New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
TIE TALK OF THE DAY.

school in Brooklyn recently announced MS
intention OF visiting each class and per-
sonally examing each pupil. He was a
methodcal man, and the teachers prepared
the children for the occasion on lines firmly
established They knew the order Of ques-
tions. He would ask OF the nrst, WHO
made your" and OF the second. WHO was
the first manT' and OF the third, What
is your duty toward your neighbour" and
so on, in a manner supposedly haphazard.
Tho teacher Of one class lined her boys In
row and told them the answers they
should give. The first boy was to say
God; the ne = was to say Adam ana
so on. Several classes we're heard credit
ably, when tho superintendent turned to
one composed OF ten-year-olds. Well he
began, my little man. can you tell me
who made you?" ADAM" was the sur
prising answer. "Oh. no; you must know
It was God" said the superintendent.
Wasn't neither" said the lad. THE boy
God made amt here to-day because he's
got tootache."
Hokus-Brownsmith was after political
Job for a long time. What's he doing now?
Pokus-Nothing. He got it.-Life.
THE MOVING PICTURE CRAZE.
The modern times show UP in crimes,
The current CT aze looms up afar;
Late foreign news says robber crews
Have moved Madonna Of the Star
Short time. some crook strolled in and took
The Mona Lisa from Its nall:
Then moved it quite from worldly sight
And straightway rose an awful wall
No+e vvAu the facts: Each OF these acts,
Viewed In a hundred different ways,
Reveals the source of such course
It's Just the moving picture craze.
\. W. U.
Rich Man-Would you love my daughter
inst as much II she had no money!
Suitor-Why, certainly!
Rich Man-Thats sufficient. dont want
anv idiot. in this family.-Chicago News
Seated in the family circle at one OF the
local theatres where the Marlowe-sotherh
players were giving production OF HAM
let" were A German frau and her more
American daughter. The English tongue
WAS evidently somewhat of mystery 10
tbs old woman, and friiulein volubly inter-
preted as the play progressed. "Das Isl
dor Geistl" she exclaimed, as green light
thrown from the flies disclosed the pallid
features of the murdered king. ia, ia,
was the placid rejoinder OF the frau' VINO
refused to be disturbed by the visitation oi
a spirit from the neither realm. troubling
herself little about accuracy, frauleln COM
mented freely upon the various Incidents
but IL was not until the famous churchyard
scene was reached that the richness OF her
Imagination was disclosed, for as the
bones and skull Of poor Yorick" were cast
up by the grave diggers, she turned and
whispered excitedly, In all seriousness
'Das ist sein Waters kopf" And Shake
speare turned again I'm his grave.
''The French complain that we take our
pleasures sadly" remarked the playwright.
"Yes good many Of our comedies are
taken from the French" remarked the
dramatic critic.--Philadelphia Record.
Just put a cat in a workshop and discon.
tent among girls ends and production goes
up." announced DR.. Herman Schneider.
dean of the college Of engineering OF the
University OF Cincinnati, In an address be-
fore the Chicago Commercial Club. Dean
Schneider told Of experiments which
brought forth the discovery. In GER
tain piano factory" he said, "a number
of girls were employed at most auto
matte piece of work. These employees were
the most discontented in the firm and were
constantly shifting to other occupations.
The foreman got fine big Maltese cat
and placed It IN the room one morning
before the girls arrived. This solved the
trouble completely. The cat compelled rest
periods. for every now and then 1t would
lump into a girls lap and take her at
tentlon from her work for few moments.
In this way It relieved the tension OF high
speed and permitted the elimination OF ia
tigue poisons at irregular but sufficient
intervals"
IF those California women run for office
do YOU think they would be guilty Of pur-
chasing votes?"
Not unless they got green trading
stanps with them. Houston Post.