New-York tribune., 1909-01-05
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

'The Geographical Journal OF LONDON III "
article on the marital relations among tne @ 49,
of Nigeria says: Polygamy is the rule' INC 4e01 -,
given being that It is impossible for one woman 20
do all the work of the house, look alter the oilh
dren nrsnare and cook the food, fetch the daly
supply OF water (often an arduous 1ool' cui'i'"e
the plantation and go to market Inc [AA -
an exceedingly hungry person 1t Is the cus'oiH ~
eat several times q day when at hohle' anu 'ii0
men spend most of their day sitting in the palaNei
t,o,,ea or roarketpace while the women bring the
food all day long. One wife could not possibly U0
this. Besides the African lady encourages IT, for
she says: The more wives the less work
She During a spat)-Why don't you say what
you mean? I'm no mind reader -, l..
again.-Boston Transcript.
Statistics OF the University of Pennsylvania
show that it has the most cosmopolitan student
body IN its history 1t has drawn more than fifteen
hundred students from places other than within the
borders Of Pennsylvania; of these two hundred afd
fifty are from foreign countries, OF which sixty
two from British territories: forty-seven from
Europe thirty-three from China and japan, fifteen
from the foreign possessions of the United States.
and ninety-eight from Latin American countries
The Latin Americans come from twenty coun-
tries, and represent at least sixty different towns
DUTY AT THE DOORSTEP.
He talked of reformation
In enthusiastic tones;
He wept for the Inhabitants
OF rude uncultured zones;
He had great plans to benefit
Us mortas here below,
To shovel off the snow.
OF things mankind. must suffer
d He xsi taksG es IN owS ont teEhs sdeSa was
Amid our dreams and mighty schemes
Let's pause hour so.
And get right down to humble facts
-' Washington Star.
Co,onel Tobr r Cobb of Portland Me- talking
in washington recently, drew a sorry picture OF
conditions under the prohibition law in his state
Spea king OF the means employed to get liquor and
beer he said 1.-The introduction Of intoxicating
liquor from other states cannot be prohibited The
consequence is that Boston breweries and other
houses have their express offices in the vari-
GUS cities in Maine, where they keep their goods
stored up for delivery to prospective customers
All that is necessary to obtain crate of beer, FOR
instance to telephone of these express Of
fees to order the beer from Boston and deliver it.
The order is filed within half hour, although
Boston IS than hundred miles away. The
express offices carry full stock of beer and liquor
and whenever order is received they simply fill
f. the legal excuse being that the order was trans
mitted Boston, and that upon INSTRUCTIONS from
there the order has been filed
Dr. Mcnamara tells Of 8 school teacher who vas s
members Of bis class: He illustrated it.
the river bank suddenly fell in He could mo not
swim. and would be IN danger OF QIOHnUs
rre the scene boys and girls. The man $ sud
den fan, the cry for help His wife, knowing MS
peril and hearing his screams, rushes Immediately
After a pause a small voice piped forth:
'FIolease. sir, to draw his insurance money. -
Illustrated Bits
Why the Jews do not celebrate Christmas the
birthday OF Christ Jew. clearly explained IN
an address by Rabbi Joseph Krauskopf. lead
ing Jewish clergyman Of Philadelphia, In recent
address He said "It is for the very reason that
Jesus was a Jew that do not celebrate his
birthday To avoid the danger OF divine honors
beirg shown 10 mortals. the Jew does not cele-
bra+e the natal day of any OF his great prophets,
lawgivers and inspired leaders; he has not even
preserved the memory of the dates OF their oirtn
and death or the location of their last resting
Mace He celebrates festivals in commemoration
of great causes and ideas, but not OF men, lie Gel
ebrates for instance the Passover, because of the
birth of liberty for which II stands. but he does
not commemorate the birth of Moses, even though
his brave thought and daring deed called It into
existence"
80 you are not going to mako any New Year
resOlutions? - 49,, %, ...,,- o4 90
make a few. But when I announced my intention
fhe members of my family had so many sugg
10 offer that I grew discouraged '-WashlnGton
Star.