The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-15
AST/S TALKED.


it does not take very much to dra,
crowd In this city. Even the simplest
'hipg on the public street will cause an I
Immense throng TO assemble in the
vicinity, and the pushing and jostiing OF
the people in their efforts to see what is
the cause OF the disturbance In amusing.
The other nj ,ht saw y practical illus
tration OF the curiosity of the Providence
people. A young man stood talking
With an officer on Westminster street.
Suddenly his n,se commenced 10 bleed
and he tried to stauncl the flow OF blood
with his handkerchief. OK course with
its usual persistence The organ refused To
stop bleeding and the handkerchief was
quickly saturated
ss
Afriend and companion pressing by
stopped TO speak to the officer and 1t was
not more than two minutes before a
crowd OF fifteen or twenty excited citi-
zens were crowded about the quartet of
which the young MAJ with the bloody
handkerchief was the centre. "Wbo bit
him 2" and "What's he pulled for ~
were among he questions Ithat
flew thick and fast. But further
proceedings were quickly stopped by the
officer who cleareu the crowd out with
ont ceremony.
Representative Hendricx was as nom
ular in his own town as IT. is possiby, for
man to be. and was sure of an elec tion
whenever nominated. Last year lust
before election when several of the RE
publican leaders were talking over what
country towns they would carry the war
Into, Hendrick approached aud appar-
emily In distress of mind begged them
not to try an defeat him. ''No, George"
said one, Il guess we will have to let you
come back again." They knew very
well that 1t was useless 10 try to defeat
him
There is no place so safe but that it Is
dangerous The other night at one OF
the theatres half drunken man who
was sitting In tbs front row Of the bal
cony essayed TO stand erect, in spite
OF the opposition of nearly
result may be easily imagined. He
pitched heavily forward. sprawied over
the railing and in another moment
would have fallen headlong upon the
audience below had not companion less
drank than himself seized the descend
ing Bacchanalian by the coat-tails and
pulled him back to place OF safety Had
he gone over the railing the effect upon
those below would have been indeed Sc
rious.
Little 15-year-old + Idle Warner who
was found guilty Of victimizing the con-
fiding people Of this city by representing
himself as an agent OF the Young Mems
Christian association and making
collections OF small sums has
opened the eyes Of the officials Of the as
sociation. The chairman of the house
committee in talking with a News re-
porter last night stated that the little
fellow had interested him from the date
Of his first entrance In the association.
II can tell you what his actions have
done for Us" stated the man. "and that
is the opening of a new field for the
cleaning of money His idea OF solicit
ing by house to house canvass is a good
one. and we may put 1t into practice"
..
A young scamp. who answersrthe de-
scription OF Warner male an unsuccess-
full attempt TO collect money in the
neighborbood Of Broad street and Wes-
leyan avenue last week, bur. as far as can
be found our, got little for his trouble
The Y. NJ. G. A. dodge was not used. He
discovered that lady living on Wes-
leyan avenue was away from home, so he
started out to raise money for her. The
store of Baker g. Burke WAS visited and
request was made for "A dollar. Not
for himself, he said. but Mrs. Mosier on
Wesleyan avenu was lying very sick
with congestion of the bowels aud need
ed dollar very much. The storekeeper
knew the story was improbable. 30 re-
fused the req lest.
The impostor was not daunted. how
ever, and Immediately wsut to the resi-
dence Of /. B Baron, on the next corner,
aud told the same yarn with no better
result. Several other residences were
visited. but the story seemed so weak
that nobody seems to have cared to in-
vest in it. Whether the Y. NJ. G. A.
story was he only dod ge used by Warner,
or that he had a large stock to draw from
will probably be discovered before the
day set for the hearing.