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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-09
AMERICAN MECHANICS.

Narragansett Council. No. 2, initiated
twenty-five candidates in the first degree
and received one proposition Wednesday
evening. Visitors were present from Gar
field, Lincoln aud Netop Councils Of
Rhode Island and Jonathan Trumbull
and Washington Councils of Connecticut.
Active preparations are being made in
Narragansett Council for the celebration
of their second anniversary, May %. j. /.
Davis, Charles w. Littell, Frank p. Whit
taker, Ernest Wilbur and Jarvis Horton
were appointed a committee OF five to
make the necessary arrangements.
Deputy State Councillor /. T. Comstock,
Jr., made an official visit to Lincoln Coun-
Gil. No. IA, Tuesday evening.
State Council Secretary Charles w.
Littell visited Charles Littlefeld State
Council, secretary of Mass. at Boston last
Tuesday.
Organizer A. o. Borden was in town
last week and visited some of the coun-
ellis.
Ironside Council No. 4 of Pawtucket
initiated fifteen candidates in the first de-
gree Tuesday evening.
Brother George 4. Hunter of Netop
Council No. z has been elected town clerk.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

On Friday evening, April %, Elmwood
Lodge will visit Commercial Lodge Of
Boston. The party will be limited and
only n few invited guests will be taken,
rs the visitors do not wish TO burden Com
mercial Lodge with u large delegation
from this State. Those who are to be in
the party are requested to meet in their
hall next Wednesday evening. The rank
of esquire will be conferred on eight can
didates that evening.
Eureka Lodge conferred the rank of es-
quire and knight on one candidate each
last Tuesday evening. aud received two
propositions for membership. This lodge
will visit Enterprise Lodge Thursday
evening, April %.
The board of grand officers meet mex
Monday evening.
st. Johns Lodge conferred the rank of
evening. Brother Hague is still about the
same. The anil Of esquire will be con-
ferred on a number of candidates next
Thursday evening.
Wednesday, April 20. Watcher Lodge
and division will hold their first union
Charles L. Chickering lodge conferred
the rank Of page on sevel candidates last
Wednesday evening.
Rhode Island lodge will celebrate its
third anniversary Monday evening, April
: Is.
Howard lodge conferred the second
rank on one candidate last Wednesday
evening. The amplihed third rank win
be conferred next Wednesday evening.
Brigham's orchestra of Marlborough
has been engaged by the committee OF
she Grand Assembly for their grand ball
In Infantry Hall Tuesday evening, May 3.
Garfield Lodge will pay Riverside Lodge
fraternal visit next Wednesday evening.
The Grand Chancellor and Board Will
officially visit Palestine Lodge next Tues
day evening.
Col. NV. Pierce and staff will officially
inspect Rhode Island Division of the Uni
form Rank next Monday evening.
The charter members " Sterling Divi-
sion will hold their second session In
Blackstone Hall parlors next Tuesday
evening.
Enterprise Lodge conferred the rank OF
Page on one candidate and the rank of
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THE GRAND ARMY.

