New-York tribune., 1908-12-04
THE T4LK OF THE DAY.

In discussing the earlier theatre hour in Berlin.
a writer in the 'Morgen Post" says: While
go earlier. of neghbors in Paris
the curtains rise later than they do now.
In the French capital must dine before going TO
the theatre, be compelled to patrOnze expensive
restaurants after the performance. because there
are many Of the ordinary dining places where
may be served after O'Clock. The Comedie
Francaise and the Opera Comique begin their per
formances at S:45 p. m. The proposition on the
Part of some people 10 have 5 o'clock the uniform
theatre hour is meeting with strong opposition IF
any change is to be made Paris majority says.
let the performances begin later With US. as
with them, the whole IS a matter OF custom. and
that is difficult to change.
Waiter-Haven't you forgotten something. sir?
Restaurant Fatron-Tm g4ad you spoke OF II; my
wife told rne not to spend any money IGoSIII @ t
l was just going TO give you tp-.Chlcago News
In an article on the lotteries the "Berliner Tage-
bIatt' says there three ways by which wealth
is acuuired-by work, which is long and tedious;
by dishonesty, which is precarious proceeding,
and by gambling. The number Of persons who pre-
fer the last named method, says the writer, is
large in the German realm. for there the great
lotteries thrive the best There seven of these
under the management N the government. and
they distribute O"0 in prizes The anxiety
to secure Q part of this amount has destroyed the
happiness Of thousands of households and has d.
verted thousands Of good men from honest indus
try and thrift idencss and poverty. In the seven
lotteries there about twenty-five thousand win
ners a year, but Of these only about six hundred
and fifty receive prizes of more than 1000 marks
each.
Mrs. Kncker-Do you keep the Santa Claus
Mrs De Vorce-Yes; Tommy doesn't know which
papa he is-Puck-
Evelyn 3 Baldwin. the Arctic explorer in re-
cent address at Harvard told of his latest plan for
finding the pole Ny scheme, he said, lis to
reach the southern edge OF the pack See north Of
Bering Strait reaching there in August, and get
ting the equipment and ship arranged In Sep
tenlber. when the water around the ship freezes.
the ice fov, and the ship win be and they vii
move together in the foe. We public benefac-
tors because in ths way saving coal, for
the want Of which many expeditions have Previ-
o1.sv been forced be abandoned.
Hub coming from reception; don't think
great deal Of that Miss Peachleigh
Wife-JUst le, me catch you. sir.-Boston fran
script.
The editor of The Trevorton (Penn1 Times
seems To pentifully supplied with everything for
the winter except money. In recent editorial he
said: We have taken wood. potatoes corn. eggs,
butter. onions. cabbage, chickens, stone. lumber.
labor, sand. calico, sauerkraut second hand cloth
ing coon skins and bug juice. scrap iron shoe
pegs, rawhides, chinqGeTins, tanbark, dogs. sor-
ghum. seed. iarware and wheat straw subscrip
tion. and now n man wants to know if would
send the pa per for six months for large owl.
We have no precedent for refusing, and II
find a man who is out Of owl and wants one
we'll do it
Wigg-I wonder how old Miss Antique is.
Wagg-WeIl ten years ago she confded to me
that she was tWenty-eEht, I suppose she
must he about thirty Philadelphia Record.
The use OF gold for teeth filing is doomed
cording to salesman for a large dental supply
house quoted by The Philadelphia Record
Most OF us remember when nearly every one
carried about in his mouth more or less precious
metal" SAWS this authority mo ashamed
of displaying cleaning yellow when he smiled.
We formerly sold thousands of dollars worth OF
specially prepared gold to dentists. But that is
all changed The new porcelain filings have been
sc far perfected that nearly all dentists them.
to the almost total exclusion Of gold"
..you and that little Watties boy play
,,cr,, nicely together said johpnys mother Il
ann glad there is one boy in the neighborhood that
YOU can get along with.
Yes" replied JohEuy. Il lick him every morn
ing and then he's nice to me all day/-Chicago
Record Herald.