New-York tribune., 1907-06-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Writing to The Chicago Daily News" from
Tibet. John r. Muir says: We visited a 1arrasa-,,
"hefe We saw a prayer wheel six feet I'm hei1ht
raised three feet from the floor and turned h,.
ropes with handles hanging conveniently from IN
bottom. In the same room was a scroll contairI,.
one thousand Buddhas; the painting was very uan
done The Tibetans have certainly outdono e..
otAer FORM OF religion in the matter of religions
machinery and observance. When driving wax tba,,
ray prayers especially when climbing pass: the
rosary Is In constant requisiton when the hands
are not otherwise engaged. or a PRAYER vybeoI e
turned In the hand-at times both ,rbis doc 10.
preclude the necessity OF putting up prayer flags
III every conceivable place. that the wind with
every Hutter or the flag will be saying prayers
'or the owner or placing a number of PRAYER
"heeIs IN stream where the water will keen then,
turning day and night. or perhaps attached TO a
windmill for the purpose. The PRAYER v,beaIs
are packed full OF prayers written on strips OF
paper and wound tightly in such a way that the
turning OF the wheel tells off the prayers I'm the
right way; to turn a wheel backward would so,,
the prayers backward. 1t is easy to see that tho
larger the wheel the more prayers are said nv
one turn The one we say was a very handsome
one beautifully finished and doubtless very pop
ular." F'
E.l,.-y EEllla-Mqrry you? Why. you couldnt dress me.
Edsdml wasn't asking for position as iady's
mald--Pick Me Up. '
Although the last years of Theodore Tilton,s p,s
nd ba
avoided the society Of all but n few of bts NC,
familiar friends, he never ceased TO enjoy the com
pany OF young people punning and Joking with m.
merriest OF them. one young member Of the Amer
Icah colony In Paris who knew him well has re-
lated some Of his quaint witticisms:
Il remember once she said a few davs ago
that he had been to tho hairdresser and had hts
long flowing white name considerably shortened
AS soon as we saw him all called out oh Mr.
Tilton. what did you have that done for? For fifty
Fgr,N.,
in his eye.
'On another occasion he received a letter from,
the late Philip Marston. the blind poet who was
very anxious to live in Paris. but who was not
certain that he could do so on his slender means.
Accordingly he wrote to Mr.. Tilton. asking him
TO go to the Paais Royale and the two franc
dinner served there, and let him the result
MIR Tlton's reply was:
MY dear friend: Do ask for a too frank
criticism on that two franc dinner. Yours T. t."
81, The prison reformer met the convicted lawyer in
And what brought you here. unhappy MANI"
His old time cleverness asserted itself
Plain Dealer ''N''
The efforts OF the authorities at Marienbad last
August to save King Edward from the attentions
Of too curious visitors have led to an interesting
lawsuit winch was carried up TO the highest tri-
bunal in Austria. Vienna police commissioner
one morning standing staring at the King who was
seated on a bench under the Colonnade The COM
MISSIONER In MS pohtest manner asked the stran-
ger TO move on. As he remained standing near his
majesty policeman was sent ask his name
and nationality. whereupon the man became ex-
ceedingly angry and told the officer TO 60 and tell
the commissioner, very politely that IL he bothered
nm again he would hit him with his stick or box his
ears Thereupon proceedings were instituted sratnst
the visitor for having afrronted the honor of an
official person. and he fined $40 The accused
man made no protest. but the General Procurator
who revises such proceedings. questioned the tude
ment or the lower court, on the ground that the
afrronted official was not present when the insuIt
was offered. The high court agreed with this view
and the case was ordered dismissed the court saw
ing that the charge of afrronting the honor OF an
Official person presupposed that 1t done directly
from man TO man. and the absent commissioner tn
whom the insulting expressions were only repeated
at second hand ought to have preferred the charr.
OF injury done TO his private honor
Mrs. Money Bags-I hear you have snent n graz,
deal OF your time in Italy? e
Mrs. Farvenue-oh, yes. my dear; we,rs ouits
Italcizeds-TttBitA