Active preparations are being made by
Ballou Post, Central Falls, for Memorial
ed by this Post in the several cemeteries
of the town. Application has been made
to the quartermaster-geueral OF the Unit
eel States army for headstones to be
placed over the raves Of deceased SOL
diers and sailors, and that official has ac-
knowledged the receipt of the applica-
ton. and has placed it upon file In his
office. The Post voted last Monday even
ing to accept the invitation rendered by
the Rev. Theodore 5. Snow, pastor Of
Pleasant View BaptisG Church, to attend
divine service in that church on Memorial
Sunday, May 20, 1892.
At the meeting OF the Bucklin Post
the invitation of Prescott Post to join
with them in the parade on Memorial
Day.
The following recruits were mustered In
Slocum Post, Wednesday evening: Will
liam Lawton, late private Company f,
One Hundred and Thirty-irst New York
Infantry, and Thomas Lord, late private
Company X, First Rhode Island Detached
Militia.
The Town Council Of East wich
has voted 500 to Reno Post, No. @, for the
purpose of defraying the expenses of Mem
orial Dav.
An interesting meeting was held Friday
evening by Prescott Post. A vote was
taken to engage the American Band on
Memorial Day. Comrade Rudolph Sig
REST was present and made a pleasing adj
dress and presented to the post a hand
somely framed testimonial OF his record
in the service. IL was gratefully received
by the post and thanks extended TO the
donor. Past Post Commander William
Is. A~verySwho is now a clerk In the PEN
sion Office at Washington and now on a
visit to this city, was present and graphi-
cally related his experiences In Washing
ton. The post was also favored by the
presence of Past Senior Vice. Commander
in-Chief Weissert of Milwaukee. Wis,
who responded In eloquent terms when
called upon for remarks. Pertinent adj
dresses were also made by Assistant Adj
utant General Edmund F. Prentiss, Past
Post Commander George Edward Allen
and Comrade j. Harry WEIGH OF Slocum
Post, and Comrades Gray, Manchester.
Lamson, Abbott, Barry and Hurlburt Of
this most.
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The SECRET SOCIETIES.
The Odd Fellows Expect 5000
Men to Parade.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR APRIL 26.
Tbs Events of the Order Of Knights Of
Pythiss-Ths Grand Army Posts-The
News OF the American Mechanics and
Other Organizations.
The ODD FELLOWS.

Roger Williams Lodge conferred the
first degree on two candidates last Tues
day evening, and received one proposition
for membership, The COMMITTEES on an
ing week on business relating to the ami
versary. The second degree will be con-
ferred next Tuesday evening.
Mizpah Lodge, d. OF r., will hold a
masquerade ball Wednesday evening,
May4.
Unity Lodge held a very interesting
session last Tuesday evening. The initia-
tory degree was given two candidates.
This lodge will have for it's guest on the
Goth, Mount Vernon Lodge of Pawtuxet.
After the parade a dinner will be served
in their TIL.
Hope Lodge will have carriages for the
use of its aged and decrepit members who
are unable to march on the Goth.
Nearly every lodge in the city has voted
to adopt the silk hat as the regulation
headgear for the anniversary.
Crescent Lodge held q large and very
enthusiastic meeting last Tuesday even
ing. A long and interesting communica-
tion from the Sovereign Grand Lodge
was read.
Westminster Lodge had a large attend
ance last Monday evening. 1t was voted
to invite Amity Lodge of Warren to be
the guest Of the lodge on the Goth. Past
Grand Binnig was elected marshal for
that day.
1t is thought that there will be nearly
5000 Odd Fellows in line the 10Th. Every
band in the State has been engaged for
the occasion, and many from Massachu-
sets and Connecticut.
Last Monday evening Mizpah Lodge
was two years old, and the event was oh
served by holding a very interesting scs-
sion. Refreshments were served. Sisters
Golf, Weldon and Sutton were the COM
mittee.
Excal.;or 7 odoa of Nouro rr;u ho,h.
guest of What Cheer Lodge ON the 26th.
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RED MEN,.

