New-York tribune., 1908-10-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The Rev Gertrude Petzold, pastor OF the
Free Christian Church OF Leicester. England has
accepted a call to the pastorate OF the ClI'aiio ~
Church Of Streator, Ill. She Is the nrst "oii'e
Dreacher appointed to any church IN Eisi"i
Miss Won PetzoId who is thirty-two years olo
was born In Prussia. She spent four years o.
Edinburgh University and three years III ONioio
and was ordained four years ago
.eoo Won expect people to believe everything
Won tell them?'' asked the constituent. , "so
,o a9 am careful not to tell them everything
/ believe Washington star
Down in West Virginia 1T appears to be eX-
pensive to sell q more Whiskey than ne can
carry internally and then turn him adrlII Iil7
case of Dinah ] Pennington, suing for ner CHI
-, ogo4nst @ d Gillespie a salOOnkeeper near
Hendricks w Va was decided recently by the
Jury awarding the plaintiff $500 Al a previous
term of court Mrs. Pennington sued ana ootaiIleu
a verdict for $500 for the loss of her husoand
Pennington was killed near the saIoon' ana cIii-
lespie was sued the man who soid tne Wits
kew on which Pennington became intoxicated
II hear your son is something Of an aviator
~ wen to tell the truth. he. was bit that way
but he's taken the pledge"-Baltimore AInerl-
can
Tor wears and years It the custom at the
Naval Academy to make the "plebes" walk on the
extreme edge of any street or pathway In the
Naval Academy grounds. and terrible was the
fat Of ''plebe'
rights of the upper class men by defying this un-
written law and boldly taking to the middle Of
walk Now, however. since both haztng and
running" have been abolished at the academy
"plebe" IS free to walk where he may and be-
cause of this there is sorrow in the hearts OF
the midshfpmen of the class Of II, who them
selves have just emerged from "plebedom' and
consequently feel their dignity more than the
callous first class men.
aTe Jones cosr1onoIftan2"
Yes. Dutch treat and French leave.'-Puck
Every national campaign gives occasion to men
of original ideas to invent come catchy device
which, because of the interest engendered by the
national fight. will be sold by the thousand One
of the most ingenious things put on the market
this year is a small tablet. like medicine pellet
which. when dissolved in finger bowl. resolves
itself into picture of Taft Bryan, the case
may be Already thousands of these tablets have
been sold to New York hotels and restaurants
Impatient American latter an hours pause)-
Say. guard, what in thunder waiting for?
What ard tme wFo WE fa pu pH1 {Wa
hustlers)-That all depends, sir
American-Depenfs what?
Guard [judically)-Ah sir. that again depends.
Punch.
Curious reasons for the depression in the Eng
lish pottery trade given at Stoke recently IN
the course of the arbitration proceedings the
demand of the potters for increase of wages
John Ridgway a prominent manufacturer, de-
clared that in many London hotels the head en-
ployes. who often Germans. gave preference
to Germany when they ordered their ware. Il
also attribute the decline in the dnnerware trade
to the change in the habits of life in London"
continued Mr.. Ridgway Large numbers of
LondOners now live in flats and dine in restau-
rants. and consequently they require no dinner
services in their homes"
Passenger with sunburned nose)-U-her. ara
the life preSerVerS kept. MANI"
DeCkhand (wtth a wink)-DOWn on the lower
deck orard you'll find the bar."-IIIustrated
Bits