The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-03-22

| rnen--men who will pay little attention
% the society duties that naturally fall
| 70 them Honest. most OF our men are so
dog-gone tired when they come home at
| night from business that they are almost
| worthless. It's a shamel We women don I
! have very many pleasures when you come
| 70 ngure them up and it's mighty hard 20
| have To play the social game all by your
| erlf The average lna considers getting
| into his evening clothes and going out,
as an awful bore They leave II ell 20
their wives OF daughters and no end Of
Kick is heard from them II by some
i"'ans or other some individual creeps IN
10 their set that - undesirable. know the
old saying, THAT money makes the mare
go" and that the men have TO hustle for
the money-most CT them. but at the same
time there Is something more In this
world than money. I'd rather have my
husband at 10 "a man with a medium In
come and have him out with mo evenings
enJc wing "A little sociabilty than a mil
nonaire at the same age dead sound
ealees, at Z, a,oclock. while had TO go out
and let the people know we were still
hlIVe at our home"
Talk about the habit of work that is
so strong In some people! heard OF an
incident the other day that clearly demon
strates that some Rhode Islanders have
this attribute down TO such fine point
that they can't get rid of 1t.
The husband OF certain woman
had carelessy died and the day
for the funeral had arrived. The
widow was up stairs with few
OF her friends. She sat near the
window communing quietly with herself
but Of what she was thinking was beyond
the knowledge OF her mtimates. For a
run half hour she sat there while those
about her respected her silent grief Poor
woman they thought; how utterly alone |
and grief-stricken she feels" There |
were no tears 10 be seen I'm her eyes |
she was doubtless overcome by that grief |
that exists In some people--that pent-up. |
undemonstrative grief. Oh how they |
pitied her. She finally moved. cast an
other searching glance 10 the street arose.
went 10 the bureau. opened drawer and 1
selected half knit shawl and some knit 7
ting pins. Then she resumed her seat
with the remark 10 a friend. We'll |
guess I'll put i'm a few stitches while
the crowds gathering"
Talk about the spirit of work-doesn't
that demonstrate that IL is an a1l-con-
suming element In some peoples make
up?
DO YOU get many pennies from
l asked my conductor friend
his morning Pennies from women?"
lie responded. "Ye gods. every woman has
'ennies. and We generaly get them.
Where they get hold OF them all | don't
,now. but l really believe they save them
o give TO conductors. There was one
'ariicular woman who used to ride on
ny car that Invariably gave me coppers-
lever had anything else. II seemed
'ot tired Of il and on the quiet laid I'm
big bunch Of them myself-think | Sc
ured about zoo Of them One day she
ot on my car and. strange TO say she
idn't have anything but five-dollar bin.
ly time had come, | knew. | took the
I'll and went 10 the rear of the car. ished
ut about 200 Of my pennies and the
alance in five and ten-c cent pieces, handed
er the change with an inward chucl<le |
he did contortionist act with her face
'hen she saw the bunch and il took her
TX blocks To count IT, She didn't whim-
er out loud, but I could see she was
oiing inside. However, she caught
n TO my silent sarcasm and since then
he has never given me anything but
ickel for her fare"
TEDDY gAHYEp