Tahoma Tribe conferred the hunters de.
gree on two adopted brothers last Tues
day evening. The work was done under
the supervision of Past Sachem G. w.
Mercier. The warriors degree will be
given a number Of hunters next Tuesday
evening.
The new Tribe that is being formed to
meet on the corner of Cranston street and
Potters avenue, will hold their first pre-
liminary meeting next Thursday evening.
Prominent members of the order will be
present. The charter list has about fifty
names on IL.
Petteconsett Tribe gave the adoption
degree to one Paleface lass Thursday
evening. The hunters degree will be con-
ferred next Thursday evening.
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e No chdrDe UUt DC made Tor ueehiu an
nouncensnts Of reasonable length IN this column,
but all copy for q should be presented before 10
a. M. on Saturday to secure Insertion.
Advent.
street-Sunday school at 1890 A. NJ: prayer
meeting at li:30; preaching at 2:45 p. NJ. by
Elder Pettingill; conference at 7:3o.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH, 400
High street-Sabbath School, 2P. NJ; regular
meeting, $50 +. NJ, every Saturday.
Baptist.
CRANsroN STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Preaching by the Rev. r.. NJ. Martin at 10:45
A. NJ; Sunday school at 2:45 r. My. y. s. G.
E., 500 p. NJ; sunday school concert Up. NJ.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH. PUBLIC
The Rev. T. ID. Anderson, pastor; public
worship at 10:45 and 1880, with preaching by
pastor; Sunday school at 3: young peoples
meeting at 6:+5.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, THE REV. H.
NJ. King, ID. D., p~astor-Pubftc worship with
sermon, i0:45 A. NJ. and 1870 p. NJ; Sunday
school, R:l5 r. NJ; young peoples meeting,
6:8 p. M.
GREENWICH STREET f. b. CHURCH.
Waterman, at 10.5 A. NJ: Sunda school
at l2:l5 p. M; Christian kndeavor at 6:+5 p.
NJ; prayer and praise at 7.O
G%RANITEvuLE FREE BAPTIST CHURCH.
the Rev. 8. S. Barney. PASTOR Sunday school,
H. M@ young ai M peoples fIe'scn meeting ny 's s:sJ ge evening az SER r:
vice p. NJ; preaching 1880.
JEFFERSON STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
io4S, PRECEDING BY the pastor; "a sunday
slaVe'' In sstory Of Joseph"
ROGER WILLIAMS +. b. CHURCH.
High street.-The Rev. j.. Malvern. pastor.
Preaching, 1915; sunday school at l2:l5; gos-
pei praise service, 100; Y. p. ). G. Z. 500.
STEWART STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
T lo5.s essiSSr n, and ndy yin B Pro%% II! mo w : prs subject at
"Not Far From the Xii gdom;'' evening, : A
school, lsi5 p. NJ.
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST PRovI-
dence-The Rev. j. Stewart, pastor. Morning
service at l0:45 A. NJ; sermon by the Rev.
Thomas T.. Bartlett of Providence; Sunday
school at 1918 II. NJ; Y. P.,S.C T.. at 6P. VI:
Evangelistic service . o'clock. Every seat
free.
PARK STREET FREE BAPTIST CHURCH
Free ~Seats)-Ernest Wesley, pastor. l0:45,
Two Boasts" l2:l5 Sunday school; 7:30lecture,
"True and tried.
JACKSON AVENUE BAPTIST CHAPEL
2:5 Sunday schools, 7:3o, praise, service, fol:
lowed with preaching by X. NJ. Vaughan OF
Brown University.
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIsTs on Providence
and vicinity hold meetings each Sabbath sat
urday) at pS Weybosset street, Providence, X.
d J.; b Koa% ssr Siele a. scsPc' NJ a. T (; Re Rev pTwsaiGihI in%s
9. Deland Of Westerly will preach at 3 L. NJ,
April 10.
BROADWAY BAPTIST CHURCH. n REV.
J.. ". Osterhout, pastor-Sunday School at
10l5 A. NJ; preaching at 3 and u. NJ. by
the Rev. Harlan Page smith OF MaSsachu-
setts, who Will conduct evangelistic services
daily until April Is; French services at 3 +.
NJ, conducted by Ed. Ramette, missionary.
Congregations.
BLACKSTONE PARK CHAPEL. SUNDAY
School. 3; services ss3n. The pastor, the
Rev. Edward c. Moore. will preach.
ACADEMY AVENUE -CoSGBEGATToNAJ
Church-The Rev. Z. o. Bartlett, pastor, will
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The Brown Gradual. Association.

