New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
THE TALK OF THE DAT.

According TO the annual report OF Lloyd's Reg
lister" the steam turbine method of propulsion in
merchant vessels has passed far beyond the ex-
perimental stage. and there has been cassed al
ready with the society total tonnage OF turbine
steamers Of sS S65. Apart from this under the in
specton Of the soCiety's surveyors. are ten tur-
bipe vessels 10 course OF construction. with tot
tonnage Of $40 This figure includes I'VE vessels
of over looo0 tons each. one of which is the Gu
harder Mauretania. although she is now in the
actual service Of the Cunard Line The others are
two 1850 ton steamers being built at Nagasaki
and the Helopos and the cairo. Of II 800 tons
each. under construction for the Marseiles- Alex
andrta service Of the Egyptian Mail Steamship
Company There are now twenty-five turbine
steamers IN actual service classed I'm IIoyd's Reg
ister' that were built since 1903
That's a bum horse you sold me last week.
hurted the angry customer
er Tubing Ba' his R hands ''s'''' the 'Fai'S deal
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News.
DR.. Wynter Blyth. the medical officer OF health
for Marylebone. London. has worked novel
plan Of housing reform. He believes that by abol-
ishing the dinner hour woTkmen can spend more
time going TO and coming from work. and can
therefore live in the suburbs Dr. Blyth is not
satisfied with the conditions in which the poorer
part OF the population live. His ideal is a Lon
don more concentrated. and yet more diffused-
a central workshop surrounded by cottage homes,
linked up by the necessary railway lines. Il think
II would be better for every one II the working
began work later than they do and took out
less time for meals in the day he said En-
ployers tell they keep their machinery run
ming from a m, often at a loss for the first
few hours. There is. first OF all. an interval for
breakfast. and then an hour for dinner I sug-
gest that 1t would be better for both employers
and employed II the men had good. solid break
fast before leaving home. started work later. had
LIGHT lunC Chaop af YnfTd and
in the evening
rrgE Town Visitor @ 60 small applicant for holiday
Small Applicant-'E's me father
S. A.-oR?! 'Es s mes me stepfather.
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s. A with dawning light Of comprehension)-
ad 'iml"-Punch.
Consul General Richard Guenther, of Frankfort
reports that the reckless pace at which autono-
biles and motor bicycles are run In Germany and
the injuries resulting therefrom the health COM
fort and property OF people using the highways
living alongside Of them has produced an un-
friendly feeling toward these vehicles The con-
sui general says: ITO this feeling may be attrib-
uted in part the lessened demand for automobiles
The Farmers Association of the province of Mas
in the Frankfort consular district. at their
general meeting last month adopted a resolution
20 request the convention OF the United Farmers
Association of Germany to move in favor OF leg
islative action to restrict the running OF these
vehicles. The running OF on highways used
for public traffic is also sought to be prohibited
No doubt similar action will be taken by many
other associations. The medical fraternity NAV
join the protestants, because II is we'll known that
the clouds of dust raised by the fast running au-
tomobes great enemies to the lungs of the
people and prolific generators of consumption and
other diseases. The automobile omnibus line he
tween Wiesbaden and Schlangenbad. in this consul
lar district which started under great expecta-
tons. has been discontinued because II did not
pay r"
line robbed by tramps.
Judson-How do you make that out?
Neighbor-Didn't you say they took evervtbinS
but the towels?-Illustrated Bits