The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-04-17


nought class. Boston and vicinity Is
admitted 10 be the home OF the largest
number Of the most highly skilled me-
chanics i'm the world, and there are
such numbers they can be drawn on
at any time for any emergency II
steady employment were In sight at the
navy yard
Strategically the Charlestown yard
is the best located Of all on this coast,
in the opinion OF naval and military
officers.
with the plant, the best body Of me
chanics i'm the world and with the
evidence that the cost of repair work
could be reduced 80 percent by simply
having a ship under construction at the
yard. naval experts with business in
stincts cannot see why the government
does not again build its own warships
as in former times.
Could the many neglected horses
that have been taken i'm and cared for
by the animal rescue league voice their
gratitude in human speech the public
would hear wonderful accounts Of the
good being done by that human organ
ization Nearly 80 horses are now be-
ing rested and otherwise cared for in
the new stable recently established by
the league on West BroOkline street.
II was opened March / Of the present
year, has GS stalls, and attendants who
delight i'm treating their charges well.
Scarcely one of the horses thus far
proper care i'm grooming. Most OF
them were skeleton thin, one or TWO
were hidebound, and others through
lack Of food and general neglect were
palsied and weak One of the bOarders
came to the 2table with reputation
for downright meanness. notorious
kicker 50 the story went, but kindness
resulted i'm a complete change. and to-
day the fearsOme bad one Is as gentle
as a kitten,
One Of the needs at the stable is a
good stout horse to be loaned out to
owners for use while tired-out animals
are being rested and otherwise made
good There is an animal in the stable
now recovering from an injury TO one
of it's forelegs, and If the league had
a horse If could loan to the injured
ones owner treatment at the stable
would be enhanced by sending the con-
valesccnt TO the leagues Home Rest
for horses at Pine Ridge farm, just out
side the city.
There is i'm connection with the
stable "A reading ana lecture room for
drivers on the fourth floor.
For years Boston's ancient crooked
streets have been the butt Of jokes
from every city In the country that
has its streets laid out on the plan Of
regularity represented by the wires of
a sieve; hut now, it seems, the joke is
on the jOkcrs, for our crooked streets
are our crowning architectural beauty,
according to the latest CanOns OF taste
in Ci'r building, If we may accept the
Judgment OF A. A. Shurtleff. expert ad-
wiser TO the metropolitan district inn
prot2ment commission,
He declared cities like Philadelphia
and Baltimore and sections O. New
York TO be monotonous in the eX-
treme, and even Washington, as a
whole, stupidity so. Among the Boston
thoroughrares that he found charming
either for crookedncss or for their
vistas. and o; which he showed stereop-
ticou views TO prove II, were first of
all, Cornhill looking toward Scollay
square, Hull street, looking toward
Christ church; Congress street, Devon
shire street, looking north from the
vicinity of Summer street; Ashburton
place, looking toward the state house
and Park street looking from fremont
street toward the state house.
Mr.. Shurtleft declared that Germans
of artistic tastes would take oil their
hats and cry "Hoch der Kaiser with
delight Il they could find such a beau.
tiul view in one of their cities rs The
last mentioned With it's slightly crook
ed thuluughfare, horoerod with the
great ttncs of the Common ON one
side and buildings ON the other. aut
i'm the classic capitol in the vista. Tie
also said that in the future Boston
should not aim TO straighten her ole
streets. in making improvements, bu
should follow the German method O
merely widening the streets. while pre-
serving the ancient property lines "Ou
streets have Individuality. every
where he said; unexpected little jog
and irregular squares, and they affort
delightful relief from monotony."
"Thc Man Of the Hour" at the Tire
/ mont theatre reaches the unusual dis
/ nifty OF TOO performances continuous
ly I'm one house with the pcrformanc
/ Of Monday evening. April l3 In ar
| probation Of the phenomenal patron
aye bestowed by the intelligent thea
tire going public Of New England
which has made such an event poss
BILE. Messrs. Brady and Grismer Wi
! present every lady attending the Ger
| tury performance on the date aboy