New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-09
THE TALK or THE DAY.

! 4 new straw hat made a young man
conspicuous I'm a group which stood on the
steps Of a Fifth avenue house on Saturday
TO SEQ the runners When the last one
Of the stragglers had passed the young
/ man shouted: THE show is not half over
| wait for the ladies'" And every one waited
| For the amusement OF his fellow occupants
| Of the observation place, he pointed out
/ many notable persons in the passing crowd
| with few exceptions the persons referred
J 10 were not the celebrities mentioned by
the self-appointed entertainer one Of the
exceptions however. was Joseph II. Choate
When he passed the house az lcisurely
| gait. swinging n light cane by its buck
horn handle. the young fellow said: And
! there goes Mr.. Choate, the lawyer and eX-
ambassador" Now that's enough" an
elderly woman said; that's not Choate any
more than it's Abe Lincoln" And her posi-
two tone won the sympathy of the others
in the group. Mr.. Choate must have heard
/ the discussion. for he looked over his shout
der 81 the disputants and smiled.
That butler you had seemed very super
Positively mpertinent," replied Mrs.
/ Cumrox. when he left he let II he In
ferred that he considered our silver very
| poor stuff. He didn't take a bit of IT with
| him."-Washington Star
A sTINGLEss BUSY BEE.
Efforts are now being made to produce bee
three times as Industrious as the bee OF to-day
| News hern.l
The busy bee that from the flowers
Extracts the essence sweet,
VIII henceforth labor triple hours
To make our life complete;
For It is ordered by decree
Each one must do the work OF three
The busy bee" our fathers knew
Was but an idle thing
Which laborcd for an hour or two
And then employed its sting;
But modern bees must only kiss,
And there IS Joy in thought like this
A W. r.
"All the worlds a stage" quoted the
YES assented the Simple Mug. but
that Is no reason why all the comedians
should be sent 10 Congress. Philadelphia
Record.
The first universal race congress is an
nounced to be held IN London, July q 10
90 The place Of meeting is at the Uni
versity Of London, under the presidency Of
Lord Weardale. The object Of the con-
gress will be 10 discuss I'm the Hight of
modern knowledge and modern conscience
the general relation subssting between the
peoples of the West end those OF the East.
A preliminary conference of persons inter
ested IN international law will he held on
/ Tr1t
for the discussion Of the new situation in
tho East"
Had puncture my friend?" asked the
passer. with an air OF interest The chauf
feur looked up and swallowed his feelings
no, sir" he replied. I'm just changing
the air In the tires. The other lots worn
out, you lnow,"-Youth Companion.
According 10 a committee chosen by THE
Providence Evening News" the ten most
beautiful words in the English language
are melody. hope. love, home sublime JOY.
peace. gentle. life. friendship. The Even
ing News" got up contest among It's
readers and the list given was unani-
mously approved by the judges. A set Of
Mark Twain's works was the first prize.
Il think women would like baseball II
they could enjoy 1t as they do a book"
How ,s thatT'
THE last inning frst."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The well known writer on military topics.
Major Won Gadke, recently drew renewed
attention in the Berlin "Tageblatt" to the
spread OF gambling among the officers OF
the German army. According 10 him. ten
officers were ruined In the ZANE gambling
club in Berlin within the space Of few
months. In the course OF his article lie
referred to gambling as in sense the
hereditary" vice OF the German officer.
quoting no less a parsonage than Marshal
Butcher as one OF its slaves.
Mrs. Jawbacb John. you're n perfect
fooll
Mr.. Jawback-I knew something like that
would happen when marriage made you
and me One.-Toledo Blade.
Dr. Theodor Leasing. president OF the
anti-nose association at Hanover, Ger
many, in lecture on the psychology OF
noise, recently delivered In that city. said
that the desire 10 make a noise could never
be conquered ut manifests itself not only
In the yelling OF teamsters and the whist
ling OF hackmen but In needlessly ener-
getic welding OF noise making implements
| of trade he continued Noise Is the
| opium and alcohol OF some people. en-