New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The people that sat near OF the central boxes
at the Society Circus evening performance at West
End last Saturday. witnessed a performance which
not the programme. After the march
around had been accomplished and all the amateur
performers had been the band played The
Star Spangled Banner and the large audience
arose In the box In question four men In con-
veutionaI evening dress and wearing straw mats
remained seated. and despite the hints IN mary
keys to stand up sat quietly smoking their cga-
rettes apparently oblivious to the fact that they
were being criticised all sides. Two women in
the same box arose and remained standing until the
last OF the national anthem had been played
and 1t probably out Of regard for them that
the incident did not receive further notice.
TnesmI R hope you've t been good boy. Tommy.
Unce-Dear. Dear! hope you haven't been very
Tcmmy-N-no! Just comfortable, - London
opinion.
The New Jersey board of Health has offcialy
condemned the drinking cups and glasses now In
use on railroad trains. In their stead the board
recommends antiseptic paper cups. which would be
germ proof. and could be thrown away after use
The cost. OF is TO be borne by the railroad
companies.
90 you Sa red' FSTse summer Boarder?
don't do nothn' but eat an kick."-washington
Star.
In a vigorous attack patent medicines The
Lancet" the leading British medical paper makes
strong plea for publicity of formulas IAN enor-
nous step would be gained II the proprietors Of
medicines were compelled TO disclose their COM
position,' says THE Lancet" TT would thar, h.
open to professional associations TO make widely
known the nature the properties and the intrinsic
value Of every such compound. and to show that
the claims put forward It's behalf had no tustia
cation. Such exposure. in the case of the ouaclx
medicines containing appreciable quantities of al
toho morphia or cocaine might open the eyes OF
the public &C. the dangers incidental 10 svslIou,tc
them. and Il would also afford 10 purchasers .ho
protection OF the ordinary law which secures thar
gcods soid snail be of the nature and kind de-
inanded by the buyer and specified by the SELLER
Say" said the Theosophists small bov ..r
ng pa was baseball umpire In a previous exist
WHIST makes you think SOP
=, Mas always throwing things at him "-Detro,,
Visitors to the Quatsno district I'D along ths
British columbia coast. say that the Indians thsa
are displaying childish prejudice against tha in
crease Oh lighthouses and general aids to shipping
In nearby treneherous waters. The Indians bavo
hitherto found wrecks along the coast fat MOT
Iaches and they are perturbed over the prosnact .,
a safer coastline. CONSEQUENTLY they have -,
that the bad weather OF the present sunrrar a.
directly due TO the lighthouses Thev co.. ,b..
Big Chief Neptune. whose home Is on Entranca
Island Is wroth with the government for bringi
In the lighthouse people and that he wants % a.,
them away, To accomplish this end he has hror,,ss
on storm after storm with phenomenal falls n, -
and high winds such have never been knou. a,
summers past. ~
Silieus-I can't decide which one of those two
girls !, want 70 marry cyncus-wen, marry either
wrong one-Philadelphia Record. ~