New-York tribune., 1902-01-19
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Trustworthy reports from Manila depict II as a
kind Of moral paradise. nearly all the orgihal SIN
having been washed out of II by the American
occunauon The Rev. Mr. Hazlett. a Colorado
Methodist preacher sent out by the secretary OF
War at the request OF General Macarthur. 70 ex-
anime and report upon social conditions there says
that the city is the best governed OF any he ever
saw-superor he thinks Ito any In the United
States to-day" There are only few "drunks JUST
enough to keep alive prohbitionist activity Where
there used 10 be four hundred saloons on the rs
coIta the Manila BOwery, there Is not no" one
The " hole number In the city is diminished 10 one
hundred and these are under rigid regulations. the
Sunday side door not being the freely yielding por-
tai Il Is here on the whole the preachers report
is most gratifying and encouraging and goes TO
show that the people there are capable OF social
Improvement. and embrace the methods leading 70
IT, when offered. with entire readiness and goodwill.
One Exception-"Scribbler has written a really
remarkable novel
Yes; It's simply impossible 10 dramauze 1t
philadelphia Press.
The New-Jersey rubber worker who. with his
wife has lust deserted a family OF thirteen chill
dren the eldest thirteen years old on the ground
that the whole bakers dozen OF them hoodooed,
may have some basis for the surmise. The bad
luck which went with them all might have been
less II he had not gone spree at the birth OF
each the last costing him his situation and no
doubt impelling him to abandon the brood he could
no longer maintain II there is any lesson to rub
Der makers the incident II Is that II is serious
responsibility become the parent OF thirteen chill
dren. and that celebrating their advent one after
another with drinking bout is the worst way in
the world to make comfortable provision for
them.
As 1t May neutrality-suspicious. Walsh is
a Buddhist. In her dressing room at McVickars
Theatre seven tapers set in separate candlesticks
glow before an image of Buddha. .'-ttrom press
dispatch.
man, announces that he has been converted TO
the beautiful religion of the Polynesian Islanders.
cession. and fr9wns upon mis- contributing to their
Cincinnati-Mr Pype Dreamerre. who is here at
the head OF his own company In The Fatal
the religious tenets of the Chinese. A handsomely
carved opium pipe occupies a shrine In his dress
0maha-Miss Tessie Frivvle the petite soubrette,
GaT asknowisdsed this evening that she had
adopted the religion of the Ftjs. One OF the prin
Change the e'i hue Of their hair twice month
Pittsburg. g.MedePGses ; Eau T. de We premiere T
pany says that she Is Theosophst. and that
statement is generally accepted In all confidence
Baltimore American
The postmaster at Jasper. Mo. announced some
weeks ago that no would no longer deliver mail be-
tween and 430 D.. m, to children going home
from school, because of the disturbance and dis
order resulting from concerted descent of the
kids upon the postoffice. One parent took
ception this ruling and complained TO the de-
partment at Washington. in the hope of compelling
the postmaster 10 set IL aside. Inc postmaster
General, however upheld his local representative.
The ruling having been officially sanctioned at
headquarters will be permanently enforced.
I've had a good many rebuffs In my line of busi-
ness but | struck the limit the other day down
on Tasker-st.," said collector. 81 had been after
a man for several months to collect bill of &c. but
had always been put off with excuses and promises
This day his wife the door. and / stated
about It, My husband Is asleep she said. He
works night, and never gets up until noon. He
won't be up for two hours Very well, / said, I'll
come back in two hours. 1T won't be worth your
II he had l shall him before you will. If he has
any money his clothes you just bet your life
I'm going to get II myself. l don't think you stand
much chance around here After that | didn't I
think it worth while to go back."-(Philadelphia
Record
The New Orleans correspondent of The Phila-
delphia Ledger" has found in old book now out
OF print this anecdote of the original John Jacob
Astor: HE asked day what was the
largest amount of money he had made in one
transaction. This he declined to answer, but said
that he would tell the largest that he failed TO
make Then he went on to relate how he. De Witt
Clinton and Gouverneur Morris had planned to buy
Louisiana from France and to sell It to the United
States Government retaining the public domain and
charging 2l2 per cent commission. They changed
their minds. and Mr.. Astor said that he lost
s30OoO0OO by failing TO go into the deal"
Papa-Tommy, if you had a little more spunk
you would stand better in your class Now do
you know what spunk is? Tommy-Yes sir It's
the past participle OF spank.-(Chicago News.