New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
THE TALK or THE DAY.

\ fatal case" of stage fright has been
reported by the manager Of the Grand
Opera House In Paris. NJ Magnere, ten.
or. who, after careful training. had been
accepted for leading parts. and who. ac.
cordlng to tho report, had appeared II
good advantage at dress Tchearfals." wa.
so overcome by fright when hc faced hi,
first audience that "he trembled I'm every
limb, and his voice could not be rescued
from the trcmolo Of fright" On the day
following he appeared as Lohengrln. and
again his voice forsook him because ot
nervousness, and after the second act hi.
case was pronounced iCCurable Gnd his col
league. Hermann Fontane. took his place
II shall pursue a less dangerous profes
sion," said the man with stage fright "and
shall begin with aviation"
Paticnce-They say he was taken sick on
the train.
Patrice-Indeed! What was the natter
-"Oh, he ate too much I'm a dining car"
"Oh! Is ho as rich as thatY'-YoukerS
Statesman.
a man who has an Office in the Tribune
Building received from friend a picture
taken in a Southern camp late in the Civil
War. It was accompanied By note stating
that the picture had turned up I'm an
old document box" IL was carefully
wrapped In a copy OF The Tribune of July
80. 1866 which was I'm perfect state of
preservation except where the picture
frame had punctured it. The paper has tho
news OF the arrival Of the Great Eastern
and the news OF the successful laying OF the
Atlantic cable An editorial says In part:
1 Ia. L. tl,,sr
the Old World and the New Is an accom-
plished fact. and we are able TO publish this
morning European news only three days
old In less than week we expect to
print every morning the important Euro
pean news OF the day before"
Would you want your wife or your
mother or your sister TO have 10 minglc
with men at the polls?'
~ can't see why II would he any worse
than mngling with them in overcrowded
cars."-Chicago Record 1crald.
Virginia will depart from one Of her old
customs, and II an antl-treatlng bill Of
fered by Delegate W. h. Tftzhugh. Of
Northampton. becomes a law the Old Do
mlnlon, the home OF hospitality. will take
back seat. Delegate Fitzhugh Is an en-
emy OF the demon rum, and he has come
forward with a bill which will make obso-
ete the oldtime and familiar Lets have
one" More than that, whenever a gentle
man shall see a thirsty wayfarer along
the highway, and shall invite him TO par
take OF the Virginia Julep, and the friend
shall say. II don't care II do" the gen
tleman extending the invitation Will make
himself liable to fine OF s25. And no dis
pensary OF exhilarating beverages is 10
allow any treating to be done.
She-Tm afraid / cannot marry you.
want a man who possesses noble ambi-
tion, one whose heart Is set on attaining
some high and worthy object
He-Well. don't j want you?
She-Oh, George, darling | am yohrs,-
Boston Transcript,
II now becomes the duty of the patriots
Of China to formulate a national anthem.
and several scholars are said to be busy on
the task. The Japanese national anthem
was the product Of the Japanese revolu-
ton. and IL we may judge from the follow
ing translation II has some distinct poetic
merit
Until this grant OF sand.
Tossed by each wavelet's freak,
Grow to cloud-girt peak,
Towering above the land;
Until this dewy flake
Beading this blossoms gold
Swell to q mighty lake
Age upon age untold
JOY to 10y manifold,
Add for our Sovercign's sake
ut is TO be hoped that the Chinese poets
will take their time." says The pundAA