The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-06-19


effect riding In fast trains has upon
many peopleS" asked conductor on the
New York, New Haven and Hartford.
81 have noticed that about one-third OF
the women that travel are made sick
right on the train or are broken up
afterwards from the jolting aud sway
ing of the cars. Among men
the ratio Is smaller, but even
with them the rapid gait has an
evil effect. With us conductors aud
trainmen IL plays considerable mischiei ,l.
know Of dozens of cases where oi1,
strapping fellows were completely
knocked out bv this everlasting Joiting
that we get / tell you that VIII the
physical discomfort and the bad effects
The risk of an accident, and worst OF all
One incivility of some OF our passengers,
''h pnductor's life 10 not happy
one.'"
Church work knows neither season nor
place. IL Is always going on, ana the
work of advancing the cause never tal-
ters for lack OF those who Willingly give
money, ,ime, and talents towards ths up
lifting of their fellow citizsns A, the
First PRESBYTERIAN church on Clitor
street yesterday morning this fact was
emphasized in the most convincing man
ner. Fifteen members v ere admitted 10
fellowship In connection with the dis
pensation of the Lords supper, eight by
letters from other churches. and twenty
seven on profession OF their faith
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The ideal and real are as greatly at va
Rance In circus life as in farming. The
schoolboy is taught song, the burden
of which is. III ever i shall be man n
farmer snail be-" When the accident
of life gives him the opportunity. he for
ever after bpmoans his unhappy condi-
tion. Practical farming puts the qui-
etus on the poets fancy. When the cir
Gus opens and the show begins. the per-
formers and attaches present the ideal OF
circus life. The real commences when
the show Is over, and the march TO
another town is begun. All night long
the shadowy forms pull and tug at the
ropes aud canvas until everything Is
razed to the ground and packed away
systematically In the great moving vans.
The circus people have little time for
sleep ar night. Between 10 aud O'Clock
I'm the day Is spent in sleeping. It Is
hard drudgery, aud the boy or girl who
gets fascinated with the glitter ana
glare OF the CANDY aggregation, seldom
stops to think that it Is as lar from the
poets picture as prac lea farming Is
Providencs has many societies and as
sociations for mental. moral ana p vsi-
cal Improvement. and one OF those do NJ
n noble work among The young wone
the Providence Evangelical Young
Women's Christian associa ion, which
held its fourth anniversary service ut Y.
NJ. G. A hall yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
j. V. Osterhout, the president, delivered
an address of welcome. Miss Emily 5.
Billings. the secretary, reviewed the
work accomplished during the p st four
years. The membership list now con-
tains over two hundred names, and the
efforts of the association 70 build up IA
noble womanhood, AID instill the spirit
of Chris into the hearts OF the young
women of the city and the state can not
be too highly commended. Rev. Mr.
Bromley. the past'r OF the Stewart
Street Baptist church, delivered most
interesting ana profit BILE address, tax
ing for his text, "The Woman Who les
tifies," from the scriptural story of the
woman at the well. Mr.. aud Mrs. Will
son sang duets. and Mrs. ii. II. Mckown
rendered some soprano solos with much
effect.
Probably no venture I'm which local
capital was Interested proved more un-
satifaetery than the blackstone canal.
which is now little more than memory.
total loss, and unlike the railroad enter
prises which followed it paid no divi-
dends during the few years it was in
operation. However. it showed the
progressive spirit of the business men Of
those days, which might be initiated
with advantage sby thoss OF today. In
deed if the same enterprise and foresight
had been displayed quarter OF a cen
tury ago there is little doubt Providence.
with her natural advantages, would
now be the great distributing center for
New England. AS 1t is. Boston with
fewer advantages has pushed to the fore
and is likely to stay there unless there is
a radical change from the ultra conserva-
tism which has characterized Providence
capitalists.
Although the public bath houses have
beea opened but short time they have
been filled during the open hours, and
those in charge report an increase in the
number OF those VINO avail themselves of
the opportunity of taking a salt water
bath over last year. Especially is this
true of the girls and women who use the
houses on the days set apart Tor them.
They disport themselves in the water
and their merry laughter eau be heard at
a considerable distance. That many de-
rive great benefit cannot be doubted,
while very large percentage learn to
swim, au accomplishment that Is always
valuable wnen possessed either by men
or women.
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People often wonder why circus owners
allow side shows carried on by Others
than themselves to follow them all
over the couatry. An old circus hand
told me once that many OF the best at
fractions on the road sometimes depend
on the money received from the side
show privileges to keep the circus from
bankruptcy. 1t is reasonable enough
when you give IL thought. A fat woman,
trained pig, Ciycassian girl. a tive-legled
horse aud "A adouble-barrelled hand organ
is all the stock in trade the side snow
needs, except u plausible talker outside.
IL costs little to run it, and less, IL the
proprietor has an eye TO business aud
inarries the fat wo nan. He always has
money To loan. and is one of the neces-
sary evils of the circus business.
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A new railroad station is being erected
a. Apponaug. Ground is already broken
aud a portion of the brick foundation
put up. 1t is Intended to make this one
Of the most attractive stations along the
Pawtuxet Valley.
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The fakirs were apparent at the circus