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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
PROVIDENCE OPERA HOUSE.

At the Providence Opera House for the
week with matinees tomorrow and Sat
urday, Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar
in a musical production by Mr.. Hart and
Melville Baker entitled Foxy Grandpa" !"
Popular prices prevail
Here is Foxy Grandpa in the flesh. his
very self Likewise. the two boys whose
pranks arc familiar 10 thousands. Like
wise n good many other folks whom the
original wonderful Foxy Grandpa prob
ably never dreamed OF. but who are nee
essary to. and familiar in. the musical
productions of the era. Altogether, a
lively and stimulating show.
Mr.. Hart IL an old-time popular en-
tertainer. What with the old sketch
team OF Hallen and Hart and their musi-
cal and farcial plays and Mr.. Harts later
appearances as a regular attraction of
the vaudeville stage, there are few enter
tainers In any line OF the business who
are better known.
On the stage Foxy Grandpa" repro
duces that phenomenally clever old
gentleman and his clever. but-not-so-
clever -as- Grandpa kids and surrounds
them with other talented specialists,
some songs, some dances and some other
miscellaneous things tn fill out an even
ing OF the kind OF thing that a whole lot
Of us. who like entertainment for enter
tainments sake, like.
There arc three acts TO this new musi-
cal farce and in the course OF the same
Foxy Grandpa and the boys illustrate a
number OF the stunts that the Foxy
Grandpa pictures have made familiar
The boys put up their practical Jokes and
Invariably Foxy Grandpa turns the tables
on them 10 their admiring discontinue.
newly impresslng them and everybody
else with the evidence that Grandpa is
. wonder"
Then there are others in the course OF
the story. There Is Ben Hassen. who
plays a tramp and is as much a wonder
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
AT the Empire.

would prove even more successful than
the first
Rarely has the Imperial contained a
larger or n better audience than the one
that gathered at the house last evening.
IL was an appreciatlve audience. too. and
the high quality OF the acting received
splendid recognition IN generous applause
and numerous curtain calls.
The company at the Imperial Is IN most
every respect tho equal OF tho original
company that presented tho play at tho
Providence Opera House at It's previous
Inception. Every part Is IN good hands
and fev OF the characters suffer n com
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27

parison with the company which was
headed by Miss Bingham herself.
The part OF Katinka Jenkins. the one so
grandly filled by Miss Bingham, is i'm
splendid hands. Roselle Knott suffers
little I'm comparison I'm the character. She
portrays the beautiful woman who sacr-
feed her honor To keep her little sister
from want with all the art that marked
her work I'm other characters while lead
ing lady for Richard Mansfield. She IL a
beautiful woman and her costumes are
such az the act calls for, elegant I'm the
extreme. Her llly concealed loathing of
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27

East was presented last evening for the
first time in this city AZ tho Empire Thea
tire. The play is OF good standard and
it has not been generally presented at
popu'ar-priced houses, so in this sense
tho presentation Is noticeable for this popu-
lar playhouse.
Under Southern Skies" IL something
out of the ordinary 80 the scene IL laid
IN Louisiana I'm 1876. and tho suggestion
n miscegenatiou with the horror Of
negro blood IN her veins is used bv the
villain OF the play 10 compel the heroine
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
FoR OVER sixty YEARS

MRS. wINsLows SOOTHING SYRUP
has been used for over sixty years BY
millions OF mothers for their children
while teethlng with perfect success N
sOothcs the child softcns the gums. al
lays all pain. cures wind collie. and IN the
best remedy for Diarrohea II will relieve
the poor little sufferer Immediately. Sold
by dr. ggists in every part OF the world
twenty five cents bottle. Bc SURE and
,sk for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup"
and take no other kind
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
IMPe RIAL THEATRE.

Amelia Blnghams splendid company
opened return engagement Of "A Mod
crn Magdalen" AT the Imperial theatre
last evening. the immense success OF the
play at It's former presentation here la at
fall bespea King the interest the theatre
going peopD OF the city have In the play
and the confidence OF the management
that a second presentation OF the piece
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
EMPIRE NEW PARK

Through the Rye" (synopsis) "Razzle
Dazzle" Eva" when Kate and l were
coming through the Rye" Down where
the Wurzburger Flows" II want 10 be
an Actor Lady" Tell me that Beautiful
story" Please Let Me Sleep" finale,
Emancipation Day." Popular Marches.
Won TilZer
The management announces as It's next
attraction Elmer r. Vance's Treasure
Island headed by the little favorlte Bea-
triCe.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
DOINCS At BROWN
The Coming Baseball Season,
Other College Notes.

