New-York tribune., 1911-04-17
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The sharp end or natpln prou uulhS
two inches from the side OF red. rough
straw pot-shaped hat created sentiment
yesterday in favor OF restrictive laws
against dangerous ornaments. Tho nat
was on the head Of a girl whose face II
hid completely. She was one or crown
which filed an Office building elevator COM
pletely. Two mon came In contact win the
sharp point at the first hating place. Al
the fifth floor mans nose was deeply
scratched, and with blood trickling down
his face he took the girl TO task: Excuse
me-" said she, "can I do any more!
Yes" shouted the man, you can take
that thing off and not wear Il again ana
see that others do the same" I'll do H.
said the girl. When the car reached the
top floor the elevator man offered 70 pet
the remaining passenger -four TO one she II
wear another to-morrow-Just little
worse"
Father and son were walking the, streets
and passed large park in Whlch Were
MANY statues One Of them-the largest OF
all-was Of woman:
Father. what is that?" asked the son,
pointing to this particular one, which was
Inscribed Woman"
THAT is not a statue, my son. an,
swered the father. 1T is but figure OF
speech. Life.
To illustrate the fact that some persons
are devoid of the sense Of hunlor this
story was told at downtown luncheon
club: Il forgot TO pay my newsooy last
night and when I saw him this morning
gave him the five cents due him. and SAID
4 thought every minute last night you'd
send a collector for this. Naw-not on
your life; not II you owed me twicst as
much An hour later the boy came TO my
office. where he had never been oefore.
waited for me. and when I came. said:
say, I'm awful sorry you thought I was
sore about de nickel. Ye needn't pay me
never till ye want to. and about sendin'
for it-nix' ] thanked him and now, for
trying to crack a joke. have secured a
long line OF credit"
no. sir; believe in being what you are.
A man who will practise small deception IS
not TO be trusted wnen it comes TO the
greater transactions
Il see you practise what you preach, too.
You don't even wear mustache 10 hide
your false teeth."-Chicago Record Herald.
The Austrian and German Alpine clubs
have published statistics showing tnat be-
tween the years 1901 and 1910. inclusive. ss6
Alpinists lost their lives in the Central
Alps Of Europe, an average OF nearly
hundred deaths a year. In 1909 however.
there were IA climbers killed. and In 1910
100 not including 2s persons who met their
death while picking edelweiss. OF this total
of l2s fatalities 40 were Germans, "a Aus
tr!ans 10 Swiss and English. while the
rest, including guides. were OF other ma
tionalties The largest number OF fatal &C.
cidents in the Alps took place IN August.
It is estimated that the army Of Alpinists
now numbers 10000.
I'm going 70 take stick 20 that miser-
able beast OF yours one Of these days,
madam"
Il wish YOU would. Neither his father
nor myself can do thing for him
Madam, ! am speaking Of your dog, not
Of your little boy
What Take stick to my Fdo, You
horrid brute. you Don't you dare"-Tlt-
Bits.
Among the many fittieth anniversaries Of
notable Civil War happenings which will
occur this month will be that Of the de-
parture of the Fire Zouave regiment from
New York for the seat Of war The regi-
ment, recruited from the New York Voun-
teer Fire Department, was organized and
commanded by Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth.
who was killed az Alexandra on May q,
1861, after he had torn Confederate flag
from the Mansion House at that place
The uniform which he wore at the time OF
his death was among the civil War relics
which escaped the flames IN the recent fire
AZ the Capitol at Albany
We observe that the mans fingers are
ell twisted and bent into the most un.
couth shapes.
Poor fellow" we say 10 our friend
Evidently he Is n victim of rheumatism"
NO" our friend explains. He is deaf
and dumb, and has been trying to talk
Scotch dialect on his fingers Life.