New-York tribune., 1912-03-05
THE TiLh or THE DAY.

At the twelfth annual convention OF the
National civic Federation which viii be-
held in Washington. on March 5. the bible
plan for compulsory arbitration" which was
submitted to President Taft ly the Rev.
Or. Fl. Pereira Mendcs. will he brought NJ
for consideration. The plan, according 20
a letter received from DR.. Mendes from
Southern France, suggests Legislation ~
each state To request the government 10
appoint a permanent court Of arbitration 10
consist OF clergy and Jurists. Experts 10
he appointed by the contestng parties.
these experts TO be members Of the court
only for the dispute in question. The jurists
state and apply the law as justice demands
And tho experts give due weight 20 issues
or technicalites which clergy and jurists
cannot so we'll grasp. 4 court composed OF
these three elements will surely command
the respect OF all honorable disputants and
will sssuredly command the moral support
OF public opinion
The great novelist was gazing out OF the
window when the man who asks disagree
able questions came along.
Look here. Snlnks." said the latter: do
YOU really consider yourself success I'm
literature?"
Il surely do" said Splnks. Il have
reached roint in my career whore critics
are writing articles pointing out my faults"
-Harpcr's Weekly.
THE BREAKING POINT.
Pray. who can refrain from expressions OF
pain
Now those women in England are at It
again?
How John Bull must quake when his win
dows they break.
And to think that it's all for equality's
sake,
It's a wonderful game for If men did the
same
He'd quickly take measures their ardor to
tame;
But the man who resists when a woman
insists
Must in no case whatever resort 10 his fists.
So the ladies' I wis take advantage OF this,
And expect for their blows little worse than
kiss.
They have simply run wild, like a very
spoIlt child
At whose outbreaks OF passion the parents
have smiled.
II he don't get. his way there's the devil
to pay;
In this case it's Ave thousand pounds, so
they say.
Yet can any one note a connection remote
Between breaking of glass and a fitness to
vote? q. b. VI.
I'VE can't get any witnesses to testify
that they saw this accident"
why, there were twenty passengers on
the car"
swear that she closed her eyes tightly when
it became apparent that there would be
smash. "-Washington Herald
The finding OF lost child in an East Side
police precinct the other night caused one
of the older lieutenants on the desk to re-
call one OF the reasons for the large num-
Der of lost" children In the old days east
OF the Bowery. I'VE were always puzzled
In old Eldrldge street station over the
extraordinary number Of lost children even
for such densely crowded section OF tho
town." said this veteran copper. Never
a day would go by without at least two. The
boys in the reserve room went broke buying
candy and grub for them and they were
all becoming expert nurses II took a long
time before we tumbled. The mothers who
had TO go out TO work during the day
wanted their babies taken care OF. and they
also wanted to avoid the few cents charged
by the day nurseries. They knew that the
cops and the matron would do the job In
good shape. They usually came to the cor
ner and induced some other kid TO take the