New-York tribune., 1909-09-14
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

In a letter 20 a New York newspaper an Eng
lishman makes complaint OF his inability 20 pur-
chsss British hAg I'm this city. He entered
store after store" he SAYS. but unable TO
obtain IT," An officer Of a big flag company says
that inasmuch as his company sells British flags
10 all the large department stores the Englishman
must have sought IN the wrong place Many
thousand gross Of British flags" he said. were
sent by Us 10 England during the Boer War. and
make great Quantities for sale in this city. OF
course. the man who takes astronomical iD-
strument for adjustment TO a delicatessen shop
must expect disappointment" Near Trinity
Church ma be found daily. rain shine. a
Grand Army man who makes business Of selling
nags. Some English people must have discovered
him, Tor he says that his "bes; sellers" after the
American has are the British and the German.
DO you and Your wife ever have any differences
Of opinion asked the iupertinent acquaintance
Tbsn M MsnTis5ia shanses hsr mind about some
Star.
The Jewish New Year-5s7O-Vtn begin on Sep
teu,ber ls and Will end on October 3. 1910. Accord
ing to the Jewish Year Book It will be "a defective
leap year OF thirteen months (55 Sabbaths and SS3
days.. Il win be the eighth year OF the 29sth
lunar cycle Of nineteen years and the fourteenth
year OF the 203d solar cycle Of twenty eight years
since the Creation"
she--Thsts MI. Osborn over there. He married
He-You don't say. wen that beats Solomon to
fraIKe-BOStOn transcript
Dr. Allen j Smith professor Of pathology at
the University OF Pennsylvania. has been appointed
dean Of the medical department at the university
BE succeeds Dr. Charles II. Frazier. who has re-
signed. DIR. Smith Is brother OF the vfee-presI-
dent Of the university. DR.. Edgar Fahs Smith. He
was born a. York. Penn, on December s, 1863 lie
received the degree OF master OF arts nom the
Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg and was grad
uated from the medical department OF the Univer-
sity OF Pennsylvania IN 1856. After serving a term
as inferno at the Philadelphia Hospital followed
by some years assistant demonstrator in pathoI-
ogy a. the university, he became professor OF
pathology ct the University OF Texas. where he
also was dean of the medical faculty. In 1908 he
returned to the University OF Pennsylvania 70 fll
the chair OF pathology left vacant by Dr. Simon
Flexner. now head of the Rockefeller Institute IN
New York
What What makes you so sure Shakespeare was not
We'll" answered the iconoelast. for one thing
nous me- ReSeT sd aa 9 to rssa the SGu
star. ~"
At the recent meeting Of the Episcopal Church
Congress in Boston two OF the leading debaters
were the Rev DIR. Samuel d. Mcconnell formerly
rector OF All Souls Church. In this city, and the
Rev. DIR. William Harman van Allen. rector OF the
Church of the Advent, Boston. Dr. Mcconnell
represents the extreme broad wing OF the Epis-
copal Church. and DR.. van Allen the extreme high
church school. DIR, Mcconnell read at the congress
q paper entitled Genius Versus Orthodoxy which
save occasion for very spirited debate between
the two clergymen. At the close of this particular
session n photograph of the officers ana leading
speakers OF the congress taken outside the
church where the meeting was held. The photog-
rapher in arranging the group had provided a
, seat for Dr. van Allen next 10 DIR. Mcconnell As
the camera man was ushering DIR. van Allen to his
place. the high church noticed his broad
church protagonist and waving his hand at Dr.
Mcconnell exclaimed "Ahl Genius" Then as he
took his seat he turned his hand back toward him
self and said, Versus Orthodoxy
why have stopped captain?'
ION account OF the fog, madam"
''Oh! but dear captain-surely not Look! It's
perfectly clear up above"
AYE. maam-but we're not goin' that yav
unless the boiler busts'-I Illustrated Bits.