New-York tribune., 1905-02-26
GATHERED ABOUT TOWN.

conservative man and his wife occupied one
OF the tables at downtown restaurant the other
night The waitress a pert little thing with
an eye out for perquisites. When the man paid his
bill the girl brought back two 25-cent pieces and
then ostensiby busted herself at the next table FOR
a moment. The conservative man glanced at the
coins. Guess I've got some smaller change. he
remarked sotto yoee, reaching into his pocket and
letting the two qarters lie in the tray for mo-
oIintIv re re +SS tb hSro tne pr1tbn ali right
she asked. bending the table solieitousy-
Yes. all right" said the unsuspecting one The
the pocket oh. thank you!' said the girl. sweet
~ and deftly picking up the tray and hunming s2tt
conservative man let the small change fall back IN IN
his pocket, and it was some minutes before ne
recovered enough 10 leave the table followed by
an amused wife
Friedrich Melber. a merchant and banker Of
Mexico City, arrival the Ward liner
Havana from Vera Cruz. and while waiting for
the sailing date Of the Kronprnz Wilhelm for
Bremen IS guest at the Cambridge. Mexico
City said Mr.. Melber having completed her
great task OF sanitary Improvement, is now en-
gagged in the work OF physical establishment III
which the Finance Minister. Lmantour. as the
head of the municipal improvement committee is
11r Ihs & SspItat M & OF me % bea3itif new nst
Office of Moorish architecture. erected by an Amer-
can contractor. has just been completed ana WI VIII
tange with IT, opposite the Alameda Gardens viii
be the new theatre, to be built by the municipality
and the foundations are now being laid The gov
eminent has also purchased land for an extensive
addition to the park surrounding the Castle or
Chapultepee. the summer residence Of Preside.lt
Diaz Every effort is being made by the govern,
ment to enhance the attractions Of the capital
city to strangers"
Clifford w. Barnes. OF Chicago who recently re-
signed presidency of Illinois College to become
general secretary of the Religious Educational As
sociation of the United States stopped in this city
his way returning from the four day meeting
of the association in Boston. Seen at the Holland
House, Mr.. Barnes said: There is a great move
ment in the direction of closer and more sympa-
thetic relations between the religious and educa-
tional agencies and It is most gratifying that It
has aroused hearty interest of the leading col
leges and universities and the foremost men OF "a!
pTeAs - 1eM 'ii 1S. ,ae "a Great sIlC
cess, and the work that has been undertaken has
already been remarkably advanced in the three
years since it was organized. The scope and pos
sibilties in the field presented at once appalling
i ~ !9e Zen n T tain S6I t5onsbt M is to infuse
more of the moral tone into our educatonal actlV
ties and to give substantial fibre to the various
phases of religious effort
Some people have queer notions of prOprety,
the comment of Broadway hotel man as the
subject of the observation quit the desk The man
"a Westerner-had arrived two hours earlier ac-
companied by his wife They had taken room
room, and had expressed her satisfaction with IT..
Meantime the thrifty husband shopped around and
found another place. He returned and said he had
decided not keep the and seemed to think
the incident closed. Not so with the hotel man but
he was easy. so he said: III charge you 81 Tor the
time you had the room -,
hotel man smiled nsistently. and said; II appIed
the usual rule should demand the full days rate,
but am inclined to make it easy for you'll.
The westerner. who had found room at S3 80
and supposed he would save half dollar weak
ened. He paid the dollaT-there was no way Out
wiser, and had paid for his experience.