New-York tribune., 1903-06-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Minister WI recently attended the meeting of
an association in Canton composed Of Chinese and
foreigners called the Natural Feet Society. IL
was like this irrepressibIe humorist to begin his
speech by solemny asseverating that he had never
allowed any daughter of his to bind her feet ad-
mittng, however, that he had no daughters. To
be sure his wife has small feet. but he confded to
his hearers that he deferred marriage three years.
hoping for a wife of suitable rank with natural
feet. but when his parents could find none he had
to marry one with bound feet or remain single His
wife thinks as he does about the folly OF the
ancient customs. But it is very difficult to un-
loosen feet once bound, though l tell you sub
rosa my wife is trying to unloosen her feet. When
she heard of this meeting she urged me to come,
and she has authorized me to say she will give
a small contribution of 800 to the society"
They talk about his majestys invariable good
econ9 6t rs hs gopg Even rom
stranger, who had been bitten by one of his most
breed-"Charlie' unbaheiy smiled and endured the
!" Heaven ca bless yr, majesty but-ahen!-heaven
damn y'r majesty's dog!"-(sporting Times.
Strike breaking students at the University of
Pennsylvania have become strikers because their
wages reduced.
When the union carpenters who building
the grandstands on Franklin Field went out the
undergraduates moved by love for their Alma
Mater and Incidentally by financial reasons, took
their places.
They began work while the university term
received y
When the ended and many of the boys left
the city for the summer the contractors reduced
the pay of the others to s. day, and the strike
at once.
ROUNDED OF JULIA JoURNEYING
When Julia notes, with keen delight
DivineIy in her car she floats;
She vies with swallows in their flight
When Julia notes
Yet no "tempestuous petticoats'
Half show, half hide her ankles slight
Ulstered and mufTied like d fright
Her hideous disguise he notes
And shudders at the uncouth sight
When Julia notes
Rain Sunday interfered somewhat with the an
n,IaI feast of roses at Mannheim Penn Neverthe-
less, a great crowd witnessed the quaint and
beautiful ceremony of the payment of one red rose
by the congregation of Zion Lutheran Church TO
the heirs of Baron Henry William Stiegel. the
founder of Mannheim. who in 177O decided to the
congregation the land which the church stands.
with the stipulation that ''they pay in the month
of June yearly. forever. hereafter the of one
red rose If the shall be lawfully demanded"
Twice in 1773 and 11I4. Baron Stegel demanded the
rose and the custom then fell into dsuse and was
not revived until eleven years ago. Sunday the
rose was demanded by Mrs Ida Boyer. of Norris
town Penn. lineal descendant of the baron.
and paid by the Rev. DR. Jacob Yutzey. of Sellins
Grove. Penn. behalf of the congregation.
oh thank tie Lord. Thus Jonah Spdke,
Emereine thin and pale:
M | really wonder why
He didn't thank the whale.
-(Yale Record
Ar instance OF the respect in which Journalism is
held in Latin America furnished recently by
the immense demonstration Buenos Ayres in
honor of a newspaper of that city, La Prensa'
and which is described at length and with great
satisfaction by every paper ar hand from South
America. Those of the Argentine Republic sent
delegates to the capital to figure in the manifesto
ton in which the population of the city partici-
pated, expression of gratitude 10 Senior
Ezequiel PaZ the editor and owner of La Prensa'
La Prensa" has daily circulation of about one
hundred thousand copies. and in it's building at
Buenos Ayres there offices where physicians
and lawyers give sratuitous public consultations
There free baths. free in languages and
in instrumental and vocal music. The pupils of
these latter courses took the initiative In the dem
onstration. in which the people of Buenos Ayres
Joined, crowding all the streets the Avenue
OF May. where is the beautiful building OF ga
Prensa" II is apparent that the South Americans
teach the editors of this country several things
about running popular newspaper.
4 lady who had been travelling abroad was de-
scribng an irshwoman whom she
She was refined. we'll educated" she said
why. she was careful in avoiding all tempta-
tions TO brogue that she invariably called the
crater of Mount Vesuvuz the creature i'-iYouth's
Companion