New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-13
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

g. r,s bss = citv IMPROVEMENT league, organ
,s ~Iv+aan months ago with hundred mem
hers now expanded to two thousand ana us hrs'
annual report shows that 1t has been ooins use
fl1l and efficient work in the citys interest," sIii
ira foundation It first used its influence toward
ho,t,- O hill nassed by the city authorities remov-
ing the exposition building from puohc paiA IL
order that the new Carnegie library might oo
nIaced there It has built three free pubic oaths
when the city had none before, and gave about
&C., +bonsand moor children baths during last
summer Five more IN progress. the municipality
having now been shown the way. II mas 'acAleo
the billboard question, the street railway systems
and pretty nearly everything amiss IN local ad-
rninistration working a general result OF soou IN
81, +bat II has touched. The city has good deal
TO do to prepare itself for the crowds which VIII
visit IL next year, and no DOUBT the iedsue WI,
helm It along in many ways. Ike the useIu4 anu
public spirited organization which II obviously a.
In the Silly Night-''what is it7" the druggist
s1eenflv INQUIRED from his bedroom window.
had IP Pnn iSf the Hsq night ft'i bell o. 80,
yes. What do you want! ~,,,.a ar,
oqk IN yGg5 Gidg dTscfo sSXger inu's an
A New-York woman. looking into the subway e1-
cavation where work is suspended on account OF
thA strike of the italian laborers. exclaimed in
vexation: What inconsistent men those ltaLans
arer They want the earth, but when the chance Is
offered them they won't take 1t up
THE AUTOMOBILE GIRL.
There's the girl who Is up In the saddle at six.
In a veil and habit Of blue, o,oo,,u
R fat9 the ti PARK rS is sti Shining with dew
And the girl who is n out III IN b the % 1Retne
But there is another who leaves them pehlno'
The girl in the automobile
When over the floor of the ballroom she glides
In the dangerous dance she is fair
In simmer OF satin and simmer OF pearls
B W sae ha gPs By dag IN the cap
Which fashion has stamped with its seal.
&c ~ b11t SlITrnnHera
TO the girl IN the automobile!
"a As he skins in the blue uncon2hn1ed; ,,,,
AI And gt 10! she Re' has left left him behind.
The wind is a laggard as miles Of the road
And Cupd's the chauffeur who sits by the side
OF the girl In the automobile
Like the breeze in its flight or the passage of light
she comes and she goes in a ninnbus of dust
The E@ed Of the motor behold her erect
With muscles as steady as steel,
4"' - -CLeslie's Weekly.
When King Edward went to Italy he met, &C
cording to 1.-The London Chronicle" king who
is more of a Stuart than himself. Both de-
seconded from James I, but the King of Italy is
also through his mother, eleventh in descent from
Charles I. In strict right, Victor Emmanuel has
moro claim to the British crown than his royal
euest who wears it. But for their Catholic re-
rule over England and not the Rrunswicks. when
the Stuarts were evicted- After the children OF
James II the next in blood the Duchess OF
Savoy daughter Of Henrietta. the youngest child
Of Charles l. But she was not Protestant. and
so was debarred. Thus II was that the British
crown was passed to the House Of Brunswick by
the Act of Settlement in TOl. Otherwise the
savoys would now be the royal family.
s66a tha poet fa rng for
Mach must be allowed for poetic license In fact
If we did not allow much for poetic license the
poets would all have shut up their joints and go
70 bootlegging But can even poetic license excuse
gets SO dry al times that It's has be sprinked
in order to lay the dust? Is there anything ap-
Wateress that its catfish come out at night and lie
IN the grass IN order to moisten their gs with the
Of reslstess power in river which has sun cracks
in its bottom big enough to bury calf2-(kansas
City Journal
The Kansas papers tell story Of an incident in
President Hayess visit to that State in 1879 Presi-
dent Rooseyelt's visit the occasion for telling it,
and had 1t happened the present occupant of the
White House. it would have amused him beyond
anything else in his entire trip. Mr.. Hayes was
engaged in a speechmaking and handshaking tour.
At Hutchinson large crowd had gathered to greet
him In Hutchinson a the time "Bili'
Graham a cattleman much given to the use of in
toxicating liquor. "Bil" Joined the crowd without
knowing what IL all about. He fell in line
and gradually approached the President. who was
standing on the lower step of his and shaking
hands with all who came. As Bill" came near, the
President reached over. grasped him by the hand
shook 1t vigorously. and sad My friend. l am
delighted to see you"
'Thash all right. pard said Bill. but b'gosh
yer got the advantage of me!
Unique Record.-Dyer-Who holds the record
-, Jack-shaffer. He ran over himsslf-(Brooklyn
Life.