New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Catholic correspondent of The Tribune writes
THE statement of The Church Times with regard
10 the conversion of the Rev Dr. Lee 10 the Cath
oic Church is fatly contradicted in the last num-
Der of The Tablet OF London, by the Rev. Father
Best OF the London Oratory, most respectable
priest son of Kenem Digby Best. who wrote
Moses Catholci.' and also by one OF DR.. Lees
His wife and children had become Catholics
time before. and at the end he followed their
footsteps. Betwixt the stirrup and the ground he
mercy sought. he mercy found
The automobile had broken down, and the chauf-
naen ~ b 10 aSbne n ast broke op
Hurry UP. Felix; there are a lot OF people cross
Statesman.
"An ingenious method OF obtaining pocket
money" says The London Globe" has just been
invented. It's originator travels on suburban lines
When the collector demands his ticket he explains
a length that. having paid for II. 1t is his
property. After much time has been wasted the
collector usually wakes impatient, and snatches
the ticket out OF the passengers hand. who
promptly summons the company for assault. and
obtains damages"
why do men flock after the widows?'
Because" explained the sweet young thing, not
lacks confidence in his own Judgment; and in the
OF a widow he feels that he is merely backing
the Judgment OF another man. &c hicago Post.
In an East Anglican village there is a settle
ment of professed disciples of Tolstoy who style
themselves The Brotherhood Church" Among
the rules which binding upon this eccen-
trio little community IS which forbids
members either TO give to receive money; and.
though they work for their living. they pledged
to accept payment only in kind, and according to
their special need. Among the members of the
brotherhood" themselves all property Is, of
course held in common, and individual members
have no hesitation in descending upon and demand
ing entertainment from outside persons whom they
have reason TO believe in sympathy with their doc
trines one of those doctrines. by the way. depre
Gates matrmony and the further peopng of the
world.
Harry-I wish I'd had my hair last week
Dock-Wont you have time to get it cut this
week?
Harry-That isn't the question I've got an
awful cold in my head, and If | had had my hair
(Boston Transcript
A cope and a chasuble made for and worn at the
coronation of Louis XIV of France at Rheims in
1922 have recently been presented TO st. Marks
Church, Philadelphia. They are of pale blue velvet
covered with embroidery Of gold bullion of extreme
Iy fine workmanship. \ superb silver crucifx,
which made in Spain in the sixteenth century,
but which found its way into England pur-
chased for this church last and recently
given to it.
Signs of Genius:-"What a charming infant'
forward to brilliant future for our boy,
all surprised If he become a great literary
man. What he is saying now sounds to me exact
Apropos of the Shakespeare Bacon controversy
correspondent of The London Telegraph satiri
cally comes forward with the theory that Shakes
peare may have written the Psalms. In Psalm
xlvi he found that by counting forty-six words
from the beginning you arrive at the word
shake" and by counting forty-six from the end
(omitting, of course the exclamation ''SelahD you
come to the word spear" These. conjoined,
O1k 70 n he mo Of and ha
whether they do not form a secret cryptogram?
Selfish World-George-No matter how things
go. the poor always suffer-
Jack-Yes; the nabobs who own railroads don't
think anything Of running poor mans
Yes. and the man who can afford to own
Just And the fellow on the bicycIe runs
down the poor chap who has to walk
against the poor cripple who goes on crutches."
most of his time ammnF Tpf hs on Stick oW
on other peoples corns. It's sadly selfish world"
-(New-York Weekly.
Once when Sir Charles Hotham Governor of Vic
toria. out driving his coachman nearly came
into collision with a wood carter an Irishman in
a narrow lane outside Melbourne The Irshman
would not pull off the middle of the road. as he
had the heavier load, and. by the rough rule of
such things. thus entitled to keep there Tb,
incensed Governor thereupon put his head out OF
the carriage window and shouted: do Won know,
who am my man? I'm Sir Charles Hotham the
Governor OF Victoria" "Ye are, YEP re-
sponded the other. We'll we've got thunderin'
foine billet. ould man. an Id advise We to shtick
to it!'
Parts. Rome and Cairo Some bachelor friends ac C.
eompanied him as far as Kansas City His entire
know what nat his equipment was, one of the friends
one nightshirt one collar one pair OF socks and
two quart bottles Of whiskey: Il is strange how
L-~~ Fay.-lfAanAas City Journal.