New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
THE TALK OF THE DAY.


The Controller of Detroit believes in taking care
OF the pennies the dollars will take Of them
selves. He has been figuring up the city's postage
stamp bill and finds that 1t up to thousands
OF dollars annually. the School Board alone using
$l,5OO worth. He suspects that many stamps paid
for by the city not used strictly for official
business, and he has scheme to stop the graft
His plan is to have adopted ordinance provid-
ing that every department of the city government
shall be compelled to secure its stamps from the
Controllers office and that every stamp shall be
perforated with the word Detroit to show
on its face that it was purchased by the city and
is not to be used for any but city purposes.
In a certain Sunday school teacher told her
pupils the tragic story Of Samson and Delah.
What do you learn, joe she said, from the
Samson story?"
woman cut feller's hair."-Harpers Weekly.
Still another holiday is suggested FOR the State
OF New York. 'The Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle thinks that II the State of New York
possessed "a Governor who desired make him
self really popular he would sign bill designat-
ing the opening day Of the baseball season a legal
holiday and making it a felony for anybody TO
compel Office boy to work on that day.
"Badgem is very SLOW. isn't he?'
Yes. He's stiIl reading next months maga-
zines. Buffalo Express
Chicago Norwegians are preparing 10 celebrate
the nncty-ffth anniversary Of the adoption OF the
constitution Of Norway on May Il, the Norwegian
Constitution day" This year. on account OF
split among Norscmen the liquor question.
there will be celebrations. wet" and one
dry The committee in charge of the wet
celebration is laying in a big stock OF imported
Norwegian aquavit drawing card, and the
members predict that tho bigger crowd of Morse
men will be found where the aquavit flows The
Board of Education has granted permission 10
school children Of Norwegian parentage to be alb
sent from school TO celebrate the day.
Under the caption The Half Moons Return
The Albany Argus prints d poem by William
Hoyt Coleman. written fot the birthday of az Al
bany woman a lineaI descendant of Jan de Witt.
Dutch statesman. murdered at The Hague in 1672
and also of Simeon de Witt. Surveyor General un-
der Washington. In view o. the coming Hudson
Fulton celebration, which suggested them" says
The Argus the lines may interest the dwelers
IN the Hudson Valley"
When the Half Moon sails from Holland.
Ana is tossed on stormy seas
When she gains Manhattan's harbor.
Impelled by favOring breeze
When she stems the Hudson current
In search OF a Northwest Passage,
At the Dutchmen's high behest-
When her antique sailors don their caps
VIII the shade Of the sturdy Jan de Witt
Move forward TO the land?
10: he oomees!Ito learn Of his children;
To study the ancient records
And know Of their good ILL.,
Till proud smile lights his face.
As IN state and city councils
He beholds their honOTed place
With those who laid firm foundations
For men OF later
Closing the time-stained volumes
The Half Moon he regains.
And she drops to the southwark
His proud smile still remains:
Though my life cut short IN Holland,
1t revived this western shore:
In my Children's deeds my spirit leads
What / ask, what more?
They have kept the faith of freedom
In a land where the people reign.
And the truth that once l died for
Is the truth that lives again"