This years baseball season at Brown
Is going 20 be most satisfactory one
to- the teams supporters. A squad o'
nearly fifty are now training in the gym
nasium and cage. under the direction oi
Coach Gammons. As regards old play
ers, there are now thirteen men In col
lege who have won theig baseball "B''
and are eligible to play. Three of this
number are pitchers. Hatch. Lynch and
Leland; six are inhelders, Capt Gray,
Belding. Penley. Abbott. Folder and
Woodsun. and four are outfelders. Barry.
Clifford, Macklnnon and Metcalf
The new men are already promising to
displace some OF the former players from
the team. Among the best of the new
material are Roy Clarke, catcher. cap
tain OF the Ridge Manual Training school
nine of Cambridge. Mass. las, year;
Benjamin Baker. catcher of Hope street
high school; Harry Pattee, shortstop on
Colby academy; l.. Whiting. pitcher. cap
tain OF last years nine at Detroit Cniver-
sity school; +. Aiken, Jr; pitcher Lake
Forest academy; r. O'Reilley. third base
man, Scranton, Pa, and Fred Belding.
pitcher OF Malone high school, New
York.
From present indications Brown has as
sured first class inield. although an
equal outtield Is not certain. Tom
Barry, captain of last falls football team
but no very heavy hitters have appeared
for the other two positions. II Clifford
bats as well as he did the first OF last
season he is practically sure of place
I'm the field. but he. like the rest OF tho
team, slumped badly In hitting toward
the end OF the season.
The weak point this year. as Il was
last season. will be the hitting. Clarke is
one of the best hitters among the new
material and will therefore be a valuable
addition for two reasons. Coach Gam
mons Is going 20 devote especial attention
10 batting practice. and Will try TO de-
velop some good hitters this season More
instruction will also be given I'm placing
hits
Another weakness OF Browns nine last
year was In running bases, 10 prevent
similar faults the coach is giving the en-
tire squad work in sprinting and sliding
for bases
The team which goes on the Southern
trips during the last week Of March will
be chosen almost solely with regard 10
the indoor work OF the men, so the squad
is training with the greatest possible
zeal, and It is safe TO predict that Brown
will be represented on the diamond next
spring by winning team.
The lining Of the Colgate Hoyt swim
ming pool was completed Thursday and
the tank is partly flied with water 10
try piping system and the altering appa-
ratus The marble covering Of the inter
Tor walls OF the building has been almost
completed and there are only few more
OF the plates stlll 10 be put in place. Tho
work Is being pushed. and IL is hoped
that the pool will be ready for use with
In the next two weeks.
Tho drawings Cor tho second round OF
the whilst tournament are now posted.
Teams which scored over forty points
last week are:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27
EMPIRE THEATRE.

Under Southern Skies" a drama from
the pen of Lottie Blair Parker. who is
best known as the author OF Way Down
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-01-27

President Faunco will give an address
on Moral Education The Protestant
View" In the Colonial theatre. Boston.
on Saturday morning. Jan. 81. This ad-
dress Is ono i'm series of University lee
lures given under the auspices OF the
Twentieth Century club.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

