New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-04

ment house had been called In by the
mistress 20 assist in unrolling a new rug
in the parlor Of the fiat When il was
finally laid he looked at it a moment ad-
miringly and remarked. Dat do sut'n'ly
lcok fine. ma'an. But II strikes me dat 1t
amt exactly compatible wild de paper"
DOBsoN. THE NERVOUS.
HE is so nervous" people said.
And each would shake his troubled head.
He should consult a specialist.
or some fine morn he will be missed"
And like remarks his friends would say
About poor DObson every day
For Dobson would sit in his chair
And twist and squiTm and softly swear;
Would jump and walk about the room,
Then settle down In awful gloom.
''Alas!" said they. he has a bat
Or he would never act like that"
At last they told the boss that they
With DobsOn could no longer stay.
The boss took DobsOn 10 one side
And questioned him: then Dob replied:
Rough on them, sir2 It's worse on me:
Boston Herald.
Cyrus Townsend Brady, Naval Academy
graduate. author and Episcopal priest,
has had new experience. His parish. ST.
Georges Kansas City, being without a
church. the Jewish Congregation Of B'naI
Jehudah offered its edince as a place OF
worship for his parishiOners. DIR. Brady.
accepting the courtesy, now finds himself
conducting CHRISTIAN services in a Jewish
synagogue. THE action Of the Jews seems
TO me a significant example OF modern
church comfy" said DR.. Brady Their
generous offer is the hrst of the kind I
have heard Of
Sir. wish 10 make your daughter my
wife"
The old man hesitated Hadn't YOU bet
ter see her mother first?" he asked gently
after thinking a moment.
I've seen her mother. and il doesn't
make any difference-Im willing 10 take
the chances exclaimed the youth. with an
the ardor of honest love--Christmas Puck
The Governor of the German colony of
Togo has ordered cats to be kept in all the
schools hospitals. prisons and other public
buildings where natives congregate. The
order, according 10 The African Mail is
contained Tn a decree dealing with the dan
ger OF the Introduction OF plague in Togo
from the British Gold Coast. DR.. Koch, the
bacteriologist. has reported the successful
experiments made with cats for the eradi-
cation OF rats In plague infected and plague
menaced harbors OF China. In Hong Kong
orders have been issued providing for the
maintenance OF one cat in every house
Highland Ferryman during momentary
lull IN the storml-Im thenkin' sir III
just tack yer fare; there's no sayin' what
MIGHT happen tae us.-Punch.
Marcel Provost has written an article for
a Paris publication on the subject OF Fash
ions OF the Period" IN which ne discusses
at length the methods employed by women
10 grow thin He denOunces them ali as
injurious TO body and mind. with the one
Experimentation exercise. He comedies
that women are more attractive when they
are slender that they are less prone 10 be
heavy In manner when they are light in
body, but to reach the slender form by
means Of drugs, by drinking less water
than the healthy body requires, by wearing
garments which torture and by starvation
Is sinful. Sport Is the thing. but not as
practised in France. where the outdoor ex-
ercise Is simply an excuse for Irritation and
for the consumption of rtoid cups OF tea
II every country were 90 make a list OF
It's women who excel In skating. riding ana