The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-04-20
CHAT AND CHAFF.

they will make a particularly impress
sive time OF IL.
The date Is the 25th OF May next;
Boston Ia of course the place and am
informed that the British and Foreign
Unitarian Association, the japanese
Unitarian Association, the Brahmo-
somat of India, the Unitarian church or
hungary. have already appointed rep
resentative delegates TO attend the an
niversary exercises. Moreover III Is
hoped to have delegates from the PrSs-
estantenverein OF Germany and from
the Protestantenbond of Holland and
from the Reformed Liberal churches OF
France. Perhaps ten or twelve distin-
guished representatives OF Liberal
Christianity in Europe and Asia can
therefore be expected.
The American Unitarian Associa-
tons finance committee estimates that
the expenses OF the celebration will be
rents. hospitality and travelling expenses
of some of the guests and doesn't sound
extravagant. The various Unitarian
clubs have been called upon to guaran-
tee this sum and the club in Boston has
already come forward with an appro-
priation of $500.
The Providence Unitarian club is nat
urally looked to for handsome appro-
priation, but because the club does not
pretend to maintain "a treasury much
beyond what may be called its ordinary
expenses. "a committee composed OF
John j. Jencks. chairman; Charles w.
Bowen, Sam III. Bullock. Marcus M.
Burdick. William II. G. Temple. and
Nathan III. Truman. has been appointed
to secure contributions from individ-
ual club members and other Unitarians
or others In the community who are
friendly To the cause.
1t is confidently expected that your
subscriptions will be many and gen.
erous. so that the Providence donation
may be of a dignified and worthy prom
inence. and in keeping with the lib
erality and good will which has hereto
fore characterized answers to similar
appeals.
Speaking of anniversaries. the Odd
Fellows are preparing for particular
ly big time on the anniversary Of the
introduction OF their order. May next.
and Providence Will see one OF the big
gest parades in its history on the after
noon OF that day. Lodges. cantons, en-
campments and every kind and degree
OF Odd Fellowship in Rhode Island will
be represented in the parade and II is
expected to have five thousand breth-
rem in line and no end of bands.
Another interesting parade that IL
due shortly is that OF the Scotchmen.
The Scotch orders have recently taken
on the military idea and IT is arranged
TO have an evening parade OF the Gale
domains and Scottish Clans together
with the Scotch military company
which, / believe is already organized
in Pawtucket. Providence Is to have one
also and the exhibition parade is cal
culated TO stir interest In it's organiza-
ton.
1t has been long time since we had
a parade OF either the Scotchmen or the
Odd Fellows.
When l see the biograph at the
Continuous / am every time i'm
pressed with the unfailing drawing
powers of that institution.
1t affords ever new delights and there
are no present indications that audi
ences will ever get tired Of II or that
they will be reconciled IL 1t is ever left
out of the continuous" bill.
The biograph pictures seem to me
more impressively wonderful than the
telephone. the phonograph. or any Of
the modern inventions which are bound
to command admiration when we stop
TO think about them no matter how
well accustomed we may be to them.
And the whole world IL paying tribute
TO the biograph these days.
Wherever in any part of the world
anything interesting is going on there
is found the biograph photographer.
Emperors parade for him, soldiers
fight to provide him new picture,
great men pose for him and great deeds
are performed for him.
Audiences applaud just as heartily
when the slides at Keith's announce
that the next feature on the bill is the
biograph as they did when the bio
graph was younger. Just now we are
having battle scenes as the chief pic
lures, for the biograph man is with the
British and the Boer in South Africa
and with the Yankee and the Filipino
i'm the Philippines and his work is sent
back home with all dispatch so that we
get the pictures about as quickly as We
get the letters from the correspondents.
And wonderful pictures they are.
What a contribution to history the bio
graph is making.
Audiences like anything in the bio
graph list that Is spirited and most all
| the pictures arc spirited. The fighting
soldiers get the most applause with one
standing exception. And that IL the pic
ture that Is taken from the front ~ a
| locomotive while rushing on its way.
There is nothing new about this pic