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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25
A UNION OF INTERESTS.

Recently plans have been formulated
whereby the association hopes To do
much greater work. In the near future
the Young Women's Christian assOcia-
ton will unite with the Evangelical
Young Women's association for the pur-
pose OF conducting a boarding home in
connection with the association work and
or generally consolidating the work Of the
two associations which hitherto has been
along entirely separate lines. lt is pro-
posed 20 raise the sum OF $4,000 as soon
as possible and erect large 5-story
building on the site OF the present y. Y
w G. A., at the corner of Washington
and jackson streets This building Will
have separate entrances one entrance for
the boarding home and restaurant and
ono for the regular association work RS
carried on as present
The building will have accommodations
for $50 boardcrs and Il will also be pro-
vidcd with a hall suitable for woman q
meetings and also several class rooms
for class work. The association OF late,
has been made one-third self-supporting.
the revenue coming from the uses made
Of the house. the fees paid by the young
women and the sustaining membership.
The officers are as follows President.
Miss Grace r. Lawton; vice presidents.
Mrs. Clarence ". Gould, Mrs. Charles II.
Wheeiock Mrs phebe @. Gamwell. re-
cordins secretary. Miss Annie $. Brown,
treasurer. Miss Mary -. smith; general
secretary. Miss ,Elleu NJ Iiinds; associate
| secretary. Miss Laura Moulion, auditor
| Mt Albert =. Dny
Miss Iinds the general secretary
| whose wears OF faithful. efficient service
| have been largely Instrumental VA the de-
| velopment and success of the Association
| soor, severs her conectlon with the active
| work OF the same. much 90 Tho regret
| of an those who have been ln any way
! 1ssociatcd with the work Miss Moulton
| thc assistant secretary however. viii tenn
| uorarilv nn tho place of Miss Kinds unit
her successor shas be appointed
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

The common question today is.
when are you going TO Buffalo?'
Many make an answer that they are
going as soon as they find time. but
with the majority the trouble is not
time, but money.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25
Chat Abouf
People.

Conductors of open electrlcs have n
hard time In making passengers ahght
from the of side OF the car, for
while they are requested SO to do, very
few comply. The danger from elec-
tries coming IN an opposite direction IS
obvious and IL il a wonder that there
have not been several accidents To
those who seek q short cut In
some cities a bar rail Is set on the
nigh" side OF open ears, preventing
the egress of passengers.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

privileges offered to the young women of
the association are as follows;
Bible classes.
Song and Gospel services
Monthly and weekly socials and enter
tainments.
Home Circle evenings.
Noon rest.
Free reading room.
Circulating library.
Reference library for Bible study.
Educational classes.
Voice-training with physical culture.
Choral class.
Glasses in plain sewing, mending, but
tonholes. dress-making and millinery.
Plain and invalid cooking.
Lectures on Physiology and hygiene.
cycle club
outing parties.
Crouuet court.
Employment bureau. open il to p. m.
Directory OF attendants for the sick.
Boarding house directory.
Savings bank. receiving deposits of five
cents and upwards.
Aside from all these. the association
offers the privileges OF an attractive
home TO all women who seek the hospi-
tality of it's inviting interior.
The reading and resting rooms are es-
pecially inviting. Here one finds all the
be profitably spent. Comfortable couches,
too, screened from the gaze Of the curious
afford ''rest for the weary
In the dining room a business woman's
lunch is served each day from 1880 20
o'clock. The lunch is OF the most nutri-
tious character and at prices which VII
allow the young girl with a scanty purse
TO indulge IN a well cooked meal. which
will not only nourisn but satisfy. A
sample menu is given herewith which
| will give the reader an idea Of what 9
| blessing this noon-day lunch is To hun
| dreds of working women:
Soup, .05; baked potato .02; roast lamb
| potato and one other vegetable, 10; ham
| burgher steak .05; eggs. each, .05; hash
| .O5; cold meats .05; fritters--apple, corn
| banana or clam. 05; hot corn bread, .03
| biscuits or mullins, .02; bread and butter
| .02: crackers and milk, 06. coffee, tea o.
| cocoa, .Oi: milk. .0S; coffee or lemon Jelly
| 05: fairy pudding. .05; tapioca cream, 90
! blueberry, roly poly, fruit or other no
pudding. .05: pies, 05; fresh gingerbread
| 03; cake, .05.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

