New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-01
THE TALK or THE Day.

The nrospectue OF How, Nhen M"
,vh,r. ., mbIication which will he de-
voted to giving the dates or inpoTtdht ""p
penings all over the world. Tor the pe"o"'
of tourists. says Of the Wagner ana "o
Fart festival. which Will take place VI
Munich that 1.-THE Ring will he proouceu
AZ the Prince Regent Theatre, August :
n :, August IL to 90 and September 10 D.
Tristan and Isolde will be gwen d. Nv.
same house on July 81 and August >, H. 80
and 20. and the "Meistersinger Ausu'.
Il to 2s and September g. ~ the my
Theatre Don Giovanni VIII he proo"'e'
August 10 and September \; bas''e"
Rastienne" together with Titus Ausus'
Il and "Cosi fan tutti'' august u. Inc
dates To-, the Wagner festival at Bayrsu'h
extend from July % TO August IL.
Meeker-This paper says tha' rhuu
will cure rheumatism. < oaice
seeker Nonsense. I've run tor oIoce
three or four times and 1t dion 90 INV
bit of good.-Chicago News
Conc by one. slowly but none the ie"e
surely" say, letter from Russia, Things
old and venerable are pushed asiue'
stroved or disreserded by trade, progress
and other relentless instruments OF chaneo'
The latest is the attack on the AS'""N
caravan. by means Of which the best Yea
has been brought from China, packed III
airtigbt metallic cansters. across the Great
cohi deeert of Central Asia 10 Russia
crossing en- route three ranges VI MS"
mountains. This picturesque trahspo'.
ton system will soon give way oelore ,"'
automobile A line, running AT regular HI
teryals has already been estabhshen anu
two weeks time is cut off, while the tea ~
hetter because OF the shortened time OF eH-
posure.'
"rt was terrible sensation, says me
man who Is narrating his experiences WIZ.
almost drowning. AFTER W asd before
the third time my past IRE Hasne"
me I'm a series of pictures. .s,s the
you didn't happen to notice; ASH 10 70
friend. edging forward win iht .,n in ,be
picture Of me lending you tf'a' S' ''
faIl of 1895, did you?'-Iife.
trial voyage Is being made between
Roucn and Philadelphia by the petroleum
bark Quevily, equipped with auHiiary
gasolone motors. So confident are her
french owners of the success OF the cXperl-
rent. by which they hope to reduce the
TO eight weeks to An average of three
weeks. that they are having built a much
larger vessel. to be equipped also with aux
Hilary gasoene motors.
A QUEER SULTAN.
He called while abroad on that elderly
Who reigns as the Sultan Of BhonS.
As king he was punk, for he didn't get
drunk.
Or sing us topical song.
Uo had no flow Of wit and he wasn't bit
Like the king in a musical play.
Why. | give YOU my WORD, ne had no
royal guard, ,......,,.
Nor even pony ballet.-louisville
CourIer-Journal
A New York woman who returned re-
Gently from a European capital, where she
had gone to be under the treatment OF a
specialist OF international reputation, In
speaking OF her trip and the cure which
had been accomplished said that her ply
stefan. brusque and not overpolite man,
had much TO say in criticism of Americans
and American customs and was most en-
phatic I'm his denunciation of the bathing
habit. saving that all Americans except
those who were immigrants and still retain
some OF tncT European ndpilS b"tHN wv
often"
The Old One-So YOU wish to marry my
daughter, Ell? Do you ever drink?
The Young One-Thank you; not just at
present Business before pleasure is my
motto Philadelphia Record.
A correspondent of The Tribune, referring
TO the amendments TO the Ten Command
ments proposed by the Rev. George Will
lam Douglas. canon Of the Cathedral OF
ST. John the Divine, says: About two
years ago President George Harris of
Amherst College. in his baccalaureate SER
mon. proposed as the first amendment 10
the Ten Commandments: Thou shalt be
gentleman. saying that 'on 1t hang the
academic law and prophets DR.. Harriss
suggestion certainly appeals to Americans
more than the previously proposed XI-
Thou shalt not he found out and Mind
your own business.
Provincial Mayor (who is making bid
for popularity. to representative Of the
press)-Come in. take seat. | always
treats reporters as If they were gentlemen.
- Punch