The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-03-19

An actor, whose home Is In this city,
Instead of chewing scenery" he is now
engaged I'm saving wood I'm the backyard.
The members OF the company had all
sorts OF hard luck TO contend with, and
were glad to reach their happy homes
without leaving their trunks on the scene
of capitulation. The local thespian had
an amusing experience, which he told to
"A Sunday Can reporter the other day.
His story follows:
with a hve-hour wait-over in Toledo,
clung 10 the station until about II
O'Clock, when / thought of going into
town for dinner. While standing on the
corner, with my grip waiting for the
car, nice looking young man asked me
To tell him where some avenue was. 4
told him that 1 was a stranger.
=" So am l., said the young man. i've
only been here day. l am Introducing
"A new kind OF cloth. ] come from Pater-
son. New Jersey
when / told him l lived in Newark
he said: Shake; why, We are neighbors.
It's good 10 see any one from so near
home. Where are you going? Defiance,
Ohio? Say, you can do me big favor
IN you viii. Just take q lot OF our cards
travelling man, amt you? Well I'll make
IL worth your while. You leave our cards
scattered around and I'll send you cloth
for suit OF clothes. Here Is the car:
step in and We'll go where | keep my
samples. You can pick out the kind OF
cloth you want and bring hack the cards
with you
80 away we went. he paying the fare.
We arrived at "a saloon about two blocks
from the Lyceum Theatre. We went in
10 small room OF the barrooom.
should mention that there were about a
dozen queer looking fellows in the bar
room. The drummer whispered To the
barlkeep as we passed through. and the
latter gave the drummer dinky~ little
satche When We were seated at ta-
bic he produced a talors sample card.
with about "A dozen pieces OF cloth.
made a choice. and he entered the num-
her of the piece OF goods I'm a notebook.
In tho meantime man had come into
the room and sat down at another table
a. this point he broke In with
Say. Ysnks. I'm from Kentucky been
selling some carloads OF mules to the
Government. Dads sold lots OF 'em since
this Philippine war came on, but ne
doesn't like you Ysnks, so I have TO
come on with them and collect I've found
YOU Yanks a smart lot. and square 20 tho
inch Excuse my coming TO the tavic.
but let's have something
THE drummer said he had already or
dered cigurs and when they were brought
ln. with a drink for the kentuclsisn the
latter and thc drummemr had an argu-
mcnt as to who should have the privilege
OF paying. zach man flashed a ten-dol-
lar bill. 4na Sou ierher suggested throw
ing dice TO settle ...e question. So the
dice box was brought on and the Ken
tuckian wanted poker dice.
No. said the drummer. ~ you want
dice YOU must play my game. What's
that? Why, top and bottom count, with
four bones. Ice this way; Each OF as
susssss on the spots. and the one who
comes the nearest wins. You guess frst'
The Kentuckian guessed "a and the
drummer p. The dice we're thrown. aud
the drummer won. The Kentuckian ex-
cnsed himself from the room for few
minutes snd during hs absence the
drummer explained 30 me- that fhe top
srd bottom srcts we're sire - count &.