New-York tribune., 1908-01-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

.sWiihelm Busch VINO made pictures anU -
for the amusement of old ana youIs' W." -;
ponular with school children as ne was VIZ
g-andnarents has had initaIors IN every ia"N
So ;+.r ir the "IokaI- Anzeiger but IL Is
5a,h.T,1 uhetber the place OF the creator Oh ad&
md Nortz' and Die frornne Helene VIII e
be filed He unique as ms "o' a. -.
1908 he lived in the Hanoverian hafhist
sab1 urhere he was born, and made ms nome W. W.
his sister the wife of the village pastor o'U
r,.ah, ras known to all the inhabitants anu
rba, he sat in frcnt of the house. unoer Ois
slouch hat with long pipe IN MS Inou'I 9.. H9
old or young. passed the place "llhou' 1.
hin, respectfulIy He avoided visitors out "ei'l
sxsr,, evening 10 the tavern ana sat AoI 'io
with the peasants. hearing their stories Isins
.o-,a himself and making all at ease oy tahiiie
P,attdeutsch A tablet will now re piaceo Oh .-l'
bouse where he was born, where he crealeu l
inn,ftable verses and caricatures over which peO-
Mo laughed wherever the German language was
known"
Miss Eiderly-I painted this portrait OF mFssil
adngs looking at the picture of young gT
what a good memory you nave
Tales.
The man came from a place about the SIZE oi
c--.1,.r. and was a total stranger in New Aorh-
He had a letter from a friend to men whose 04l|7
was in one of the largest Of the DOWNTOWN say
sorapers He reached the building, showed 'ne ie'
tor 10 the hall man. took the elevator 10 t1e loo
iu6i
letter to an Office boy. and was told 10 wait hi o
,ad NOT vet arrived He waited hour. and then
said he would look around bit ana come oacA-
He looked around but he never returned never
knew the mans name" he said. and dldn rsiIein
be- tho room, number and after wandering around
-,o ,1aca for an hour back 20 the hotel ana
the clerk advised 70 telegraph him ana get par
-,,,,ars for fresh start. I went &c the telegraph
counter and dispatch to my friend up nome.
The operator couldn't make out the name anu haH
me repeat II. \ standing next 10 me heafu
r,a and asked: Is that friend of yours Yes
said 7 He's friend OF mine, too. sald ne anu
by gum when we got all through talking blame me
- he wasn't the man I had letter for and whose
Office l lost after I had found IL This town ism
so awfully big. after all
neasapt insured his house against fire. When
4e What tI should I get if my house were burned
.'Three or four years Imprisonment" was the
prompt answer.-Tft-Bits
A letter from Albany contains this paragraph:
There are not many things as good as charl'y
fair TO develop latent money getting powers IN
der the pressure OF enthusiasm 10 make 1alr
which will soon be held here 2 success many
clever schemes have been suggested, one OF Whlch
IS this: Chances will be sold surgical opera
ton This is not picture with that ttIe' ouI
the real thing; that is. the person who draws the
winning number will be entitled TO a surgical op-
ANYTHING from treating ingrowins nail TO ire
mining lancing a 'rur-around' or removing an
obsireperous appendix. II Will be interesting 10
know whether the surgical operation prize Will
be transferable because II ii should be secured
by a normal person. with no indications OF spinal
curvature or carcinoma, II will be difficult 20 get
even without taking risks to which the winner
family might justly object"
What" asks the maiden aunt. Going TO marry
that Mr Newwun? WHY. you hardly know the
man Imosene In the few days you have been ac-
ouanted with him you cannot possibly have learned
ANYTHING OF his family OF antecedents or habits
or personal circumstances
THAT is true. Aunt Keturah But you have al
ways told that woman who knows anything
about d man will marry hm.'-Success.
novelty in the way Of a souvenir and adver-
tisernent has been received by The Tribune from
The Manitoba Free Press of Winnipeg. 1t Is
in the form a miniature barrel filed with tour
made from Manitoba wheat Accompanying the
attractive little package Is a booklet giving his
tory OF the -four making industry, and describing
rural Western Canada the bread basket Of the
British Empire"
There Is old saying. dear, said Tight
wad, that you can't judge by his clothes
No" reioined Mrs Tghtwad, but you can
judge him by those ne refuses 10 buy for his wife
Chicago News.