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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

ladies of the pa are not as the same
Villon says, "As lost as the SHOWS Of
yesteryear," for the queen of grace and
youth and her courtly suite find no in
adequate representatives in the ladies
who occupy the stage the present week.
The grace. the bright eyes and the joy
BUSINESS of the festival so captivate one
and bring before the eyes of the spec
tator so vividly what a charm there
must have been around the young
queens throne that he no longer would
wonder why one brought up i'm the
midst Of all such happiness, gallantry
and merriment should ask az did the
Dauphin, when the poor cried for
bread. why can't they be satisfied
with cake?" Youth. beauty and man
lness of an olden time play. then state
ly play again on stage, the actors
only are changed. 1t is "A delightful pic
tt,rt--uf-a time when the princes and
queens could make merry with royal
magnifcence, and their merriment
seemed real. but then. perhaps. no more
real that it was TO the ladies and gen
tlemen Of last evening, for grace, beauty
and youth are at all times the same.
The efforts of the dancers won, as
was richly deserved, much applause.
Tonight it will be even better, and
those who have seen Miss Eager's work
i'm the past must know that IL never
becomes wearisome TO those taking part
i'm il. and the fascinating grace and
beauty of the dancers and OF the dances
cannot fail to awake the enthusiasm OF
every lover of delightful scenes. There
is not "A dance that one could wish To
miss i'm the pleasant program. and while
every one will have his or her choice
each visitor to the Opera House Will
admit that all are very winning.
The decorations Of the stage and the
main part OF the house are very at
tractiVc. There are booths Choicely
decorated which invite the patrons of
the fctc even more effectually. for the
object is deeper and really kinder than
was the idea of the original fcte. The
costumes Of the members OF the gay
dancers are not more attractive than
are those of the ladies who successfully
draw custom and dollars 10 the treas
ury uf the Rhode Island Exchange for
Womsn's work. This institution has
been strong arm on which many
have leaned i'm times when change OF
circumstances made some such support
necessary, and surely such an enter
tainment as n this week given in Its
name deserves well of the citizens OF
Providence. Worthy representatives of
the citys grace and beauty have con-
tributcl good capital for the ladies who
direct the institutions affairs In the
present instance. Business ability I'm
management has done much in the past.
hut such an institution needs dollars
from friends. and the notable clarity
uf all our citizens cannot fail to re-
spoud. particularly when charity has so
gracious "A micn. Worthy OF special
notice. among many visitors were Miss
Maudc Phillips. Mr.. ostby and Mise
Dennis
The fete has a most auspicious open
ing. FOR the one selected ~ the one g.vef'
in honor of the young duke and duchess
OF Russia, Who have come 70 visit their
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

Ii looks as thocgh the gas question
In New York was being advanced D
cover good many evils hat promise
TO attract the attention OF the citizens
unless something is cor;rived 10 make
them look the other way. Just as
rulers used ID set their nations at a
foreign war 70 draw attention from IN
ternal affairs when the latter were ap-
poaching state SO unhealthy as to
threaten the monarch's comfort ana
peace OF mind. 50 Tammany is now
shouting municipal gas And the
leaders are confident that on this great
issue the "men OF all parties can unite"
and. incidentally. In the eagerness IA
rally around the great gas issue, forget
a good many things and neglect TO take
note OF such o. the other doings of
Tammany as that organization wants
to have all TO Itself with no yearnns
20 share with the citizens "of all par
ties" For political patronage what a
glorious institution a municipal gas
plant would he! No wonder the very
dream OF It makes the Tammany
spoilsman's mouth water
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

queer things come up I'm Jersey. any
how. That state claims the original
new woman" She il seventy-five
years old and, according TO report. sho
has been new woman for forty years
or more Which is undoubtedly tho
record. pending hearing from any other
claimant She dresses in mans
clothes" and runs a farm and her cos
tune not only antedates by many years
the bloomer OF today, but was probably
worn by her even before Dr. Mary
Walker became conspicuous.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

New Brunswick, n. j., has new and
curious reform. Fifteen ministers in
that town have signed an agreement
not TO conduct funerals on Sunday
The agreement went into effect q
not to be reconciled To the movement
for there is "a hot discussion going on
about it. The argument of the minis
ters is that Sunday funerals interfere
they compel labor on the part of cab
men. grave diggers, florists and others
that have 10 do with funerals.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

