The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-07-31
"PIANOS. ORGANS
FEATHER BEDS. T"

IlANOc, bhoANo
FEATHER BEDS"
This is certainly as novel a combina-
tion of merchandise that could be adver-
tissd, outside OF course. the department.
stores where pianos. organs and leather
beds are only detM of tar more con-
fusing assortments
Speaking OF signs. notice that one of
our scholarly real estate agents has aban-
doned the "To Lett sign and instead
prints on his cards For Rent F."
This is elegant. correot. / believe, and
not so awkward as the TO BE Let
idea which reformers In To Let an
nouncements once tried 10 Introduce In
tho interests Of the peace of Lindley Muir
rays ghost.
came down town this morning on a
car that was filed mostly with young
people bound somewhere on an excursion
or picnic.
The party presented a goodly spectacle.
The young women and the young men
were "got up in fashion that betrayed
care, the former In lightsome gowns with
a good many ribbons about them and the
respective hair on their heads nicely In
curl.
The young fellows, as rule, were In
black clothes that suggested the church
more than AN outing down the river
They wore their hair spatted down
shiny and smoothly parted and some OF
them had their hats on the backs OF their
heads partly, no doubt. TO avoid mussing
the hair and equally, perhaps. to display
Its grooming,
1t was a merry company and every now
and then thoy ipdulgod In singing, led
by half a dozen young fellows with fresh
Il R3. anYtfl flI hat
back seats
l was struck, as always am. with the
pathos not 20 say dolofulness CT the airs
selected by this merry company.
Did you ever notice that the more Jovial
the party the more pathetic are the tunes
they singy
Your roisterers rolling round the town
rarely sing the drinking songs and the
jigs thnt would seem to be naturally sug-
gcsted but on the contrary, give their
souls and voices 60 ST Oh Jathetio things
as "Seeirg Nellie Home" or "Old
Black Joe, I" or Mothers Gone and Left
Us, We Shall Never See Her More" and
|. the like +"
A sleigh party. scooting over die crisp
roads TO the jingle OF merry bells. can
usually sing itself into tears and aching
hearts. l have observed And the queer
thing about il is, It usually prefers to. by
some contrariness in human nature moro
especially, perhaps youthful human
nature.
The less we know OF care and sorrow
| the more we seem TO love to court II in
| fancy.
| Now, these young folk this morning
sang most woeflllv about 1.-The Little
| Old Red Shawl That Mother Used to
Wear, and "Don't iurn Her Away.
! She Has Seen Better Days" or some
thing like that and Take Nie Back Co Ole
| Virginny." and Nearer, My God. TO
| Thee" which sounded particularly
| breezy by contrast.
They sang with much feeling and the
| whole car was very ponsive and sad.
| Nobody laughed or spoke loud.
AMI vet am sure they were all happy
and anticipating royal good time for
| the day.
| But I know that the better time thJy
are having the more feelingly will they
sin,E1he most pathetic songs they can
think up
Though, of course. / was rank out
slider. could not but feel the sympathetic
| influence.
Ernest Renan tells Of preacher who
preached so powerful that the entire con-
gregation save one-man was in tears.
| This man stood soiidly leaning against
| pillar entirely Indifferent. Roman ap.
| preached him and asked. "Ny friend. how
| Is IL that you alone of this whole audience
are unmovedY "MeP" said the man
"Me lwby, don't belong In this parish ~
But am not built that way.
am ever In the spirit Of the company
| 1 chance 20 DO thrown with.
This disposition gives variety TO life
THE TATTLER