The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-15
A Horse With an Appe-
tite for Meat and Fish.
The Dramatic and Musical
Exhibit at Earl'S Court.
Women a Success as Conductors OF
Street Cars for Charity.

IL Is said that the most extraordinary
annette known In horse belongs to
handsome bay owned by San Francisco
market firm. Horses are frequently
known to show a liking for sugar and In
stances are related where they have drank
beer. but who ever saw horse that WAS
fond of meat and fishg The name or the
San Francisco horse is Billy and his du-
ties are TO draw the firms delivery wagon
and his stand Is in front of the shop.
Hero he Is often on exhibition, eatlng
with apparent relish, steak, liver, trlpe
and in short almost any variety OF meat
handed TO him. sometimes. after having
had his fill OF oats and hay, he refuses
to munoh meat hut this seldom occurs
Billy's appetite developed several months
ago. No one knew of IL until one day he
was seen TO reach into butchers cart
tnat was tied Just ahead of him, aud
calmly begin eating a steak. After that
he was fed often with tho firms wares,
and many q bet has been won ana lost on
his appetite.
The horse formerly varied his meals by
purloining fish. but he was cured In
manner that was ludicrous 10 the specta-
tors but yery painful for the equine phe-
nomenon. He reached into fish wagon
one day when his olfactories detected tho
odor of his favorite smelt, but an active
and belligerent crab took offense at the
intrusion and promptly fastened 10 his
lower lip. Billy shook his head franti-
cally and whinnied In pain, but the
crustacaan held on until he was crushed
hy being banged against the side OF tho
wagon. Since then the horse has kept
clear of fish.
1t is said that one OF the most interest
ing features of the Victorian era exhlbi-
tion at Earl's Court London, Is the dra-
matic and musical section. Seven stages
have been erected. and on each is repre-
sented scene from some well known play
as performed in London theater. There
is a suene from 'Charles 1. at the
Lyceum, one from Rosemary at the
Criterion, one from "As You Like 1t" Mt
the st. James. one from BLACK Ey'd
Susan" at the Adelphi one from Ham
LETT as performed at the Haymarket under
Mr. Beerbohm Trees regime, one from
- 'Aiiadinis 81 mt DfaFy Lane. and one from
"The Mikado" at the Savoy. There Is
also a collection of portraits OF all the
great English and some of the more fam
Gus American actors and actresses OF the
period. Mime. Vestris. Macready, Liston,
jefferson, To say nothing of actors and
actresses still living, are among those
whose pictures find place upon the walls.
while there are many relics of the stage In
bygone days which will recall the famo
and the achievements OF PAST generations
of playwrights and actors. In the arcDi-
tectural room are many pictures ana
plans showing the construction Of theaters
in the Victorian era. Numerous portraits
Of eminent musicians and composers are
shown, and the history of music within
the period COMPRISED by tie exhibition
may be trace without difficulty by the
pictures on the walls.
Women as street car condu ductors seem to
be a success at Rockford. Ill. AT any
rate a number of society women and
guests OF that place spent whole day
pulling register and signal strap and col
lecting fares from passengers. Ono who
witnessed the experiment said that the
male travelling public OF Rockford cheer
fully paid all the way from cents TO 81
for the privilege of riding on the electric
cars The street railway companies turned
their lines over TO the Ladies' Union Aid
Society. and the receipts OF the day will
same plan netted the society $3.50. though
the day was one OF continual rain.
1t Is claimed that ms result of this ex-
periment women had demonstrated that
they can make good street car conductors.
10 be suro tho cars didn't run exactly on
schedule aud now and then "A man had to
do fino twisting somersault when the
car started before he reached the ground,
but pn the whole the lines were run
charmingly. Tho scheme, though, is
going TO change the entire prospective
matrimonial situation of Rockford.
All the youth and flower of the city are
haunting the car lines, each young man
waiting for his sweetheart's car. Woe
betide him IL he had the temerity 20 got
aboard with only "a nickel in his pocket.
Tho young woman said: Fare. please, "
and the young man handed OUT "a nickoj,
smiling q, that cold, cold look and
colder voice as she said: "Oniy nickelg
This Is for charity you know. 1hen
the youth very, very warm, admitted
that 1t was all the change he had.
people In your siraitened circumstances
can hardly afford TO ride. " she said frcez-
ingly; You had best feS off and walk ="
And the young man did lot oven ask her
TO stop the car, but dropped off in the