New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-16
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The following extract from letter which a good
Episcopal lady Of this city wrote the other day 10 the
manager Of The Tribune FreshAr Fund illustrates the
strict churchy ideas Of some members Of that body:
q told that the children placed in country honrs
by The Tribune Fresh-Air Fund expected to 90
company their respective hosts any seetsrian
ship these might happen to attend. For THE reason
the priest under whose direction working did NOT
wish any Of parish children 10 90 TO such homes,
and therefore has made other arrangements for them
Too staid.-Nss Daisy Cutter-Father, can never
accept Mr. Walstret
Mr. Coupon Cutter-Don't be reckless. Consider hs
wealth and place; and then, he Is only thirty-hve and
Miss Daisy CutterHe may be young IN years. fatheri
but the man who can pass baseball bulletin without
turning his head to see ~ht te score Is Is TOO ola iof
met Midsummer Puck
@The following epitaph,' says correspondent.
copied from a tombstone in graveyard in New
England, is an interesting example of the coarse
fippancy so often found in epitaphs In the good
old days y:
Mary Ann lies here at rest $500
With her head on Abraham's breast
II IS very nice for Mary Ann,
But rather tough on Abraham.
The bravery of Nes-Hampshire railroad engineer dc.
serves prominent mention More than once has some
brave engineer fireman ventured on the Forward pa'
of his locomotive to rescue child playing on the track
who had not needed the warning bell or whistle. But
in this instance the Engineer Charles j. Hntchns, hun
self fell while attempting to rescue the enid ana "as
pushed from the track by the locomotive. lie sue
cecded in catching hold of one Of the cars and found
that the child over whom the engine had passed WIN
out injury was danger from the moving wheels Oh INC
following cars. With presence of mind ana DARING
such as Is seldom recorded he reached under the CAT ana
succeeded in etching the child and holding 1t away o
the wheels until the train stopped The cinld was un-
injured The engineer suffered only slight bruises.
His act of herOiSm adds new honor 10 uie OoNJ VI
brave men to which he belongs
sT.TII>I or
She could sing like any slren and write poetry lk\
she could tell you all the mysteries of astrOnomS
She had memorlzed Euripides, had been to the anti
And could talk so well about it that you'd neer think
her bore.
she was young and she was pretty she was stysh ana
And her. her family tree was planted when the Druids
She was ricli"ss rich as Croesus-but not tickle or
And i'm ali her life she never did thing she hadn's
ought.
She cid not, like other women, practise wileS men
And bnU Culinary powers were unlimited. ween
While live shaI't forget her-no one could VINO ecf
But. alas oniy made her sweet acquaintance in
Hilbert E. Hunt in Minneapolis Tribune
This is how the American gr is done up in current
story in "Longman's"
Melissa's most winning CHARACTERISTIC however 40 va
seemed TO ME, her perfect iIanhIeSs; ia No
vhircd along on way across EusHiIu snS bn.
evervtbng about herself, her family, her Ilehus IC
neigibors and the population OF kansas ny ~ F
Not obtrusively or egot;suGaiyI0i cs"rsnin timti
wonld he wholly incapablc-but IN Set,aln i .h
g6fn1 hale chdIibe way Of the lost niue girl uh'
S ahenltelv captvating. "Oh no, ma an" sll3 500
w. ov,or 70 one of Lucy's earliest questions, ddns
90 over alone. / think I'D be afraid 70. cams
,tb n whole SQUAD of us who were DONG tnlNpe' -
rominent lady in Kansas City took charge OF the S1ua5
fot And / cot a. far as Rome VITA them, thiOush
Germany and switzerland, aud then my money
,ro,idn'f run TO il any further, 80 had 10 go PACK
Ti,,H nmes high in Europe, what with hotels and
t,ae and having to pay to get your baggage cheche
And fhat,s how ] came to want an escort" -.
Hernord smiled good -naturedly. =" linen you ha1
oDIy fixed sum- he asked, 10 make your buIop'''n
tOaTe with ~ ,,-,,.- o,,.,,.o,d loo,dny az him
ouizlc9ily through those pretty gray spectaces. ta
L. ,vay oute a little sum of my own 90 MAKE Jus
hin mon Ii was my only chance OF seeing EhtOpss
tIiP uiI'roiug myself piece. / knew when stared
onldn,f co all the round trip with the rest OF my
nartv. hui | thou-t I'd set ont win them, anyway
Ind 20 ahead as long my funds held out anu tneu,
Wien | was through, I'd turn ABOUT anu coihe hoAS
"se.i ant Won put away the money yoursefl' Lucy
osrod win a little start of admirng surprise. -.
Yes, ma'am." Melissa allSwcd, saSeH' Il hn""
Il. | saved IT,
II was frequently noticed thirty years ago 'hAs
uomIip,s name was contained In the syllabies on
Abraham Lincon's name. and that the two names
could be ARRANGED SO as to read the same horzohtuy
or perpcndiculaIly, thus:
Ham-ln