New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-17
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.


fashion magazine offered s25 for the best def
milton Of style" The prize won by Frank
D. Blake, of Clay Centre. Kan. who was reared
in an atmosphere of jackrabbits and buffalo grass
far from the world of dress. His definition fetched
him 81 . word 1t this:
That visible expression Of some conception of
beauty by which standard of excellence is estab-
lished or changed is style
THE VACATION THAT FAILED.
Far from the madding throng's ig noble strife
He. wished to go to hunt and FISH and rest:
Alas poor man! he had foolish wife.
Who yearned to dazzle where the people dressed
Full many a gown her load Of trunks contained,
When. having made him yield. they went away;
She dreamed of dressing seven times day.
He grumbled at his fate and spoke OF brooks
Where specked beauties waited TO be caught.
Where one might sit. regardless of his looks.
And wait for nibbes and indulge in thought.
She pictured to herself the charming place
Where wide verarias spread and all was gay.
Where she. arrayed in fluffy stuff and lace.
Would ill the other women with dismay.
They reached the splendid scene in splendid style.
He with look that was distinctly sad;
And thinking of the fnery she had.
At dinner next to him woman sat.
s seemsd W nS Ta bey Se Sn ortP Snnr
And oft their glances met and mingled there.
Ere Ions. the woodland haunts passed from his
He thought no more Of roaring mountain brooks
The he lady vas so sweet and so refined,
What changefuI creatures women arel Ere long
His wife for woodland haunts began wish:
A-weary Of the fashionable throng.
She packed her trunks and dragged him of to
All. man! Thou art forever tricked by Fate:
Thou Earnest joy. and then it is denied;
He sat there while the fish chewed of his bait
And thought Of other. gayer scenes and sighed.
His wife fen but little caring how she dressed
And when she smoke about his need Of rest
Alack! the wicked things he thought out there.
-OChicago Record Herald.
youth full Of Scotch oatmeal enables Dowie to
carry off jauntily old age full Of shrewdness
expressing itself in the form OF general orders to
his army. about to move on New-York. filling a
dozen railroad trains. more or less Don't talk
too much" he says. Don't talk about what YOU
don't understand" Don't argue anything" Don't
forget that New-sork Is a big city. and that its
inhabitants not tenderfeet." with of the
same sort. making up brief code for the guidance
of his myrmdons. which they will doubt find It
prudent. IT will be rational and sensible.
obey.
She always said she would never marry an
insipid foreigner" said the young woman
she did worse" answered Miss Cayenne She
best 10 be an imitation Of inspid foreigners
washington Star
Chief Justice Sullivan OF the Nebraska Supreme
Court who has keen sense of humor fled the
statement of his nomination expense in the Office
of the Secretary OF State The Chief Justice tells
the story Of what IT cost to get the nomination:
Authorized local committees to call me. 10
necessary for SIS TO help defray tho expenses Of
the convention. They have not yet called me.
but 1 apprehensve."
PoLLY's PREPARATIONS.
Polly put the kettle
Ut has been sterilized nopeO
Polly. put the kettle on
(And washed with antiseptic soap0
SThe waters filtered. scrubbed. sun dried. busted
polished shaken. brushed. sifted. pasteurtzed,
and ironSd' 1 seq -, -,
Cincinnati Tribune.
one result OF the recent disaster on the Paris
underground railway has been to emphasize the
importance of a special fire helmet for irrespirable
atmospheres. The Newcastle Chronicles Paris
correspondent states helmet Of the kind has been
designed. and the Municipal Council has voted
fl2O for the manufacture and experimental use of
number of helmets in the principal stations. The
helmet consists of a glazed circular headpiece
mounted by small chamber containing air
pump are connected two tubes. for inspiration
and the other for expiration. and merging in
india rubber pipe connected with air compressor
near the spot to be explored Three men are neces-
sary. one 10 penetrate into the choke area.
other 10 hold a safety lamp and the other 10 work
the air compressor
Two little girls were engaged In an animated dis
the merits or their respective homes.
Well anyway" said one little maiden. in tri-
uunuhaut tone. you have more bedrooms than
we have. but we have more cream than YOU do
have enough for our cereal every single morn
POOH said the other that's nothing We own
a Jersey COW, and we get whole cowful OF cream
twice every day."-tlippincous