New-York tribune., 1908-08-20
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

Dr Chaufrard recently brought before the Paris
Academy of Medicine the tendency to mallgn the
oyster. The oyster, in the doctors opinion IS
perfect food excellent for both children and IN
va,tds generally He protests against the superst-
ton OF only eating oysters in months in which the
letter ''r'' appears Commenting on the SUBJECT
''The London Globe says that Dr. Chaunard had
his prototype in Whitstabe in the middle OF the
last century in DIR. Williams. local practitioner
whose principal prescription oysters and stout
The doctor was looked upon success, ana was
very popular His portrait in oil presiding at the
punch bowl adorns the dining room Of the Bear ana
Key, an ancient Whtstable hostel
Bobbie-That Mrs Castleton said something nice
Mrs. Won Bluner Cpurrng)-What was it Bobbie?
"She said you didn't show your age-ihre.
A young Scottish parson driving home from
an outlying hamlet when he overlook young
woman. He recognized her as the maid Oh all
work at a farm which he would pass. so he pulled
up and offered her lift. Mary gladly accepted his
offer, and they chatted pleasantly all the way 70
the farm gate.
Thank you sir" she said she got down
Don't mention 1t, Mary Don't mention IT, ne
told her politely.
mo 1 won't" Mary obligingy assured him.
The Boy ffervently)-You are the first girl ever
she-Ah, what lots of fun you have ahead OF you
Freddy-Irondon Opinion.
Many of the Japanese porcelain factories, IL Is
been reduced by 80 to 40 per cent In 1su-lhas
mira twenty-efght of the eighty porcelain factories
have suspended. owing to the decrease IN Afherlc''
and Chinese imports.
A styist is a writer who is great deal OF tr0uos
to himself and incidentally, to his readers
Miss Anna Morgan, heiress to oo.oooooo says
Vienna paper driven out of Berlin, where sne
hoped to study politico-social conditions Dy tne
begpars high and low, OF nobility and otherWifo'
u-bo
American girl than they set siege to her oolla'9'
Individuals societies. churches, charltaoie lnsItu
tions and promoters of business schemes wrote.
telegraphed and sent messengers. 1t all looked
funny to the young woman at first, but IL Decap'e
. nuisance from which she escaped by means OF
her automobile in which she fastened 10 nearh'
summer resort
Church, see the receipts Of the Manhattan Post.
office are now amounting to sofoio each uay 'ia !
Gotham-who says the New York ,a man never
A remarkable collection Of nearly six hundred
packs of playing cards OF all ages ana al Id
has been presented to the Company Of Makers Oh
pI.vinp Cards of England. The collection includes
English cards illustrating proverbs heradry' ior
une telling and items of topical interest," Inc liiu
ian ones are the most interesting IN the coleclO'
C,ut from what is presumably deerhide' the lorty
l,i csrds used bv the Sioux Indian for the MeXi-
can game of monte weirdly attractive Inc
mack contains four suits-butterh1es' hsh' sliChs
and annuIar ornaments. For the game OF suiIJlo q
The Hindu made use Of 120 circular cards. mana
painted and lacquered
On board one of the Scottish steamers. which Lat
have been built with exceedingly l1gnt qraIi 70 81 G
over the frequent shadows OF one oa tue t tbe Can
Scotland, a Yankee tourist remarked to Ihe cap
tain, shrewd old Scotsman: 4,,r, ro+bing NJ
II guess skipper. that you tnlIh noeliils tas, -
steaming across a meadow when there has peeh d
''Thats so, replied the captain tFeagh sbeag %i
dof Si9faiIg ofeIigs, we cen. nae '@Tt-Bits teB '''