New-York tribune., 1908-04-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
by its sting.

.,,u oo,n1e natives Of Ceylon. appeared re-
cavity before a magistrate in Ohio and asked 20
no married. All the forms required ny the S'dt , ,
were complied with. hut before the law olcer c"u
narform the ceremony witness who came WIN
+be couple bound the thumbs Of the contracting
o+tas together 1ney explained that In their
country the act Of fastening man TO a woman
bv the thumb was sufficient marriage ceremony
In answer to comment which was mace as 10 'ie
o,oer custom the young man. who had been edu-
Gated in England, said The thumb uSeo 10 pray
an important part with Europeans also ana no
oath 7 read was so binding, once upon time
as that which taken by pressing the lnuno
~, tho sword blade. Your English word pollcita-
ton which means to promise. came from the Noiu
polIex which means thumb The magistrate
kissed the bride without further argument
Mrs Havson with letter>-Hram says that the
harm dance is all the rage in the city at present
Mt Hayson-An' l suppose them stuck,uP city
snobs is a-callin' II the garage mop heN - uch'
Tho arrival IF this port several days ago of the
now steamer Martha Washington, of the Austro-
American Line. brings 10 mind the fact that there
Is now tendency the part OF several OF the Dig
Transatlantic lines give American names TO ther
new liners The steamers OF the American Line
and the Atlantic Transport Line are named after
American cities and characters, and the Scandi-
navian- American has seen mt 10 call one OF us
best steamers the United States. The Hamburg
American steamer Pennsylvania was the only YES
sci with an American name in the companys New
yorl, and Hamburg fleet until the Amerika came
out with her various decks named after Presi-
dett Roosevelt the Kaiser Cleveland and Wash
fngton Then came the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria,
with more decks named after Americans. after
which the line brought out the steamers President
Grant and President Lincoln. The Anchor Line
called its latest steamer. which arrived here re-
Gently the California
pa what is monologue?'
the only child of ones own parents. -Ilpplncott $
Boston has taken a whack at the automobilists.
following New York's example in excluding from
it's parks motor cars equipped with tire chains or
metal covered tires The Metropolitan Park Com
mission of Boston has that the anti-skd
vices on the heavy up the parkways faster
than an army OF men repair them, and has de-
creed that from now on any chauffeur operating
a machine with spiked. chained or studded wheels
shall be mulcted TO the tune Of $50.
Mrs Al can remember the day when YOU
begged to the word that would make you
happy for life
Nj Al know-but you said the wrong word
Life
Chicago recently had a general cleanup" day.
and reports say it big success The clean
ing of vacant lots Of the city was assigned to
the school children. and they went at the job with
yigor and enthusiasm. When school adjourned. at
$50 D. m. they provided by The janitors OF
the various schools with the necessary tools and
within an hour the fruits OF their labors to
be huge piles Of waste paper. tin cans.
old shoes and miscellaneous refuse.
New Yorker-You play bridge for beans in Bo,-
ton, ! suppose?
Rostonian-No. We are not sacrilegious enough
for that.-Nonkers Statesman.