New-York tribune., 1910-02-21
THE TAIN OF THE Day.

\ woman above the average height,
wearing a black plush hat of the siouch
pattern. an ulster cut man fashion. and
heavy boots which showed under her short
skirt attracted considerable attention al
restaurant yesterday which is frequented
almost exclusively by men at luncheon
time. She was unaccompanied. but seemed
to feel perfectly at ease. although there
was not another woman in the place. which
was blue with tobacco smoke. \ waiter
was brbed TO learn whether she was Il
''shirtwaiSt striker" or d ''votes-for-Vom-
en- advocate. The woman compelled the
waiter to tell Who had made the Inquiry
then went 10 the table where the inquisi-
tive ones sat, and said; Il keep a grocery
store uptown. if YOU want to know, but I'm
interested also in a charity. II YOU con-
tribute III forgive YOUR impertiuence-" She
produced d little book-and they contrib
uted.
There is only one trouble with Your
play" said the manager
Whats that" asked the eager drama
tiSt Isn't there enough action III it, Does
il lack situations? Don't you find the dla-
Iogue bright enough? Or do you ttnd that
the moral is. not brought out as clearly as
YOU could wish"
'.Oh. It's all right in those respects but
IN afraid IL couldn be novsHzed II II
aid.
An American woman has been selected 10
perfect the plans for the installation or d
modern heating system in the palace of The
Sultan Of Turkey Miss Anna Barber, for
merly Of Colorado Springs, Col, who for
the last several years has been connected
with a London firm engaged III the manu-
facture of heating apparatus, is the wom-
pa
determined to become a specialist III the
science OF heating large buildings, and she
was chosen for this work after the Sultan
had caused inquiries TO be made through
ont the world The plan Of the palace in
C,onStsutiuoplc is exceedingly intricate, as
II is ono of the largest and most maSnifi-
cent buildings in the world, containing
hundreds of halls and apartments
what the old man thought was coming 10
him had what he thought was coming to
him and wound up by getting what was
really coming to him.-Puck-
The table luxuries of the Chinese in this
country are supposed to he confined to
chop suey. rice and shark fms. apart from
the sweets that are imported from the Ce-
lestiaI Empire for their use. II is not gen
orally known that chop suey should not
be included among the dishes 70 which the
so-caIled CelestiaIs are used in their own
country. II IS a concoction made popular
I'm California years ago when the Mon
solian cooks catered, for the first time, 70
the Caucasian appetite. But there is a
fidelity TO their native productions that is
responsible for another food imported by
them. despite the fact that the same might
be obtained here in abundant quantity
namely. eggs. The Custom House records
show that In 1905 there were imported from
Hong Kong III, sol dozen eggs, exclusively
for the use of the Chinese. II would be
supposed that these importatIons would be
ready for conversion into fertilizer, but
they have method Of preserving them
that has never failed Each egg is packed
in clay. then placed TO the number OF three
hundred in a case. which makes the long
tourney without the breaking of a single
egg or its unseemly aging.
And can't he act at all?" demanded Hi
Tragedy.
well. upon occasion lie can, replied
Lowe CoIueriy. For instance, only to-
day I saw him getting next 10 some free
lunch. and he acted for all the world like
a man who was starved to death. The
Catholic Standard and Times.