New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-11-20
THE TAIN or THE DAY.

The statue Of Reine which the late EN-
press Of Austria erected in the grounds Of
her Achilleion estate. on the island OF Cor
fu has apparently reached the end Of its
peregrinations- AS viii be remembered, the
statue was taken down when Emperor
William became the owner Of Empress
EIizabeth's country seat. Il was bought
from him by one Of Heine's publishers,
Julius Campo. Of Hamburg, since deceased,
who offered II to his native city. The Sen
ate Of Hamburg. however, refused the gift
Nevertheless. the statue has been erected
within the city limits recently. but on pri-
vate property. made vacant by the con-
struction Of a new thorougtlfaTe- No Cere-
monies marked the occasion; in fact. the
statue was put UP overnight. almost Sc
cret1y.
First Bum-Writers say dat de secret Of
aristocratic appearance is repose Of man
ner.
Second Bum-Dats me,-Chicago News
a crowded southbound Broadway car
stopped at I'D street one night last week at
about o'clock and. while waiting for the
traffic officers signal TO go ahead, a poorly
dressed elderly woman stepped on the plat
form ana managed TO get through the crowd
at the door into the car Catching her
breath and looking about she said: IF
I'd known this was q private car Ia wait
ed for the next one" But it isn't" said
the man next 10 her What makes you
think il is?'' Sure. y're all done UP in
fine clothes" The woman was right All
the occupants Of the car were in evening
dress. The situation was explained to the
woman in one word: Strike
Kedd-How's your football team doing
CT G$reene@Oh. we're about breaking even.
Three members of the team are coming out
of the hospital to-day, and three OF them
are going tn.-Y OnkerS Statesman.
4 retail merchant who had read Of the
method employed by Judge William Jeff
Pollard, Of St. Louis, who believes that the
less demoralized and sodden slaves 10 alco-
holic excess should not be imprisoned but
released on their signing a pledge not 10
drink" revoked a discharge order which
= department superintendent had issued
against a clerk The man was brought to
the office and asked by the merchant If it
was true he had appeared at the store
few DAYS before much the worse for drink.
Yes: I was drunk" the man said. Are
YOU sorry?'' he was asked Xes-but I
couldn't help il" After further CONVERSE
ton. which convinced the merchant that
the offender was not Of the inCurable class,
the pledge proposition was advanced and
the document was soon signed Leaving
the office, the clerk turned and said: We
were up all night and al clock they told
me IL was a boy. I rushed downstairs TO
the telephone, my brOther-in-law heard the
message, made me go into his apartment
and take a drink then I blew the doctor off
to one and that settled it." That's differ
ent, said the merchant. TN take your
word without the written pledge In tell
ing the story he said: I went Judge Pol
lard one better"
enter car has not been widely mentioned.
Il warn you the car IS weli-Worn sub
ject."
YES: but did you ever think OF this: That
q woman who boards a car at another
corner cannot sit down beside man ac-
quaintance and let him pay her 1areE'-
Buffalo Express.
What would the people OF New York
say" writes New Yorker from Dresden
IF the city fathers agreed to pay out of
the municipal funds 5000 10 a newspaper
for publishing their pictures? That is what
has been done in this city one of the pa
pers advertised an illustrated article on the
new City Hall Among the Illustrations
We're the portraits of the city fathers. and
these at "a secret session appropriated 300
marks to be given To the publishers If they
would print the edition in English for
propaganda purposes " Speaking of this
city-advertising scheme a Berlin paper
says Dresden might have published the
portraits Of the great composers who were
driven from that city. Among them We
would find Bach. Weber, Wagner. Schu-
mann and Hans Won Buelow. whose lives
made miserable there The portraits
would have attracted more attention than
those OF the city fathers. and an article