New-York tribune., 1907-12-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY

According 10 The Shipping World" OF LONDON
the new high speed turbine topedo boat Destroyer
Mohawk which recently had several tilaA sPe0
tests under forced draft in the North sea- - one
OF the fastest war vessels in the woI4d' "'t9 @''
the official figures concerning her speed tests nave
not been made public it has been learned that shc
maintained for six hour speed or ~41s knots ana
later warmed up to quarter or Knot peter on
six consecutive tests over mile course Inc Mo
hawk which Is propelled by five turbines-three
ahead and two astern-wa: built by j. D Nhlte y
90 of East Cowes. under license from the FaE-
sons Marine Steam Turbine Company Her tuF-
hines represent fi000 indicated horsepower 'Ae
steam of which is generated by SIX water t"o0
boilers fired by liquid fuel of which she can carry
seventy-three tons sh is 20 feet long; mas i
beam Of 95 feet a draft OF feet and a alsp!ace-
meut of 765 tons.
BESSIE what are you handling all that candy
''"Because mamma YOU told l must eat only
the pieces | had touched with my hnSeFs- Lie.
MOST of the socaIled absent-Tnindedness'' said
Columbia professor to his class not long is
due 10 the fact that when the mind gets 10 run
ming along a certain channel II Is difficult for II 10
turn aside TO take in something that is outside the
course along which it is travelling. The other
night for instance. my wife and I planning
TO go the theatre. When I came downstairs
about 7G0 o'clock the tie that had did not meet
with my wifes approval. and she asked me TO go
upstairs and change it. l went, while she waited
w.
~ thinking that something must have happened
she went upstairs To- my room. What do you sup
pose she found? Simply that when had started
to take off my tie my mind had been set in a GER
tain train which It followed and there was with
my pajamas on, just climbing into bed
Mamna-Your oyercoat will never fit you this
Bobby-I know it won't. mamma. but my skates
Will; so don't let's worry.-Puck.
A number of old graduates OF German universi-
ties who in their student days were corps mem-
bers have made protest in the 'BUrschensChait-
uche BIattcr." against the continuance of the beer
drinking requirements which have always been es-
sential good standing in the corps. The old
times they say. when the fuchs, or freshman.
could not advance unless he served his time as
bierjuugc' and when the man who could drink
the most was the best man. should be considered
past and gone. Let the Incorporate drinking and
the senseles customs be banished In fine. man $
eligibility corps houOrs should not be leopard
lied by his abstinence from unreasonable indul-
gence in beer" What next?' asks "De Neue
Zelt." The play of Hamlet with the part of the
melancholy Dane left out is often referred to as
u sample the absolutely impossible. but the
classic phrase becomes less powerful in effect
when compared with German corps student
without beer"
sayinrs M The hest tee teacher % VINO III
Yes answered the racetrack philosopher. but
Ii usually leaves man broke so that he can't
play his information -"-Washington Star.
Under the head. "a Triumph of Vanity" this
story is told in Il recent number of "Gil Bias: a
Frenchnlan, just back from China. says that the
imperial edict against opium is a great blow to
the thousands who slaves TO the habit. and
all sorts OF subterfuges resorted TO by people
who think they cannot exist without it. The law
provides that people over siX0 years old are ex-
empt from the new regulations, and consequently
the number of patriarchs has increased wonder
fully. Sturdy of forty and fifty have declared
themselves .'od." and where nature has made the
deceit too evident paint cosmetics and other arti-
fetal means have been employed to cheat the eye.
The government not slow to discover these
frauds and severe punishment has been inflicted
many offenders. Strange to say. although women
are as much addicted to the opium habit as men,
not a single has been discovered where a
woman made herself older in order to be allowed
to opium
Jack-I hear you are engaged to that homely
| Miss GotroX.
Tom-Yes: she has half a million in her own
right
Jack-But money doesn't always lead to happi-
| ness. old
Tom-True. but it ought to heip some in the
search,-ChcaGo News.