The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-12
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. domestic story.


Get mp in the morning. How 40 you
feel7 Rather an impertinent question,
you say, especially IL, from combination
OF circumstances of the night before, you
appreciate cool draught OF water ana
your head does not seem as clear as bell.
You eat sparingly at breakfast ana
you answer in monosyllaDles.
Then you go down town for business.
You look through your mail.
There seems to be more bills than
checks. A friend comes in and slaps you
on the back and relates the latest story.
You try TO smile but it is like cutting
melted butter. Somehow you don't feel
, right. About ! o'clock you think you
will go out for a lunch. Happy thought.
Your appetite seems to be reviving; you
feel better than you did. 1t isn't so hard
as it was TO look pleasant, In the alter
noon things seem to be going smoother.
In the early evening you buy THE NEWS
and jumping on car you arrive home
where supper is waiting your pleasure.
You are more gracious than you were
In the morning, and your wife ventures 10
ask the question whether or not business
went all right during the day, and OBJ
tsining a satisfactory answer she informs
her liege lord as to What bargains are Of
fered down street. He does not seem to
take that absorbing interest In the sub
jcct the wife would like, and before she
knows he has changed the subject by ask
ing in a tantalizing way just how much
coal Is in the cellar. AS there Is enough
to last for week IL it does not come on
too cold, the man of the house lights
cigar and seats himself in his favorite
rocker.
II is Wednesday evening and the daugh-
ter is disengaged. George is very nice
! and only comes Tuesdays and Thursdays
and the bon bons and flowers he brings
lasts during the interim between visits.
Dc you Gates that interim? Are you
! with me kind reader as we glide down this
! column together? Well the daughter
| comes in, walks through the parlor and
seats herself at the piano. She ripples
few notes and then notwithstanding
papa's tussle all day long to bring
himself to his natural feeling she COM
mences to sing "Sweet Marie" while her
father motions his wife to close the fold
ing doors. In the meantime the hired
girl is burning gas in the kitchen while
she tells a friend OF hers how stiugy the
people are for whom she works and de-
clares that they do not buy enough to
allow her to hold out the best part Of it
for herself.
1t is IL o'clock. All have retired save
the son. A mother, always thoughtful OF
her boy, leaves a light burning in the
hallway. An hour later he arrives home.
lie takes out his latch-key. The parents
| listen TO hear whether or not he repeats
ht n1aa he n ha nj
| before, that some one had moved the
keyhole. No. He opens the door all
right. Up the stairs he treads. He
passes the um brella stand and hat rack all
right. lie is sober. out goes the hall
| light, and the angel of night guards that
| household till the break of another day.
| A cool October day. called out large
| crowd to Narragansett Park to witness
| the races which were on the card. The
sun in the early afternoon was warm, and
very welcome it was to every body, in
Guiding those with top coats and wraps.
! The jockeys looked pinched and chilled
| in their silk blouses, but they were prob
| ably warmly clothed. The Judge was as
/ precise az ever, and the weigherin with
| his delicate white hands adjusts
| the scales to nicely, while
the Jockeys, with saddles in hand,
| Jump on and of the platform. The
! starter was as busy as ever and by the
way he Is a very busy man while his work
| lasts. He gets, i understand, 500 day.
! Now suppose there are five races, as there
are, and sometimes seven. At five his
salary is $50 for starting the horses, and
! there are very few men in the country
who are capable OF doing the work. A
| starter must know the horses and the
| Jockeys, must follow the schedule of the
hsndicaps, and attend strictly to his busi-
ness.
Corbett and FitZsimmons.
Prof. James j. Corbett and Robert Fitz-
simmons, Esq, are matched to see which
can thump the other insensible some time
after next July, for $4,000 and a side
wager OF $4,000 each. That makes S61, 900.
In the meantime the public will contribute
about that TO see the two glediators, as 1t
will be OF interest TO good many to see
what kind OF men that in these modern
days OF hstcufis can command so much
money 10 stand before each other and by
sheer brute force added TO science, so
called, gain momentsry superiority one
over the other. It is the opinion OF good
nauv that COrbett's opponont In Iiable IN