The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-11-14

for its nothing nore'n a passing high
wind that pretends 10 make great stir
In its path hut after It's blown over you'll
look around and fnd only few leaves
blown off. with the trees Just as firmly
rooted In old mother earth as they were
before, all ready 10 blossom again and
put out their foliage upon natures de-
mand next spring.
Here comes the vacation humbug which
IL for everlastingly singing TO the sum
mer boarder the song OF Dancing when
your tired out. and playing cards 'tiil
eleven. will make your body vigorous and
your soul quite NJ for heaven What
lie,
Then along comes another insect that
can lie faster than he can ny In behalf of
the second-sighted soothsayer, but he
plays upon such a sweet-toned Tyre. and
there's so much poetry I'm his nature you
can't see the sofcerous old witch that he
represents So fer as peace and happiness
Is concerned he is more deadly than the
vampire, and should be summed more
than any other humbug that flies
Then you run across the germ and NIL
crobe humbug. which Of late years has
made more noise than he's entitled TO,
and kicked up such fuss everybody feels
as II they want 10 use a microscope be-
fore they drink glass Of water. for fear
OF swallowing something dreadful
Then along comes the absent treatment
humbug, which is the silliest insect OF
them all, hut there's lots of folks that are
willing TO pay out lot OF money for the
sake OF hearing him buzs. and 80 for
while he's bound 10 live on In luxury.
Then there's the real estate humbug
WELL there. 'Tisn't necessary for me 10
say a word about his claim, for he's
counted by everybody as licensed 10 lie
about half OF all that he says. and so he's
laNa.~ aC
there's any land left to cut up into town
lots.
Then there comes along every little
while the humbug OF fashion that In
vites the wolf 10 the door. and influences
a young woman 10 wear n song bird on
her hat, to put on clothes that aint be-
coming. just because some lone French
man In Paris says it's the latest fashion.
Now the prevailing fashion Is all well
enough, and it's all right 20 follow its re-
quirements II the garments you put on
arc suited to your form and complexion
and so on, but IL not. and make you
appear hideous, then get up style or
your own and let the old fashion humbus
go on his way You've just as much right
10 begin n style az anybody else has II
| an apple tree should adorh itself with IL
| lac blossoms next spring, you'd be dis
gusted with nature; but there are some
| folks that adorn themselves in just about
as unnatural and disgusting manner
about every other time the seasons come
| around.
| ono OF the worst kind is the h,unbug
| Mother. Sometimes the wife OF the mil
| llonaire, who rears her infant In the nur-
sery. calling in once or twice day to see
| how we'll IL prospers In the arms or It's
| foster mother, the nurse. What depart
| ure from motherhood's sacred right and
| privilege. Any mother who will sacrifice
| this right and transfer IL SO that the little
arms are trained about the neck OF an
other throws away jewels that can never
| be found again.
Then there's the humbug OF economy,
! that eings around your head like a mos
| quito. when a mother tells her little one
TO "eat Il all up 20 save IT, don't waste
| anything" and when another compcls her
child TO "clean up everything on your
| plate. Don't leave anything" Why. bless
their dear souls. they mean we'll enough
hut if they'd only stop to think a minute
they'd sec that It's about the poorest
economy that can be imagined. It's
enough sight better to throw away a slice
OF steak at thirty cents a pound, IL thu
child doesn't want II. than II is TO b'
| obliged 70 call the doctor at g visit.
Here are the humouEs OF superstition
that almost every mortal is more or less
afflicted and tormented with. and some
folks have 10 keep brushing away whole
swarms of them. Some are awful aged
Been handed down through centuries
from the time when they were so small
you could hardly see them with thu
naked eye. Now they are as big as q
ghost and just about as dreadful.
The monopoly" and trust" humbugs
or all tho straddllng, gander- jointec
things. they are the wust. Hungry? Can
give them enough TO satisfy their ap
petite You'd think they were in stary
ing condition TO zee them eat They ar,
WIS than the carnivora 'Tain't becans'
they are so numerous that makes then
so dangerous 10 mankind In general N
because single one of these insects
has got such a tremendous nav II Otter
requires more'n thousand strong mel
TO keep n flled. and then II Graves NOR,