and the metal so yellow and heavy. II
selected this one for you from several
brought to me- he remarked quietly,
blessed it and handed il 10 me.
My impression Of the late Pope, gained
after several interviews with him. both
public and private, might be summed up
in these words. Leo XIII possessed marked
fnesse and was a diplomat down 10 his
delicate finger tips. No ambassador-and
1 have seen many-was ever his equal in all
that goes to make up the great diplomatist
Like all superior men he had a strong char
acter. Nobody have known made such
deep impression on me. His intellect was
evidently of the first order. A five minutes
conversation with him put this beyond
question His eyes were wonderful They
were like the Roentgen rays. They were
SO piercing: that they went right through
could only tell him the truth. 1T is not
difficult for your Holiness to read my
thoughts" once said TO him. He was ex
ceedingly frank, and ii was easy, in turn,
to open your heart 10 him. There was a
point to everything he said and he could
put more into sentence than many people
fail TO get into paragraph. How like him
those last words to one of his favorite card
| insls mentioned at the beginning of these
random recollections: oh, Ferrata. fare
was refined and his delivery polished. When
he pronounced the words. Ave Maria" he
threw more meaning into them than any
other priest ever listened to. Pathos was
a power which he employed with masters
talent
He managed everything. Even Rampolla
decided nothing without consulting him He
was at home in letters and politics alike
He never asked for aid, but preferred
standing alone, positively and iguratively
I well remember how, on once occasion,
| when he was celebrating mass. a cardinal
who was aiding him came to his assistance
when the aged Pontiff seemed too weak to
go on to the end Of the ceremony. But the
movement Of the back and shoulders plainly
showed that the help was not only declined
but that II was displeasing His motto was
these words, which he wrote some years
ago at the bottom of a fine photograph Of
himself which he gave me: Beat Qui
ambulant in lege Domini."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

Irving Bachelor. in Leslie's Monthly.
Il remember once. said Uncle En. I
praised a woman's pie. We were over in
Canada buyin cattle. The woman. she
asked me If there was anything I'd like
Z hev fer my dinner. / told her thet was
very fond o berry pie, so she made one. IL
came on the table I'm pan didn't know
what t was sr mebbe could have made
some excuse an got away. Suddenly the
woman begun to cut IL.
said. 1T took me long time, but here
It's. an I hope you'll like IT,
The pie was about three inches thick.
an, there was only jest a leetie streak o
red stain through the middle OF IL where
the berries oughter be"
The old man paused a moment.
Wal" he continued, with a sigr, ''of
course I had to eat that pie. IL was the
greatest obstacle i ever encountered Fer
a minnit felt as IL I was ketched In q
bear trap. But ! looked as pleasant az
possible an went 10 work on that piece o.
pie. i 20 sooner got through than Il went
TO work on me. There wasn't much left o
me next day. 1 lay there sick abed an the
good woman she brought me up another pie
She wanted TO please me and I hadn't the
heart to tell her what / thought OF her
bakin. But she pressed IL on me.
No more. thank ye,' says J.
i thought you said IL was good says
she. with d look OF disappointment.
Madam says /. the pie is good but
amt good enough TO eat II. hain't even
joined the church yit. Give me leetle
more time Ter preparation"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

There Is nothing more curious than the
fact that a mans advantages in life are too
often his drawbacks" remarked an elderly
lawyer In a group OF
Too Much Of q men who were discuss
Gentleman. ing successes. I'VE all
know men who have
failed in life because they were handicapped
by having had too good a start. The COM
mercial world is dotted with wrecked men
who wouldn't work at humble callngs be-
cause they had been launched with the pres
tige Of wealthy fathers, high social position
and college education. Unless such men are
fortunately overloaded with good common
sense. in time of stress they sure to go
down and not come up again; or are tossed
up to lie along the shore. mendicants to the
bounty OF better-balanced men.
such men, often, will live for years on
the earnings of the women of the family.
Women. in most cases of family failure. will
surmount false pride, and do what they can
get to do. But many men will live idle I'M
less they can get what they want to do.
1--WE know an old Uncle Richard who led
a genteel beggar's existence of more than
thirty-five years after his business failure,
dependent for his bed, food and clothes on
his brothers widow, who had a large fam
lily Of daughters and straitened means. But
Uncle Richard was such a gentleman, he
had such graceful bearing, such beautiful
manners. such slim white hands and was so
deferential to women. 80 the widow sewed,
while all the girls whirled in and became
teachers and stenographers; but nice. gen.
teel Uncle Richard just sat around. For
thirty-fve years he sat around: the girls
bought his cigars. his newspapers and his
books. In return. he opened and shut the
gates and doors for them. and quoted poetry.
To all outsiders the widow and the girls al
ways said: Isn't Uncle Richard lovely? He
is SO much of a gentleman; you don't see
many men like Uncle Richard. Finally,
Uncle Richard died. The widow and the
girls, all grown elderly. gave him a beauti-
full funeral; and they still bark back to him
with respect and admiration: Uncle Rich
ard was such gentleman.
In 1884 English merchants advertised as
the latest novelty for ladies' dresses. I'm fifty
new colorings. as supplied to II. r. H.. the
Princess OF Wales, and other
Indiana members Of the royal family
Cloth. and aristocracy." a light
weight. graceful. soft drapery
known as Indiana CLOTH" II was recon-
mended as charming End useful material
for walking costumes; II and silky TO the
touch. strong and warm. yet light as down.
essentially ladylike and elegant. as well as
serviceable. and beautiful in the lighter
shades for evening wear" The material was
Is shillings per dress; and black Indiana
cloth" was announced as the perfection OF
cloth for ''an exquisite dress In deep or COM
plimentary mourning" Indiana cloth. how
ever. was by no means a tribute TO q fine
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

