New-York tribune., 1908-03-03
TINE talk or THE DAY

T., tt ,axt three months Philadelphia will en-
iov the distinction of having real brlsauler scr"
eral in the ranks of her IRE hghlerS'
General Joseph stephen Adams. head Oh tie h
nest Fire Brigade, at the command OF 'iie nun @
garian government has arrived In the Quaker ny
ia studv its Fire Department. He purposes 10
learn from inside, by experience ana u ''''
end he will respond to alarms ana uTaS iea"a VI "
hose like the everyday professional pl"o ,,a
In explaining his mission 10 this country 10 MaSo
pe,hurn he said he wanted to be commissioned as
a fireman. and if necessary, wear the uhiior" Vi
the Philadelphia department.
please, ma'am." said the maid there's col
ored man ana his wife the door in answer 10
- But 1 advertised only for a laundress- 49,. >,
- Yes. ma'am they are her -tFerP'ouS N's
azine
The "Ciaulois." of Paris been entertaining
its readers with a patent leather boot story II
seems that every six months each sewer man oi
Paris receives pair of heavy boots Al lhe emu
of the period these articles are worthless as faf
as their original purpose is concerned out 'heS
have actually increased III value. The oid Doo's
sold the leather dressers II is sald' aS l.'0
conditions under which they have been USED MAKE
the leather peculiarly adapted for conversion into
patent leather for dress shoes
"To what do you attribute your success as
monarch" - ,o
replied: ,,4, v,,asbi,oto,
Star.
Of all the suggestions which have been made as
to how best to celebrate Count Tolstoi's eighteth
birthday next August. the one which meets with
the most approval, says the ''Fremdenbiatt, IS the
school plan IF this is carried out the Tolstol
estate .Iassnaia Pojana. Will be purchased anu
will b. converted into great educational institu-
ton The plan also includes the removal TO JaSs-
naja Poljana from Dolgow of the little house where
the sage was born. The offer of Andrew carnegie
the American nilliardiar,' TO secure from the va
rious publishers the copyrights of Tolsto1s WORKS
so that they may become the property OF the WorIG
also meets with much approval This VIII cost
about 900 Geo rubes"
IIenpecque-Johnson has Joined the silent army
l.cndersOn-Tead2
iienpecque-No: married. Illustrated Bits.
II will be forty-three years to-morrow-March 4
since Abraham Lincoln took the oath of office as
President of the United States for the second time
A souvenir of the ceremony N the form of a red.
W hite and blue rosette. in the centre of which "A
Lincoln and Johnson campaign badge is fastened
over a white ribbon bearing the words: Inaugural
ton parade-MarshaI," is the property OF a New
York lawyer whose father the decoration
Six weeks after the rosette had been put away by
the young man something worth keeping it was
mounted on a black bordered card, on which this
was written: April l4-Killed by Wilkes Booth
The ribbons have lost their rightness of color
and the black border and the inscription which
were made with pen and ink faded. but the
lawyer on whose library wall il hangs considers
the souvenir of the last days of Lincoln the most
valuable of his large collection of war time relics
The Monument Man (after several abortive
gestiOns)-HOw would simply Gone home DO
Mrs. NewWeedS-I think that would be all right.
II was always the last place he thought Of
goinS.-lllustrated Bits.