New-York tribune., 1910-02-27
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Can anything be more indicative of the
spirit of the time?' asks an observer. writ
ing from Paris. than this: "A group OF
three at fashionable resta urant table, old
lady middle aged man and young woman
order to the waiter: Bring my mother a
glass of milk. beer for me and an alb
sinthe for my daughter.
Yes" said Colonel oldbeau, Il feel like
fighting every time / see two good looking
women kiss each other
why. colonel. quered Mrs. Peachly,
what makes you feel that way
oh, it's the result of my military educa =
ton. ] suppose" ansW cred the colonel. 4
never like to see good ammunition wasted. -
Chicago News.
SOME NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
What's the matter with Corners?
Has Murphy hit him one?
Has the Tiger banged the Buffalo
And got him on the run?
Dces Florida hold the Chairman
To take away the chill?
What's the matter with ''Fingey"?
He sounds still.
w ]. HAMPTON.
Tomny-Pop. what is hope?
Tommy'S POp-Breaking a pair to dra "
TO a flush. my son-Philadelphia Record.
The Hebrew STANDARD" says: We have
two representativ tives in the United States
Senate Rayner and Guggenheim are Jews,
Of course. but they do not speak for the
Jews vixen TIE chance is theirs. That duty
seems to devolVe on Senators Bailey fof
Texas and Money (of MississippD-Dem
Gratis. by the way. They, when the Sunday
closing bill for the District Of Columbia
vii Iva
Jews for their race pride and persistent
efforts to preserve their racial Identity.
Il suppose YOU saw some interesting
scenery on your trip across the continent :"
A little. Once l held four kings. -
Louisville Courier journal.
The dinner of The Dutch Treat Club.
which took place last week, was the sub
tect OF discussion at an uptown restauran Mt
on the evening following the dinner and in
emulation Of the example set by the club
the four men agreed to divide the check
when it was handed to them, calling the
attention of the head waiter to the fact.
That's nothing new here" said the head
waiter ''One party. numbering from four
to seven, comes here regularly once a week.
has big dinner. and then each one pays
his share 10 the man who acts as treasurer
for that evening. The Dutch habit is grow
ing. and no one likes it better than the
walters for the tips at dinner where four
or six pay are always larger than when one
mgn foots the bills.
Judge lin breach OF promise suiO-Wheu
YOU told your fance to go to Hades. did YOU
not consider that equivalent to breaking
your engagement?
Young Iady-No your honor.
Judge-Ah.- then you intended to accom-
pany him there.-Be.ton Transcript
lii the second instalment OF her story,
entitled -Four Weeks in the German Cap
ital" an American school teacher says:
The invitation came from a
young woman whom had met al a musi-
cal She seemed to be much interestd
in our affairs and spoke English tiuently.
Five O'Clock tea was the function to
which l had been asked. but P. s. to
the note of invitation said: This is the
English, l believe, for kaffee- -klatsch and
the time Is only a phrase. Come at g. |
met four young women besides my hostess
and had 40 occasion to apologize for my
poor German. as they all spoke English as
readily as 1, and to my great astonishmen'
not one Of the company had ever been
among English speaking people. In that
respect the American II sure to meet many