New-York tribune., 1902-07-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

"The Medical Press is congratulated by The
London Chronicle on the invention Of a phrase in
description OF womans dress. Its main principle
has always been 1.-THE exaggeration of facts"
Nothing could be happier. Woman is a fact, and
a delightful one but from head-when coiffured
and hattie to heel-when fashionably shod and
skirted-the facts are exaggerated
Hope for the Future.-"Come come" cried the
candidates friend, don't be disheartened so
"But I'm sure to be beaten" replied the cand-
"Nonsensei Let your motto be- lie who runs and
Catholic Standard and Times.
A South Carolina paper remarks: They do say
a South Carolina legislator eat more pindars
than ANYBODY else" II Is wellnigh incredible The
select men Of a State. the inhabitants whereof are
forbidden by law expressly from concealing about
their persons pistols twenty inches long and
Weighing eight pounds" munchlng the hOmey
''pndar' in the legislative halls. Brains and beans
in Massachusetts pistols and pindars in South
Carolina! What difference few degrees in lati-
tude make in things. especially In names. Pin
dars' are peanut.
Posing and Exposing.-Towne-Quite fine figure
Browne-Yes: she used to pose for some of the
O9F5 T5wne@Ah i and now she's an ex-poser-(Pha-
delphia Press.
Conductors on Pullman have been favored
with increase of pay without any threats OF a
strike on their part But with the advance
look with envy upon the Mdases among the negro
porters who still buying real estate out of their
revenues from tips, although the coored Croesuses
complain that passengers not lavish OF
gratuities as they were in days of yore
Very Different =; IBenhamaI believe woman can
Mrs. Benham-lt she is married woman she has
Benham-what do you mean?
Mrs. Benham-She has to try to love her husband.
and he isn't the same man when they have COM
EifG EPdihy ''a' ne Is "nen '"eY nave" any ''o0A'y"
IT is a conspicuous feature of the work of the
drilling and blasting carried extensive
" in the boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx
that most of the workmen who bestrde the drills
which are climbing and changing from morning to
night are negroes. In the days Of Jim Bludso.
when the Prairie Belle racing the Mis-
sissip." colored friend and brother some
times forced to squat on the safety valve while
the furnaces were crammed with rosin and pine.
His seat was not Of comfort. Is 1t a sort of
survival of those exciting days that so many black
brethren perched the noisy drills of New
York?
THE PING PONG LOVER
1t is not mine to serve with stately grace
The tn e feSoia 6 same no wS mY s to fa9e nee Is given
l will not play at all unless I'm driven.
1t is not mine to send with easy grace
The White BAH bounding in my lady's face.
The thousand artess strokes she knows so we'll;
Not mine my suit Yictoriously to press
(My valet does this when tits in a messD.
Not mine with futile
Not mine with frantic racquet to repel
The curly service
The cunning service that know too well.
But mine II Is to scramble In her train,
The search in darkened corners TO maintain
And lemonade to fetch with Difference,
And call the score, oft love, with look intenstM
The grateful liquid
The blameess liquid fetch with reverence,
NV pingfu worship,
NV worship thus evidence.
-Punch.
OF the many benefits for which Egypt will
gratitude TO England for generations and for CEN
turies the building of the great dam across the Nile
will rank one of the most important, or the big
gest and costest dams in construction any
where the globe one is in Africa and are
in America. The new Croton Valley dam for New
York's water supply and the Nashua River dam
for Boston's water supply rising steadily
Each of the two will cost millions of dollars and
will be a masterpiece OF engineering.
His Experience.-"Don't you have 10 around
a good deal when items scarce?' they asked
him.
for q fAct!'-lChicsso Tribune.