New-York tribune., 1912-01-16
THE talk or THE DAY.

The Tooth anniversary OF the birth OF
Ludwig Wmdhorst, who devoted much OF
his life 10 fighting the battles of the Roman
Catholic Church I'm Germany. where he
gained the title Little EXcelency." VIII
be celebrated by the German Catholics OF
New York tomorrow. Speaking Of him
America" says: Before a popular audi
ence he was an ideal speaker. with the
gift Of laughter and tears. He had that
quaint humor which O'Connell and Lincoln
had and which invariably moves the
masses. He was a born leader and organ
izer II to-day tho German Catholics are
safeguardcd against the dangers Of social
ism and unbelief II Is owing to the strength
and influence OF the 'Volksverein. that for
mldable army Of million men. founded
at his suggestion; Il is due 10 his Angus
tinusverein,' which. by its countless Catholic
dailies and weeklies. reaches several mill
ions Of readers and supplies them with
sound principles and reliable Information
isn't our friend Mr.. Orestes Fliswotter
inclined to greatly magnify tho Importance
OF little things?
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne: but such
course Is absolutely essential 10 his own
self-estcem. Washington star.
THE AMATEUR MILLIONAIRE.
GNo,s-A man acted IN Now York Jus, as he
thought a millionaire would ectl
lie stayed In bed I'll ten. then said
He'd have cigarette;
Then 1cw afar In special car
That was by taxi met:
He ate enough Of high priced stun
To cause aches for p week
Then saw a play on Broadway gay
And thought he was freak.
IIe hurried home ere yet the foam
or make believe was bare.
And thought he'd done his BIT CT fun
Just Ike millionaire.
What II this man had chased tho plan
The men Of wealth pursue;
lie would have lacked the joys he packed
Into an hour or two;
He'd left his bed al six. instead
OF ten. and when he'd dined
He'd rush away 10 spend the day
on work he'd surely find:
The mlllionalres a man Of cares
With pleasures few. II seems.
Perhaps that's why poor men would try
TO realize their dreams.
A. w. L.
Tommy-Pop, why Is wife called the
better halff
Tommy's Pop-Tn order. my son. that she
may not get the impression she is the whole
thing philadelphia Record.
While some nifty lremcn. shlvering from
the cold. were still playing hose on the
burning ruins OF the Equitable Building on
the second day OF the fire. middle aged
man. wearing a silk hat, brushed through
tho police lines and inquired for the man
In charge OF the fremen. Il won't tell you
what my name is," said the slk-hatted
one, when he met the fire leader. put
here. take this and buy some cofree for
the men: they need IT," -Four hundred dol
lars I'm 500 bills were thrust into the hands
NJ the fire leader. Too astonlshed for utter
ance. the fire chief looked at the money
He could hardly believe his eyes Sud
denly a smile broke out on his face. lie
thought OF how much coffee he could get
for 500. When relieved from duty he hg-
ured the problem and found that 1000 men
could each have a cup OF coffee from what
could he purchased at wholesale rates for
500. The money will go to the general
coffee fund OF the department.
bicycIst was riding down hill when his
hat blew on A passing countryman picked
Il up and took II to him as he clrcled
around, saving him the trouble ~ getting
of 81 really must get a hat guard 10 keep
II on" remarked the cycllst. as he rode of
without word OF thanks. The yokers re-
ply was short. but expressive. get nall
he Philadelphia Ledger.
Among Oscar Blumenthals Predictions
for 1872" published in the "Berllner Tage-
blatt," are these: THE Nobel prize for
literature will be awarded TO the man most
unknown in literary circles who can prove
that he has left unwritten more bad plays
than any other living author" He predicts
also that in the year two Vienna lbrettists
will evolve a book which will contain
several sensible sentences, and that because
OF that distinction the work will be pro-
duced on Berlin stage on literary
evening"
Ma expects to be blamed for every
thing soon."
"Why?'
PA says he's going to swear of smok
Ing n."-Detrolt Free Press.