AN honest man can 20 into practical
politics In New YORK and make sue
cess os ~. gaining influence while re-
manning honest" said Governor Roose-
Welt In one oL his Chicago speeches.
"There are many examples OF men who
have become cogs in the machine and
helped II along without sacrificing their
Integrity. I myself am a cog I'm the
New York machine. but the machine
must do right or this cog will begin To-
tuIE Independently" These are brave
words indeed. to Haunt IN the face Of
the truly good Yet tney do explain
how public official can se .orn with
the machine and against 81. someth -
that the elect proclaim 10 be impossl-
biz. And ~ ID .als Gas ID is 10 be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

feared tha. Governor Rooseyelt's w~rds
viii bo accep..a as guaraatee of good
fai,h only 50 long as the cog nrns
lnfnpendenlly.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

Under such circumstances the aver
vious political ways is likely TO be
mystified not TO say whip-sawed. in
his opinions in attempting 10 follow
that leadership which today enjoys the
confidence and tomorrow may call
down upon itself the opprobrium of the
truly good But In a speech the other
evening Governor Roosevelt cleared
the matter up a trihe. IT may be re-
called that the governor suffered the
loss of the support OF Or. Parkhurst
during his campaign all because he was
the candidate of the machine where
hitherto he had been successful in
keeping free from it's contaminating
touch. He was elected governor just
the same, but since his Inauguration
his official acts have been jealously
watcheu by the elect to discover how
far he acted in accordance with what
was believed 20 be the wishes of tho
machine and how far in violation
thereof. II could never be admitted
OF kourse that the Republican machine
OF New York state might occasionally
cater to the public interest. on the
contrary. however sincere the governor
might be from time 70 time In mat di-
rectlon, the fact that ne should at any
time strike IN harmony with the ma
chine would demonstrate a growing In
difference to the public welfare against
the future. Of which no previous record
could serve as n guarantee.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

way open to get the debtor out OF dur
ance and there he Is bound 20 stay for
the rest OF his life unless something IL
done about Il. The situation evidently
calls for the immediate services of a
Philadelphia lawyer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11
THE HOMLlEsST MAN IN

\ ifeNNhfNeNt
kswell as tho handsome~i and others. are
invited 20 call on any druggist and get rRrT
q trial bottle oi kCmp's Balsam for the
Throat and Lungs. n remody that is guar.
anteed 10 cure aud relieve all Chronic and
Acute Coughs. Asthma. Bronchitis ana Con
sumption. Price 9jV and ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

\ memorial has been presented To tho
English government urging IL To- deaf
with the registration OF plumbers IN the
ensuing session in the Interests OF the
public health.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

superior b. to have n municipal em-
plovmont bureau The unemployed will
register at its Office and places viii Doe
furnished. when possible free of charge.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

The patronesses are Mrs. Elisha
Dyer. Mrs. William +. Baker, Mrs. j..
". Brown, Mrs. Seth Brownell, Mrs.
VI. Conant, Mrs. j. w. Danielson. Mrs
William Goddard, Mrs. William Gam
nell, Mrs. Lyman Goff. Mrs. G. c. Har-
rington. Mrs. Albert Horton, Mist
Amelia S. knight, Mrs. Robert knight,
Mrs. G. Il. Longley. Miss McVickar,
Mrs. +. A. Sayles, Mrs. 7. r. Shepard.
Mrs. j. Il. Studley.
The executive committee comprises
Mrs. Roscoe 8. Washburn. chairman: (:
Mrs. Charles f.. Bailey, Miss Francis,
Mrs. Charles Briggs, Miss l.. G.. Hoppin,
secretary; J. Herbert Foster. treasurer.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

