New-York tribune., 1900-07-05
THE TALK Of THE DAY.

A good deal has been heard lately of Mr.. Glberts
autocratic stage management Of his own plays
He has a caustc method with actors and actresses
who differ from him II is related that at re-
hearsal of Trial by Jury in which the plaintiff
has to produce from her pocket stocking. which
is supposed form part of her trousseau the
lady who represented the plaintiff objected on the
grounds of the improprety Of the thing very
funny Mr. Gilbert retorted: whenever any one
shows a stocking the stage it is considered I'M
proper, unless it has leg inside it,"
Just Using" the Old Man.-Mrs Mann am
afraid Martha. young Mr.. Styles Is not altogether
oh You think that because he and pa are such
good friends; but after we are married % snali ii m
sist upon Charles having nothing to do with pa
-(Boston Transcript.
Father I,eary. a Catholic priest Chapman, Mo.
has raised fine point with regard to the dog tax
He says his dog watches faithfully around the
sanctuary. and therefore is church property ex-
empt by State law.
The slim boarder looked down at the measly
I wish I had your grit"
Presently he did have it-(Syracuse Herald
That there is true sporting blood" in Central
America is attested by the following advertisement
spread across the top of a page Of The Guatemala
Herald" early in June, before the Republican Ma
tional Convention met:
A GENTLEMAN
desires to wager 1OOoo pesos that William Mckinley
will be elected President of the United states al
No wager for less than 500 pesos accepted The
money 1 has s. been PaGeq II IN nsndS m be banks Of the
city. persons accepting this offer having the prlV-
lege OF naming the depository.
Ex-Judge Frank Lofty. of Usage County. Mo,
who has been one of the most prominent leaders Of
the Popunst party since its organization, has an
interview in The Usage City Free Press" in which
he announces himself for the Republican ticket,
saying: IF I had a thousand votes 1 would give
them all Mckinley.
Appropriate-The Judge-what kind Of iron was
The Witness-Scrap IRON Yer Honor-(Chicago
News.
President 5. b. stillweu of the Pennsylvania Fish
Commission says the output of Pennsylvania fish
hatCheres this year will be about thirty million
above the average. The reason only four million
1sh were grown in 1899 because the Legislature
Of the previous year forgot 20 make the usual ap-
preparation. and the Commission was only able 10
keep the trout stations in operation through sub
scrIptions OF private citizens, amounting 10 about
5000
a fool Of myself playing golf or Sit on the hotel
piazza and make love 10 some girl all the after
She-What's the dinerence?-( Detroit Free Press.
In Vienna telephone booths are furnished with
napkins bearing the inscription, Wipe off your
phone" The napkins changed frequently.
and it is said this 10 keep the mouthpteces
Of the Instruments free from microbes
Il am sorry say II does sometimes, Tommy
Money will make a man go anywhere. won't it?'
II II was down in Cuba. would money make a
man go to raising mangoes'
DO monkeys eat manages mammal ?, IN.
much
mangoes and monkeys eat mangoes. don't the
m@Tkeys !Wbgsk H'aTe Wback, oGf mango 80
"Ouchr'-(Chicago Tribune.
A political protege Of the late Count Muravierr
Prince Oukhtomsky, figures in amusing story
that current on his presentation as Russian
Envoy the Chinese Emperor. Among the many
costly presents from the Czar Of which he the
bearer was a group of statuary in silver which
had undergone strange vicssitudes before finding
a home in Picking The original design was
aeEoriCal representation OF the emancipation OF
Bulgaria. But while the artist at work history
was being made and was completed more quickly
than the work of art. BY the time the latter
finished Prince Alexander OF Battenberg had for
feted the Cars favor, and the gift never reached
its destination. The group is now, or was until re-
Gently. in Peking. a slight alteration of the ac-
cessories having changed the emancipation OF Bull
garia from the Turk into the emancipation OF the
Lao-TonS Peninsula from the Japanese
Brown-Your friend Jones is very fond Of horses
Robinson-Yes ne is rather What makes you
Brown-Wen; l say him with his arms around his
Ihere are many hne epigrams and proverbs IN
Spanish. Many OF them cannot he translated so
to preserve the terseness and aptness of the
original. Following are few of long list print
ed by Modern Mexico which frequently heard
I'm the sister republic: HE who never ventures will
the sea-: There's no gain witbou+
pain; Files cannot enter closed mouth, Re
hind the cross IS the devil'; a in gloves will
never catch rats; ITO the hungry no bread Is
dry; "A book that Is shut makes no scholar;
THE good laundress washes the shirt first: mo
axiI N4-flI ,.4trva hrrv,r
river is passed the saint is forgotten
Not His Fault-''Nou married me for my money!
she exclaimed angrily.
"Oh. we'll he replied, soothingly, don't blame
me. | couldn't get II any other way vou know,
Chicago Evening Post.