New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-03-02
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Here is another advertisement Of London pop
ular clothing house:
'saucy cut Clothing-Cut slap with fakement
seams and little artful buttons at the bottom.
suit all corners for business pleasure. Cut very
serious. 10 suit ploughmen dustmen. sneaks mush-
room takers trotter men. CoSters actors. par
sons. brusers and gentlemen. Pegtops bell bot
toms. tights halftights, drop over the hoofs.
Black dandy vests. made to fash the
dIckey or tight up round the scrag Lavender in
every shade built spankey. to suit the key and
himsey lads OF Noting Hin. shepherds Bush and
the surrounding neighborhood.'
What Is your impression Of society asked the
We'll" answered Mr.. Cumrox Il wouldn't like
TO have you mention It to mother or the girls: but
who has worked his way up I'm the world
from nothing to "A billion dollars Is likely TO get
washington Star.
Bishop Brewster GspIscopaD OF Connecticut tells
this story: "Kipling is said to be not !adylike
enough To suit OF his critics. The story that
1 am to relate about KIpIIng-and suppose
Of you have heard it-comes TO first hand, and
shows the strong, vigorous faith which IS back Of
the mans writings. A trained nurse watching
at the bedside Of Mr. Kipling during those moments
when the author In the most critical stage OF
sickness. and she noticed that his lips began 10
move, She bent him. thinking he wanted to
say something to her and she heard him utter these
words: Now l lay me down to sleep that old,
familiar prayer OF childhood days. The nurse.
realizing mat klpllnB ala not require her services,
said In an apologize whisper; / beg your pardon.
Mr. Kiping. l thought you wanted something
do family observed Kipling. 1 want my
heavenly Father lie only can care for me now
1T is this masculine. robust religious faith that
In Kiplings writings. and IL Is faith
which the young men of Yale University may well
carry with them in the performance of their daily
work"
In parsing a sentence aloud the other day. ac-
cordtng TO contemporary small girl came across
~ described its gender as common and defended
femnne becnuse heT mother smoked ius as much
her father. She did not, however. give her fam
small child, who once Informed magistrate that
her father was the bearded woman at a show
Oondon Globe.
A Chicago who lives in Goethe-st. gets off
the at Schiller-st, two blocks away. because
no conductor understand his pronunciation of
Goethe II had practised the pronunciation
for week" he says "and had the sound OF the
umlaut down fine. I sprung It the conductor
the first evening. He looked at blankly. and
replied 'Huh?' I repeated 1t once or twice,
and finally great light broke over him oh. yes.
you mean Goethe. Why didn't you say 500 The
next evening the conductor called It Go-eeth. The
third time up II was Go-e-the. Then there a raw
Irishman in charge of one OF the trains who spoke
OF II Go-tay. with the on the last syl-
liable One morning left order for my wife at
the grocers. lie looked at In silence for a
minute after l had given address. oh yes
Gaytie, the laundryman pronounces it Gay-tuh and
the man who delivers coal aludes to II as Goth-st
l have n friend. who prides herself on her
culture, who speaks feelingly of Gutter-st. But
the devoted thoroughfare doesn't really get II In
the neck until you hear the janitor talk. lie calls
IL Gotre-
Greater Than the Lion-'Yes, he's absolutely pen
niless now. but once he a prominent con
tractor in New-York and got the lions share OF
all the contract work given out by the Democratic
adminstra ton"
"Ah! l suppose when he turned over the Tigers
share he didn't have much left."-(Cathollc stand
ard and Times
An ingenious method Of obtaining a reputation
for patriotism cheaply has been invented by certain
Berlin publicans. On their shop fronts they hang
legends to this effect: 80 long the war In South
Africa lasts 1 forbid any Englshman to enter nv
premises" The use OF this placard is It is said
entirely confined to houses of class that never
entertained an Englishman in the course of their
existence.
First Nurse Girl-Seems TO me y'r putin on n
heap o style drivin' in the park with a MONEY!
grammed heritage, and coachman and footmen too
Does y'r missus lend ye her private rig7
Second Nurse Girl-She sends to take her net
dog out fer airin'. ~
but where's the dog7'
Finder tn seat"-lNeW-Yorh Weekly