New-York tribune., 1910-01-26
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

1t is looking long way ahead. but II his
plans can be perfected Director Monti will
bring a German theatrical company TO this
country next year TO give performances ''of
the best from the repertory of the Theater
des Westens,' says the 'Deutsche Theater
Zeitung." The plan is to have the company
remain In the United States in March
April and May, 1911, and give performances
In New York, Chicago and San Francisco.
"WeIl, Eve had one blessing sighs the
woman. "She didn't have to clean house"
No" agrees the man. But I'll bet a
dollar she DID. just the same. Judge
DIR. Otto Dricsen delivered a lecture at
the Urania In Berlin short time ago in
which he employed motion pictures to
illustrate the causes and effects of the
sleeping sickness. He also showed a series
of views which added strength to what he
had to say of the common house fly, and
In conclusion spoke of the moving picture
as "a potent aid to the cause of educa-
tton. Showing the house fly and its in
sinuating, poisonous characteristics will
certainly do more good than a display of
a multitude of manufactured scenes nut
together to illustrate sentimental de-
scriptive poem" he added.
THE VAIL OF THE BUTCHERMAN
Steaks, steaks, steaksl
All cut and ready to sell;
But never soul comes into my shop
Oh. Beef Trust is this we'll?
Pigs feet. sausage and pork,
Chickens andNveal and tripe,
MY counters are loaded with these
And some of them getting ripe!
But ever the hungry throngs
Go surging past my door;
Ana no one ventures to step inside
AND stand on my sawduSt floor.
For thousands and thousands have sworn
They'll sooner starve than eat
A morsel of flesh or fowl
TIL down goes the price OF meat
Beef. beef. beef!
It's hard 10 collect the bill,
But, Oh for the touch of a vanished tra5e
ana the SOUND or phone that is StilIl
Boston transcript
''The people OF this city" writes a New
Yorker from Berlin ''are talking about the
difference between the American and the
German diner de luxe as illustrated nv the
'pole dinners which took place last week.
The North Pole dinner was given by an
American wine agent 1T one of the bip
hoteis In London. 1t was reported that
each cover cost the host 1900 marks, and
that the seventeen women in the narty
n
OF the occasion a diamond valued st,h.
sum seems too large to quote. The tabIe
was OF ice, the decorations were made of
the frozen element. and the walters wera
dressed in Esquimau style, while cold air
was blown into the apartment, which hung
full of icicles and snow On the same
evening Sir Ernest Shackleton was the guest
at South Pole dinner, given by the Geo
graphical Society in Berlin. There was a
symbolic decoration In the centre of the
table. but that was ALL DR.. Dernburg rem
resented the government. The extrava-
gance at one OF these functions and the
modesty of the other made the occasions
remarkable"
Bobby-What was the hardest question
the teacher asked you to-day?
Johnny-She asked me whether I'd rather
be licked with ruler or a strap.-Chicago
News.
A streetcar comfortably filed with pas
seneers was bowling along the other day.
Suddenly the car stopped. and for an In
stant all became quiet. Then the stiffness