New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-06
TIE TALK OF TIE DAY.

The Rev Z r Batenan rector OF the Church OF
the Good shepherd. OF Scranton. Penn. writes 10
say that the late Rev. DR.. F. G. Lee. the well
known Anglican clergyman, was probably not a
convert TO the Roman Church. as recently reported.
one OF his oldest friends wrote the other day to
The Church Times OF London: Il am in posi-
ton state that he not received publicly at
the Oratory anywhere else. The so-called re-
cepton' place In his bedroom against his wish
and without his CONSENT might almost say with
out his neutrality-suspicious. few days of his death.
So little did he know care about this bogus re-
cepton that. the following Sunday he sent his
usual offering church of she parish in which
he lived and where. so long as health permitted,
he was wont TO worship. on the day OF his death
he refused TO allow the Oratory priest who is al
legged TO have Converted him. to be sent for.
"Of course you were given the freedom of the
yes" answered the distinguished visitor But
had to keep so close to regular schedule under
the strict surVelllance OF 80 many committees mat
ton Star
James Monroe the proprietor OF the Monroe
House in St Mary's. Kan. says that he Is the
great grandson of President Monroe. Like his dis
tingulshed ancestor he also has a Monroe doctrine
which is to the effect that guests without baggage
pay in advance.
Mrs Nexdore-My daughter you know is quite a
that constant drumming on the piano in Your house
must annoy her Observation-Disclosures Press.
Harry V. Emanuel. a local Western Union
telegraph operator says THE Philadelphia Rec
ord " returned yesterday TO Philadelphia from the
telegraphers tournament at Atlanta. Ga, after
having broken the worlds record for receiving
messages. The test made at the Kimban
House in Atlanta. In thirty minutes Mr.. Eman-
uel received fifty and one-half ten word messages
breaking the worlds record-which. by the way. he
already held-by six messages. This achievement
illustrates the remarkable advance made n teleg-
raphy. Twelve years ago. when Mr.. Emanuel was
a messenger boy, who could receive nifty
messages in an hour was considered a wizard, and
there were perhaps not more than fifty operators in
the country who could do the trick. And now he
has performed this feat in half the time"
Il told you to put our advertisement next to pure
reading matter" said the agent of the great med
newspaper man In surprise mo; YOU nut n n ex9
10, an article, on Philadelphia polltcs"-(Phila-
delpha Record.
fancy dress ball was recently given in Munich
in which all the guests came dressed as notorious
criminals. while the walls were hung with pictures
illustrating the most famous crimes The dance IS
said to have been provocative Of much merr-
ment."
An old writer comments in the following quaint
manner on the superiority of English food over
bread that beans in were. but of cocket or clere-
but If 1t be fresh flesh: other. nsh fried Other
bake bake" But for all that, the impossibilty of OBJ
man to fall back upon the salted article; and the
consumption OF DadIy slated nsh has since been
medieval scourge of leprosy.-(London Chronicle
The London Globe".says: In connection with
the post OF Lord Great Chamberlain an old docu-
ment has been unearthed in which all candidates
for subordinate position must have faces indica-
tive of sadness. good demeanor and fidelity The
phrase could be paralleled from the University
statutes 1t is laid down that class OF the SER
wants must be horrda atque senex.' E"
Murmurs are raised that the decision Of the ord
Chler Justice in the Gore case, which allows only
objections to personal identity. reduces the cere-
mony or confirmation to idle farce But is this
so? Dean Swift once soemnly asserted-and we
are bound TO believe a dean-that in his time the
government always selected the most devout and
erudite clergyman for the Irish Episcopate I'm
happily SWIFT went say these SANITY men
on their way TO Ireland crossed Hounslow Heath
where they were always waylaid by highwaymen
who cut their threats, obtained their Letters Of
Orders, and got themselves consecrated TO the Irish
blshoprics In such cases. surely, even IL obtec-
tons were limited to personal identity. conflrma-
ton would be no empty ceremony.-London News.