royal cousins OF France. Russia and
France then, as now, are particularly
friendly, and the occasion was 10 be one
of the merriest ever given by the young
queen, whose heart was too light Tor a
throne.
The pages illuminate the grounds and
then come her majesty's maids Of hon
or. who are td dance before the Visitors.
The queens jester. Pierre, and his fel-
low Pierrots come I'm, and Lizette, by AZ
rose and chance. selects Pierre from his
fellows At this juncture the queen
and her court come In and with them
the grand duke and duchess, who took
seats on the raised platform.or rather on
the steps of the house representing the
Petit Trianon OF Versailles. Then came
the dances. Swiftly moving and en-
trancing as the fire dance is, the audi
ence breaks out I'm earnest expressions
OF enthusiasm. The Alsatian dance, in
tricate in its movements. well done, OF
course, as all the dances are, is followed
by the Russian flag dance. The cos
tunes are particularly attractive ana
the movements graceful and interest
ing.
The court dance with its stately
movements, Its grace and splendid set
tings wins much more approval than
is given expressions. The dance by
Pierrot and Pierrette so much in con-
trast with the court dance Is full OF the
liveliness of youth and the abandon OF
merry hearts. The quaint rustic dance
IL pleasing to all and wins from tho
popularity OF the dancers great ap.
plause. Then there is the dance OF
shepherds and shepherdesses. A de-
lightful picture il all is, but no part OF
1t. perhaps. Is so thoroughly satisfying
so like what we believe fairyland 10 be
as this shepherd dance led by the
queen and the grand duke. Last comes
the march of the pages and last night
as finale the pleasant invitation Of
Col. III. Anthony Dyer to patrons to
remember the booths.
A supper room was not 10 be for
gotten in the mention OF the attrac-
tions. 1t is on the second floor and
chatting dish suppers may be had from
$3.50 TO 8 p. m. and later If specially or
dered.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-04-11

The fete has a most ausploious open
ing. for the one selected ~ the one giveIs
in honor 0f the young duke and duchess
OF Russia, Who have come 70 visit their
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
Skating on Water.

According to Professor j. Jolly of
Trinity college, Dublin, a skater really
glides about on a narrow film of water
continually forming under the skate
and resuming the solid form when re-
lieved Of pressure. He shows that the
pressure under the sharp edge Of the
skate, along the short portion of the
steel curve which Is at any moment in
contact, Is great enough to liquefy a
thin line Of Ice, and this gives the
skate Its "bite." When the ice Is very
cold, the pressure Is sometimes made
quate to reduce the melting point suf-
ficiently. and then. as all skaters know.
1t Is difficult to make the skates bite.
For very cold ice Professor Jolly rec
ommends "hollow ground skates, be-
cause the effective pressure increases
with the thinness Of the edge.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
A COMEDY OF PLUMBERS,
1t Taught One Man More About
: Horses VhaM He Knew Before.

This CASS emu resident knows
about az much OF horses as he does of
the tecl,ns Vt tiger hunting, but Il
few weeks h-,0 he paid 5000 for n $100
horse and since that has looked upon
himself as an equine authority. sun
day afternoon he was In the bay win,
dow enjoying his morning paper and a
cigar. Hearing Il clickcty-clicke,y,
click on tn" asphalt, he looked out,
glared, dropped his paper and eye
glasses and dashed out as though he
were going to pull a fire alarm.
"Hi, there! Stop that team" hr
shouted. Halt" And all the prone
naders on the block obeyed, but the
horse trotted along. "Ten dollars to
the IA who brings me that horse
dead or alive" ,wlooped the citizen,
now too much excited to be lucid,
"rhAt Internal %liverymnn has hired
him out, and me paying the highest
price Tor his keep. I'll show him! Ten
dollars, dead or alive" In Richard III
voice, "for that horse"
4 lnsty bicycler grasped the situation
and two minutes later had caught the
oAN VI Wv t'l SN' Nv tiNa ~ Wv puSSS
protested, swore and threatened, but
the grinning wheelman trotted the
whole outfit back to the excited citizen,
"Unhitch him" he shouted. "Some,
body will pay big money for this! Call
q patrol wagon, What's your name|'
Then the citizen turned pale and
gAsped:
"rhree white feet! My horse has but
two, and hos smaller, My mistake,
gentlemen and ladies'" for there was n
crowd now. Beg pardon" And he
started for the house.
But the man In the buggy jumped up
and wanted to fight. The %bicyclist de.
mandcd his $40, and the crowd ieered.
A policeman came In time to referee.
The wheelman get his $40, the real
owner Of the horse accepted Il humble
apology. and the liveryman raised the
board the mex day.-Detroit Free
Press.
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Skylark's Glorious Song.

