New-York tribune., 1909-03-19
THE Talk Of THE DAY.

In connection with the closing Of the tuberculosis
exhibition in Philadelphia this week the Rev. Dr.
Joseph Krauskopf issued a brochure on The Great
White Plague In which he pays high tribute 10
the work of Nathan Straus "Every where" Or.
krauskopf writes. Hothan Straus has reduced the
infantie death rate TO one-half Paris honored him
with gold medal did the Duchess Of Baden
The University OF Heidelberg invited him u tell "
his work before the faculty and students OF that
ancient and learned institution, and highly com
mended his noble and munlhcent philanthropy. At
the international tuberculosis exhibition at Wash
ington splendid tribute OF honor paid to him.
He has deserved all these honors and more Of
them. Considering the lives he has saved and IS
saving, I know Of none more deserving of the
Nobel prize of Sweden than Nathan straus"
Teacher-Who's Wordsworth
Shaggy Haired Pupil dnterruptneJ-A dollar
apiece? Any living ex-President's-Ch Trib-
Or Samuel a. Green. eex-Mayor Of Boston,
librarian Of the Massachusetts Historical Society
and secretary Of the Peabody Education Fund.
celebrated mis- seventy-ninth birthday on Tuesday.
IT. Green IS physician. historian and author He
has written number of historical pamphlets on
Boston and surrounding territory
IN never tell another man Id rather dance
than eat"
He kept, me, Waiting until all the restaurants
were losed'-Louisville Courer-Journal
The editor Of The Marion (Ga) Record is evil
IDENTIFY SICK OF MS jon and enNOus Of others q
lawyer he writes, Charges so for ten
minutes conversat tion-the man insists on paving
f. A doctor charges 81 for a prescription and the
patient SAYS: oh. pshaW-is that enough? An
undertaken charges 500 for conducting a funeral
he is just perfectly lovely with everybody in
side and outside the family. a man buys a gold
brick and apologies for not having bitten before.
An editor walks mile in the hot get the
facts of a death or wedding or social function ana
spends three hours writing it up and tells lies
praising people until he hates himself Then II
he makes insignificant omission. charges
cents straight for three extra copies he stngy.
careless, good-fcr-nothng old cuss, who never gets
anything right and charges four times the price Of
city papers twice large"
pc, you know anything about goh?"
WHAT'S the proper club to land fourth-cass
postmastership wi,h?"-Puck.
suggestion that shoe repairing or cob6ling
be made part of the manual training activities
in the ungraded schools and in the Parental
School of Baltimore has been made to the authori-
ties. but The Sun" of that city sees no merit in
the scheme. 1t says: That class of boys who
would desire TO become copblers who would
profit by learning the trade have a rule. only
a few years to devote to school, and those few
years had best be devoted TO learning how to read
write and cipher. with such other practical and
necessary elementary studies as their time will
permit
Jnks-Harkins doesn't strike me as literary.
Yet he declares that he never feels so comfort
able as when he Is snugly settled in his library.
Binks-Oh, that's not surprising. His bookcase
is folding bed.-Harpers Weekly.
Having raised $500 600 to duplicate Andrew Carne-
gies gift and having received Mr. Carnegie's check
for the half million, the University OF Virginia now
has $1000000 in cash to add to its endowment. The
100000 given by Mr.. Carnegie will become the per-
manent endowment of at least six schools in the
universiythe school OF engineering. tho school of
political economy and political science. two chairs
in the school of law, the school of English and the
school Of pathology. These viii be named for great
who have helped build the university and the
Republic.
Perhaps you suggest of am
proving the system of weather prognostication,"
said the sarcastic scientist.
Il cam answered the superstitious person. 'Ex-
tarrnnafa the ground hog. .'-WashingtOn Star.