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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

The voters in Ward Eight are fortu-
nate in having an experienced and capab.e
council delegation to attend 10 their affairs
at the City Hall. Alderman Gilbert X
Parker and The councilmen who are on
the Republican ticket with him. have
been accomplishing good result IS The past
year along several lines of improvements
in the ward. That these efforts to serve
the people of he ward will be appreciated
by an increased vote on election day no
one can doubt. The Alderman and Coun-
cilmen Walch, Windsor, Walton and Pierce
should be chosen again by increased
pluraliGes.
This delegation has secured action on
the part of the CITY Council which has re-
su I'd in legislation for the abolition Of the
dangerous grade crossings at plainheld
street aud Hartford avenue. This improve
ment IS now an assured fact. And with
this improvement will come other street
changes which will improve the conditions
in the same locality.
As a result of the strict attention of the
council delegation to their duties the past
year, several streets have been received,
severed, curbcd and built, among them,
orrcnto street, What Cheer Avenue, Union
Avenue, Alto street, Elmda'c Avenue,
Whittier Avenue and Clifford street
The Silver Lake trunk sever has had
several addtioIs the past year, the most
important being the rocasset Avenue sewer
which is nearing completion. lhe only
other trunk sewer for this section will be
the Ethan street sewer from Laurel Hill
| Avenue to Silver Lake Avenue. The land
for this important street has been secured
aud the surveys nearly completed. ] his
! layout Of Ethan street will be one of the
new problems for the coming year.
Neutaconk auut Park will have eNps nded
upon il for grading aud apparatus this
wiutcr aud next spring the sum Of $1,000
II is also cNpec cd that the hill and Its APP
proach,s Will be properly iighed for next
summer. The Chapin Park has had new
stationary seats placed in is grounds aud
more are promised.
Land at the corner Of Pocassct and
Laurel ilil Avenues has been ordered pur-
chased, which means that the daugerous
corners will he cut Off aud the street
Nideu,d.
In preparation Tor he abolition Of grade
crossings, a plan Of sewers has been at
ranged so that all of that section lying
west Of the Wey bosset miUs and east of
Atwood street between the Springfield rail-
road and Olneyvi.le square will be cared
for. This includes tie following streets;
Stokes street, Bough street Diee street,
Oak street, Agnes street aud Mcponouph
street. The city has secured tight Il
way for the purpose Of taking care f this
section.
The Olneyvile Free Library AS ociaiior
has secured an increase of $500 in il,
annual appropriation from the city so tha,
it now has s2Soo yearly,
As already indicated the City Council
delegation has secured the necessary legis
lation for removing the grade crossings :,
far as the city is concerned and in c1nnec
ton with this great improvement ii Is intel
esting to know that new highway viii
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
BANK or ENGLAND NOTES.
Always Fresh and Clean, as Thay Arc
Issued Only Once.

always h-rSSh ana Nle2n, as NSy AF~
Issued Only Once.
There is as great a difference 5c
tween the s.stem5 Of issuing end re
lccuipG the notes cf the Bank OF Enc
md ana cf The BANKS OF the Unitct
states as there is ia The appearance,
VI The nOte3ihcmselvcs.
The Iar...l note iJ@omewhgt lonGel
.ul mu,h broader th,n OURS. is C..
Tough wife I2pCr, with ro.G2d cdges
ald t. pinned on enc side on'', with /;
few words and with n. pictures OF
Gea'"ns. -w&ie oars arc cODp,ct,ly GOV
ercd nl both sides with yiepette ano
lathe work.
our notes are issued again and agnt
until they become SO worn That thCl
are no longer servigeablc. \ Bank G
England note Is never issued nor,
than once. Every note that comes i.
is cancelled at once, ana then il Is
stored away with other cancelled note.
to he preserved for certain period
when it is destroyed by burning.
1t takes many clerks to k cp tn,
record of notes issued ana paid, al,
70 accurately f. this work done tha
the date when any note was issued
the person receiving if. the time whcl
It was paid into the bank and by
whom, can be ascCrtained from Oh,
books. If the time was within ty,
years the note itself can bc produced
Many are The stories of attempts {,
counterfeit these notes. which have nj
ways lcnu failures As the uvcr'g
time between the issue ara Ihc ply
ment of the notes is only five or sis
days the fact that II counterfeit ia l.
circulation is known almost at once
and the system of English bankers an,
merchants of keeping the numbers q
the notes received and paid gives th
clew whereby the offender is quickl.
apprehendcd.- Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
Verdi Was RIGHT.

