New-York tribune., 1908-03-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The forest service has published circular en-
titled What Forestry Has Done, In which the
forest work Of foreign countries Is reviewed Ihe
chief lessons which may be learned from the
reports that forestry pays and the need or Tune
ly action since forest waste can be repaired ohiy
at a great cost" The circular tells of the ne
cessity for forestry work, and that every step Oh
the way toward wise forest use the world over mas
been made at the sharp spur Of want SUFFERING ana
loss' Speaking of results in other countries. the
circular says: Take the case of Germany Start
ing with forests which in as bad shape as
many of our own which have been reckiessly cut
over II raised the average yield OF wood an acre
from 20 cubic feet In 1880 to 65 cubic rect IN lS4
During the period of time it trebled the pro-
portion OF timber got from the average CUT
which means in other words, that through the
practice of forestry the timber lands of Germany
are of three times better quality to-day than Wheh
no system used. And in ffty-four years 1t IN
creased the money returns from an average acre
OF forest sevenfold' The state forests OF France.
which are small in comparison with the national
forests of this country yield net revenue of more
than a. 100000 although the sum spent on each
acre for management Is more than one hundred
times greater than that spent on the forests OF
the United States. Among the interesting figures
given are these: France and Germany together
have a population of 100000. in round numbers.
against our probable IS 100000 and state forests OF
H5oo,00o acres. against 100000 acres OF ma
tional forests; but France and Germany spend on
their forests 81 10000 year and get from them IN
net returns s9o.0oooOo year, while tho United
States spent the national forests last 81 4o~
900 and secured net return Of less than Sl9oooo
Dry Deegan-i knows it frum experience. wunst
state.-Puck suHHu ? q D''' near 'e''''e ''O'''O
A Philadelphia halter predicts-perhaps the hope
ia father to the prediction-that straw hats will be
seen In general much earlier this year than
ever before The old CUSTOM says the Quaker
City merchant. used make the open season for
the straw lid extend from Memorial Day to Sep
tember l. but the college boys have started the Gus
tom Of wearing straw hats early and late. and
have about broken up the old dates. Every year
the is earlier and the end later. Out at the
University OF Pennsylvania the first straw hats are
worn the Princeton Pennsylvania baseball
game, which is always played on the first Satur-
day in May and the light headgear is kept
deck until October Az Princeton the boys put on
hats In March If it is enough,
and keep them out until November. You see, the
college boys own the town up there, and they can
do about they please in the matter of dress. At
any rate these college boys have their imators in
the would-be bloods about town, and result
the straw hat has been extended a full
month. and we hatters already preparing for
the rusn'
What was ,nere remarkable about Hercules
The fact answered the student, after
thought, that so large a government contract
could be fulfilled without anybodys being charged
with graft."-Washington Star
At Eyer Bohemia where Schiller wrote the
Wallensten trilogy arrangements are being made.
says the Bohemia, of Prague, for a performance
Of the historical plays magnificent scale. No
date further than next summer has been fixed.
but IT will probably be at the height of the travel
season. In 'Wallensten's Lager Die PiccOlo-
mini and ''Wallenstein's Tod the managers of
the undertaking hope to make of the weapons
and uniforms which preserved In the museums.
the military bodies will be made up of Austrian
troops and members of the reserve force. The
entry of Wallenstein will be elaborate spectacle,
in which every historical detail will be reproduced
and about thousand men will take part.
Vaudeville Manager (to non-professional wife,
What? Jimmy slapped Bessie? And threw ham
at her? And called her names? Great Let
the kids rehearse that act every day for week,
and I'll book EN- right through till June as BingS
and Bangs, Juvenile Comedians. In their Screaming
Skit About the House!'-PuCk.
Alfred TestOnis play, ''GiOaCetino Rossin,
which was recently performed for the first time.
is described as the life of the great of
music In the fourth act which is laid in Paris
in 1860. Richard Wagner appears of the
characters. He is still unknown and is spoken of
as the embodiment of the glorious future, while
Rossni is spoken of the glorious past. third
In the group is VincenZo Bellini. The title part
was played by Erneste Jacconi.
Fellaire formerly Rusty Rufus)-Well. what do
Tuffold Knutt-You wuz kind 'nough wunst. mis-
ter to give me a dollar an a kick. Ef the two go
together. sir. I'm ready fur 'em again-Chcago
Tribune.