New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-04
land! Another Disastrous Result OF the Mchfnbs
Bill l"-(NorristOwn Herald.

land Another Disastrous Result OF the MckfnbS
Bill !'-(NorrlstOwn Herald.
In Chicago tho Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has a Foundlings' Home that owns Sl2o'ooo
worth of property, Day Nurseries and kindcrgartens
that have cared for 1929 children during the past
year, an Anchorage Mission for homeless women that
sheltered 900 girls last year, a Bethesda Inn, a cheap
lodging house for men that accommodated 52,54o
men last year, free medical dispensaries, free reading
rooms, a pay restaurant that fecds a thousand persons
a day, and o publishing house that has ol-o'Voo
capital stock. Besides all this, il is now about to
erect a magnificent building to cost a million dollars.
The good women of this organization seem " be
emincntly practical and business-like.
No Change Possible" But, your Honor said the
prisoner. d" six months for me Remember, sir, | nave
been a member of the Legislature and once ran for
Councils"
THAT may be. But you should have spoken sooner.
I cannot increase your sentence now. "-(Philadelphia
Times.
The handsome and portly Christmas number Of
" Judge" will surely put every reader in A hoh'
day humor, for ii is Drumming with good cheer. 1t
presents a remarkable diversity of apt illustration,
and the pages are crowded with timely fun.
A Hard Casa Fort st. car. which was travelling
the nortllcrly end Of its route, was hailed by a bare
headed and excited housewife, who said TO the con
"Oh. sir, yOu and the driver and all the passengers
come into my housc As quick as ever you cam"
What's the matterl"
- u p"ll'illS "Ib NJ i Vl"h'h ~ 'hth '."''
and a mouse ran into the sitting room, and he's there
yet. That's my daughter crying in the back yard: and
that's the poor baby yelling In the kitchen, ana BRING
your revolver and a club and
The conductor rang two bells, and the car rolled or.
detroit Free Press.
\ curious coincidence has been noticed in connection
with the recent wedding at Paris Of VI. de seze to
Miss Mohrenhcim, daughter of the Russian Ambassador
to France. The brides mother, Baroness MOhrenheim,
was a Mis- Korif; her brother, Baron Michal Korf.
was present AT the wedding. When Louis XVI at
tempted. in 1871, to ny from France the passport used
by him had been asked for the family and suite Of a
foreign nobieman called KorG. II 4, known also that
among the diSGni,es adopted by the royal family In
order to avoid attention Louis XVI had assumed the
gray coat and wig of a valet de chambre, and wa
called Durand by the Queen and their unfortunate
travelling companions. IT will be remembered also
that the King when tried by the convention had as one
Of his defenders a Bordeaux LAWYER, VI. de seze, and
it is a strange fact that after 100 years the names OF
the Korh and the De >ezc who wanted to save the life
Of Louis XVI in two memorable circumstances are
united by marriage.
Kind Lady-If Won need clothing. can supply YOU
with an old suit of my husbands. but they'll be about
four size, too biz for you.
Tramp-Nevcr mind. mum I'll wear 'em. I'd
rather be mi,took for an Anglo-naniac than freeze
New York Weekly.
1T may seem surprising. but it is true says a
leading educator. " thai the authorities OF most Ameri-
can colleges encourage sports looking from "A mere
business standpoint. Why do the trustees. the pre,i-
dent. the faculty contribute sums of money which run
up into the thousand, in order 10 further athletic
sport. in order to secure for their Institution the best
trainers, the best boat,. the best practice buildings /!
! Why, I'll tell you: it i, because students flock 10 the
institution which ha; stood highest in sports. For
example, If Yale wins the boat race next year, fully
forty and perhaps fifty boys will enter the freshman
class in the autumn who would ~ to Harvard If tie
latter came ont victor. If Princeton's football team
scores a great triumph this year. her freshman class
next september will be increased by twenty-five or
more who would otherwise have gone elsewhere. This
IS a fact. The college authorities may scot at IT.,
but in their heart, they realize the TRUTH
Plenty Left.-A beggar on the streets OF Rome has
Just married his daughter % a spanish grandee, having
over 100000 to give her. Americans who - To Rome
however. will not lind any let mp on begging. There
are 5000 professionals left. aud every one will want q
qu~arter.-(DetrUit Free Press.