New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-29
THE TANK or THE DAY.

The cantonal authorities at Berne. Swift
zerIand. have decided that the long terms
and sentences Of "politeness" in official
correspondence. especially concerning the
beginning and ending Of letters, must be
suppressed. a. the custom entails a great
loss Of Tina. and the English equivalent of
Sir and yours truly" will be employed
except when distinguished foreigners are 10
be addressed German correspondents are
the chief offenders in this respect. and
clerks are often puzzled how to address
persons who have degrees and unm-
portant titles" an English correspondent
writes from Geneva.
T.awyer-Where did he kiss YOU?
Shc-On the mouth, sir.
Lawyer-Oh no. Where were you?
She-In his arms.-Nariety Life.
Americans are more discriminating and
careful in their diet than people Of any
other nationality, according 10 members
Of the International Stewards Association,
recently i'm convention in Chicago. "Ameri-
lea has stopped it's heavy eating said an
officer Of the association, and no longer
wants a banquet menu measured with
tape. Light eating is the present order
The man OF the present consumes only
half OF what the man with similar activities
did twenty years ago. Gone is the rage for
French sauces The American wants to
taste the actual dish he is eating and
not the spices of the sauce. II he eats
fish, he must taste the fish. The Ameri-
can has made tremendous progress in eat
ing in the last decade. Where he once
Toasted with sauces and gorged himself
he now eats sparingly.. with discrimination.
The French are learning from us. The
old condition is reversed
Friend-You took your son into your
establishment few months ago TO teach
he turn out?
Business Man wearily)-Great success
He's teaching me the business now
Toledo Blade
THE ancient house Of Medc whose rep
rcsentativos were the business princes Of
London and whose Lombardian represent
alive gave it's name TO Lombard street, in
the financial district OF that city, has been
outlived by It's coat of arms" says a letter
from Bremen in Vienna newspaper. The
three g,lded globes have for many years
been used as a sign by pawnbrokers In
England and in America, and tales of pow
erty. vice and crime might have been told
by the thousands Of unfortunates who
passed under them into the places where
property and plumber were exchanged for
money. The sign has now made its ap-
pcarance in Germany, an importation from
Italy by way Of England and America"
THAT fellow is very successful"
Yes: he is enthusiastic and persistent
Goes m for business just Ike some people
go in for baseball. Washington Herald.
A New York merchant who recently re-
turned from an extended trip I'm Europe
left his son. a bright boy Of fourteen, be
hind with a tutor, so that he might inn
prove his French and German, in the vaca-
ton season In mis- last letter from Vienna
the boy writes: IT am finding German
here which lays over am we ever had at
school and I'd have to stay years 10 get
II into my head For practice We have ia
read and translate newspaper articles
Yesterday one of them about Argentine
beef said that by resolution Of the Appro-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS something or other
had been done Think of wrestling with
such words and getting fall out of them!
II have cured myself 10y learning to chew
what have YOU cured yourself of"
THE belief that II / remained away from
the Office for more than ton minutes at
lunch time everything would 80 to the
dickens. Chicago Record-Herald.