New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-14
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A millinery buyer for a New York house
who returned recently from Europe says
that the police Of Berlin have made the
theatre hat a lost art 1--WE heard long ago
about the police regulation IN that city
which makes il punishable act TO wear
bat In the body of the theatre, but hats for
wear IT. the private boxes were Dig
item with the best millinery Establishments
Now. look at ths"-and she showed Ger-
man legal document which had been gwen
TO her as a souvenir. "All this, she SAID
rs much language. with the verbs all d
long way off. but II means 100 marks nho
for the managers Of the theatres for every
hat worn in the boxes" The buyer then
exhibited some artistic CONNECTIONS" which
NAV be worn in New York theatre boxes.
..,1rs Goodbodv paws her four children a
cent a dozen for swatting the hies that get
into the house"
"How does the plan work.
"Noblyi When their mother is away the
little boy holds the screen door open ana
let's in the flies. while the sisters STAY tnen
with neatness and dispatch, some times
when the good woaan is absent tor al
hour or so. the dear children manage 70
assaesinate a sufficient number or the pestl-
ferrous Insects to enable them TO pay tltlr
wav into the moving picture show that
very blessed night II uIhs
In the erection OF the building for the
state Educational Department at Albany
a saving OF more than $4,000 was effected
nv the use Of terra Gotta without In the
least sacrificing the appearance OF the
structure. The greatest item was In the
caritals for the columns surrounding the
building. There are twenty-eight Of these,
and ne caps are about twelve feet high.
IT was at first intended that these should
be carved out OF marble to match the re-
mainder OF the facade, but II was discov-
cred that the substitution could be made
without being apparent, and so the terra
Gotta was adopted.
"Under the new law, friends" announced
the pastor Of the progressive, up-to-date
church, the young men of our gymnasium
roller towels that have been In use SO long,
and have gone In debt for supply or new
ones OF a different kind. hope that those
OF YOU who feel able will contribute liner
alIy 10 their towel fund ard thus enable
them-er-to wipe out that debt. Chicago
Tribune.
4 news item from Stamford. Conn. was
recently printed in The Tribune. which
told OF the escape from its kennel 81
chow dog which, having taken refuge IN
the woods near Sound Beach, was mis-
taken for bear by hunters, who en-
deavored to catch the animal. The Paris
Herald" reprinted the story. to which the
Berlin Post" adds: The excitement
caused by the report that a black bear
was prowling about the outskirts Of the
city caused much excitement, and this
demonstrates that big game is not so
plentiful near the larger cities Of America
as It Is supposed to be by some Europeans"
IN Lower California large number Of
the smaller desert mammals never drink
water, according to American scientists
who have recently visited the peninsula.
They live and thrive on dry seeds and
SCRAPS of vegetation In places where the
heat and aridity are excessive without
ever touching their lips to water. and IL
has even been found impossible to teach
some Of them to take water in captivity
Chicago News.