New-York tribune., 1908-04-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Equality before tne law certainly prevails in the
matter Of titles applied TO lawyers who appear to
try cases before Judge Hough of the United States
District Court. In most of the other courts IN
New York attorney who has held office gen
orally gets whatever benefit may come from past
glory. so far it may he contained in the appli-
cation OF the familiar name with which he was
greeted. Before Judge Hough, however. there
a leveng of rank. Governors. Senator'S, fed
cral or state Congressman. judges. agiStrates and
lesser digntarics Of past present all become
plain Mister Generals and colonies are not even
excepted. So I'm the recent argument on the con-
rfnatlon Of the referees report in the s0cent gas
case David Il. Hill, once a United States Senator,
and Alfred r. Page a state Senator, were
addressed plain Mister Hill and plain Mister
Page.
But how about political REFORM asked tho
man who had been liyins abroad for good many
' should say YOU wa WerS a replied the solid citizen
is no i@seT bjcago 5G 9s Rarag er5I5 s
The souvenir programmes which were received
by the people who witnessed the recent production
OF The Hugucnots' a. the Berlin opera House, as
arranged under the direction OF the German En-
peror contained much interesting matter says the
''Berline~ Tagebatt'. The bills of the Paris and
Berlin first nights Of the opera were reproduced
The Paris bill. dated February, 1885, contained the
announcement that all seats having been sold in
advance. the box office would not be open. The first
performance In BerAn took place in May, 1872 with
Mantius, Tuczek ana Schroder-Devrient In the
chief parts Tho bills show that the performance
began 5.3o p m. The programme contained also
advertisements for piano arrangements OF the
whole score and popular melodies arranged by
Lszt Taubert. Eckert and others. a Huguenot
waltz also advertised in the programme. Pos
sibly,' says the writer n later generation will
smile at last nights Bit with its notice in heavy
black type that by command Of tho highest au-
thority persons who not clad in keeping with
the prescribed rules viii not be admitted At pres
stn have sucl restrictions on society even
ngs.'
The. duke and the hoIress seen much to-
what Of TT"
II think we NAV safely expect denials of an
engagement soon"-Louisville CourierJournal.
The value Of the postage stamps issued by the
United States government the subject of dis
cussion At uptown club recently, and in order
to determine disputed point the following infor-
| nation obtained through the office of the
| Third Assistant Postmaster General; For the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1907. tho value OF
stamped stock issued to postmasters was Sl7S.-
06,i7s y. This consisted OF 1881 99055 pieces of
| stamped paper and 156S 500 stamp hooks. The
value OF the postal cards for the year IS 81
ll9 go and Of the postage stamps N25,SlO34s.
| Among the large accounts were: Stamped en-
velopes. s2165i9SS a. and wrappers. S57s,sS3 rs
But YOU confess. papa protested the beautiful
girl when the father SLOWED indications Of a desire
single, solitary thing that is in the least derosa-
! tory to his reputation.
don't like tho idea Of bringing any one into my
family who is so Internally sly as all that-Tit-
| Bits
| The readers of the "NIeue Free Presse' OF
! Vienna received the following remarkable report
of the Union Square bomb throwing incident: The
police has discovered that the act only part
I Of bomb conspiracy Seven of the participants
! were arrested. The plan to throw bombs in
eight different parts of the city at about the same
time. Only the premature explosion OF the bomb
! in Union Square prevented the execution Of this
! act Of terrorism. Other monster meetings are
being planned and il is feared that IN the course
OF the coming election campaign new attacks will
be made for the purpose of creating panic 1t is
reported that in consequence OF this condition the
! proposed departure Of troops for the Philippines
! has been postponed
You Americans don't appreciate art" said the
from abroad.
We don't. eh?" rejoned the earnest patriot
| Why, We pay some opera singers than we
| do baseball players, Washington Star.