New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Play cards with for an hour and YOU
Will know MIN better than If you had met him in
the drawing room every evening for a year says
German writer. But Sonia" in a recent num-
Der OF Figaro, suggests another character barorn-
eter. A never failing test is the hotel room The
way man arranges his room in a hotel shows
whether he has been well reared what his ideas
OF propriety are, whether his bump Of order has
been developed. whether he is methodicaI or SLOW
emily, and one may know by the wav wearing
apparel ornaments and baggage are disposAd oF
IN a room which the occupant knows he Will re-
main in only few days whether he is thorough
" or superhciaIly educated. IF I had daughter
for whom a young man sued" saws sonia" Il
would have him go 10 a summer resort where !
could surprise him in his hotel room. In less than
fifteen minutes my verdict would be rendered on
the basis Of the rooms appearance"
t SO yoq on, tried to convince your son that he was
That's what I did answered Farmer e-i't-tT Corn
dossel- 5 ! gave him a good old-fashioned dressn'
OesP sWEa5 {sn ysdrf Gid he y9S9EeT, 9d?
He jes laughed an said il reminded him of the
good times he had when he was bein' inflated in
his college fraternity" W ashington Star
One of the leaders in New YorE's business world.
who is also a conspicuous phiIanthropist writes
from 4 vacation resort, where he went to rest:
There is no rest in the country for a man who re-
ceives mail. Applications for charity come with
the same regularity at home. Then there are
the people who do not come under the head of
charity who want assistance and who apply 10 a
man in the country because ne can give the matter
more attention than he could AT home. These are
numerous. hut are pressed hard in numbers bv the
correspondents who have business propositions IN
which they wish 10 interest the resting New
Yorker For the man who takes no secretary with
him simuy because he wants 10 make himself be
Gcve that he is separated from business for the
time being correspondence Of this kind makes
much work But seeing all that come is slight
compensation. II strikes that the most un-
usual and ingenious demands are made at the time
when writer knows that his letter will be read
by the one TO whom it is addressed"
ba9 ny as Sa usse % SoTg Whip me when
WiIe-Well. I hope III never have to tell my
little boy that.-Boston Transcript,
Dr. Ncf the Director of the Department Of
Health OF Philadelphia, has started a movement
eradicate adenoids the school children Of the
Quaker City. Adenoids. declares DR.. Neff play
great part in the "backwardness" of children
Suffering from this trouble. the Director SAYS
children unable 10 keep up with their studies
while the affection deprives them of good health
and units them to fight the battle OF life That
many parents are negligent of this malady the
Director shows by statistics bOf the medical in
spoctors of schools last year. He adds: by heed
ing the advice herein given. our future citizens
dhe school children Of to-day will he of higher
mentality. possess better health. and there viii be
a smaller dependent class for whose care the tax
payer must provide"
Little Wilie-Say pa, what is foresight
Pa-ForesiSht my son, is the faculty OF being
around when there is melon to be cut.-Chicago
News
Chicago to judge from its newspapers is much
pleased with the result OF its attempt 10 choose Il
city librarian by Civil Service examination Henry
Edward Legler. secretary Of the Wisconsin Lii
brary Commission. has been selected from a list
OF nineteen applicants by a special examining
board. headed by Herbert Putnam. librarian OF
he sIa nf ,O1
cumbents Of the place WILL If newspaper demands
met he raised to some figure between 5000
and $4,000
Skeptc-How is Peary going prove that he
mailed the flag the pole any easier than Cooke
Doubter-Why, Peary brought his hammer home
with him.-Rochester Herald.