Need say a word about the skylark
and Its wholly joyous song? 1t in.
splred II Of Jeremy Taylor's most
beautiful and best known passages
the lark rising from his bed Of grass
Snd soaring upward, singing az he
rises and hoping to get to heaven and
climb above the clouds; singing las if
It had learned music from an angel a.
he passed sometimes through the air
about his ministering here below"
And It inspired. too, one Of the finest
odes In the English language, shelley's
finest work, his supreme ode" But,
az may be said OF another ode. 1t Ia
mot In tune with the birds song and
the feeling II does and ought to
awaken, The rapture with which the
strain springs up at first dies down
before the close into Shelley's ave-
haunting melancholy,
Like Keats "Ode to the Nightingale"
II II no key to tho birds song, 1t does
not teach ~ anything Of the thought
ana FEELING which inspired thai culver
ms ascending embodiment OF JOY, that
pilgrim OF the sky, hiding itself In the
glorious light OF the summer heavens,
minneapolis journal.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
How They Dress In Paris.

Walk along the streets Of Paris, and
you will see 100 simple citizens tricked
out In such a gulse as In sober London
would make them ridiculous.
Is a man a poet? Then his hair is III
stantly long, his clothes are shabby and
fantastic, his hat, with its fiat brim,
recalls the fashion Of 1880. Is a man a
painter? Then his clothes proclaim
that he inhabits Montmartre and that
he wanders up and down under the
skinny trees of the Boulevard Roche
chouart. Is a man a journalist? Then
he is what Is called epatant and dimes
for a reduced price at the Cafe Anglais.
Is a man a deputy? Then the mag
ination refrains from a formula; he has
a brougham, and he is decorated. but
beyond this the eye of dogmatism can
not penetrate.
Yet, whoever he be, he dresses the
part; he separates himself from the
bourgeoisie by a trick of costume and
gesture, and though no man ever pos
sessed 80 brilliant a genius as the
young Frenchman assumes his love Of
acting instantly marks him out, and
the world Is so wisely accustomed to
his antics that a mar who would be
mobbed In London marches up and
down Paris u~nobserved. - London
Standard,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
A Fountain Of Ants.

The house | was then occupying was
a bungalow, and. M IL the case with
many bungalows. the inner walls were
constructed Of merely sun dried bricks,
and In the recesses Of n wall a col.
ony Of white ants had established q
nest. 1t was evening. heard behind
me a buzzing sound. turned, and
from a hole near the bottom of the wall
! beheld q fountain Of young white
ants ascending. They reached the cell
Ing, and then the descent commenced.
They nlighted by thousands on the tn.
BILE and there shook off their wings. In
a few minutes the cloth. the plates. the
glasses, even the lamp shades, We're
covered with the little white feeble
crawling creatures. The fountain Of
ants continued to play for at least ten
minutes. When. next morning, the
floor was swept. the wings that the
n had shaken off filed q large bas-
ket, What became OF the ants them
selves ! cannot say.-"Haunts and
Hobbies OF an Indian Official"
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
Not Exactly Growing.

us your town growing" asked the
Pittsburg man of a fellow traveller on
the cars.
"Well, no; l can't say it's growing"
was the reply. mot growing to speak
Of, but 1t Is improving in its tastes
right along"
"You mean the people are assuming a
higher Standard"
II do sir. Yes, sir. We now get
bananas every day from Cincinnati,
and five out Of six groceries keep shred
ded Goldfish and Limburger cheese. We
don't look for any building boom or in
fiux Of strangers. but Wen hold our
own and gradually work up to electric
door bells and oysters on the half
hell."-Philadelphia Press-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
TRAPDOOR SPIDERS.
The Curious Nests That These lnGe-
niOus Insects Construct.

A curious species OF insect Is the
trapdoor spider, whose nest consists OF
a tube %eXcavated In the earth to the
depth OF six o eight inches. 1t Is al.
ways lined with silk. and 1t Is closed
with an ingeniously constructed door,
One sort Of door closes into the nest
like q cork In a bottle. another Is as
thin as a piece of paper.
In all cases the door opens outward.
and when the nest Is placed, as it usu'
ally Ia, on a sloping bank, it opens UP.
ward, SO that there Ia no fear Of It's
gaping. The object Of the trapdoor Is
to conceal the nest, and consequently
1t Ii always made to resemble the gen.
eral surface OF the ground. Sometimes,
however, an enemy attempts to open
the door, and then the inmate braces
Its legs against the sides of the nest
and holds 1t as fast az possible.
Still other spiders have inner doors
besides outer, 80 that II their first de-
Tense be carried they may have anoth-
or behind which to retreat. More curl.
Gus still Ia the ingenuity Of the branch
trapdoor-that Is to say, a door that
opens from the main tunnel Of the
nest into a side branch. which the
stranger could discover, since there Is
nothing to distinguish 1t from any 9TH
or part OF the main nest. So, then, II
m enemy should effect an entrance
the lawful occupant Of the nest can
quietly slip into the side branch, close
the door and there remain In security
while the intruder wonders what has
become OF her.-Our Animal Friends.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
HOW We GET OUR TEETH.
It In an Interesting ana Somewhat
Complicated Operation.

