The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-23

current expressions which are far from
grammatical, AMI after using them in fun
ra few times. become SO accustomed to
them that they come naturally to the
lips when they are not wanted. "Where
Is a thing at" and getting move on
oneself" and kindred collcquialtsms are
examples of the idea, aud this habit
OF careless speaking is what is
giving US as nation snch reputa-
tion as slang users. But although slang
Is not elegant. 1t Is frequently expressive.
condensed language, as it were, and can
be forgiven. For myself prefer person
who uses slang honestly and who doesn't
care who knows 1t. to the would-be-pur-
ist-who-d oesn't- t-know-how. who is all the
time correcting others la their lapsus
lingu@. know one in particular who
makes the lives Of his friends burdensome,
and yet Is guilty or more mistakes in
language than ans one OF those whom he
critlcises. He always says "enunsee-
ashun" "pronunsseeashun," although
any grammar school child knows that
'cia" should be pronounced she"
But he broke me all up the other day
when he spoke of an article belonging TO
another person and said "somebody's
elseo hat or coat or whatever 1T was.
Now as this is quite common
mistake, Il VIII bdho tuo bbOppot
out of the rottIe of my cru
dition and watt around few vapors Of it.
ELISE" Is an adjective aud a pronoun.
and when used with somebody" or ''any-
body" the two words have unitary
meaning and naturally take the posses
sive case. by the addition of an So TO the
last word. For 1 stance. Somebody
else's hat" and anybody else's mistake.
This is right, and / trust tue party TO
whom reference Is made will see this. as
he claims TO be an authority, and people
who pose as authorities ought TO be well
posted.
Mrs. Potter and daughter Cora Of Cen
trevile have returned from n few days'
visit in this city.
Thomas Hawkins of this city is guest
In Pawtuxet.
DIR. Horace G. Miller and family have
returned to the city for the winter.
w. c. Burlingame aud wife OF this city
have been the guests OF K. 4. Watson OF
Greene during the p ,st week.
Mr. and Mrs. William j. Brown OF this
city were the guests of Arthur Z. Hart
OF Wickford last week.
Mr. William X. Havens OF this city
visited friends in Wexford last week.
Mr.. Frank ID. Hill of this city is the
guest OF II. r. Gardiner of Wexford.
Mrs. j. +. Sealey of Wexford was the
guest OF Miss Clark OF this city last
week.
j. Il. Babcock of this city was the guest
OF l.. f. Reynolds OF Wexford last week.
n. ID. Harris of this city spent the past
few davs with T. X. Rose OF Wexford.
Miss Mamie Martin of this city is visit
ing friends in Clyde.
Mrs Henry Il. Greenhalgh OF this city
is visiting friends in Harris.
Francis Wood of harrington started
this morning for the exposition. AT the
close he will make a trip t. Minneapolis
and thence down the Mississippi to St.
Louis.
Tie use Of perfumes at the present time
is being emphat;caliy stigmatized as
being vulgar aud their use can only bs
explained by the unpleasant fact that
people who use them have a hydrophobic
dislike to water. It's all very we'll to as
sert that the most exquisite aroma In the
world is that OF the clean. wholesome
human body / won't discuss this
point other 1han TO say that as
n rule, / prefer white rose every time.
One can be vulgar in the use of perfume
as In every other way, but refined per-
son will use them AMI not abuse them.
It is not necessary to saturate oneself with
cheap perfumes as some undoubtedly do.
but who has not been sitting In
crowded building where "the sweet
wholesome aroma" of two or three thou
sand human beings has not proved trifle
too much Of desirable thing, aud n lady
near you has taken out her dainty
handkerchief sc snted with Lubin's
choicest exr ract. II has been as welcome
as flowers in the spring, or water to a
thirsty man.
There are some very bright conductors
in:the employ of the Union Railroad COM
pany aud they are prepared TO discuss
anything from millionaires to microbes.
Occas ionally, however. one comes
across n knight of the bell punch,
who, whatever else lie may know, is
lamentably weak in reliable in
formation about the very business he is
in. Last evening j was riding on the
rear platform of Governor street ear
when fellow passenger asked the con-
ducior IL he knew how many passengers
the company carried in year. "Wcll,
not exactly" he answered: but it's
somewhere between SIX and seven
millions" why, i thought it
was three times that nunter." per
sisted the passenger. II guess
you are wrong there" with the shadow Of
IA plying smile on his face. why, three
times six millions wouid be eighteen
millions, and that's over lfty times the
whole population of the state. You are
not foolish enough to think that this com
pany carries every man. woman and child
in the state fifty times year, doyoufT The
iuquisitive passenger subsidized. When
reached home looked the matter up to
satisfy myself and / found the inq iisi-
tive passenger was not far from right,
while the conductor was very far wrong.
For the year beginning Oct. /, 1891, and
ending Sept. 80. 1892. the Union Railroad
company carried l9,329,0 The trouble
was tie inquisitive passenger didn't
have the courage OF his convictions