New-York tribune., 1907-06-28
THE TALK or THE Day.

This hot weather. with it's coudless skies" said
a suburbanite who has garden and likes 10
study plants ana birds. rs ell right for Coney
Island and the pleaguTe seekers But II IS hard for
tho birds. Many birds dependent upon worms
Gor their living, and worms mighty scarce In
such weather this. Robins brown threshers.
voerys. and others, too. eat grain. They eat
cf the smaller fruits sometimes but only as a
sort Of dessert, 10 top OF meal composed Of
yyorms. It is doubly hard tho birds now. be-
cause this,is tho time when they their young.
and many newly hatohed birds dying. Why. In
my garden. where robins often come. am
giving them bread crumbs. and although they
really dislike them they are eating them with
avidity"
Diplomatic Bachelor Cw,ho has forgG9tten whether
Da her taeth bother him much? hope lie gets
through It's second summer without getting sick
She looks IKE you, doesn't ho2 Every ono says Il
dOes.-Puck.
Tho worlds best timekeeper is said 20 be the
electric clock in tho basement Of the Berlin OBJ
servatory which installed by Professor Forster
IN 1865. 1t IS inclosed in air-tght glass cyln-
der and has frequently run for periods Of two or
three months with an average daily deviation OF
only fifteen -thousandths OF a second.
Jones is the most prominent member of our
S''4 WY SiyD' he can't play golf
'No, but he always phys his dues"-Ceveland
Lender.
Lord Alverstone's fondness FOR donning the sur
pIce 20 act as n choTister In the Church Of St
Mary Abbots Kensington. TO which attention was
recently drawn. suggests to The London Globe"
striking historical parallel across the centuries
70 the days OF Henry VIIL when another great
English lawyer also changed the ermine for the
surplice and ministered at the altar. Sir Thomas
More when Lord Chancellor. fond OF serving
when he could get away from publicity 10
his parish church. Two noblemen of the
court who once saw him so occupied suggested
1T agTlaa
Piled More. tho king. your master and mine,
cnnnot be dishonored by my serving God. his
master and mine"
Y hope hen reform when you are married"
Why he spends every cent he earns,'
II know IT, but no spends It on me."-IIouston
Post
Keeping scrap albums and autograph books has
long been popular with royalty. Tho German
Emperor has In his possession a uniqL- scrap
album which contains large number OF carica-
lures drawn by the Czarina- King Edward has Il
large collection OF drawings executed by his broth
and sisters when they were children. and the
Princess OF Wales has a scrap album in which all
sorts Of cuttings from the society papers relating
to herself and her royal relatives preserved.
The title of this book Is suggestive her royal
highness has labelled It; Words Never Spoke:
Things We Never DID"
Pop. what's pesslmlst?"
"a pessimst, my son. Is a man who is very
gloomy the way that the public are going to
suffer II he is obliged to give up any portion TO
them of his monopoly Of prosperity "-Baltimore
American.
II is remarkable that although scores OF bal
looms have been driven out sea cases in which
this misadyeuture has ended fatally are few ac-
cording to THE Dundee Advertiser" More than a
century ago, when Major Money made an ascent
from Norwich. he compelled to descend I'm the
sea- where he remained for seven hours until his
plight seen. and he rescued by tho crew
of revenue cutter. Some years later, in 1872
James Sadler narrowly escaped drowning IN an at
tempt 10 cross the irish Channel His balloon
dropped into the water some miles off Liverpool
and he the point OF succumbing when res
cue came in the form of fishing boat. In a SINH
lar attempt "a Mr.. Crosbie saved when almost
in extremis many miles from the English coast;
Lunardi in 1856 nearly lost his life In the sea- and
In the same year two aeronauts in an attempt to
cross the English Channel had also a narrow
escape
you. 90 ~
she1Then let's 30 out for a ride In a Broadway
ear.-Life