Graduate Students Association was held
last evening at No. 8, University Hall.
W. n. Everett read an interesting paper
on The Ethics OF Aristotle [" and Prof.
Bennett favored the association with an
exceedingly instructive paper on "The
House oS the Aryans,"
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Sunday; Sunday school at 12:15, Epworth
League at $50; no other services.
MATHEwsoN STREET NJ. E. CHURCH
Sunday school at l2:lb; Epworth League at
$50 p. nj. Praise and prayer service at 1880.
TRINITY NJ. f. CHURCH, TRINITY
Square Broad street, the Rev. r; L. Greene.
aP.. M, preaching by the Rev. DR.. Bixby;
Up. NJ, praise and prayer service.
ST. PAUL's NJ. f. CHURCH. PRAIRIE
and Potter's avenues.-Preaching by the Rev.
z; studley, at lo4s; s Sunday school a. is;so;
Quoted by the Epworth League.
BETHESDA PRIMITIVE. NJ. T.. CHURCH,
1855 High street. Olncyville,. w. z. Blandy,
pastor, Sunday next at 3 and z p. NJ. The
Rev. Mr.. Redman of Fall River will preach
and sing, with concertina accompaniment.
A. NJ. f. ZION CHURCH, STEINwAY HALL
Rev. William b. Bowens, pastor-10:45 A.
NJ, prayer and praise meeting: I p. NJ. Sab
7:O p. NJ, sermon by the pastor.
Universalist.
-BAHHeBL UNfvERsHTfsr -CHURcH.-THE
Rev. DIR. Eddy. pastor. will. preach at l0:45
A; NJ, on THE Duty Of Privilege" Sunday
school, 12:15 p. NJ
GEoRGIAvILLE UNIvERsALIsr CHURCH
The Rev. DIR. Eddy. pastor, will preach on
The Coming King and the New Citizenship
FIRST UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH. THE REV.
IL. Cushman, ID. D. pastor .-Seryices at
Il. NJ; Monday and Thursday. at 7:30 p. NJ,
and Good Friday ut 1880 p. NJ.
CHURCH OF II MEDIATOR, GRAN SION
street. The Rev. Henry w, Rugg, ID. d.
pastor pastor, at M io'S %' s sfrvs ssnS sSpd sSSeSl ss ,s s1S
r. NJ; vesper service at 5 p. M.
Unitarian.
EfpcT (,oNcpEc kTrpNky Cnyrpru nu<-r
AZ, and Benevolent streets. :. Sunday
School. at $50 A. NJ; public wor-
hip at loi5 a. NJ; vespers, at 4:9o p:
preach in the morning aud the Rev. Y. Il.
Jilman in the afternoon.
FOURTH UNITARIAN SOCIETY, CORNER
of Potter's avenue aud Ocean street. the Rev.
". II Spencer; p~sstor.-sSnday school at .
pastor, subject: Immortality"
OLNEy- STREET CHURcH.-THE REV.
Alfred Manchester, pastor.-Public worship
a. lo:t5 A; NJ; sunday, school at l2:l5i p NJ;
illustrated lecture on Palestine, at S:0 r. NJ.
Public cordially invited.
WESTMINSTER CHURCH, MATHEwsoN
str~eet-Public worship at lo:45 A. NJ; Sum
day school at l2:l5 y. NJ. The Rev. Bradley
Gilman Of Concord, \. H., will preach. Al
cordially invited.
MisceIlancous.
BELL STREET CHAPEL SEATS FREE -
Service at Q II. NJ, preaching by the pas
tor, the Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer. on sJTbe
Duty OF Liberals Toward the Young" Sunday
school at 2 O'Clock.
BETHANY GOSPEL MISSION, % SOUTH
Main strcet.-Meetings Sunday at 3 and s:45
Il. W., conducted by Joel Bassett, evangelist.
CHURCH W YAHvEH-PREACHrNG AT
l0:45 A. NJ. and $50 u. NJ, by the pastor, the
Rev. j.. Osler; sabbath school at lila p M,
: G. r. at 5lD vi.
FRUIT HILL .CHAPEL-SUNDAY SCHOOL
10 a. NJ; preaching, 1l:9 by the Rev. =. \.
Barney: all are welcome.
PROVIDENCE SPfRITUALTsT AssoCrA-
tion. No. 24S Broad street-Thctwo progressive
schools. meet At l r.. NJ: meetings ~ 2.O and
lock; the noted spiritualist speaker and test
medium.
YOUNG WoyEN's MEETING P. 4. Y. w.
c. Az In their ball, Jl Westminster street, at
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CHURCH SERVICES TOMORROW.

