New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-12-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Emil sauer the piano virtuOsO. sat at table m
tia Auditorium Hotel dining room. chicago 'He
other day and began reading newspaper FTes
emily he called a waiter, and. sui hoiulne
newspaper before him, ordered breakfast AS u
waiter moved away SaUer leaned BACK turhou ~.
head around and. raising his voice SAID Ch'
frted+ eggs-v,TnI' After a while, fearful lest inc
waiter had misunderstood the order he called 'no
head waiter and gave him the order. AS the heao
waiter was heading for the kitchen Sauer Snou'7N
after him: Unit fredt esgs-vun!
Scene: A Sunday school: boys class; young
.Now, my boys" said she, Il want each OF you 6a
70 ihnos shall hand rSend the box. and as
each Of You eR No 0 one WI" Must s2e
than a penny Now, Charlie. you should sho" a
%heTsoPon rudy faced u6gnin stepped for
Then another contributed, saying:
rr az Ie rn1ed somewhat out Of order. but II
fairly sspped BY s D th5a wyfR
tance for as ne dropped It into the ooH' he
fool and his money are parted"-Il-
Illustrated Bits.
A temple to Ii Hung Chang, well remembered IN
America has been erected at Lu Chou Flu, one hun
dred and forty miles up the Yangtse nom Nan
king where the famous Chinese statesman lived
The edihce is said to be the finest ever erected IN
China and cost 5000, 900. 1T has been built says
THE Pail Mall Gazette TN accordance with the
in order to afford opportunity for the alteration OF
the spirit Of the great statesman not only by MS
own relatives but by the public generally Ii hung
Chang has been proclaimed a deity and thus one
moro has been added TO the countess gus III Hi0
Chinese pantheon
CHRISTMAS ON THE GARRISON
We Wne have such Tun' just hosts and hosts!
We get up early , When i we a neSF clear.
And dress so quickly, cause you ses
The band comes round at reveile
And while we're getting on our clothes.
That RFetty Ga5e race on IL fhaf tree
She smiles it says, Santa has been here"'
We know he has. but it's draw
That Santa is your ma and pa
For Sis there's dolls and chains and rings;
For the things I'd wished had
And then all day we ,pJ lay ia na.,h fight
And by the time that tattoo blows
Your head it Just so sleepy grows,
You topple over then ain, almost ct. u.,
Birdie Baxter Clarke in Army and Navy Life
Two veteran journalists Of Chicago dined to-
gether last Thanksgiving, as they have done for
number of Than5sg1vtngs, and recalled their edi-
torial experiences back in the sixties. This year
the reunion was OF special interest because occur
ring upon the seventy-ffth anniversary OF the in
itial issue the first newspaper In what was then
known as the Northwest" This" says Tho
started on November 20, 1898 and both had served
in connection with it in its later history. 1t
at one time owned and conducted by John Went
worth but in 1861 was merged with The Chicago
Tribune No copies supposed to exist,
as all the files were destroyed in the big fire"
Mrs OToole-shes takin' on awful Her hus-
band got three years-but he kin git twelve months
Mrs fooeyNTeii her to rest aisy. Sure an he
may behave himsef.-Iife.
South Dakota is congratulating herself on the
greatest gold year in her history The report OF
the state mine inspector filed with the Governor,
shows the states gold production for the last year
TO have been $7.4eo00O.
-T7De boy dat stops believ1n in Sanity Claus. said
dat don want muffin but cold facts. De pride dey
fnn deYs Oh washington STAR e ION Us
An article on the subject OF the fatal number Ii
by Professor Sherman Davis. Of the University Of
Indiana was the of the formation at Ham
burg Germany OF Thirteen Club. similar in pur-
pose 20 the one which has for years existed in New
York In the circular which sent to those
who were asked to become charter members It
was pointed out that 1s q lucky number and
as one OF the Illustrations Il stated that Was
ner was born in 1913. there wero Is letters in hts
name he composed IS operas. TannhHuser fin
shed on April IS and performed for the first
time on March 10, and the composer died Feb
ruary l3 The letter referred also to the good
OF engine No 1873 OF the Baltimore d Ohio Railroad
TO the fact that the pontthcate OF Leo XIII was
of the longest and most glorious in the history
OF the Church and 10 the belief of the ancient
Mexicans in the luck OF Is. who had Is gods and
| whose weeks had 10 days. The who were in
vited defy the ancient superstition evidently lost
their courage. however for only eleven appeared.
Mrs Newlywed-Frod. dear, II have done YOU
a great injustice.
Mr.. Newlywed-In what wayY
Mrs Newlywed-WelI, / suspected you without
reason. l asked several OF your friends that you
20 to the club with II you knew how to play bridge
and every one Of them thought ninuie and said
yOu aidRt.-Pio& -Ae-up.