New-York tribune., 1910-01-10
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A notable addition to the monuments or
Vienna will be that of Johann Strauss,
which is rapidly approaching completion at
the studio of Professor Edmund Hellmers-
1t will be in the form of a pergola, in the
centre of which there will be statue OF
heroic size of the waltz king" holding his
violin The features of the musician.
says Adolf Kahl, in description of the
work, ARE true and the pose of the figure
IS beyond criticism; but II will be impos-
sible 10 show Strauss in bronze or marble
as he vas. Those who saw him lead, while
his band played The Blue Danube or
Wiener Blut,' saw how ne danced with
every muscle and by look, action and tone
created the dance spirit in those who played
and in those who listened, will think any
statue of the man tame and incomplete"
Crawford-What do you think of the fight
woman is making for the baliotE
better 4 she Went wPa back 20 fIrst principles
and began to cry for it.-Life.
This is true telephone story: Having
called up what she thought was the right
number, a woman asked: Are you at
leisure this afternoon"
Sure"
Mrs. Nicely recommended you, and l
suppose you will make the same price for
me that you did for her.
s"Of course-what's wantedf'
well, it's only few hairs on my chin,
and L want them off before I so down
South. Surely-won't it hurt?"
"Say-what arc you giving us? This is
garage" Bang,
China observation-disclosures. I've broken
piece out of that EXPENSIVE dinner seti
Old Clerk-Cheer UP. Mend it with glue.
it It to " the MiifL floor % with his cast and charge
him for the whole ser.-Cleveland Leader.
According 10 .sThe Frankfort Gazette
some successful experiments were recently
carried on at Nuremberg by the firm of
Wirth. Beck 6. Knauss in steering motor
boat by means of wireless telegraphy. At
the lighthouse on the lake they erected the
antenne and on the bridge they installed
the transmitting apparatus On the boat
the wire was stretched between two masts,
Is feet In height and l3 feet apart. Tho
receiving apparatus was fitted in the fore
part of the boat, and in the stern were the
switch and electric steering gear. In the
course of the trials the beat was made to
describe curves TO the right or left and to
turn sharply in either direction. The OBJ
ject of the tests was to prove that it was
possible to transmit signals to an inter
mediate point. and thence. as directed by
"a shore station. to control the steering gear
Oh board vessel.
Gillis-Great Scott. man! What do you
call that thing?
Willis-We decided at our house this
year that we would give only useful pres
ents, and this is the beautiful, enbroid-
cred, hand painted snow shovel that my
Vile gave ine.-Puck.
The enga cement of Miss Solange de
Lesseps to Don Fernando Mesia Stuart"
says letter from Paris in a Vienna paper
brings together anew two famous families
which had already been united. Miss de
Lesseps is the granddaughter of the Suez
Canal builder, Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de
Lesseps. who, when he died in 1894. In his
ninetieth year, left large family of chill
dren. Don Fernando is the son of the Duke
of Tamanes and Marie Stuart Fftz-James
His mother was the only sister or the ex-
Empress Eugenie De Lesseps was cousin
Of the French Empress. and the opening of
the Suez Canal marked the zenith of the
glory of both. On the memorable Decem-
her 4. 1870, De Lesseps was one of the few
who went TO the Tuileries TO offer his SYM
pathy and services to the fallen Empress.r
Husband-Have you done your best 10
economize this month, Mary, as | re-
ouested?
Wife-oh. yes: spoke to the grocer. the
butcher, and the landlord, and got them to
put off presenting their bills until next
lnonth.-Illustrated Bits.