New-York tribune., 1906-06-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The MaharaJah Gaekwar of Baroda has been
visiting the Congressional Library In WASHINGTON
and was naturally greatly interested in that vast
and excellent collection OF books How long" he
asked Herbert Putnam, would 1t take a man to
read all these books?" Mr.. Putnam smiling re-
Piled that no one man could ever begin read all
OF the books IN the library, 1000 900 number
Then he made rough calculation. He told the
Maharajah that 1t had been estimated that no
man, in the course of the average lifetime Of sew
enty years, could read than 5000 books
Therefore. figuring 100000 in the Library of
Congress, a man would have to have 250 lifetimes
of seventy years each to get through with all of
the books, and that would mean 1880 years. The
computation seemed to ainuse the prince And
what would your DR. Osler say to that?" he in
qured.
The sordid view.-"Brother Pneer, how can you
nope no b 10 De saved ed II you meyer contribute anything
has rs it it your idea Brother Johnson. that people
Chicago Tribune
At "psychometric lecture in London
thing OF real value brought out. A man al
ways sober suddenly became confirmed drunkard
There was no apparent reason. Then a psyche
metric expert was called in. discovered that there
was something uncanny about the chair in which
the fallen habitualy sat, and eventually
found that he had bought it a sale. and that
1t had been the property of a publican who died
OF drink! The chair was burned accordingly, and
the man became teetotaller again.
A BARS REST
IA Paris restaurant adyerses dinners without music
claim popularity the absence musc.I -
Ohio! let us fly to the Continong
To kick up it's charvari
We suffered deal when dining out
In fact. we may say grew sick
When forced our very small talk to shout
BY makers of prandial music.
We had to converse at last by signs
with the duTnbShoW for Pass the
by the orchestra'S fury fustered!
The feast of reason and flow OF soul
When the fddles and horns more control
Their rortissimos extra hearty
So those that can open an easefuI inn
OF our custom shall be the winners:
AHG SW Where ere theres a truce at length to din.
wen banquet without the din-ners
Punch.
Unusual interest attaches to the graduating ex
ercises of the Albuquerque IN M high school +bis
year In that the valedictorian is Sam Ho Kee a
Chinese boy whose exceptional ability has surDrtsed
his instructors at every stage of his high school
course Sam Ho Is easily the leader of his class of
ten young men and women and it has been kno1y,
for some time that the valedictory honor would he
given TO him. 1t is the first time I'm the Irnitad
States that Chinese has had such an honor Sam
Ho Kee was born in China eighteen wears ago
sad.-"Poor Mrs. Wilkins! She is so young and
her welded life has been such bitter disan7,on,o 80
'in what way?"
She married that wealthy old Wilkins under the
impression that ne had heart disease and the doc
tor says he's perfectly well'-Milwaukee SapttnI
The Queen of Rumania better knour a CO.,
men SYLVIA" has many gifts In addition 10 haips
a writer she is musician and in her youth was
something of singer. OF this last gift an amusing
story Is told Praised by fiattering courtiers her
majesty almost thought herself a second Patti But
she is nothing if not practical. and she therefore
visited in strict incognita, a celebrated French
singing master He listened gravely to his visitors
rendering of test song, and then said You have
madame. voice at all. though much musical feel
ing / could train you for the operetta but to he
candid you haven't face worth anything Her
majesty is said to have been naturally disappointed
but too kind hearted TO disclose her identity: and IL
was only after little while that the overfrank
maestro learned that he had been unwittingiy
guilty of lese-maJesty.
Unusual.-Yeast-I was talking to your wife to-
day.
C'rimsonbeak-How did that happen?
How did what happen?'
THAT were doing the talking?'-YonkerS
Statesman.