When Verdi was putting the las
touches to I'll Trovatore" he was Wis
tied i'm his study by Il privileged friend
who was one OF the ablcst living mu
sicians and critics. He was permitted
60 examine the score and run over Oh,
Anvil Chorus" on the pianofOrie
what do You think Of thutF' asked
Verdi. TRASH" responded the con
noisseur. Verdi rubbed his hands ans
chuckled. Now look at this" he said
"Rubbish" said the other rolling ,
cigarette The composer rose ana em
braced him with burst of JOY. "Nha
do you mean" asked the critic. M.
dear friend" cried Verdi. IL have heci
making popular opera. I'm IL rr
solved TO please everybody except tn
purists, the great judges. the clns
sicists like you. Had ! pleased you
should have pleased no one else Nha
YOU say assures mc OF success. /.
three months III TrOvatore' will l.,
sung and roared and whistlcd an,
barrel organed all over Italy" And 81
II proved.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

It is not at all sure thing that
Harry Cutler will be elected senator
from Providence, but it would seem
that he deserves the h onor. His in
terest III laws that will benefit the
poor, the weak and the friendlesS,
should give him a reputation OF
being the champion of the under
dog in the fight"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
PARTICIPATION ACCOUNT.

Money deposited on or before November I5th draws
interest from November 1st Dividends, August and
February.
The security given is the entire capital and surplus
Of the Company in addition to the invested funds of
its depositors.
A deposit in this account pays we'll as any first
class investment Ii desired it be withdrawn at any
time.
Legal Depositary for Trustees, Executors, Admins
traitors, Guardians Assignees, Etc
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

ant office. Rhode Island has usually been
very fortunate in selecting its public SER
wants aud certainly can afford to trust them
for two year terms. II is a saving OF time
and step in the direction Of greater per-
manence in the conduct Of public affairs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

The Italian invasion into Africa
may not be in the nature OF an ex-
cursion; war is always a hard pro-
position. The best interest to ci.ill-
cation would seem to be in ltaly's
early success.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03
LEGAL NOTICES
TOWN OF JOHNSTON

PROBATE COURT OF THE TOWN OF
JOHNSTON.
October 27th, 1911.
Estate of GiacfntO Gesmondi, alias
George Gesmondi.
Request In writing is made by Gisomna
Gesmondi, that Gisomina Gesmondi, of said
Johnston, or some other suitable person
may be appointed Administrative of the
estate OF said deceased, and said request
is received, and referred to the fourteenth
day of November, A. ID. 1911, at O'Clock 4.
NJ, Mt the Probate COnrt Room, i'm said
Johnston for consideration; and IL Is order.
ed that notice thereof be published for
fourteen days, once IA week in the Olneyville
Times.
5. X. LUTHER,
oct27-3t. Clerk
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

Signs of hard winter seem to be
on the increase. In times OF peace
prepare for war.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

Did Mr.. Waterman strike twelve
too early in the political gamer Next
week will tell.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

1t IS hardly likely that Brown
students will buck their football team
quite so assuredly tomorrow as they
did last Saturday.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-11-03

