New-York tribune., 1911-01-20
THE TALK or THE DAY.

THE TALK or THE DAY
/ Americans who are agitating for the
| parcels post in this country VIII Oe 'u'e'
| astad ,n a recent consular report from
/ Singapore in which Consul General Du
! Rois saws: "A parcel post and money Or
der agreement will be made between the
Straits Settlements and the Philippines
and also possibly with the Federated Ma
Law States. While the terms have not been
entirely agreed upon, the convention VIII
| provide for the admission TO the mans Oh
articles of merchandise not exceeding
eleven pounds in weight. Personal corre-
spondence may not accompany the parcei
and no package can be inclosed for deliV-
cry inside OF a package with different ad-
dress. Rates have not been determined,
but will be such as to induce good postal
parcel business between the two coun-
! tries" Advocates Of the system VIII prob
ably argue from this; III between nearby
places in the East, why not between states
] here?"
Minister-Now, Tommy, suppose you did
something naughty and were asked If you
did IT, what would you say!
| TOMMY dunno.
What would happen IL you told lie?
! Tommy-The deviPd git me.
NInister-That's right. And what If you
! told the truth?
Tommy-Id cit tn devil-ToIedo Blade.
/ Hanging on to a strap in a crowded SUBJ
way car one evening recently at the height
OF the rush hour. a man had to use much
/ ingenuity to escape the point Of a pro-
| truding hatpin. the owner OF which hung
| on the next strap. In the crush near him
stood an acquaintance, 10 whom he turned
after he had dodged many times, 10 the
amusement Of others. and said: II wish
We all lived I'm Rochester" 50 loudly that
I the remark was heard by many OF the pas
sengers. why Rochester" asked the nan
! behind him. They have a law against
/ hatplns there" The woman for whom the
remark was intended heard it. smiled and
without word drew the steel from her
/ hat. Thanks" said the man. Don't go
/ to Rochester" said the woman, and every
! body laughed.
The teacher informs me that Mary An
derson Wombat has considerable dramatic
talent"
! "rnat.s what. Why, that girl can't recIte
! the multiple alton table without making
! the most elegant gestures. Washington
I Herald.
! While a large crowd Of people were wait
! ing for train at the Columbus Circle
station one day recently a man drew
cigar from his pocket, lit It and was smok-
| ing complacently when man told him
! that he was breaking an ordinance for
which he was liable 10 arrest. The SMOKER
laughed. gave the man a discourteous re-
/ ply and blew a pun of smoke into his face
Evidently unwilling to get into a wrangle
with the smoker, he walked toward the
/ booth 10 make complaint. when little
| girl OF ten or twelve slipped away from the
woman who was with her. went up 10 the
man and said: stop smoking or you'll be-
arrested" The cigar few into the track
/ bed. and when the train came a moment
later the smoker did not board # and his
! back was turned to the people who had
witnessed the incident
ut was William Pitt. was II not. who
/ said, Where law ends tyranny begins?'"
/ Perhaps it was. but in this country law
never ends. There are too many higher
courts 10 which a case may be carried
! up."-Chicago Record-Herald.
! A merchant doing business in a West
| ern city was reading a morning paper I'm
/ the crowded lobby Of an uptown hotel. when
/ a New York salesman called him by name
| and began talking business The merchant
wore white button bearing the letters
] ''U-. o. A. Fl. c." and. pointing to II. the
/ salesman asked it's meaning That's the
/ button of the Union Of Ancient Hlbernian
l Clubs" was the answer. The salesman
/ looked hard at the button and then at the
man who wore il, seemed TO BE- at a loss
| for words and moved away saying: I'm
see you again" The man with the button
/ laughed and said: Now, that man knows
/ I'm Jew. and he was afraid Id be Of
| Tended II he said so, and he's wondering
/ how I could be an Hibernian." The man TO
whom he told the story knew that the let
ters stood for Union OF American Hebrew
/ Congregations.
/ "DiI you notice that the press agent Of
the Pretty Pinks Burlesque Company Of
fercd me 500 a week."
/ Yes | saw the story"
We'll. he has paid me weeks salary
( in advance .,,.
! eleven dollars. Cleveland Plain Dealer
Nearly five thousand waltzes, composed
/ By men and women In all parts Of the
world were submitted 20 the jury headed
/ 10y Johann Strauss, Of Vienna, In the com.
! petition for the prize offered by the Ber-
/ lin "Woche" FOR the best work OF that
1 kind modelled on the Blue Danube
OF, In other words, dance, and not
, concert, waltz. In commenting on the
fact that Chicago woman won the sec
ond prize, a writer in the "Morgenposr
says. The Americans have written nun
dreds, yes, thousands, Of dance waltzes, but
/ they must change their temperaments II
they would produce the waltz of the
! Wiener brand. The prize winner is an
exception. and the Americans Will accom-
plish little in that direction while their
| ragtmo remains popular, ana II prize
} were offered for music in that temvo our