~ No charge VflI be made for tDeehly an.
no~uncemsnts Of reasonable length IN this column,
but all copy for q should be presented before 10
a. M. on Saturday to secure insertion.
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Time, space and business prevent further comment

Esquire on one Page last Thursday even
ing.
Harmony division will hold o grand
May 4.
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AS +. NJ: address by Mrs. r.. q. McKeever;
subject. "Our Great Helper"
Y. vi. G.. A. BUiLDINc.-f:@ r. NJ,
Song service for men and youths, followed
meetius AZ the same hour, In junior depart
ment rooms. led By Walter Smith. Gospel
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-07-30
Can't Fool Detroit Women.

He tried the front door and couldn't get
in; then he tried the side door with the
same success, and finally he proceeded
around to the kitchen. There he knocked
timidly and the lady of the house met him.
"What do you want?" she asked inhos-
pitably.
Nothing, madam" he replied with a
gallant smile.
"Well you've come to the right place to
get it" she asserted.
He looked around about him Tor half a
minute and at her.
"YOu will excuse me, madam, l am
sure" he said politely, eff l nm apparently
rude, but before l came in here l looked at
this handsome house for at least ten min
utes, and noted carefully its air of COM
fort, it's genial homelikeness, its hospitable
look, it's thrifty and we'll fed appearance,
and if l should differ from you on that last
statement of yours, believe me I do SO hon
estly, and as a compliment, not as a con-
tradiction."
The woman was dazed.
81 may be mistaken" he went on glibly,
"for it is human to err, but if | am, may
my Judgment henceforth be as sounding
brass and my opinion a tinkling cymbal."
The oma slammed the door in his face
and he turned sadly away. .
That's the first time" he murmured,
''in the whole course of my professional
career that that gag failed to work, and
Detroit. l fear, will prove a wilderness to
me unless 1 strike a different lay."-Detroit
Free Press.
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The Club Among Sayagea.

The club IL mace was probably
the first, as it is the most universal,
weapon, and every nation would
seem to have some form peculiar tc
itself. The Maori spent years OF
labor in grinding to shape his battle.
dorelike "merai" out of jade OF
greensboro; the New Britain savage
makes a hole through a granite peb.
bic by dropping water IN it while
hot, and thus forms the head of his
club; the Fijian found ready to his
hand a tree, whose evenly radiating
roots he trimmed into an exact like
ness of the medieval ''morgenstern,'
wherewith the Swiss battered down
the Austrian ranks at Sempach.
The mace of the Persian hOrseman
was of steel, with q head formed OF
six OF more radiating blades or ridges,
and had often a basket hilt like a
sword. The terrible Mahmud of
Ghazni, like the knight of Border
song, ''at his saddle girth had a good
steel sperthe, full ten pound weight
and more" and it was with this that
he shattered the idol of Somnauth
before the eyes of the Mortified
priests, strewing the temple floor
with the jewels hidden Within
Chambers Journal.
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Reasonable Terms.
HER BICYCLE.
Estel1e's Father Thought He Would Te&eh
Her q Lesson.

Estel1e's Father Thought He Would Te1sh
Her q Lesson.
Estelle's young man rides a bicycle, and
Estelle had eng wanted her pa to buy her
a wheel, too, In order that she might keep
the young man company on his lonely
rides. Finally pa was wearied out by Il
| persistency in arts that all loving daugh-
tiers will understand, and Estelle was pro
| vided with & costly nickeled wheel, which,
after the usual number of bumps and
bruises, she felt competent to ride.
One evening not long afterward pa came
home about midnight and saw the wheel
leaned against the banking near the front
piazza, where the dews of evening had been
gathering upon it's spokes.
SIS that the way Estelle takes care of her
expensive p~resents?" he growled to him
self in disgust. "I'il teach her a lesson"
he added with grim determination, and
so he trundled the wheel off quietly and
locked it up in the carriage house before he
| went to bed.
That night at 1 O'Clock when Estelle's
| young man emerged upon the piazza and
looked for his wheel the wheel was gone,
and Estelle's young man had to walk home
"a distance of about four miles.
The next morning at the breakfast table
Estelle remarked: wasn't it too bad, papa,
George left his bicycle at the door last
night and somebody must have stolen it.
for when he came to go home about 10
o'clock the wheel was gone"
And a great light dawned suddenly upon
Estelle's pa as he exclaimed: Great Scott!
was that Georges bicycle? I thought it
was yours, and to teach o to be more
careful of it l locked it up in the carriage
house at midnight before l went to bed"
-Somerville Journal.
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COrOt and Daubigny.