President Taft lacks confidence.
lie would make poor real estate
agent.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1911-01-20

z G 9
One Lot 27x54 SIPS, special ST.. 70
One Lot 27x54 $3.50, special. .......... 1.S9
One Lot 36x72 were $3.50, special .......... 2.9S
One 9x12 Grass Rug, $780, special. 5.9S
Eight 9x12 Brussel, were $3.50, special 80. 9.98
One 9x12 Fibre and WOOL $780, special. S.9S
Two S-3x10-6 Brussel, $11.0O, special. S.9S
Two S-3x1O-6 Brussel, were $21.O0, special =. 1913
One 9x12 Body Brussei, $3.50, special. 22.89
One 71sx9 Brussel, was $14.50, special IL SO
1905 Discount on all other Rugs,
Carpets, Oil Cloths and Linoleums.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

| tricts, working hard and setting the pace
for his neighbors. They have caught the
boom spirit from him, and some Of them
like the young Scot. even go him cne
better at times.
Yet they have reason to boast, says the
Columbian Magazine. Ten years ago
Winnipeg had only 10000 inhabitants
Ten years before that il was a small
town. 1t is now the largest single inland
grain market in the world.
Saskatchewan, the middle of the three
prairie provinces. is an empire in itself
covering an area of approximately 250.O O0C
square miles. Only the southern half has
been touched, and less than a quarter has
been developed to any extent. Still II
does fairly well. In 1900 its wheat CROP
amounted to 3,4i3,67l bushels Now Il
raises from 70, 100000 to 100. 100000 bushels
annually. Its oat crop has grown from
100000 bushels in 1900 to more than 100,
100000 bushels annually.
Alberta, the province Just west of Sas-
katchewan. is following right along II
is in the northern part of Alberta, near
Calgary, in the Bow River Valley, where
the largest single irrigation project in the
world outside of Egypt has been under
taken by the Canadian Pacific Railroad
Three million acres are to be irrigated
when the work is completed: about half a
million acres are now under the ditch
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
APIONEER LAND,
OLD IN HISTORIC GLAMOR

1t may surprise many Americans who
as late as ten years ago looked upon
Manitoba as on the edge of the world to
know that Manitoba probably is the old
est settled section of the North American
continent west of the Mississippi River
and north of New Mexico. 1t was near
the present site of Winnipeg that Lord
Selkirk settled his Red River colonists
in 1913.
Away UP in the Peace River country,
200 miles north of Edmonton, the Hudson
Bay Company has wheat mill that has
been in operation for fifty years. And
Edmonston is LOCO miles west of Winnipeg
and about 800 miles north of the United
States line. The mill grinds wheat that
is grown in the great fur region.
AS a matter of fact. Western Canada
was thoroughly explored many years
earlier than was the district between the
Missouri River and the Pacific coast in
the United States. But for go years 1t
was exploited by the fur traders, who
discouraged every effort to turn it into
an agricultural region. Tho factors Of
the fur companies resisted the incoming
of the farmer.
The American Is ubiquitous IN Western
Canada now. He is on the farm. in the
towns. in the cities. in the irrigated dis
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
WILL IMMIGRANTS SWAMP
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

the government In time have to acknowl'
edge officially twenty-five or more
tongues
The financial depression in 1908 caused
an exodus Of foreign-born artisans and
developed the fact that numerous Bo-
hemians and men of other nationalties
who have been living and working in the
United States for years did not know
more than a word or two Of English.
An iIluminative anecdote is told Of a
Swedish workman who went direct from
Sweden into a Grand Rapids factory.
Being an ambitious and alert young man
he at once set himself the task Of learn
ing English from his fellow-workers. and
in a few months was able to converse
with them. Imagine his chagrin when
he found out at last that what he had
learned was not English. but Polish.
Out in Wisconsin and Minnesota there
are good-sized towns, such as Waconia
and st. Bonifacius. where a stranger
listening TO the talk of the town would
assume that no one about him knew a
word of English. AS a matter of fact,
all but a few old men and women talk
excellent English when they wish. but
1t is never the medium of their daily
intercourse.
II the American government had pur-
sued the liberal policy OF the British gov
eminent in regard to foreign languages
It is probable there would be numerous
sections OF the country where English
would not be used. either officially or
IN common conversation.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
ANTS HAVE PASSWORD.
ALWAYS SURE TO WORK

