The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-28
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People.

"There are some iong-headed
Young men I'm this city who are go
ing to make their mark before long.
Thus remarked my seat nelghbor on
the car as we came down town this
morning An inquiring glance was
all that was needed To start him on
the task of explanation. There's
Harry Barker; you know Harry don't
you? | thonght so. Well, Harry Is one
of-the young men who are bound 20
rise TO the top
Hes man of ideas. it was In his
brain the plan originated 60 turn the
old Union Congregational church into
a fashionable east side theatre. That
card didn't ill and the Romaine stock
company at the old Power street
methodist church wasn't exactly a
bowling success either, but man
never gets ahead until he has expert
enced failure.
'Harry's on the right track now
though. les been writing about
transfers and booming the station
idea That's where his long-headed-
ness comes IN You see, he's I'm the
electric business and furnishes all
kinds of protection.
"'Well III the Union company builds
that dozen transfer stations II can't
do less than give Harry big con-
tract Why, IL ought TO let him mt up
every station with automatic hre
alarms and electric clocks. Then II
will need burglar alarms TO give
warning when "A passenger tries 10
break out -. the stations. Yes sir,
there's no moss on Harry Barker.
Then throwing one leg over the other
my neighbor fell to musing.
The gloomy cynic is too hypercriti-
cal He noted that at Cranston the
firemen had organized band. Now,
uueried ne, 'if these men are going
10 play in the band who's going TO
play the hose2" | remarked that per-
hans as Nero fddled while Rome
burned. so the Cranston fircmen may
resort 10 trombone and bass-drum
obligatos when tenement houses are
being incinerated. Musical instruments
are more easily handled than real
nasty wet hose. There. now.
We were talking the other morning
about the strike OF the machinists all
over the country, and as smith, that
isn't his name but IL Will serve,is an ar
dent union man, he was, as usual eu-
loptzing the course the machnists
have taken 20 bring their employers
10 terms. At one stage OF the conver-
sation he became somewhat heated.
and I'm an emphatic tone, declared,
1.-The union will show these grasping
CORPORATIONS that they mean business.
why" he continued, this strike was
entirely unexpected by the employers
and the number Of men that went OUT
was certainly a revolution TO them.
OF course | knew he meant "revela-
ton" but then as my friends. Weber
| and Fields. were wont TO say vat
I de yuse.'
The Cheerful idiot sprung one on the
! sporting editor today. say, saie
/ the &. l., "are YOU going to tho
Fields Point regatta Memorial day.
The sporting editor at once asked iol
details. "Oh. Col. Atwells going u
have two Ashad roe"
Two women. of italian birth. an'
dressed In the rather unprepossessini
rorb worn by the peasants Of Southeri
ttalv in this country, were waikin'
along Benefit street this morning, talk
ing excitedly What made them NOR
noticeable was the fact that each o
me women carried rather long an
sharp-pointed knife. and the people o.
the street looked askence at tn
weapons. But. there was no danger
The women were simply dandeho
gatherers talking over their morning
work. and the knives were the tool
of their trade. which had TO be car
ried openly for two reasons. first bs
cause they were too long 10 be pu
In a pocket and secondly I'm order nc
10 violate the law relating to cor
cealed weapons.