New-York tribune., 1909-02-25
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

.Tbe child Is mother 10 the woman may be an
ant paraphrase TO describe the significance OF the
following incident: Perth Amboy matroh re-
Gently in honor of visiting friend. baked an I'M
posing chocolate layer cake Chocolate 1rosuhs
covered the entire outside OF the cake. which was
left on a kitchen table to cool To the mother'
entertaining the friend. her daughter caIieu' eA-
plaIning her absence: "Muvver. Tse keenlh up
for oo' Presently the mother went 10 the
kitchen See" said her daughter. exhibiting the
cake taken apart and scraped Of all its chocolate
Use cleaned this nassy cake
use the side door" roared the guard Of the
New York subway trsin, saII.r ren,e, the stranger
49,, a. e{ stSho of Hohnken Il kin use Il all right
I'm from a dry town."-Cleyeland Leader
IF the prophecy Of seventh who lived a
generation ago had been fulfilled. Washington's 8
Birthday. 1909, would have been the ffueth anni-
versary Of the end of the world. or rather the
world would have come to an end fifty years ago.
and there would have been no Civil War and no
lots of things" said a man who for many years
has kept clippings. and, unlike many others VINO
have that habit knows where to find them late
in 1883 the "end Of all things" was predicted for
February 2z 1859. and in some parts Of the coun-
try people became pancstricken. and. IL the story
as told by the scrapbook man is true. the wealth
of a New York family had its foundation In
niece of property which was sold at ridiculously
small price because Of the end which was soon
coming
r.
di ye say the doctors name was?
..Tbot settles II No docther wild thot oognomen
will git a chance TO operate on me-not If
well yez see my names Patrick "-Lppin-
colts.
There will doubtless be much sympathy among
New York City's hard worked officials for their
brethren in the Chicago City Hall. who. because
of a fit of economy must dispense with municipal
iy owned aHd maintained motor cars. Sixteen
thousand dollars worth of city motor cars are
offered for sale by Chicago BY dispensing with
them II is thought that $4,000 year In repairs
and wages will be saved The Record Herald" :"
adding TO the woes of the stricken. says that the
autos have been used for pleasure riding
than in expediting city business.
What we want" said the fervid speaker. rs
a who is not afraid OF trust
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum. and at the
same time we don't want one who Is so fearless
Star Star wa '' -
The Moses Mendelssohn memorial by Marcuse
which was unveiled in Berlin few days ago ls
according a description published in that city
"as severely plain and simple the great philoso
pher could have desired IL. and still IL is
dignihed in its simplicity his greatest ad-
mirers could have wished II 20 be- The shaft
on which the bust of heroic size rests is
adorned and bears no inscription. save. the name
and the dates Of the birth and death Of the
derful man. the of poor parents, who gave
the world a new translation of the Bible. and
through whose influence the people OF his race
entered upon era .t
Have they heen married long?'
II guess so. She says she can hardly drag him
out to a dance now.''-Detrot Free Press.
General Edward F. Jones. Of Blnghamton. n. Y.
who was colonel of the 9Th Massachusetts, Regi-
ment when it had its historic clash Camden
Station Baltimore. April 49, 1861. has written
a circular appea' to the people of Baltimore TO
aid him In getting information about Charles A
flIaa tn
body of Taylor, who was In Company of Colonel
Joness regiment. was not returned to Massa-
chusetts with those of Needham Ladd and Whit
uey who died at the same time. but buried In
Baltimore in an unmarked grave. monument
was erected to the memory 0f Ladd and Whitney
In Lowell and no recognition of Taylor has ever
been made It is proposed by his old
rades to add appropriate tablet to the monu-
ment General Jones writes.
After party a night ago at Brentwood.
The Dear GiTl-He had the impudeDce to ask
for kiss,
Her Dear Frend-The idea! What cheek!
The Dear Girl (blushins)-He wasn't particular
which.-Tit-Bits.