All naturalists agree that the ants Of
a common hill or colony are able in
fallibly to recognize each other. They
Invariably give battle to Inhabitants of a
different colony or settlement. but show
friendship to their own. Tests have been
applied again and again, but always with
the same result. The creatures never
make a mistake. But how do they know
each other? 1t is not to be expected that
every citizen Of New York or London Is
personally acquainted with every other
inbabitant of the place. And the dwellers
IN ant hills are reckoned by myriads al
most countless. To test the matter Sir
John Lubbock tried chloroforming his
ants to see II they could still recognize
the sleeping individual. But the applica-
ton killed the subjects. Then he hit
upon the plan Of making them drunk.
Selecting a few from a certain nest he
saturated them with whisky, making
them dead drunk. These inebriates ha
exposed where access could be had to
them both by aliens and members Of their
own hill. The former scorned them COM
pletely. the latter nursed them back to
health. The recognition, then, is not by
a given sign, but by scent or some other
method.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

stance the side or the back Of q coat.
In the dolls clothing factory on a
stack of cloths of the same superficial
dimensions you would trace one OF the
patterns here used not once only, but
half q dozen times repeated. Everything
IL on q small scale.
You note the difference strikingly IN
the size Of the stacks of cut out parts.
A tied up bundle Of similarly cut out
parts Of mems coats would be as big as
you could conveniently handle; bundle
Of a like number of dolls coats would be
about as big as a bundle Of stockings.
Sometimes the dolls dress factory has
more work than Il can handle in its own
factory and then It gives work out 10
other factories using sewing machines.
as to necktie factories and others making
up goods requiring comparatively light
weight machine equipment. In the dolls
dress factories the materials are cut out
and the various part bundled Just as
the cut out parts would be to be sent out
from any clothing factory. and the con-
tractor who takes them may work on
them continuously as he might on any
Job, or he may work the dolls dresses in
when his regular work slackens, to keep
his hands busy.
But In the factory where they make
nothing but dolls dresses they keep go
ing on them all the time; they are at
work there now on dresses that will go
on dolls to be sold next Christmas, as
they have been, for that matter, for
some months back. styles for the Christ
mas trade are determined in the spring,
If not earlier; in fact one seasons trade
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

before my face. Yes; believe have
changed"
why do you eat your dinner at
o'clock in the afternoon?'
''It Is an old prison habit. ate twice
q day all the time I was in Jail. Two
meals. found. were better than three
for those who work with their heads.
now dine at 8 o'clock, eating heartily
then, and not again until breakfast the
next morning.
when were you pardonedT'
'On June 13. 1908. / was IN Jail at
Georgetown. I learned the news early
In the morning. There was no train for
my home at Barbourville until evening.
So went to hotel and held recep-
ton. Next morning was back In. the
mountains. A brass band met me at the
station There were meetings and greet
ings, all day and far into the night Al
though / was In some danger Of assas-
sination, nothing occurred to spoil the
festivities. Within n short time began
to lecture.
Last year I started out to beat Don
Calvin Edwards for the Republican nom
nation to Cougrsss. He II = manufac-
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13
Unique Dolls Clothing Factory
Carries American Product Abroad

There are clothing factories Of many
kinds. and perhaps as odd as any
among them all is one that makes
dolls dresses and nothing else.
In a dolls clothing factory every
thing is just as It would be In any
other factory except that all the gar
ments produced are miniature in size.
You zee here the same work tables and
the same sewing machines, with the
operatives working away at them in
the same manner; and here you see used
the same cutting knives and cutting
tables. All the appliances are Of the
usual dimensions. but the clothing pro-
duced with this familiar equipment is
all very different from what you would
ordinarily see made In a factory.
The materials used are various, cot
tons. woolens. silks. They are knife
cut in the usual way, many thicknesses
at.a time; an expert knife cutter will
cut from $50 to 200 thicknesses of thin
stuff at a time.
They lay the pattern on the top layer
and trace it's outline on that, and then
the cutter, with the knife running
down through the slot IN the cutting
table, cuts through all the thicknesses
of the cloth at once.
You realize the miniature character
of the business right here at the start.
On a stack OF piled up lengths of cloth
in an ordinary clothing factory there
might be room to trace on the top layer
the outline of one pattern, az for IN
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

