The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-02-09
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The terse name o: Mae sounds abrupt 20
my ear.
And Fays not as sprightly as one
might suppose.
While Daisy and Jean lack the note that
rings clear
md something's still absent in Lily and
Rose:
For the names they bestow on the girls
IRE prosslc and cold as an unchiseled
And my heart halls the girls OF the dim
far-away
When the old-fsshioned names had a
charm OF their own.
Deborah. I'd say. was a Puritan shy.
Fcnlope rather firt in her day.
.sbeth fair, with an honest blue eve,
And Katherine much like a queen in her
sway;
While Rhoda. Naomi and Sarah, Ia
swear
Were everything proper. as maidens. as
DANES,
Aid Ruth more than all had a martyr
like air
OF these old-tsshioned girls with the
old-fsshioned names.
As for Claudia, Rachel. Rebeca, Louise,
They each send a thrill that IS hard 10
explain
No lstter-day name hath the cadence OF
these,
AS honey mellifluent-tender as rainl
And their charm holds my heart so en-
thralled, confess.
That when come 10 play at loves
Eden-old game
I am certain as fate shall win the sweet
Yes"
From a new-fashioned girl with an old
fashioned name.
-Leslie's Weekly.
A light of glass. valued at s.. was
broken In James Brennan's liquor saloon.
2l3 Richmond street. last night.
The alarm from box IS az 40 p. m yes
terdsy was for a slight fire at 2s Bond
street in house owned and occupied by
Louis Castaldi.
Edward McKeough was held in $500 by
Judge Sweetland this morning for trial
tomorrow on the charge OF being a com
mon drunkard.
Michael George OF 70 Randall street re-
ports that gold ring valued at s.. was
stolen from his finger when in a Canal
street saloon last evening.
Frank c. Slender of lsa Rhodes street
reports that his barn in the rear ~ his
house was entered recently and several
pieces Of brass work, valued at s4S. were
stolen.
Twenty copper conductor and gutter
pipes, valued at SIS. were stolen from
under the Promenade street bridge Tues
day night The property was yesterday
recovered by the police.
winifred Devine OF 300 Dandy street re-
ports that a vacant house at 156 Black
stone street was entered one night this
week. Several windows were broken and
some lead pipe cut out.
John williams. colored. 10 years old.
employed as a shoe polsher at Shepards s,
was fined Sis and costs in the Sixth dis
trict court today for the theft OF three
pairs Of shoes, all of the value OF s6.65.
Patrick J. O'Connor, 10 years old, who
stole pair OF rubber boots and an apron
valued at $40. from the John Althan
companys barn a few days ago was this
morning fined $50 and costs by Judge
Sweetland.
Frank Herman pleaded not guilty In the
Sixth district court today and was held
In 500 for trial tomorrow on the charge
OF stealing a bag Of sawdust, valued at
IS cents. from the c. T. Darling company's
premises yesterday.
Harry Fish informs the police that his
shoe store at s04 Eddy street was entered
last night by the breaking OF a light of
glass I'm a rear window. He was unable
20 tell offhand whether any OF his stock
had been taken.
Box IS was pulled at Sis o'clock last
night by Lieut.. George Goulding OF Hook
a. Ladder for a slight FIRE in an
Armenian restaurant kept by Mardiros
sharglan at SS3 Gladstone avenue. An
oil stove exploded, causing damage to the
extent OF $50.