New-York tribune., 1910-11-21
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

| An enthusiastic Democrat who. in a letter
to friend in Indiana. said that the recent
election was the greatest sweep since
/ became a voter" received reply, in which
his correspondent says: You don't know
what q real sweep Is I do. for I lived at
Georgetown D c.. in December. 1865. when
the question Of negro suffrage for the town
was put TO a vote. The count showed that
seven hundred voted against and one for
the proposition. That was pretty nearly a
| sweep The strangest part of the story,
however. IS that I knew half a dozen men
who claimed the honor of having cast the
one vote. What's the answer"
Dashaway-You have splendid looking
clothes old man. Who is your tailor?
CHeverton-He's the first man you see as
you go Out--Life-
The authorities OF Eisenach. Germany.
have given their consent to the production
in that city of a Protestant Passion Play
on the lines of that of Oberammergau. The
play. which will be known as THE Life OF
Jesus is the work of DIR. Weiser director
Of the Weimar Theatre. The performance
will require four evenings, and ii is pro-
posed that the play shall be given only once
in a year. The various parts have already
been allotted 10 actors OF ability and the
financial risk has been assumed by a COM
nlittee of wealthy men. Among the pro-
mOters are the Grand Duke of SAKE Wei
mar and the Duke of Meiningen. The first
performance will take place next summer
Cassidy-Harrigan was around th'day
braggin' about tn b'atin' he gev Finnega n
last MOnda p
Casey-Last Monda'? shure, that's near
week ago 'T1s wonder he WASH I
around sooner
Cassidy-Aye. but it seems he only recov-
cred from IL this mUrnin The Catholic
Standard and Times.
To illustrate that royalty does not inspire
awe III American children. d woman who
recently returned from a long trip abroad
related this Incident: We We're at Bad
Nauheim when the Gar was q guest there
My little boy attracted the attention of
some member of the Russian party, and he
was present by invitation one day when
the Car. the Grand Duchess of Hesse.
captain Drentelen, the Cars military sec
retary, and Baron Wassenbach played ten
MS When the boy returned one of the
young people, a tennis enthusiast. asked
him: Well, how did the Car pIayq Rot
ten! was his expressive but shocking re-
ply"
Mrs: lT Gnsggs-so You admit that you have
a. tAltcS lieu 10 me-
Mr.. GnaSgS-FTequently
Mrs Gnaggs-Monsteri
MT GnaSgS-fes, when I used 10 tell YOU
you were the sweetest little woman in the
Observation-Disclosures Record
Ihe London Daily Mall observes that
OF the five German Rhodes students en-
rolled at Oxford for the present semestre
one is count. one a baron. while two are
Herren von-' Only one belongs 10 the
middle classes. The students arc selectsd
oy the Kaiser under Rhodes's will II was
not students OF this class, aristocrats anus
ing themselves Ill England as at their own
universities, complains the London paper.
that Rhodes had in mind when he drew up
MS famous Will He was a worker. and
sought to benefit future workers.
..EdIatf nat is your favorite wild game
ootpaii' Toledo Blade
The arrival OF the first shInn,apt Of
iio%en meat from the Argentine in Vienna
~ 'uiiieu INTO an event OF almost civic
80, Pol 'ei-ee' IL consisted of fifty thousand
po''I'Ns oi neef and mutton. The quality
u Tue meat and the manner of its backing
ave received the approval of the Aus
- "ul'ioflties- Larger shipments are
~ ioi'o" ar once as lhe meat famine in
austria Is making itself interestingly, felt
~, ne latest acquisition of the Hanover
neAfe Company" says .rhe Vienna
1 o9'' Is Maggy Fausen. grandniece of