New-York tribune., 1907-03-23
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Tho craze for card playing dwelt upon by
the Rev. DR.. Joseph Silvernan IN a recent lecture
before tho women Of his congregation. In the
course OF his remarks he said: Truly It is a sad
commentary on the times that many women de-
vote their days and nights to gambllng-a form Of
pastlme TO which. had thought. Il was bad
enough for some 70 have become addicted.
When women stoop TO wager money at the card
table and forget, IN the excitement OF the play.
their homes. their dear ones. their ideals their
womanhood. their religion. their duties to God to
their famly-then surely 10 the eleventh hour OF
spiritual degeneration"
Tier .IIssTos e senothsr Hattlsship talked Of
Ten million dOlRrs."-PUck.
In British penitentaries the prisoners are not
allowed to have looking glasses see their
faces In polished metal surfaces. Jabez Spencer
Balfour in his newly published MY Prison Life
tells how IN 1904 nine years after he had last seon
his features. he caught a sight Of himself In
looking glass In the library at Parkhurst Prison.
He says: Il started back. for did not know my
own face It was one OF the most amazing and
past recognition"
TRS RSRT police ssaT% q Gotham the stand
spokesman OF the graft committee.
49,, And out q this you $4,000 after living at
That's about it"
Wen. there's a Dago has a stand on my corner
delphia Ledger.
The late Thomas Bailey Aldr4ch like many an
other we'll known writer. had numerous stories to
tell OF his experiences with autograph '.fends''
He was always ready TO grant a request for his
sign manual when he believed that IT came from
an honest Gdmirer who desired II as a personal
token or for his or her-preferaby her-private
collection. II was the professional autograph
hunter. who sought specimen of his handwriting
for commercial purposes setting pitfalls FOR the
unwary author, whom he tried, not always suc
cessfully. to avoid. On occasion Mr. AIdriob
related not long ago. he received a pathetic letter
in wOman's hand. telling OF the death OF a little
daughter and asking the poet II he would send
in his own handwriting a verse or two fror,
'Babie Belr' TO help assuage the grief OF tha o.
hicted household His sympathies were touched
and he wrote out the whole poem and sent Il on
it's comforting mission. A few weeks later he saw
in an autograph dealers shop the Identical MANN
script. displayed for sale at a good round price.
The friend friend In need is generally friend too
Cling to your appendix with both hands. savs
the Clerk OF the Day in THE Boston Transcrfnt
The Rev. Samuel Van VranlSen Holmes who
preached at Harvard last Sunday has furnished the
clerk with documentary evidence regarding tbs in
estmable value Of appendices In Buffalo where ha
ministers to large and influential church he bo.
lately been involved in little unpIeasantness 1rtI
the Torreyites. 1t chanced that his course oF a5
dresses on the modern view OF Scripture svncbro-
nized with the TOrrey meetings and drew dow
upon him the rebul1e Of that mighty evangelist.
whereupon his malls grew heavy with letters ~
protest One OF those epistles ran something like
this: Sir l understand now why you have beeD
led astray by the higher critics It is less than a
year. am told. since you underwent the ODara
tion for appendicitis. and any physician VIII in
form you that when the vermiform apDendix
out the patient suffers the total loss of b,
moral nature. This explains your case pretty
clearly"
stubb-Queer name for a racehorsa
Penn-WhRt Is II?
Stubb-Woman's Age.
Penn-Oh. guess II bears that name becaus. %
is always doubtfu.-Chicago News "
IN the country town OF Echirolles near CrenobIa
In France. there has just been brought TO light the
OF fireman who systematically set buiIdipea
f-e to display his zeal in extinguishing
them. He was the bugler whose duty Il was 20
summon the brigade. and series of thirty fires In
less than two years in small district, coupled
with the fact that he had in every case been first
TO discover the outbreak. at last led to his arrest
and trial. but absence OF proof secured his release
Unwarned by this escape. he at last caught
ninging lighted matches into granary and he has
Just been sentenced 70 hard labor for life.
Stage Manager-Why didn't you go on when YOU
got your cue. Come forth?
Super-Oi waittn' for the other three 20 10
on first sure. an how could I CONS forth u w!nt
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