New-York tribune., 1907-10-18
THE TALK or THE DAY.

In speaking of the death at Mainz of Gottlieb
Chaser. the old prompter OF the Stadttheater OF
that city. a Boston paper says: He modest
in HIS work and ,did IT without show or buster.
As he lived. he passed away and a short para
graph was all that tho press bestowed upon him.
This one story should be rcmcmbcred One evening
the house crowded In honor OF popular tenor.
At the time when he should have done his best
the tenors voice suddenly failed him. He looked
helplcssly toward the top OF the house. the mem
bcrs OF the orchestra became nervous and the
dience shared In the discomfort. But help came
not from above. hut-from the prompters box He
realized the situation and began where the tenor
had left of and for the first and only time sang
operate solo Tho audience applauded wildly.
tho bowed and the leader Of the orches-
ira banged his applause with his baton the
prompter's box and shouted: Bravo. Gaser''
Is M s6 n@op
satisfaction in being rich. h.'-Washington star
As the 3ooth anniversary Of the birth Of John
Harvard comes In November. plans being made
to celebrate the occasion by simple demon
stration at Harvard. a committee. consisting OF
the officers Of the Harvard Memorial Society the
officers Of the four undergraduate classes and "A
few other undergraduates formed last spring
TO formulate plans 10: the celebration At a
meeting OF this committee last night the prelim-
mary arrangements made The feature OF
the celebration will be a torchlight procession OF
ali the students in the university from the college
yard TO Soldiers Field with bonfire and nfor-
NAL speaking in the Stadium Probably some man
OF national reputation will make address either
in the Stadium Sanderss Theatre. IL is felt
that some serious notice should be taken of the
anniversary. Plans for a pageant a large scale.
which tho first intention of the celebration
committee. were given up.
To found this art on Thespis fell
The Jokes that Thespis used to tell
Louisville Courier-Journal
,,ooi, JVoolS u
and the city has made great preparations to give
its royal welcome. on every train that
ters tho city there are dozens OF those who used
to call the Monumental City home. But perhaps
the indication of the spirit in which BaIti.
more will greet tho ''homecomcrs" is the fact that
despite the crowdlng of hotels and boarding houses
and the consequently great demand for quarters.
hotel and boarding house keepers have decided not
raise their prices. Room and board may be
had in Baltimore this week cheaply ever.
This may to the average person slight
show of hospitality" said Chicago man the other
day, but in this age of commercialism II amounts
TO far more than appears on the surface. and
doubt if such AN agreement between hotel and
boarding house keepers would be made in any
other city under similar circumstances
snc Sessd wse the hes Snd ac the differ
oPhsr are the kind tell; black lies are Pe'd the
kind we hear."-London Opinion.
A group of sightseers off the beaten track were
stopped in front of stand covered with pots OF
pickles. strings of sausages and pans and plates
full of queer looking things A blind man with
normal olfactory organs would have known that
he German delicatessen shop. One of
the party took from the stand a little black loaf
and asked the woman in charge what 1t
''Bumpernickel.' she answered
The turned TO his companions and said:
you know why bumpernickel2 Yes? No? Well.
/ tell you. When Jerome-not your Jerome. but
Jerome Bonaparte-came to my home in West
phaiia king he had fine riding horse called
Nickel Well. day he takes a ride and comes
to farmhouse and asks for something TO eat The
farmer. he gives the gentleman wine and cheese
and bread. The King, he eats the cheese and
drinks the wine and the bread he kicks with his
foot and says: Bah! bon pour Nickel When
the farmer hears who his guest he tells his
friends what he calls the bread and every
calls it bon pour Nickel. Pretty it gets
bumpernickel. and then pumpernckel. See that's
watts the name ISIS it,
Mr., Microbe-Horribe catastrophe Ten million
lives lost
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures gracious Mike! What
happened?
Mr.. Mcrobe-The First National Bank. without
a word of warning. sterilized a dollar bil!-Puck