New-York tribune., 1912-01-07
THE TALh or THE DAY.

The ant-tipping campaign started by
commercial travellers has enlisted a power
full recruit In w. z. Davis, state Auditor
of Kansas. Mr.. Davis has decrecd that
K-Asas state officials, when travelling on
the states business. are not entitled TO
charge the public treasury for tips paid.
1t cost Kansas Just 1900 In 1911 for tips
distributed by state officials, and Mr.. Davis
has issued a set of rules for the benefit OF
employees who travel for the state. in
which he says: Tips or gratuities are rec
ognitions OF special service not an actual
and necessary expense for the service it.
self and will not be allowed" The Con-
troller of the Treasury of the United
States. on the other hand, has ruled that
tips are necessary incident Of travel and
are properly collectible from the public
funds.
He-A woman is always illogical.
She-How do you make that out?
He-She can always remember her birth
day, bur never her age.-Vanity Life.
Writing to THE Travellers Gazette" from
Queensland about the strange forms OF
animal life of that country, which include
the web foot duck which lays eggs and
suckles its young. the lung fish" and the
walking perch a correspondent gives a
description Of the rifle fish, which when
full grown measures about ten inches and
weighs about one and "A half pounds. 1t
subsists on food which II Subsistence the
name. II swims leisurely about the stream,
a few inches below the surface. and is al
WAYS on the lookout for flies and other in
sects that settle on the floating surface of
water plants. On getting close enough to
,ts victim It discharges a tiny Jet or ball
OF water. which, n shot straight, knocks
the ny into the stream, where II IS in
stantly gathered in by the shooter.
The Miner-An now Tiers more o
= The Landlord-what, not another stroke,
The Mlner-Na-but owners 'sv Civ in,
an ah've gotten To goo back work I
Inorni-Tondon opinion.
Justice John r. Roycr, of Evanston. Ill,
is not 10 have p monopoly Of the marry
ing business Of that Chicago suburb sim
nly because he offers to marry free of
charge girls who pop tho question dur
ing leap year. Justice Samuel Harrison, of
m. sam. suburb, has announced that he
will give a pound ~ tea free ~ charge 80
every couple he msrries. Further rate
cutting is expected.
RHETORICAL ECONOMY.
An orators q lucky elf
With naught 10 do but take
The dictionary from the shelf.
All for his country sake.
He picks q word Of proper sound
Tho patriot ear 10 plcas"
An tban QrOurs 0thor NOi1E AT0lN0
To make n seem AZ ease.
And when one speech has made ~ hit
And there's another due,
He shifts the words n little hit
And uses them anew.
Washington star
New Workers. who arc bothered On every
side by heggars. will probably take at face
value q statement of The London Times
on "panhanding'' In the worlds metropolis
Saws Tho Times The streets Of Lon
don never fail 10 attract the professional
beggar and never disappoint him. The Men
dicity Society tells MS that heggar Car
earn more than the wages of tho average
workingman. and that ~ is probably no cN-
aggeratiou to say that well over tlA0 M
$500 900 is given away haphaEard to hog,
gars In the streets Of London every year '
First Suffragettc--After all. YOU shouldn'I
be 80 hard on your husband
Second Suffragette--Do you take his part
First SuffrBgette-Not exactly, but ",
the weaker sex, you know'-iioston Tran
gpriut