The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-08-06
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Are raids remedies?

Are raids remedies?
| Has II been demonstrated yet that raid
Ing house of Ill repute or gambling re-
sort exterminates or remedies the evlil
Not yet. II may serve as q genteei way 10
extract some money from the keepers roll
and add to the contents OF the coners oi
the public treasury to lubricate the judi
cisl machinery and keep 1t In running or
der, but like the damning evidence OF
blood which Lady Macbeth tried to wa
away, 1t will not out, the evil still remains.
Discrimination and favoritism In this
farcical raiding business strips 1t OF the
guise OF good intent, and the public wink
the wrong eye whenever 1t Is brought TO
their attention.
IL fire was burning house would you
raid 1t, would you insist on scattering the
brands to other locations that other
houses might take fire and they too be
destroyed? II the police must raid these
places would not better results accrue IL
they should also include the sanctimo-
NOUS male and female owners who make
these plague spots possible by letting at
an extravagant figure their houses for i'm
moral purposes?
All, there's the rub, and that is the
reason no stock is taken in So called raids
by the general public.
Corbett and Jackson.
The last time / met Corbett was on
sleeper going from Elmra to New York.
1t was some weeks before his meeting
with Sir Charles Mitchell whom he van
quished and added another alleged laurel
To his brow. On the same train was
George Bidwell, the great ex-forger of the
Bank OF England. In a short time the
smoking apartment was occupied by Bid
we'll on one seat, Brady on another, Prof.
Donaldson, the sparring partner of the pu-
gilist, and the writer. The conversation
drifted from one thing to another as
conversations will until finally Bidwell
and Corbett were in an animated
discussion Bidwell doing most Of the
talking and Corbett asking the questions.
Brady did not speak a half dozen words,
Donaldson laughed as occasion demanded
and i waited for an opportunity to get i'm
a question which was on my mind.
Finally there was lull. II was past mid
night, the porter was blacking shoes,
Brady and Donaldson had said "good
night" and Bidwell arose to go and in
another moment the two Corbetts, James
and Charles, were alsne. "Do you think
you and Jackson will ever meet?" was the
query. The answer, which at this time is
of significant interest, was "No, really do
not"
] met Doctor Bowen on the street Sat-
urday. Who is Doctor Bowen you OF the
rising newspaper generation askf He was
at one time an eye doctor in this city and
occasionally he wrote for tho papers. Then
he made such a hit that he became q sue
cessful correspondent. He is home for
q short vacation on his farm down in
Greenwich. He has grown stouter since
saw him, and Mr.. Time, the artist, has
silvered up his black moustache. You
read perhaps The World of New York.
You read the account OF the
special correspondent regarding the
cholera and yellow fever from far of lands,
as far as Rio Janerio, or mayhap, the later
sensational developments touching upon
the speculation In trust securities related
by the same paper. II you have, DR..
Bowen was the writer. He is the special
of The World staff of special writers. A
gentleman told me in New York, that he
even suggests and dictates the policy to
great extent Of the paper referred to.
expect to hear of him over in China or
Japan next, as war correspondent. The
doctor is q terse, interesting writer and
can weave mighty good reading together.
A disappointed lot Of people.
The large number of persons, ladies and
gentlemen, young men and even boys,
were sorely disappointed Saturday even
ing at 2S9 Westminster street, where the
wonder of Edison wonders is being exhib-
tied. i refer, of course, to the Ki-net-o-
scope. 1t takes three times as much elec-
tricity to run one of these machines as IL
does a phonograph. The necessary at
resistant forces and the like
did not work. Electricity enough could
not be produced, and so the crowd OF peo-
Pile had to be paid back their money.
Mr.. Holland, who, by the way, is Cam
adian, and not q Scotchman, went to Bos-
ton Saturday night, and by communicat- |
ng with the electric firms in Philadelphia
will have everything In running order
rom this time on. The monographs are
also on exhibition, and the ladies and |
children can now take advantage of the |
opportunity presented them. Heretofore
you know the phonograph machine |
has, to great extent, been |
n saloons and other places where |
hey could not visit. The subjects of the |
thus far presented are "The
3oxing Cats" The Lightning Shave, 'sThe |
Dance" "Sandow," ;" and "Anna-
,elle," in the serpentine dance. You look
n the glass of the machine for the first
iamed subject and what do you see? Two
handsome cats on a rope or bar behind |
which is man exhibiting their qualifi-
ations as imitators Of pair of friendly
'oxers. The man smiles and the cats
'ox, or paw and wrestle. When they get
90 close in their exhibition the man
aughingly parts them and away they
tart In again. 1t is q truly wonderful
Debs for President.
President of what? or the Tom Fool
Tub, perhaps. The sponge-like sub
tance which covers his skull seems to
q ke in all the To ffv VA d hich 4 h. "A |