New-York tribune., 1908-04-29
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

! In an address in Chicago on 'What Is IL, III
| >-a'' mr. Emil G. Hirsch, widely known raoo
| smoke Of the feeling among Dlgoleu peop
| doing something without pay was - 4,+
| Jew He added: Not week goes pS 90 n.,u
| o,o called 10 the telephone and asked Il " :,
- before this or that religious society. II l
say Yes then comes the hesltaths q"7i > -,
| much will you charge, for we cahio' "1ioN
! believing that being jew mus - g.
money for everything do My inVariaoIe lepis c -
NV standard price for religious societies Is Sioo'o
| yon contribute the ciphers and II s"IN0 "
one That is all l ever receive
E,ng,;shman-What pity your country has no
New Yorker-Ruins! ! guess y9T 2jfa nave" see"
the Metropolitan Street RaH"ay'-ie
Dr Iocob yoorsanger. of San Francisco. whose
e.., 10 announced to-day. in statistical essay re
or+1,. o,oted the late Charles A. Dana as haViHs
said some years before his death tha' III I'-'
Manhattan Island would be Judalzeu'
sstute observer" said DR. Noorsanger' coI'elueN
that the predominance of such a homogeneous mass
:, ono centre proceeding under the guidance ana
influence of American liberty stimulated by hatl'e
Jewish energy and industry, coulu ho' NC az
i~but splendid acquisition TO the great s0iaNS "a
{ American commonwealths." These facts are given
80 .,,bs+antfate the Dana prediction; 1t 'maY De
fairly taken for granted that the New YORK Je"ISi
community is the largest IN h'S'o'S Vi '
,iop 1t represents 10 per cent of the enuFe JEWISH
noDuIstior of the world 1t is larger thah tue
acrraga+a Jewish populations OF the Eastern larg-
est centres Vienna, Budapest, Berlin Nllna' Am
sterdam Lemberg and LONDON. II IS Ten uiiie
larger than the entire Jewish population OF France
II !, twenty times larger than the entire jewish
population OF Italy; it is twenty-five times larger
than the population of Jerusalem. and fifteen
times larger than the entire Jewish population OF
SYRIA and Palestine.
Amt Yer vaccination healed up yet?" asked
Nav" replied Tommy.
Gee! don't it make Yer feel bad =, -,
Nav the doctor told nom muStn take a oatn
till it's all healed up.''-Phliadephla Press
Before sailing for Europe last week DR. Baum
field the manager of the new German theatre which
is being built in Madison avenue showed to some
friends the model of the automatic wardrobe which
will he one of the features of the new theatre Two
rooms. for men and one for women VIII be
fitted with rows of narrow. high closets The doors
will all be open wnen the audience assemblies by
dronping 5-cent piece into slot the key can be
re,novad The holder CT the key may then place his
coat hat. overshoes, umbrella etc. in the closet
and lock For cents, said Dr. Baumfed.
''one may get rid of heavy wraps. dripping UNI
breIlas etc and women will not be compelled to
min their hats on the backs of seats to have them
brushed off or crumpled by late COmers- There will
be no standing in line waiting to be served by an
overworked cloakroom attendant. because every
manor woman. for tEat mattef5-"lH nave cildFSe
OF his own belongings.
Don't you ever get seasick?' asked the pretty
"Only when I'm ashore, miss replied the tar
Philadelphia Ledger.
Writing to The Boston Transcript Edward A
Filcne Boston. vigorously takes up the cudgels
for willard D. Straight. consul general at Mouk-
den who has recently figured largely in the public
eve because of the attack by Japanese the
consulate Mr. Filene calls attention to dispatches
in japanese newspapers describing the consul gen
eral as "a brawIer.' adds that nothing could
be further from. the truth lie continues: Il
was in Moukden last fall. living the consulate
with Mr. Straight. who is Cornell OF the
very finest type of manhood. and one that his alma
ma ter may we'll be proud OF. His assistants are
Harvard IN OF the type and their life in the
consulate, which Is old Chinese temple which
they rent is clean devotion 10 duty; duty done
with such tact and friendliness all as to elicit
not only my admiration but that OF all who know
them
Il have never loved before" he said
We'll" she replied, y not running q kinder
garten. bohemian.
That the evils OF cocaine. which New York :.
trying to stamp by the enforcement o. strin-
gent law. are more widespread than the public
knows emphasized by DR.. Charles Harrington.
chairman Of the Massachusetts, State Board Of
Health. the II lecture Harvard AIedi-
School pr. Harrington told of group of boys
in Chelsea who held cocaine parties which were
broken Ip by the police lie also told OF a man who
sold catarrh cure containing cocaine and en-
ployed boys pedde the drug. The boys were
paid a commission in the form OF a bottle OF the
He said that In some barrooms the drug was
much article Of commerce liquor.
Gracious exclaimed Air Swellman the bahv
has eaten a lot OF that dog biscuit
Never mind, dear, replied Mrs Swellman. 1t
Just serves Ftdo right. for he's taken the babys
-PhilAdeIphia Press.