CnlcegO f0st.
The Rochester man who came out OF n
trance just as the undertaken was prepar-
ing him for burial not only violated the pro-
prieties by swearing at the functionary, but
by chasing him out OF the room. We have
looked into the facts OF the case and have
learned that the undertaken belonged 70
union. was in good standing and was carry
ing out the line Of his duties soberly. prop
erly. but perhaps a trf1e roughly. The gen.
tleman had been pronounced dead. and We
dare say that 10 all intents and purposes he
was dead. but we have had 50 many labor
troubles lately that IL h likely that the
corpse came back TO life in his natural anx-
iety TO know IL everything had been con.
Quoted according 10 union principles and IN
any unnecessary delay threatened A few
weeks ago, In speaking OF the immense diff
ficulties which attend death and sculpture.
expressed the fear that much OF the at
Effectiveness and charm OF dissolution has
been removed, and the experience OF Nr.
Wilson. OF Rochester, confirms Us IN this be-
lief. IL is. indeed. a pity II gentleman
nearly ninety years of age cannot take his
departure peacefully and serenesy and wit n
out a subsequent suspicion that he & not
getting q square deal In the premises.
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and fiourishing State in the middle West Of
America, but was given the misleading title
in difference to British possessions in far
away India. The registered trademark of
James Spence & Co., inventors and sole
makers of Indiana cloth, was a quaint little
wood cut, representing Britannia with he'll
met, shield and spear cast aside, welcoming
with outstretched hands kneeling elephant
bearing great bales of Spence & Companys
Oriental Indiana cloth. In the briny back
ground were fleets of ships, also laden with
Indiana CLOTH"
On the editorial pages of an issue of Henry
Ward Beecher's Western Farmer and Gar
dener, published in Indiana polls, Dec. /, 1916,
a footnote appears
Henry Ward Beech entitled, "A Proper
er's New Hat. Mode of Giving Ad-
vice. Under this
head are these lines:
LAS we were passing the store Of Messrs.
Horns. we were called in and presented with
a hat of beautiful finish and in the height Of
fashion. Although we were aware that Our
old hat was on the wane we had not sus-
pected how badly it looked; and we could
not but admire the good sense of our friends
edifying manner"
In a back-street drug shop the young clerk
who came forward had bruises on his fore
head, bruises on his nose and a gashed line
across his upper lip held
How Language together with strips of
Comes. plaster.
well, you look pretty
badly banged up" remarked the customer,
who wanted wood alcohol; have you been
having an extra Fourth of July celebra-
tion?''
mo-" said the drug clerk. rather shame
facedly. 81 got tn lowed off o. one of the in
ter-rubberin cars an lit on my head"
The customer had to make him repeat the
explanation before 1t was clear that he was
a victim of interurban speed.
Concerning the medicinal quality of the
blackberry. Jordan Hall, just turned his
eighty-eighth year, recalls that In the chol-
era months of 1882 steam
Blackberries boat coming up from New
I'm 1882. Orleans. loaded with pas
sengers. fleeing from that
cholera stricken city. stopped somewhere in
Louisiana, along the Mississippi river, to
take on wood. Blackberries were ripe and
abundant at the time. and many OF the peo-
pie on board betook themselves to the shore
to feast on the rich, fresh fruit No danger
was unprecedented. since blackberry syrups
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
SOUVENIRS OF LEO XIII.

