New-York tribune., 1907-09-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

No matter how long difficult OF pronunciation
may be the of a steamer, the passensel
agents and clerks of the various steamship H'ieS
make an effort to be correct In using il when sell
ing tickets to customers. Occasionally they make d
slim of the tongue and call the steamer by the
nickname used in the Office when passengers are
not around. The steamers of the Atlantic Irahs-
port Line, the Minneapolis the Minnetohha anu
the Ninnehaha are referred to generally as tne
..Minntes''; individually the Minnetonka is called
the .,Tonk'' and the Mesaba the Mes The fted
Star Line Vaderand is called Father; the + IN
land the Fin" and the kroonland ana the Nee-
land the "Kroon' and the zee, respectively
The prefix St is dropped when reference is made
10 the St Paul; the St Louis is called 'Looie
and the Philadelphia is called 'the Phiee Ihe
North German Lloyd liner Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse in the parlance Of the office force is the
Big BIZ" and the Kaiser Wilhelm II Is Bliiy
Two
Mrs Chatterton-I always weigh my words be-
Mr. 'Chatterton-WeI. my dear. no one can ac-
cuse you OF giving short weight.-Chicago News
The Clerk Of the Day in The Boston Tran
script" tells this story Two of the Clerks neigh
bors were recently battling over the Common
wealth Country Club links All went fairly WELL
although bogie remained practically intact until
they reached a tee overlooking pond Each drove
furiousy. then cautiously q half-dozen balls INTO
the murky depths OF that pool Standing near oF
was a little girl stupid but curious After the
twelfth ball had plunged 10 rise no iAl'Ie' '''S
quered blankly but sincerely of the golfer; say
mister. what Is the fun in this game?'
First Nighter-DId they seem to Ike your sketch
D:ri Tmid Actor think they did They called FOR
pers Weekly.
There are many holy shrines in the neighbor-
hood of Iaibach Austria, and these are visited by
pjlgrims al all times OF the year. In the town OF
Brrzie tho church and the monastery OF the Fran
ciscau monks have recently become adduonallE
attractive in the eyes Of the faithful The Si"Ve-
noe o.. the organ OF the order. published a letter
from a woman who had been taken to the
church in q condition which had been pronounced
hopeless by the physicians She was unconscious
and had lost of her limbs She was placed
hefora pict,lre OF the Virgin Mother and after
= short time walked. unaided from the church
The miracle created much excitement tor many
miles around. and when the picture was crowned
nv the Bishop last month more than thirty thou
sand peasants came to witness the ceremony. IN
it's account of the inspiring ceremony the
..SIoveuskI Narod' says When the celebration
IN honor Of the wonder working picture was over
1t was found that more than 3eo kronen had
been collected. and that a young woman eighteen
years old had been crushed TO death In the throng
which was anxious TO look upon and to come with
in tho blessed presence OF the holy picture
Hicks-Talk about Friday being unlucky day.
George Washington was born on FRIDAY; u!e Dec-
far,tior ~ indeueudence was signed on Friday
and the Rattle of bunker II fought on Fri
n.
Wicks-Well. all that unlucky FOR the BRIT
ish wasn't it?-Somerville Journal
The Rerbers who, although African as white
as Europeans are the oldest white race on record
saws an explorer. They supposed to have
come from the South OF Europe in ancient days.
The Dundee Advertiser" says. and. although
their language and customs are entirely different
from ours and their religion Mahometan. they are
probably closely akin by descent Blue eyes and
fair hair are not at all uncommon among the Ber-
bers and many them have rosy cheeks ana
features so like our own that were they dressed
in british fashion they would easily pass ma
tives of the British Isles"
the huancier- ..,, ., t-,,.. .t
That responded Colonel Still"eiI SeniaHS;, Is
dine to vour lack of foresight in not locating Wall
Street down in Kentucky, where the limitations
of water are more properly understood. WASH
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