III ~ should be found that the chal-
longer had been 50 seriously injured
AS 10 disarrange Sir Thomas I.ipton's
plans and make II difficult on impossi-
bile for him 90 fulfil the conditions
governing the races for the America =
cup. il would doubtless be the desire
of the New York Yacht club 90 mod
ify the agreement 60 meet the eXt-
gcncy and to consult his convenience
in every practicable way. But IL Is 10
be hoped that his courageous spirit ana
abundant resources will be equal 10
an the requirements OF the case, ana
that the second Shamrock will be able
to keep her appointment Off Sandy
Hook with whatever chances Of vic
tory She may ever have possessed un-
diminished by this unhappy acci-
dent New York Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

-ii5f' his fishing by dynamite may be
all right" said an old-time WEXFORD
fisherman TO me this morning,
but you can Just bet mat
IL will never catch on I'm Rhode ISL
and. The old way is good enough
for us, and better for the fish. / guess
this dynamite fishing makes more
waste than profit
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25
0haf Others
fire Saying.

THE demand for ninc-hour day
is a perfectly legitimate demand. Iie
refusal to work FOR ten hours Is
perfectly legitimate exercise Of the
workman's right n IL be not In vio-
lation OF an express contract. The
pressure OF work ia the shops and the
peril OF prolonged stOppage conspire
to force the hand OF employers. VIII
the strikers be content with their pa
tent strategic advantages? --Phila-
delphia Record
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

"Our domestic hung my winter over
coat i'm closet yesterday and TINS
morning ] killed three moths VINO
were getting In their line work what
they were up TO reminded me OF the
announcement for today's Brown
Yale game. which was, War to the
Finish. ~ Thus chlppered the Cheer-
ful Idiot.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

was talking with Gen. Kendall yes
terday and he tells me that the Fourth
OF July parade will be one OF the finest
ever seen i'm Providence, as the mem
bers OF the several militia companies
have responded very generally. 10 the
call Arrangements have been made
to give all the troops that participate
IN the parade "A collation. after their
tramp through the city. and this Is an
attention that meets with much APP
probation.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

'It looks as II somebody in the
weather bureau had grudge against
the shore resorts" said the Pessimist.
this morning. / told him, however.
that there were good times coming,
and that even the weather bureau
could be given the merry ha ha, by
and by.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

There was all sorts of weather here
yesterday. except snow, and yet there
are some people who are talking about
the delights of New England
spring.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-25

"Col. Samuel p. Colt OF Bristol is
evidently TO be the big man I'm the
rubber business OF this country. and
once again Rhode Island comes TO the
front" said the Hustler this morning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

Sovereignty. only partly applicable
IN other places. and perhaps wholly
inapplicahlc in still other places, and
that congress must have the power to
Use that discretion in the law-makins
for territory which these local Diff
ferences ncCcssitatc. Even though the
Supreme court had denied fatty the
existence of discretionary power In
the legislative branch. the force OF
conditions would soon have called one
into being. There Is no alternative.
Very certainly Porto Rico Is Ameri.
can territory and has been since the
Paris treaty was ratified. Pending
legislation by congress organizing a
tariff system in Porto Rico. 1t follows
naturally that the system lawfully in
existence there is the system organ
lied by congress for the other terri
tory of the United States in this in
stance. the Dinglcy bill. ISut con-
ercss. In its discretion. can enact a
different system for Porto Rico than
for Hawaii, and one for the Philip
pines different from any other. This
Is the logic of tho Supreme courts
opinion. and 1t sustains the essential
part Of the administration conten-
tipn
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