It In an Interesting and Somewhat
Complicated Operation.
An eminent dentist Is authority for
the following interesting explanation:
1t would take too long to describe
the formation Of the teeth. but it may
interest you to know that the enamel
Is derived in the first place from the
epithelium, or scarf skin. and Is in fact
modified skin, while the dentine. of
which the bulk Of the teeth is com.
posed, Is derived from the mucous lay
err below the epithelium.
Lime salts are slowly deposited, and
the tooth pulp or nerve Is the last re-
mains Of what was once a pulpy mass
of the shape Of the future tooth, and
even the tooth pulp in the old people
sometimes gets quite Obliterated by
calcerous deposits. The 30 permanent
teeth are preceded by 20 temporary de-
ciduOus or milk teeth.
These are fully erupted at about 2 or
21a years old, and at about 6 years Of
age a wonderful process of absorption
porary teeth are removed to make
room for the advancing permanent
n The rowns Of the former, hav-
ing M support, become loose and fall
away.
One would naturally suppose that
the advancing permanent tooth was a
powerful factor in the absorption Of
its temporary predecessor, but we have
many facts to prove that it has no in
luence whatever. Indeed, the interest
Ing phenomena Of the eruption and
succession Of the teeth are very little
understood.
may remark in passing that a child
Of 6, who has not yet lost any tenn
erupted or nonerupted. no fewer than
81 teeth more or less formed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
DesiHning Man.

"Did you ever notice." he asked, that
1t Is always the homely woman who
wants a pug dog? The pug is SO hide
u that 1t makes her seem good look
Ing by comparison, Still, the ruse Is so
well known now that the possession of
u pug Is sufficient
who's going to buy a pug" she ask
ed. "Wh0 v e thought of getting
DUTY"
"Why, no one, of course, my dear"
he answered, for he was too wise a
mar to admit that he had heard her
telling a neighbor that she thought
she'd get one.-Chicago Post.
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SYMPATHY.

! looked into baby eyes Of blue,
While my thoughts were far away
Into beautiful orbs in whose liquid light
Shone a life that was bounded by play.
But a gricvcd look came to the rosy lips
And u cloud DER the l~ustrous ,:rs.
As earth darkcns when hidcrh I'll. sun goo away
And obscured Is the blue Of the skies.
I smiled in the dear lit,l2, rcnsivc face.
But she gave me no answering smile.
And ! wondercd-w when down Ger my check RAJ
tears
That had filed my sad eyes crstwhilc.
And | thought how strange that the baby eyes
Should behold what the world could not see,
For the wise had replied TO the smile on my lips,
While the child heart responded to me.
Rose VanIi. Specie in scranton Republican.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
Its Chief Use.

4 little boy writing a composition OF
the zebra the other day was requested
to describe the animal and to mention
what 1t Ia useful for, After deep re
Aecti0n he wrote; 1.-THE zebra Is like q
horse, only striped, 1t Is chiefly usef
to illustrate the letter r."
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28

An Irish philosopher says It's a great
blessing that night comes on late In the
day when one Ii too tired to work
longer,
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28
Irresistible Attraction.

"What are you stopping for, John? II
we don't hurry well miss our train"
"You can go on If you want to, Maria.
I'm going to see how they get that
balky horse stared."-ChicagO Tribune.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28

Resolving too often not to worry
makes the resolution serve to remind
you that you have something to worry
Standardization Globe.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-07-28

It's a long life, but devotion to the true interests and
prosperity of the American people has won for it new
friends as the years rolled by and the original mem
bers of its family passed to their reward, and these ad-
mirers are loyal and steadfast today, with faith in it's
teachings and confidence in the information which it
brings to their homes and fresides. AS a natural con
sequence it enjoys in it's old age all the vitality and
vigor of its youth, strengthened and ripened by the ex
periences of over half a century. 1t has lived on its
merits, and on the cordial support of progressive
Americans. 1t is