The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-14
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several years In the freehand department.
OF the Rhode Island School of Design, has
r signed on account ~ mis- health. Frank
w. Marshall has been engaged tempo
rarily by tue school. lie is "a graduate OF
the School OF Design and "A pupil Of the
late Gustav Boulanger, Paris. and until
this season has taught the Y. M. &. A.
drawing class.
Did you ever pass a hat reposing peace
fully In the middle OF the sidewalk with.
out feeling the strongest kind of al
inclination to elevate the aforesaid hat
several feet in the air by foot power? IL
SO your early education has been neg
lected. And did you ever. when you had
raised the hat out Of sight. feel q
peculiar numbness I'm your foot, caused
by q too sudden contact with the brick
concealed within the tile? Such, how
ever, Is the usual fate of he who cannot
resist the temptation. and M the ma
jority of healthy citize Is cannot pass the
innocent hat without kicking at
il, the incorriglbie small boy
finds enough to amuse him for hours It "A
stretch. Two small kids were having
a great time on one OF the SIDE streets in
this city yesterday. From somewhere
they had ~resurrected a silk tile OF ancient
make, but the style had nothing to do
with it. The loaded bat was
kicked and kicked and the boys
nearly laughed themselves into
convulsionsa as "a portIy gentleman doubled
his toes up against it. Finally. however.
q rather disreputable- looking tramp came
down the street. His shoes were SO badly
worn that his toes peeped out to view the
landscape, and when the boys saw those
feet their a~nticipatious became almost un-
controllable. The weary, ragged way-fare Z
limped slowly down the street. Nearer
aud nearer he approached the innocent
looking tile reposiug serenely over a pile
Of bricks. He needed not the audible
offerings proceeding from behind n pile
OF boards from whence the boys viewed
the laughable scene, and suddenly his
eyes lighted up with pleas ure as
he saw the hat. The boys held their
breath as the tramp. looking cautiously
around, drew back aud started to kick
It. He changed his mind just then, how
ever, and TO the great Amusement of the
"kids" picked the hat up. revealing
the pile of bricks underneath
and, looking 1t over, switched
off the dilapidated article OF headgear
which adorned his Uranium and deposited
the silk tile carefully on his head in its
place. A howl Of rage and chagriu went
up from the small boys. but the tramp.
laboring evide atly under the impression
that a fair exchange Is no robbery, care
fully placed his old hat on the pile of
bricks and waited himself merrily out of
sight.
The blanks are out for an exhibition at
the Art club from Nov. 2 to Nov. 10.
IL will be q regular old time autumn ex-
hibition, mostly OF local work in oil,
water color and black and white. The
blanks are to be returned before Oct. 20
and the pictures to be delivered on or be-
fore Oct. 2S.
John Burns OF Natick, who has been
visiting in this city, has returned to his
home.
Miss Z. A. Greene of WEXFORD is the
guest of Miss Alice Durfes of this city.
Robert T.. Hart OF this city visited
Wexford Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Reynolds of Wick
fora are the guests of L. II. Hail of this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. James f.. KENYON of this
city were the guests OF Il. u. Kenyon of
Wexford this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Capron OF Arctic
were visited by friends from this city
Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Duke OF Centreville en-
tertained Mrs. Franklin Of this city.
Mrs. Cottle and child OF this city are
visiting with James H.. and Herbert
Sweet and their families in Arctic.
Walter Sphinx OF Quidnick visited
friends in this city Thursday.
Mrs. K. Fl. Sheffield aud Mrs. Nelson
Pendleton Of Stonington are in this city
AS guests of Mr.. and Mr.. George Wood.
Miss Maggie Grant OF Mantle is visit
Ing friends in this city.
Have you heard the tale OF the frozen isle,
Where the wind blows straight ~nor'west;
Where the natives feed on fricasse
Or icicles and drink iced tea;
And hot snow pudGings, they serve them free
With a breeze stirred In for zest?
Have you heard the tale of the redhot isle,
Where they dine of boiling tar
Where warmed up lava, fresh from Its bed,
Is served with sauces of melted lead
oh. it's warming. is that smoking spread,
When the furnace door Is ajar.
Away to the feast of the frozen isle
And away TO the other one.
They can suit your taste for they serve their
Both under and overdone. il. III.
An observant woman says that people
conspicuously advertise their good or
bad taste by the character ofthe curtains
with which they dress their front win
dows. Having occasion 10 Look up "a
family whom ste knew To
be dainty In housefurnishing,
sue decided on reaching the street in
which they lived, that she could identify
the house by the character Of the cur
tains The house that she had supposed
10 be the one she decided against solely
because OF its ugly curtains. and she
confidently rang the bell o; another, be-
cause it was tastefully curtained- 1t
proved to be the right house.