New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

To commemorate the sixtieth year Of the reign OF
Francis Joseph the postal authorities OF Austria
will issue January n new set OF postage
stamps. eighteen in number and only these will be
sold by the government In the year 1908. Ihe
stamps were designed by Professor Koio Moser
and executed In steel plates by Z. Stirnbok- The
lower denominations bear the portraits of the SIX
rulers who preceded the venerable Emperor
namely Karl VI Maria Theresa. Josef III, Leopold
IT. Franz 1 and Ferdinand All the others show
Franz Josef at various times of his life. The
80 heller stamp has a portrait of the Emperor as
he appeared in 1S4S. when, youth ot eighteen
he ascended the throne; the 35-heller stamp shows
him as he in 1875 after thirty years of service.
The real jubilee stamp is the of 20-kronen In
value This carries the dates 1SiS-1sOs. and bears
strikingly lifel1e portrait of the Emperor as he
appears now
But. Willie" said the bad boys mother. didn't
your conscience tell you you were doing wrong to,a
me not to believe everything hear."-Phiadelphla
Press.
At ball in Bermuda a wonderful dress was
worn. and in the making of 1t over thirty thousand
stamps were used. Years spent in collecting
the stamps and three weeks in the making OF the
dress which was OF the finest muslin. The woman
called upon her friends 10 help her. and the dress
was covered with the stamps OF all nations. on
the front of the bodice an eagle made entirely
of brown Columbian stamps. Suspended from the
birds taons a globe made of old blue revenue
stamps On each side OF the globe was an Ameri-
can flag having stripes Of red and blue stamps On
the back of the bodice a collection OF foreign
stamps IN the form of a shield in the centre Of
which was a portrait cut from old revenue stamps
4 picture hat covered with red and blue stamps
was worn with this remarkable dress.
We are going TO put all the grafters In jail.
declared the prosecutor.
But why are you 50 slow?'
tic!paiion. would you?"~fhilad.elphia Ledger.
A command" 10 play before the King Is always
appreciated by actors but the honor OF taking g
company Windsor or SandrinGham is an ex-
pensive one says THE Dundee Advertiser" First
class railway tickets provided by his majesty s
secretary but everything has to be paid by the
manager These expenses include special scenery
to suit the mprovised stage, the carriage Of prop
critics and and the cab fares for the men-
bers OF the company. who always arrive in London
at an unearthy hour, when "grcwers'' are few and
far between. Sir John Hares recent appearance
before the King cost him about $4,000.
artist one must have Imagination TO draw.
Crttick-Yes notice that most so;caicd artists
in talking about themselves draw on their magind-
tions a great dcal-Catholic Standard and Times
somo London papers say that custom fixes $3.50
n day as the amount to be paid In tips by royal
visitors at Windsor Castle This amount is fire.
quently exceeded according 10 these newspaper
authorities. and ono of them states that Kaiser
Wilherns recent short stay with King Edward cost
him $40 900 in gratuties to servants.
Mormon N1aiden-You'u have 10 ask father. dear.
Mormon Suitor-Certainly darling. Can you fur-
nish me with his route for this month?-Puck.
| story of llghtninglke rapidity in shoemakns
is told by "A London paper. It appeared that while
the German Emperor was in England a London
shoe firm received order for pair of shoes for
the imperial feet. A messenger was dispatched
early in the morning with several pairs OF the high
est priced footGcar none of which suited Wilhelm.
An offer 10 make pair of shoes was accepted by
the KaIser's adjutant. and telephone message
to the factory In London two men were put 10
work. At l90 O'Clock In the afternoon the royal
boots were completed and shipped to the German
monarch. The shoes. which, report says. fitted per-
fectly were worn by his majesty the even
ing. The time consumed in making them was two
hours and thirty minutes.
Evidently a Turkish bath is a scheme to keep
perpctually dirty
Il judge from what you say that you've never
taken one
NO but I've Turk.'-Philadephla Press.