New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE Talk or THE DAY.

Broad way IS poorer by character since last
Tuesday. when Charley Miller the Astor House
sandwich man. resigned his place In the rotunda
restaurant, which he had held for thirty-three
years In that time he was seldom absent from
his post. and he became acquainted with tho
preferences as 10 tongue ham. beef chicken
sandwiches OF hundreds Of New Yorks public men.
Tips iu large numbers fell into the hand with
which the checks passed his customers
hundreds Of whom were served daily without Civ
ing order. Charley knew that they wanted
coffee, half milk milk with a dash 81 coffee
tea very weak" other chaser for the
Sandwiches which were his speciality. One OF his
colleagues, speaking Of the retired veteran, said.
Charley has begun his life Of ease with trim n
Ireland with his wife: when he back he Will
DO the best he with the $4,000 which he made
while handing out sandwiches
Who invented the automobiIe?" asked the
Some guy. that didn't want fellow to earn 4
noxr, r.r Tor notdn @ his horse replied the shambng
You ask ne TO describe Richard Strauss. and
answer" says the Munich correspondent of q
Vienna paper. that he IS exactly the opposite in
appearance Of what you would fancy him 10 he
lie is modern musician He loves surprises and
his appearance is the first OF these he inncts on
one. The musician of our imagination cilngs to
the traditions as portrayed in Murgers 'Boheme'
as 10 long hair. flowing crayat and garments out
OF harmony with the DEGREES of fashion. Strauss
IS respectful in the presence OF fashion Flls coat
OF the conventional cut. fits him perfectly. His
naustache shows evidence of care. and he wears
artist curls. His hair forms a big lump In
the back and seems to have away from the
high. broad forehead dome. Bright modest attrac-
tive. any of these terms would describe his eyes
Two long burrows lead to the thin lips under which
the bcry chin protrudes That is the picture we
when the velvet folds of the curtain are drawn
aside and Strauss appears in answer to applause
He knows just how to gauge these outbreaks and
shows himself at precisely the proper moment
remains in sight just long enough TO give cause
Ger another salvo and repeats his coming and his
going only modern master can. Beethoven
Mozart, Wagner-nCEe of them could have done it
but they were not modern. "
How do you recognize an infant industrv?"
Like most Infants answered Senator Sorghum,
cit is recognized by the amount OF noise Il makes
when II wants to be noticed " Washington Star.
a correspondent asks in The British Medical
Journal" # a small hypodernic Injection Of NOR
phne. not sufficient cause drowsiness would do
good 10 a speaker suffering from extreme nervous
We have no experience Of this treatment
but II IS within our knowledge" says THE Jour
nal that great actress was enabled TO face
a trying ordeal of the first night by means of
seven drops of laudanum. She learned to rely con-
fdently this medicine which never failed of its
effect. As the drug was given only these special
occasions she never contracted the opium habit"
Marie--Rut If you love Tom why do you go
a bout with Jack?
I'm using Jack as a pacemaker for him--Boston
Transcript.
Newspapers all over the country report scores OF
towns and cities as preparing to curtail noise and
reduce fatalities the coming Fourth of July
Chicago has joined the safe and sane Indepen-
dence Day league and its police department has
had printed for general circulation list Of '.Donts
prepared by the Corporation Counsel III Balti-
more the head of the police department has an
nounced that if 1t is within the power Of his men,
there win not be even frecraeker set off within
the city limits.
Mosie typhoid convaescent He had been
IN the hospital seven weeks, but in all that time
no one had succeeded In winning the faintest
smile from the little fellow. Perhaps the sorrows
Of Russia were sti too vivid a memory
And hen day the tickled him playfuly
under tie chin. lie looked up with pitifu little
smile.
''Oh. so YOU are ticklish." said the nurse laugh
ing
vanishing. I'm Yiddish"-Everybodys Magazine.