New-York tribune., 1908-04-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The duke who is attracting most attention from
Americans at the present time is really OF the
Abruzzi" They are not a people. but there is
more than Abruzzo-in fact, three in all, one
designated as "hither" the other two as farther.
That is where the Apennines cut into those prov
inces along the Adriatic in the the Alps caused
distinctions between the Gauls in the days OF
Cesar In fact, the taIlest peak Of the range. III
Gran Sasso d'Italia," the big rock OF Italy"
rises in OF the provinces from which the suitOr
of an American Senator's daughter takes his title
1t is hardly likely, though. should the inter
national marriage become fact. that the duke Will
set up his establishment IN this part of Italy. the
loftier portions Of which might well be termed
snowy as sunny" The title I'm this instance
does not prescribe residence any more than IN the
case of the Prince Of Wales -...-
But that umbrella looks so swruly cheap and
common said the customer The price you ask
My dear SIR replied the dealer. that's the
quality, but it's made to appear cheap and com
mon so no one will steal it'-Dundee Advertiser.
The German papers are still poling fun at Ferdi-
nand Bonn, who played engagement at the
Irving Place Theatre several years ago. His re-
tirement under fire. from the mana cement of the
Berlin Theatre spoken Of by Of the pa
pers IN that city the end Of Bonn for which let
be thankful" But. according to a Vienna paper,
"the doors had hardly been slammed behind him
when Bonn rushed into the limelight again with
book entitled Two Years Director in Berlin.
With the title page Illuminated with a portrait OF
the author in the costume Of a knight of old with
q wrea N Of laurel one arm" The writer says
that people of good taste long since sworn 70
silence on the subjects Of rnothersin-Iav taxes and
Ferdinand Bonn, but the book is full Of fun
which written serious matter, that # must
be noticed. In the memorandum noting the failure
of one of his PLAYS Bonn saws that when he saw
the grinnng faces of the critics IN the stalls only
the strong of his wife kept him from jumping
the footlights and running them through"
with the sword he carried. Why oh why says
the writer did the foolish woman stay him and
his property sword and prevent a scene which no
one else could play"
be Did YOU hear about what she said 20 May on
her wedding day
Jess--You mean May who married old De Sem
Der?
Tess-Yes She said she wished them both long
life.-Philadelpha Press
A book by pr. L. Pfandler. Of Berlin which was
recently published has for its subject Chinese
Japanese GO Go is not a new game the au-
thor says. for II played at least eighteen
hundred years before the Christian era, and pos
sibly twenty-three hundred comes nearer the time
But the game $ II is played by the Chinese and
Japanese is different from all other forms and il
is in many respects superior to chess. The warfare
in chess is Of the antique class while the Eastern
Go resembles the modern style In chess the king
sends his knights and his pawns out 10 defend and
protect him and to conquer the enemy. The knights
fall and when the king has been captured the
war is In Go there is not one battle ONLY
out whole campaign. with the employment OF Q
whole army. where the strategic distribution Of
the forces decides the contest. The game is wor-
thy of the attention of chess players"
Pa, what's a cult?'
aid.