Is scarcely over before preparations ara
begun for the next
The dolls. dressmaking continues the
year around
There have long been more or less
dolls clothes made In this country.
though formerly these were mainly in
hne specialties which continue to be
made here; but the factory manufacture
OF dolls dresses in great numbers IA
something that has come about very re-
Gently with the introduction of tina
American unbreakable doll. a doll which
has found great favor and Is now sold
In great and increasing numbers.
The American unbreakable doll is pro.
duced in very many examples with a
natural and lifelike face, often modelled
from life. and these dolls are made IN
many forms that are called character
dolls, representing familiar childish CT
national types or types made familiar IN
newspapers, magazines, or books. Here
for instance. is baseball doll in uni
form, and this uniform. made in the dolls
dress factory, is complete and correct as
are padded and quilted and the tiny cap
is Of regulation pattern. There are many
character dolls.
They are making character dolls abroad
now, too. but the American unbreakable
doll with its natural lifelike and attrac-
tive features has already come into
great and increasing demand IN this
country and some Of these dolls are even
exported. 1t might seem like carrying
Goals to Newcastle, but American char
acter dolls are sold even In France and
Germany. fancied there because they are
American, and there are more sold In
England. and they are sold in South
America and elsewhere. Altogether the
number of these dolls now sold is such
that the making Of clothing for them has
here become a specially
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

Eighteen strapge-appearing men are
detained here at the immigration station
because no one can be found who under
stands their language. Boston dispatch.
Will the English language be able to
master all these alien tongues or Will
the United States come to be In time
like the Austro-Hungarian empire? In
Austria Hungary the government official
ly recognizes twenty-five languages.
There are others. The annual grand ma
neuvers of the army often develop anus
ing difficulties An aid-de-camp who
speaks ten or twelve languages will gal
lop over a hill and find a brigade of
strange-appearing men who cannot nu-
derstand a word he says:
When Joseph Pennell, the celebrated
etcher, visited Chicago last winter one of
his comments on the city was that "the
hardest thing a stranger has to do in
Chicago Is to find some one who can
speak English. 1t must be remembered
that the artist had spent most Of the
time back of the yards and in other
out Of the way places looking for the
picturesque. He may have met some
hundreds of the newest and most weird
among Chicago's citizens, men who wear
drum major hats of fur. quilted
bIouses. and trousers and high, orna-
mented boots.
But the point remains: Will all of
these foreign-speaking men, settling in
neighborhoods altogether of their own
people, gradually come to accept the
English language as their own, or will
The Washington herald., 1911-08-13

Many years ago a young princess OF
Germany went to Cologns one afternoon
with her mother to attend a concert.
Herself passionately fond Of music, she
was troubled over her mothers lack OF
interest on this occasion. In a recent
book, From Memory's Shrine the
cause of that indifference and of the SUBJ
sequent silence is explained by the
princess herself. now the much-loved
Queen Of Roumania, known in literature
as Carmen SYLVIA 1t is interesting. too,
to learn from the story that even prin-
cesses may have a voice in determining
q certain important matter. in which
they are popularly supposed to be treat
ed as pawns. Here is her story:
I'm spite of Nine. Schumann's absence,
it was a most interesting rehearsal
II could not help noticing, however,
that my mothers thoughts were entirely
elsewhere, and it annoyed me that she
should let anything distract her atten-
ton from the glorious music. Nor did
we stay to the end much to my disap-
pointment, but drove of to the Flora
garden and lunched there.
AS we sat there I could not help no.
ticing that We attracted the attention Of
a little group of gentlemen. strangers as
I thought, one of whom at least seated
himself at a table near, and looked at
me so hard that I turned slightly away.
But when we rose, all three came up
to us, and we recognize Herr Won Wer-
ner. His two companions were none
other than the young Prince of Rou-
mania and his representative in Paris.
Il was sincerely glad to meet the
prince again, for I had seen him in Ber31
lin some years before. and was full OF
admirat ton for his adventurous spirit
and strong sense of duty in entering on
his task in his new country. 1 walked
on ahead with him, discussing all sorts