New-York tribune., 1909-03-01
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

EX-Mayor John Boyd Thacher OF Albany. who
died there last week, was OF a hastily formed
company Of boys from the Albany Academy vrbo
marched with the procession the day when Pres
ident-elect Lincoln In Albany on his vav 70
be naugurated. His father who was Mayor of
Albany at the time, rode in the carriage with Mr..
Lincoln.
gross error in addition)-Very sorry sir: but even
If you hadn't found out ths mistake, the arm would
have benefited. not
Diner-Then you have excuse!-Punch.
An account of the methoIs of two rival cinenat5-
graph proprietors in the street is given by a
Paris paper. After adopting in turn all up-to-date
methods to attract the clientele of the other. one
Snowman, designated y. inserted d somewhat i'm
posing advertisement in a newspaper with the
orthodox coupon with the following notice: Please
detach this coupon On presentation at the box
office the proprietor Y. will give reduction OF 60
per cent on each ticket" Y, the rival, was. like
Mrs. Gilpin, "a careful SOUL so he hit upon an
ingenious plan Of checlmating Y and jnserted
under rs advertisement the following: "Y's uu-
merous friends are informed that If they present
KS coupons AZ Us box Office they will be admitted
at half price thereby saving the cost of the
space. occupied by the coupon Of y
Overheard in a PiccadiIly restaurant last week:
S!hcus-I never send a man on a FOOLS errand.
T4tBits.
DR.. Eli Stman Bailey OF Chicago. who an
nounced in address before the Southern Homceo-
pathc convention at New Orleans that he had dis
covered a substitute for radium. which he calls
radio-thor, and which, he says, Will be almost as
cheap lead. is recognized as one OF the leading
authorities in Chicago on radunL He was grad
uated from Hahnemann Medical College In 1873
DR. Bailey was born in 1851 in Little GeneSeo y. Y.
DO you understand political economy?''
Il do" answered the member OF the appropria-
tions committee. Political economy is the art of
getting other people to economic so that your own
constituents can have liberal considera ton -
Washington Star.
A hard blow at politeness on streetcars in Massa-
chusetts struck by the Supreme Court of that
held that II a passenger a crowded streetcar
gets off momentariy TO permit other passengers TO
alight, and in getting again is injured by the
sudden starting OF the car. he cannot recover from
the street railway company where there is a rule
under which passengers ride on the platform ut
their =isk.
you need to show you how to make
money"
but ne won't let me do it."-Cleveland Leader
When 1t was reported two years ago that Oscar
Wilde had been seen alive at Florence many papers
copied the story. AT that time man who bore
striking resemblance to Wilde was seen in the
streets that city. But It discovered that the
man. whose name happened to be Wild. was not even
n relative OF nim who died in Paris in 1900 Fhe
latest report of a similar nature came from Turin
says the "Matin." but for this there was an ex-
cuse-a small one! The man in Turin was Wildes
son Vivante and we'll imagine how 'vvant'
can be construed living II newspaper cor
respondent should telegraph from Turin "Vivaut
GaribaldP or Bismarck Gladstone false inn
pressions might also follow. The name was the
cause this time
Messenger Boy-DOes Yer boss object TO yer put
ting yer feet De desk and smoking cigarettes?
Office Boy-Naw; he tells me TO do it sometimes.
Messenger Roy--An when is dat?
Office Boy-When his creditors are due. He wants
EN- to think he is out.-Chicago News.