The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-12-11

Town Tales
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A certain lecturer advertised the
''Texas troubadours" as an additional
attraction to his discourse, yesterday
afternoon, The troubadours in ques-
| ton proved to be members of the Clo-
yer Club minstrel company. The
| singers carried out their part of the
program, but were considerably in
censed at the advertisement which, ac-
cording to members of the club, was
without their knowledge.
| 1t is a fact worth noting for persons
who are kindly disposed towards tramps
| that there Is a sort of wireless telegra-
ply in operation whereby they notify
each other of the condition of things in
cities they pass through. In no case has
this been better demonstrated than at
station 2, on Lamartine street, where
| the tramp, room has been torn out
| Chief of Police James M. brennan de-
cided that there was no room at station
| 2 for trampS, and as it now stands all
| knights of the road are obliged to go to
station l for a nights lodging. For a
week after the room was torn out
tramps kept applying at the police sta
ton for lodging, and We're told by Lieut.
| Matthew j. Walsh that he could not
put them up. He had from 10 to 20 APP
pIcations every night, but for the past
| three months it has been rare occur
renee for tramp to ask for lodging at
the station, while the number of dodgers
at the Waldo street station has in
creased accordingly.
Drug store clerks are generally cred
tied with being obliging people, but an
| incident took place in a Chandler street
| dispensary the other day which broke
the record in the mind of the man be
hind the counter. A woman came In
and asked if the clerk could oblige her
with a postal card. The article was
produced and the woman after profuse
thanks went out without paying FOR
the card A minute later she APP
peared In the doorway and asked If the
man who runs notion store next door
was about The clerk summoned the
proprietor who was passing, and the
obliging business man unlocked his
store, with visions of business in mind.
The woman entered and asked for the
loan of a lead pencil to fill out the card,
explaining that she did not wish to
presume too far on the good nature
of the Grug clerk. And when the woman
had disappeared down the street the
drug clerk and the store keeper shook
hands and wendell their way to the
back room.
There is a sort of jolly camaraderie
about actors and actresses that is not
even possessed by drummers, and it
may be noticed almost any evening in
Worcester, when the play is over and
the make-ups discarded. OF course, in
companies, it is to be expected, but it
is seen to the best advantage among
the vaudeville performers at the Park
theatre. Coming from everywhere UNI
der the sun, perhaps, they meet for the
first time during their week here, and
when Saturday night comes they are
ready to separate again to the four
winds Sometimes there is an outcast
among them, who does not enter into
their little suppers after the show, and
sometimes there is a snob who feels
himself better than the other perform
ers, and refuses to associate with his
fellows, but good friendship is the rule,
and some good stories change hands
during the week in one town. OF course,
at a vaudeville house, a man is through
as soon as he has done his turn, and is
at liberty to leave whenever he wishes,
but he usually waits for some one else,
and they go out together and get some
thing to eat. On Monday afternoons,
nearly all Of the teams stay through
the whole performance, and they make
the worst sort of critics-or the best
sort--for they Judge each others work
by their own standard, and judge harsh
ly. They are charitable, however, and
feel sorry for the man who makes
failure.
There are men of inventive genius
who have never been in position to
astound the world by the erection of
anything prompted by a well-developed
brain but a young man who aspires
to be something in Worcester society,
recently invented a dress coat holder
that was an astonisher. The young
man attended the firemens ball in Me-
chanics hall. and was fortunate enough
to be invited to share friends car
riage. The shrewd young man had
dress suit with claw-hammer points
hanging to the bend in his knees. At
ter dancing for a few hours, he went