New-York tribune., 1907-01-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Director Conried OUT Is the headline OF an arti-
Gle in Berlin paper IN which the writer says that
the Irving Place Theatre Company will disoand
when the present season closes, 10 come together
never again." and that Heinrich Conrfed has az
last given notice that he will his connection
with the German theatre in New York
The fact that New York. with It's large German
population cannot support a German theatre Is
dwelt upon az length. and on the next page or the
same paper there is printed smaller article under
the head "COnriedbleibt." In which the retirement
Of the manager and the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the
troupe OF players spoken Of as "groundiess
rumOrs''
Business Man-what do you want? ..o
Applicant came TO inquire II you were IN neeo
Business Man-very sorry. I do all the work
Appiicant-Ah! that would ttst suit me.-Iilus-
trated Bits.
The average amount OF sugar used in coffee Is
study which has become much OF a fsscina-
tion TO a young who frequents restaurants
pretty constantly that he has taken TO going TO
different places for each meal IN order TO enlarge
the sphere of his observations among different
classes OF people. says The Philadelphia Record
Poor people. a rule" he says. "use more sugar
than rich people, and it's also a pretty constant
rule that men drink sueeter coffee than women
and that old men have the sweetest tooth OF al
when It TO coffee IL Is noticeable. too, that
drinkers OF after dinner coffee make II very much
sweeter than that which they take In the morn
ing. 1 know a middle aged who takes just
two Jumps to cup in the mOrnIng-wnIcn Is be
low the average-but into the little cup he takes
after dinner he puts six fun sized Jumps Ihis
makes a sort of syrup Of the drink which. sup
pose, takes the place Of after dinner bonbOns
els your husband keeping his promise TO abstain
sOh. yes fsitASuIiv'' replied Mrs. Newliwed.
resist the temptation
Yes. but he tells me he's found substitute taTt
drink: and what do you suppose 1t is? Cloves
Philadelphia Press.
There Is some curiosity. according to THE Kan
sas City Journal TO how many English pleas
ants will be raised in Kansas this year. The aver
age number OF birds raised by each pair OF parent
birds is sixty. With two thousand in the state
this would mean about seven million birds In two
years The woods and fields would be Overrun
with them at this rate However, there are many
fees OF the BIRDS they killed every year in
great numbers. The seet storms are particularly
hard them. the water freezes on their long
plumage. and they unable either 10 ny or
run fast When in this condition they are easy
prey dogs and wolves Ono OF the Queerest haO-
fits the birds have Ia TO migrate in the late winter
thirty-hve miles. IL IS claimed that the birds al
ways migrate exactly thirty-dve miles and always
TO the south The young stay where they
are Matched. but make this move as soon as they
are large enough. Naturalists have never been
able 10 explain this. The only theory advanced Is
that the birds know II they stay where they were
hatched the country would soon be overstocked
with them.
Marks-say. old man. did l ever tell you about the
awful fright SGT on nS any sSSnd sSsSk that way
about his wife.-Boston Transcript.
'"The London Jewish Chronicle the most infiu-
entail of all the English publications OF its class.
has been acquired by L. J. Greenberg. a well known
barrister OF London. Mr.. Greenberg Is a prominent
leader in the Zionist movement. and II is believed
that The Chronicle will become thu organ of
English Zionsm
Insomnia" remarked the old bachelor bOarder.
'iS evidently contagious
How do you figure that outT' queried the med
teal student.
81 have noticed" explained the o. B. b.. that
when next door neighbours dog can't sleep
can't either.'-Chicago News.