New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-05-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Sweden is sending to the United States for some
of her who have forsaken her and have made
a success of careers in this country John Eric
son, city engineer of Chicago for the last ten
years has been asked to take the office of direc-
tor Of public works in Stockholm at salarv Of
$1,000 year, with house rent free. Mr. Ericsson
was graduated from the Royal Polytechnic Insti-
tute of Stockholm and came to this country
twenty-eight years ago. -Four years after landing
ne entered the service of Chicago and has been
active In shaping Its engineering affairs ever
since.
One of Manchester's sections in making his re-
port burals is explicit TO a commemorate de-
gree. For instance such entries as this occur:
Died. John Green. male; aged three days. I'M
married Tit Bits.
In recently published book by Rudolph
Tyralt entitled "Recollectons of Josefne Gall
meyer many stories told showing the natural
wit of the st ,ge artist who is remembered in New
York by all those people who patronized the Ger
man Theatre twenty-five years ago. The writer
tells the following anecdote: At the Laube jubilee
dinner which took place in Vienna Gallmeyer sat
next to Hans Makart. who was known not only
as a great artist, but as a silent When the
dinner had been going about an hour and Makart
had vet to say the first word. except in answer
to questions. Gallmeyer slapped him on the back
and said: Now, dear Makart. let's change the
subject"
What's the matter with the candidate?'
Ssh, He's very ILL.,"
Isn't 1t rather SUDDEN
Very lie smoked cigar from the wrong
pocket."-Judge.
A Paris ,aper tells of an endurance march Of
peculiar kind which took pac in that city
recently. Only drummers attached TO the mill
tary stations at Paris were permitted TO take
part The route selected was circle around
Paris" a distance of twenty-three and a quarter
miles The conditions were that along the whole
route each participant must beat the drum con-
tinuousIy in march time The drumming mad
to be continued also in the three st periods OF
ten minutes each. Only of all those who en-
tered drummer attached to the l56th regiment
of the line covered the distance filed the
conditions He drummed around Paris in six
hours and five minutes.
First Iawyer-How about old Biyun's will?
Second Lawyer-Oh. he left $40 to every I'M
married woman OF forty years in the country;
First LaWyer-There'H be no takers.-llIustrated
Bits.
Strike YOUR matches here" the words on
neat little brass signs that are set in the walls
of q building at Allegheny and Kensington ave
nues Philadelphia. These signs, according to
builder are becoming popular with people who are
interested in erecting properties In all parts of the
city Beneath the words is rough sur
face qbout a foot in length and half a foot wide
'Nhy Is the sign there" said the builder. We'll
that IL easy. You know there are hundreds of
sbsent-min ded men who walk to the side OF
building and without thinking and caring how
much damage they do 10 the place, will strike
a match. and often more than one, on the wall
Each burn of the match is there to stay,
nothing but a of paint will take away the
ugly mark. Some men glazed brick In
building but the understanding hend seems to
take delight in selecting the small space of
mortar between the bricks and lighting the sui
phur sticks there 1t is costly practice and
very ANNOYING one AS much 100000 would
not pay the damage done by the army of strikers
in a big city in year
IL should suppose. IN the interests of realism.
YOU would have real wine in the play.
well We mustn't be too eXacting The plot
oures the leading man to decline drink OF il.
snd only pay him $50 week. you know