New-York tribune., 1911-04-20
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

"The Syracuse Herald" has started
movement for a monument In the salt CITY
IN Edward Moves Westcott, author OF
David Uarum." Mr.. Westcott was a
native Of Syracuse and for years banker
there. He died before his book reached It's
great popularity. Says The Herald {:
More than one and a half million copies
of David Harum' have been sold. No other
hook written by an American in the last
half century has lad sale so large.
Uncle Toms Cabin may have had larger
circulation. though we doubt II, and II Mrs.
Stoves work be eliminated from the COM
parisor. to Mr.. Westcott belonged the honor
OF writing a book that has proved more
popular than the literary products OF any
other American" The Post-stanoaro'
commanding THE Heralds" plan, says:
I'VE have memorials TO statesmanship, 70
self-sacrihcng public service. 70 the mar
tyrs Of the war for freedom. Let us now
consider monument 10 one who contrib
uted 10 literature, added TO the Joy OF MILL
ions Of Americans and created an imperish-
able likeness Of typical American char
acter."
Boss-Mr Jones, you have sold more
neckties than any clerk have ever had
How do YOU do it2
Clerk-When a young man selects a tic
/ say: That's too young for you.' When
an old man picks one l say: That's too old
fcg you" They both hite.--Toledo Blade.
In the great cities, as We'll as in the
widely scattered populations of the West,
many Engish-speaking families have been
found without any Bibles i'm their homes.
A greater need exists I'm our own~country
than has been imagined" says bulletin
OF the American Bible Society, telling of a
recent conference OF agency secretaries.
"'rhe scriptures have been used in seventy
languages and dialects the society adds.
Reports Of the secretaries show an In
crease In tho missionary circulation of the
Bible I'm every part Of the United states,
$50 persons, under their supervision, es
colporteurs or correspondents. having been
engaged in this work The total circulation
IN these agencies alone amounts 70 6i2s22
volumes which is an excess over last
year Of s51,29 volumes.
THE TEST OF QUALITY
It's easy enough to call tho bluff
OF the fellow whose stack Is shy:
It's easy to make the road more rougl;
BY letting q bowder fly.
It's easy TO sneer at the genius queer
Who strives for purpose grand:
But IT takes some nerve TO draw kindly
near
And lend him a helping hand.
It's easy 10 raise the ecstatic lays
For tho hero at fortunes height;
It's easy to echo the songs Of praise
That sound when he gets in right
But the man whose heart plays the hnest
part
Is the one wlo can bravely stand
BY the chap who has made an unlucky
start
And lend him helping hand.
Washington Star.
Miss Jane Adams. of Hull House. Chi
cago. is strongly opposed 10 children ap-
pearing on tho stage, no matter how good
the plays or how careful the supervision.
in a recent address Miss Adams de-
clared that the children Of the stage should
be tucked IN their beds at night instead
of being on the streets or behind the foot
lights. Fully 50 per cent of the children
employed on the stage come from one
agency in New York" she added. These
people claim that the instruction the chill
dren receive on the stage Is an education
in Itself. The children. az a matter OF
fact, are kept at the same thing until they
outgrow IT, They do not progress. What
painter could reach tho top of his profess
sion by painting the same picture year
after year IL d child's part Is TO be-
played, we have adults such as Maude
Adams 10 take the role"
Your husband plays bridge IKE man
who didn't care Tor IT,"
"He doesn't care for It. Oh, he makes me
SO angry Why, he deliberately ignores all
tho precedents OF the greatest experts. And
that isn't the worst OF It,"
Mercy, What else does he DOR
He always vins!'-Clevelsnd Plain
Dealer.