The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-07-08
AS IN A LOOKING CLASS.
The Doings, Sayings, Happenings ana
Sights of Day in the City.

there Is considerable matter IN the report
that is tedious TO the layman. 1t reviews
the health conditions of the city during
the year 1892, and while IL shows an In
crease of over Twelve per cent. In the NOR
tality rate over the year 1891, yet there
were unusual aud extraordinary causes
which will probably not be present this
year There were four cases OF smallpox
last year, three Of which ended fatally.
There was one case OF typhus fever during
the year, and that did not end fatally.
The oholera scare that swept over this
country last year resulted In some ener-
getic action on the part Of the sanitary
authorities all over the state, and no.
in this city. The result is that the
city Is now In better shape to meet an
epidemic than it has been for years.
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10 appears that the city Is not to lose
the proposed statue of Columbus after
all, aud the Gorham company has already
begun It's preparations to make bronze
reproduction of the famous silver statue
Of B.rshcldi's now s,trsc.ing % such At ate e.. !.
Elmwood club and the residents
in that locality took practical
interest In the project from the
date OF the first announcement
of the Gorham company that they would
be willing to make a bronze reproduction
raise the money necessary TO secure the
desired bronze. When Mr.. II. Q. Clark
made his generous offer To place Ihe
statue on the Dexter training ground,
they did not cease their labors, though
not through motives antsgonisslc gni,. to sId MI;
the amount aud the order has been
placed with the Gorham company.
The statue Is to be placed at the juno
tion Of Reservoir aud Elmwood avenues.
on plat of ground presented to the
city by J. j, Cook, Esq:. for park. and
Henry Cook. who gave 500. Park Com
missioner Deming has approved OF the
plans for the arra ngeme MT of the grounds
aud the PEDESTAL, The base Is to be all of
granite, trimmed with bronze, and cir
cular walk will be constructed around
the statue.
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Candidates for admission to the Rhode
Island bar will be examined july 25, %
and 81. Applicants for the ordeal must
file notice at least ten days prior TO date
OF examination.
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There Is still q lingering tendency
among certain hypercritical opponents
OF social reform to decry the summer
girls privilege to use the bicycle 1t is
set down as monstrously unfeminine, a
relic Of pre- Adamic freedom when woman
kind was not yet sufficiently evolved To
Judgment AS to her subord nate position
in the realm OF social advancement. Her
femiufufty Is unsexsd because she
p uts her foot upon the pedal that
the genius of man devised for the
delecJation Of her husband. She is del
egated BY she croaker TO perpetual isola-
tion beneath the veil OF bieoted
conservatism because his intallibie dis
crimination has pronounce the bicycle
a thing made for man and consequently
not for womal. But the summer girl
has turned her pretty head and ele-
pressed her determination to pursue
her own sweet volition IN the matter.
She rides the wheel and rides 1t well.
She does not adopt the deforminx stoop
OF her fad Infatuated brother and, to the
unutterable horror aud amazement of
the croaker, sh- does not appear whit
less feminine or delicate rs she makes her
eight or ten miles an hour along
tue public highway. The local bicycle
dealers inform me that the present year
will b, unprecedented in the develop
ment OF cycling among girls. Tley havs
in view of securnSa a pneumatic mount,
all all the opposition OF ten thousand
Conservative mossbacks won'G prevent
them from obtaining the object or their
desires, SO there.
The camp this year Is too remote to
please the people who like to visit IL
and inspect the work of the militia. The
military authorities consider that an ad-
vantage. They do not care for crowds OF
spectators on tue camp grounds, holding
that the annual week Of drill duty may
be Letter employed by the soldiers than
in entertaining friends. Whoever goes
down to q ionset Point Z ais year must
walk the three miles from Davisville IL
wagon, sail q boat from WicSford or get
to camp in seme Independents fashion,
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Whoever does go to camp will be able
to Judge of the value OF the services of
Lieutenant Wooley as an Instructor. Il
is expected that the brigade will make
an altogether better appearances, and
show the good effect of the hard work the
companies have been doing In their drill
halls.
A miniature wild. west was let loose
in this city yester lay afternoon. After n
short line OF march through Hay street,
10 came to halt on tie corner or Wey-
bosset street and gazed long aud earn
estly at the Californi, fruit there dis
played by an enterprisinR grocery firm.
There was big warrior, middle-sized
warrior and little warrior there was "A
full grown squaw, moon-iaced maiden
and pappoose tDat ciung to its
mothers skirts ALI were dressed i'm
vivid array. Their gaudy blankets with
red, yellow, purple aud black stripes
completely envelopel them AS they stood
admiring the luscious cherries. apricots.
currants, and peaches Soon they began
10 point and then to touch the fruit.
The clerks rushed from the STORE with
a ''go-a- he ad- ho' 's-afraid" eagerness, and
afie ier some signalling they discovered that
the Indians were ready TO purchase. They
played ten cent limit. however.
Big squaw wanted apricots. So did little
moon-laced maiden. They got them.
Other things also were purchased. But
big warrior wanted cherries. "Tw enty-
five cents a box" said the clerk. -
s-l -i-f" said big " arrior.
perhaps So" replied the clerk. "-ti
. 81 - - 1" again said the
Indian, pointing first to the little box
and then to the dig crate OF cherries. II
haven't any doubt of it," answered the
polite clerk. "but they come from Cali
fornia aud we have to pay
freight on them" Then the Indian