New-York tribune., 1902-06-23
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Editor of The Washington Gowa) Press" is
in an iconoclastic mood, and falls afoul OF the
vaiedictory He says.
1T is counted q badge of best scholarship. But
il is bore the tail end OF IT, because II Is SHY anu
never sincere.
WHY bid the class farewell when most Of EN-
viii stay right here and plug round and marry and
ten years hence they will not who their class
mates were?
And why gush over the teachers. when, If they
spoke truly they would call en- that old cross
ratch' or that poky old skeziX?
And why let ON that the class is dead in love
with the school directors. when not one OF the
class would swap a box OF strawberries Tor the
whole shooting match OF en-?
we have do enough lying as We go thro this
vale Of tear. to avoid ickings and other disagree
able things. without going out of our way 10 lie
gratuitousv and when IL do no good. at COM
mencement. If don't make lying pay, what's
the use in lying? Better tell the truth or say moth
ing and saw wood
In colleges the vaedictory IS an Grafton just
Ike the rest and all that nonsense to class. teach
ers directors is left out Why not drop it in high
school and academy? 1t is awful bore and too
silly for any use.
There had been high school entertainment in IN
1ae with III the sstace Of the best local
talent of which Boomvie PoaSted II was a great great
success. The Editor OF me B5zoo gave a l- SIU"
ing account the affair. winding up as follows;
ist who was to have read number of selections
his own writings was SICK ana una unaoIe Q 10 'e
youths Companion
a DISTINGUISHED tragedian has just died in the
person of Maubant. of the Comedie Francaise
SAYS The Pail Mall Gazette He had been So
ci4taire of the Francois for forty years He
created the role Of Danton in Charlotte Corday' =
and he also made superb Charlemagne in La
File de Roland Mlubant always wore. even IN
nrivate life a very solemn visage. on his wedding
dav when he married charming actress named
Karolv to whom he very much attached his
features never once relaxed into smile No doubt
he laughs inside said Thirion fellow actor. who
was AT the wedding 1t fortunate for his wife,
for he must homme d'inttrieur "a domestl-
Gated mani Some one reported the mot 10 Mau-
bant who determined return the joke with in
terest One evening Thirion was on the stage play
ing the part of an eighteenth century marquis.
Al the end of the first act he had 10 utter the
words TO one OF the other characters. Your mperu-
nence deserves lesson at the same time drawing
his sword. At this moment shout of laughter
rang through the theatre. The sword was a wooden
one, 1t was the sad faced Maubant who had made
the change to show that he could laugh outside "
The Bible for the coronation service will be an
oxford large quarto book. the joint gift OF the uni
at the oxford University BINDING House, In Lon
don red polished levaut morocco leather being en-
ploved for the purpose. on both covers is a Tudor
rose border: the front cottage roof centre
design inclosing the royal arms: on the back the
arms of Edward the Confessor. oxford University
Canbridge University and Westminster Abbey The
I-,,L1I,-. russia with plain border,
th. rose thistle and shamrock being introduced as
ornaments. There is no clasp or metal corners,
but the edges are solid Sllt
The following curious political advertisements
,ppeared the other day in ''The Houston (TexD
Times: