New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
THE TALK or THE DAY,

All the cold weather Of the month that has heen
r,asqueradink as June has brought ioy 70 AZ least
one class Conev Island Is dismal; baseball treas
uries are empty. straw hats are drug on the
market. tho language the tailors who max"
spring suits IS uuprntable but there Is Ioy in the
theatre box or7ces every night when receipts are
counted up cool weather means comfortable tnea-
tres: f. means too that people don't go ont Of
town and n tAov stay here thoy must have some
,hi,- IN do Usually there is staGnant period IN
carly summer. New Workers won't go ~ the inca
,ro because 81 is hot. and the visitors VINO IKE
tho town as a summer resort haven art'Nf' SS'
This wear all that Is forgotten. The plays 'nat
Won success in the either doing well on
tho road or arc stiu making money here. and AZ
least ono play Is coming hack. 40 June has some
friends left.
Benevolent Old Man am sorry. Johnny to see
'J1 pro1isine Youth-You GO home and be sorry for
your own little hoy-h''S got tVo'-Ilustrat'd bis
Eugene Wolf. of Munich. has devised what h"
believes 20 be prescription which will prevent sea
sickness he SAYS that a bandage made by folding
towel. large handkerchief or ANYTHING similar.
dipped into hot salt sweet water and wrapped
tightly around tho head few times restores the
proper circulation Of the blood relieves the ahdo-
men from pressure and checks the cerebral anFmta.
The patient should lie fiat on his back
There's not an unoccuped square foot IN this
car asserted the rush hour f 2sssenseT b,.
friend trying in vain TO move Cleveland Leader
There is point on the coast Of France where
not only the men. but the and donkeys.
too wear trousers A. lie de Re the peasant
women work in the salt and the oyster beds, catch
shrurps and take their turn in the fields. They
don't draggla around in petticoats. however. but
wear bassy kneebrceches. loose waists and light
colored sun bonnets The sabots Of the winter
have been put aside. and the feet left bare.
although the legs OF old stockings are often drawn
up far the knee as protection from the
heat and insects. II is indeed a country of
trousers Nor does il stop with human beings.
for many Of the donleys as we'll wear long striped
red and white or blue and white coverings their
legs which look very much like the remnants Of
Uncle Sans wardrobe. These are put on the
stubborn little animals 10 keep of the flies and
mosquitoes
First Traup-After all. IT pays 70 be polite.
second Tramp-Not alwayst The other day
was actin deaf and r dumb ,o when a man gave me
me e'alrHs arrested-Tt- Bits Sam ~
The portrait pipe Is fad with certain wealthy
young men. says a London paper. One Of the
most beautiful is owned by we'll known peer.
who was married 10 American beauty a few
years ago He wished 10 have pipe made bear
ing the likeness of his wife and left photo
graphs and statuette of her with the carver. a
month later he received the pipe and bill for
$500 A number of pieces of meerschaum had been
tried only to prove defective. and tho last piece
which measured eight inches high seven inches
broad and twelve inches deep reduced to a
pipe three inches high and ga inches its widest
part. When completed the pipe had passed through
.the hands of twenty seven workmen.
She repeats stories about her women friends
Not often: she usually starts them."-rIouston
Post.
Lieutenant General Arthur Macarthur. u. s. A.
who was a military observer with the 'Japs' dur
ing the war with Russia told this story at a din
ner in Milwaukee: IAN amusing incident connected
with my association with the Japanese army was
while with the in which all the foreign officers
participated. On one occasion after We had all
down, the Chinese cook brought bottle of what
purported TO be by the label Cross & Backwelrs
tomato catsup. Somehow the bottle looked strange
for such label. When II opened the cork
disclosed the secrct-it bore the mark Milwaukee
beer I assure you that there comfort and
satisfaction in addition to the laughter"
Like something to read?" inquired the polite
clerk at the news counter ,,.,
'Id like to get magazine in which G. Bernard
shaw doesn't have something to say about him
self Milwaukee Sentinel.
In letter TO THE Philadelphia Ledger" Rear
Admiral George w. Melville. u. s. N (retired)
calls attention the decay of the statue of Wash
ineton at the portals of Independence Hall Slowly
hut surely rain and snow heat and cold have
sapped the life of tho marble which, forty years
ago was fashioned by Joseph Bailly into likeness
of Washington. THE Ledger quotes a sculptor as
saying that one severe winter will ruin the
statue II repairs are not speedily made
What is your idea OF perfect husnand7" asked
"a perfect husband" answered Miss CAYENNE "is
who Will submit to any amount OF reproof be-
baseball game to the finish and never once aude
to the similar delays occasioped by his wife's devo
ton Star.