The closing of the world famed Day
ton. Ohio. National Cash Register COM
ranN's works by u strike brought on
by thoroughly unreasonable demands
OF tho unions Is likely to result in an
entire diScontinuancc or business en-
tcrprsc that has Wrought nothing but
good for the work ingmen and work
lngWomcn whom it employed. The de-
inandS began, as told i'm Dayton cor
r"sprndcncc Of the New York sun, with
the insistoncc that the washing of the
towels provided at the company's OK
p"nSe for the free baths it supplied for
its employees should be taken from the
many poor women. with families to
support. who had been doing it. and
given to the able bodied employees of n
union laundry. This has been steadily
followed up by the presentation of
grievances" as bad as that of the poor
women having the towel washing given
them. until at last the unions have
brought about the entire closing of the
business that has been world ramous
as "A workers paradise" and the
strong probability is that it will never
be rcopencl.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

EtbRDER MOlR says he was
asked to dismiss Colonel
4 " IIitchc"ck from the director
ship Of puhl" safety. col
uncl Hitchcock says the powers that
be dccGccd his dcposition. These are
unsatisfactory explanations. They do
not explain.
Recorder Noir ripped Colonel Hitch
cock $ predecessor out of the Office
within forty-cight hours after appoint
ing hin. and certainly few Of the pow
,rs that supposedly were and no de-
sired that. But Moir Was then the high
power in the city building. Has he be-
come a less high power since? If so,
when and how?
Colonel Hitchcock is as good a man
today as h" was when Moir appointed
him. lie is conscientious. energetic and
determined. He hews bravcly To the
line of his convictions. We do not
agree with all the methods he has en-
ploNod bat We respect the mans sin
ccrity and his courage. AS Il Rcpub-
lican, too. his record is clean. The
greatest mistake he ever made was in
accepting Office when and as he did.
He might have foresccn his own fate
in that of Frank Clemons.
Fred l.. Wormscr. spoken of AS col
onel liitchcock's successor. is Il clean
cut. straightforward business man, of
lncnrrupliblc honesty. Widespread ac-
quaintan:c with local conditions and a
"cll-cpuippod man for the place. Should
nc decide to take chances on a job ap-
parcntlN somewhat uncertain. he will
undoubtedly give good account OF
himself. His Rcpublicansnl. too, is of
the sterling quality: tho party is under
many obligations to hm.
But the effort of the recorder to
throw the responsibility for this now
est miN-up on somebody else, name not
mentioned. will hardly succeed. He
took the hit in his teeth when he
ripped tlcmuns. He seems to have re-
rcatcd the performance in the ripping
of Hitchcock. What the next act in
this Scrio-comic tragedy will be re-
mains To be seen. 1t should be inter-
oSting.
1t would indeed he sad if the ac-
ton of senators Tillman and Me
Ldllrln should cause dark team TO
ail'p1r and 1nprDnriuto n tho
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
LITERARY NOTES.

The important topics of the month, tho worl /
over ate popululy discussed in the Worlds Work
for June, The nnauciai boom aud panics, the
new politics OF the South, educational matters in
the South and elsewhere, the doings in Cuba
'hiua, the Philippines the Presidents trip and
the Pan'Amcri,an exposition are among large
number ci subject, talked oi Professor Dubois
description OF the negro at homc in the black
belt Of Georgia is OF stirring interest, as is H.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
The Constitution and the Flag.

Y is gratifying to learn that the
first reports of the United States
Il supreme courts decision in
the so-called insular cases
we're .misleading. That ter
ritory Tacqu!red by conquest, pur-
'hase or treaty could not be foreign
tor some purposes and domestic for
other purposes, which is what the
court held in the earlier of the test
cases, lis proposition far different
from the assertion of the opponents of
the administration that congress has
no discretion in the government of
acquired territory beyond that enjoyed
under the constitution in its govern
nient of the organized states.
1t has never been disputed that the
spirit of the Constitution goes with the
flag. But il has to be recognized as a
hard, practical fact that the letter OF
the Constitution is wholly applca BILE
In some places underneath American
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
Information and
Entertainment, Too

