New-York tribune., 1908-05-01
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

August Lambrecht has been 'pracuslns oar
her. for forty years. He says that IN pla' ~
he has had a good chance to study human li"
and has come to the conclusion that the UP TOT
A., ,.nor &c good 'all round" This statement
u,os called forth by the report that a broadway
sbon where the BARRIERS were not allowed to 'dhe
tins had s,1ccumbed and given notice 'lat the o
.t,, .~a was over "A gentleman he said, feels
MT be ,s .cheap' when he leaves a shop without
having given the barber tip, ana the oaIpel
b;,osaIf does lot of thinking every time ne CANS
next and has nothing to show for his work OF
many reasons there should he good feehng pe-
tween the barber and his customer, ana 'ie UP
brings that about. l suppose no tip shops can
bo rrp hut they will never be cheerful. and the
tools will never be just right except for those
customers who forget the rule
Mrs Hfcks-Are you going to the private the
atricaIs tonight? They. are going 10 give fiaiii
Mrs wicks-No; l am in mourning g nov low oggl you
know and l couldn't, of course; go TO see any
thing funny.-SOmerviHe journal
In the office of manufacturing concern in
New Jersey on a hot day in July. 1880. the Ia
NOUS dispatch of John A Dix, ordering any man
20 be shot who dared haul down the American
flag was the subject of discussion The senior
man present contended that when the order was
,esued Dix was Secretary of War, and offered TO
hot the Young man who said that Dix was SeCre-
tarv of the Treasury SIS that he was right 1t
having been agreed TO give the amount won 10
some good non-seCtarian charity the bet was
ma q letter
Morgan Dix asking him TO decide. He wrote
from Westhampton. Long Island. July p.
1880 confirming the young mans contention, ana
his letter with its history now hangs framed In
the office of the winner of the bet II bears this
Endorsement: DIR, Morgan Dix's letter evidently
did not convince Mr.. -. for the SIS was
never paid"
Teacher-If a vehicle with two wheels is a hi
cycle and one with three wheels a tricycle. what
is one with only one wheel?
ola " hdrToVE-IlluStrate
German painters are competing for a unique
prize offered by the German Emperor, says the
"Berliner B0rsen Courier" The Kaiser wishes
10 give to the Emperor Frances Joseph as
Jubilee present lifesize portrait of himself in
the uniform of general wearing the helmet
and, contrary to his usual custom, has not in
trusted the work to artist selected by him
self but has invited competition. Many sketches
are now being made. and the painter whose work
pleases Kaiser will receive the order.
Il want some collars, for my husband. said
woman in a hosiery shop. but l am afraid
have forgotten the size"
Thirteen and half, maam?' suggested the
That's it How on earth did you know"
Gentlemen who let their wives buy their col
maam," explained the observant one-Tit-Bits-
Germany will soon have a coin of the value
of quarter mark. 25 pfennigs In order to
distinguish the new piece readily from tho 20
pfennig coin now in use, the government has
asked for designs with a perforation- Coins with
q hole through the centre are still in circulation
in China and Japan, but their introduction was
objected TO by some artists in Germany on the
ground that the perforated coin belonged TO
past age" In to this argument the
Welt Spegel'' publishes the pictures of per-
forated coins which were recently made in Eng
land for circulation In an East African English
colony and humorst in a Hamburg paper says:
Give the coins with holes in them by all
means. We can string them like beads and tie
them up and hold them. process which seems to
be beyond accomplishment In connection with the
modern slippery coins and bills"
Mrs. Westend-Youn not find difficult to suit
Norah
Norah lthe maid)-Fm not ma am;
"a your husband came In. ma am.-Illustrate ted
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