New-York tribune., 1911-03-14
THE TALk or TIE Day.

$50 ono know until he makes tho try.
said man YESTERDAY who was looking for
something to DO" "how hard II Is To get
into tho army. 7 am down and out, ana !
thought that would be - good three ear
lob. ON the same day that tried ~ entH-
two others did. and not ono got in. Bad
eyes. bad tecth and all sorts of things
arc booked against you. one fellow VINO
went with me got Ike pvt after his name
when they shut him out. We didn't know
till tho sereeant told us that il meant In
sufficient knowledge Of English.
FfgC with nevspapori-T 500 that n
Western professor declares that Cain did
rot XIII Abel
Fogg ;roat Scott. should think We
had murder mysteries enough or our hands
without rahirG up another Boston iran
scrirt
One of Tho anti-treatins societies Which
were formed IN Now York several years
n go when the agitation against the treating
practice was vigorous Is composed Of mem
bors of q fraternity who meet fortnight
ly. and who had discovered that the treat %
ing custom had driven several Of their most
popular members anav from the gatherings
which usually fooH place after the lodge
meeting hal adjourned. The anti-'reatine
resolution brought them back letter
has been sent by the society TO the pro-
moters Of the anti-treatinS bill which was
passed hv tho Missouri Legislature fndors-
ing the action taken. III We could pass
Law here the secrctary wrote, making "
u Irisdemcanor IN treat man In drink
ing place there would be more money in
tho savings tanks at the end Of the scar
aud fewer family squabbles'
Hobo NIs'am. I'm hungry. TT do any
thing for some food
Housewife Poor man. 7 won't make Won
work. Here's a fine hot breakfast just
wash your hands.
tIJoo-sis am. | said vuz hungry
starvr' and desperate Toledo Blade.
Tho leading article i'm tho current issue
Of "rIc Journal of the Military Service in
stitr,ion." by Lieutenant Colonel W. Irving
Taylor. speaks Of the militia as "A necessary
part cf tho federal army. and holds that its
cooperation with tho regular establish
mont Is essential In time Of need. The
writer points ont tho interest taken in late
years bv the federal government in the
citizen sodiery. and. referring 10 the time
before the Spanish war says that the army
with amused and patronZng tolerance"
lie odds: 1T must be confessed that in the
old days Of fuss and feathers and tin sol
diers' the militia was very largely 10 blame
for this situation. Many Of the best of
these organizations appeared 10 think that
the acme Of eodicrly perfection was
achieved when a command logged out in
we'll padded antiquated, ridiculous and
parade. preserving distances and align
ments. and earn the plaudits Of admirirG
citizens especially of the feminine gender"
There goes popular trombone player"
GLOW IS tina, possible"
well. he only plays for exercise so
he talos ont section Of his horn and
Age Herald.
"Kickrenny" Is tho name of a gambling
game which requires no paraphcrnalia cx-
copt an ordnarv top and tho necessary
"epir string II Is not pla ed IN secret
piaceS and behind iccbov doors and no
ingenious Getawav H. provided for those
who play it. Tho game is played in the
street ny boys. Two-usually ncvsboys
throw copper cent each in an asphalt
square. Then one of them spins his top.
picks II up IN the hollow of his hand and
throws II spinning on tho ground 50 that
the point viii kick" tho penny out Of tho
square II hc succeeds tho successfully
kicked" coin Is his. and lac has Try at
the second one. ono Of tho most popular
'kickpenny' arenas is in the shadow ~
cit Hall.
"Nonov talks"
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