New-York tribune., 1909-02-09

Life is a farce. he said.
And eyed the floor
For years I've thought that way,
Life is a farce, ! say,
And nothing more"
IN that case" quoth his chum,
Why must you act so glum?
Life is farce. YOU claim.
Then why regard the same
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Under tho head Of japanese delicacies" the
Berlin Prometheus" gives A list of some of the
queer things which are served TO citizens of the
FIowery Kingdom who have a refined taste"
In the provinces which are distant from the
that fresh fish cannot he obtained readily, and
where meat is not abundant. snakes and lizards
are considered good food and prepared in
many ways. Grasshoppers rank among the real
decaces They always kept in captivity
without food for a day, then bathed and decapi-
tated and made Iegless. Heads ana legs must be
torn off. never cut. They served In various
ways. but dry with salad dressing is the most
popular An insect Of the bee family which lives
In the earth is also much sought These are
served with sugar honey when eaten raw. but
they also made into porridEe The Chrysan-
themum exists not only in the poetry and art of
the japanese. bat has important place the
table where it is met salad. candy and stew.
What became Of that rich IN, uncle Of yours"
Gee How did he lose all his money?'-Cleve-
land Leader.
successful strike the Frankfurt Theatre
and the part played in the determined stand
against the management by comedian" is
corded I'm recent number Of the "Frankfurter
Zeitung" The comedian was the only striker,
who went 10 the director and asked for ad-
vance or his weeks salary. The books showed
that the whole amount had already been drawn
and the director said NO" Very good" said
the actor; then 1 shall refuse to go tonight"
The director saw that 1t dangerously near
curtain time and reluctantly gave the actor the
amount asked for. but said: Remember sir.
this is nothing short of extortion. and cowardly
one at that" Not at ALL Herr Director" said
the actor, stufing the money in his pocket. my
is not the bill for tonight anyway"
Mrs Jenner Lee Ondego-How have you man
aged to keep your cook so long?
Mrs. Gadabout-My husband has a pull with
the Police Department We have the handsomest
officer the force stationed in street.-Cht-
cago Tribune.
Judge Loyed E Chamberlain. president OF the
Massachusetts Board of Trade in a speech recently
declared that Boston could be made she leading
commercial city of the world. 1T is Americas
nearest seaport to Europe by $50 miles" he said.
"and the possibility lies through the construction
of an inland waterway from Albemare, N. c.. TO
Boston. It can be done cheaply and quickly if you
men of Boston fight for it. To do this you must
reopen and enlarge the Carroll-AIbemarle Canal
thus connecting the Chesapeake Bay; reopen and
enlarge the Chesapeake Canal connecting the Della
ware Bay; reopen and enlarge the Delaware and
Raritan Canal. connecting with Raritan Bay Then
you may go New York Harbor, through
Long Island sSound, until YOU get 10 Narragansett
Bay The last step is the construction of the Tsun-
Ton River -Brockton Fore Rver-Quincy Canal, and
the problem is solved
Mrs Jawback-I suppose you consider your judg-
ment far superior to mine.
trary when we chose TO marry each other.-Cleve-
land Leader. NJ