The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-10-08
The night school.

The night school.
The opportunity offered by this city Tor
those who would improve their mental
training will doubtless be appreciated by
a large number OF worthy young men.
There will be a contingent who Will go
to the night school as they in former
years attended the day school "Just Tor
fun" and TO hinder in all possible ways the
teacher and the other pupils. These fun
chaps should be summarily dealt with and
given TO understand that they are taking
up the room Of more deserving people.
How about an evening school for the
girls? Would not consideration Tor
their welfare be appreciated
met a gentleman Saturday, who said:
81 was reading your hired girl article IN
Fridays NEWS and appreciated 1t very
much for the reason that on the day previ-
Gus had quite an experience. In the morn
ing of that day my wife had cautioned me
sto drop in to q misnamed intelligence Office
and tell them to send her mp girl. did
so. That night or rather early in the even
ing, was riding home in the car and on the
seat opposite Iobserved what looked to ise
like maid OF all work. When the car
stopped in front OF my residence and got
out / noticed that the girl also left the
car. / had just arrived in the house when
the doorbeli rang. l went TO the door.
Who should 1t be but the girl? Is this
Mr.. - where they want a girl !? she in
quired. Il guess 1t is,' i replied, and
asking her to step inside, ushered
her into the kitchen. Now il so
happened that my children, seven in
number, were at play at the time in the
kitchen and five of their little playmates
were with them. Well, sir, you would
have laughed. They all got up and, sur
rounding the girl, commenced as If pre-
meditated: So you're the new hired
girl The girl did not wait for an ans
wer, she made bee line for the door and
haven't seen her since"
A bleak wind swept over the grand stand
at Narragansett Park Saturday afternoon
and those assembled did not seem TO mind
IT 80 absorbed were they on the result of
what was taking place on the track.
Down stairs in the betting room there
was excitement enough to give one an
ide" Of what constitutes the interest in the
races. Over on the track was
the task OF starting rs or 20
fractions horses mounted by jockeys
trained to steal as much advantage as
possible while Caldwell was expostulat-
ing and chiding the jockeys telling them
what terrible things would happen 10
them if they did not behave themselves
and keep their nags in line. After sew
eral Intellectual attempts the bunch OF
horses got the word and away they scam
pered for the required number of fur
longs. After the race large proportion
of the crowd went in to the "bindery" to
see the bookmskers make books.
Money is what the majority of people
are after. Sometimes they have to make
sacrifices to obtain it. Just now those
young men who like to appear we'll dressed
have an opportunity to replenish their
wardrobes as far as furnishings are con-
cerned. Here is a straight tip" as the
touts remark. Go TO Wood q
Watson's, SO Westminster street.
You are sure to observe something
in their stock which will suit you. You
know Nessrs Wood * Watson are going
out of gents furnishing portion of their
business and devote their attention exclu-
sively TO hats. They are willing TO sscri-
flee on their prices in order to clean the
gents furnishings out as soon as possible.
Now, there is chance for you.
had heard 1t before. The young man
in Bargain Ballou's store had initiated
me. Perhaps you have heard il. Never
theless / have 1t perpetrated on an average
about every other day. A man
approaches you with the query,
+" Did you ever see an Italian
watch 2" You answer in the neg
ative, then you are shown watch, and
informed that the timepiece is the Italian
product referred to-you evince surprise;
you see nothing extraordinary about the
watch, and say so. Then, with a fiendish
grin, your prosecutor remarks: "Just
watch the hands and you will see the day
CO."
notice that The Congregationalist has
an article regarding the proposed issu-
ance by the government of a half penny.
Very naturally and very sensibly too. an
objection Is made on the ground that IL
would lessen the revenue OF the church
at least $4,000 year. That is a sad com
mentsry on the people, but it is the
smallest change that finds its way to the
box first.
The School OF Languages is in the Con-
rad building and many are availing them
selves OF the opportunity offered them.
just word TO the woman who grows
red in the face because the car doesn't stop
when she rings the bell. Don't. Let
the conductor run the car. You
know be gets paid for doing IL and does
not like to be intertered with. As for
the motorman he knows white post
when he sees one and IL will do no good TO
flourish an umbrella at him in the mid
way between posts.
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