The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-23
1.-THE NEWS OF THE STATE.
RIVERSIDE.
Enjoyable Entertainment In Me-
chanlcs' Ha|I..An important
Highway improvement.

Last night an entertainment was given
by the " b. s. club in Mechanics hall
The affair was the tallest kind OF sue
cess from every point OF view The hall
was packed TO suffocation All the par
Elephants did excellent work in their re-
spective lines, Miss Ella CRUDE. Miss
Lizzie Godfrey and Miss Alice Monroe
doing especially good work and receiv-
ing hearty applause. Miss CRUDE is win
mir !; an enviable but well deserved repu-
tation as an amateur performer and de-
caimer.
The entertainment was produced by the
! following cast: Mrs. Alicia Foxe. nee
Wolf Miss Lizzie Godfrey; Mrs. Marian
! Calcraft. Miss May Davoreu; Dora. from
! the Rhine. Miss Helena Winchester; The
| ODonovan. Clifford Norris; Jack Old
| thorne. Arthur Cady: Julia Calcraft, Miss
Alice Monroe Miss Madeline Dering. Miss
I Lottie Fuller: Reginald DeBluster, mil
/ lionaire, G. T.. Norris: George Washing
I ton Wheelshaft, a hero A. Cady: Mrs.
I Francis Charmington, widow, Miss
! Hulda Sealander; Frederic, her son,
Frank Kingsford. Miss Dora Vandeveer,
/ Miss Mable Mason.
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT.
Some time ago the town council granted
/ 10 George w Patton permission to remove
/ the curbing and change the street line
/ OF Crescent avenue at it's intersection
with Bulock's Point avenue. Mr.. Patton
| owns the property on both sides OF the
! street and sought TO improve the layout
of the avenue and his own property at
the same time.
During the past week force OF men
has been at work making the desired
change. The street now crosses the for
mer site of one OF Mr.. Paton's cottages.
CALL AT THE PosToFFICE.
The following letters are advertised at
the postoffice: Ladies--Miss Lena Bar
den.
Gentlemen-Beniam Adams. Brooks
and Havens. Thomas Fisher care An
selma Larrinaco boat. F. f. Matte
son & Co. Richard f. Newcomb. II. s,
Sayers (2). s. p. Sheperd. r. +. White.
ToMoRRow's SERVICES.
The morning service at st. Marks
will be at 40 and will consist OF evening
lowed by Sunday school. Evening service
will be at 73 oand will consist OF evening
prayer and discourse by the rector. Rev.
H. A. Remck. Tomorrow will be hospital
sunday ana "A Speclal cOnectlon VIII uS
| taken for hospital work.
The proceeds will be divided pro rata
between the Rhode Island. ST Joseph's
and the Providence Lying-in hospital
At l0:45. memorial service at Mechan-
les hall. sermon bv the pastor; Slocum
post No. 10. OF Providence, Slocum Re-
lief corps No 6. General A. +. Burnside
camp No. 5. Sons of Veterans and Slocum
Light Guard will he I'm attendance;
Il nj
day. Paul before Agrippa; S. Christian
Endeavor meeting. topic, Power and
Prayer" leader Miss Ina Davis; 7:3o,
song service and sermon by the pastor.
Rev. r T. Norris.
INJURED KNEE.
Yesterday motorman Frank Cosgeshall
ran TO catch n suburban car and In doing
so tripped over an obstruction and was
thrown heavily to the ground He struck
on one of HIS knees and although no bones
were broken painful injury TO the knee
pan which incapacitated him from work.
He was taken to his home. where his
injury received the needed attention.
TEMPORARY QUARTERS.
While workmen are raising up the Con-
gregational church preparatory TO making
the extensive alterations previously re-
ported I'm The News. the church has been
Obliged To seek other quarters In which
to carry on their church work Mechan-
les hall has been secured. The hall Is
especially adapted for this purpose, hav-
ing been originally built for a church. 1t
was used for several years as a Methodist
church and later sold to the present own
ers. Burnside Council. No. 5, o. L. a. NJ.
CHANGE OF DATE.
As the next regular meeting of the
Riverside Improvement society falls upon
Memorial Day the meeting will be held
later in the week Thursday night has
been set by the executive committee
the evening on which the meeting will
be held, This meeting will be very
interesting one as a paper IL 10 be read
regarding Thomas Willett.
SCARED BY AUTO.
Last night as Albert q. Woodward was
exercising colt belonging 20 cN-Council.
man Ira D. Con an automobile appeared
upon the scene and gave the horse n
scare which caused him TO do more circus
stunts IN three minutes than the average
kid can do IN a week.
The frightened animal plunged and
reared 60 such an extent that there was
danger OF turning back somersault. lie
then ran across the railroad track. Mr..
/ Woodward turned him around and finally
managed TO drive him past the automo-
. bile.
4 LEFT BEHIND.
! some Joker managed to work funny
snap on one OF the motormen last night.
when one OF the cars came up from the
park the conductor Thomas Brown. ran
I into the barn and after he had been gone
\ a moment some one gave the signal TO
20 ahead. The motorman didn't notice
{ anything wrong and proceeded to River
side square.
Here passenger stopped him 10 board