New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-28
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Now y9,rk man OF leisure, visiting a
friend I'm a Anew England town. asked his
host on the & rst day OF his visit wher@~he
could buy an English sovereign, and was
promptly tak,.ll 10 bank. where he made
the purchase. A little later in tho day he
wanted to exchange some bills for draft
on New York. and his host took him TO
another bank. where after securing tho
document, he loo ked about as though In
search Of sometld nG After luncheon he
asked his host TO take him to bank where
he could get some new bills. See here"
said the New En,a ander, what are you
taking me TO all the, lDanks for. anyway? II
z,ou're looking for n. ticker come with mo.
You've kept mo out az the place all morn
ing" and they wenN joyfully 10 - place
where a board with fh-ures on II recorded
the UPS and downs Of hhe stock market, IN
which neither man wanted the other TO
know that he was inte1u5ted.
Mister" inquired Dust5 Rhodes. would
YOU contribute a dollar - help hcauuly
your thriving city,"
What's the idea
a dollar Will buy me D. ticket 10 the
next town. Washington llTald.
Arthur J.. Frothingham. waiting IN Tho
North American Review" on Where
Archaeology Comes IN notes .hat though
~ "a customary TO consider the' science. as
a modern study, dating from abe middle
81 the eighteenth century there has been
at all times a certain amount "a uncon-
scioua archaeology" Illustrating ahis, he
saws: When the late Babyloniar King
Nabonidus. about 90 r. g.. stated that
he was restoring I'm the original st, lie a
temple built more than two thousand "A ears
before him by King Naramsn he was or
thought he was, doing the work of An
archaeological scholar. When the Rom. n
priests, under the Antonlne emperors. con
tinued 10 use I'm their sacrifices only tha
primitive black earthen cups that had been
IN use for nearly q thousand years. since
before the founding Of Rome. they were
practical psychologists. When the En-
peror Augustus insisted on having copies
~ the best works OF Greek sculpture OF
different ages and styles made I'm the exact
manner Of the originals. including archaic
works, he was oblging his scuptors TO
be archeologists Tho Emperor Claudlus.
who wrote on antiquities and used archai-
cisms, was lampooned nv scurrlous Romans
as n pedantc Archaeological. and Hadrian,
the Philhellene. among his many efforts AT
resurrecting ancient Hellas. can count the
revival OF the Pergamene and AleXandrlan
styles Of sculpture"
What will happen when women have the
balOt?'
Il expect there VIII be a big rush among
tho Young men 10 get out tho good looking
voto.-Washington Herald.
Or Algornon :. Crapsey. OF Rochester.
former priest OF the Episcopal Church aud
tho victim Of famous hercsy trial, has
written "A letter TO Mayor Edgerton, urg
ing a scheme Of social reform that would
cost the city on the Genesee the tidy sum
OF sl1JOCo. IIe advocates the establish
ment Of a municipal bakery to provide
bread at the lowest price. "A municipal
clothing factory and city owned homes for
working people. Or. Crapsey says: The
people need good. cheap bread. The people
need good. well made clothing. If there
is anything the people Of the city need
more than another II is good, simple, SAM
tarv houses at reasonable rents. See
ing this Is so. would IL not bo wise
al once 10 take of the peoples money.
ray tim.Go. and buy forty acres OF
land accessible to the city and build on