The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-11-21

server going down, and one had
met him coming up. This general tend
ency of the trolley car on this particular
occasion was undoubtedly due to the fact
that the Observer did not care to ride this
morning and 50 all the cars were bent on
going his way.
The total depravity of the trolley car,
however, had an enviable rival in the
person of a man who walked Just ahead
OF the Observer. A slouch hat and de-
cayed suit OF clothes were not SO much the
evidence OF this rs the way the man wore
them. The hat was up behind and down
In front. The collar of the mans short
jacket was up all around and his shoulders
were hunched about his ears. His hands
were plunged deep in his pockets and he
moved down the street with a shiftless
shuttle that betrayed q lack OF objective.
The Observer observed en- passant (may-
be SOY that the handsome old residence at
T26 Broad Is vacant and for sale.
That there was particularly peculiar
and handsome palm in the window OF Dr.
Summers house at the corner OF Somer-
set.
That the Webster house on the other
And, by the by, how nice and green the
wet lawns look on the north by west side
OF Broad st reet, from Trinity Church down
to and including DR.. Morrison's, just
above Summer street. The houses along
there are all stately and right handsome
and the owners have dispensed with
fences along the whole stretch leaving
their lawns open to the sidewalk. Ii
makes the approach to the Square very
attractive.
And Rice & Hayward windows bios.
somed with cracker boxes and lightened
the path of the Observer on his way.
The total depravity man proceeding
Just in front gsZed pensively ct the out
side Of the cracker boxes, but just as the
Observer approached MIN with we" 70
matching pennies on the question OF
whether the boxes were full or
empty the total depravity man moved
along, not even stopping 10
regard he fancy cake in the retail end OF
the b. kerry or the big toy COW which
locked out al the passers-by from the top
of the show case. w hat tho toy COW sig
lies i'm bakery the Observr can't
guess, unless to demonstrate that the
bak ng company is rich enough to invest
.n toy COWS.
ANY quantity of young folk were MAX
ing their way to school and most of them
looked as If they were going willingly.
There is something about the up-to-date
school system that seems TO make the
young folk like to go TO school. The OD-
server knows one family where, wnen
children aren't in school, they insist on
playing school instead of playing at police
man or highway robbery. 1t is likely that
the school teachers, however, don't have
so much fun with the modern school sys-
tenn as their pupils do. But that is an
other story, Tor the Observer didn't see
any school teachers this morning. They
were ali in the schools where tney have
to be at an appsllingly early hour.
The Observer also observed the new
muslin sash curtains in George III. Rice's
residence. The total depravity man, who
was look ing down and not up, discovered
sonnet hing on the sidewalk that looked
like O nickel, but the Observer guesses IT
wasn't nickel, for after he had picked 1t
up he threw it at three-coiored and
multi breeded dog that was browsing
among the leaves in the gutter for 1t
knew not what.
The Observer counted the signs of five
women physicians on the street and OF
only two milliners. This seems to be an
evidence of something or other.
Most of the pedestrians on the street
had umbrellas, and, of all the women
afioat, ouly one had red umbrella. APP
parently the red umbrella IS going out
Of fsshion-or maybe the other women
have two umbrellas and left the red one at
home. You never can draw general con-
a.1a h r.Nf
instances.
Just above Haskins street is an inconse-
ouential passsgewsy. The sign at the
entrance TO it reads "Dexter avenue" The
poor little alleyway suggests an avenue
about as much as a last years sparrow's
nest suggests a condor OF the Andes.
The long string OF trolley cars going
down town were all loaded chock full.
Queer how able bodied men will prefer
to stand up and hang on to strap in a
crowded trolley car when they can walk
and have plenty OF room.
IL was at the corner OF Richmond street
| that the total depravity man paused. And
then he wheeled about just as the Observer
got along side OF him and requested OF the
Observer The loan OF nickel wherewith to
break his fast.
The Observer expressed bis sympathy,
| but explained that the loan was ip,pos-
sible, as the total depravity man might
readily understand for himself, from the
| fact that the Observer was footing 1t
down this rainy morning.
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