The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-03

the uncultivated fora OF the west shore
which they took as an excuse Tor coming
out again.
The next thing revealed a sad part for
the women folks in the audience. IL
showed them that their sisters on the
stage couldn't run q show without the
help of one man at least, and 1t was the
peculiar smile of Will Otis that gave the
thing away. The event was for baDjos
ard guitars and the program called for
the following performers: Hetty Head
lights, Chloe Bouncer, Mary
Ann Aaderson, Kitty Seacoal
and Mammals Birdie. The birdie
was a fraud. IL played the guitar and
wore q dress, but the length of the fingers
gave rise to suspicion and when it laughed
as it shouldn't havedone, q woman sitting
half way back exclaimed, "Why, Willie
| Otis" and some one said, 80, tits Willie"
| That person wasn't allowed to have any
cream afterwards.
But the next was all right, for no male
person could have danced well enough to
go into that shuttle with Fanny Foot
lights, Lucy Lansing, Betsy Prancing and
Rocksans Sharpley.
The sand used In this event was taken
from the Riverview beach.
1tOTRlc was hCAe.
Z" George stood up for the occasion
with q bass viol, while Mile. Paddy-Lina-
Atti, Respondent in opera clothes, went
into raptures over him, and Ida adored
him till there wasn't a dry eye In River
side.
There was then, without warming, a
IONS and dance dedicated to Sarah Grand
by the Heavenly Twins in one real sensi-
bic divided skirt as neat as 1t was com
Portable and by way Of contrast a bactsris
gathering train of figured fabric without
value.
BY that time Fanny Footlight had got
her face washed and appeared in the new
role of one who could sigh and sing and
dance and wanted to do all those things
on a real stage. Hetty Headlights, whS
had not washed her face, stayed with hel
and tried to discourage her and 1t was Z
great act.
The KEY to the jokes was In q cipher al
sacred to residents as was the real identit,
of Aunt Try and her minions sacred t.
themselves. IL the Angels are having
s~accharine luna or IL the Otisss are having
a little breakwater on the side 1t Is no
body's business. And II Fanny F'tPgt
wants to talk about the devil befor
folks, that's no ones business, either.
The ladies not only gave q good per
Torrance, which il not surprising, bu
they also kept q lot Of secrets, and Their
are men In Riverviw today wonderin
whether they were laughing at the antic
OF their own wives last night or whethe
their wives were visiting friends 1
Providence. As q disguise burnt cor
beats q worried look.
But twas @ great show and the bes
proof OF that Is that IL was thorough
enjoyed by a lot Of people who went dow
from Providence In a furniture WACO
3 without springs, drawn by horses ths
would rather not have gone and drive
by a man that didn't know th
g way. But the people got thei
. and except for bruises o the body n
4 one was injured. Other wagons wer
I from all the Other near by and faraws
Q hot weather villages and the Casino va
packed with cream and cake eaters an
; advocates OF west shore minstreisy.
v In that same Providence barge, on a
n return trip, a citizen told q story betwec
n the iolts about how he secured and lost
servant girl within the hour. lie secure
e the new girl and Mr. best OF referenc
Q yesterday afternoon and took her dow
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