The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-25
Contest Closes
March 81.
AS 1T IS TALKED.

Al Ndri ~ Is lduRhlHs pcCouso Al
! derman West and Councilman Covell
are placed on the official ballot as tandi-
dates for the general assembly in opposi-
tion TO each other. Mr.. Covell was
nominated by the Republicans for
tenth, and Mr. West by the Demo
Gratis for eleventh representative. When
the committee of ten appointed
by the Democratic city convention ar
ranged the ballot Mr.. West was named
for tenth representative. As Mr.. Covell
was elected to the city council on the
ticket with Mr. West, ana as the sup
porters of one are supper ers OF the other.
the voters of Ward Ten are in a quandary
AS TO the man for whom they shall vote.
Last nights large audience at the
Provi dence opera house was treated to
several more or less entertaining fea-
lures not down on the bills. One Of them
was in the first act Tony Lump
kin had dismissed his boon compan-
ions of the tavern TO await the
arrival Of young Marlowe and
Hastings. The latter did not respond to
their cues promptly and their entrance
music ceased. The wait was but brief
ore but Mr.. Robson waxed impatient
aud addressing the orchestra leader sal d,
in voice audible all over the house
keep the music going anyway" Then
he proceeded, still audibly. TO interrogate
an invisible parsonage in the wings. The
dialogue was interrupted by the arrival
of the awaited actors.
Then again in the fourth act Mr.. Rob-
sons remarked, as ne turned up his coat
collar, 'l've a cold. l caught it in the
rain," was very apropos aud brought
down the house, as just as he spoke
vigorous shower could be heard upon the
theatre roof. In the epilogue Mr.. Rob
son says, while standing between Miss
Hardcastle and Miss Neville III love
only you," or its equivalent. As he
| spoke it his eyes were fixed upon the
| former, played by Mrs. Robson. with "A
| fixity which showed that he meant the
audience to understand that there was
something in his uttering OF the lines
beyond the sentiment intended by their
| author.
Providence is distinctively a banquet
ting city. The sest for good cneer is
thoroughly ingralned into every fibre OF
! our native citiz ms, and the slightest de-
Walton in the flavors of blue points and
frappes can be detected almo st before
| the deicacies are within hal.ing dis
| tance. 1t is relic of old country
traditions ana IL is vet To be proven that
| il in any way interferes with the success
aud prosperity of the business meeting
that usually precedes the feast. The
restless spirit of industry has not driven
from our minds the knowledge of the
fact that qualification of the gustatory
nerves is not only legitimate but
imperative. The annual banquet is as
much "A fixture as the annual business
| iny. The rule is work aud then eat
and drink. IL may also be noted that the
Providence digestion is just as sound as
the Providence head thanks 10 cooks
who know their business.
Expounders of legal technicalities at
| the court house all have cL aracteristics
that iudividualize them. Justice Wilbur
has "A habit OF leaning back III his chair
Whenever a particularly kuotty problem
of the law demands his attention, aud
reading in the ceiling the solution of the
most abstruse.
Justice Rogers adopts the opposite
pose and ca always root out proper
answer from the cracks in the floor. At
! lorney- General Burbank always expe-
dites mis- mental processes by vigorously
twisting the ends Of his luxuriant nous
tacne.
|
George j. West eau weave n multiple
ity of technicalities into an harmonious
fabric of legal clearness simply by smok.
ing a good cigar in the corridors of the
second floor Attorney Mulholland
adopts the same tactics aud supplements
the process by ramming his hands deep
down into mis- pockets. Attorney Bassett
always cinches u point with his index
finger
The spring time is the season to OBJ
serve the slaves of the sealskin tad. The
| fashion OF last su inner, whicl dictated
the wearing of these heavy furs during
The heated term, is well illustrated i'm
these oppressive days. One day last
week, at times when the thermometer
was not below 80 degrees. | counted no
less than thirty-ive women sweltering i'm
the folds Of their burdensome sealskins.
know a man who recently took up
residence in this city aud who stood on
upper Westminster street for half an
hour waiting for "A street car bound for
Market square. THE GOSSIP
Ce,ery is 40 healthful that II should be used in