New-York tribune., 1907-01-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

MIR. and Mrs. stockson Bonds are inveterate
bridge whist players and their home is the meeting
place of bridge players OF all grades On one even
ing In every week they are lat home" TO any Of
their friends who wish TO play. and other even
ings they entertain parties of their own selection
for games which range from one cent a point TO
much higher figure Recently. long after the house
had been closed noise was heard downstairs.
and. regardless of his wlfe's protests. Stockson
Bonds went below TO ascertain the cause The
noise continued and grew louder, but no answer
came to the wifes calls from above. She became
alarmed. opened the window, a policeman. and
he made a rush for the basement door A few
minutes later the husband appeared before his
panic stricken wife and told her he had found the
servants playing bridge and wrangng the
propriety of a certain play.
Did you send the whole lot awsy?'' asked the
wife.
why. no; took a hand and decided the question
before l realized where l was
Miss Amy A. Bernardy the well known writer
Captain Aiming and the ships doctor Prior as the
boat sy at a3ehSr o in ssd sh e R SfRe She name Of
this boat should be changed to the Romantic, from
the amount of spooning that has been going
Then another boat Of the line" observed Miss
Bernardy. should be called the Platonc."
4 would merge your two boats into one large
Boston Transcript
The raw horsehair used in the manufacture cf
haircoth for upholsterng purposes Is Just now high
priced I'm this country because Of the situation
which during and since the Russo-Japanese War
has prevailed in Russia whence Of the hair
comes. The best CT such cloth must have a GER
tain width weave, which depends upon the length
Of the hairs in this respect the Russian horses
superior, having tails which sweep the ground.
Much Of the weaving is done in this country. For
the Of the CLOTH used by tailors in
lining coats the hair from American horses on the
Western plains Is used.
He-why did you let George kiss you?
She-We. he was SO nice about tt He said
He-Surely you are big enough 10 be Able TO say
she-That's what l did say. He asked me II
would be angry If ne kissed me.-Pick Ne Up.
In little towr In Scotland the gravedigger had
been induced TO give up his habit OF hard drinking
and sign the pledge. At public meeting he gave
his experience. II never thocht to tell ye." he
said. that for whole month I havna' touched
drap OF anything I saved enough buy me a
braw oak coffin wi brass handles and brass nails
and If I'm a teetotaller for anither month 1 shall
be wantin' it!''
Young Hus5and-Don't you think darling that
my SMOKE is likely to spoIl the curtains?s
Young Wile-You are the best and NEST consid-
young Husband-weH then. you had better take
thc-l down.-I Illustrated Bits
\ discovery in an-sthetlcs is that Of DR.. Stephen
Leluc q Parisian phy scian who destroys sensi-
bIIity all over the BODY by sending mild alternat-
ing current OF electricity through the brain in the
same general manner IL electrical executions
In this case the patient loses consciousness but in
every other respect important advantages result
There is no nausea. weakness or languOr, and no
effect on the heart The patient becomes conscious
the instant the current is shut of. and with de-
cidedly invgorated sensation
Two barristers OF the OF Doyle and Vel
verton constantly quarrellng before the
tench. One day the dispute arose so high that the
incensed Doyle knocked down hs adversary. ex-
claiming vehemeutiy:
You scoundreii III make you behave like a
gentleman
The other, smarting under the blow he lay
the ground, energetcally replied:
mo. neverl / defy you. You cannot do it sirr'
Philadelphia Inquirer.