The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-01
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1 wouldn't be a single thing on earth
Except boy;
And yet it's just an accident OF birth
That I'm a boy:
And goodness gracious, When / stop and
think
That l once trembled on the very brink
OF making my appearance here a girl
1t fairly makes my ears and eyebrows
curl
But I'm a boy.
lust think Of all the jolly fun there is
When you're a boy!
I tell you. you're just full OF business
When you're boy!
There's fires to build In all the vacant
lots,
Go swimmin'. tie the fellers CLOTHES in
knots,
TIE tin cans on the tails OF dogs-why.
gee!
The days ain't half as long as they should
When you're a boy!
THERE'S lots OF foolish things that mako
you tired
When you're a boy!
There's heaps of grouchy men that can't
be hired
SO like a boy,
There's wood TO chop at home and coal to
bring
And Here. do this--do that-the other
thingr'
And, worse than all. there's girls-O. holy
smoke.
Are they a crime. or are they just joke
Upon a boy7
And then, there's always somebody to
When you're a boy,
Somebody always laying down the law
To every boy!
'Pick up your coat; see where you've put
Don't stone the dog. Don't tease the poor
Don't race around the house"-why.
sun rim Mosesi
The only time you have to practice things
like those is
When you're a boy!
And yet don't believe Ia change a thing
You've got to laugh. to cry. to work. to
To be a boy:
with all his thoughtless noise and care
with ali his heartfelt trials day by day.
with all his boyish hopes ana all MS
fears,
I'd like to live on earth thousand years
And be a boy.
Chicago Record Herald.
Bennie Gerber was placed on probation
until May rs by Judge Sweetland To-Day
for non-support.
owen Mccain was held in $500 by
Judge Sweetland today for neglecting 10
send his 16-year-old daughter Susan TO
school.
Ana
and costs by Judge Sweetland today for
the theft OF copper wire from the Rhode
Island company.
Edgar Allen. II years old, Of ~ Camp
street was bitten upon his right leg by
n dog when on North Main street at
$50 p. m. yesterday.
Frank c. Angel Of Centredale lost a
god-hlled hunting case watch when IN
crowd at the gate at Adelaide park park
yesterday afternoon. II was taken from
his vest by a piclpocket.
At 7:S this morning Patrolman r. e
Clifford found William Higgins, IL yepr.
old on Atweli's avenue. and took him To
the Fourth station. The boy ran away
from his home at Worcester yesterday.
The Y. w. c. t. Y. will hold its month
ly meeting at Willard hall. A. Snow
street, on Saturday, May ?: at s:4S D. m.
preceded by social hals , hour; aiai,S Miss
invited.
An Atwelrs avenue car collded with
hack belonging 10 the What Cheer
Stable company IN front OF the hotel Coz
lumbus at $40 y. m. yesterday smashing
one OF the doors.
The chief OF police today discontinued
the complaint against Frank Howland for
assaultine Edward Baxter Howland
when tho latter. with others. assaulted
him. Baxter got % days IN jail.
While jumping from n bench in the
street yesterday. Eugene II. Snow Of NJ
Ring street received painful injury 20
his forearm from n projecting piece OF
iron He had the incision dressed at the
Rhode Island hospital.
Rose Henderson pleaded not guilty in
the sixth district court today 20 the
charge OF stealing watch from Emma
Heifusch and was held I'm $40 for trial
May g Her plea was that the other girl
gave her the watch TO have IL repaired.
Charles r. stafford colored, was fned
s. and costs by Judge Sweetland today
for an assault upon John w. Wright
stafords house yesterday. and this so
enraged the accused that he struck
Wright with plate.
Three fire alarms we're given in quick
succession. soon after s O'Clock this
morning. Rox ~ was pulled for roof
nre at - Westheld street Box i66 was
pulled -fnr-an ash hin aFA-and box 2fs
FOR a fre on the roof ~ n building AZ IL
Pine street. No damage in either In
stance.
John Reynolds was fined so and costs
for the theft OF clothes valued al s.
belonging 20 Joseph Coppala. who had
left the garments with Goetonr Massi 10
he washed. Reynolds stole tho clothes
from a line. Patrolnan liindmarsh was
suspicious. caused Reynolds 20 open his
recovered.