New-York tribune., 1907-12-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The highest priced sandals that have ever oeeh
made n Is believed have just been completed oE
a Ivnn shoe firm for the use or a Boston nas
Lodge In ritualistic work The sandalS are 'd4
at 81 500 and marvels IN the ART ol SaI S"0'
jnr In shape they are like. the ordinary samoa
ht they are made entirely OF gold leaf thousahuS
of pieces of the leaf going in the making ooii
leaf was used to make them as piable as possipe.
The buckles are of solid gold The sandals "eish
a little less than three ounces each-
The husband of the pretty actress had shot at
her P1, see here exclaimed the agent with some
npatlence Sng 90 Close Those blank cartridges
sropcb a man at six feet."-Philadelphia Ledger.
IN an article on smoking in France a Paris cor
-ssnordent of The Pail Mall Gazette says
.oddI, enough smoking is on the decrease III
France among men. At least ~ per cent Oh soo'l9
,,r :, the higher and professional classes 90 not
smoke II is a common experience 10 oe H1N4'7u
tn a house where, after dinner. neither cisSi7 NO
cigarettes are produced; the men inliedla'Iy -.
the ladies In the salon. This. again laiieS' =
something of a pose: 1t IS new manifestation Oh
what we call .snobbisne. but II is none the less
curious
Jimmie said the merchant soiemnly at ,thE sHs
eleventh hour I'VE have forgotten to get ireSi
SuPy APd the ofce boy his excitement responded in
eon,e with 81 Sn1scr headed idIots!'-TitBits
.,-ono,, ,s,ers saw that tie midnight mass on
christmas Eve will take place this year IN 'he
greater part OF the Paris churches. Last se@l 'N'
midnight mass was forbidden by the siciloiLoI .'
on account of possible disturbances III e0H
with the enforcement of the law OF the ASSOCIATION
,,,II -, however the cures of Paris have re-
c.,ved ne-uIss!on to celebrate II they cohsluei II
desirable TO do so. and there Is much satsIacuoI
among French Roman Catholics at the prospect oA
a renewal OF this ancient ceremony
It is officially stated that If the stream OF eisa-
,ion 10 Canada In the present month MAINTAINS
,hn averars for the previous eleven months the
number of emigrants for the year VIII reacn aoouI
oso coo as compared with 215ooo last year For the
nine months ended in September the record was
o3s O.o an increase OF $4,000 as compared Win the
corrAsnopdnr nine months last year The financial
stringency in the United States has caused a rush
~, American farmers into the Dominion Intend
ing settlers frcm England arc now being advised
not TO cross the Atlantic this winter. but to sail
early I'm the spring. when the labor market VIII De
active and prospects brighter
Did she make you feel at home when you called
on her husband?
''She certainly did!
You had a nice time. eh?''
..0b l didn't say that my dear. ar.'-Houston Post.
when the Russian agitators Tchaykoysky and
AIadyin were in New York last spring they occu-
pied two rooms in house In Fifth avenue near
Washington Square young man OF pronounced
Russian physiognomy. but who spoke Engnsh
fuentIy received the visitors and ushered them
into the oldfashioned smoke scented front room
Persons who expected TO find anarchists OF the
East Side type were disappointed when they were
greeted by the courtly Tchaykoysky. who speaks
English huentIy, by his younger companion.
whose English less good To newspaper
men the older man came 10 the point of his mis-
sion" at once. II want TO urge the people OF this
country realize he SAID, that to buy Russian
securities Is poor investment. Russia borrows.
but will not, cannot. pay. Americans are men of
business, and when this point is made clear to
them they will give money to Russia. and my
object will have been attained" He was modest
and reticent to his part in the revolutionary
movement, but grew eloquent when he spoke Of
the awakening of Russia TO the fact that just
cause cannot be killed by hanging or banishing Its
champions" To a visitor who had spent hour
with him he said while escorting him TO the door:
Remember. are not Jews The percentage OF
Jewish revoluionsts is small. and wish IL
known that the government is anxious TO have the
world believe that the Jews the disturbing ele-
ment. In that way Russia hopes that it will
become known that the Russians themselves want
a change
The Long g-haired One-You know, a poet Is a
prophet.
The Sordd One-Not to his publishers-BaIti-
American.