The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-22


man Is much attention from its ceutral
posllion between the two front entrances
20 the gallery, Is TO be hereafter in
charge or various teachers. who act rs
supervisors of sp cial studies In the
Rhode Island schools Miss Jennie
LeGarde or Providence directress OF
drawing ia the East Providence aud
Bristol schools, has the care OF the ex-
hibit until August1.
When n woman Is afraid OF anything
her lear is or &. ut substantial kind that
rssists both III elements of nature aud
the Establishments OF man. She
don't know Why she's afraid aud In many
cases she don't care. She's afraid aud
sue proposes to stay afraid as loug us she
has breath to say 30. / saw lady OF
mature years and goggles AZ the park
during one OF the recent popular con-
certs there. She was afraid OF a
horse. Fear emanated fron her
every pore and il breathed around her like
beat from July sun. By an unlucky
Chance she got into the middle OF the
driveway, on either side OF which were
long rows OF horses al d ca rages snugly
wedged together as only Captain Hart
can wedge them. There was room
enough and to spare Tor her I'd pass
through the line, and there was scarcely
light enough Tor the horse to have seen
her. But that didn't make any differ
ence. She saw in the gentle animal, winch
by the way was almost asleep. all
the evil habits of biting, sticking, rraring
aud cannibalism. Her friend ;passed the
horses head aud patted him gently /;
that didn't make any difference. "Oh, l
can't get through. "she cried. "Why 2
the horse won't touch you. See. i can
bold his head said her friend. II don't
care" she snapped. "He will bite. know
he will Then she danced down the
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glued to the back Of the next preceding
again she looked the situation over.
There was four feet Of snace. Again
she screamed. Il can't do 1T.
He'll bite me ! wonIdn't Try =, Il
said the owner mo. he Amt. He's "a
bter Oh it's awful To be shut up here
by such brutes." Meanwhile the horse
had snif ed from one sat OF three legs To
anotner. ana the gogglrd lady glnred
frantically at him wnile sle held her
umbrella in one hand and her skirts in
the oth,r. When it began t. look as
though she would stand there all night,
the owner OF the horse got out # hls
carriage aud drew tie horses head
around. Goggles made a wild rush, got
safely through, turned and glared ut the
horss and o uer aud, instead OF tnankiug
him, snapped in nor is 40 curt hai r
To have done that before"
Orders have been issued by the Union
Rtilroau com Dany, to the eff that cars
Ill run over the new line To 'Cr Sens
PARK Monday morning.
B Tn widespread popula ritv of tho Pom :
ham club a.ions tbs ladies OF this ciLy
was well shown yesterday. 1t WIS Ladies'
day and TWO hundred OF them accepted
invite tionS. IL was an ideal day for
Ptmhlm. The long. cool halls with 'he ir
had ool floors made IN inviting place
to sp nd the day. From its height above
the y aud TIE surrounding coun ry Is "A
broad sweepilg view, ana from dawn to
dawn cool, delightful breez, swe ps
through the building. The guests en-
joycd themselves IL the many different
ways that the Pomham club offers. aud
at o'clock they returned TO the city.
I I I
The News has repeatedly cllled atte~-
tim to ihe present unsightly shape into
which cyclists have 10 twist themselves
TO propel the latest make o wheels. 1t
predicted that it would result IN some
physlcl disability " persls ell IN and
woal1 bring about a race of hump
NJ Henri de Parville, in on, OF the
charming papers in which ne in erp cts
science or the general pub ic SITS FOR h
the advantages and disaGv Iniagcs of
that mode OF vicarious or ami-vicarious
progression known 80 "bicyc ing" Hav-
ing explained the mechanism OF the
vehicle itself, he proceeds to
vindlcate its uses In our high
pressure age aud then t. treat
Them frcm m the hygienic poirt Of view.
At the same tine the exercise is liable
..1 f...f,. L., s..fg
which he Il Ism the a,cen ant he sees
otcasion to sound note OF warnirg
One evil traceable TO bicy ling. thoug h
not among those umrr ted by him,
is tie confirmed "stoop" which has
alread declared Itself in many "wheel-
meu"-a result, indeed, s. common
in the less strongly built bicyclists OF
tue toutiuent IS 10 have found its
way into class fication as the. "kyp sis
bicycistAru ~ The dorsal curvature
poster riorly-kyphosis proper which used
TO he rare In boys under IL years of age
l., now that the bicycle is so largely
used even before puberty, yer, frequent Y
met with, particularly anoag those young
bicyclisls ..nose SPIN column ~ develop.
ing more rapidly than the ligaments
aud muscles, ana in whose case.
there ore, the equilibrium betwe n
those several parts is more or les dis
turb,d. Were it merely an unsightly
ought TO lie conbatted In every way; but
confirmed d rsal curvalu urc 4, steriorly
has sequtl@ of its oNn quite misclisvDus
enough 10 call for imme late aud effec-
tive coanteractipn. The displacement,
embarrassed functional activity, and ar
rested or diseased deveopmenJ of tn
thoracic viscera which kyphos inev-
tably induces a'e uli o., serious tn war
rant the siigh,cst neglect in remedying
then, " only 10 ohvi ,te that recourse t.
ortho; @dIc apparatus which has often
enough been found to be necessary in
severe clses.
The Second regiment yes erlay was &C.
,ompiuied by a unique character, pn, ST.
callY speaking. He is Fr,d A. Bailey,
who enlisted from Woonsocke5 at the
begi ming Of the war aud served
antl the re-iment was mustered
out. Mr.. Bailey was known to tne regi :
ment as The Infant" principal b.
cause he towers toward tue zenith 70 the
altitude Of ~ix feet ten inches He -us-
tained a gallant war record and after
leaving the army began business on his
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