New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-28
THE TALK OF THE Day


"when first England" says IN old
traveller tho amount Of liquor that drunk by all
classes simply amazed me. was invited to a country
house where all the old customs were maintained
About O'Clock all the servants in. every got
down on their knees. and family prayers said and
a chapter from the Bible read. 1t was very patri-
archa and after it it was over expected TO get q
candle and so bed, but what my SURPRISE after
the servants filed out TO hear the hostess ask all the
guests into an adjoining roOm where heavy supper
spread I had a choice of dozen different
kinds Of liquor, and in letter home described this
domestic function follows: We had family prayers
and then proceeded to get comfortably full on good
liquor In Scotland the amount OF whiskey that 10
consumed makes Americans hair curl. Some strict
Presbyterian In Glasgow. to whom had letters of In
PRODUCTION, called In return to zee me at my hotel.
After some talk asked them II they would take
refreshments. Yes, they would have whiskey. SO
the waiter brought some strong Scotch whiskey and
big glasses that would hold half pint Each man
poured out about what would make an ordinary glass
of beer in this country, tossed In little water and
took 1t down without wink
made money by publishing a book OF poems Inc pub
Usher wrote Immediately after the book was published:
heare sr Of sp T0S avo Check ncosed
p S~There was a fire in the warehouse and the
tents were insured. '-(London Td-Bits
Preparations are being made by number Of pa
tricans OF Rome celebrate the Tooth anniversary Of
the birth of the late Pope Plus TX, May ID. 1892 in
a becoming manner 1t is intended to erect beautiful
monument to his memory In the crypt Of the Church
OF san Lorenzo where he is buried. monument viii
also be placed to his memory in Sinigaga, where he
was born.
There may be some reason for a locomotive engineer
developing real attachment for his machine, but
cannot why salesman in piano warerooms should
conceive passion for some particular Instrument ana
then make confound ass Of himself over IT, , But
there statesmen that DO Just the same Ihere
IS hardly piano salesman that has not gwen nus
affection to instrument and gushes over H. there
may be dozen two score or pianos OF tne same
grade and make. and to musicians exactly alike In
the wareroomS, but the salesman VIII have one WHICH
he goes struck on" lie will become as Jealous over
it as young fellow his first girl Not only that
II customer takes fancy TO the piano the salesman
taking another instrument This is all nonsense. The
tones of all high grade instruments are as near ailhe
man detects, or imagincs he does something in one
piano that is sweetcr or more soulful than te otner
about the instrument, run hi, fingers over the KEYS
with soft caressing touches, play SOFT. dreamy music
half the professional musicians are " cracked '(Susc
Dealer in st. Louis Globe-Democrst
II is hard 10 get ahead Of the street companies
but some people in Chicago think they going TO Do
IT, They are having constructed vehicles exactly like
street cars except that the wheels little larger
They are gagged to tit the tracks and 1t is pro-
posed run them the tracks just like any horse
car without asking with your leave or by your leave
They will stop like the street and charge the same
fare. II the companies object, owners OF the new
vehicles will point to the fact that they are simply
nmnbuses which entitled to use any portion OF the
public streets whether tracks happen to be there or not
II the car companies don't like their tracks TO be USED
they are at liberty 10 take them away.
Ethel-oh. at lastl It has been years. Alphonsc
NlrhonseZOh. my own Ethel. it has been centuries
Ethcl's Father Wp In the lbrary)-Mary Jane WHO
al
Mary Jane-It was Mr.. Cumlots. sir.
Ehers fatheF ,. suns 1s as well live here
-(Lond0n Td-Blts
The Rev. Dr. 5. D. Mcconnell. the rector OF ST.
Stephens Episcopal Church. Philadelphia is one OF tho
best known and most prominent cergymen IN the EpS
copal Church. This gives interest TO the fact thar e
totally dlsagrees with DR.. Dix 20 the possibility OF
bringing about Christian unity. 1T Is well 10 bear III
mind he says that DR.. Dix speaks only for small
school Of impracticabcs in the Episcopal ChuFchi
that lie dsagrces with the publicly and unanimously
cXprs soi opinion Of the bishops Of the whole Anglican
Communion and what Is more t. the purpose, di'a2res
utterly with the spirit q the Master. whose last prayer
for His pc pie that they all might be one
OFT IN THE WOODS.
Ont IN the woods where the naples grow.
There's n musical drip that the children Know
\ sphinx, spank. sphinx
As the waters down from the great trees flow.
sweet are the waters tina, trickle down
Through the great trees. aiar from the town,
With their sphinx, spank, sphinx
TIL the trough looks pink
As il peer, through the sap from its coating brown
A roushhcwn trough is the trough for me ne.
And it, home made spile' in the maple uee'
For the sphinx. spank, sphk,
/, Il ,ilvery tinh
That dvells ike a song in the memory.
The dead leaves rustllng beneath the feet
once gathered from sun ana from rain the sweet,
And the sphinx, spank, splnk,
OF the famous drink
fha " hpn
ont in the woods whore the NAPLES grow
There, "a musical drip that the children KNOW
And the sphinx spank, splnk,
/, "A silvery tink
That viii summon the violets from below. X.
~ " -Colnmbus Dispatch.
j, clergyman of the Church of England now in TINS
cv on a yi.i; SAYS that ii the Episcopal Church per-
mil, its ministers to recognize the socalled ministers
NJ the non Episcopal denominations BY exchanging pull
rits with them the Anglican Church will break OIL COM
munion with the Episcopal Church.
How strange il that few authors can construcs
a GOOD play. often when reading the spendiu ~
scrlptions Of some famous dii.or SAY 70 NY ii.
I'm, os "A rule great writers of fiction do not write sOou
.t,v. Charles Dickens, with his great dlaihil,c
instinct keen appreciation OF huhor anu rlia a. ~
Insight into human life should have been able 10 co
strrci A great play. But lie could not. Bret tlai1e,
Who write, such beautiful tales, could not turn OUT
successful PLAY 20 save his lie Know IT, oe. .t'i,v
,red him The piece he wrote for me was oeautltuly
rbra,c,l and some of the parts were strongly dIaNn
rho mart he wrote for the funniest thlnR ever
heard. lie read the piece to me 10 the preSg hond
Lawrence Barrett. II astoniShcd both 0f us De!o,io
,1r1snr-, The piece had absolutely no dramat!c
sequence While tho story was good one, al S"ats
a; dramatic impOssDilitieS were thrust mo W W
tru|n vas paid rs 10 the possibilities or the stase
took the play and struck out everything pa, ,n'
been written for me- ana may hlt n pIe, i S'