The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-25
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Mr.. and Mrs. ID. u. Black are spending
q few days in Augusta, Me-, which il
Mr.. Blacks native place.
Miss Edythe NJ. Chandler and Mis-:
Susie C.. Patten, OF Quebec, are visiting
In the family of the Rev. George A,
smith, of the Roger Williams Baptist
Church.
Inquiry has been made regarding the
authorship of the clever poam in the
NEWS on Monday entitled Friction
IL was written by one of the NEws's
stan. IL is "A clever thing, and If the
nodesty or the author was less his name
would have appeared with il.
Mrs. Jesse Metcalf, who has been ill
Tor several months, is recovering.
Mr.. Edwin 5. Thurber of Wilbur Hill
is spending a few days with friends in
Boston.
New York society. is very much wor-
ried about the question. how shall p i'll
musicians be treated ? Recently Mr..
Arthur Nikisch and his Boston Symphony
orchestra gave a concert in .he private
house of Mr.. Harry Cannon. After the
a1alr was over the musicians were dis
missed at the rear door of the house.
Because OF this they were very much
offended. Since then there have been
discussions in society as TO the proper
treatment OF paid musicians at private
concerts.
Some Of the young women at Woon-
socket have organized the Young Ladies'
Bachelor Club" The by laws are pre-
faced by an official proclamation, begin
ming like a legal document, in which il is
stated that as daughters OF the progress
slVe city ot Woonsocket, having reached
their majority heart whole, not having
met any of the opposite sex whom they
regarded as OF more Importance than
InpmSplNpS- and NOT hainn afraid or h.,p.,
called blue stockings, they have decided
TO organize the club for the discussion of
topics and their w advancement.
The engagement of Miss Mabel Adams
and james III. Arlington IS announced.
George Packard, Brown 80. ana Miss
Caroline Howe Of Chicago were married
yesterday in that CITY. Mr.. Packard is "A
member of u prosperous law firm in the
windy city.
Master Everett, son of Mr.. Edgar
Mylod, Is seriously i'll.
Mr.. Charles Dearborn of the Roxbury
Club. Boston. visited Hope Club yester-
day and complimented its managers In
It's excellent appointments.
a private letter states that Col. Isaac
L. Con. who was appointed messenger by
the Rhode Island electors. arrived in
Washington Monday afternoon at 9
O'Clock. After dinner Col. Golf drove TO
the Senate chamber and delivered the
vote TO Vice President Morton, with
whom he luucbed. Senator Dixon is TO
give "A dinner IN honor Of Col. Golf to "A
number of senator's.
Among the young ladies present at the
reception OF the u and / Club in Il. II.
hall last evening were Misses Lake,
Durham. Logan, Durfee, 1'renn. Foster.
Monahan, Phillips and Delton.
Mr.. Isaac Gliding has severed his con
nection with the Wood, Bicknall a. Pot
ter firm and will leave the city on Mon
day for Boston, where he will have
charge OF the silver departmeut of
& buttons.
Miss Carrie Little left for Hartford to =
day TO spend "a few days with her uncle.
Clarence ). Little.
Mr.. William X. King mas been in i'll
for some time, and his friends
will he glad 20 know that he left at 3
VI. to-day for st. Augustine, Fla,
where he will spend the rest of the winter
Mr.. Ernest Leonard OF Rumford enter
aimed a few of his friends from the city
at his home Monday evening. Music.
and the presentation of a drama
ETC.. were indulged In, and it proved q
most delightful occasion.