The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-18
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fellow / know OF says that he
will never take "a blazer again.
blazer is a hot Scotch. set on Gre, and
as the necoction is poured from one
glass 10 another a stream OF blue
fiamo Is seen. My friend accepted one
o.Sese blazers last winter at a house
where he was calling. the host direct .
ing the hostess 10 prepare the drink.
My friend didn't walt for the last
fllckcrng blue flame TO die out, and
het was quite severely burned OF his
lips To use his own language, "Fler
bright smile haunts me still"
A friend of mine, who has only been
married a short time. took home a
very pretty and playful puppy few
days age, and he gave the pet 10 his
young wife. or course she gave the
little canine all kinds OF sweet names
that only "A woman can think of. To-
day | met my friend OF Weybosset
street. He saw me first and asked me,
after short prelimlnaries. whether I
wanted to- buy a thoroughbred st.
Bernard pup. The reason flashed up
on me az once. and / asked what dam
age theepet had done. We'll, lac re-
piled, 80 far. a parlor lamp my wife's
spring coat, one of her new. hats,
pair OF slippers and several books,
but l can't tell what has happened
since teft home this morning"
The Joker came I'm with a broad
smile on his face this marning and
knew something was coming. Did
YOU see." he said, that the mate of
"A vessel says he saw n sea serpent,
200 feet long. on the coast Of Maine"
This happened in a Prohibition state,
but. what is still funnier is that the
mates name is Drinkwater.
We'll" said the Pessimist this
morning, 81 didn't take much stock in
these rag-time melodies, but | don't
think that IL would be amiss II some
body should sing of the present month
of May, oh, You're Not SO Warm "
notice that an exchange says:
"Newporters are thinking seriously
OF setting apart new holiday. I'm the
season of yacht gatherings I'm the city,
20 take the place Of the vanished
festivities OF Lection day III the
plans now on foot go through. the new
day OF iubilstion will very likely be
called Fete day" Well, as far as |
can learn, nobody will begrudge New
port such holiday.
The fact that there are some scien-
fists from this section OF the country
watching a total eclipse OF tie sun in
Sumatra today. calls TO MIND the fact
that the new star" that everybody
was looking at and talking about n
while ago gets very little public attcn-
tion nowadays. The average nun
doesn't know whether Il Is stiil visible
or not
''The Boston yachting contingent has.
perforce. adopted new coloC IL Is
no longer Lawson pink: but Law
sons blue" The Cheerful Idiot was
inclined TO be nippant
The United Commercial Travellers
met I'm this city yesterday for "A two
days session and from the time the
first drummer reached the city yester-
day forenoon until o'clock this morn
ing. everyone within a radius OF two
miles was well aware of the fact.
Among other things they did was TO
take car TO one OF the shore resorts
where an excellent shore dinner was
partaken Of En-route, the knights o.
the grip made the wel<in ring with
several weird yells and awakened the
natives all along the route. In the
course of the dinner one OF the most
1 popular members OF the UTkdnlLdkltn
was in hilarious mood and when the
fish was passed he raised "a strenuous
objection to eating, what he called.
| them things stuffed with sawdust. =
What do you think he meant? Moth
ing but quiet, unassuming, fried cells.
| I learn that one OF the features OF
\ Memorial Sunday will be n vesper
| service, held for the first time, I'm the
Bangan Memorial chapel at st. Fran
els cemetery. The service will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Err. McDonough. pastor
| OF St Michaels church, assisted by
several clergymen. and the musical
part of the services willNbe given by a
chorus of 80 voices from ST. Michael's
parish. Arnold Post, @. A. r.. will act
as escort and take part In the SER
vices.
| While I have known for long time
that Capt. Parker. chief of the detec-
tive bureau. was man of many parts
and a splendid fellow TO attach oneself
to i'm an emergency l never knew un-
I'll yesterday that his versatility went
as far as music. Capt. Parker Is a
bugler, and when ] say bugler do not
mean that he can play few notes,
but that he is master of the instru-
ment. He gave a proof of his ability
| I'm police headquarters and his first
notes caused something like scare in
the several offices in the basement OF
city hall. and some one thought the
| militia had seized the seat OF city gov
ernment and at tho same time horse
outside the building ran away. II may
be interesting TO know that the bugle
that Capt. Parker used was the identi-
| cal instrument that was used I'm Bray.
toms Battery during the Civil war
The bugle is now the property OF Dep.
uty Chief Of Police Egan.
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