New-York tribune., 1909-07-12
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

'"rhe Lancet the great English medical paper,
says that Englishmen and Americans eat too much
It especially advises people OF middle age and
older to practice sef-restraint in the matter of
food LAS the fire of life burns less fercely and the
output of energy IS smaller, says the writer, 80
the fuel supplied should be reduced that the system
NAV not be clogged with ashes and half-burnt
cinders, whereby the activity of the whole machine
is from time time impaired and may even be
prematurely arrested"
According to JEFF De Angels, the PLAYER the worst worst
hotel anywhere was one that some years dso sIOOu
Il had been bunking at this alleged hostlery with
a fellow actor for two nights, says De AngenS'
''and our experience took all the horror Of
sleeping well I was dimly conscious for a long time
that something was wrong. suddenly l reaHHeu
wake up. Billr shouted in my friends ear
as I shook him violently. The gas Is escaping!
rolled off the shueks."-Harper's Weekly
Gratifying progress in the ant-opium crusade in
China is reported by THE North China Daily
News" In a recent issue It sad THE anti-opium
commissioners have decided on the opium prohibit
tion laws a graduated scale. From the current
year till the fifth year of Hsuan Tung the maximum
penalty for officials who should smoke opium will
be strangulation in the sixth year this punishment
will be extended to gentry. and in another year to
the common people"
REvERIEs OF a CONSUMER.
Upon the doorstep OF his home
Said he: ooh. tempt me not to roam'
I've had enough of that.
M Nav S90asn tax With SHG patri6t giee.
] know that when my fare / pay
They'll charge IT UP to me.
1.-The tea and coffee that I drink.
The weed sometimes smoke,
The he clcthes wear & Whlfa tray OF shrlnk'
Though statesmen strive with valiant skill
TO make them cheap or free,
Each profit will be greater stl.
They'll charge it up to me.
'Afar with interest I note.
Ny neighboT;s patient pat lent browsing goat.
For he Is born to play his part,
While I coerced must be
To sit and sing with heavy heart:
Washington Star
Hector Apolnaire is the Of negro who
admitted to the bar IN Paris few weeks ago.
lie is a native of Guadeloupe about thirty years
old. tail end muscular and very black. He enjoys
the distinction OF being the only one Of his race
among the recognized lawyers OF Paris.
Tommy-Pop. what do men mean by circum-
stances over which they have no control?
ord. 0''ny Fop-'''' my S0'' ''''F' p-'' NJ
The Jewish Advocate" has this to say to
the recent turf victory Of Baron de Rothschild:
Baron Maurice de Rothschild whose horse won
the Grand Prix at the French Derby. incidentally
gathered in the OF $4,000 his share OF the
winnings. The poor man doubt needs the money
"A fact that explains his violation OF the ethical
law against gambling"
He's a prominent agitator, isn't her"
Yes. the usual kind A rabid eight-hour man
with a fifteen hour wife.''-Cleveland Leader
The latest development In municipal ownership
agitation from Chicago where retail liquor
dealers, groaning under the prices charged them
this summer, are demanding a city ice-makinS /
plant from which they can get their supplies THE
Record -Ferald says that nobody need be surprised
at the appeal; that the tendency IS only in its
beginning. It will show itself in and more /
instances az sure fate" The remedy for such |
agitations. The Record-Herald' believes. lies IN
such an efficient public control Of consolidated in
dustries as has yet nowhere been achieved
A professor Of the class in English history /
telling his young Of the impressionable age /
about the Eiizabethan era, when suddenly turning
20 o. young who seemed be in q
dream with a far away gaze. said:
And how old Elizabeth Mr.. Case?'
Eighteen last birthday" came the instant reply. |
Tit t-Bits.