The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-04-16
Chat 4bouf
People.

'of course" said the crusiy old
don't you know that there Is wo-
mans convention OF some kind IN
Pawtucket. "A man who can say a
ana is s Declined % 'S 20 hoid u fuPshcr sse'ts isk
with him.
The Shriners who went 20 the Prov
idence Opera House last evening, had
a splendid time, ana nobody was more
ia the swim than my old friend George
III. Grant, who, as usual was mrm-
ber OF the committee that arranged
for the entire affair, together with
dinner before the theatre and the
dance after the performance.
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There was a very swell adudience at
Keith's Opera House last evening"
and the number of private carriages
outside the house Just before the close
OF the performance showed very ciear-
ly that many OF the leaders OF fashion
attended the first performance by the
excellent Albee stock company.
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A friend or mine was telling me this
morning that he had about made all
his preparations 10 begin saying nice
things TO the ice man, but had decided
10 walt until the northeast storm had
passed away. As a matter OF fact. the
coal dealer Is better friend than the
ice man just now.
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The Pessimist was happy this morn
Ing, because he had "A good chance 10
. kick lie began by reviling the robins
and blue birds and called them frauds
and base dcccivcrs who tried 10 make
people believe that this is spring"
Then he found hole In one or his rub
bers. and he began 10 rcvile the
weather. the climate, the rubber goods
makers and about everything else.
But the worst thing of all was that
his umbrella was turned inside out by
bear repeating. Truly IL was bad
day for the Pessimlst, or rather good
day, for he had lots To find fault with.
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A party Of fifteen friends OF Miss
Jisle Leigh came on from Portland,
Ne, TO witness her debut as "a men,
ber >of the Edward r. Albee Stock
company az keith's last evening, and
returned home this morning greatly
delighted with her artistic and popu-.
Miss Leigh WAS for several years tho
leading woman OF the McCullum
Stock company i'm that city. where
she became the greatest favoTite VINO
has ever played In Portland.
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''The only man who can get any COM
sola ton out of this measly weather
is the vendor OF windmills. Every
thing Is blowing his way" so says
the Cheerful Idiot.
90
There was one real mad woman ON
the East Side this morning. Ncster-
day she fed q lot OF house plants with
ground fertilizers. Two minutes later
the bouquet became so pronounced
that she had To bounce the plants IN
10 back hallway. In the evening.
fearing that the plants might get chilli
ed she carried out newspapers and
covered them up. The fool cat OF the
house that always wants 10 know
what is going ON, followed her To the
hallway 20 watch proceedings. and, as
usual. managed 20 get himself shut
between the doors. Then he proceed
ed 20 do things all right and when
liberated this morning he was found
to have walked and knocked ten kinds
OF tar out of the bunch OF plants.
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The laundering printer who balls up
theatrical progr~ rms got in his nne
work again this week, and impaired
a sort OF gastronomical favor to the
bill distr! Juted at the providence op-
era house, by announcing that the
Cook and Lyrics" were by Frank
Pixley.
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