New-York tribune., 1908-10-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The hero of the old German serio-comic song
with the pathetic refrain, ''Ach du Jeber Angus
tine which is known wherever there is a German
and the melody of which is played wherever Ger
mans have settled, says the Vienna Post" has at
last been honcred with a memorial IN Vienna.
That he earned it will deny, for the
ragged minstrel sang courage into the hearts OF
those who heard him in the time of pestilense in
1CS3. The bronze figure. clad in ragged garments,
with pockets turned inside out. to show that allies
ist him stands a granite pedestal, which is
the centre of fountain That the sculptor Hans
Scherpe should have chosen a fountain for
memorial for one who was opposed to water In
ternally well externally seemed strange TO
many people. But he made partial amends by
rounding the tubes from which the water falls
into the basin with grapes.
Husband-Msy, lust send up some filtered water.
Nife-Which vas It last nisht-'Detalned at
Husband-Why?
Wife-Because didn't know whether you wanted
a tumbler or a paihu.-i"ndon Opinion
One of the passengers on crowded subway
when It left the Brooklyn Bridge station even
ing last week Young woman wearing q
dazzling hat of the monster kind. The pIumes
projected far over the dropping side, brushed the
face Of a man who sat at the won2an's right, and
annoyed him TO such extent that he relinqushed
his seat and stood scoUling at the end of strap.
Everybody smiled except the woman, who seemed
10 be oblivious 10 fact that her feathers
pied valuable space. At 18th street crowd rushed
aboard and before the train started the vacant
feath guarded seat had occupant, who sat
far forward 20 escape the pIumes But one sta
ton was enough for him, and at 42d street he also
found another place, and then the unexpected
happened. A woman entered, wearing a hat Of
equal proportions and having equally aggressive
rIumes She took the seat next to the first woman,
and while her feathers brushed the dust off of the
man ut her right she cast wittering glances at
the woman IT her left, whose pIumes danced and
7uttered In her face The passengers who watched
the perforrnan nee were sorry when the two hats
vanished IN the throng at 72d street
I place nv faith" said the orator. "in the wis
Tn me hore. of course added his campaign
the compliment and reciprocate. Washington
At the reopcning of a medical school in London
racertlv Slr John BToadbent, in address to the
students said that he looked forward TO some
Itopian era when such diseases as influenza. pneu-
monia. measles. scarlet fever and the Ike will be-
come more or less extinct a result Of proper
ventilation Of offices, shops, public buildings and
private houses and other sanitary measures such
rs the avoidance Of oyercrovding the abolition OF
chidren's parties and the habit of indiscrimnste
kissing The last should rot be a hardship" Sir
John added "tf We accept the schoolboy's defn-
ton OF a kiss. IT is just putting your mouth to
persons cheek and drawing in your breath so
:, make a little noise which is had but It
does nothing in the way of helping you to love the
person.
What We want is more plain speaking" cried
the suffraEette orator.
And not so many plain speakers" said un-
manly brute In the crowd-Judy.
Frances Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
70 Animals has taken action against a cinemato-
graph company for an act of Unprecedented bru-
taIity 10 q horse In a series Of pictures called
The Lovers Revenge" a carriage drawn by a
horse was seen to rush the edge Of clin
and be dashed pieces. The pictures had not
been faxed An Old blind horse harnessed Ia a
carriage was really driven over the edge Of the
cliffs near Boulogne TO obtain them,
We find the prisoner not guilty by reason of
insanity.
marked the court
That's Just the point we made" reioined the
foreman We decided that any man who didn't
have sense enough to know that inscnitv plea
was the proper caper must be Crazy'-PhiIadel-
phia Ledger.