New-York tribune., 1908-12-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

In an article on the successor of Rachel Wrlter
in the Paris 'Matin" says; Maria FaVard' VINO ~
in the SOS and SOS of the last century was the
star of the Con1sd!e FRANCHISE is dead at the age
Of seventy-hve. In the course OF btteen years.
when she was at the zenith Of her career she aP-
peared in nearly all the great Tragedies Dut oe-
serted the MoIiere house for time TO play AT the
Varieties. She returned and took final leave snoruy
after Perrin became the director. The step was
probably hastened by brutality on the part OK the
director who had taken a dislike to Fevard- AT
a rehearsal she noticed that he kept his eyes
steadily fixed upon her. and. growing nervous un-
der the strain she asked. Why do you stare at ma
so7' I notice, he answered, that you are growing
old There was nothing in the remark at Whlch
she could take offence except the tone' but snort
" after the incident she resigned and sItnough
she appeared at various theatres later, her anDi-
ton had been crushed Eight years ago she made
her last appearance the stage.
Ills wife boasts that she made him What ohs he is s.
HIN! She seems TO have neglected to work any
higher than his neck-'-Puck
There is one place you can control--your bed
room Ventiate that" IS the warning Of a recent
Chicago Health Department bulletin The bulletin
urges the need OF fresh air in the winter TO combat
consumption and pneumonia, 1t advises riding on
The platforms Of gtreetcars and clothes but
M boIstertng Of necks and IS much avoidance as
ossbIe Of places where the air circulation Is poor
A QUESTION.
# thsEs isnt any Santa Claus who Is 1t turns your
Toward the shcp where gifts are smiling as you
Who is It sets you thinking. though you're busy
About he songs and laughter round the ohdrsn'S
Though You Vow This Christmas business IS
nuisance. anyhow .sa. ,,.,-. +,s
The small tin trumpet sounds blast that wakes
To hoInag. for for the doh who IS lady and queen
Is realm Of destinations meath some mystic fairy
II the7e Isn't any Santa Claus. who Is it day by
That Turns our thoughts. to Christmas, strive to
VINO comes at this bleak armed with tels-
And by generous suggestion dominates our minds
'o Washington Stag.
We md repeatedly how imperfectly figures
convey to the ordinary mind the ms gnitude Of OBJ
iects'' says the welt spiege,' and how much
more readily they are comprehended by comparf-
son" To substantiate the assertion q picture IS
produced Of the Cathedral at Cologne which Is lou
metres in height, and next TO IT IS placed picture
of tn. Zeppelin airship, standing on end, reaching
awsv beyond the middle OF the highest section OF
the steeple and to within twentysix metres OF the
apex The picture also shows the Trtunphal Col
rnan at Berlin, sfxtv-one metres IN heignt ana
next TO 1t the eirship ParsifaL MY nneuss hisE'
as It stands on end
, 20 1-o,Jd he nossib1e to externinate him
slobbs--Nake him fashionable for vonlen's hatS
--Phladelphia Record
Universal interest is manifested. says ths Berlin
.-Nrorzsn Post in tbs trial going on At Munich
As,lrnx from the discovery Of spurious paintings
Il is not fully known widespread this business
Of counterfeiting has become Old statuary Is MADE
in great quantities In italy; Bohemia and Belgium
furnish glass Of the Middle Ages, and every Eu-
ropean capital has its makers oH antiques Berlin
and Vienna makers are kept busy with the home
trade but Paris London, Brussels, Rome, Florence
SMYRNA and Munich commercial centres for
This class OF merchandise. The business has grown
10 such proportions that Nuremberg, Vienna and
Tfvorno have started museums where counterfeit
works are exhibited and where their styls OF manu-
facture may be studied
Bacon-I called with my wife on the lady next
door last night, and she started her phonograph
paving I'll Trovatore-" -
Egbert-suppose you imagined yourself at the
operal - . ..,,,. g. b.a.
the hand dT''-Yonkers Statesman.