New-York tribune., 1908-08-17

4. .,td thafNit wa. worthy of note because OF the
names of the amateurs who took part. Among
these are Miss Flora Asher. Miss Branam Mrs
de RothschiId Baroness Alfred DE No."
srhild Miss Evelyn de Rothschid' VINO mali'eu "
r<r cousin Baron Ferdinand Master Alfred de
Rothschild who PLAYED three of his own compost
tions on the piano; P. H salomon and 8 W.
WaIek The director of the entertainment was the
composer Mombach-
Yes said Rixittsi 4. went to o'clock tea
'Graciousr' exclaimed Chumley didn't IT al
m9sf b drive n y0H ddGf mind II own boiler shop
you know."-Philadelphia Press.
The death of Ira D. sankey recalls the story told
by him to a Tribune reporter many years ago TO
illustrate the that people are beyosd the
power OF the evangelist and remain unInoved IN
the presence of the greatest demonstration "A
newspaper man told me-" Sankey said. that ne
had sneaked in at the great women's meeting which
we held in Madison Square Garden from which we
endeavored TO exclude all men. He got intorthe
top gallery, and from there looked down. and was
enthusiastic description OF the ten thousand
women singing and waving their hantkerchie.s IN
unison I asked him what impressed him most at
the meeting and the reporter said, Seeirs ten tho1-
sand bonnets. and no two alike "
"Ive got record here of your wife's voice said
the man with the phoncgraph, winding up the ma
chine "There! Isn't that like your wifs?"
any %indng p upr was the feeling reply Of the hus
band.-Yonkers Statesman
A smooth looking stranger recently placed num-
ber of penny-n-the-slot machines In certain town,
according to ''T1t-Bits.' The machines bore the
following inscription:
1.-The greatest known aid to digestion Drop
penny in the slot. Push. then pull
At the ton of the machine a handle 10 be
pushed. then pulled. and many townspeople. who
could not resist temptation of trying some new
device for the reason thaS Timothy took the
wine-'for his stomach's sake"-dropped in their
pennies and took push and pull out Of the ma
chine But that was all. No result followed. ard
there was some talk of blowing open the boarded
treasure.
At the end of the week the agent reappeared. un-
locked the machines. gsrnersd the wealth and re-
tired after explaining that exercise the great
est thing for digestion in the world" The crowd
was so paralyzed that the agent escaped unharmed.
First Husband-what do you hear from your wife
her summer vacation?
Second Husband-The local bank reports that she
is well and happy.-Life-
The Royal Academy for Graphic Art at Berlin
offered prizes short time ago for the best illus
trated visiting card and the German publishers
association gave the matter much publicity with
view to resurrectng "an artistic custom which
reached it's zenith at the end of the eighteenth
century" In the circular which to artists
it pointed that the visiting card of to-
day was inartistic and devoid of character. while
it might be work Of art, and at the same time
bear a characteristic design The report of the
committee shows that many artists contended for
the prizes and that the cards for the Crown Prin-
cess Cecilie and the Princess Johann-Georg of
Saxony received the first and Cecond prizes 'Will
these cards become popular?'' asks a writer in a
Berlin paper IF and would choose
the proper designs, yes. But will they? No.
q thought you said you had no use for that
man"
Yes answered Farmer Corntossel; that's what
I said
Yet you cid your best to send him to the Legs-
Iature."
Sure I want to see him where he'll have
chance to call public attention to his uselessness.
Washington Star.