New-York tribune., 1909-02-22
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The imagination of German postcard maker Is
abov5n in q highly eolored card which was naheo
at Stuttgart recently 10 a New YORK aodress'
bears a good portrait of Judge Tart wearing OH Hi
coat lapel a number OF decorations. an tne uppel
left hand corner Of the card a log cabin Is SHOWN
and in the corresponding corner on the other sioe
picture Of the White House Under the portrait
this legend appears: Won Hutte zum "elsse" ~
Hause'-"From cabin TO White House. Inc
American sender wrote on the card, These people
sv;dentIv think a Chief Magistrate OF our country
must have been born in a shsnty
Cook Lady (at intelligence ofHce)-Before en-
gage with you I'd like to ask few questions How
many servants do you keep!
Cook LadyIwheTe do you live? .,. .t+.-
we are willing to move anywhere you want TO 60
Chicago News.
Dr. Sven Hedin. the explorer writes from japan:
"A fact that has often struck me is how little the
Japanese think of the men who. quite recently. nave
written the history of the world with the point OF
their swords or the fire from their cannon month
ago when we visited the Shinto temple raised u
the memory of the hero Kusunoh IN Kobe many OF
my friends said that when Admiral Togo dies such
a temple IS sure TO be raised to him But H. on
the other hand, one expresses ones profound an-
miration of such men, hardly any one agrees. ana
for the reason that they consider that these men
have only done their duty. that the fulhlment OF
duty IS the most natural thing in the wor'd ana
not worth wasting words ever
Say. paw" said little Rollo. why do they call
George " Washington the father Of his country? 49,.
Il dunno, son: unless it was because his eountIy
then came 20 look at him as sort Of old 3D., fosy
whose advice didn't amount to much. anyhow -
Washington Star.
The idea that the wedding ring should be worn on
the third finger OF the left hand because "a nerve
connects this finger with the heart is. says the
writer OF an article In ''Woman's Life. OF Roman
origin. but oddly enough, Is not continued on the
Continent as In England. for in France. Belgium
and Germany, and most other European nations
the engagement ring finger is the third finger of
the left hand. while the wedding ring" finger is
the third finger OF the right hand
wsro you ever held up in stage ss..s sSihg. ,oo,
Chicago Record Herald.
The New York correspondent Of THE San Fran
cisco CaH' writes 10 that paper that New York
has Hebrew population Of about million. which
makes II the largest Jewish city In the world AT
the next municipal election the voters Of the me-
tropolls viii he confronted with a condition which
their fathers would have thought impossible: that
Is in voting for Mayor they may have TO choose he
tween two Hebrews" Tho possible candidates
named I'm this forecast Nathan Straus, on the
Democratic ticket. and Adolph Lewisohn. as the
Republican candidate. THE friends OF these two
men say" writes ''The CAR correspondent. that
II the city Of Rome, the seat OF the Christian
Church can elect Ernesto Nathan, an orthodox
Jew, to the Office OF Mayor. there seems 10 be no
good reason why New York should not choose for
the same homer Nathan Straus Adolph Levi
sohn."
why. you've got the grip. old man"
II have not. I can't afford 70 quit work and go
10 bed. This is merely darned bad cold d-Cleve-
land Leader.
day or two ago a boy of five and a half
asked his aunt who is Washington" Her reply
was The Father Of Our Country The per
fectly natural question came: "Auntie' was our
country a little boy or little girl7'
Hoax can always tell a who takes
things because they look cheap.
JOax- How2
Hoax-Simpy by looking AT her husband-Phia-
delphia Record.