We readily associate the names of
Corot and Daubigny, and with rea-
son. Notwithstanding the twenty
years seniority of the former artist
they were intimate friends, sharing
many similar aspirations in art,
while each still preserved his distinct
individuality. Corot was more sub
jective, tingeing his works with his
own peculiar poetic fancy. Daubig-
ny, on the other hand, gave himself
up more to the impression of the
moment, endeavoring to express the
local qualities of form and color in
all their brilliancy and freshness.
He did not reach perfection of style
at the beginning of his career, but
through most devoted study, guided
by the native strength and origi-
nality of his views; nor did this high
epoch of landscape art come hastily
or accidentally, but was made pos
sible by the united efforts of many
men and minds working together
during the first half of our century.
Century.
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zEPAYRs.

Adam was the first man to sell a race
Texas Siftirgs.
Don't speak lightly Of the graduate; he
knows a great deal that you have forgotten.
-Elmira Gazette.
A Dublin doctor lately Gent in a bill to a
lady which ran thus, '"To curing your hus-
band till he died."-Boston Globe.
"a gentleman" said shs philosopher, "a
true gentleman may be defined as e man
who can buy another man a.cigar without
wondering whether the other man will
ever return the compliment. "%-Indianap-
oils Journal.
There is a sign on the entrance to a
cemetery at North Wales, Montgomery
county, which reads, "No admittance ex-
cept on business. "-Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Van Cruger-It strikes me. my
dear, that flirting has become almost a
science. 1t reminds HE much of chess.
Edith Theodora-Yes, mamma, that's SO.
You can't get along without the men, you
know.-Boston Budget.
Wholesale Jeweler-YOu say you've had
experience as a diamond dealer? Applicant
Yes: I used to run q faro bank.-Jewelers'
Weekly.
81 ought to study photography" unused
the seaside young man who had proposed
again. II really ought. l can develop
more negatives in a given time than any
body I know of."-Washington Star.
The chief of q tribe of North American
Indians goes by the name of T~he-man-who
MISUNDERSTANDING the wind behind
him. A name like that would certainly
look well on a visiting car d.-Intransigeant.
Life is short-only four letters in it.
Three-quarters of it is a "lie," and half of
it an 'if."-Music and Drama.
"Mercyl" exclaimed Mrs. Homespun,
when she read in the paper that Jay Gould
made ten cents every time the clock licked.
II should think he'd be worried to death
for fear the clock would run down."-Bos.
ton Transcript.
The average man devotes his engage
ment to wishing he was rich enough to
AVE a nice home for his wife and in spend
ing what money he has on nonsense for
her.-Atchison Globe.
"No," said Mrs. De Porque, 1--WE don't
mind expense when it comes to our library.
Some of the books, / am informed, are
printed from diamond type."-WashingtOn
Star.
Wien you open a window on a railway
train the first thing to catch your eye is a
cinder.-BostOn Bulletin.
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One evening, at the Grand Opera
hOusein G%loversville, Miss O5borne's
Grand Metropolitan company" of
which no one had ever heard, played
a horrible piece, ostensibly by Sar-
dou, of which probably Sardou had
never heard. Next to a burly ma
tive, who was painfully absorbed in
the tragedy, sat a New York drum
mer, who could understand very lit
tie on account of the poor architec-
ture Of the house.
Turning to his neighbor, the drum
mer remarked, II find the acoustics
very bad, don't you!" Yes, it is
rather bad tonight" he replied, sniff
ing the air; you e it comes from
the tanneries in the neighborhood.
In hot weather the smell is worse
than at other times" He again
turned his attention to the stage and
left the drummer to his reflections.
New York Sun.