New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-01-11
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

According to the tentative programme for the
Henry Hudson celebration. the exercises for the
first day will take place on September 70 out as
the most important Jewish holiday the Day OF
Atonsment will be observed on that date. the jews
Of New York hope to have the date changed so
that they may take part in the celebration
degree Of some kind conferred On him. didn't he?
sell besye 6e has taken the degree Of Lid
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man on his first visit TO Washington Few
days ago. boarded trolley car In pennsylvania
avenue and asked the conductor II he was going
toward the White House. What house? asked
the conductor THE White House-the Presidents
home" Don't know-Tve only been on two days;
ask him. pointing at his associate conductor In
the trailer He also hesitated before answ eT-
ing but finally remembered. just the car neared
the foot Of Capitol HILL that the White House was
In the other direction. Having gone 50 far the
stranger made the rest Of the journey TO the top
of the hill, slipped OF the car into the snow and
asked workman the grounds to direct him TO
the library. and. following the direction would
have gone TO unfinished building had another
visitor not saved him. He wrote to his home In
London that evening: There are beautiful places
In Washington, but DO not ask resident TO tell
you where they are-they do not know
W1fe-Is there any difference between a fort
fortress must Be aFsr to
In Rochester a great many accidents have oc-
CURED because people, mainly women, persist in
stepping Off streetcars backward Il the is in
motion. however SLOW II is almost certain to throw
the passenger to the ground II people would take
hold OF the front rail and go with the car there
would be danger, but IT Is natural TO grasp the
rear rail with the right hand and jump backward
Last week was killed In this manner.
THE Rochester Democrat and Chronicle In ad-
vocating the removal Of the rear hand rail. says:
THAT hand rail Is worse than useless II is
a positive peril TO all women In spite Of all that
the newspapers, husbands. fathers, brothers and
sons say. women VIII persist IN ahghttns from
cars by taking hold OF the right hand rail as they
step down. That causes them 70 face TO the rear,
and the slightest motion Of the they descend
Will throw them down backward"
Have you heard that Jim has quit smokins7"
o, Yes yOp see. he Is little nsar-.shssd and the
Bohemian Niio '1'l
Divorce IL remedy for evil rather than evil
in ITSELF. declared Chief Justice Emery. Of Maine.
In a recent address Marriage he defined q civil
institution, established by law for the benefit of
and he suggested that the divorce laws could
be perfected in three ways-frst, by granting no
divorce until husband and wife have lived apart
for year; second. by publishing the suits in the
daily papers; third. by giving the court authority
TO delay hearings IL necessary that they cannot
be rushed through as is sometimes the case now
And the name 10 TO her'-asked the suave
minister, he approached the font with the
precious arnfu Of fat an6 nounces
Augustus Philip Ferdinand Codrngtcn Chester
field Livingstone snooks-" -
Dear met Turning to the sexton): "A LYLE
water, Mr.. Perkins, II you please"-Tft-Bhs-
II recommendations OF the State Automobile Com
mission Of Maryland adopted the tax motors
in that state will be materially increased. bin
approved by the commission provides for the annual
license OF automobiles according 10 their horse
power. AT present license tax Of g Is paid by
the owner automobile, and that license is
good as long as the machipe lasts The new law
will provide annual OF from IS to sz4. accord
ing to the horsepower of the car. These licenses
will have to be renewed each year The revenue
from licenses, with al automobile fines. Is to be
turned over to the Good Roads Commission, and
will be expended IN repairing and constructing
roads It is estimated by Governor Crothers that
the new law will for the next few years produce
from $4,000 $4,000 year. and that In ten years
this will reach $4,000 year. basins this calcula-
ton upon the rapid rate at which automobiles are
increasing
Captain did you ever serpentf" asked
the ocean voyager. No replied the captain pr
the liner. II never drank a drop In my HE
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