New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-28
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Boris Schatz. professor OF sculpture at
the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Sofia, VINO
gave an account OF the advance OF art III
his country in The Tribune when he was
on his way to the st. Louis fair, where he
had charge of the Bulgarian art exhlolt'
has lived in Jerusalem for about 1ve years
He went there as a volunteer Instructor III
the School OF Arts and Crafts, which hau
shortly before been founded In that CITY
An exhibition OF the work done in the
school was recently held in Basic when
Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland purchased
some Of the rugs which had been woven
at the school. And now Lord Rothschild
has invited Professor 6chatz, who has De-
come the director Of the school, 10 e@"i'''
the schools work in London.
Convic. No. GIL (ex-burglar) leaned conf
dentially over 70 his companion, a ne" Au-
dition. and whispered -,
What yer in for, sonny
Five years; and you"
"Same' Punched gold cup wot some one
give as a prize in race, an the D Shine
turned out TO be be on'y gilt arter all "nA'
Convict go (ex-cmpany promoter)-He,
he I'm the chap who gave the cup!-
Tit-Bits.
man, a woman-evidently his wife
and little girl were among those VINO
waited at the American Line pier on sat
urday for the arrival of the Philadelphia
The child inspected everything and kept
her parents. busy answering all sorts OF
questions. Walking between rows OF boxes
bales and barrels and examining the marks
on them, the little miss asked: How DO
they know who these belong tor why,
they are marked" said the father IN
weary way, looking in the direction where
the ship should come and end the conun-
drum fest. But there are no people
names on these things" and the father
had TO explain that "Nicht Sturzen.' "This
side up" and Lever sans crochets' were
instructions TO the porters and that the
numbers and letters indicated who the
owners were. But why don't they have
their real names onp" "Because-there's
the ship: let's hurry" 1t was a season OF
rest for the father, but there were bets
made that the torture would be resumed
when the excitement of seeing uncle was
over.
"A penny stamp, please and. by the way
haven't l seen you beforeE
Yes, MADAM. L na0 the BOOu IOlluiAo "
save your life last week.
ITO be sure-to be sure-er-two penny
stamps, please. punch.
Score one-it seems almost impossible,
however-for American chewing gum The
United States Consul at Bangkok, SIAM
reports that the advance Of Western CIV
ilization and manners in Siam has led TO
decrease in .betel chewing, and an attempt
has been made TO introduce American chew
ing gum as substitute. The demand for
this article is as yet small. but I'm time this
product is sure 10 become a special feature
Of American exports to SIAM" Writing or
the disgusting betel chewing habit the con-
sui says: THE green leaf OF the betel pep
per, smeared with red lime; tobacco.
catechu and the areca nut make up the
material used I'm betel chewing. This habit
Is quite universal among the Siamese, es-
pecially among the women. Siam does not
produce enough betel nut for home con-
sumption. but imported from India, singa-
pore and Java during last year 5,2SS,A6
pounds, valued at $97, 724"
IT suppose you have heard Of tho danger
in kissing7" he remarked tentatively.
IT have" replied she. but | come or
a family noted for courage "-Tit-Bits
Vienna has many customs peculiar to
itself. and among them IS the one OF tip
ping the streetcar conductors. The tax on
the passenger is not a heavy one, two he'll
lers (one-tenth OF q cent? being sufficient TO
elicit the grateful acknowledgment OF the
official who collects the fares. Vienna
also enjoys a progressive income tax sys-
TEN, whose net IS cast so wide as to in
clude the wages earned by such compare
lively Insignificant workers as trolley con-
ductors 1t suddenly occurred to the In
come tax officials that the conductors were
not paying any tax on the tips they gath
cred in. And So" THE Pail Mall Gazette"
reports. Fan order has now been issued
that hereafter the conductors shall pay
four crowns a year as income tax on their
tips. There are 1886 tramway conductors in
Vienna. so that the state will collect the
magnificent sum OF 1854 (s3.S2o) a year as
tax on the coppers bestowed by generous
tramway passengers upon the conductors"
Tom-What style Of woman do you Ike
best?
Jack-A slender girl with an obese pocket
book.-Boston Transcript.
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