HecOIlectfOns OF the Pope by an Art.
list Who Painted His Portrait.
The Warehouses OF Wentworth. in the In
dependent.
1.-THE Warehouses Of Wentworth, known
in art as Cecilia Wentworth Is an Ameri-
can by birth, but has resided for many
years In Paris, where she has exhibited at
the annual Salon and taken several honors.
She generally paints religious subjects, and
a few years ago the French government
bought one of these for the Luxembourg
gallery. Mrs Wentworth is also success
full in portrait painting, and Is now en-
gagged on an excellent full-length likeness
Of the late John w. Mackay.-Editor The
independent
OF all my portraits, that of his Holiness
the late Pope, is the one in which 1 take
the most pride. Cardinal Ferrata, when
Papal Nuncio to Paris eight or ten years
ago. was twice painted by me. The late
Cardinal Ledoeschowski the head of the
Propaganda. was good friend of Arch
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

and cordials We're highly and widely es-
teemed as valuable antidotes for digestive
disorders. Curiously enough. the blackberry
revel had a tragic sequel. All those passen-
gers who had participated in 1t were seized
with the cholera and died. This incident
spread CONSERVATION, not only up and down
the Mississippi river, but in the medical
world: and the causes of the mortality in
this case were never satisfactorily and sci
entifically elucidated.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
A WESLEY INCIDENT.

August Century.

August Century.
The societies met on Sundays, but never
at the hour of church service. and. when
neither Wesley nor any other clergyman
was present, spent the hour In prayer and
religious conversation or exhortation. From
exhortation before the society TO formal
preaching before IL was only a step; but
to Wesley II seemed a very long step.
While in Bristol he learned, one day in
1879, that one OF his converts, Thomas Max
field, had been preaching before the Found
cry society. He hurried up to London to
stop IL. But his mother-who since the
death of her husband had been living in
room Of the Foundry building-met him
with a protest: "John. take care what you
do with reference TO the young man. for he
is as surely called TO preach as you are"
Admonished by this counsel from one whose
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

caution on adj churchly matters he knew
to be quite equal TO his own, Wesley re-
luctantly consented 10 hear Msxfield
preach. After listening. he exclaimed: 1T
is the Lords doing; let him DO as SEEM
eth good" Convinced in spite Of deep-rooted
Discrimination, he sanctioned the first Meth
odist lay preacher. Within a year there
were twenty
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
Astounding Prices on Basement Wash Goods Before

Fancy printed Wash Goods; these mill rem
nants, such as fancy open work, lace effects, : n
satin stripes. etc.: values up to l5c yard ~
Homespun Grass Linen Suitings, also two-toned
Hairline Washable Poplins. regular Csc M
values, a yard. ........ wv
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Evening Wear Dept

/ piece of handsome Brocade, eros
de Londres, s2.25 value TO-
piece of Pompadour Satin, large
broche effects, 500 quality a.
lOI ..-..... ...-..'.-........-....
! piece Broeade Satin Duchess, ~.
$50 quality for ....... ........oAC
/ piece Broche Taffeta, solid a.
color, $1.75 grade for .OoS
! piece of Plaid and Crystal ~.
novelty, s2.25 quality for .......A "
z odd lengths of Tissues and Grena-
dimes, sl.75 to $3.50 values 40
% Robe patterns, waist CT IN
and skirt, 5000 suit, for. =. pZsOO
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

Mercerized Wash Fabrics; everything must go
some in this lot worth 49c yard; I0r
while they last yard. ........ IVA
Printed Swisses, also all other weaves which al
ways sold up to l9c yard. going now 10<
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26
Colored Silk Departures

10 Odd pieces of fancy Taffeta Silks,
regular values from 75c to a.
Sl.O yard, tor. ..O~S
2 Odd pieces of Moire Velours, an.
regular values, S50. .oSC
IA Odd pieces Of fancy Louissines, Taf-
fetas, Satins; S1.25 TO 20.
SEQ values ..oOS
Odd piece of Satin stripe Grenadines,
black and red, $1.75 81
Sfdue lor -'...............-.
Odd pieces of heavy stripe and broche
Silks and Satins, values up To-
W S-.NO iOf
u Odd pieces of Foulards, mostly blue
and white and black and white polka
dots. "A inches wide, pure ~.
Silk, 75c quality for. .FOC
% Odd pieces of Satin Foulards, our
regular A.00 and IN.
$l.25 values for. ..................O SS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-26

Great interest Is manifested by govern
ment scientists in an investigation about to
be made by American representatives in
China relative 10 the growth of mountains
Bailey Wilson. geologist. and Eliot Black
welder. paieonrologist. connected with the