New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In an article on the awful famine in China and
the meagre measures OF relief so far taken a cor
respondent OF The North China Daily News" de-
scribing the scenes at Tsinkianpu says: "The re-
lief afforded by the officials and others has been in
the form OF coin only. some 50 cash "a cash IS
worth less than q cent? day, and Wheslbarrows
OF copper 10-cent pIeoes continually pass through
the crowds. This has caused the city inhabitants
one 20 turn rice ana grain merchants. and
every alley Is lined with their stalls ard booths
containing baskets OF rice and corn OF various
qualities and prices Around these the refugees
cluster, hagglng ana bargaining ana watching
every grain that may be spilled over the lip OF the
bamboo measure with DUH wolhsh glare of the
eye such as only starvation brings. neither saw
heard OF any cases OF theft or looting." The
correspondent adds: ct will be impossible 20 save
more than 60 20 60 per cent"
First College Graduats-I hear you have fob.
Second College Graduate-oh, running errands
and cleaning inkwells and 50 forth
First rate; that Is until my smPIoysr had The
pretty tough TO have to associate with your social
interiors out Of business hours-"-Life.
An immense natural cave OF great beauty has
been discovered underlying three OF the principal
streets OF Constantine, Algeria. The interior Is OF
dazzling white stone formed by the forces OF nature
into all kinds OF fantastic and beautiful forms
There are three ponds. the water being lukewarm
and crowded with fish.
Drunk again. said a Scottish magistrate 10 the
prisoner before him. Five shiIlings or seven
Och. shure" said the prisoner, who was an Irish
81 have 9s fny i've b ba {ss nab list
gang 70 prison. II We hadna got drunk vi your our
hne"-T1t-Bits.
Ferdinand Bonn. the director OF the Berliner
Theatsr. who is known to the patrons OF the Ger
man theatre in New York, has been severely
criticised by the "Berliner Tageblatt' and has
brought suit against that paper for libel Fritz
all fIa orfl~ 10 v-,t~ Nba
actor-author and manager objects, IN writing about
the suit said that he welcomed Il ana hoped TO
say more before judge than he had written
Among the questions which he propounds IN justt-
fcation of his course the writer says: did you
not crowd 20 the foreground the actress. Frau
Maria Bonn. who may be loving wife. but who is
also impossible actress? Did you not impose
this lady upon in plays Of our great writers and
in parts which We consider almost sacred? Did
you not give this lady, who never will be an ac-
tress excessively high pay 70 the detriment Of
competent performers He also says that Bonn
when he was informed OF the dissatisfaction on the
part OF Georgine SObjeska. said: Let her hang
herself"
els Willie still paying attention TO Tilner'
IBID he tit her?'
NO; he married her."-Illustrated BIts
Lord Alverstone the Lord Chief Justice Of Eng
land who has salary OF $4,000 year. when at
the bar used invariably to get up between and
Parliament On occasion he wanted to talk
certain point in a brief with one Of his
juniors. He asked the young man 20 call IN the
morning. AT what time Sir RichaTd?" asked the
young barrister. cat half-past s. at my house"
was the reply. The young man arrived on the
stroke Of the moment. In order to do e. however.
he sat up all night!
Here. WiIlie' cried the boys father you
mustn't behave In that weyl Everybody will be
caing you a little gluttonl DO you know what
that is?" ,,,,,,,-
little bOy!"-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Rev. DIR. Kaufman KOhler president Of the
Hebrew Union College. has published a letter IN
which he justies the action Of that institution In
prohibiting its professors from teaching Zonism or
speaking In favor OF the movement In the college
He closes the long communication with these
words: THE time is rife with conflicts and az the
head of Jewish communities men required who
know how TO steer the ship OF religion free from
rocks and shadows. Here the teaching OF the Zion
LIST only do harm. 10 influences the infammable
soul OF youth and confuses their minds by constant
demonstrations both OF reform and OF Occidental
culture and by continuous prophecies Of evil such
as we have become. alas too familiar with % late
Moreover II chills the ardor OF American patriotism
in the future rabbi by placing the shield Of David
the national nag beside IL not above the starr
can Judaism. We want true Jews with deep re-
hgious conviction and sinsle-hearted American
citizens as leaders for American Jewry.''
THE trouble with that man Is that he takes
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne: ''hut you could
not expect him 20 dc otherwise without sacrificing
his self-eseeen1 Warrington Star.