New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Canada has decided to use Collector Loeb's
tactics and stop petty personal baggage
smuggling, If II can. Following numerous
kicks by Dominion merchants against too
free buying of goods In Buffalo Canadian
customs officers at the International Bridge
have been instructed to be especially vigil
liant. "One OF the latest appointees," says
1.-THE Buffalo News" us q woman. and
her duty will be to break up the practice
of wearing new clothes purchased in the
United States across the border, which is
said to be done frequently by feminine resi-
dents of the frontier towns. The scrutiny
of feminine apparel will not be confined to
exterior examination. If the practised eye
OF the inspectress finds plumpness where
none should be, or an unnatural hang Of
the skirts, the suspect will be taken into
the office and searched"
Woggs-So you got stung in that mining
Boggs-How could I? 1t looked like a
real thing. no fake earmarks about it.
Why. there wasn't single man on the
board of directors who was prominent in
public ife.-Puck-
A clergyman in Cape Town has received
letter OF thanks from King George Y for
"a biography of King Edward VII written
in 5000 legible words "Other biographies,
with more and with fewer words have been
written" writes correspondent from
Africa. "hut this particular one is on one
great sheet which even at a short distance
looks like an admirable portrait Of the late
King. The pen artist devoted three years
to the making of this picture. His name is
Lipkin and he is the pastor of Jewish
and went to England when he was eighteen
years old, studied theology and after serv-
ing in several pulpits In that country and
in South America accepted the call TO his
present charge"
Maybe she won't like me any more. but
i can't help 1t.
what happened?'
Her pet poodle was under the mistletoe
and failed to take the chance. e."-Loutsville
Courier Journal.
1.-The Atlanta CONSTITUTIONS crusade
against ''gun-toting in Georgia is bearing
fruit. Judge Brand, of the Western Georgia
judicial Circuit. announces that after the
first OF the year he purposes to send pistol
carriers to the chain gang. without the op-
ton Of fine This pleased THE Consti-
tuition nightly. as 1t probably will all
lovers of law and order in Georgia While
Judge Brand was holding court at Homer,
In Banks County, 1.-The Constitution says,
a pOll Was tdhSu Ol VplilioH dlHOu6 tiioSc
attending sessions regarding the striking OF
the alternative of a fine. Practically every
white man, and the larger percentage of
the negroes, testified their appreciation and
willingness TO cooperate to the end that
the law be given systematic enforcement.
The retiring grand jury took the same
stand
Talk is cheap quoted the Wise Guy.
Not always" replied the Simple Mug.
Sometimes IL costs a man his reputation.
philadelphia Record.
The language question In Belgium has
been settled In favor Of French so far as
Brussels is concerned. The Belgian Parlia-
ment decided some time ago that the choice
between instruction in French or in Flem-
ish In the public schools of the capital
should be left to the pupils parents. A
canvass Of three OF the largest schools re-
suited in an overwhelming vote for the
French language. OF the parents of pupils
in the first school, POI out OF a total Of 2o4
elected French; in the second, 35S out of $40
made the same choice, while in the case of
the third school, situated in an overwhelm-
ingIy Flemish quarter. 456 parents out Of 47o
decided for the same language. the total
being therefore: French, 1,07i: Flemish, Is.
do you think the Panama Canal ought
to be fortified"
Certainly. replied the artistic girl. "A
Few fortifcations VIII make the post card
pictures of it ever much more quaint
and attractive. ."-Washington Star.