New-York tribune., 1904-09-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Lighting fires for the Jews is the way in which
people in Manchester, England. earn a living
Strict Jews must not light fires candles on the
Sabbath, which begins on Friday at sunset So
they hire Christians 10 do it for them.
WOMEN I HAVE NEVER MARRIED.
She was a phantom Of delight
one OF those elusive things
Detained this side the Ewigkeit
Through temporary want of wings;
our y. world ,Er Nv was not her P9p proper plaoeel
OF Fasrielands enchanted grace.
She was SO birdlike. SO angelic.
often wondered what she ate:
She looked as though she lived on air,
or II she fed from of plate.
No 9R Rat Gsat SSfH ia 6atehr meat
Had ever been allowed 10 victual
With stun common mortals
A form exquisitely brittle
she sl.9 Tno" ,o gaGsse s.fs, Garront bun
Would she respect when we were one.
My prejudice for decent meals?
TO cnch my hesitating passion.
asked my angel out TO dine
At London's first resort OF Fashion.
She came She passed final word
Upon the bisque the Mornay sole,
The pou!et tsaid she thought the bird
Showed at It's best casserole);
She found the parfait quite nrst rate"
knew 2eIHife 6a fPa{te up fh for ele' M as nancy
And twice encored a fine old brandy.
I own 1 felt an inward pain.
When she put off her seraph airs.
To find had TO entertain
An eAltuiy anger uidWtftSs
merely asked her there to test
Her aptness for wlfely calling
special knowledge so appalling!
FRANKLY, she s,1nr went 81, SHADE q, toe toe far
To learn that what l deemed star
Was just ember off the grill!
Ana And i%S@ now meet 2eetS her S "a ah! THE the pity9.
The a5'' new S' AmPhitryon Club" Committee
punch
boS for
Swiss company so construct a system Of trans
mission for electric power which will deliver in
Lyons several thousand horsepower daily. in the
form OF electricity. The source OF the power is
be found in the waterfalls OF the Alps. about 125
miles from the great centre OF silk manufactuIs
In France The French depending and
more on the white cool" Of the mountain streams
they express it.
Their Way suppose all your neighbors were
out to see you the first time you went whizzing
through tho street in your automobile"
mo, they were oil busy getting their work done
next evening when had 20 have the blamed thing
towed home behind an express wagon."-(Chicago
Record Herald
How are children often able without injury 10
swallow such sharp things as pins, needles. tacks
and bits of glass? The secret disclosed by DIR.
Albert Exner OF Vienna lies IN the fact that, when
a pointed sharp-edged body comes into contact
with the lining OF the stomach intestine. the
part touched contracts and Fuckers TO thicken
draws itself in such manner to form a little
pocket. and gradually twists the object around so
as to turn the edge or point away pushing the
thing along.
BALLADE OF UNCONCERN.
still higher goes the price OF meat,
With famine whispered in the air.
4 sane and satisfying fare
No substitute" to make swear.
No roasts made up of nuts and chaff
NO scranbied eggs at which to glare
Bring us dozen on the half!
Here is the butcher mans receipt
1t shows what he will do and dare:
His charges take one off his feet
And grow too great for us to bear:
OF pOtted ham we've had our share.
At corn and beans we may laugh
No timed sardines you need prepare
Bring us q. dozen on the half!
Farewell 20 carrot and to beet
To shriyelied hay and crinkisd wheat.
For with an aspect debonair
We has hasten to our dining chair
Upon the menu waiting there
Bring US q dozen on the half!
L'ENVOI.
What for meat famines need we care
When oyster hqa9r we may quan
Chicago Tribune.
Kuno Fischer, the renowned philosopher and
teacher of Heidelberg, among tho most distin-
gushed of living professors and the last representa-
tive of a great school of German scholars. reached
his eightieth birthday recently In spite of the old
mans protests thousands of students who have
sat at his feet gave vent to their reverentiaI and
affectionate feelings by messages and otherwise.
Even the grave old Senate of Heidelberg rose TO
the occasion and established an honorary Kuno
Fischer prize. The great old man is rapidly de-
cning.
Hear you've been specializing old mrA. What
did you reaizeF'
az realized that was blamed fool /" replied the
other man, soreiy.-lCincinnati Tribune,