New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

An advertiser in the Hanover Courier says: II
am looking for a helpmate-a wife am well edu-
Gated and well to do. Ny ideal is the countess
Rixa in KeIpes novel. 'Mutterschaft and woman
like her I would take as my wife. Women who
believe that they resemble this character are re-
auested to address, etc, etc The editorial COM
,nent on the unique advertisement shows that there
;s some doubt on the part of the paper as 10
whether the ''Mutterschaft'' enthusiast wishes to
marry a woman of the Rixa stamp or to Increase
the sale of the book
The Novelist-Did opportunity ever knock upon
The Poet-H IT did, it must have been disguised
as wo1f.-Philadeiphia inquirer
.Dar f;.sundheitsingeniur' has an Interesting
account of the use OF ozone in places of a1nuse-
nent based on experiments made at the foyai
Interimstheater I'm Stuttgart To open WINDOWS
and doors SAYS the writer 'in order TO Improve
the air OF a room lowers the temperature ~hich
must be raised again II the people would be COM
Portable This practice is also q menace 10 good
health and productive OF much harm. At the
Stuttgart theatre. after performance "heh 'he
air heavy. ozone was conducted III sila''
tubes into every part OF the auditorium. and IN
few minutes the air was pure. The reunarkdoie
fact about the ozone apparatus is that IL can oe
run for about > 70 10 pfennies an hour
Mrs Naggs tresdingI-In some parts ot Africa
the more wives man has the greater his social
importance. ,.-.
Naegs-Well ! suppose the people there admire
a brave man.-Chicago News
Referring to the death OF King Oscar. DR.. VIII
helm K6hIer tells this anecdote in a Mannheim
paper: About ffty years ago Oscar then prince
boarded passenger steamer at Marseles for a
North African port Shortly after starting the
captain said the young man:
.Did / see you at Marse'Ilcs yesterday in mi
form7'
quite likely
And may ask what the uniform was?"
THAT OF admiral
Ara
rank"
81 owe I. more TO my name" he answered. sml-
ing. than TO my nautical knowledge"
And the name. If may ask
''Bernadotte.
..posstbIv n knsman Of the great marshal
"He was my grandfather. later King of Sweden.
and am Prince Oscar OF Sweden. the King 3
brother
The captain made a respectful bow and asked
the young prince il he knew that he mad relatives
In Marsees
Yes said Oscar. ''but l have never had time
to look them up
There Is one on board. May | present him.
DO by all means
The captain went to the speaking tupe ana
called. "Bernadotte!
Presently a came deck. naked to tho
waist covered with CRIME and SCOT He stood at
attention. awaiting orders. when the captain said
Your royal highness. have the honor TO present
your cousin"
Aunt-Yes. Johnny. Santa Claus brought you d
baby brother. -. -.
Johnnv-t;rcat Scot, Another present that amt
any usei-Tit- Bits
Ths old fla shioned practice mentioned In the
Druce case that the NTH Duke of Portland had his
carriage strapped to n railway truck whenever
he took to the railroad. and that he sat In the
carriage In preference TO ordinary compart-
ment sounds strangely TO the modern ear. says
THE Dundee Advertiser" 1t was common prac-
tice with moneyed people of conservative habits
in tho early days of the railway, and the com
panies made adequate provision accordingly.
supply of trucks kept at all the principal sta
tions on the line, and charge made for
embarking or landing the carriages or horses.
Call a messenger boy quick" cried the business
man.
sir" said the model office boy paling percepti-
bI, and visibly engaged in mental struggle, Il
cannot It, for have never yet spoken an un-
truth. Philadelphia Press.