New-York tribune., 1910-08-14
The Talk or THE DAY.


tomorrow, will be Dr.. Ludwig Zamenhoff,
OF Warsaw, the inventor of the language
In an article the language by DR.. l.
Harris. Of London. Zamenhoff is spoken of
as man about fifty years old, who has
devoted nearly thirty-siX years Of his life
TO the development of the universal Ian
guage which he believes will be a great
factor in the establishment of peace. In
1887 he succeeded, after many failures, in
having his first article accepted for publi-
cation, but was so uncertain as to how it
would be received that he signed it 'Dok-
toro Esperanto Or DR.. Hopeful-and this
pen name furnished the name for the Ian
guage, which since then has interested peo-
pie in all lands.
ADVICE TO THE YOUNG.
Oh do not scratch the brown mules heels
Don't eat green fruit between your meals,
Nor get your fingers mixed with cogs;
Don't swim 50 far you can't. get back,
Nor touch a match to babys hair,
And never place carpet tack
Upon your kind grandfather'S chair.
In speaking of the death Of Johan Semler.
the composer of the Commune" the
Vienna POST says: Here is a tragedy
Semler was Norwegian who when the
war of 1870 broke out was making a scanty
living in Paris as a musician. With the
birth of the Commune he was Of the num-
Der who were fired by the spark of liberty
funeral march in which he used the Mar
seillaise' with telling effect. His reward was
the appointment as director OF the Paris
Conservatory of Music. 1t was a short
lived glory. however, for when the Com
fell ta m haI
into Paris he was among those selected for
execution. He succeeded in making his es-
cape, and after many adventures reached
Vienna, where he lived alone and forgotten,
and when death claimed the old man he
was in abject poverty
They say that love is blind but we have
suspicion that the young man Of twenty
three years who married a rich widow of
seventy summers in Chicago the other day
couldn't the figures in his septuagena-
rian lovey y-dovey's bank book.-Philadelphia
Telegraph.
At the unveiling Of the Freiligrath me-
mortal monument at Soest, a short time
ago, a composed by the poet who
being honored was confiscated by the
authorities Among the bodies taking part
in the ceremony was a deputation from the
Social Democratic party. The leader of
these placed a laurel wreath at the base Of
the monument which fastened a
wide red ribbon, with this inscription, quot
ed from one Of Freiligrath's poems:
That strong and united Germany be
IL in keeping with our wishes,
But strength can come only by being free,
And freedom only sans princes.
The plain fact o. experience is that
neither attack nor defence has any appar-
ent effect en- the kiss. It Is really wonder
ful how X has survived through the ages.
maintaining its popularity in the face of
every discourag cement Chicago Inter Ocean.
Heidelberg the beautiful has always at
tracted Americans and no matter how
often they come here they never fail To find
something to interest them. even If ii is
only to go once more over the beaten path -
writes an American from the university
town. But something new Is In store for
them. Not the restored schoss, the arch-
tectural vandalism which we fear. but a
Mark Twain statue. What form II will
take and whero il win be erected ara I'm