The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-13

Here several long tables were spread
and at the head table were seated the
officers OF the union with the speakers
OF the evening. In the gallery apoNe
were the musicians. '"fhe -Four Frlenos
orchestra with Miss Jennie i. Thurlow'
soprano. and Mrs. George ;. Mathews
Accompanist.
During the banquet music was render
ed by the orchestra. and AT the close w
president OF the union, Mr.. Howard feps
per arose and after a few words OF
greeting called upon Miss Thurlow tor
solo. She responded by singing ne
Message" by Blumenthal. The hrst
speaker OF the evening, Or. Appegarth'
was then introduced ana gave most elo-
quent and inspiring address on the topic
'The Common People.
THE COMMON PEOPLE
.I am 10 talk TO you on very com
mon people, the people who are not
known, who never viii be known, people
known in the directory only; people VINO
are the taxpayers, many OF them, ana
citizens as well; people who work ana
worry, laugh and cry. eat and drink, live
and die and are forgotten.
s"The people who never DO anything eN-
traordinary. who never write a book that
Will endure, who never paint a great pic
ture, who never do anything 10 make
themselves famous. People who. good
IN their way. do the service of the hour.
and pass away and fill unknown graves
and cemeteries; who knows. who cares
tants. How many OF those. | ask you,
will be remembered 100 years from now p?
speak OF this not TO inculcate a spirit
or pessimism, but to impress and encOur-
age YOU The common people. not .dat
we may be depressed. but impressed. foi
itris the common people on wnom the
mon people there could be no growth
mt. Blanc rises in the air clothed with
perpetual snow. but Mr.. Blanc rises thus
TO the skies because there are low lying
be. no Mt Blanc. SO the great man who
dazzles us with his brilliancy had some
unknown teacher who helped to moulc
him.
The Rialto-Jn Venice is beautiful
structure but who thinks OF the hundred
OF piles driven down 20 support 1t.
THEY GIVE GLORY.
50 Everywhere at the bottom OF societ
nre the common people and II we go bac
far enough we shall find that they CIV
Story 10 the uncommon people.
sHow and again the common people. b.
a, sudden Inspiration. uplift ideals an
horizons by some great upheaval and =
We must change our estimate OF them.
The common people constitute the III
blood OF human society and n the llf
blood Is poor the organization goes I
Itces.
1--WE class ourselves as patricians an
piebians but who are the patricians an
who arc the plebians? Glasses and 80
called patricians are only able 70 live be
cause the stalwart common people are do
Ing their hard appointed work. Societ
could not exist without the patricians an
plehars.
But. after all. the best or life - neVe
written for what does history do but {
record the irregular the extraordinary
the abnormal. what do our daily paper
g. except 10 record the Irregular. the ab
normal. the startling Because the dan
prees does not chronicle the every do
virtues OF the common people but onl
particular vices and violent deeds IN
virtues are proved 20 be the conmo
eysnts. Would Il not he refreshing In thi
are. II our daily papers would recor
something OF the virtues OF life. We knoV