New-York tribune., 1908-03-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

-, < .b,rtv wears the superintendent OF
the Paris Morgue. said fareweh 10 the So. -
place with tears in his eyes and woros VI t
his Inns Newspaper asked him for eNpeif
- -, , .an,nress,ons" and when he had given
them, he received from those who hearo MIN 'ho
title philosopher of the Morgue 10 iep
sentative of the .Matin he said that ne hdu peoH
very hapny at the morgue and had learned therc
tho Lesson of life when one lees before MN
continually ne said what 1t is for whcn We
work and slave and commit all sorts OF 1olly our
fears and our worries vanish or course. IL 'ooh
quite while before realized that dead man Is
no longer a man. before 1 learned to look upon
.hos. bo arc brought here from physical point
only Until that accomplished could no. ea''
except with aversion. Two weeks cured me. nc
recalled some IF the grewsome scenes Whicn ne
had witnessed, and said: Il became accustonleo
to these things bu never to the ponce prac'ce
of confronting prisoner with the body or a mur-
defed person. 1t always disguised me- prooHoiS
because my experience told me that these eHperi-
ments senseless. The dramanc ole.Huo"ii WI
never follows except in books. Only once ia see
a man go to pieces and he was the giant "-es'ier
Gamahut in 1855 Now I 30 to the counr.' 10
little house with garden where there al" ifesii
flowers and green fields. Who knows II may not
find there pastoral surroundings disappolnt-
ments and sorrows which L escaped while lived
here with the dead? Who knowsT'
What" gasped the windmill agent. "One hun
dred dollars for that old horse? Why he is d
wan. should say he is" chuckled the old
And you expect to get hundred dollars for
him.
Sure am adysTtising n him as the steed secFe
A letter from Vienna printed IN Hamburg
paper says I'm every place where music is culti-
waited the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death
of Wagner remembered on February Is, out
the day had double Importance for the Hofburs
Theatre where the evening of November H.
1908. Schler's translation of Macbeth was pre-
sered for the first time Stephani's version had
been performed the same stage in 1772 but No
vember 13 the Schiller Macbeth centennial
night The Shakespeare Schiller combination was
referred to at a social meeting of actors on the
anniversary night by a comedian, who said In pro-
posing the Shakespeare Schiller toast: One de-
scribed lake in my ohemia-which
never existed and the other described my people
the Jews-none of whom he had ever seen. L drink
10 the poetic imagination
Why did you sell your auto?"
Cost too much for repairs
First rate. Never got out Of order D. But v. had
to pay for repairing the people 1t ran over
Philadelphia Ledger.
number of sketches of the life OF Maxim Gorky
have recently been published in Europe and as no
two of these agreed in many important respects
the Paris gil Bias asked the Russian to make
statement by which the discrepancies might De
"truthfully adjusted In reply Gorky wrote ths
autobiography
-Shoemakers apprentice.
.1s7s-Patternmaker's apprentice
.1sso-Helper in a steamship kitchen.
'18S4-Porter.
''IsS5-Baker
.1sss-Chorus singer in itinerant opera COM
pany.
'ISs7-Street vender.
.1S8S-Serously contemplated suicide
.1so-Clerk in a lawyers office.
aI89l-Made trip through Russia on foot
.1ss2-Pubshed first novel; beginning Of career"
What are the most powerful explosives known
uueried the young man.
Two prirna dOnnaS in one opera company, re-
piled the ex-theatrical manager.-ChicaSo News
Desp!tc the fact that the Pope has given no en-
couragement to the many proposed celebrations in
honor OF his golden jubilee and has actually dis
couraged pilgrimages, says the "Neue Frele
Presse" an exception was made in the of the
| BROTHERS of the Archangel Michael This is the
oldest brotherhood in Vienna, and has In late
wears exercised considerable influence In political
matters Late in April the Brothers will make
pilgrimage TO Rome congratulate the Pope. The
| presentation will be imposing ceremony. addi
tionaIly so because Cardinal Gruscha will go from
| Arco to Rome especially to present the Brothers
| and the distin guished persons who will accom-
| pany them 10 the Pope.
Moe Rose-Do you think the automobile is replac
| ing the horse?
| Zoe Ccse-Well, not entirely, any way. I haven't
| found automobile in my bologna yet.-Brown-
| ing's Magazine