New-York tribune., 1910-06-30
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Mrs Ella Flagg Young. Chicago's $4,000
year superintendent Of schools, has start
ed movement toward safeguarding the
eyes Of public school pupils. AS one step
in that direction she proposes that the fol-
lowing warning and advice be printed on
pastors and stuck in every textbook:
Your eyes are worth more to you than
any book. Your safety and your success in
life depend on your eyes; therefore take
care Of them. Always hold your head up
when you read. Hold your book fourteen
inches from your face. Be sure that the
light is clear and good. Never read in a
had light. Never read with the sun shining
directly on the book. Never face the light
in reading. Let the light come from be-
hind or over your left shoulder. Avoid
books or papers printed indistinctly or in
small type. Rest your eyes by looking
away from the book every few moments
Cleanse your eyes night and morning with
pure water
Employe-Sir, I'd like g raise. I've Just
been married, and
Employer-So you want more money for
your wife?
Employe-No, sir: I want 1t for myself
She knows just what I'm getting now, you
See.-Cleveland Leader.
Quebec, Canada that Mr. Roosevelt prob
ably would be delighted to know. He is
Pierre Pouddier, sixty-three years old and
the father OF thirty-one children, twenty
three Of whom are living. They range in
age from forty-five years to about one
week. Pouddier has been married three
times. With sucn a brood to his credit. if
he we're a citizen of the United States
hal the in
fiuence of Oyster Bay in an application for
a postmastership.
What sort of a social position has Jones
in town."
He used to stand pretty well. but he's a
mere nobody now He didn't receive any
degrees this month, he didn't go to New
York TO meet Roosevelt none of his daugh-
ters were married and he wasn't operated
on for appendicitis Express.
If petition presented to the Board Of
Aldermen of New Haven is adopted, the
despised and beloved cat will be put on an
equal footing with her ancient enemy, the
dog. New Haven solons have been asked
to order that all pusses be licensed and
tagged the idea of the petitioners being
that this method would rid the city of a
lot of tramp cats 1.-The New Haven Pal
ladium" takes the matter seriously and
large cities in the West the laws governing
cats are as strictly and faithfully enforced
as are those relative to dogs, and If our
aldermen carry out the suggestion Of the
s,gners Of the cat petition they Will be
doing a great public service But THE
Hartford Times pokes fun at its neighbor
and asks: Would the requirement that
cats be licensed, thus putting them on an
enualfty with dogs confer on them dignity
or subject them to degradation?' 1t adds:
PERHAPS great opportunity now con-
fronts the New Haven aldermen-the op-
portunity to determine whether the cat Is
a thing to be regulated. truism to be
taken for granted. or conundrum to be
given up"
Manager OF Hicksburg Theatre-Wen.
how's things theatrical in little OLD New
York?
tell you, my friend, Is that me New inca
tre is stiT a non-moving picture house
Puck.
IF the public subscribes literally Boston
will soon have a statue Of the Rev. Dr.
Edward Everett Hale erected in some con-
spicuous place, probably in Copley Square.
The statue proposed has already been pre-
nared in plaster by Bella L. Pratt, Of Bos-
ton. 1t represents DR.. Hale as he appeared
in dailv life on the streets of Washington
and Boston, with soft hat in his LEFT
hand and his cane carried IN the right. 1t
will be of heroic size, with suitable pedes-
tai and accessories. The inscription for
the front reads: Edward Everett Hale,
Man Of Letters. Preacher OF the Gospel.
Prophet OF Peace, Patriot lS22-l9O9."
HER SHEEPSKIN
Phyllis has taken her degree.
Behold her now a sweet A. B.
But why lay stress on that? Good lud!
She was A B. before-A Bud.
A B. for her Is nothing new,
For Phyllis fs A Beauty, too.
And if my plea is not denied.
= 3. Will shortly mean A Bride.
Boston Transcript.
in the current number of the "Oester-
reichische Wochenschrift" there is pub
lished list of Jewish kurarzte-spa
physicians-Who have renounced their
faith and have Joined various Christian
churches. The list includes the names of
seventeen who practise at Carlsbad. three
at Marienbad, three at Meran. four at
Franzensbad, three at Bad-Nauheim. three
at Kohberg, and one each at Ebenses and