New-York tribune., 1907-11-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The servant problem in England does not appear
to be any nearer solution. The British housewife
lost and the Australian mistress gained sixty Eng
lish Scotch and Irish girls when tho steamship
Mltades sailed from Tilbury recently with It's first
contingent of servants for New South Wales, under
the government aided emigration scheme. One of
the conditions was that the girls must be actually
engaged in domestic service, and the passage money
asked for the sixteen thousand mile journey was
$l5. As a guarantee Of good faith deposit of $40
with the government has been made by each girl
on their arrival IN Sydney. little before Christ
mas. they will be met by a representative of the
government. and most of them will at once go into
places already found for them.
stranger-What sort of man is your neighbor
Native~oh. he's all right, but he has a tele-
scopic imagination.
Native-Yes lie can't even tel the truth without
getting II at least two sizes larger than IT is
"once every year. st. Hubert's Day. one may
see hundreds of dogs I'm the Cathedral of Notre
that day the owners Of hunting dogs take the ami
mails to church with them. and for short time
the sacred edfce becomes dog show place" says
a writer in a Berlin paper. To heighten the effect
all the worshippers attend in hunting costume and
the bugle plays an important part in the musical
service. When the last celebration took place. on
November 3. stranger in the city, who stay
ing at OF tho large hotels the place
Strolled toward the cathedral and took with him
a pet spaniel. Every dog has his day. he said,
land this Is it, At the church entrance two
pointers growed at the little dog, and did It so
hercely that the little fellow turned and ran. lie
was coaxed back. but was again driven away by
another large dog. "The owner took the hint"
says the writer. land returned to tho hotel with
his little pet convinced that the big dogs looked
upon the spaniel intruder that he had no
part in tho ST. Hubert's mass. and that the day
was not every dogs"
Mr. Green-That young snodgrass seems like one
His Only Daughter-How so. papa?
Mr.. Green-Why. he looks frightened when your
mothers anywhere near-llustrated Bits.
The work OF rebuilding the palace of the King of
the Belgians I'm front OF the park In Brussels has
been suddenly interrupted by the action OF the
Municipal Council. ii having been discovered that
the front OF the new building has been advanced
without authority to the extent of eight yards on
ground which is the property Of the city. The
King and the Belgian government having declared
that the architect. NJ. Maque is alone responsible.
a judgment In the Court of Justice has been OBJ
tanned against him. and he has been ordered TO set
the building back within the next month. NJ
Lenonnier one OF the sheriffs of Brussels says
that IL the King and his architect do not obey the
Judgment of the court the city will send body OF
worl1rnen TO remove. stone by stone, the part of
the building that has been erected beyond the limit
of the ground purchased by his majesty.
Remember. my boy. there's plenty of room at
the top"
at the bottom, where it's fearfuy croWded2'-
Louisville CouriAr-JournA