The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-17
AS IN A LOOKING CLASS.
The Doings, Sayings, Happenings ana
Sights of a Day in the City.

Westminster street the other night.
They were simply bewitthing, so OF
course you readily guess thev we're
women's hats, for men by some ason
inexplicable never have 20 ID looking
hats. A woman suits her hat to her
face. her dress, the color II her eyes.
She knows just what style hat becomes
her, she has u thousand AN. one ways OF
adding to the attractiveness OF her head
gear. 1t may be veil. jewelled dagger
thrust through 1t. Knot OF ribhon
daintily tied, or bunch of posies, BIT
the -adornment il there. Mar, poor un-
sophisticated creature, has Ills hats all
cast In the same mould. This year the
brosd-brimmei hat. last wear one almost
ns broad, next year a little less so. but
the change isn't material. It's
the same old hat. with braid more or
less o. straw on it. Take the drc.s hat,
like the dress suit. homely aud unhccom-
ing, the same old silk hat Of the past two
decades, possibly bell-crownsd this
year, sloping bit next. but on the
whole the same old silk. And dcrbys.
well they have a little more variety, take
them by decades, but not otherwise
Now the thin faced man, the jolly rotund
featured man, the man smooth shaven
and the with man pepper-like appendages
walk down street to2eLher, hats ldenti-
cally the same. Do you ever see crowd
of women so attired. Never. most
general shape, but there Resemblance
ceases. For instance, there Is
the sailor hat. The inventive mind
Of woman shows itself with res ard to this
hat, but bright girl can give herself
AN iDfaite variety OF IN 'ods by the way
she affects IL, for woman makes her hat
give her expression. Fact. The sailor
hat is all over the world fcminin" just
now in all manner OF styles and quality.
every girl ovrs one. But OBJ
serve how differently IL is worn.
Straight upon the coifire, with
nesslike and impressive. Tipped
mite over the ear 1t rs n trhc re 'kless
aud inviting. In pure white. with "A
cloud OF yelling about IL, IL is tlirtatio as.
fascinating and alluring. Pusied back
OIL the forehead II expresses hoidenish-
ness and you hful eAuberance, AID in
tarpiuin, with "a Dunci OF violets at one
sid IL has "A naughty, bewitchirg air.
Caa you tell anything by "A mans hati
WHAT?
Among the attractive homes on the
East Side is the oae of Il. B. Hamlin. No.
nhold street. Mr.. Hamli is some
.hing of m agricusturist and has very
lefty garden. III, has the largest and
best bed OF tomatoes of any man in town.
As early as J ly he had on his table
lettuce and radishes OF his own "rais.
ing"
I I
No ore Is firmer believer in the Kelley
cure than l, yet / have had my b.iief
rude,y shaken recently. but not alto
yether destroyed. Ten or twelve years
ago / Lecame acquainted with young
man. then the superintendent OF a rail
road. Two years lat. .-ae was wait
drifting about Drink did II. Ten ye,rs
rolled by You can guess his life. Re-
fined. eIucatd, OF good family. wife
and friends had forsakon him. / could
not wish my dsadliest foe sue an exist
ence. Last year in juno be took the
keeley cure and two months later he
dropped into my Office the hsppiest man
in the world His eye was Gle ar, his face
shone with happiness. He exulte in the
health and sign OF renewed manhood.
"It every drop OF liquor was dlamoad
would never touch a DROP oh the hal-
piness of my escape. The JOY In kDowing
l am once more :, man nan with chance 10
sing the praises of the Kesley cure He
walked miles one nignt to talk to
young man just beginning drinking life.
1 was walking np Westminster street
the other night. Some one touched me
hesitatingly on the shoulder / turned
around. 1t as he = but oh how changed.
Linen soiled, clothes disorderly, eyes
hair unkempt. 1t seemel impossible.
Eyes, it's me. For heavens sake dom
look at me so. Don't say anything See!'
aud he pulled q nickel out OF hi, poke,
"ThaJ all / have; nowhere To sleep,
nothing to eat, In q city where no one but
you knows me-" u was useless To talk
TO him. He could tell me- things that
would freezs my blood. Noueed to tell
him what liquor meant. He had bed
that night anu the next. What has be-
come of him j don't know. How he
again formed the habit is his secret, not
mine, but / eau say trnthfully that of
over score. whom know personally
who have taken the "cure" lie is tho
only one VINO has returned. to his old
habits. He was Que OF the ave per cent.
who fall.
The art OF advertising, aud use the
word art advisedly. tor IL is an art that
IN most valuable. Everybody has some.
thing TO buy or sell. OF course believe
that the most emunerative Kind is news
paper advertising, for the majority
businesses. Bill boards answer for some
purposes. signs In horss cars Tor others.
but for store keepers, for the general
public. the newspaper furnishes
the only reliab % method Of
reaching the people. An advertise
mene TO be- OF value, must be read To
De reau III must attract the eye. 10 at
tract the eye it must he something
unique, something out Of the old stereo-
type yle. Now il you should see pic
ture OF a pvinter dog covering half ~
page in a newspaper, you would at once
recall whose "root beer" was advertised
that way. IL you see halfa dozen black
lines of various lengths, but uniform
width In column, you know whose
"baking pbw.er Is bang compared
with other baking powders IL you ses
a cut OF n whale with y big wpite spot on
his side you have no need to inquire
whose washing powder is advertised.
II you see the fikure OF a naval officer in
the rigging of a snip you at once rec Ill
popular bran OF cigarettes II you see
"yours for heath I" you know whose
kindly face is bea min /; ~ you IN who's.
medicine is advocat ed These ars only
few samples OF advJsti iux thas is at
trac,ive. You can ever one Of you re-
call hund o Is OF othecs.
I =
Those persons whose business compels
them to remain In the city during the
hot su inner months are nj 40 unfortu-
nate as IL may appear. Yu think OF
them as sufftring in the hot stihnl
city, and sp.Ddinq sleepless