New-York tribune., 1909-11-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II may seem impossible. but even one of
the successful fusion candidates for jus
lice Of the Supreme Court of New York.
IN the recent election. is disappointed over
The result. SO far as his own victory is
concerned The man in question has a
large practice. worth more than the salary
OF u Supreme Court justice. When the
fusion leaders were looking Tor candidates
he was in the West They telegraphed
him asking whether he would accept the
nomination rs there any chance OF
election?" he eross-questioned by wire.
None" came the reply. Then I'll ac-
cept." the lawyer telegraphed. He was
nominated and. what is more. he was
elected by a good plurality, 70 his great
surprise.
And this. said the young man VINO
was showing his country relatives through
the Museum OF Art. ''is a replica OF the
Venus de Milo"
'Goshl'' said his Uncle Anasa. "she was
a good locker, all right. Want never mar
mo. don't believe she ever was"
Il s'pose, bein' armless and not havin' a
had 10 dress that way. no matter wheIher
aid
How do I like these dinky little Dutch
band caps?" said a traffic squad patrolman
IL reply to question. "Oh. they're all
right here. but We amt likely TO be
knocked over the nut with anything on
this post. No. sir Al! these horse pilots
understand our rules now. and they obey
signals without q murmur. But take it on
the late tour over in ene Of thel rough
districts. and you can give me the Old.
heavy. stiff. blue helmet every time It's
great for stopping a brick and It amt
That o!dtime head-piece has saved me
many a time I'd rather buy a new he'll
met any day than have 4 seam in my
scalp sewed up
..ls your boy well behaved?"
'tienerally''
what do YOU mean b. 'generaIly'g'
Not particularly. y."-Cleyelsnd Leader
When President Taft was out in Cali
fornia recently his launch stuck hard on
a mud bank near the landing at san Pedro
NCbody-not even an opposition newspaper
was mean enough TO ascribe the mIshap
10 the jolly Chief Magistrates great bulk
But it reminded man who had been a
guest at one OF Mr.. Roosevelt's White
House dinners OF this story. told by the
host: when l started for Panama. on tie
same warship that Taft had travelled on.
noticed Il slight list to starcoard called
the captain in and asked him how II hap
pened that We were not running on an
even keel. lie was somewhat embarrassed
but l told him 10 out with it, and he
came back with this; Wei. Mr. President.
tie Secretary Of War sailed with Us not
long ago and he slept on the port side.
And-and-well. sir. We haven't had a
chance Yet 10 shift ballast
.tvK-r.,- ,,., 49,, &4-r-.-.,..
the stern parent. You don't see me let
ting the grass grow under my feet"
No." replied the son; III YOU had Iet
some grow under your feet You wouldn't
b. 50 near having il grow over your head
Philadelphia Record.
"One Of the things that have gone from
this department" said an o.dtime police
lieutenant recently. "is the 'Byrnes derby
IL the old days the famous Inspector wore
with his civilian clothes a certain SHAPED
derby hat. which was always "a distinguish
ing feature of his dress. Soon the de-
tectives and plainclothes men in the de-
partment began 20 copy the toss's style
Of headgear. and Il became almost like an
article OF uniform all through the force
No detective was considered complete with
out nat shaped like the Inspectors. It's
different nov. You see boyish looking fei-
lows with caps and 'rah-rah' bonnets doing
the sieuth work these DAYS. Aud another
article Of the oldtine police that is losing
out IS the squaFe-tosd shoes that wsre al
ways the distinguishing mark Of a cop
It's patent feathers or splke-tosd low cuts
nowadays. and you'll get fooled Il yeu ,ry
70 spot a cop by his shoes or his sop-
piece
Has he . goo9 memory
No. Just : eoran-c=. ordinary. svsrysav
sasH,oFy. ne Fs-ae r. o~rS people Who cws
hirn money n.uch better tkan rhoss -
wscra he owes money."-Detrolt Fres
Press