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
The Ripper Bill Valid.
~ HE DECISION of the Penn
sylNana Supreme court up
IL holding the validity of the


ripper bill may surprise
srno laEmeu, but it. has been
generally expected by lawyers. The
Eiat of the whole matter is en-
bodied in Justice Mitchcll's terse re-
mark that municipal corpora ions
have no vested rights in their Offices,
their corporate powers, their charters
or their corporate existence: they are
created, Sovcrncd, and the extent of
their powers is determined by the
legislature ANA is subject tn change.
repeal or total abolition at it's will.
Thls may be received by laymen with
aStoalSEmeut but it is undoubtedly
an accurate reading of the Pcnnsyl-
Nania constitutions The constitution
of 1871 WAS framed before the prob.
lem of municipal government had
come To occupy general attention as
relating To subjects peculiar to urban
conditions. Since its adoption Won
doviul development has come in
municipal politics and administration.
but II is not for the judiciary to crea @
new constitution or write in pro,
Nislons not embodied in the original
text. That work can only he per-
formed by constitutional convcn-
tion. a.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
SCRANTON. MAY IS, 1901.

y Subscrih'r asks us to explain
the meaning Of tho term Pan Amcri-
can. II Hr'ns All-Amcrican. the
ri'"H. pan" being the Crock cqiiva-
LEM Of "atl"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

Tho idiots who destroy small poX
hospitals, prcferring 10 have patients
kept where they cannot help spreading
disease, inst lad of being properly isJ-
lated and treated go that contaSion
shall not he promulSated-are having
their innings in number of American
cities. There is evident need Of II
great deal more of enlightenment in
this enlightened land.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

camden citizen has just gained
prominence by demonstrating that
man can exist and grow fat at an
expense of Id cents day. Like all
others who have solved the problem,
however, he can well afford to pay
more p,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
At $1.O0 Instead of S1.25

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

Statesman MCLaurin and Tillman
propose to definitely settle the ques-
tion as to who has the greatest pull
in South Carolina.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

When space will permit. The Tribune is always
glad to print short letters from its iionus pear
ing on current topics, but its rule that ,heIe
must bc signed, tor publication, Ivy the w'''el .
real name; and the condition precedent IT, 't.
ccptsnce is that all contributions shall he SUBJECT
TO editorial revision
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

The London Review advises SCOT
land to Spurn Andrew Carnegie )
offer To educate the rising genera
tion. rather than accept such a Gift
from an ironmonger If the REVIEW
has Il very large subscription list IN
Scotland. the above advice is con-
elusive evidence of the necessity of
accepting Mr. Carnegie's offer at the
earliest opportunity.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
s
Summer Sale OF
Table Linens,
Napkins etc
Scotch, Irish
and German Linens
Summer Sale OF

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

t"i card II thanks. resolutions Of coincidence
shd similar contributions in tic nature OF an'
N'itrhS Ih" Tribune makes charge of cents
& line.
Rl'"s for CLASSIFIED Advertising furnished on
application.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

Sir Thomas Upton asks tho New
York Yacht club, which assumes to be
the only permissible representative of
the United States in the matter of de
Tending the Americas cup TO post
pone the trial race until October. This
Is by reason of the serious damage re-
suItnnt To shamrock II from the late
suuall. A more serious damage Is
likely to result to public interests in
the yacht races by reason of the New
York Yacht clubs action in shutting
out Mr.. l.awson's boat, the 1ndepcn-
dcncc. by technical rules the CLUB hdu
no right tn make. 4, WAS made trustee
of the cup for the United states, not
for the members of the club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

iy Instrumental in bringing about the
enactment of the juvenile court law
one of the few good things accom-
plished by the present state legisla-
ture. The national congress of
mothers has accomplished great good
int its five years. 1t has a greater
work before 1t. 1t may accomplish
yet the work of driving politics out
of the public schools; that is-abso-
mtely out of the election of school
boards. and their choice of school
superintcndcnts. with their arbitrary
placing or removal of teachers to suit
some director with political influence.
1t may seem ttopian to look forward
to that. But it is "a thing that must
be done.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28

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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-05-28
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