New-York tribune., 1908-09-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Queer Bird Homes" is the title OF article
published recently IN Germany by Harry Mas
ornithologist, in which many instances are cited
to show that the tastes of birds as to their haol-
tations vary swallows nest under the caves
Of railway passenger coach he speaks or as
most peculiar. Not much because IL was
car but because this particular one mace daily
trips between two places. Being on the move
about half the time 1t was hard to say when the
swallows were flying homeward. The nest re-
mained undsturbed, and little family OF three
finally emerged from it. He quotes from nos
mos" In which nobIeman relates that for twelve
wears a soldfnch pair came regularly to his gar
den and built a nest of forget-me-nots The
habit of the birds SO well known that Ded
of the little flowers was cultivated expressly Tor
them In the historical museum of Soietta a
city in which matchmaking Is the chief industry
there is birds nest made of watch springs Ii
WAS discovered in a tree where IT had been built
by wagtai pair The little feathered archi-
! tects used the metal for the outside and to hold
the soft lining.
Il hope you came out of that horse trade with
yes answered 81 Smiling. but it kind o.
worries me- Ny conscience is so onusuaIly clear clear
O. the trade"-Washngton Star.
Through the bequest of Jean Fabre the museum
In the Foreign Department of France has become
the possessor of curious collection OF menu
cards These cards, all artistic in execution show
what was served at the dinners and luncheons
given by France and by the city of Paris in honor
of distn gished persons and to celebrate histori-
cal happenings for a period Of sixty years. Cards
bearing emblems. portraits and landscapes for
visiting monarchs among the most notable
from the artststic point of view, and, says
Figaro" the student with an eye for the mate
rial can find In the collection much OF interest
TO the gastronomic taste of the time The cards
for the dinners given for Stanley. the Shah or
Persia and Ii Hung Chang are among the most
elaborately decorated. A falling column and the
legend Siege of Paris-112th Day of 1mprfson-
ment" is the decoration of one card The list
proper shows that the dinner was not Of the
elaborate kind. The guests were served with
cabbage soup. butter radishes, pork ana chlcken
with siege sauce
Maud-Do you mean to say that you actually
BeIe-Yes; but. my dear. he was so dreadfully
ratified, made him believe ne did IL hlmselr-
Boston Transcript
Jack rabbits are said to be so numerous in the
Aptelope Valley of California that the ranchmen
are in despair The animals are becoming so
fierce that they actually breaking down the
fences around the adjacent fields and eating crops
down TO the roots. Not content with this. they
ora suarming into the desert towns and invading
the front yards of the dwellers. The citizens of
Lancaster turned out recently and made round
nm They put a fence across the road between
fences surrounding fields either side. and in
short time drove in and killed with clubs over
Ave hundred jack rabbits. The people Of the val
lev are considering the advisability of inviting
Los Angeles to join in general slaughter. They
think several hundred men and boys. on horse
hack might be able 10 kill forty thousand OF the
pesky cottontails.
Ciood-OurselVes-
Bad-Our enemies
indnerent-Every body else.-Cieveland Leader
In the course of the coming at the new
German Theatre in this city five plays will be
uresented in which the stage Will be reproduced
on the board7 The first of these will be "Keane."
bv Alexandra Dumas. Then ''Stelle and Antonio"
nv Otto Juiiu; Bierbaum. This will be followed
by the play founded stage life by Carl Ross
er entitled Behind the Hedge" THE Doll
School" bv Muller and Hermann Bahr's The
yellow Nightingale" will be the fourth and hfth
plays respectively. The "Berliner Tagebiatt." in
commenting this repertoire says; "Dr- Baum
field might easily include sixth stage play
founded on personal experiences. for. on his ar
rival In New York, he told the reporters that he
had In the course OF his two months absence In
Europe spent eighty nights In the theatre-a
great record"
First Short Story Charaoter-Haven't I met
you before?
Second Ditto-wouldnt be surprised! This is
my lQ9th TelnSarnstlon this Yosr-Life-