning demon
strations and are supplemented by the
clincher that Mr.. Wardwell "loolss Won
derfully like Gov. Flower New York
no doubt will be gmtified and satisfied
with these particulars, and the U'orld
man can rest easy that the entire vote Of
OF the wives and daughters OF the read
ing portion of Tammany, so far as it is
cast in Rhode Island. will be
thrown for his candidate: but Of
moro interest perhaps to native Rhode
Islanders is the description vi Bessie,