New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-03-25
THE Talk OF THE DAY.

The manager of a cane and umbrella
department I'm a large New York concern
was surprised at the question: "ls there
such thing as fashion In canes VI
course there is The straight canes, with
knob handles of all shapes and made or all
materials, were, so he said. "all the rage a
few years ago. Conservative men wore
simple canes, but "A miniature bandmaster 5
baton was easily disposed Of. Then came
the thin, switch cane, and few years ago
nothing sold better than canes WITH sEdish ~
handles To-day everybody wants crook
handle cane, and there is a good reason for
the style In crowded subway and elevated
trains and surface cars where man must
hold to a strap and has only ono hand lett
for cane and paper, the crook handle comes
very handy. 1t hangs at the pocket or
over the arm and It's shape is graceful ana
sensible. 1t will not be displaced as inc
leader I'm many years.
Poltician-Well. now you've got the ballot
box. what yer goin' to do with II?
Suffragette-Oh, DO a little diStranChls-
ing What's sauce for the goose Is sauce
for the gander-Life.
In The American Magazine James OPP
penheim, writing story entitled The
Proud White Mother" makes the following
comment on life in the city: In the city
human communication grows inconceivabiy
rich IN summer; windows, doors, all the
pores are open, there Is play or people
one on another, there Is at night a drehch
-, ,,oIdon atmosphere. On side
streets tho hurdy-gurdy sings the loves Oh
tho peopIs and all the wild night Is eN-
dressed I'm the dance of young girls on the
shadowy pavement Families sit out on the
stoops. the ice cream saloons are crowded.
the nickel theatre IL as fire to the human
moths, and every open window and door
gives vistas OF busy life.
Patient-I cannot concentrate, doctor. MY
train Of thought keeps jumping tne Tackc
DOctOr-Ah, nervous wreck '-bo5IoH
Transcript
Uncle Sam has thousands OF cats, which
lie employs at a cost Of about SO a year
each The government maintains in the
phiIippine Islands small army OF "cold
,torager cats. at this immense cold stor-
ago depot AT Manila" says "The San Fran
cisco Argonant." where great quantities
Of provisions are kept cats are most nee
essary. and at the establishment Of the post
thcre were sent there some of the famous
cold storage breed. This breed originated III
the great warehouses Of a cold storage com
many and has developed special quallhca-
lions for enduring extreme cold These cold
storage cats arc short-taled, chubby, WIN
long and heavy fur"
Blobbs-Sapphedde is a sk,n. lie Is get
ting money under false pretences.
Slobbs-Were you fieeced?
Rlobbs-I should say so. | save MIN
penny for his thoughts .-Philadelphia Rec-
ord
emily onc-third Of all children In the
urinary and grammar grades are physically
or mentally incapacltated. or BOTH says
Rbeta Childe Dorr. In an article on "Ihe
Child That Is Different" I'm ''The Century
Those children, approximately one-third OF
all children under fourteen years OF age
cannot keep up with the ordinary school
curriculum. which is devised to meet the
needs Of perfectly healthy, normal average
we'll fed. we'll cared for youngsters
81 presume you are engaged to the duke!
We'll, practically. -,.,,.. III, tor,iIv's
IL isn't that lie can't marry without
, ma iority favorable report from his cred
t. H-I ouIsyille Courier-Journal