The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-08-07


The man In the moon.
What strange sights he must see on
land and water these Venetian summer
nights.
Think OF the moonlight excursions, the
bicycle riding, the promenades and the
'front.' door step and piazza parties that the
man In the moon looks down upon. How
1t must make him want to come down to
earth and adjust the trolley of the young
man, who, pointing to him, swears to be
ls-karat fine to the young and over
credulous maiden by mis- side. The
rejection OF the man in the moon smiling
upon the waters of bay and lake, to say
nothing OF the extensive bosom OF old
ocean, makes him very popular with all.
Tonight the man in the moon will lend
his presence to the fiftieth performance of
"Pinafore" at Crescent Park, where
Manager Boyden expects a large party to
assemble upon that occasion. The captain
OF the good ship Pinafore will pour out
his words In song to the moon, and
everybody will enjoy the special enter
tainment prepared for them.
The Continental Hotel at Narragansett
Pier is favorite hostelry with a large
number that visit that delightful summer
resort from this city, while all along the
line as far West as Chicago and San Fran
cisco the register is In evidence that
many people take advantage OF what Host
johnson provides for his guests
Did you ever notice how hard some
people try to impress other people with
the fact that they have got some money?
lake look along the drive at Newport
or at the Casino at Narragansett Pier
and You will be much amused to note
the various ways employed by fellow
worms 10 convince you that they are used
to butterfly existence. The young
ladies' with rich papas, who dress out OF
sight on the beach, and just the reverse
at the after-siesta at the Casino, you pos
sibly can forgive, but the chappie with
brier pipe, a single eyeglass, and white
duck pants turned up far enough 70 ex-
pose dotted silk lilac colored hose-you
have an involuntary desire to be pos
sessed OF gun, and feel that you might
forget but to forgive would be out OF
the question.
The man in the moon takes all these
things in when "Night spreads its sab le
mantle o'er the earth and pins it with a
star, and II must make him smile TO see
how the worms down here carry on. No
wonder he pulls cloud over his face
once in while.
got to talking the other day with a
man who asked, among others, this ques-
tion: "Do you think there is living
today one perfect, sinless man?' / looked
him straight in the eye in order to dis
cern IL possible any sign OF insanity and
answered in the negative. The perfect
slnless man Is over in the cemetery, and
the man who presumes TO say he is per-
feet and absolutely siness is hypocrit-
ical falsifier.
taking 1t easy Just now, confident that in
a few short weeks the air will be chilly,
people will be back from their vacations
and business will begin to boom. The
notable exception TO the rule Is the Misfit
Clothing Parlors; they never let up
in the line of mems and boys clothing
to attract the buyers.
Did you read about the electrocution
of Leach the other day at Sing Sing?
The state killed him, you remember, be.
cause he killed his wife. He admitted
the deed, but said he did it on account
of the love he bore her. Just before taxi
ing his leave of the people of this hemis-
phere he requested that he be allowed
the privilege of holding in his grasp a
lock of his victims hair. The warden
granted his request, and then the proper
official turned on the necessary amount
OF electricity.
"The Italians are superseding the
Americans" said a man with a paint
brush in his hand on Weybosset street
yesterday afternoon. He said he had Just
come up from Newport, where he had
finished two years job on a house
which was being frescoed and gew-gawed
up in style. The particular Italian he
referred TO quit his job because he did
not receive the amount of money he
thought he was entitled too. He was an
artist, ground figure painter and he
figured he could make only s103 day,
so he threw up the job. His price was
$3.50 a group, and il any of the figures
were to have basket of flowers, a flower
painter at $40 q day had to do that work.
My informant told me that the artist re-
ferred TO painted the "Declaration of
Independence" at Washington, and after
receiving his money painted the town a
deep red color and left 1t, dead broke.