New-York tribune., 1908-05-04
THE TALK OF THE DAY

large and well known shirt manufacturing cum
Germ has sent circular letter to It's customers -
which predictions TO the weather ana tne "-
Of the public are artfully blended. Every indlca
tfon Doints to an exceptionally warm summer We
bsve had our ewes open and have watched the sure
signs and we know Now, very warm suniiici
means q big demand for starchless snrts. in"'
ortafn R1,t II will mean also the temperance
of tho shirt waist man. He routed a rev years
ego and re would have come again, but there was
no good reason for his coming But next sum1leF
he will make his claim good. and we are readS to'
him When the shirt waist man has been nhaliS
recognized YOU will want garment for MIN wIlch
will be a combination of shirt and blouse ana you
will require lot OF them
Water sves wood IT,
1t must often noticed that that ,obe4 n9TeliS on vii III
wreck skin ana IN ther b,iId HId' town GflouisvIe
Courier Journal
clergyman who conducted the services al
funeral on the East Side last week caused nild
sensation and, fo7 the time. made the InournerS
forget their loss by speaking Of the foolish dlspay
f Gopers He said that the effort TO ape the rleh
neople in this custom as reprehensioie as II
would be to follow them in dress Il have come
10 be with you when you take leave OF tf2e cedo'
he said but l speak to the living. and ask you
10 re,,on7bAr that there are places n the world
u-h4re death notices state also that no flowers are
wanted and ask that the money which would have
been spent for them be sent 10 char1taoie IN
stitutfons" The sentiment evidently found favor
IN soma minds for an extract from a sensible
sermon made from memory sent to all the
Eas Side publications
wie-Dad. what's the difference between in
cocnito and alias? ,,.----..z
Dad-About the same as between hieP'oii'aiaI
and rCbber.-IlUstrate Bits
Tho statement issued by the American Railway
Association a few DAYS giving the number OF
idle cars in the country shows that sS75.''o-ooo
worth Of enuipr7ent Of this class at that time
inactive This calculation was based on the aver
age cost of car 81 600 the number in the idle
class being 315.77o- A continuous line made up or
these cars would he about 2,S46 miles long. IN
snea1,ire Of this condition c. ". Ewinss sUperin-
tandent Of freight transportation Of the New York
Central system. said that since the report had
been Issued business had increased, and was now
growing The Central system has $4,000 cars
still idle due TO large extent to the stagnatlon
In coal and transportation Despite this depres-
sion business Is growing, which IS shown by the
fact that there had been $4,000 idle II the
CentraI's idle cars were coupled they would make
Central Station to Albany, and thence past Sche-
ncctady and Amsterdam and two miles beyond
Fonda.
Well said Finnegan. there's only van time
vhn life ain't worth Twin"
.eWhin ye think It ain't''NThe Catholic Standard
and Times
Few people know that the law Office in which
that famous virginian. John Rando ph of Roanoke
practised is stin in existence and Is still being
g1sed for a similar purpose. In the courtyard I'm
the little village of kenbridge, Lunenburs County.
Va. stands to-day an old. weather beaten,
brick office building with shingle roof II is
one story high has only a single large room
but is famous in Virginia as the building in
which John Randolph did much of his law work
and prepared his speeches. In the earlier days
Virginia's history it the custom to build
number of these little offices the courtyard
green's. and II unusual then for lawyer
have an Offices anywhere but there. old inhabi-
tants' of Lunenburg still tell with admiration of
the wonderful mint juleps that John Randolph
used to mix IN his office.
Judge-How many times have you been arrested
before
FriSOner-FiVe. sir.
Judge-Than | shall feel IL duty
the maximum fnc
FrisOner-But. Your honor isn't il only fair 10
give reduced rate to regular CustOmers?-J Judge.