The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-06

hnkwu ruoA e&fiy oNery DofuibB ehe kcoo
threugh sn exercise in caiisthenics before
he is entirely dressed, which accounts for
his sound physique.
Do you know Mary, the "holder"
woman?
Very likely you do. Lots Of folks do.
She Is nobody knows how old and she
has seemingly been just as old as she 10
now for dozen years past.
She is emscistsd and shakey to
degree. Her clothes are inexpres-
sibly poor and thresdbare. Her
wisps OF spare gray hair hang dismally
from under an indsscribable head gear.
She is living picture of want and misery
and ceaseiess, uBremunerative toll.
And the curieus part OF 10 all is that
Mary is an aistrienic artist who could give
tips to Charlotte Cushmsn in the at
tempt to do Meg Meriliees."
Mary scruba out efSicss down town and
sells holden" snos9 the residences.
She dresses just the ssme in winter
as she does in summer, and her
gear 10 trsmshdously effective
when the chill blasts whseze
through the decayed drspery that
ciings to her shattered frame. Hard hearted
indeed 10 the mere hant who could refuse
TO have his ofkoe scrubbed out by Mary
when she appears at his threshold on
clustering winter day. Hard hsagted in
deed 10 the housewife who could turn
Mary's trsm bling footsteps backward and
down the stoop wltnoat buying a
holder.
And yet a friend OF the Observer, who is
an investigator OF miscsls1eoas woe, is
authority for the staten ent that Mary is
well-to-do, tsst she owss personal prop
erty and real estate anu thst compared
with svidence OF her every
day appearances she is pos
SCISSOR OF houssis. wealth. In
q word her blis hted aspect 10 in tho ma
ture Of an artistic "mske up" for she
could be rosy and rotund IL sire would
but eat, and could dress in satins and bro
cades and wear millinery with French
flowers on II would sho but expsnd a tithe
of her estates.
The Observers friend, thereupon, is
wont to denounco Mary AZ fraud. But
the OBSERVER does net leak nj IL exactly
in that way. Mary scrubs out offices
faithfully and thoroughly and makes
the window psnes TO shine. This holders
holders and worth the price she
asks for them. There are
no better holders on earth than Mary's
home made holders. Never mind IL she
is acting part oil through IT, IL she is
heaping up riches, the Observer only
hopes that when her withsred form is
laid in the grave the riches may fall to
some ono not less worthy thsn she.
There was lively little, snowfall just
as the theatsrs we're letting out last even
ing. BY midnight the streets were
covered with q waite mantle. Who re-
members q sHew storm as early in the
season as this?
The Observer has q psrsorsl knowledge
of three pitiable oases OF disease and one
of death, that seem, beyond question, di-
rectly trscesble to vaccination. Compul-
sorry vaccination 10 not only sn absurdity
but horrible thing, a. well, in the OBJ
servers opinion.
In Wales the furnseo men employed in
the making of tia plato get yl.75 psr day.
Thefurnaec mep employee IN the tiu plate
works OF Pennsylvaaa got $40 per day
or they did under the Mckinley tariff.
In Wales the slacksmithy employed on
Welsh tin plate rscsivs 81 30 psr day. In
Ohio and PennsyivsniA the blacksmiths
employed on American tin plate receive
SO per day-or they did up to 1868.
In England the average daily wages of
brass founders ia pes. In America brass
founders receive $50 day.