New-York tribune., 1909-07-02
TIE TALK OF THE DAY

There IS nothing ir the world saws Karl Bur
rian in the "Fremdenblatt.' OF Vienna. about
which so many lies told as the American
stage He tells Of the exaggerated reports as to
salaries and audiences, and adds Richard Wag-
ner's works sink deeper and deeper in public in
tcrest and II any should tell you thar there
is such a thing in America as An artistic life You
may put IT down untruth The Wagner per
formances are the least popular They bore the
public, and when such performance occasionally
creates Interest II is only because OF the colossal
advertising to the scenery and light effects
made use Of on the occasion The chief
feature OF the evening is not the performance or
any Of the stage artists. but the long nermission
when the parade in the corridors and dis
play their elaborate toilets" The writer declares
that subscriber at the opera knows how the
story of TannhAuser and Elizabeth ends, because
what comes after II o'clock is only good enough
for the employees" and that the people OF fashion
must leave the opera house promptly at that hour.
regardless of the performance.
Iimmy-What yer looking gay about. kddo?
Yer'll get a licking when yer get home for going
- PeteyIoh' no. told dad had been In swim
ming and got the licking before left home. Now
I swim without anything on my mind.-Chicago
News.
AT last there seems 10 be reason to hope" says
a correspondent of "Matin." that there will be
Chopin monument erected at Warsaw. Chopin. like
Heine. remembered in bronze and marble In
other countries long before such honors TO his
memory were even discussed In Poland. This
due to the fact undoubtedly. that the Russian gov
ernrent was naturally averse to showing honors
to a Pole private subscription was finally al
lowed to be made. and the 1OO.OOO-ruble memorial
can now be seriously considered. The committee
having the matter in charge offered three prizes
for plans stipulatng that only natives of Poland
would be allowed to compete. The jury awarded
the prizes to Maclaw Szhmanowski, Ladilaus
NIarienkewski and Sigmund Otto"
It's the fellow who minds his ps and q's that
sleeps iowery beds OF e's-Philadelphia Record.
At the commencement exercises of the Ohio Uni
versity last week the honorary degree of Doctor of
Letters conferred on DR.. Albert Leonard. super
intendent of schools OF New Rochelle.
When you are late to dinner how do you apollo
gize TO your family?'
into a technical description of the ball game that
gets my interested and my wife and daugh-
own way"-Washington Star.
An article published in a recent number of the
'Neuwieder Zeitung states that finally the
doubts as to the origin OF the American Rookie
fellers have been cleared up" "A man from a
neighboring village" IL seems, made a thorough
search of the church records of the former prin-
cipaity Wied. and established the fact" that the
first members Of the family to go to America were
Johann Peter Rockenfeler and his brother. Johann
l72O TO town in New Jersey. which known
then as Rheingau, had been Seggendorf. The
article refers 20 many Roekenfellers who were
natives of the principality. and names Johann
Thel, the fourth OF Tonges Rockenfeller, as
the ancestor in direct line OF the Petroleum
King"
Docs your father know you smoke. little boy?'
asked the inquisitive stranger.
'I guess not" replied the bad boy. He doesn't
lock I'D his cigars-"-Detroit Free Press