The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-26
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

THINGS WORTH KNOWING.
The picture you draw is fair 20 the view,
For something TO look at, tits we'll.
A fanciful sketch OF q butterfly dream.
Tho waking will quickly dispel;
Life would be sweet were your fancy u fact.
For thoughts from all care would be free
IL these words were not ever sung In our
ears
"Is there anything in 1t for mei"
Go be continued).
How slender the thread of life. One
friend meets another. He shows him q
revolver. II is examined: 1t accidental.
KIN, sap'ssi sGs osSsr EGsHa' Rshs in Ias the md sac
die Of busy day., in front OF
a mart OF trade, the angel OF death stops
10 gather i'm another victim. Let criticism
cease. Let repetition OF hackneyed phrases
OF the Didn't know ii was loaded" order
and realize that lite at its best Is very
uncertain and hangs by cobweb thread.
Regarding the filtering OF the drinking
water which, as have before remarked In
this column, was agitated some 20 years
ago in the newspapers of the city, these
queries are suggested:
Would the fact that the water was to
be Uttered encourage class OF people
to pollute 1t more than ever before?
Would the cost of filtering inspire conf
dence in the public mind that the water
would be bereft OF all the insidious germs
of disease? Not at all. Many people
prefer for nominal sum to be supplied
with water which nature provides,
pure and sparkling from reservoir
hid beneath the earth away from all
with Mr.. Il. T.. Drake Of Prophet Spring
water fame. asked HIM II he sold much
water. What funny question that
would have been a few years ago!
learned that more than ten thousand
people drank the Prophet Spring water
tested by Prof. T.. T.. Calder, made 1t
the favorite beverage for the table
in hotels, restaurants and private families.
Mr.. Drake established the business Of
furnishing the people in this city with
pure drinking water two years ago, and
1t has proven blessing to the careful and
fastidious who do not care to take chances
with the uncertain commodity in the
shape of water which comes through the
city pipes when fish or refuse do not inn
pede its progress.
What Is the difference between judicious
and injudicious advertising? Ask any old
advertiser and he will tell you that daily
paper, frequent change OF matter, trade
mark, particular place, and the ''sur-
prise" method embody what is the most
advertising expense of firm or indi-
vidual is the formation and strengthen
ing OF the bridge which carries the
advertiser safely over the chasm of failure
TO the side of success. There is more
money wasted in advertising In this coun-
try than one can readily realize. Agencies
presumably established for the interest of
the advertiser are successful so far as
unlimited capital allows OF patron
izing mediums of known circulation.
A judicious advertiser is the one who con-
siders not alone circulation, but character
of readers, and whether or not they have
the means at their disposal with which to
buy. The way to purchase advertising is
to consider not how cheap it Is but how
gUud.. w lit or witt not the public eye be
attracted TO my business? Shall directly
or Indirectly receive O benefit? These
questions satisfactorily answered, then 60
ahead. BY letting one dollar go In the
right direction it will catch on to two
before yousee it again. Remember, that
it Is hard work to sell goods by keeping
the fact secret that you have them for
sale.
Did you ever think how the fandango
OF time makes up the kaleidoscope pano-
rama of life A well-known man, Mr..
CDakeSpeare Dy name, was philosopher
enough to know that " men and women
were but actors - and that one man in
his time plays many parts upon the stage
OF life." / meet men every day who are
practical illustrations OF the poets muse.
They have been up on the mountain of
success and down in the valley of failure
and as the lawyers say vice versa. General
John Brennan used to remark in his
younger days when juggling with Black
stonian technicalities that the ssprepon-
derance OF evidence" was in favor Of his
client. IL the General was successful, and
he was on many occasions, the client knew
that the word ''preponderance" had
great deal to do with it.
notice that Mr.. "Tomn Davenp port is
again in the city. l believe his initials
are M. s., but cannot recognize anything
of the sort. All j know is that for more
than twenty years / have accosted him by
the familiar name as above quoted. Well,
what about it? Oh, nothing much;
only meeting him the other day it
brought back memories of the
long ago. Once in particular when
he was employed at the old Aldrich House
pleasure of introducing the famous Scout
to Rhode Island clam bake. The next
week Mr.. Davenport will remember an in
cident occurred which never happened
before or since in this city. There were
36 representatives OF the circus, theatri-
cal ard vaudeville professions assembled
and Harry Porter and ''Tom" were depu-
tized TO listen to their yearnings.
OF course that was long ago. But, as
the clown in the circus says, Here We
are agaip."
Mr.. Davenport, after being employed
under four sets of proprietors at the City
Hotel Hunt & Sprague, Hunt, and then
Sprague again and then Doyle-after years
of intermission We find him back upon
his old stamping ground at the same
hostelry, this time as proprietor. II
had not years ago foresworn
using the word "genial" in connection
with a complimentary notice 1t would fit
Mr.. Davenport exactly. Not referring to
his success at Attleboro or Taunton, what