The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-04-26

courteous inclination, raises his hat and
keeps 1t OFF long enough for you to feel as
though he Is paying homage to oma
kind in general, and you in ~particulsr-it
is q fiattering salutstiou and you feel as
though you had been set on q pedestal for
the time being. We all like to meet this
friend. Perhaps the very next gentleman
we meet will emove his hat in that
grndging way as thoughitrequired horse
power to raise his hat from his head and
what a bored expression mis- face wears.
Often times crossing the street would be
preferable to meeting this acquaintance.
Then comes our friend who poses as a
bowling swell, with q languid, blase
movement, but perfectly graceful; he re-
turns your bow and passes on. All, hero
is the friend we all like to meet, the one
with the bright smile, the glad greeting,
who turns around and walks a block
with us, chatting briskly; and we feel
sorry TO say good-by As a small boulder
can change the course OF a river, So a
smile or q frown on the face of a friend or
an acquaintance can affect and influence
our day, and, indirectly, perhaps our life.
SO let us not be selfish with our smiles.
He was a college graduate and yet there
was actually one thing he did not know,
for with a puzzled air he asked Miss
Giggleby il "May baskets were ever
hung In April?' On her looking per-
picked, he explained that he had seen a
cluster of flowers, confined with the
regulation satin ribbon, and suspended
from a door bell a few numbers below her
house. "May basketl' she shrieked.
''Why that is where old Mr.. Has Been
lives and he's dead" (This is founded
on fact.
N~eighboring cities quizzingly call
Providence "The Burglars Paradise; and
when you come to reflect, how odd it
would seem to pick up a daily and not
read of several successful burglaries and
the equally successful escape of the burg
lars?
White broadcloth outlined in gold
thread is one OF the latest effects in piano
covers.
We speak OF its being a 'liberal educa-
ton" to converse with certain people,
while listening to others reminds us OF a
"liberal entertainment For instance, a
sweet girl graduate incidentally men,
toned the fact that Columbus came over
to this country Ia one OF three ships
named "The Ave Maria" and later she
spoke OF friends who were wintering in
a chspeau in France. She must have
known better, you say? Perhaps so, but
she certainly made these remarks serious
ly enough and in public.
Have YOU taken in any OF the "teas" at
the Art Club? Did you attend the prom
enade concert? In fact. have you been up
to the Art Club since the Loan Exhibition
of Portraits OF Women was opened to the
public? Those that have been once are
not contented with that once, but have
always been again, accompanied by
friends, their enthusiastic description has
inveigled into seeing for themselves.
People think nothing of spending
ing the portraits. The fixtures
seem ike q chapter out OF real life, for
they mostly represent persons We are
familiar with by name IL not by sight, as
women OF note, wealth, culture and
beauty. This Is the Goth exhibition 81 the
Art Club, and when we think what a big
percentage OF these exhibitions all care
fully prepared and selected have been free
to the good people Of this city, we wonder
at there being standing room during this
exhibition or rare and valuable portraits,
with it's small admission Zee OF only Is
cents. ON Wednesday and Saturday az
t%crnoons, between 4 and q, tea Is to Ice
served free Of charge,sss graceful compli-
ment TO those who are In attendance; and
the public is cordially invited TO I've pres
ent by the ladies who preside over these
teas prominent society women who now