New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

All great men were boys once and the world HKes
10 believe that they were dull boys. Marconi' al
though a young man, Is old enough Tor Iesehu
Of his youth to make its appearance. Some one
has found that he went to school III Flofence' III
deed the teacher who guided his infant FOOT
steps in learning has been discovered Signora
T,1isa CavaIIero is a fine old lady Of seventy
four years. who says the chief recollection OF
her younger days is teaching marconl' w no
would have thought" she says. that tho lnBIe-
sino dttle Englishman). we used to call him
bacsuse Of his slight figure and sedate manner:
would have turned out genius! He was always
a model of good behavior that will say for him;
but as to bran-weIl, the least said the soonest
rnended. 1 am afraid he got many severe pun
fshments poor little man: but he took them ike
an angel Since he has become so great" she
added ingenuously, my conscience has Teproacneo
me a thousand times Fancy Furnishing genius!
holding up Mortified hands. AT that time, she
added deprecatingly, "he could never manage 70
learn anything by heart; it impossible. 1 used
to think that I had never child with so de-
fective a memory. He will not remember me, 6ut
I think Of him constantly, and hope some time to
see him again"
Exacting-"so you had to close the show7"
Yes" answered the manager with the plaid
'sWhat was the trouble?'
Too much craze for realism. Ihere was 5i+ CTG1
terfeting scene, and the actors SAID Lhey couLt @
go through with it unless they could see Wnat
money
Star.
w. PETIT Ridge, the English novelist tells an ex-
perience of literary friend who went TO the coun-
try in order to take q house a farm. He saw
the farmer and conducted the preliminary negota-
tions with perfect satisfaction to both Sides Pres
emily he asked Would you like sone references?"
No no." said the farmer genally. You are q
gentleman; 1 straightforwardness written
across your face. Don't bother about the refer
ences I expect you want TO get back to your
business in the city" The friend mentioned that
he had no business in the city. "Oh, then,' said
the farmer, Il suppose you have business outside
the city" Me- he replied II am author"
WHAT cried the farmer, mot an author that
writes books?' Yes, he admitted that he had writ
ten books. A look OF doubt crept over the honest
farmers face. We'll, welI' he said Ito turn back
to the business were talking about. 1 think,
after all. mister, I'll have to trouble you for
couple OF them references"
MISUNDERSTANDING young person to the great
Itaiian-oh, Mr.. MaTconi. won't you play me your
Mr. MarconiNWith pleasure. madame. but shall
have to play 1t on a wireless piano.-(PaI Mail
Gazette.
The following alluring advertisement appeared
in an English paper recently:
Firms which intend to enter into direct connec-
ton with a very capable hired embroiderer, dwell
Ing quite near at hand of Plauen. Saxony. under
going round Of manufacturers and thus to spare
much money, are entreaLeQ 10 lay DOWN Ine aQ-
dress, with terms, to &C., &C."
Somebody in saxony has been using a dictionary
without the guidance OF phrase book. The least
dangerous form that a little knowledge Of a for
eign language can take is the GcquIsition of col
lection of useful and well selected phrases rather
than an assortment of isolated words.
'I should like to know why" said the Intellectual
simpered the Cheerful idiot, everybody kneads IT,
-(BaItimore American.
An unknown Englishwoman left by will recently
"a curious fund" for the benefit Of women who
have seen better days. The testatrlx, who desired
that her name and the names OF the annuitants
under her will should not be published. left $4,000
and her resduaFy estate, which will probably make
up the total nearly $l5O00 in trust to apply the
income in payment of annuties of $500 each TO un-
married women, who must be ladies' bg birth and
have fallen from afT1uence from comfortable
circumstances and have present assured in
come of more than $50 year each. There Is no
restriction as to religious belief the annuItants
to be women nominated by her during her life
chosen by a majority OF the trustees.
Is there some happy town.
Now the map,
Where every passenger
-(BufaIo Express.
An English lawyer tells this story:
A chimney sweep OF the name Of Heaven. alleging
that he would be quite unable to find another place
in the neighborhood, made a heavy claim against 8
company that had acquired compulsory powers for
taking The piece Of land which he carried his
trade The lawyer some months after the extrava-
CANT claim had been contested, sauntered- round
the neighborhood to what had become of
Heaven The familiar broom had disappeared from
its accustomed place, but painted In conspicuous
letters upon a board the startling announce
rnent Heaven removed opposite and, sure
enough, on the other side of the road. the
brush of the sweep who had asserted that his re-
rnova would mean his ruin.
II IL said that statistics prove that in every
Thousand bachelors there S8 Criminals while in
sverv thousand married men the criminals number
onlv eighteen. II this is IL surely proves that
the present-day members OF the sex labelled coy
and hard TO please have at least immense ca
70 outhaance perhaps even the unkind reputation
handed down the ages by Mother Eve.-(London
Taller.
French poodles for ali their foppIshness, are cast
in the heroic mould. witness the latest story
from Paris. A fire was raging in the Rue Monsigny.
and while the family shvered the cobbles their
noodle sprang through the flaming door, raced up
the smoudering staircase and in triee returned
with the babys doll in hia Jaws
At a social gathering, when he wss still Bishop OF
London, the late DR.. Temple, Archbishop Of Can
terbury, was approached by lady, who came to
him IN great excitement and said: "Oh. Bishop, my
aunt has had wonderful escape! She was de-
tanned vest 9rday she would have been killed in
dential?' MADAM" replied the Bishop. 81 do not
Ea@ ven Ttnt IN 4 nnS