New-York tribune., 1905-02-10


quiry into this matter.
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
It is estimated that the great London revival now
being conducted at the Royal Albert Hall by the
American evangelists, DR.. Torrey and Mr.. Alex
ander will cost $4,000. about three -fourths Of
which contributed before the meetings began.
The revival is TO last five months the great hall In
which it is held being adequate to six thou
sand people, and having been rented for that length
of time. In respect to duration and preparation on
a large scale the revival is unique
Held like to take your photograph, Edie.
f'eedbily eby you you re sweet Get enough 70 eat! o. 49,.
SneDt seeIano MATS My My you want 10 put me
Two miles from Kamakura. and about twenty
from Yokohama, in Japan. on a terrace near the
temple. sits the most gigantic idol in the world.
1t is the Gazen image of deity. and dates from
the reign of Emperor Shomu. who died A. d. 74S.
The dimensions of this idol colossal. Its height
from the base of the lotus flower upon which it
sits to the top of its head is 631a feet The face
is 16 feet in length and s1z feet wide, the eyes
feet inches from corner to corner. the eyebrows
81 feet, and the s15 feet The chest is 20
feet in depth. and the middle finger is exactly 5
feet long
WEDDING PRESENTS
As soon as May had named the day
She issued invitations
To all the mothers knew
Oncluding poor relations)
We were aware they ali Would swear
9nggage t far sha frGm roSs pleasant a6 ~
The blessed pair a present"
Then boy and man in cart and van
With gifts galore and more and more.
And iI housemafds S new new, and postmen. too.
TIL al the terrace 1rlc we, wondered
Lord! how the knocker thundered!
We worked in shifts upon the gifts;
And when we had unstrung them,
Wed twenty score of forks and more,
But not knife among them:
There seemed to be a caret
When silly mugs gave caret jugs,
But not drop of claret
We'd endless gongs, and sugar-tongs
AS if sweet tea was bound to be
wed sachets. TOO, Of pink ana blue.
And oh! the show of art nouveau
With which were presented!
And now we've got the little lot.
We're under obligation
To every guest we .II most t;s detest'
And iT by the time the church bells chime.
And Hynen ties the true knot;
we fndntoo t5,S late s5e-wege e we all all we hate
punch.
Two passengers travelling north, according to
''The London Globe got into conversation, and
one most attentive TO the other, pressing ci-
CARS papers and refreshI1ent upon him. Their
destination was the town. and No. 1 asked
where his travelling companion intended to put up
The latter replied. The George" He said, "Oh,
don't bother about hotel come to my place for
the night" This completed No. gs astonishment
at such extraordinary gushing kindness. and he
felt compelled TO ask the reason OF such unlocked
for hospitality. but was uncomfortably enlightened
bv his would-be host replying. MY wife says 1
the ugliest man in the world ana JUST want her
to have look at you.
Easily Arranged-Mrs. Hiram Onen-I think we'll
get along Bridget. If you can only manage not TO
Sew servant-Faith. we kin fix thot aisy, mum.
Let me do as OF phase an don't give me amy
orders.-(P philadelphia Press.
A Berlin newspaper contains the following adver-
tisement: Wanted, for first class restaurant.
shortly to be opened. few we'll dressed gentlemen
of elegant appearance and. distinguished manners,
to attract customers Meals Free and commission"
Right Man.-sne-The man marry must be 'only
He Suddenly fopping).Here 1 my knees
He got her.-(New-York Weekly.
According to a writer in The British Weekly"
among the wives of reigning sovereigns who shop
regular customer than the German Empress For
riding habits, hats. etc. she has her favorite West
End firms 1t is fashionable in some shops to frame
and hang up the teIegraphic messages received
from great ladies. One haberdasher lately dis
played a message from a grand duchess asking for
a fresh supply of stockings: please send imne-
dateiy, the duchess has hardly pair left"
The Making of It.-"If they're both deaf and
dumb, I don't see how they could make love-
mo? l should say II the best kind-ail hand
made you know. w.'-CPhiladelphia Ledger
There few more plaintive beautiful and thor
oughly American songs than MY Old Kentucky
Home" written by Stephen Foster Collins who
was born in Allegheny. Penn. Naturally the song
has always been favorite in the South and espe-
cially in Kentucky and one would at least like 10
believe IL was written writer in The Bards-
town (Ky) Record" asserts while Collins and his
sister visit at the home Of Judge
Rowan, about two miles from Bardstown and was
actually descriptive of the song writer wit
messed there Here Is the story of the beginning of
the famous song: One beautiful morning while
the slaves at work in the cornned ana tbe
sun was shining with mighty splendor on the
waving grass first giving II the color OF n light
red then changing II TO a golden hue--there were
seated upon bench in front of the Rowan home
stead two young people-a brother and a sister
High up In the top of tree was a mockng bird
warbling it's sweet notes over in the hiddan
recesses of a small bush the thrush's mellow song
could be heard A number of small negro children
finished the first OF the song, his sister took
IT from his hand and sang in a sweet. mellow
voice:
The sun shines bright the old Kentucky home;
'T1s the daTkies
The corntop's ripe and the meadows In the bloom
While the birds make music all the day.