New-York tribune., 1911-01-19
THE Talk or THE DAY.

Risbon Cortlandt Whitehead OF the hp,S-
coual Diocese Of Pittshurg. In letter I"
.rbo Churchman." discussing the sup)ec'
~ a change in the title page or tho prayer
hook savs that he personally would prefer
tho sir,ple line The Book OF common
PRAYER" Bishop Whitehead adds that THIS
,rourd throw the book out for all men IN
,,.o for whatever devotional purpose, "a
.bo book common to all English speakinS 2
,,oorles and 10 all others who care TO
translate and use it. Thereby We get rid
or discussions concerning Catholic, Profess
tapt or Tpiscopal and have title page
u,sectarian. NEUROLOGICAL, without a mar
rov and doctrinal label on it's very front
Frlcnd-And were YOU ever in N'niceP
Mr. Richduick-Yes. Slowest town was
- in The sewers were busted all the
time We were there'-Puck.
Next sunday. January %. will be remem-
hered in New York family. as 1t always
is hrcausc Of an incident which happened
i'm Charleston :. e.. In 1865. on that date
a bahv girl was born there who Is now
tho mistress OF the home in question On
tho Jav of her birth the Mayor OF Charles
ton issued a proclamation ordering all non
conhatants out Of the city. 40 that they
might he i'm no danger from the Yankee
troops" under sherman, who was threaten
i,g TO destroy the city. \ copy Of the
NIavor's order hangs framed In her home.
On the margin Of the paper is written in
tho hand OF the womans mother: Martha
and we're noucomoatants, but we re-
NAMED
Oklahoma can generally he depended on
to provide novelties Despite the fact that
Governor CruCs has decided that the Jim
swinger" Is the Official coat OF the state,
the Lieutenant Governor. j. J. McAlester.
has decreed that shirt sleeves go in the
state Senate He gave something OF a
shock TO some Of the more decorous Sen
ators recently when ne strolled into the
chamber coatless and with IA cigar in his
mouth. In the same unconventional attire
he presided over the deliberations OF the
Senate II never could work with NV coat
on" vas the Lieutenant Governors only
exclamation when the matter was called 10
his attention.
BIobbs- -subbubs has moved in town from
Swamphurst. He complains OF being run
down.
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Philadelphia Record
What a lot Of bookkeeping there would
be for New York's police II a system In
effect in Copenhagen was adopted here.
In the Danish capital. The London Chron-
icle" says. provision is made for the safe
conveyance home OF inebriated jewellers.
When policeman finds an intoxicated
man wandering at large he places him In
cab and takes him to the nearest police
station. where he Is examined by II doctor
and then sent home. The following morn
ing the bin for the doctor and the cab is
sent to the publican who served the man
with his last drink.
What Is your highest ambition
ITO get my wife 20 speak To- me as po-
ltely as she speaks To the butcher when
she Is ordering "A steak by telephone
Chicago Record Herald.
Vienna is much disturbed over It's falling
birth rate. In 1910 IL was only 20 In lOoo,
compared with 80 In 1870. Vienna recorded
5000 births tn 1900. but In 1910 the figures
dropped To a OOD In spite OF ten years
growth OF population and the annexation
OF the new suburb Of FlorisdoTf. with 5sO0l
inhabitants. correspondent OF The chit
,ago Daily News says mat, on the other
hand. the death rate has beer reduced
from p a l.fG0 in the early 70's 10 10 to-day
improved hygiene has also succeeded Iva
greatly reducing infant mortality. but
those gains fail 10 countorbalance tho de-
clining birth rate. and consequently the Of
6cial estimate that Vienna had :. 10000 in