New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

WiIhclmie the last Of the seebach family. cell
ebrated her seventy Fifth birthday at Frederick
roda last week She is tho niece OF the celebrated
Frieb- Bumer and the sister of the great Marie See
bach. In speaking of the birthday celebration a
writer in a Berlin paper says: Her whole life
was devoted 20 her art At first she was q singer
but later laurels the dramatic stage. As
a member OF the Meinngen company she became
great favorite at court and with the people play
ing with Emil Devrient and Sonneuthal. When
she retired from tho stage she made Konigsberg
her home, and devoted all her time the service
Of her Iolized sister. Marie. whose charitable work
she has continued. living in the severest simplicity
In order to devote much possible to the in
sututlons which her sister founded"
Don't you think" asked Mrs OldcastIe. that
Miss Witherspoon has a patrIcian face?"
necksce over the back Of chair. n do6t t sSiUE
she has. She claims, at least that her folks We're
blood In her veins Chicago Record-Hera
In the Connecticut Assembly the other day they
discussing womans suffrage. Bills calling for II
had been favoraby reported out of committee and
the discussion waxed warm. Every now and then
a member looked up in the gallery, saw his wife
with her eye fixed upon him and remembered an
engagement that kept him away until after the
vote. one Assemblyman at last with a look
that made 1t plain that he had something to saw
Mr. Speaker" he said. Mr. Speaker and gentle
men. l going to vote on this bill lust as NV
wife tells me TO. and. gentlemen, 1 am going tn
vote against IT." There a roar OF laughter and
i've minutes later the bill defeated
1t is a very peculiar summer"
Yes answered the man l,1 whose mind is always
when the beef trust was putting up prices instead
If a bullet to DO fired by a marksman is coated
with fine paste Of gunpowder and gum says
The Dundee Advertiser" and then with thin
covering OF some friction powder the latter as the
bullet pasIes out of the gun barrel will ignite and
In turn set fire to the gunpowder paste. Tho bull
let will then leave long stream Of smoke behind
it, indicating tho exact course IL has taken and
enabling the marksman II necessary to corrsct
his aim for his next shot.
7 can't understand Mabel"
she's always trying to get things 20 match her
compIeNon;"
What OF it?"
Haven't you ever noticed her complexion7"-
Milwaukee Sentinel
fund is being raised at MabIethorps Lincoln
shire England to repair the belfry and bells Of
the old parish church. In all there are five bells
pitched In the key Of r. No. treble bell is I'M
dated No. bell bears the date OF 1924 the third
bell. dated l724 Is badly cracked; the fourth hell
is also dated 1924. while tho tenor bell which
weighs 100 pounds, needs bands TO prevent fur
Their cracking. The present belfry door was erect
ed in 1714. For some time 1t has been considered
dangerous to ring the bells
UP TO JUNE
All through March the cold blasts blew
April's winds were frosty. too.
May chilly through and through:
Gentle June, it's up to you
Cleveland Plain Dealer
municipalities do not rule care to honor
modern writer's" says correspondent In a BrasIau
paper. The higher authorities would not allow
the town of Johannesburg to a street for
Gerhart Hauptmann is 1902, and now there is op-
position TO Ibsens name for new street in Berlin
Ibsen did not write The Weaver but he did give
to the world some other books which. according TO
the ministerial taste may not be absolutely pure.
Many citizens think however. that Berlin and not
the author would be honored If the street re-
ceived the name Ibsen. The little quiet street in
Vienna which bears the name of Raimund may
some day be worthy of the name OF the great
dramatist. At present IL is without pavement I'M
passabie for dirt in wet weather and dusty beyond
endurance in the dry season. Only the melancholy
stiffness which pervades the little street tusthes
the name Raimund.''
We'll" demanded the stern visaged woman at
the back door, what do you want?
Why replied the tramp II seen you adyer-
tised table board in dis mornn's paper
''WeIl7'
Well fought mebbe yer wuz givin' out some
samples.-The Catholic Standard and Tines