New-York tribune., 1902-03-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Frank n. Shoemaker OF Philadelphia; Frank D.
Shoemaker. OF St Louis. and Frank D. Shoemaker.
or Butte. Mont. were guests at the Auditorium
Hotel. Chicago. day this week. and trouble be-
gan at once. First the Butte man received A deli
cately perfumed note intended for the PHILADELPHIA
man. Later on the st. Louis read it. and
When II hnally reached the Phiadephian IT bore
two pencilled marks Opened by mistake" An
hour later tho Philadelphian received bill of s.
Tor cab fare. This should have gone to the Butte
man, and there was excitement until Il was ex-
planned Meanwhile. the Philadelphan's laundry
had gone to tho room OF the Butte man. whose
shirts found their way to the room of the Phila-
delphian The St Louis man received the baggage
or oil three Shoemakers The climax came in the
evening, when. despairing of getting their own let
ters or laundry. three dashed down TO the
clerks desk and demanded their bills The Phila-
delphia man had been az the hotel one day and re-
celved a bill for SS. lie Immediately set M a
roar. TO which added the strenuous voice OF
the cattcman from Montana who found by ref
erence to his BILL that he paying just twice
What he had been told was the price of his room
The st Louis man had been the hotel nineteen
days. and was handed a bill for 81 The clerk
finally introduced tho three Shoemakers and
Strengthened out the bills
Blessing in DIsguise-Casey Cto Cassidy who has
(ust lost his arm in an accdenO-Oh! my, oh! my
,be bGassdyGTg sid o. ut tut, shqrs oim in luck That was
MIN TO hurt me-tPhiladelpha Press.
The average number os inmates in Bellevue Is
equal to that OF good sized town-that is II IS
from -'Vp to 3~o-and Of these good many are
unable to help themselves even in the presence of
'he most imminent peril. Under these Crcum-
stances, the buildings ought to be tripIe proof
against fire. but in fact according to expert testi-
mony, they are nothing OF the sort IF a fire
started there" battalion chief said everything
would be gone before the Fire Department couId
even reach it." This condition urgently REQUIRES
administrative attention and It Is only good fort
une which has hitherto protected the city from a
calamity too appalling 10 think about,
o., The 1t, last time saw Gwmple of the street
car car @magnate @ ne told me he was going 10 begin
Do you know what he's doing nOw?'' '
gave It at the end first st day S''' car 'u'
"Ie said he couldn't stand the Internal cigars the
11eIiows smoke on the front platform. - Chicago
Certain bold dealers in gambling tips on races
had the effrontery to apply TO a Supreme Court
Justice for an injunction against rivals whose
operations were cutting down the gains of the i'm
posters who were fleeing a number Of credulous
dupes 1T seems incredible that such schemers
should be so insolent as to apply to the supren,a
Court in this district protect them from COM
petition in business plainly Illegal and against
public morals OF course their brazen proceeding
was kicked out of court.
The poor, benighted Hindoo.
He does the best he kindo;
He sticks to his caste from first TO last
And for pants he makes his skindo.
-CChicagO Inter Ocean.
1t has been widespread impression that snuff
taking had been almost abandoned in this country
or that the number of men and women who sttlI
adhered to this oldtme habit was absurdIv small
Yet the chief snuff company of America in
its annual report. showed net earnings OF more
than HOOO,O00 The great persons of the earth
do not now exchange gifts of gold snun boxes
studded with diamonds. they did when the FIRST
Napoleon was the autOcrat OF Europe but the use
Of tobacco in every imaginable form of indulgence
still knows bounds.
How old is that mule you're wanting to seI?''
well, Suh he amt O w Won ke bir, ~,
en- down all roun'. De truth is l hez done come
ter de conclusion dat he amt OIL at ALL"
War" ~ Wv"
II knows he did. sub; but he went lax IightnIn'
hit didn't take i'm time git ter whar he is
now!"-(Atlanta Constitution.
the surface cars in Manhattan have not been pro
lever and the saunders of the gong have been in
several other cities sympathetic and COM
passionate than New-York. some of them have heep
shielding their faces against sleet In recent wild
weather by the use of wells. Prudent and sensible
meni II their employers will not look after then,
they are wise in looking after themselves
Il told him." said the beggar who had heer 70
bufred. that guessed he needn't be so proud for
we was al or the same family. and come down
Bully for your was the enthusiastic comment of
that soy 'o
why. he says that p'r'aps that's so; but tudeIn
from my breath IL was the last time nv brancb -,
ina f@IaR aver got near water.''-lChica3o Post.